Miss Carlos, I can't speak for veryone else here, but personally, I don't hate dubs. I actually still watch about half of my anime dubbed. My problem with Nelvanas take on CCS was the amount that they cut from the series.
Okay, so if you're going to be screening this show on western T.V, fair enough, the homosexual relaionships may not be so family friendly in the U.S.
But, to cut out roughly 5 minutes of show per episode, no, that's wrong.
To change a characters personality so much they are now a completely different character, that's wrong.
To cut out, without reason, one of the major events in the whole series, including cutting the final episode completely in half just to avoid it, that is wrong.
By the time the second season came along, Nelvana had begun going too far with their editting choices. To cut the syaoran and Sakura relationship from the show was a very silly move from Nelvana.
Their reasons were obviously that they believed Syaoran and Sakura too young for a relationship, however, I might point out, their relationship was never innappropriate to begin with. The most they ever do is hug.
Personally, I do change the channel, however, although I choose not to watch the dub, that still doesn't change the fact that it is now unlikely this great series will ever be done justice in the English speaking market.
I am thankful to Pioneer for releasing the series uncut on DVD, however, this uncut version of the show does not feature an uncut english dub.
That's what is unfair here. That's why so many fans still feel anger towards what Nelvana did.
If the show had been left as it was meant to be, this thread may not even exist.
Like I said, my problem has never been with the dubbing, but good dubbing does not excuse a company for editting a series so dramatically that it is no longer the same show that begun as.
Seriously if companies like ADV and Rightstuf can dub an anime AND stay true to the Japanese version, why can't Nelvana? An english dub is meant to be an english translation of a japanese anime. Translation, not hack job.
Nelvana tried too hard to make CCS, a cute, cheerful, magical, romantic, and dramatic girls cartoon into a stale, clean, and above all, politically correct cartoon with no hint of character development.
Sorry Miss Carlos, your pleas don't convince me to think otherwise.
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18 years ago
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yues_woman
18 years ago
But that's what I'm saying!! I sympathise with people who work on dubs, and am myself a fan of quite a lot of english dub actors. The point i was making was that my gripe was not with the dubbing of CCS but the editting.
Regardless of whether i had worked on a dub or not, my point is still valid. Thankfully, most anime that is dubbed these days isn't edittied, which is great to see, and the acting is only improving.
So, yes, I understand why you would want to defend dubs because, well, so do i.
It's just this particular work that i'm not fond of.
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LilRed_RoRo
18 years ago
well, personally, i slightly prefer the dubbed version - I like the voices and the music much better, and also they cut out some of the really overly cute stuff from the Japanese version, which most people complain about but I actually prefer the slightly less sickly sweet dubbed one. Having said this, I still absolutely loved the Japanese one coz its really interesting to see it uncut, and some of the dubbed one isn't in order.
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