It's prolly not gonna happen anytime soon, but it wouldn't hurt to hear some opinions on this
Should FUNi dub One Piece Character Song CD's?
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YES! YES! YES! YES! I'd actully like to here it. XDD I already know Sonny could do it.
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It would be cool, but I doubt it would happen…Unless character song CDs somehow become popular among American fans
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It would be nice and I'd like it, but it probably won't happen.
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Nope, I would rather them focus on other things. (Like movies, future eps and whatever other work the VAs have.)
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I think they actually might not be able to do that legally. I think a domestic release of the CDs is much more likely.
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@Dixxy:
I think they actually might not be able to do that legally. I think a domestic release of the CDs is much more likely.
What's a domestic release? :wassat:
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I have the feeling that any character songs not used in the show itself will not be dubbed.
@sniperking323:What's a domestic release? :wassat:
Just releasing the original soundtrack and songs sung in Japanese left as-is.
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Vic singing? Yes please. In honor of that, they should make a Nezumi song.
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Heso!
I would love to have the character songs dubbed. I am not sure if they could get the rights to them but that would be great.
I wish that we could get full versions of the OPs and EDs but again the issue is rights and they are more than likely high.
But I would indeed like the character songs.
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Heso!
I would love to have the character songs dubbed. I am not sure if they could get the rights to them but that would be great.
I wish that we could get full versions of the OPs and EDs but again the issue is rights and they are more than likely high.
But I would indeed like the character songs.
Yes but it's also not necessarily unattainable. There are domestic releases of Japanese soundtracks for other series. The old FMA tins came with soundtracks shows like Evangelion have had soundtracks released in the US.
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If they sought the right to do so, I would not see why not…
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While character CDs would be pretty sweet, I think FUNi's more determined to get out DVD releases right now. Besides, isn't Toei not so hot on giving the rights to dub the character songs?
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I would like a dub and oficial non-dub release actually, but as EvilGamerX said, I'd rather have more DVDs to buy, and then focus on little nice things like these.
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All I can say is "DO IT!"
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For me, listening to all the One Piece songs (openings, endings, character songs, etc.) is cool because frankly i have no idea how lame or corny the lyrics might be. English translations of these songs might prove to be that way. Of course, Caitlin Glass' voice is phenomenal….and heck, Vic ain't bad in my opinion.
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Caitlin Glass did the English version of "Tsuki to Taiyo" and Vic did "Hikari E" yes?
I dunno, I haven't heard all the VA's sing yet. I'd give it a try, though, so why not? -
Caitlin Glass did the English version of "Tsuki to Taiyo" and Vic did "Hikari E" yes?
I dunno, I haven't heard all the VA's sing yet. I'd give it a try, though, so why not?Tsuki to Taiyo is sung by Stephaine Young (who also did Shouchi no suke dubbed in character as Robin) and Vic did sing Hikari E. What I like about the FUNimation dub is for at least 3 of the songs (ED 4 and ED 7, Movie 8 ED), they've had the actors who play the characters featured sing the songs and it worked really well. Why they didn't use Brina for ED 6 though… rather odd.
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Funi roams in this forum sometimes, right?
It seems like all the strawhats so far (not sure about Franky's VA) can sing well. I would definitively buy the Cd's if they dubbed them.
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Funi roams in this forum sometimes, right?
It seems like all the strawhats so far (not sure about Franky's VA) can sing well. I would definitively buy the Cd's if they dubbed them.
The problem is, they may not have the legal ability to release those CDs. I know when asked about whether or not they were able to release a "Funimation Soundtrack" that that was their answer. I would also buy the CD if it came out, but I wouldn't hold your breath (it'd probably work better on iTunes or something anyway).
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I think they're more likely to release them in the original Japanese format, maybe as an extra in a limited edition dvd set.
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@Zach:
The problem is, they may not have the legal ability to release those CDs. I know when asked about whether or not they were able to release a "Funimation Soundtrack" that that was their answer. I would also buy the CD if it came out, but I wouldn't hold your breath (it'd probably work better on iTunes or something anyway).
Yeah, I know the chances of it happening are slim, but a OP fan can dream. I only posted in hope that funi would see all the support for the idea and obtain the rights for the CD's.
I think they're more likely to release them in the original Japanese format, maybe as an extra in a limited edition dvd set.
