LilligantLewis
Bonnie stan
Titles with Ire:
DP163: Fighting Ire with Fire!
SM136: Getting Down to the Ire!
DP163: Fighting Ire with Fire!
SM136: Getting Down to the Ire!
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Dub Title Thread
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Trey pokes
Well-Known Member
Just one more title left and then... the final 7 remain. I just hate that were nearing the end of the series, cuz it's so good.
LilligantLewis
Bonnie stan
maybe it's because the new series so far isn't really advertising Galar in any way? so they thought it doesn't make sense to promote the SwSh games with it really
Bortgreen
Captain Pikachu is EPIC
in a way it is, just isn't the main focus
Trey pokes
Well-Known Member
Yeah, I think having a preview Dub this time around won't work because of the show's new structure.
SerenaRulez
Well-Known Member
LilligantLewis
Bonnie stan
Yeah unfortunately starting in Gen V they stopped doing a pun title for EVERY episode, which they did from Gens II-IVI don't like the first title because it's not a clever joke or a pun just a simple title that tells dub fans what to expect, but the second title is much better.
Lord Starfish
Fond of owls
"Unfortunately"...
Between the fact that the original titles aren't puns anywhere near as often (I mean there defintely are plenty of punny titles in Japan, too, but it's not every episode) and the fact that non-English dubs have to work with these titles that only work in English and so end up with stuff that either sounds super weak or has to be rewritten entirely, I do not see this at all as a bad thing.
Between the fact that the original titles aren't puns anywhere near as often (I mean there defintely are plenty of punny titles in Japan, too, but it's not every episode) and the fact that non-English dubs have to work with these titles that only work in English and so end up with stuff that either sounds super weak or has to be rewritten entirely, I do not see this at all as a bad thing.
Trey pokes
Well-Known Member
My stance on Dub tittles has been to either be like the JP titles or similar enough without sounding completely different. Sometimes simpler titles also works best because yeah they do also have appeal to other international dubs which might not understand some of themore punnier-sounding ones.
Trey pokes
Well-Known Member
We still do get punny titles although admittedly, not enough and again none too kidsy-sounding like what we got back then.
Leonhart
Imagineer
Trey pokes said:
I'm of two minds. On one hand, I like dub titles that are more straight-forward and not puns or jokes because very few of them make me chuckle to begin with. But at the same time, I think that some creativity when it comes to dub titles can be a good thing especially if it's done to hide something obvious like a new capture or another plot point that might be a spoiler.
Lord Starfish
Fond of owls
I will admit, "Dummy, You Shrunk the Kids!" is a much better title for that episode than "Satoshi Minimizes!" was.
Bortgreen
Captain Pikachu is EPIC
It's not new thoughI don't like the first title because it's not a clever joke or a pun just a simple title that tells dub fans what to expect, but the second title is much better.
The title to the beginning of Indigo League was literally Round 1 Begin
LilligantLewis
Bonnie stan
Fair enough, but come on, "The Final Four" is super-boring. At least it's not as bad as BW40: Cilan vs. Trip! Ash vs. Georgia!! which is literally the worst title in the history of the show. When I hear that the Japanese has titles like this for almost every episode..................... wow let me just saw I'm glad I don't watch the Japanese lol. Some sort of weird directive definitely came from above between Gens IV and V with regards to dub titles lol, where Gen IV definitely had a pun title for every episode, and Gen V went so far in the opposite direction that many were literal Japanese translations, even to the point of having really long titles that took up the whole screen. I'm glad that now even though we don't always have pun titles, they aren't as literal as many were during Gen V, and furthermore that they are shorter.
Yes, a lot of Japanese titles are spoilery which is another reason I don't like the dub title directly translating. That's not to say that some dub titles aren't spoilery as well, like DP013: A Staravia Is Born! but at least that's few and far between, and furthermore, even the title in question I just mentioned is cute and punny
Gen I is a horrible example since pretty much every title was straightforward. Gens II-IV are the true era of the pun titles, and would be better examples.
NPT
Just a member
New dub titles courtesy of @theworldofkevinc-
SM139: Enter the Champion!
Airdate: January 18
SM140: Z-Move Showdown!
Airdate: January 25
SM139: Enter the Champion!
Airdate: January 18
SM140: Z-Move Showdown!
Airdate: January 25
Trey pokes
Well-Known Member
6 more titles left, then that's it. Gen 7 will truly be over.