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Post #327317

Author
Molly
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Pokemon: making the dub more like the original (Released)
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Date created
19-Aug-2008, 10:09 PM

I've gotten back to thinking about this, and I might be able to pull some stuff off, but I've run into a few possible gotchas.

1. In several places (esp. ep.3, 9, 66) lines will need to be rerecorded because of changes in the animation.

2. Episodes 9, 18, 66, 78, 101, 110 feature actual cuts; it's possible other episodes after 160 also have cuts. (The original series is 276 episodes)

3. 35, 38 and 252 were never released here. (38 would need to be re-edited anyway, some scenes need to be dropped to 12 fps) They would need full dubs if they are to be included.

4. Some scenes, e.g., the "Viridian City" sequence in episode 78, would need to be redubbed so as to be able to remix the music properly (there is actually an English version of the song playing in the Japanese version - it's Type:WILD, English version is by a "Robbie Danzie".)

5. A couple new "Who's That Pokémon?" would need to be recorded, e.g., Slowpoke, Obaba (!), Daruma (!), and a few others, to make up for the fact that some were changed for the US release.

6. OPEDs apart from "Type:WILD" (recorded in English by Robbie Danzie) and "Meowth's Party" (recorded in English by Maddie Blaustein, Eric Stuart and Rachel Lillis) would have to be in Japanese unless someone dared to do English versions... I defy anyone to do an English version of Pokémon Hara-Hara-Hara-Hara Relay (Muzukashiban) !  Another possibility is the "splice" - I managed to make the 3rd US theme fit quite well over the original unedited Japanese footage.

7. Movies? Maybe, but prolly not. 2, 4 and 5 need work ... especially 4 would need extensive work. 1 and 3 need none.