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[candyland]

Double post, but it's worth it. So I got into a chat with clover_magic, and we wound up going off on a tangent about the dub-names in DC/MK. And the results...well, it's long, but they were just too much fun to NOT share.



candy__chan (10:04:35 PM): I've always thought Jimmy to be more of a nickname. So maybe it's not his *real* first name, but merely a nickname.
candy__chan (10:04:48 PM): Which leaves the possibilities open as to what, exactly, his real first name is.
candy__chan (10:04:57 PM): ...dear lord...maybe they named him after his FATHER T_T
clover_magic (10:04:59 PM): Jimmy is usually short for James
clover_magic (10:05:08 PM): "James Kudo"
clover_magic (10:05:15 PM): .....ahahahhahaahaaaaa rofl
candy__chan (10:05:15 PM): ...s'far as I'm concerned, anything is better than Booker.
clover_magic (10:05:22 PM): God, I know.
candy__chan (10:05:49 PM): ...somehow, it seems less bad with James. I don't know why. Still hurts me in my heart, but...not so much a stabby pain as a dull ache and a "whyyyy?" feeling.
clover_magic (10:05:56 PM): Though Harley comes close.
candy__chan (10:06:03 PM): And what they did to Nakamori. That was just CRUEL.
candy__chan (10:06:28 PM): No, no--I can live with Harley and Richard and Rachel and all the others because compared to what they did to poor Nakamori-keibu, they all got the best names in the world.
clover_magic (10:06:34 PM): XD
clover_magic (10:06:41 PM): What *did* they name Nakamori?
candy__chan (10:06:50 PM): ...are you ready for this? Are you sitting down?
clover_magic (10:06:54 PM): Yep.
candy__chan (10:06:56 PM): ...
candy__chan (10:06:59 PM): Mace Fuller.
clover_magic (10:07:04 PM): .........
clover_magic (10:07:09 PM): Oh my god, that's so bad it's awesome.
candy__chan (10:07:12 PM): ...I bet it was a dare.
clover_magic (10:07:28 PM): It's sounds like a name for a bad cop in a porno
candy__chan (10:07:31 PM): "I dare you to pick the worst name ever for this character! It's a cameo--the fans won't care!"
clover_magic (10:07:53 PM): God, it doesn't even sound like his original name
candy__chan (10:08:11 PM): We were trying to think of what Aoko's dub name would be. Some of the names have been sticking to something remotely similar to their Japanese counterparts (Megure = Meguire, Ran = Rachel, ALL of the Shounen Tantei, etc.)
clover_magic (10:08:22 PM): Humn....
candy__chan (10:08:25 PM): So we were actually guessing that Nakamori would be Nelson...
clover_magic (10:08:34 PM): If they name her Sapphire, I might have to shoot them.
candy__chan (10:08:41 PM): But anyway, we were trying to think of the least painful one possible for Aoko. Best we came up with was Ashley.
clover_magic (10:08:47 PM): Ashley....
candy__chan (10:08:52 PM): Ashley Fuller. It's not...TOO painful.
clover_magic (10:09:05 PM): Anna, Anne, Ann...
clover_magic (10:09:10 PM): Amber
candy__chan (10:09:23 PM): ...and we couldn't come up with ANYTHING good for Kaito. Kevin was the best we could think of, and it's...not that good >_>;;
clover_magic (10:09:29 PM): XDDD
candy__chan (10:09:43 PM): Yeah, we ran through an entire list of girls' names beginning with A while putting them with the last name Fuller *shudder*
clover_magic (10:09:54 PM): Kane! LOL
candy__chan (10:10:01 PM): And Ashley was the one that just rolled off the tongue the easiest.
