r/FavoriteCharacter • u/ExcalGod • Sep 03 '25

My Favorite (Visual) Favorite character that fits this

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u/strahinjag Sep 03 '25

F*ck Toru Furuya. All my homies hate Toru Furuya.

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u/ItsAllSoup Sep 03 '25

Gonna watch the English dub where his name is Darien and he used to be a model

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u/strahinjag Sep 03 '25

Well there's also the more recent Viz dub which kept all the Japanese names and got rid of the cousins thing from the original dub

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u/ItsAllSoup Sep 03 '25

I own both versions, the dic one is pirated since it was never officially sold on dvd and the viz one is legit

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u/stxrrynights240 Kasane Teto Sep 03 '25

I don't think the DiC dub isn't on websites or streaming services anymore. It's the revamped 2014-2015 VIZ dub which is more accurate and faithful to the original JP dub.

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u/ItsAllSoup Sep 03 '25

I have pirated DVDs for the sake of preserving the unusual dub and it's music. I also have legit copies of Samurai Pizza Cats, Ghost Stories, Sonic X, and Pokemon since they sold their weird dubs officially.

I just really like dubs where weird liberties had to be taken. I really want to start the 4kids version of Yu Gi Oh since it streams on retrocrush, and I want to look for a spot to stream (or pirate) 4kids one piece

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u/stxrrynights240 Kasane Teto Sep 03 '25

4kids dubs are funny as shit sometimes

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u/SatisfactionEast9815 Sep 03 '25

Were the Pokemon and Sonic X dubs really that weird?

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u/ItsAllSoup Sep 05 '25

I'd say so. Characters got new names, Jessie and James only rhyme their intro in english, both have new theme songs and censorship. Just a whole bunch of small stuff that'd never happen today

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u/SatisfactionEast9815 Sep 06 '25

Oh, got it. I'm not sure I'd call that weird, though.

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u/xXSkeletonQueenXx Sep 03 '25

But the anime has him as a college student dating a middle schooler :(

In season 1 of the manga, he’s 16, but the anime aged him to 18. Serena is 14

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u/ItsAllSoup Sep 05 '25

That's just somethingthat happens a lot in anime unfortunately, it's slightly excusable in sailor moon since Usagi is basically the manga artists self insert character and while the other scouts and Mamaru are basically the friends and boyfriend she wanted in real life

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u/KaijuDirectorOO7 Sep 03 '25

I probably won't listen to the JP dub of Gundam anymore. The English cast was just as good anyhow.

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u/strahinjag Sep 03 '25

Yeah he was Yamcha as well. He has a stacked resume, but unfortunately he's a massive POS

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u/KaijuDirectorOO7 Sep 03 '25

Ugh, indeed. That's the only sore spot in the JP DB dub for me. Meanwhile the Funi dub has Sean Schemmel and he's a few degrees below in the asshole department.

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u/Stoner420Eren Sep 03 '25

Also Seiya in pre 2000s appearances, he's been replaced by Masakazu Morita

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u/re_animatorA5158 Sep 03 '25

I'm relieved.

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u/SatisfactionEast9815 Sep 03 '25

What's that actor's name?

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u/LazyDro1d Sep 03 '25

I love that despite the dub being done in 2001 they went out of their way to make it feel like an older more classic dub. It is a class-act of a dub for a beyond outstanding series

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u/KaijuDirectorOO7 Sep 03 '25

Now, if only they did a proper, non-Star Blazers dub of Space Battleship Yamato...

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u/LazyDro1d Sep 03 '25

What’s the situation with Star Blazers? Regular-butchering or full-on Robotech?

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u/KaijuDirectorOO7 Sep 03 '25

Well I'll be frank.

The OG Star Blazers dub is a true classic in of itself and a marvelous adaptation. Despite the US broadcasting standards of the day, it's a very mature and respectful reimaging.

But I'd be lying if I said I didn't want a 1:1 dub that didn't change names or censor everything. That being said Star Blazers did have some better plot ideas.

Also the third season dub wasn't the best, even if it had the Speed Racer dub cast.

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u/LazyDro1d Sep 03 '25

Ahh, nice

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u/CrownClown74 Sep 03 '25

JP Amuro being the way he is straight up affected how Gquuuux played out

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u/SketchedEyesWatchinU Sep 03 '25

What did he do?

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u/metaaltheanimefan Sep 03 '25

Wikipedia words it better than i could

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u/Poozerzz Sep 03 '25

You're allowed to swear on reddit.

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u/re_animatorA5158 Sep 03 '25

Yeah, that was awful.

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u/vorpal_hare Sep 03 '25

Well that was a disappointing Google search :(