Digimon

[Dr. Ensatsu-ken]

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2014/11/08/digimon-adventure-cast-aged-in-latest-teaser-visual

This is making me really want to re-watch Digimon Adventure.

[Spark Of Spirit]

I recommend watching it. Even the dub, puns aside, is still a fun watch now.

[LumRanmaYasha]

I'm sharing this episode of Did You Know Anime? mainly because it's narrated by Joshua Seth (aka the voice of Tai in the dub), which was pretty cool.

[Dr. Ensatsu-ken]

I'be started re-watching the first season on Netflix, but this time in Japanese with English subtitles, in preparation for the new anime coming out. While I have a nostalgic attachment to the Saban dub from my childhood, I have to say that the superior soundtrack alone makes the sub so much better.

I don't know who was responsible for music in the dub version, but while the originally composed music itself wasn't so bad, the constant inappropriate use of it was atrocious.

[Spark Of Spirit]

No one posted it yet? The new series is called Digimon Adventure Tri.

[Dr. Insomniac]

The director did School Days and the writer did Heaven's Lost Property. I'm not particularly enthused.

[Spark Of Spirit]

The director did School Days and the writer did Heaven's Lost Property. I'm not particularly enthused.

Now that is dour news.

[Dr. Ensatsu-ken]

Well, that's one way to dash my childhood against the wall.

For what it's worth, I actually like the new character designs, but it doesn't seem like the staff working on this anime will have any particular understanding or even care about what made the original Digimon Adventure so successful and above average for a children's television program.

There's also the fact that the head director had a hand in making one of the worst anime of all time.

[Spark Of Spirit]

I've also been re-watching Digimon Adventure in the original language. The music and scripting are definitely far superior.

But despite some fans' opinions, I still don't consider it a hackdub.

[Dr. Ensatsu-ken]

It's a hack dub in that the script legitimately hacks up the original dialogue and repackages it into corny one-liners and bad jokes. That said, the actual DUB part of it still holds up thanks to some surprisingly good voice-acting from talented VA's that were a rare find in the early days if subbing anime. The voice-acting alone is what saves the dub from becoming what would have just been the equivalent of a 4-Kids style butchering of the source material. Though, to be fair, the Americanized script does still manage to keep the emotional weight in some key scenes.

Digimon Tamers did a much better job with Americanaizing the script without totally killing the original intent of the dialogue compared to either season of Digimon Adventure, IMO. Interestingly enough, a good chunk of the writing came from Steve Blum himself, who also voiced the beloved Guillmon.

[Spark Of Spirit]

I finished off Adventure subbed.

Yes, the subbed version is better. Better scripting and better music by far. That said, if you watch the dubbed version now, you're not really missing anything critical. It's the same story just with better scripts and music to go with it. Compared to something like the back half of Robotech, this is not a hackdub. It's serviceable. That said, if you've seen the dub years ago and want to watch it again, you might as well watch the sub.

The final battle is actually tolerable now!

[LumRanmaYasha]

Tri is not going to be a tv anime, but a six part film series. The first installment, titled "Reunion," is slated to come out on November 21st. In addition, the original voice cast for the digi-destined have all been replaced by new actors.

[Dr. Ensatsu-ken]

Well that's....unexpected. I honestly have no idea what to say, either positive or negative.

I will say that replacing the original cast really doesn't bother me as much as it will fanboys, since I never grew up with or had a special attachment to the Japanese VAs of this show.

[gunswordfist]

I thought this meant the English VAs. Then I don't give a shit.

[Spark Of Spirit]

Tri is not going to be a tv anime, but a six part film series. The first installment, titled "Reunion," is slated to come out on November 21st. In addition, the original voice cast for the digi-destined have all been replaced by new actors.

This must have been a last minute decision. Though I wonder why?