candy__chan (10:10:03 PM): ...no.
candy__chan (10:10:19 PM): Actually, my friend Kelly had the best response EVER to Nakamori's dub name. And she doesn't even know the series.
candy__chan (10:10:23 PM): Her response:
candy__chan (10:10:45 PM): "Mace? MACE? Like...the spiky thing you swing over your head to decapitate the other person? MACE? Like...the stuff you spray in someone's eyes so you can run away? MACE??"
clover_magic (10:10:52 PM): XDDD
clover_magic (10:11:02 PM): I still say it sounds like a bad-cop!porno name
candy__chan (10:11:08 PM): Then she hyperventilated, and we watched some Eddie Izzard to de-tox.
candy__chan (10:11:46 PM): I can deal with a lot of bad dub names--I'm not a subbie purist by any means. But that one...I swear, it had to be a dare or something. They could not have actually thought it was a good idea.
clover_magic (10:12:01 PM): I....really don't want to know how they'll butcher poor Kaito's last name
candy__chan (10:12:22 PM): ...Carlson? *shot*
clover_magic (10:12:28 PM): With our lukc, he'll end up Kevin Black or something
candy__chan (10:12:38 PM): ... *weeps* YOU HURT ME.
candy__chan (10:12:42 PM): WHY DO YOU HURT ME?
clover_magic (10:12:48 PM): BECAUSE I LOVES YOU BABY
candy__chan (10:13:00 PM): LIIIIIIIIIIES~ *WEEPS IN CAPS*
clover_magic (10:13:15 PM): AWWW COME HERE I'LL MAKE IT BETTER *BADTOUCHES IN CAPS*
clover_magic (10:13:34 PM): But yeah
clover_magic (10:14:01 PM): Kuroba isn't...exactly...a name that has a common English name that sounds alike
clover_magic (10:14:37 PM): ...........
clover_magic (10:14:39 PM): Hakuba.
clover_magic (10:14:47 PM): OH GOD HAKUBA, YOU'RE IN DC
candy__chan (10:14:56 PM): ...I wanted his name to be Steve.
candy__chan (10:15:00 PM): 8D
clover_magic (10:15:04 PM): XDDDD
clover_magic (10:15:12 PM): SIMON
clover_magic (10:15:20 PM): SIMON WHITE LOL
candy__chan (10:16:07 PM): ...Steve White sounds more porn-ish to me *ponders*
clover_magic (10:16:13 PM): Though it might end up Samuel as well.
candy__chan (10:16:23 PM): ...yuck.
candy__chan (10:16:42 PM): ...although it would be funny to watch Kaito (...Kevin?) calling him "Sammy."
clover_magic (10:16:44 PM): Sage hahaha
candy__chan (10:16:56 PM): And how would they handle the foreign thing? Because Harley doesn't have an accent.
clover_magic (10:17:13 PM): They didn't give him the Western one?
candy__chan (10:17:21 PM): Nope.
clover_magic (10:17:24 PM): Whoa
clover_magic (10:17:38 PM): For once someone doesn't dub an Osaka accent as coming from Texas
candy__chan (10:17:53 PM): He actually had a decent dub voice--I rather liked the guy's voice. And he played...well, an Americanized Heiji quite well.
candy__chan (10:17:59 PM): But...no accent.
clover_magic (10:18:05 PM): Well, since Hakuba comes from Britain, that would be an easy accent, if they gave him one
candy__chan (10:18:08 PM): Read somewhere that Heiji's actually from Canada. No idea how that works.
candy__chan (10:18:15 PM): ...wheeeeee, bad British accent ahoy!
clover_magic (10:18:20 PM): \o/
candy__chan (10:18:33 PM): ...oh lord...what about Akai Shuichi?
candy__chan (10:18:40 PM): ...Bob Smith.
clover_magic (10:18:45 PM): XDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
candy__chan (10:18:49 PM): Totally needs to be Mr. Smith.
clover_magic (10:18:50 PM): JOHN DOE
