Poking around the animemusicvideos.org forums I spotted a somewhat amusing little rant about the “quality” of the Sailor Moon English dub. Note that I use the word “quality” reservedly here.
Anyway, on to some of the funny bits…
Sailor Moon is at the top of my list for bad dubs. I would rather scrape my eardrums out with strands of barbed wire than listen to those horrendous voices. Even dub enthusiasts usually agree that Sailor Moon’s dub is the worst ever made, preiod, end of story. Even if you hate Japanese voices, and hate reading subtitles, you’ll find yourself thanking the heavens again and again that you don’t have to listen to the English voices!
Our gentle fanboy then proceeds to dissect the name changes…
-Sailor Mercury, Ami – It seems Americans can’t handle that her name ends in an I, so they changed her name to Amy.
-Sailor Mars, Rei – Her name just had a spelling change, too. She’s Raye in the dub.
-Sailor Jupiter, Makoto, has the most inexplicable name change of all. Somehow they decided that her name should be Lita… WHY IS HER NAME LITA????! WHO WOULD NAME THEIR KID LITA????! It’s like “Yo, I’m finna go to the store and get me a lita of soda!”
-Sailor Venus, Minako. This name was apparently much too long for American audiences, so they changed it to Mina. In the actual show, Artemis sometimes calls her Mina to be cute, but her name is Minako, not Mina god damn it!
-Sailor Chibi-Moon, Usagi, Nicknamed Chibiusa – Her name got changed to.. this is so classic.. RINI!!! WHAT KIND OF NAME IS THAT???! RINI!!?? HAHAHAHA!! To top it all off, they changed her Sailor Soldier name to “Sailor Mini-Moon”! What’s funnier is that they did this AFTER Austin Powers 2 was out! They should have known better! I can see it now.. Sailor Moon looking down at Chibiusa, all like “I will call her.. Mini-Me!”
But that’s not all, oh no…
Here’s some other inexplicable name changes!
Umino – Melvin
Naru – Molly
Motoki – Andrew
Jadite – Jedite
Kunzite – Malochite (???!)
Dark Kingdom – The Negaverse
Queen Metalia – The Negaverse
Black Moon – The Negaverse
Planet Nemesis – The Negaverse
MTV – The Negaverse (OK, just kidding…)
America – The Negaverse (Get the picture?)
Gee, you think he doesn’t like the dubbed version of Sailor Moon? Maybe? “I will call her… Mini-Moon.” *chuckle*
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