Good:
Dragon Ball Z
Bad:
Naruto
Rave Master
I'm indifferent about the rest.
Good:
Dragon Ball Z
Bad:
Naruto
Rave Master
I'm indifferent about the rest.
We've got more dubs, and that means new intros as well.
Even though it sounds kind of cheesy, I like the theme for the Prince of Tennis dub shown on Toonami Jetstream. The cheesy guitar sounds kind of funny.
The Eyeshield 21 dub theme is just awful. Sure, the anime version wasn't all that hot to begin with, but at least the Japanese intros were decent.
Desert Punk's intros and endings are well done, too. I like Jerry Jewell singing the first ending, and it took me awhile to figure out that was him.
The old dubbed Gigantor theme is a favorite.
I did not hate the dub-theme for Shaman King. It wasn't fabulous, but it was tolerable.
Yugioh GX opening…..........buh
Let's see…
Pokemon Jotho: I found this song to be quite catchy back in the day. I listened to it again on Toonami Jetstream a while back, and it was just as catchy. For something coming from 4kids, they did a good job with most of the Pokemon openings.
Megaman NT Warrior: Ugh. Crap. Random game art being thrown at the screen while some uber deep synthesized voice babbled in the background? No thanks.
Megaman NT Warrior Axess: A definate step up. Must've been Viz's influence after the merger. While the music was generic 'oh noes' electronica, it fit the mood of the series and synched well with the episode footage that was used.
Megaman Starforce: So, Viz left the footage intact, yet instead of making an upbeat tune to replace the original, bubblegum J-pop, they use more 'epic' electronica? That doesn't even fit the footage shown? Subaru's all drifting through space smiling to the tune of a grim drumbeat? The only time it worked was when the FMs were shown. And the final insult is the wavy 'Meeegamaaaan' at the end. Thanks a lot, Thorsten Laewe.
Yugioh: Mediocre to begin with, and got worse when 4kids refused to change it. Too bad, because I found the dub to actually be somewhat watchable.
@Senshi:
Gash Bell's dub intro was pretty bad compared to the Japanese version. And, let's not forget about Dic's crappy dub of Saint Seiya. That dub had an even worse intro!
Didn't they just use the newer version of that one song? "And I ran! I Ran so far away~"
Who said Rave Master had a bad dub theme? It was amazing, Reel Big Fish are mah boiz. I also really enjoyed Gigantor's dub OP.
Every Megaman theme pretty much sucked, although I never really took anything about that show seriously. I forget which one it was, but there was a Dragonball opening or ending where it went DRAGON DRAGON IT'S THE DRAGON followed by screaming. Terrible, terrible song.
YYH OP 1 and ED 1
are the 1st things to come to mind
Worst
Megaman NT Warrior/Megman NT Warrior: Access - Just really bad techno. Sure the JP weren't that great either… I'm kinda glad they never got ahold of Stream, Beast and Beast+
Megaman Starforce: Sure they left the opening in tact but instead of the catchy pop song they replaced it with sucky unfitting synthesized garbage and then theres that awful "MEEEEEEEEEEEEEGGGGGGGGAAAAAAAAAAAMAAAAAAAAAAAN" at the end...
Dragon Ball GT: UGH!
Yu-Gi-Oh GX
Pokemon Diamond and Pearl: Atleast 4kids knew how to make a good opening theme.
1st Naruto opening
then again, I don't care for Rocks much either
You don't like Judo Sucks?
Anybody else remember Medabots?
I liked that one. I also like English Hikari E.
Hate:
4Kids OP Rap
Sonic X
Digimon Frontier (I don't "hate" it, per se, but I hate the fact that they replaced "FIRE!" with it. Best Digimon Opening ever.)
Sonic X dub sucked too. I liked the original cause it reminded me of Dragon Ball Z…
And whats with the One Piece rap hate? YO!
I honestly don't know if I hate it or like it!
Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs -
I honestly don't know if I hate it or like it!
Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs -
Love it. Would never say otherwise WHIPCRACK
I recall that the Animeworks dub of Magic Knights Rayearth was bad and they had someone sing the opening that couldn't sing, it made me cringe.
Best:
Monster Rancher
Fighting foodons
One Piece(funimation version)
Sonic X
Samurai Pizza Cats.
Worst:
Digimon
pokemon
Ultimate Muscle
Flint the time Detective
Cant say much since most animes I watched didnt have a intro due to time.
BEST: Any of the Inuyasha openings
Some of the Pokemons
OP Funi.
DESERT PUNK (it was awesome, muhahahaha)
Shaman King
Digimon (all of them)
And theres probably more, but can't think of them now
Megaman Starforce
ZB (It is kinda ok, but its also kinda boring, does anyone know if theres any uncut dvd for ZB)?
WORST: Yugioh (both of the series)
OP Rap (YUCK)
Megaman NT Warrior
Theres probably more, but can't remember them too
HVbdTREEQos
Dragon Ball. It had that feeling of old cartoon openings with all the "Let's look for the Dragon Balls" theme.
Best anime dub openings to me:
-One Piece (FUNimation)
-Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo.
-Sailor Moon. (Yes, I was just young back then, so I didn't know it was a Shojo)
-Viewtiful Joe
Worst dub intros:
-One Piece (4Kids)
-Yu-Gi-Oh!
-Cardcaptors
-Naruto-RISE!
That's my picks.
