Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-31524712-20181013103752/@comment-37117761-20190112161200

Inverti Herikawa wrote: CAUTION: Incoming lengthy rants from a diehard Pretty Cure fan As of 2019, NONE of the Pretty Cure movies are officially dubbed, whether they are series movies or the crossover All Stars movies.

It's not likely for the crossover movies to get dubbed unless all the skipped series are dubbed too. While no prior knowledge on the franchise is needed to enjoy watching them, there are no established English voices for any Cure that isn't from Smile, Futari Wa and Doki Doki. Not to mention that the Blue Water talent pool that dubbed FW (in Calgary) is pretty much dried up nowadays.

Sailor Moon is yet another franchsie that was poorly localized back in the day, but as of 2014, it finally got a proper dub. Pretty Cure isn't as lucky, because ''we're still getting the butchered version in recent years. ''

And the only good Precure dub was the incredibly obscure FW dub back in 2008, which didn't even get a DVD release. It's a good thing that some people bothered to record the footage when it aired on TV, or else that dub would have been lost forever.

A lot of my friends agreed that if Pretty Cure were properly localized to begin with, it would have been a hit. GF is a joke, and the fact that some people still don't realize that GF is a butchery of Pretty Cure is VERY concerning.

No matter how you look at this, the future of Eng Pretty Cure is grim. While the FW dub was relatively good despite the changed names, it was uncut - a key element not present in the Smile and Doki Doki dubs.

Sadly, a lot of the VAs that worked on the FW dub are no longer actively doing voicework, and even if you argue that only Nagisa and Honoka's Eng VAs are needed for all Precure media that feature them, I don't think both VAs still do voicework anymore. At least, not that I am aware of. Not to mention that nowadays, dubs are mainly produced in the US.

So, should FW be redubbed? Seeing as it is highly unlikely that the original FW cast is gonna reprise, I'd say yes. Use a brand new cast, don't change the names and use the same new cast and dub Max Heart too. Then dub the MH movies. From there, dub all the Precure series that came after MH in release order - none of that skipping around nonsense. Oh, and redub Smile and Doki Doki too - PROPERLY THIS TIME. Recast Yayoi and Mana's VAs.

Additionally - utilize a completely different Eng cast for each Pretty Cure series to freshen things up, and also so that we could avoid disasters like Candy and Mana sharing the same VA (the latter of which was most definitely miscast).

I know this sounds like a pipe dream at best, since it would require a LARGE amount of resources to make it happen, and also a public acknowledgement that Glitter Force is a mistake. The return in investment also needs to be high enough to justify the dubbing costs - as far as I am concerned, no company has stepped up to take the plunge.

For the time being, I'd support any notion or movement that involves kicking GF to the curb once and for all and forever. Please do not support GF, as it is like a contagious disease, and it needs to be treated accordingly. And the sooner it's treated, the better. While it would be optimal for all of the series to be dubbed faithfully, it doesn't really matter to me whether or not all of Pretty Cure is dubbed. It's still available with English subtitles online.

Personally, I see Glitter Force as something like an official fanfiction. The original Smile Pretty Cure! and ''Doki Doki! Pretty Cure'' are still there, right where they've always been. They're untouched. But now, we've got another version that is quite different from the original, and that's okay, because it's not a replacement; it's another version. It's another take on the franchise to me. Saying that Glitter Force ruins the original is like saying bad Pretty Cure fanfiction ruins the original. I'm going to keep watching Glitter Force precisely because it's interesting to see the changes it makes, and because no matter how bad it gets, it will never even lay a finger on, let alone ruin, the original Pretty Cure.