Tabasco Boshi
★★★★★
Awkward is seeing Ash's ultimate battle being butchered. And I don't even want to think about the MPM episodes, with that BGM variety some of us have asked for years being destroyed.
TPCi has no shame.
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TPCi has no shame.
SerGoldenhandtheJust
Deluded Dreamer
The character being described as a teenager with a weighty mission placed on their shoulders makes me most excited for the plot potential
Veedramon
Well-Known Member
What about Roy's goal to battle a legendary?
AuraChannelerChris
"..."
Goh: Why battle one when you can just catch one?! Idiots!
bruhidk
LARRY SUPREMACY
Roy just wants to flex
Satoshi & Touko
Peanuts aren't just a nut.
I'm not really sure if I would consider that major tbh. You technically don't need to be at any specific level to battle a legendary.
Veedramon
Well-Known Member
I mean, if Roy's goal is to battle a Legendary pokemon (possibly a specific one), then him not training his pokemon for it and then being satisfied with the (possibly severe) loss against it would be pretty unlikely.
His main dream being to fight something really strong (combined with his general demeanor in all the promo material) indicates that he has a battle-hungry spirit
ShuckFam
Well-Known Member
And that hungry spirit must be well fed by chef Liko!
masdog
What is the airspeed of an unladen Swellow?
Maybe?
I suspect that there will be some changes. Music might change due to licensing fees/issuers. I suspect there will be some cut content or "censorship" due to different cultural values and the needs of the different networks the show airs on. But I don't think this will be on the level of what 4Kids did with the Jelly Donuts...err...rice balls.
The issue isn't the composers. The issue is how the show gets distributed and how people are paid for the music. Twilight Wings was a YouTube series distributed directly by TPC, so it would be easier to keep the original music. It wasn't sublicensed to various TV networks around the globe.
I'm not a lawyer, but I can imagine that music licensing for a show like Pokemon is very complicated.
Tabasco Boshi
★★★★★
Music licensing for a show like Pokémon is very easy because it's literally the same like in any other tv show/anime. If anything, it's even easier for TPCi because it's their own show, coming from TPC. They have access to everything. They willingly destroy the show to gain a few bucks from the countries that are forced to use the pathetic English dub base. Of course they think they are doing us a favor and improving the product though.
I'm tired of reading this mantra of "licensing issues" with the music when it's simply false as seen even in some cases of the main series. TPCi is just stuck in an outdated practice that 4Kids started (and even them seemed to have more respect to the original source in some cases).
masdog
What is the airspeed of an unladen Swellow?
First, nothing with copyright is easy. Especially when it comes to international distribution. Assuming it is easy is a mistake.
Second, I'm not sure we know who owns the distribution rights to the show's original Japanese score or what the contract to license the music says.
mehmeh1
Not thinking twice!
I can't remember who exactly was it, but I do remember someone that worked on the dub (though I think it was someone from the 4kids dub) literally said it was to make extra money from licensing it to other countries' dubs
masdog
What is the airspeed of an unladen Swellow?
I saw that. It was someone who worked on the 4Kids dub.
I haven't watched it, but I think this is what you're referring to.
Tabasco Boshi
★★★★★
I'm not saying it's easy. It's just as easy (or as difficult if you prefer) as with any other show.
I was about to post the video from above.
mehmeh1
Not thinking twice!
aaaah, yeah it was that
Sham
npc
It’s not even a bad thing. If you pay close enough attention DP/BW is filled with a bunch of dub composed music. It’s just that Ed’s sucked. I would prefer if they just not fall into greed and keep the music mostly consistent but then they replace action scenes with “put on hold” phone music.
AuraChannelerChris
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I mentioned this before, but not even anime material going out overseas is safe from TPCi's strange choices.
Ash's 123 theme from Journeys got remixed for Pokemon Masters, but the game doesn't allow players to keep the freaking remix when elevating Ash to EX unlike the rest of the other Sync Pairs (Jessie and James don't have EX versions). At most, Ash's remix was just...listened to during his piss-easy battles, but not outside of them. Progress, I guess? I'm not sure if the Japanese version lets players get his remix.
Ash's 123 theme from Journeys got remixed for Pokemon Masters, but the game doesn't allow players to keep the freaking remix when elevating Ash to EX unlike the rest of the other Sync Pairs (Jessie and James don't have EX versions). At most, Ash's remix was just...listened to during his piss-easy battles, but not outside of them. Progress, I guess? I'm not sure if the Japanese version lets players get his remix.
Trey pokes
Well-Known Member
Why are we talking so much about this music thing again? As someone who does like the modern dub score, this feels kinda insulting to see so much of.
Tabasco Boshi
★★★★★
Some of us just want the dub to grow up and leave the 90s practices. To get the same product the original creators intended to offer and not this bland MickeyMousing mess. Heck, to listen music from the games in the show. To let the Western countries' VAs work shine more with a high quality score behind. If you like it, good for you, you'll probably keep getting that and we'll have this conversation again in 3 years.