Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-31524712-20181013103752/@comment-5469588-20190112215700

Adding my two cents here, hoping for no screaming. :P

Firstly, I think it'd be interesting to learn why and how Pretty Cure became GF, how Saban came up with the premise, why they butchered Doki Doki etc. Highly unlikely we'll ever know, but it'd be interesting to see the viewpoint of the people behind the dubbing (staff, not voice actors) to understand why they did what they did.

As far as modern anime dubs, I honestly believe GF is very outdated and it's because of all the cuts and edits. Yeah Pokémon is still using the English names, but have they been skipping/editing episodes lately? Then there's Yo-Kai Watch, which I think (?) is the only other kids anime dub out there using English names. Yu-gi-oh (current seasons) and Beyblade Burst seem to be using the original Japanese names and may be uncut. though I'm not sure. If anybody can clarify, please speak up.

Nowadays there are a lot more uncut dubs, but a majority of them are aimed at teens/young adults. Kids' anime dubs aren't that noticeable, but I'm going to predict that GF, Pokémon and Yo-Kai are the only localized ones so far. The only uncut girls' anime series I've seen released lately are Little Witch Academia (minus the next ep previews) and Flowering Heart (Koreans, but at least it's still set in South Korea). GF's editing-style is what we'd expect from the 90's and early 2000s, with Sailor Moon and Mew Mew Power having those kinds of edits and skipped content (MMP re-arranging the first 14 episodes and not dubbing the last 26 episodes).

And while GF can be used to introduce people into the Pretty Cure franchise, I question if fans would actually want to see PRETTY CURE dubbed in the future, or if future dubs have to bear the name GLITTER FORCE? If GF were to ever be abandoned for good, would they be okay with it? (A little sad, yes, but fine nonetheless)

Lastly, I don't know what GF's future should be. With the internet, people can easily find the original versions of GF and see the dubs are nothing but the originals coated with a sparkly-kind of paint. Whether or not it'll influence their opinions depends, as there seems to be a mix of opinions, even from people who ( think) have never seen Pretty Cure but still call GF out for being a non-original Netflix series. But if these comments would ever affect GF is hard to predict right now, so I'm not going to agree or disagree for now.