Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-31524712-20181013103752/@comment-37117761-20181018131350

Nipasu wrote: GlitterInformer wrote:

LaytonPuzzle27 wrote: I scared now that half of the users of this are hugely supportive of Americanization and censorship of dubs that supposed to be Smile Pretty Cure! and Dokidoki! Pretty Cure. You people want to go back to the dark days of localization of anime when 4Kids was around? I wished you were against this bad dubs not supporting them. Also stop calling Pretty Cure Glitter Force. I don't love Glitter Force, but I'm intrigued by its good and bad attributes. I enjoy watching it to see how it differs from the original. And when it's bad, I'm not unhappy. Glitter Force's existence does not ruin the original Japanese Pretty Cure. It's still there for everyone to enjoy. In fact, Glitter Force is actually helping Pretty Cure despite its failings; several Pretty Cure fans came here from Glitter Force. It depends on the fans you speak of: some are open to watch the original Precure series, while others think just watching the dubs is good enough. Then there are the people who question why in heaven GF is trying to pass itself as a 'Netflix Original' then it's just a renamed dub of another show.

I also don't know if GF's been helping Precure as much: yes it's popular and proves there's a Western audience for the franchise, but it could also hinder the previous Precure dubs from ever being dubbed, especially if Smile's considered the 'starting point' for the GF franchise. Dubbing the older seasons could be tricky, especially for the Fuwari seasons. The "Netflix Original" thing is more of Netflix's fault than Saban's. Correct me if I'm wrong, but to my understanding, every show that is exclusively avaiblable on Netflix is called a Netflix Original Series, even if it isn't truly original.

You bring up a valid point. Perhaps a third company could step in? Or maybe Hasbro's big enough that they can work on the franchise faster and thus eventually catch up, allowing them to go back to the past? This probably won't happen, but a user can dream.