candy__chan (10:18:55 PM): XDDD
candy__chan (10:19:11 PM): Must not laugh out loud. Hurts throat and rebellious lungs... *is dying over here*
clover_magic (10:19:26 PM): ...No, I further the Smith, actually
clover_magic (10:19:30 PM): SO HE CAN BE AGENT SMITH
candy__chan (10:19:35 PM): YES!
candy__chan (10:19:42 PM): And then Jodie would be...well, Jodie.
clover_magic (10:19:51 PM): Yeah, her name is already English
candy__chan (10:19:53 PM): Dude! We'd have Agent Smith and Agent Black!
clover_magic (10:20:02 PM): As well as Vermouth's and the....other FBI guy.
clover_magic (10:20:04 PM): \o/
candy__chan (10:20:14 PM): ...Agent Camel doesn't fit quite as well D:
clover_magic (10:20:21 PM): No, it doesn't. XD
clover_magic (10:20:29 PM): Oh yeah, that dude's name was James Black
candy__chan (10:20:34 PM): And then Caspar and Melkior--err, Gin and Vodka.
clover_magic (10:20:43 PM): He's always just "The Old One" when I think about him
candy__chan (10:20:53 PM): ...Jii would have to get a crazy name.
clover_magic (10:20:58 PM): XDDDD
clover_magic (10:21:02 PM): Graham
candy__chan (10:21:04 PM): Just for fun~ *is trying to think of other characters*
candy__chan (10:21:07 PM): *laugh*
clover_magic (10:21:19 PM): So Kevin can call him Graham-ps!
candy__chan (10:21:24 PM): For Toyama Kazuha, we were sort of pegging Katie Thompson...
candy__chan (10:21:26 PM): .......
candy__chan (10:21:37 PM): *takes out a very large gun*
clover_magic (10:21:46 PM): *grins unashamedly*
candy__chan (10:21:56 PM): You're not allowed to make puns anymore, missie.
clover_magic (10:22:09 PM): Hey, his name IS a pun, blame Gosho
candy__chan (10:22:17 PM): *plots to ninja at least part of this discussion over to LJ*
clover_magic (10:22:37 PM): Dooo eeeet
clover_magic (10:22:44 PM): All the talk about names is A++++++
candy__chan (10:23:04 PM): ...oh! What about Satou?
clover_magic (10:23:17 PM): Huh
candy__chan (10:23:27 PM): Takagi is Wilder (*weeps*) and Shiratori is Santos (...hate him, dun really care)...but Satou hasn't gotten a dub-name.
clover_magic (10:23:29 PM): First name is Miriam, definitely
candy__chan (10:23:35 PM): ...
clover_magic (10:23:51 PM): Well, what other names in English start with Mi?
clover_magic (10:23:58 PM): Her name is Miwako, after all....
clover_magic (10:24:25 PM): (I vote Takagi's first name being William too 8D)
candy__chan (10:24:32 PM): ...I was going to say Melissa or Megan or Might-Kick-Your-Ass...
candy__chan (10:24:41 PM): Let the name suit the woman!
clover_magic (10:24:47 PM): *gg*
clover_magic (10:25:13 PM): Though, with our lukc, she'll probably end up as...Maureen or something.
candy__chan (10:25:14 PM): William...unless his first name will start with a T?
clover_magic (10:25:19 PM): XD
clover_magic (10:25:29 PM): Well, since they changed it, maybe....
clover_magic (10:25:47 PM): Trent Wilder lol
candy__chan (10:25:51 PM): ...Thomas? Terry? Tony (hey, he could be Italian)?
clover_magic (10:26:03 PM): Humn.
clover_magic (10:26:14 PM): ...Timothy! *is shot*
candy__chan (10:26:30 PM): ...why don't we just give Shiratori ammo against him? XDD
clover_magic (10:26:43 PM): Okay! XD
clover_magic (10:26:52 PM): TYLER
candy__chan (10:27:17 PM): ...I could deal with Tyler. Maybe. Sort of. Ish.
clover_magic (10:27:29 PM): "Tyler Wilder". Say it out loud.
candy__chan (10:28:37 PM): ...Trent was better >_>;;