-Sailor Moon. (Yes, I was just young back then, so I didn't know it was a Shojo)
Anybody who didn't like Sailor Moon as a kid is a shit-fuck liar.
Best:
One piece funi opening
Dragonball Z - Rock the dragon I thought it was pretty bad ass
Viewtiful Joe.
Worst:
Kirby right back at ya…I NEEDA MONSTAH TO CLOBBAH DAT DERE KIRBEH'!
Yu-gi-oh
Funimation Dragonball Z
Dragonball GT
@Cyringohn:
Anybody who didn't like Sailor Moon as a kid is a shit-fuck liar.
I was never really aware of Sailor Moon presence as a kid.
I did like Cardcaptor Sakura if thats worth anything though.
As for dub intros that I like…
"Smile Bomb" -- Yu Yu Hakusho opening
"Sand Mission" – Desert Punk 1st opening
"Rock The Dragon" – DBZ (I'm not gonna lie, It really grew on me over time)
"RISE" – Naruto(Same thing as DBZ)
and top it all off with the 4kids opening for the Pokemon Johto episodes.
"Rock The Dragon" – DBZ (I'm not gonna lie, It really grew on me over time)
Nooooooooooooooooooooooooo (I don't think I did this right)
I kinda liked some of the Pokemon dub intros, too. While I don't like it as much as I do now, the first intro used in the Indigo League episodes was catchy. In retrospect, it sounded really cheesy, but it's actually really nostalgic everytime I hear "Gotta catch 'em all! Pokemon!"
The one for Johto was catchy, too. It really makes me miss the days when 4Kids were alot more lenient and didn't have sticks up their asses.
I used to watch Yu-Gi-Oh! every Saturday, just to hear the rift after Yami goes "IT'S TIME TO DUEL US SOME CARDS, HONKEY"
@Cyringohn:
Anybody who didn't like Sailor Moon as a kid is a shit-fuck liar.
I'm ashamed to admit I liked the show too. I watched it because DBZ got me addicted to anime, so I watched any one I could find.
And I second "Rock the Dragon" as crazy as it sounds. I can't get it out of my head unless I blow it out with a bullet. But it's admittedly catchy and nostalgiac for me.
The Yu-Gi-Oh dub theme is alright. It's just that I think the "It's time to d-d-d-d-duel!" is really lame.
As for the Dragonball Z intros, Rock the Dragon was probably my favorite. I couldn't stand the one for Dragonball Z: Uncut that was shown on CN a few years ago. CHRIS SABAT HARDCORE GITAR SOLOS don't make for a good intro.
And I second "Rock the Dragon" as crazy as it sounds. I can't get it out of my head unless I blow it out with a bullet. But it's admittedly catchy and nostalgiac for me.
Let this poor young emoticon do it instead.
Only those with fully developed cojones can fully appreciate "Rock the Dragon"
RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! AMIRITE!?
Dragon Dragon Ball Dragon A COME GET ME!
BEST: Some Pokemon OP's
One Piece's Funi Opening.
Shaman King (I prefer Oversoul or Northern Light, but this one was good.)
Yu Yu Hakusho's Openings.
And theres probably more, but I can't think of any right now.
WORST: Yugioh and GX.
OP Rap (scum)
Sailor Moon (complete trash. No, it surpasses trash. It's filth and scum)
Saint Seiya's dubbed OP. (just terrible)
Best: Dragon Ball Blue Water Dub Intro
Best anime dub openings to me:
-One Piece (FUNimation)
-Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo.
-Sailor Moon. (Yes, I was just young back then, so I didn't know it was a Shojo)
-Viewtiful JoeWorst dub intros:
-One Piece (4Kids)
-Yu-Gi-Oh!
-Cardcaptors
-Naruto-RISE!That's my picks.
Bobobo's opening wasn't dubbed though was it? Neither was Viewtiful Joe. Well unless you are talking about the scenes in the Viewtiful Joe opening and not the actual song
@Cyringohn:
Anybody who didn't like Sailor Moon as a kid is a shit-fuck liar.
I had never even heard of the show, being that it's never aired in Norway. So I didn't like Sailor Moon as a kid, does that make me a st-fk liar?
On-topic: The best dub-opening ever would of course be… BLEACH DUB OPENING 3!!!!!! (As that's the exact same as the japanese opening 3...)
Okay, ACTUALLY On-topic:
Worst:
4Kids One Piece opening
German Naruto opening
Dragonball GT opening
Best:
FUNi Dragonball opening
FUNi One Piece opening
4Kids Shaman King opening
…
ALL of the Bleach openings are the same. -_-
They aren't dubbed at all..
@Lobster:
…
ALL of the Bleach openings are the same. -_-
They aren't dubbed at all..
I know. It was a joke. Didn't you notice how I followed it with "Okay, ACTUALLY On-topic:"?
I watched the german opening of Naruto and it is far worse than the generic rock opening of the US dub.
@AWB:
I watched the german opening of Naruto and it is far worse than the generic rock opening of the US dub.
Agreed. The US-opening wasn't that terrible, it just wasn't very good either.
@Vegard:
I know. It was a joke. Didn't you notice how I followed it with "Okay, ACTUALLY On-topic:"?
T0T kaaah…............
Tenchi Muyo GXP English opening is pretty terrible. The Seint Seiya English Opening is pretty horrendous, too.
Some I liked:
Knights of the Zodiac English Opening (Don't ask me why), Rock the Dragon, the Funimation OP openings, and the Yu-Yu-Hakusho openings were decent.