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So rice balls aren't actually donuts? Brock lied to me.
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He even lied about his name!So rice balls aren't actually donuts? Brock lied to me.
What are "jelly donuts" next to a dead mother who suddenly comes back without any explanation whatsoever lolSo rice balls aren't actually donuts? Brock lied to me.
It was his father though who said that, not him.What are "jelly donuts" next to a dead mother who suddenly comes back without any explanation whatsoever lol
I know. I was just pointing out how the jelly donut thing is nowhere near as bad as Takeshi's mother coming back.It was his father though who said that, not him.
I must confess I'm struggling with the notion that a team using their Japanese translation skills to market a Japanese cultural output also loathes Japanese culture with a fury typically reserved for religious iconoclasm circa 1550. There's something to be said for having higher expectations of the target audience and their willingness to both understand and internalise other cultures, but no, I think it's a stretch that this team equates the Japanese language with pornographic material and the likes.
Notice I never said the message was intentional. But, if you're a Japanese American kid and you see your parents' or grandparents' native language *consistently* being expunged from Japanese imports then that's the feeling you're going to walk away with regardless of the localizers' intent.
I don't like dub editions, but I've never understand the problem with the riceball change.
The riceball is a common food in Japan. So, I wasn't surprised they replace it for a common food in USA.
After all, they want to convey the same feeling that the original with that food.
I actually agree with those who are saying that if 4kids was xenophobic or racist, they wouldn't have made dubbing anime such a big part of their brand.
The thing is that balls of rice don't seem that stereotypically Japanese. It's not something like sushi or wasabi that most people would think of when they imagine Japanese cuisine so I am a little surprised that 4Kids treated rice balls like they were unfitting for a cartoon.
So,what you're saying is, "You can't criticize xenophobia unless you belong to a certain ethnicity" am I right? Hardly disagree.I'm sorry I'm not trying to sound rude but it sounds like you're speaking for a minority that you don't actually represent because I remember that you claimed to be a blond non-Japanese person on your website. So how can someone who isn't Japanese or a descendant of them feel offended in place of actual Japanese-Americans?
Who cares about if it's not? It's a japanese food.The thing is that balls of rice don't seem that stereotypically Japanese.
Why? Do you think they licensed those shows because of their love of japanese?I actually agree with those who are saying that if 4kids was xenophobic or racist, they wouldn't have made dubbing anime such a big part of their brand.
Why? There is nothing to be afraid of foreign foods.The riceball is a common food in Japan. So, I wasn't surprised they replace it for a common food in USA
So,what you're saying is, "You can't criticize xenophobia unless you belong to a certain ethnicity" am I right? Hardly disagree.
English is not my first language, so I'm not sure what the difference is.Just to make sure, did you mean to say "hard disagree" or "hardly disagree"?
“Hardly disagree” = “barely disagree”English is not my first language, so I'm not sure what the difference is.
Second one then.“Hardly disagree” = “barely disagree”
“Hard disagree” = “disagree very much”
fluffy-woolo said:I'm sorry I'm not trying to sound rude but it sounds like you're speaking for a minority that you don't actually represent because I remember that you claimed to be a blond non-Japanese person on your website.
I think this falls along the lines of (this is not your fight). You don't belong to this ethnicity/race, therefore you should only be there as an ally - not the person leading the charge.White people calling out other white people for their problematic bullshit is not a bad thing though...?
Regarding Pokemon, I remember the English dub of the anime aired in Japan in the early days to help kids learn English This is where (i believe) the type wild English version originated from.