DB characters around the world - Karin-Sama

SHINOBI-03 · Post by **SHINOBI-03** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 7:42 am

Sprite Satan wrote:
SHINOBI-03 wrote:Back to topic: Yamcha was "Yamaka" in the Arabic dub and his Rogafufufken recieved different translations from the Pilaf Saga and the Tenkaichi Budokai. It was "Hungry Wolf Attack", "Blue Wolf Punch", and also "Wolf Attack".
Hungry Wolf for Pilaf and Blue Wolf for the Budokai I assume? That's interesting. Do you know the Arabic script for all these?

I used to watch it back in 2002 or 2003 when it first premired on an Arabic cartoon channel called "Spacetoon"

I don't have the DVDs for it (yet), but I remember some stupid lines and the altered names they used.

Not to go off-topic, but I remember a stupid dialoge when Raditz met Piccolo, and it went like this:
Raditz: "Hey you, what's with the turban?"
Piccolo: "To protect my head... against guys like you!!"

Yep... the Arabic dub was stupid that sometimes it get worse than 4Kids

NeptuneKai · Post by **NeptuneKai** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 7:58 am

SHINOBI-03 wrote:
Sprite Satan wrote:
SHINOBI-03 wrote:Back to topic: Yamcha was "Yamaka" in the Arabic dub and his Rogafufufken recieved different translations from the Pilaf Saga and the Tenkaichi Budokai. It was "Hungry Wolf Attack", "Blue Wolf Punch", and also "Wolf Attack".

Not to go off-topic, but I remember a stupid dialoge when Raditz met Piccolo, and it went like this:
Raditz: "Hey you, what's with the turban?"
Piccolo: "To protect my head... against guys like you!!"

Yep... the Arabic dub was stupid that sometimes it get worse than 4Kids

Ha ha, well it's weighted so I can sort of see how it would.

coola · Post by **coola** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 11:18 am

Poland:
Jamsza in TV Series
Yamcha in Manga

rereboy · Post by **rereboy** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 6:16 pm

Portugal:

Piccolo = coraçãozinho de satã (little heart of satan/devil)

Yamcha = yamcha

Wojak · Post by **Wojak** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 7:04 pm

Adamant wrote:
Sprite Satan wrote:Awesome. Not to hi-jack the thread but do you know any other dub versions of Yamucha's name?
"1. Yamchu" in Norwegian, Danish, German, and probably Swedish and Finnish too, since they all translate from each other. Often while drunk, as evidenced by the quality of some of these translations.

The Norwegian anime just called him "you" because they didn't like him enough to bother finding a name for him (and they just dubbed the movies, which he barely appears in anyway).

As for his attacks, the only translations I remember are the Danish ones:
Rouga Fuu Fuu Ken is called "2. Ulveangrep" ("Wolf Attack"), though he alternatively just yells "3.Jeg er en ulv" ("I am a wolf") when the translators didn't feel like looking up the name they originally gave him.
The Soukidan is named "4.Kuglelyntorpedo" ("Thunderball Torpedo"), which is a fucking awesome name, and one of the best name changes they came up with.

As for Piccolo, in Danish it stays as "Piccolo", with Daimaou being "5.Ærkedjævlen Piccolo" (Piccolo the Archdevil) or "Ærkedæmonen Piccolo" (Piccolo the Archdemon) when they can't keep their terms straight, and his 23rd/28th Budoukai name being "6Beelzebub" because... uh... they like being random, I guess. I can't remember what they called him in Norway, but I think they were the same names given their appropriate Norwegian spellings "Erkedjevelen/Erkedemonen"/"Belsebub". Maybe they didn't screw up and referred to him as a demon like the Danes did, I don't know. They probably did, as bad as their translation is.

In the Norwegian anime dub, he's "Big Green" because that dub is retarded.

The Swedish and Norwegian translations have similarities.
I list them here and I hope that understand my system:

1. Yamchu, is the same
2. Vargattack (Wolf Attack)
3. In Swedish, he screams "Jag är en varg!" (I am a wolf!)
4. In Swedish it's: Klotblixten Torpedo (Torpedo the Thunderball)
5. We say "Överdjävulen Piccolo" (Piccolo the demon overlord)
6. The same, but different spelling: "Belsebub"

[Adamant should have understood by now that I'm using a Norwegian keyboard. I am using a friends computer, 'cause mine haven't got Internet for the moment.
Change "æ" into "a" with two dots above it, and "ø" into "o" with two dots above it, and you've got correct Swedish there.

