The Naruto Dub

[yvliew]

Destroy?????

[XanBcoo]

@Mae and Snapcase: While I do agree it was pretty stupid to edit out the actual seen of them touching lips, the joke was, for the most part, exactly the same. I'm with you 100% about the editing thing, and how dumb and useless it was for them to edit it out (seriously), but it didn't hurt the seen very much at all.

A guy bumbs into them, you see Naruto get knocked into Sasuke, it cuts to the girls' horrified expressions, you hear kissing noises, you see Naruto and Sasuke reching and spiting, you hear Sakura shout "I was supposed to be Sasuke's first kiss!"

Honestly, was it that hard to understand? Also, I don't belveive they're going to edit Haku's character very much, as the only possible "gay" scene was when Naruto was "hitting" on him. And even then, I can see them leaving that part in. Other than that, he's not really treated as a "gay" character.

@yvliew: lol, I noticed that too..."my ambition...is to DESTROY a certain man!"
rofl
I can see that even with a pg rating, the word "kill" is still somewhat of a taboo. Makes me wonder how they left in the first episode though 0.o

More about the Dub: Kakashi....

I cannot beleive this is Dave Wittenberg. He sounds totally different from any other role I've heard him in. Personally, I don't really like his "Kakashi" voice too much. I think other voice actors could have done a much better job with it. Like snapcase said, he doesn't do much to portray the character. Overall though, I don't think it was too bad. I hope to see some improvement as the series progresses however.

[SFreedomZGMFx20a]

Original voices rule, anything dubbed sucks big time.

[Tiger of The wind]

the part after the kiss when thier spitting and stuff and sasuke says naruto im gonna kill you or something like that that was pretty funny

[a_odessey]

if only they could just keep it with japenese, and english subs, WHY! are people that lazy that they can't stand reading it? the original voices are always so much better than the gay english dubs

[Mite Gai]

That's not necessarily true in all cases, I have seen some dubs I liked better than subs, and the best solution to the problem here would just be to unalter anime brought over except for the voice dubbing which should be done right.

[XanBcoo]

Originally posted by: a_odessey
if only they could just keep it with japenese, and english subs, WHY! are people that lazy that they can't stand reading it? the original voices are always so much better than the gay english dubs

And WHY should they keep it in Japanese? wtf does laziness have to do with anything? If you don't like the dub then just watch the fucking fansubs, or buy the dvds when they come out. If you haven't noticed, the dub isn't all that terrible. If you don't like it, don't watch it.

[Eurasian]

Originally posted by: a_odessey
if only they could just keep it with japenese, and english subs, WHY! are people that lazy that they can't stand reading it? the original voices are always so much better than the gay english dubs

Most of the anime shows broadcasted on Amercian television are dubbed, not subbed. They want a wide range of audience, including little children who might have trouble keeping up with the speed that the translations would be going at and people who just find it troublesome to be reading translations for 24 minutes (or however long each episode is).

[Assassin]

naruto's voice sucks....sakura and ino are done pretty well. kakashi and sasuke are ok, but they can be better,

i hate that they've taken out some scenes, like the naruto/sasuke kiss. that was one of the funniest scenes in the whole damn series, and they cut it and put some retarded kissing sound in its place. u cant hook an audiance if u take out the best material.

have they edited the sexy no jutsu scenes as well?

i just hope they keep 1000 years of pain. if they change that, it'll completly ruin the series for me.

[XanBcoo]

Originally posted by: Assassin
naruto's voice sucks....sakura and ino are done pretty well. kakashi and sasuke are ok, but they can be better,

i hate that they've taken out some scenes, like the naruto/sasuke kiss. that was one of the funniest scenes in the whole damn series, and they cut it and put some retarded kissing sound in its place. u cant hook an audiance if u take out the best material.

have they edited the sexy no jutsu scenes as well?

i just hope they keep 1000 years of pain. if they change that, it'll completly ruin the series for me.

1. No, they didn't edit the sexy no jutsu at all.
2. Yes, 1000 years of pain (or death) was left intact.
3. I would hardly call Naruto and Sasuke's kiss the "best material" but even then, the joke was pretty much the same - just with 1 shot missing.
4. I agree with your opinion of the dub. I still don't like Naruto's voice that much.