clover_magic (10:28:46 PM): He would never have lived through elementary school XD
clover_magic (10:28:51 PM): But yeah, Trent was okay
candy__chan (10:29:14 PM): ...have we forgotten anyone?
candy__chan (10:29:21 PM): Oh--Heizo was Martin. Which...yeah.
clover_magic (10:29:24 PM): Satou's last name
candy__chan (10:29:25 PM): What about Shizuka?
clover_magic (10:29:30 PM): Martin Hartwell. Uh.
clover_magic (10:29:34 PM): Hmm....
candy__chan (10:29:53 PM): ...
clover_magic (10:29:55 PM): Susan? Serenity? XD
candy__chan (10:30:06 PM): ...Susan Hartwell.
clover_magic (10:30:11 PM): \o/
candy__chan (10:30:14 PM): XD
clover_magic (10:30:17 PM): XD
candy__chan (10:30:18 PM): And Toyama...
candy__chan (10:30:33 PM): Will continue to be He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named.
clover_magic (10:30:36 PM): Thomason?
candy__chan (10:30:42 PM): And Ootaki...can be Olsen.
clover_magic (10:30:59 PM): OLSEN LOL YES
candy__chan (10:31:19 PM): We thought Thompson for Toyama? Because ya know--Moore, Meguire, Wilder, etc. Wouldn't want to be creative or anything.
clover_magic (10:31:28 PM): XD
candy__chan (10:31:41 PM): ...have we got everybody?
clover_magic (10:31:46 PM): I...think so?
clover_magic (10:31:48 PM): OH OH
clover_magic (10:31:50 PM): EISUKE
clover_magic (10:31:53 PM): HA HA
candy__chan (10:31:56 PM): ...Eli *deadpans*
clover_magic (10:32:00 PM): XDDDD
clover_magic (10:32:08 PM): Eli Horton!
candy__chan (10:32:11 PM): XDD
candy__chan (10:32:15 PM): ...does he hear a Who?
clover_magic (10:32:26 PM): XDDDDD
clover_magic (10:32:42 PM): I think Eli would hit a Who instead
clover_magic (10:32:52 PM): or at least run into one
candy__chan (10:33:12 PM): SQUISH IT DEAD!
clover_magic (10:33:18 PM): XDDDD
candy__chan (10:33:28 PM): ...that feels sacriligeous, somehow.
clover_magic (10:33:32 PM): ...Yeah.
candy__chan (10:33:41 PM): ...Rena could be Rebecca?
clover_magic (10:33:47 PM): *nods*
candy__chan (10:33:52 PM): Or Rini! Piss of all those ol' Sailor Moon fans 8D
clover_magic (10:33:53 PM): Mizunashi is....
candy__chan (10:34:01 PM): *piss off, even
candy__chan (10:34:11 PM): ...Mizunashi is...
candy__chan (10:34:15 PM): ...Miller?
clover_magic (10:34:24 PM): Hmn.
candy__chan (10:34:27 PM): Meyers?
clover_magic (10:34:40 PM): McMillan?
candy__chan (10:34:46 PM): ...McDonald?
candy__chan (10:34:47 PM): *SHOT*
clover_magic (10:34:50 PM): XD
candy__chan (10:35:00 PM): If we're going to go for bad, let's go for broke!
clover_magic (10:35:06 PM): MERRYWEATHER
clover_magic (10:35:16 PM): TOP THAT
candy__chan (10:35:33 PM): ...AGAIN WITH THE HURTING.
candy__chan (10:35:38 PM): ;o;
clover_magic (10:35:42 PM): I TOP
candy__chan (10:35:48 PM): ONLY WHEN I LET YOU.
clover_magic (10:35:59 PM): WHICH IS ALWAYS
candy__chan (10:35:59 PM): *flounces off to molest Jeva some more*
clover_magic (10:36:02 PM): *gg*
candy__chan (10:36:04 PM): EXCEPT NOT.
clover_magic (10:36:20 PM): YEAH, OKAY, ONLY ON DAYS ENDING WITH A Y
candy__chan (10:36:21 PM): Jeva is my ho ^_~ I even have icons of it! *luffles mah Jeva*
candy__chan (10:36:38 PM): (...she's gonna keel me ded.)
clover_magic (10:36:43 PM): Heehee
clover_magic (10:36:54 PM): Rebecca Merryweather hahahaha
clover_magic (10:36:56 PM): YES
candy__chan (10:37:05 PM): ...anyone else?
clover_magic (10:37:10 PM): Umn....