Now that would be a great way to get people to buy those all or mostly filler sets we'll be seeing in the future. Funi, if your lurking these forums, please do this.
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I asked Vic at one point (Via E-mail) if they recorded the full versions of the songs and if we'd see a CD release eventually. He forwarded my E-mail to Caitlin Glass since she knows more, and she told me they didn't have the rights to do so (since the Songs, sans "We Are!" aren't wholly owned by Toei) so they only ever recorded the short versions of the songs.
Now, as far as Future songs go… I'd REALLY Like to see them Fully dub Dear Friends for episode 312, that would be really nice XD
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I think thats likely since Funi has dubbed full versions of songs for episodes of specific series. For example at the end of YuYu Hakusho they dubbed the opening song Smile Bomb in full just for the credit sequence of the final episode.
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Now, as far as Future songs go… I'd REALLY Like to see them Fully dub Dear Friends for episode 312, that would be really nice XD
I don't see why they wouldn't… Germany did it, so...
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Really wish they would. But didn't either Brina Palencia or someone say they deffo wouldn't ? Mabe Vivi's Voice Actress ?
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Talking about songs I can't wait to hear family in episode 130!
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@LUFFY#1:
Talking about songs I can't wait to hear family in episode 130!
IF Family IS in episode 130. Some of us are still not sure whether that's supposed to be there or if K-F added it to their Fansub on their own.
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IF Family IS in episode 130. Some of us are still not sure whether that's supposed to be there or if K-F added it to their Fansub on their own.
Why the hell would they do that? Is there no other version to check?
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@LUFFY#1:
Why the hell would they do that? Is there no other version to check?
It was the end of the Baroque works Saga and they were leaving Vivi behind, so it was a good moment for the song. We know it wasn't on the Japanese DVDs, so the only possible place it could have been was on the original broadcast, and when K-F got there they just re-created it with clips from episodes.
OR, it was never there to begin with, and K-F decided it would be nice to commemorate the end of the Baroque Works Saga with a nice montage video of the whole trip. So they made it themselves.
Since, I don't think anyone HAS the original broadcast Raw to that episode, and K-F never own up to these kinds of things, we may never know what the truth is. But the clip not being there on the Japanese Toei DVDs means it's possible that they haven't given FUNi any kind of Raw for that (even if it did exist at some point) so we may not see it. -
If it's not there, will the only other time we'll be able to get a clean rip of it is during the party at the end of Skypiea?
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If it's not there, will the only other time we'll be able to get a clean rip of it is during the party at the end of Skypiea?
That, and if FUNi ever does the TV specials, it was the ending theme of one or two of them.
Also, when we get to Skypiea, FUNi does their 5.1 surround sound mixes, so someone who is good at music mixing will most likely be able to get a Clean Rip of it from the music channel.
Pretty sure TheGreatPirateKing will do it, he's good at that sort of thing. -
Probably a stupid question, but has any dub company ever dubbed the CDs available for series out there? I know in Japan there is usually at least a couple of CD releases per anime series. I'm just surprised that people expected FUNi to do this, because I've never heard of it happening at all.
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Probably a stupid question, but has any dub company ever dubbed the CDs available for series out there? I know in Japan there is usually at least a couple of CD releases per anime series. I'm just surprised that people expected FUNi to do this, because I've never heard of it happening at all.
I don't think it ever HAS happened.
The Ranma OVA songs got dubbbed, that MIGHT have gotten a CD Release, but I don't recall that actually happening. And even if it did, that would be like, One time out of the tons of Anime that did get dubbed songs…Well, the Pokemon series got OSTs released, and those included the dubbed opening (I THINK they left the BGMs alone on that show too, but it's 4kids so you never know) and Dragon Ball Z got completely re-scored in the dub, and that got a CD release too, but it was ALL BGMs, and they were all 100% Original songs made by FUNi's Music guy, so they owned them outright.
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I don't think it ever HAS happened.
The Ranma OVA songs got dubbbed, that MIGHT have gotten a CD Release, but I don't recall that actually happening. And even if it did, that would be like, One time out of the tons of Anime that did get dubbed songs…Well, the Pokemon series got OSTs released, and those included the dubbed opening (I THINK they left the BGMs alone on that show too, but it's 4kids so you never know) and Dragon Ball Z got completely re-scored in the dub, and that got a CD release too, but it was ALL BGMs, and they were all 100% Original songs made by FUNi's Music guy, so they owned them outright.
