Johtoo
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A lot of dubbing companies have recently gone back to redub older anime series (Sailor Moon being one notable example) and it's been met with a collective confusion. Because the new dub essentially erases the nostalgia associated with said show, and the same would be said if it were to ever happen to Pokemon. Thankfully, it hasn't. Watching the Twitch stream a few years ago, there were over 50k people watching the anime at any given time, and I know for a fact they wouldn't have turned out had the original series been redubbed. Even if it had a more accurate redub. The comment section always exploded when Pikachu's jukebox played, or whenever one of those cheesy 4kids late 90s ballads filled in a sincere moment. Even Pokerap was hugely popular on the stream, as well as the witty jokes that 4kids managed to meld into the show. Was it perfect, of course not. But neither was/is the anime. What makes it perfect is we're still able to watch the show in the same form as we did back when it first aired. Everything has remained in tact, and that should really be commended and hopefully TCPI never redubs the original series. The best example of this already going wrong was the CG remake of the first movie. While it was more accurate and preserved the original movies score, it wasn't the same as the first movie for us. It was for those in Japan, but elsewhere we don't have memories of the original version being anything other than the 4kids adaption. Anyway, I think this thread is merely here as a positive reminder that TCPI keeping the original anime in tact is something that should be commended. Of course, I do hope one day they're able to release an official sub for the series, but the original anime should never be touched. The music, the voice acting. Everything remains a time capsule to a lot of our childhoods and it should stay that way.