Summary

• Infamous anime dubs can turn cheesy and ruin tension, like Yu-Gi-Oh! censoring guns and death with "Shadow Realm."
• Some dubs, like Digimon, add unnecessary puns and one-liners while confusing storylines and censoring death themes.
• Avoid dubs like Dragon Ball Z Big Green or Ghost Stories, which butcher characters and dialogue with cringe-worthy changes.

Anime getting dubbed is a great way to get more people into a certain fr༺anchise. Usually, there is a talented team working behind the scenes with great voice acting and scripts to keep the translation as close to the source material as possible. So what happens when the effort fails miserably?

Some of the most infamous dubs in anime history can become memo﷽rable due to how cheesy they are, which turns into a fond childhood memory. Other times, the dub removes much of what gives the show its identity as it tries desperately to cater to the wrong demographic. Here are ten of the mosꦍt infamous anime dubs.

10 Yu-Gi-Oh!

It’s Time To Duel

Yu-Gi-Oh! is king of the playground. The anime served as an introduction to the Yu-Gi-Oh! card game even before official rules were established. While the dub is still fondly remembered for its 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:classic monsters, it is quite infamous for other reasons.

Due to censorship, the show removed plenty of guns, making them invisible during critical moments. Any mention of death is also replaced with the infamous Shadow Realm. The dub voices in the first season are also filled with corny lines that rui𒉰n the tension.

9 Digimon

More Puns And A Funny Movie

Digimon is far from the most infamous anime dub, but it does have a few qualities that set it apart from its source material. For starters, the show has way more puns𒉰, which can sometimes undercut the tone. It also has more one-liners that weren’t present in the original.

One of the most infamous Digimon dub-related media is the first𒅌 movie, which is a combination of three films spliced into one very convoluted narrative. The Digimon dub also tends to censor death a bit more, muddying the waters of an already confusing reincarnation system.

8 Drago🧜n Ball Z Big Green

The Word Dragon Ball Dub

Dragon 💦Ball Z has had many dubs in the past, each with its🍸 own unique spins and possibly even advantages over the others. However, one dub, dubbed the Big Green dub took the cake for the worst, as characters sounded high-pitched and Goku was stripped of all personality.

168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Screaming to power up is also half-baked with some of the worst sounds imaginable. On🌳e of the funniest changes is having Piccolo constantly referred to as Big Green, thus giving the dub an official fan name and spawning a joke in fan-made content.

7 🦹 Devilman: The Birth (OVA)

Seriousness Turned Goofy

Devilman Crybaby turned out to have a pretty decent dub, but the same cannot be said about some of the franchise♔'s original dips into the Western world. The original story is geared towards adults and dꦫives into some dark territories. The dub almost makes it feel like a comedy.

Dialogue is some of the worst ever ♔seen on screen, turning what should be compelling conversations and characters into parodies of themselves. It almost feels as if all emotions were exorcised from the two main leads, resulting in stale performances.

6 Sonic X

Unnecessary Changes

Infamous dubs are often the ones that try to censor too much or miss the mark in representing their characters. Sonic X suffered from many unnecessary cuts to the content that ultimately lowered the quality of the dub; from exaggerated characters to changಌed dialogue, it paled in comparison to the Japanese version.

While many of the voices a👍re either hit or miss, the biggest offender is the background music. Playing the same repetitive tunes can get tiring and Sonic X’s du💛b score will go in your ears like nails on a chalkboard.

5 🎶 Speed Ra♍cer

Speeding Through Lines

Anyone who has taken potshots at anime usually makes fun of Speed Racer’s faster-than-average line reads. This is because the dialogue is more of a one-for-one translation than an a🦄daptation and thus, the timing is thrown off.

Aside from forcing dubbers to rush through lines, it also added in unnecessary gasps and rather lackluster responses in conversations. Regardless, the dub of Speed Racer is one of the first dubs ever made so, while infamous, it was also a new unde🌳rtaking and fun for a quick laugh.

4 Astro Boy

Even The Creator Hated It

Astro Boy is an interesting anime in hindsight; for starters, some aspects of the dub haven’t aged well and the voice acting leaves a lot to be desired. One notable removal that cau🅘ght even the creator’s eye is the removal of an episode where a dog received an operation.

Astro Boꩵy may be loved by children, but the subject matter can also get pretty dark as well. For starters, Astro Boy isn’t just about a robot child, but about replacing one who gets hit by a truck and dies.

3 Cardcaptor Sakura Got Cut In Half🐭

Changing The Target Demographic

What happens when you take an animไe intended for young girls and try to sell it to boys instead? You get the Cardcaptor Sakura dub. From missing content to a complete change in tone, this dub has all the ingredie🦩nts to make it infamous.

One character, Li Shaoran, who was only a supporting character, is bumped up to a secondary protago✃nist by cutting🗹 down on Sakura’s screentime and cutting almost half of the show’s 70-episode runtime. It also moved the setting from the Japanese Tomoeda to the American sounding, Reedington.

2 One Piece 4Kids Entertainment 🐬

Rubber Knives And Water Pistols

One Piece may have a normal dub🦄 now, but when it was first introduced to American audiences, the show was an entirely different experience. This is due to an unfamiliarity with the One Piece franchise as a whole, which resꦚulted in executives receiving a much darker show than expected.

From cutting 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:vital arcs to censoring weapons with water pistols, 4Kids 🅷did everything in their power to make One Piece a kid-friendly pirate show with treasure and PG booty. They even replaced Sanji’s signature cigarette with a🔯 lollipop.

1 ꦗ Ghost Stories

An Anime Free For All

Ghost Stories is one of the most infamous anime dubs of all time. Taꦜsked with sellin꧒g a somewhat mediocre show to American audiences, the dub crew threw out most of the script. Completely ignoring any of the existing lore, Ghost Stories turned into a gag reel-style anime.

From political re🥂ferences to fourth-wall-breaking jokes, Ghost Stories keeps only the ꩲbasic framework of children solving mysteries and confronting ghosts. Characterizations are also wild due to the chaotic nature behind the scenes, with many of the lines being made up on the spot.