]

EDIT: Thanks, Adamant, saved me a lot of hassle!

Adamant · Post by **Adamant** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 7:42 pm

Wojak wrote:Adamant should have understood by now that I'm using a Norwegian keyboard. I am using a friends computer, 'cause mine haven't got Internet for the moment.

You can write Swedish letters on those. Just press the ^¨~ key (to the right of the å key), then a or o depending on whether you're writing ä or ö.

Brangeta · Post by **Brangeta** » Thu Jan 22, 2009 8:35 pm

In Italy, Piccolo is Junior and Yamcha is Iamko.

SHINOBI-03 · Post by **SHINOBI-03** » Fri Jan 23, 2009 5:59 am

It's time now for Kuririn

In the Arabic dub, they named him "Houshi".

Snail · Post by **Snail** » Fri Jan 23, 2009 6:20 am

In the chinese edition of the manga, Kururin is named, "Siew Lum". A direct translation; Little Forest/Wood

Timo · Post by **Timo** » Fri Jan 23, 2009 6:41 am

German:

Kuririn (Manga)
Krillin (TV dub)
Krelin (Movie dubs)

The pronunciation in the dubs is always "Creeleen". Like in the English dub, but not as fast.

Kienzan -> Energiediskus (Energy disc)
Kakusandan -> Kakusandan (only in the TV dub)
Taikyoken -> Sonnenattacke (Sun Attack) or Sonnenblitz (Sun Flash)

Bura · Post by **Bura** » Fri Jan 23, 2009 7:16 am

"Krilin" in the dutch manga, I believe.

Puto · Post by **Puto** » Fri Jan 23, 2009 7:32 am

Krillin in Portugal.

Kienzan - Raio de Serra ("Saw Ray")
Taiyoken - Mordedura do Sol ("Solar Bite") in DB/Z, Raio Fulminante ("Flashing Beam") in GT.
Kamehameha - Let's not go there at all. Off my mind, "Kamehame", "Rajada de recuperação" (Recovery streak), "Força suprema" (Supreme force), "Força mágica" (magic force), "Onda destruidora" (Destructive Wave), "Luz Infinita" (Infinite light), "Pulverização pela Luz" (Pulverization by Light), "Onda Choque dos Antigos" (The Ancients' Shock Wave), and at one point "A Ira de Kamehame" (The Wrath of Kamehame)...and probably a lot more that I don't remember.

Adamant · Post by **Adamant** » Fri Jan 23, 2009 11:05 am

Kuririn in the manga and animanga, "Clirin" in the anime for some reason.

As for attacks:
Kienzan: Energidiskos (Energy Discus). Freeza's version of the attack was dubbed "Scizo-skiver" (Scizo Discs) for some bizarre reason, despite never originally being mentioned by any name.
Taiyouken: Solangrep (Sun Attack)

Shenron · Post by **Shenron** » Fri Jan 23, 2009 11:42 am

Krilin or Krillin in France.

Taiyoken : Morsure du soleil (Sun Bite)
Kamehameha : at first "Force Suprême", then "Vague déferlante" (rushing wave or something like that).
Kienzan : I can't remember.

SHINOBI-03 · Post by **SHINOBI-03** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 7:57 am

The site is back, time to move on

"Bulma"

Arabic dub: "Balma" ((the "Ba" pronunced like how we say "Bam"))

Shenron · Post by **Shenron** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 1:27 pm

France : Bulma.

Puto · Post by **Puto** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 1:52 pm

Portuguese: Bulma.

Adamant · Post by **Adamant** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 8:12 pm

Norway: "Bulma" in the manga and animanga, "Bluma" in the anime.

SonGokuGT · Post by **SonGokuGT** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 11:58 pm

Adamant wrote:Norway: "Bluma" in the anime.

Surprisingly accurate to the original intent of the name...

DB_Fan1991 · Post by **DB_Fan1991** » Wed Feb 04, 2009 7:05 am

Harmony Gold dub: Lena