Non-"Rock the Dragon" English Opening

[penguintruth]

I think "I Wanna Be The Very Best"/"Pokemon US Theme" had a few versions, too, if I recall my Pokemon anime fandom days correctly.

As I recall, at one point in the series when Mezase had a remix/cover for the theme, the dub (still done by 4Kids at the time, I think) likewise produced a new cover of the original English theme.

Pokémon is one of those series where, IMO, a certain amount of localization in a dub really doesn't hurt it. Just about every region and language in the world has their own names for the monsters themselves and such, after all.

I'll agree to this somewhat, if only because there are so many monsters, and they're just as, if not more, steeped in Japanese word puns than DBZ characters.

Sohnano and Sonans, for instance.

[Super Sonic]

I think "I Wanna Be The Very Best"/"Pokemon US Theme" had a few versions, too, if I recall my Pokemon anime fandom days correctly.

As I recall, at one point in the series when Mezase had a remix/cover for the theme, the dub (still done by 4Kids at the time, I think) likewise produced a new cover of the original English theme.

Pokémon is one of those series where, IMO, a certain amount of localization in a dub really doesn't hurt it. Just about every region and language in the world has their own names for the monsters themselves and such, after all.

I'll agree to this somewhat, if only because there are so many monsters, and they're just as, if not more, steeped in Japanese word puns than DBZ characters.

Sohnano and Sonans, for instance.

Don't forget the ones whose Jaanese names are just regular English words. Sounds punny in Japanese, isn't always punny in other languages.

[Adamant]

As I recall, at one point in the series when Mezase had a remix/cover for the theme, the dub (still done by 4Kids at the time, I think) likewise produced a new cover of the original English theme.

They did a cover for the first movie, like the Japanese did a cover of Mezase. I take it you're thinking of the fourth English OP, though, which wasn't a cover like the fourth Japanese OP, but just reused the first few lines from the first English OP and used them as a base for a new song. It's one of the best English openings.

Just about every region and language in the world has their own names for the monsters themselves and such, after all.

No, most just use the English names. Only... 7? adaptions of the franchise have their own name sets.

Don't forget the ones whose Jaanese names are just regular English words. Sounds punny in Japanese, isn't always punny in other languages.

Names like "Crab" aren't puns, they're just... well, English. A lot of the early Japanese Pokemon names were just terribly lazy, that's all. "Zenigame"? "Hitokage"? "Yamikarasu"? Say what you want about "Squirtle", "Charmander" and "Murkrow", but at least some sort of effort was put into their names (not like the English names didn't have their problems, though - "Persian" and "Golem" are pretty lame)

And yeah, the various Pokemon dubs are perfect examples of localized and edited dubs done right. Well, minus the "replaced music" part they still suffer from.

[onedragonz]

Hi guys, I know this may be strange to some people, but I wanted to know if there was a way to find DAN DAN for download. I have not been able to find it on iTunes. I searched but could not find it. It is my favorite DragonBall song, and I wanted to listen to it on my ipod. If anyone could help me, I would be very thankful.

[SSJmole]

So if the licensing ran out what music/opening do they use on season boxsets dvd?

[Metalwario64]

Hi guys, I know this may be strange to some people, but I wanted to know if there was a way to find DAN DAN for download. I have not been able to find it on iTunes. I searched but could not find it. It is my favorite DragonBall song, and I wanted to listen to it on my ipod. If anyone could help me, I would be very thankful.

...What does any of that have to do with this thread?