KungFuMaster
KungFu Zen Mode
Im used to watch in raw Japanese anyway (eventhough I understand none of it). IMO the first two episodes of SM dub weren't that bad but cmmn, this opening sounds like an ice cream car would play all day long in my street
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Dub Title Thread
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Im used to watch in raw Japanese anyway (eventhough I understand none of it). IMO the first two episodes of SM dub weren't that bad but cmmn, this opening sounds like an ice cream car would play all day long in my street
Frozocrone
Miraculous!
Im used to watch in raw Japanese anyway (eventhough I understand none of it). IMO the first two episodes of SM dub weren't that bad but cmmn, this opening sounds like an ice cream car would play all day long in my street
Same, I prefer watching anime that way anyway.
It's now a guilty pleasure of mine...at least it's on repeat in my browser.
Frozocrone
Miraculous!
Think my biggest problem with it is that there is no sign of Tapu Koko and it's the one Pokemon that's had the most influence on Ash (from Alola anyway).
OshyHikari
c l a r i t y
I'm afraid I have to say that it does. The XYZ dub opening (Stand Tall) made me feel cringy but this one is definitely a new low for me.
You said it. Those lyrics are so unsuitable because he's holed up in a school and not travelling all over Alola other than to do the trials, definitely bad lyric writing on TPCi's part.
Now my thoughts - when I heard this new opening I was like "oh crap, another stupid dub OP" but this one definitely felt worse than the XY dub OPs and even BW's for that matter. The vocals feel out of place, and then there's Frozocrone's point about the lyrics being unfitting.
This dub OP is already adding to my many turn-offs of the SM anime. First, I hate the school setting and focus on slapstick because I feel those are part of an attempt to copy Yo-Kai Watch. Second is Ash's redesign, which has made him look like an ugly dork whose outfit also feels very lazily designed (it's the exact same design as the SM male player's outfit, except for the shirt colours being inverted and the hat colour being different). Third is well, the art design in general.
Pokegirl Fan~
Liko>>>>>Ash
It's funny how much people are overreacting to a dub opening. It's like the saltiness of Ash losing against Alan in the league finals all over again lol
Vipsoccermaster
Well-Known Member
Some people will likely get over it as the season goes on. For myself, I'm completely indifferent about the dub openings, be it good or bad. The actual episodes is where the meat is, not the opening.
OshyHikari
c l a r i t y
According to Bulbapedia, Eileen Stevens is the dub voice of Lana's Popplio.
Pokegirl0102
Well-Known Member
So guys i was watching Yokai Watch, when this popped up, i hope they mean actual new episode and not rerun
http://imgur.com/a/Riv2a
http://imgur.com/a/Riv2a
AuraChannelerChris
Easygoing Luxray.
Strangely enough, my TV guide mentions nothing about a new episode at that time.
Mr. Reloaded
Cause a pirate is free
I ain't trying to be mean or anything, but some people have standards.
If they really didn't want to try they could have went with something super cheesy, like Diamond and Pearl's first opening.
Pokegirl0102
Well-Known Member
AuraChannelerChris
Easygoing Luxray.
Prob just an error on Disney XD's part
Don't worry. We still get reminded why Clemont's Heliolisk liked the robot more than Clemont.
Vipsoccermaster
Well-Known Member
Might have been an error. That episode image isn't new; the image was from the first episode of the season that was already aired back in early December 2016. It's still a while before we get started on the third episode of the season in the English dub.
TheWanderingMist
Paladin of the Snow Queen
Pretty sure that's an error given my TV guide still says XY. If they don't end up running concurrently, we won't get any new Sun/Moon episodes 'til around June, during which time they'll desperately be trying to figure out Team Rocket's new motto.
Zoruagible
Lover of underrated characters
Arceus, I hope not..... the days of the dub being a year behind the sub back in the day was just annoying.
Pokegirl Fan~
Liko>>>>>Ash
Agreed. I'd rather see SM air weekly alongside with XY/XYZ running on weekdays instead of waiting until June and bomb like half of the season until the next long hiatus. I guess I could stand like a week of new episodes starting some time in April before going back to a weekly schedule for SM episodes, but I'd rather not have any longer than that. The bombing format just sounds annoying and too inconsistent for me.
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TheWanderingMist
Paladin of the Snow Queen
I was going by the assumption that they'd run one new episode per day. With 140 episodes of XY, 7 episodes a week would give 20 weeks, which as I said, puts us at June for Sun/Moon episodes. It's not that I want this to happen, I can just see it ending up as what happens. I'd be perfectly fine with them starting Sun/Moon early. Maybe they'll start Sun/Moon on the anime's 20th anniversary. It's the perfect time for it on Saturday mornings and since their current ratings darling (Star [I love Star but dear me do they play it constantly]) is on season break, it'd give Pokémon its own spotlight.
LilligantLewis
Bonnie stan
Actually, they're only at a pace of 6 episodes a week. The 6 "new" episodes a week are Mon-Fri at 4, and Sat 9am. The Sat&Sun7:30pm airings are "re-reairs" of the Friday afternoon and Saturday morning.
So this Friday is episode 24 and Saturday morning is 25. That means Saturday night is also episode 24 and Sunday night is episode 25.
A proof of this 6-episodes-a-week rate is seen in the fact that episode 1 aired on Sat 2/11, and 4 weeks later episode 25 is airing on Sat 3/11.
By my calculations this should take us to late July before SM.
TheWanderingMist
Paladin of the Snow Queen
Oh, I see that you are correct in your 6 episodes per week. That racks on an extra 3.333 weeks to my original estimation. I hope, however, that we only end up having 70 or so days between them. At parts of XY, there were 51 days between airings. Plus, it might air daily here in America rather than weekly, at least for a while.