One really that truly worries me about US Naruto...

[pappel64.livejournal.com]

A lot of your are worried that they will ruin Naruto by doing really bad dubbing...

Some of you are worried that they are going to edit the series to the point where it isn't the same thing anymore...

But there is something that I am REALLY worried about the US version of Naruto...the music.

Naruto features some really, really awesome music. The opening and ending themes are some of the most inspired songs ever heard on an anime series, offering everything from J-pop to pop rock and even some funky stuff here and there. What worries me is that they are gonna butcher these great songs and replace them with really generic rock/rap music...

Imagine that instead of hearing the soothing and sad "Wind" piece or the awesome "Far off distance" you hear this...

"NARUTO! He's an awesome guy!
NARUTO! He's a super ninja!
NARUTO! He is really cool!
NARUTO NARUTO NARUTO NARUTO NARUTO NARUTO HEY!"

All set to some really bad and cheap orchestration, vocals and music (think the US Dragonball GT theme song..or the original DBZ theme for that matter...That's one aspect that will get me mad if the screw it up.

So what do you think? Agree, disagree?

Comments

[coyul.livejournal.com]

I'm not really worried about that. The FMA dub's opening was intact (only with the wrong one) and the ending was the same, just shorter. The DVDs turned out nice. They kept it all the same as the original.

[myuki-chan.livejournal.com]

Well... they kept the original op and ed for Inuyasha. I was surprised by that. lol

But I see your point. It's horrifying. XD

[kumiriko.livejournal.com]

Well yah.

[vash3857.livejournal.com]

i 100% agree, the naruto OST is one of my fav anime OST's, and yes, editing for content/time and stuff like that, is berable, but if they change the music... i think we're gonna have us a massacare

[rejectedstalker.livejournal.com]

It's being done by Viz/Shoppro, who have kept all the BGMs and ending themes for the Inuyasha dub(Adult Swim doesn't show the Openings). Even FUNimation, who dubbed DBZ, has kept the original music for the Cartoon Network versions of YuYuHakusho and Fullmetal Alchemist.

This is something I'm not too worried about. :)

[badfeeling.livejournal.com]

Oh my. I really hope they don't change it. I guess I can understand shortening it for time (although I hate that too. I wanted to hear all of Kesenai Tsumi, FMA! :[). Naruto has the most action-packed, beautiful/heartwarming, and then cute songs. XD;

[pappel64.livejournal.com]

The thing is that FMA and Inuyasha are marketed as serious anime shows for older audiences, so they don't edit the openings. However, Naruto is gonna be marketed towards the tweens/young boys market, and they usually add in a song that "appeals" to them.

Shopro also did Hamtaro, Megaman and zatch bell and they changed the opening theme songs (the anime was intact though).

Good thing 4kids didn't get the show as they ALWAYS write lame songs for their series.

[vash3857.livejournal.com]

u can dl, the FULL ost's for both naruto and FMA, from boxtorrents.com, though u have to sign up to use the search feature, the sign up is free

[badfeeling.livejournal.com]

[vash3857.livejournal.com]

Good thing 4kids didn't get the show as they ALWAYS write lame songs for their series.

amen to that

[floopy3.livejournal.com]

*prepares legal aspects for the massacre*

[vash3857.livejournal.com]

it surely will be marketed for the 8-13 age group

[badfeeling.livejournal.com]

[vash3857.livejournal.com]

lol

[tekdeath.livejournal.com]

I'm with you on the massacre and we have floopy3 as our laywer incase everything fails hehe.

[tekdeath.livejournal.com]

I'm worried...very worried, you bring up a good issue i hope to god they dont change it :S

[vash3857.livejournal.com]

np, ive got lots of the same kind of tips stored on my comp/brain etc. so if u want sites to dl anime/movies/music etc. im me at vash3857 (aim sn)

[vash3857.livejournal.com]

ill be the martial artist of the group, or samurai, i have both about 10 years of studies of various martial arts, and ive got a wooden katana, and i know how to use it, well kinda anyway

[badfeeling.livejournal.com]

[belmoon.livejournal.com]

Aw man, I haven't thought about that for a while. You just reinstated my fears. TTTT^TTTT

[pappel64.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the only songs by 4kids that I thought were good was the original Pokemon theme song (I always thought it fit the game and anime's story perfectly) and the Shaman King theme song to an extend. The rest have been lame songs with lame puns (like "Gotta go FAST! FASTER FASTER!" For Sonic X...really creative guys!).

[tekdeath.livejournal.com]

we can both be martial artists as I have a bokken too and I know how to use it! lol

[vash3857.livejournal.com]

u can be the samurai then, ill be the shaolin monk, itll give me an excuse to shave my head, cuz i have bout 5 years of hun gar kung fu, my si-fu is actually 4th generetion student fron wong fey hung, if u know who he is

[badfeeling.livejournal.com]

LMAO. Sonic X theme song. That killed my soul. Actually, it woke you up on a Saturday morning. o__o;

Who wrote the Cardcaptors theme song? "CARDCAPTORS A MYSTIC ADVENTURE, CARDCAPTORS A QUEST FOR ALL TIME." XDDDD; -ded- I actually know the lyrics to that one. And Catch You, Catch Me was so kyoote.~

[vash3857.livejournal.com]

yeah, something like that