clover_magic (10:37:16 PM): Okiya is pretty new
candy__chan (10:37:20 PM): ...or Akako!
clover_magic (10:37:27 PM): Let me look at the keyholes--oh yeah Akako!
candy__chan (10:37:31 PM): Toichi!
clover_magic (10:38:21 PM): Toichi's name needs to be uber-retarded to match Yuusaku's
candy__chan (10:38:32 PM): ...that makes me sad ;o;
clover_magic (10:38:47 PM): ...Me too D:
candy__chan (10:39:01 PM): *sigh* Okay...what for Toichi, Akako, and Okiya...
clover_magic (10:39:18 PM): Toichi Kuroba
Akako Koizumi
Subaru Okiya....
candy__chan (10:39:33 PM): Do we want to stick with the idea of Kuroba = Black?
candy__chan (10:39:39 PM): ...HIS FIRST NAME SHALL BE SIRIUS!
candy__chan (10:39:42 PM): *SHOT*
clover_magic (10:39:45 PM): ROFL
candy__chan (10:39:56 PM): *bleeds and dies*
clover_magic (10:39:56 PM): WIN
clover_magic (10:40:10 PM): Troy
candy__chan (10:40:12 PM): Okay, so Toichi is Sirius Black...and now we know exactly how he died, too.
clover_magic (10:40:19 PM): Turner
candy__chan (10:40:20 PM): A fandom mystery solved!
clover_magic (10:40:23 PM): XDDD
candy__chan (10:40:26 PM): *smack me, I'm stuck*
clover_magic (10:40:30 PM): *smack*
candy__chan (10:40:34 PM): *wobbles*
candy__chan (10:40:42 PM): ...Todd?
candy__chan (10:40:45 PM): TUCKER!
clover_magic (10:40:52 PM): YES
clover_magic (10:40:56 PM): TUCKER OMFG
candy__chan (10:41:00 PM): Tucker Black vs. Booker Kudo!
clover_magic (10:41:06 PM): kl;h fklh dsjkl fs
clover_magic (10:41:09 PM): AHAHAHAHAHA
candy__chan (10:41:25 PM): The only person I've seen in fiction who carries the name Tucker is Tucker Foley from Danny Phantom. No offense to any Tuckers I haven't met *gg*
candy__chan (10:41:30 PM): Okay, so Tucker Black.
clover_magic (10:41:34 PM): \o/
candy__chan (10:41:37 PM): ...Subaru Okiya?
candy__chan (10:41:42 PM): Sheldon
clover_magic (10:41:45 PM): XDDD
clover_magic (10:41:53 PM): Sheldon O'Conner
candy__chan (10:41:58 PM): BINGO! \o/
candy__chan (10:42:09 PM): Which leaves us with a last name for Jii and a name for Akako.
clover_magic (10:42:16 PM): *nods*
clover_magic (10:42:25 PM): Jii's original last name was.....was...
candy__chan (10:42:35 PM): Konouske, wasn't it?
clover_magic (10:42:42 PM): Something long and retarded....
clover_magic (10:42:52 PM): Konousuke sounds familar....
candy__chan (10:43:09 PM): ...what goes badly with Graham?
clover_magic (10:43:26 PM): Graham....Kelly?
candy__chan (10:43:47 PM): ...sounds like a musical star from the fifties XD PERFECT!
clover_magic (10:43:52 PM): XDDDD
candy__chan (10:43:56 PM): Okay, so what's left for Akako?
clover_magic (10:44:01 PM): Umn
clover_magic (10:44:15 PM): A-names....Anna, Ann, Allison, Alyssa...
candy__chan (10:44:18 PM): Angelina~
clover_magic (10:44:24 PM): Hee!
clover_magic (10:44:25 PM): ANGIE
candy__chan (10:44:29 PM): XD
clover_magic (10:44:35 PM): XDDDD
candy__chan (10:44:45 PM): And for Koizumi?
clover_magic (10:44:49 PM): Umn.
candy__chan (10:45:05 PM): ...Kinkaid?
candy__chan (10:45:16 PM): *y halo thar, straws--I grasp at you!*
clover_magic (10:45:21 PM): XDDD
clover_magic (10:45:31 PM): Kermier?
clover_magic (10:45:41 PM): KOSONOBICH SHE'S RUSSIAN
clover_magic (10:45:45 PM): vich
candy__chan (10:46:07 PM): XDDD
clover_magic (10:46:39 PM): Angelina Kosonovich, that's my contribution to Akako's naming
candy__chan (10:46:50 PM): Okay! Time to LJ-ify this! XD