While I don't know about Ranma, I know that Tenchi Muyo recieved a dubbed CD release, which features alot of the dubbed songs used in the show, with the only major cut being the opening from Tenchi Universe since the original singer sung that. The Kingdom Hearts CD released included the dubbed opening theme released and the Germans… well pretty much got every song that was dubbed released on domestic CDs until 2007. I actually purchased one recently and it lists who they liscened it from. The Toei music (DBGT and One Piece) was lisenced through "FUJIPACIFIC MUSIC". Its possible that FUNimation doesn't know about this lisencing company and thus, won't release anything. It is worth noting the German CDs have rescored music but if going by that logic, why hasn't the first Conan OP/ED been released? The thing happened with the German versions.
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I don't think it ever HAS happened.
The Ranma OVA songs got dubbbed, that MIGHT have gotten a CD Release, but I don't recall that actually happening. And even if it did, that would be like, One time out of the tons of Anime that did get dubbed songs…Well, the Pokemon series got OSTs released, and those included the dubbed opening (I THINK they left the BGMs alone on that show too, but it's 4kids so you never know) and Dragon Ball Z got completely re-scored in the dub, and that got a CD release too, but it was ALL BGMs, and they were all 100% Original songs made by FUNi's Music guy, so they owned them outright.
@ThegreatPirateKing:
While I don't know about Ranma, I know that Tenchi Muyo recieved a dubbed CD release, which features alot of the dubbed songs used in the show, with the only major cut being the opening from Tenchi Universe since the original singer sung that. The Kingdom Hearts CD released included the dubbed opening theme released and the Germans… well pretty much got every song that was dubbed released on domestic CDs until 2007. I actually purchased one recently and it lists who they liscened it from. The Toei music (DBGT and One Piece) was lisenced through "FUJIPACIFIC MUSIC". Its possible that FUNimation doesn't know about this lisencing company and thus, won't release anything. It is worth noting the German CDs have rescored music but if going by that logic, why hasn't the first Conan OP/ED been released? The thing happened with the German versions.
Thanks for the input guys.
From whart I heard, Pokemon was half dub music and half original or something to that effect. It was pretty popular when I was younger, so it's no surprise that it had some sort of release like that. Going on the logic of popularity, maybe dub companies feel that the fans are not interested? Perhaps if someone emailed FUNi about this matter, we could get the ball rolling…
Oh, and I am really surprised FUNi actually dubbed something that they edited and rescored. Knowing how old DBZ is and all, I am curious as to how long FUNi has been releasing uncut anime.
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FUNi's first uncut release was the Ginyu saga in 1998. It did have fake subtitles (dubtitles, I think) though. I think they brought in Simmons soon after though.
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Going on the logic of popularity, maybe dub companies feel that the fans are not interested? Perhaps if someone emailed FUNi about this matter, we could get the ball rolling…
I did email Mike McFarland about this way back and he said it had something to do with the law. Considering FUNimation is picking so many rights to the series they get these days, such as merchandise, I don't see how at least the background music couldn't get a domestic release.
FUNi's first uncut release was the Ginyu saga in 1998. It did have fake subtitles (dubtitles, I think) though. I think they brought in Simmons soon after though.
Actually to quote the fantastic Dragon Ball webiste 'Daizenshuu EX':
Minor swearing in the Japanese script is censored to words like "darn," and character names are in their English-dub forms (for example, "Krillin" and "Frieza"). These censorings are abandoned after these two discs; all other dialogue is translated accurately.
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@ThegreatPirateKing:
I did email Mike McFarland about this way back and he said it had something to do with the law. Considering FUNimation is picking so many rights to the series they get these days, such as merchandise, I don't see how at least the background music couldn't get a domestic release.
Yeah, I agree. If anything, BGM music is a piece of cake to release, since there is no altering needed.
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I think official dubbed character songs translated would be good if it were legally possible, but I pray that they won't have to resort to AutoTune or one of those programs if one of the cast members can't sing.
Vic singing? Yes please. In honor of that, they should make a Nezumi song.
Nezumi song? That reminds me of this one parody of the "Mickey Mouse" song:
http://yogatori.com/movies/guitarist/nezumi.htm
xD