Comments on: Sailor Moon Crystal’s English dub is coming to Hulu in November and Blu-Ray in 2016 plus the English voices for the Witches 5 have been announced

By: Adam

Adam — Wed, 23 Mar 2016 20:44:42 +0000

Not yet. Maybe this weekend at Anime Boston.

By: Melissa

Melissa — Wed, 23 Mar 2016 07:14:17 +0000

Have they announced a release date yet for Viz’s SMC blu-ray? Waiting on pins and needles!

By: Neon Genesis

Neon Genesis — Fri, 23 Oct 2015 07:43:02 +0000

That reminds me a lot of fan reaction to the DiC dub to me in that the DiC version was heavily edited and Americanized but a lot of fans still have warm and fuzzy feelings towards the DiC voice cast and the English soundtrack.

By: Ashley

Ashley — Thu, 15 Oct 2015 23:26:46 +0000

Didn’t you swear to us that she would get the part? You liar!

By: Alex

Alex — Thu, 15 Oct 2015 19:57:11 +0000

the german dub changed Zoisite and Fisheye to woman but on the other hand they did not change relationship between Haruka and Michiru, they just “toned down” their relationship to be less explicit

By: Aurelia

Aurelia — Thu, 15 Oct 2015 12:38:13 +0000

I forgot to mention that finally, the original French dub – by turning two men of a gay couple into “simple” brothers – managed to introduce the idea of incest in the classic anime… Avoiding the topic of homosexuality to kids by “turning” homosexual and non-incestuous relationships into incest… well, it leaves me speechless.

By: Aurelia

Aurelia — Thu, 15 Oct 2015 12:25:04 +0000

Yes, absolutely ! Haruka was turned into a man in the French dub. As a kid, I found it was ridiculous, because “he” was becoming a woman when transforming into Sailor Uranus. It was not only to hide their identity to the other Sailor Scouts, but it was also to hide their homosexuality to the French kids watching the show.

Also, in the original French dub, Zoisite and Kunzite were made… brothers, to hide the fact that they were actually lovers.

As a kid, I wasn’t a fool, and knew that they were lovers, because it is not natural for brothers to act like Z. and K. were both acting towards each other. Years later, when my parents decided to have the internet at home, I discovered that I had been right all this time ; that they were lovers and not brothers, and that it was censorship, French censorship actually. I know that in some other countries, Zoisite was turned into a breastless woman (no comment, this is as ridiculous as making Z. and K. brothers).

As for Fish Eye, he was simply turned into a woman, dubbed by a woman. I had never noticed that fact, until I got the Internet to discover that “she” was, in fact, a man.

By: Neon Genesis

Neon Genesis — Thu, 15 Oct 2015 10:57:12 +0000

Isn’t the original French dub the one where they made Haruka a guy and Michiru was pretending to be his girlfriend to hide their identity or something?

By: Aurelia

Aurelia — Wed, 14 Oct 2015 08:53:49 +0000

Concerning the old French dub of first anime, you have two versions of it :

– the very original, made by AB Productions – a lot of fans grew up with it ;
– and the new one, made by Kazé for the DVD release.

A lot of French-speaking fans find that the dub by Kazé is awful, and this is what I find too. For example, the voice of Usagi looks like the voice of an old mad woman…

If you are interested, I’ll try to find some videos with the original dub, and the new one so that you can compare.

By: Rami

Rami — Wed, 14 Oct 2015 06:00:44 +0000

Thanks. I appreciate the info.