(LJ-ify your IMs before pasting!)

And for those who find this all teal-deer, here's our condensed list of Bad Dub Names.



Kudo Shinichi = James "Jimmy" Kudo
Nakamori Ginzo = Mace Fuller (This one just had to be mentioned again for sheer awful)
Nakamori Aoko = Ashley Fuller
Kuroba Kaito = Kevin Black
Hakuba Saguru = Samuel White (Bonus: "Kevin" can tease the uptight detective by calling him Sammy)
Akai Shuichi = Bob Smith
Konosuke Jii = Graham Kelly
Toyama Kazuha = Kat(i)e Thompson
Toyama-papa = He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named Thompson
Satou Miwako = Maureen Sanders
Takagi Wataru = Trent Wilder
Hattori Shizuka = Susan Hartwell
Hondou Eisuke = Eli Horton (who crashes into a Who and squishes it dead)
Mizunashi Rena = Rebecca Merryweather
Subaru Okiya = Sheldon O'Conner
Koizumi Akako = Angelina Kosonovich
Kuroba Toichi = Sirius Tucker Black



Why yes, we did have a very long discussion about this. WE ARE COMMITTED TO TALKING ABOUT THESE THINGS SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO! \o/ Or something...

Comments

[articulation.livejournal.com]

All I can manage is : ...... wow.

[candy--chan.livejournal.com]

Forty minutes of discussion produced THIS! :D

I have a life...really, I do *gg*

[meimi.livejournal.com]

You have the makings of a fine, fine porno on your hands there. Just add a 70s soundtrack and you've got it made.

[clover-magic.livejournal.com]

I think the original Conan background music fills that job fairly efficiently. 8D

[candy--chan.livejournal.com]

... ♫Secret of my heart--♪ *CANDY IS SHOT DEAD*

[clover-magic.livejournal.com]

*snerk*

Nono, the original background music, form like episode 1. With all the saxophones and trombones...yeah.

The earlier BGM for Conan is, effectively, a porno track. orz

[candy--chan.livejournal.com]

...nah, not techno enough ^_~ *laugh*

[candy--chan.livejournal.com]

Why thank ya kindly! \o/ *begins perusing music selections for the right beat*

[girlquinn.livejournal.com]

Haha, dude.

I'm not a sub-purist or anything (I watch dubs when I'm too lazy to really pay attention. Big O was my fave dub) but some dubs are just... ergh. I know they change names to suit the audience but some changes are just unnecessary. Like in Shaman King: they made the Chinese boy have a British accent (a crappy, ear-splitting one at that) and the British guy with an American one. So, I agree, I'm grateful they didn't give Heiji a typical dubbed-he's-from-Osaka-therefore-hick-accent.

I still think they should give Hakuba a snooty last name like Hollingsworth or Wentworth. Anything "-worth". I dunno. Just something stereotypically British. Unless they pull a fast one on us and make him not British but something else... like French?? Or Russian?

[candy--chan.livejournal.com]

Some dubs are quite good (Furuba, FMA, Azumanga Daioh, etc.) Some need to die (CARDCAPTORS). Some have fairly decent voices, but the editing/script/changes made are annoying (Sailor Moon, CC/DC) It depends on the company. Funimation's done some good stuff lately~

To be fair, the character Osaka from Azumanga Daioh was from Osaka and so they gave her a really light Western accent, and that worked really well. Kira Vincent-Davis is a god for that character. And it wasn't that Osaka was a hick--she was actually quite polite. She was that much of an airhead in the original Japanese, too. It was her character ♥

That only works if they were planning to actually, ya know...make him British to begin with. I dunno. Given that Harley hails from some mystical place called Ocean View (rumored to be in Canada), I wouldn't hold out much hope ^^;;

[fyliwionvilyaer.livejournal.com]

*tries to stop laughing and fails* XDXDXDXDXD

[candy--chan.livejournal.com]

*giggles and luffs on you*

[ayaia-moon.livejournal.com]

Ooh! two things:

A: Haibara was dubbed 'Anita Hailey' for teh manga when she debuted in vol. 18

2: Kazuha's name...is Kazuha! for her debut in teh manga vol. 19.

so...yay for manga translators? (nay for Haibara tho...)

:)

~Ayaia

[candy--chan.livejournal.com]

*holds up manga volumes* I know that--I'm collecting the manga ^^ But it's much more fun to come up with crappy dub names for all of 'em anyway \o/

[alena_s_anigor.livejournal.com]

Well, if I remember correctly, I think I almost shot myself in the head when I heard Shinichi was Jimmy in the dub... But, dude...MACE????

*brain bleeds*

[candy--chan.livejournal.com]

*pats* I know. Compared to Mace Fuller, all the rest of the dub names seem positively brilliant, don't they?

o.o *puts lots and lots of Band-Aids on your brain*

[nezure.livejournal.com]

The dub names alternately make me cry and roll around in mad fits of laughter.

... MACE.

MACE FULLER.

XD XD **dead**

I know somebody who had to come up with an alternate, dub sounding name for Kaito once. She used 'Kyle Crowe'.

[candy--chan.livejournal.com]

I know! I really have nothing against dubs--without some of those much-panned dubs, like Pokemon and Sailor Moon (I do think SM had good voice talent--just bad editing), many of us never would have become the raging anime fans we are today *laugh*

...but Mace Fuller is something I more would have expected to hear in the Cardcaptors dub than anything Funimation put out (considering their recent quality has been fairly good lately).

