Claude Augario
Member
...I always thought Magetta was a bit of a joke so I'm surprised this many people even care about him. He's a farting machine man whose weakness is insults. You can't ruin him anymore than you can ruin moldy bread.
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Dragon Ball Super |OT9| Genki-Drama
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Is "choppo" normally associated with robots in japaense (think "Gero Gero" for a frog or such) and doesn't translate over, or is it Magetta specific.
If it's specific to Magetta I really don't understand why they'd take it out. If it's a more general Japanese language thing I can...kinda...see it. Though I miss it.
If it's specific to Magetta I really don't understand why they'd take it out. If it's a more general Japanese language thing I can...kinda...see it. Though I miss it.
Undead Fantasy
Member
A Pretty Panda
fuckin' called it, man
If you're going to cater to memes don't suck at it
Bobo Dakes
Member
Member when Gohan fucked up Tien like it was personal?
That was cool.
That was cool.
Icyflamez96
Member
how is chopo not a "meme"
Icyflamez96
Member
Member when Gohan fucked up Tien like it was personal?
That was cool.
The most impactful hit in super
m_shortpants
Member
Member when Gohan fucked up Tien like it was personal?
That was cool.
I remember when we dreamed of Gohan being relevant
"I'll help you unlock Ultra Instinct with my Dark Kienzan."
Member when Gohan fucked up Tien like it was personal?
That was cool.
Gohan punched him so hard he...farted? That's what I'm seeing here.
This is hilarious
so who's the fat one?
foxuzamaki
Doesn't read OPs, especially not his own
krillin look's "good" mostly because he has a pretty simple design compared to everyone else with their anime hair.
But they dont draw him with muscles, and theyve shown it enough for it to be on purpose, yet in every other media they always show krillin as the body builder he is. It's possible since he is "rusty" that they are drawing him kinda as just this regular guy to show that he can still improve.
He needs those Gohan gains
Bobo Dakes
Member
Wonder if we could get Marron in an upcoming filler episode. She was low key hilarious.
foxuzamaki
Doesn't read OPs, especially not his own
Are you meming? He's pretty relevant right now without outright becoming the main character again.
Bobo Dakes
Member
I mean, he totally put an end to Universe 10. That was cool ... right?
Mainly just sad.
ArchedThunder
Banned
The joke translates fine, Funimation completely ruined it.
The completely took away the character he had, he now has no emotion to his voice, when before he conveyed things in the way he said Choo-po.
It's the Japanese onomatopoeia for the sound of steam, they could have left it alone or just replaced it with something like "Choo Choo".
Nah i think it's funnier the funimation way...also i agree his character is his body language way more than his voice
Bobo Dakes
Member
This isn't Pikachu suddenly being able to speak to Ash in the English dub. There wasn't enough to work with so they threw something extra on it. There's nothing there to ruin.
How the heck is it a meme?
There was exactly the amount to work with because that's what it was. They didn't have to "work" anything!
Icyflamez96
Member
How is the Japanese version not a meme?
Few days late (thanks quote system) but thank you for these!
ArchedThunder
Banned
No, it's really easy to do in English, just make it Choo-Choo if they want to change it at all. From a translation stand point the choice Funimation made is an objectively poor one and one that shows very little respect for the source material. Magetta was just the breaking point for me, the dub is full of errors and scene meanings being fucked up and in general the voice direction is a huge step back from the movies and Kai.
I outright do not like the dub, there's nothing anyone can do to convince me that the Funimation dub is good.
Onomatopoeia's aren't memes. Is "Bark" a meme?
Icyflamez96
Member
So I ask again, how is the dub version a meme?
They're both done for humor purposes.
An onomatopoeia can be a meme, it depends on the context like any other meme.
an intelligent non-animal creature only speaking in onamotopoeias sounds pretty memeish to me tbh
Someone with a Metal Gear avatar should know that memes are the DNA of the soul and can be anything. They're both memes, however one is just worse.
Icyflamez96
Member
I hope I've made it clear how stupid the word "meme" is in regards to this subject btw.
Hating the word meme is a meme
Better than power level talk
We haven't had a serious discussion about GT in ages, bless
Icyflamez96
Member
👻 It's all contextual 👻
ArchedThunder
Banned
All of the EDs are full songs.
Member when Gohan fucked up Tien like it was personal?
That was cool.
What was even the point of having Tien in this episode? Dude got so throughly stomped it wasn't even funny. And he had just finished getting humiliated in front of his students too.
They should have had his students there for that beatdown. Only way it could have been meaner.
Bobo Dakes
Member
But it was funny.
Neat trivia. TIL.
Yea maybe they could have done something where he sounded like a train or a boiler.
ArchedThunder
Banned
He even says "Chugga Chugga" at one point in episode 36 in the dub, so they translated it just fine. The "joke doesn't translate" excuse is bull, there is no reason for him to be text to speech and say his sound effects and things like "WARNING WARNING" and "CANNOT CONTINUE".
They should have just had a dude say "Chugga Chugga" and "Choo Choo", that would have been a perfect and accurate localization of the character.
If they mess up Black/Zamasu then JoJo will have a more accurate English dub that Dragon Ball. What a weird time.
Memes are the genes of society~
using text to speech for funny purposes absolutely qualifies as a meme
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The Silver
Member
Dub Magetta > much better joke character
Icyflamez96
Member
Well, I've already made my point about the japanese version.
ArchedThunder
Banned
For me they're more groan worthy.
Chaotic-Strike
Banned
I think Magetta's voice change was a very poor choice, but outside of that and that errors with the creator of the Super Dragon Balls how exactly is the voice direction and scripting worse than than Kai?
All this does is annoy me that Super wasn't simulcasted properly so now any minor deviation from the Japanese dub is now treated as the worst thing ever. Since that's what people are familiar with now.