[masamuneehs]

I'll agree that Naruto's voice is getting a little annoying, but I have to dissent and say that I think the English VA is doing a pretty good job with Kakashi. No I never expect the English dub to be anywhere near as good as the Japanese voice acting, so maybe i'm willing to overlook slight flaws in it.

And there was no way they'd leave in a same-sex kiss in this time slot. It's still a kids network, they're still largely trying to market Naruto to young American kids. Can you imagine the anger many intollerant parents would have if they saw the actual kiss? (sure they'll still be pissed by the prescence of the gag, which is still there, but at least the Network can say 'we editted it! i don't know what else you want us to do' and cover their asses)

[Cyberdude93]

Censors for homophobes make me sad.

Although my opinion is pretty much this:

Originally posted by: XanBcoo
While I do agree it was pretty stupid to edit out the actual seen of them touching lips, the joke was, for the most part, exactly the same. I'm with you 100% about the editing thing, and how dumb and useless it was for them to edit it out (seriously), but it didn't hurt the seen very much at all.

Anyway, this dub is doing kick-ass edit wise. True, it'll get less bloody, but it's not like people are being sent to dungeons and weapons are being edited to big hands (ala One Piece).

I'm really looking forward to episode 6. Here, we should see if Kazekage and the others will remain that, or if they'll translate them. Also I want to see the Naruto hand-stabbing scene; I read in another forum that Anime Insider said they'd keep (all) the blood there. I have a feeling they might shorten the contact time, but meh.

I still want to know what Sharingan and Byakugan will be called. I'm not saying "OMG FOREIGN LANGUAGE IS AUTOMATICALLY BETTER", but "White eyes" is a bit long winded. And they ARE keeping Jutsu, Shinobi, Nin/Gen/Taijutsu.

[XanBcoo]

Then it stands to reason that they will keep the names of the Kage as well. I'm not too worried about that. Though if later on they're using "copy wheel eye" or "white eyes" then ShoPro will bleed. And then they will have to edit out that blood.

Next episode: Tazuna (and I think Zabuza - at the end).

[The Heretic Azazel]

Aren't they referring to the Hokage as just Kage? How will they differentiate when the other Kages are brought in?

[XanBcoo]

Umm...no, they refer to the Hokage as Hokage.

Originally posted by: XanBcoo
Then it stands to reason that they will keep the names of the Kage as well.

That was just me saying "kage" as in "all the kages" (You don't add "s" in japanese to make it plural - I was just being anal). [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif[/img]

[Koyuki]

I watched the trailer for CN. I'm glad I can't watch it, but I kinda want to download an episode just to watch...

[XanBcoo]

Get them here. <--this was posted earlier in this thread.

But don't watch it because you won't enjoy it. If you're not already a fan of dubs, then you won't like watching it to begin with. I'd say so far it's a decent B+ dub though.

[Edort4]

I know there are a lot of funs and that some ppl really likes to see naruto in their language, even with that in mind i must say that im dissapointed with the dub. Too many editting, not sounds at all, actors dont interpret the scenes. On the first chapter where naruto and iruka where crying their voices sounded plain, not acting at all!

I dont have the original naruto at hand but i would say that they edited the sexy jutsu, i believe that they edited the blood from the noses. Again I cant compare but i think that they editted too much there are a lot more of still images. The opening is pretty bad, just changed it to give the audience the sense of the series being crapstacular.
And voices... i dont really like any1 of it, maybe my opinion is influenced by the fact that here in my country we have 1 of the best dubbers of the world (sometimes even better than original voices), i was hopping for a much better adaptation, but still i like to see it, i just cant stop laughing with every new voice i discover and the changes [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img]


I give the dub a 5.5/10

[ChaosK]

the only cool thing was kakashi, he's voice is semi cool and he pronounced everything right (besides for genin, chunnin and jounin being -GEN-nin-CHUN-nin-JOUN-nin

[ChaosK]

the only cool thing was kakashi, he's voice is semi cool and he pronounced everything right (besides for genin, chunnin and jounin being -GEN-nin-CHUN-nin-JOUN-nin