Ya know...Kyle Crowe really isn't terrible. Not as bad as it could be. But if it actually appeared on the show, we'd all raise holy hell XD

[nezure.livejournal.com]

I know. XD I got into anime because of Yugioh, though before that I had watched the Cardcaptors and Pokemon dubs. The Cardcaptors dub was abysmal, though. D:

Mace Fuller is one of the worst dub names I've ever heard. **dead** I keep imagining one of the arguments he and Kogoro seem to get into sometime, dub style. **dead dead DEAD** And it kills me.

Kyle Crowe would be pretty decent, I think... In comparison to some of the others, of course. XD

[candy--chan.livejournal.com]

Sailor Moon was my first anime, back before I knew what it was. After that, I did a stint with Pokemon (still love the games, to be honest), but it was ultimately Dragonball Z on Cartoon Network that got me into fanfiction and, consequently, fandom. And now it's my favorite hobby ^___^

I would hold that it's a draw. The contest for the worst dub name ever, to me, would have to be between Yukito from CCS and Nakamori from MK. Julian Star versus Mace Fuller. This almost seems to call for an LJ poll, doesn't it? *plots to make one*

...well, it's certainly better than Kevin Black *laugh*

[nezure.livejournal.com]

I've never seen any of the Dragonball thingies. :O I've heard a lot about them, though, and naturally I've been infected by "It's over 9000!" at various times. ♥

Make a poll! Make a poll! .... It totally makes me think of some kind of Pokemon battle.

Yeah, that's for sure. **snerk** I think my brain would break if he were named Kevin.

Maybe he'll be named Carl Clover? :D **SHOT**

[candy--chan.livejournal.com]

Dragonball is actually a really fun series. There's enough humor to balance out the actions, and it doesn't try to take itself too seriously. Dragonball Z...I can see why it's addictive, but at the same time, it loses a lot of the charm of Dragonball. And I haven't seen GT >_>;; And the 9000 thing is just funny XD

I think I will! \o/ JULIAN, I CHOOSE YOU! *shot*

... *picks up a large gun* You will never joke about that again. EVER. *adds you to the list of people who are not allowed to make puns*

[nezure.livejournal.com]

I've heard something about fight scenes that go on for about... five episodes when there's a time limit of about thirty seconds? XD One dub I don't mind is the Inuyasha dub, though I do prefer the sub.

"MACE, TACKLE ATTACK!" **kicked**

B-b-but-- Toichi could be called Tommy Clover--!! **cowers**

[candy--chan.livejournal.com]

Yup~ That's really DBZ for ya. Oh, and there's always THE NEXT LEVEL OF POWAAAAAH. Which usually involves their hair getting longer. Draw your own conclusions.

Poll posted!

... *cocks the hammer and takes aim*

[nezure.livejournal.com]

Maybe all the DBZ characters secretly want to get closer to their inner!Gin? :D **is. killed**

Whoo! **votes!**

And Mrs. Kuroba (the nameless wonder) could be... Moira Clover! **backs away**

[candy--chan.livejournal.com]

...see this? This is my I HATE YOU face >_>;;

As I type this comment, the votes are completely tied. It's...sort of funny XD

... *decides shooting is too good and prepares to beat you instead*

[nezure.livejournal.com]

Uwa, I know you don't really hate me. ♥

It wins. **cackles** Both names are absolutely atrocious.

Oh oh oh! And your Kuroba OC, Aya-chan? She can be Anne Clover! **looks for something to hide behind**

[candy--chan.livejournal.com]

...that's it *readies the bazooka* NO ONE MESSES WITH MY ADORABLE LITTLE PLOT DEVICE! CHAAAAAAAAAAAARGE!! *attacks you liek whoa*

[nezure.livejournal.com]

AND THEN AOKO WILL BECOME ASHLEY CLOVER AND THEY'LL ALL BE A HAPPY FAAAAAAMILYYYY~~ --- **run away!**

[keikeiaznqueen.livejournal.com]

Bob Smith... omg... *wanders off in a daze*

[candy--chan.livejournal.com]

Yup! I think it fits our dear Shuu~ ^_~

Not being an academic discussion at all...

[samcurt.livejournal.com]

I played with westernization of DC names for a long time (and there are still names coming out too!); I would post that if I can find that 2000 list XD.

But for now:

• I made the Kurobas "Clover." Canonical; the clover charm on Kid's monocle. Kaito is "Theo" to make it sound like "thief."


• Eisuke: my very newly westernized form is Aesop Hondoria.


• Samuel Curtis, actually, was my original westernization for Shinichi.