Thread:MetalLuigi64/@comment-6011846-20160221025253/@comment-24325481-20160221160047

MetalLuigi64 wrote: Some of you may remember Glitter Force, an English dub of Smile Precure that is done by Saban. I know a lot of you hated the way Saban ditched the Pretty Cure name to expect us to believe that Saban made the show. We're not stupid, we know that Futari wa Pretty Cure was already given an English dub under the name Pretty Cure. Saban subtitled every show based around Power Rangers. And they don't use the series name in the show?. S**t, that is what I call plagiarism when little to no credit to Toei, making the viewers think Smile Precure is a Sailor Moon ripoff even though Toei made the Sailor Moon anime and the Precure series. Lawsuit, lawsuit, Saban!

DiC attempted and failed to sue Speed Racer Enterprises for the 1997 remake of Mach GoGoGo known as Speed Racer X, and thank god they never got close to the second season where Go and his friends fight aliens in the future world. I've seen badly dubbed animes like Pokémon and Sonic X, and even 4Kids wouldn't do that s**t! They're only good at bad acting, clichés, out-of-place music scoring, and blanking out text. The movies 4Kids dubbed received rotten ratings and unfavorable reviews. I've also heard that 4Kids merged with Saban, so that might've explained why that anime is being butchered.

Even if you were to passed the uninspired English title, there are still problems ahead. The voices are unconvincing. English Yayoi doesn't even sound like a crybaby. And, no. She's not the worst, but I hate Debi Derryberry doing Candy so much. She managed to give any character like cone-headed Jimmy Neutron, the multi voiced Coco Bandicoot, and even Zatch Bell that annoying ear grinding voice that makes you want to beat your TV while you scream until you get better as to replace her.

Even if the Precure is a kids show, Saban doesn't even think about giving direct translations. No joke that I've heard in the series use homophonic puns. Lines in the show can be universally translated. But, no. Those quotes lack any understanding. Like Cure Peace as Glitter Peace saying "Puppies and kittens," instead of something like "Sparkling and glittering." And being Joker being called Buffoon?! Come on, it's not like DC is going sue 4Kids/Saban for stealing the name. Both villains are inspired by the joker in poker. Also, Japan doesn't even think that Cure Peace is similar to Pikachu from Pokémon because both came from the onomatopoeia of "sparkling" in Japanese.

It boggles my mind to know that Futari wa Pretty Cure is available on Crunchyroll and Hulu. So why couldn't the rest of the Pretty Cure series be available? Couldn't FUNimation be able to license the Precure again, or how about Viz Media? Viz Media distributes Sailor Moon. So couldn't they get the Precure series, instead of the Saban 4Idiots to only make us watch it Netflix?

There are no words for me to express on how upsetting it is for what's happening to the series because of what Saban. If I were to show any scene from the Precure to show you how pissed I am, it would be one of well known facial expression of Shirayuki Hime from Happiness Charge where she screams while having a copy in her mouth. Simply put it as like she is screaming on the top of her lungs. Some of you might try to calm me down saying Toei can be able to cancel the English dub if they're able to license the series with either FUNimation or Viz, but remember when I mentioned above about DiC trying to steal the Mach GoGoGo/Speed Racer series.

I would like to know, how you feel about Saban dubbing Smile Precure? I actually like the dub of Smile. I've watched it like over 100 times already (just exagerrating). Plus, Joker is called Rascal and the Akanbe are called Buffoon. I also love the intros, especially Peace's. I know that you're annoyed by Glitter Force but some people actually like it.