Due to me being dumb and an idiot, #30 is completely categorically false and wrong: Dan Green did, in fact, voice both Baby Yugi and Other Yugi. Extremely ludicrous apologies to Dan Green.
to be fair, you have to have a very high iq to understand the green book. the humor is extremely subtle, and without a solid grasp of theoretical physics most of the jokes would go over a typical reader's head---
2:20 "Number 11. In the Japanese version Kaiba is reading Also Spracha Zarathustra, Friedrich Nietzsche's philosophical novel. Establishing him as a highly intelligent individual excelling beyond his peers before he even speaks a line. In the English version Kaiba is reading.. a _green_ book." The way how you say "green".. the ridicule, the disappointment. Love it.
@@greenday3091 ikr it's some Mandela effect type shit there I almost definitely remember it being some indecipherable Japanese symbol for friendship when I was a kid
4Kids legally HAD to change the look of the cards, otherwise our "friends" at the FCC would have classified Yu-Gi-Oh! as a 30 minute long commercial rather than a TV show.
I thought that "Every 4Kids Change to Yu-Gi-Oh: Episode 1" meant, "This is the first episode in *my* series, and it covers about a season or so.* I seriously underestimated how much changing 4Kids did.
The book change killed me. 4Kids mind worked in mysterious ways indeed. Anyway, i'm really liking this idea for a series, would love to see more. Well, as long as it doesn't get copyright flagged, lol. -Teo
@@ZyrusSmith the second half of final season is arguably good, But the Noah arc and legendary dragons arc were terrible First half of the last season gets a pass for me cuz Kaiba owned Zigfried in their duel, Also Chaos Emperor dragon envoy of the end. No I don't need to say more
Oh crap, it looks like he does. That's a hugely major mistake for the first episode. I should have researched more thoroughly. Definitely will be corrected in Episode 2. Ultimate apologies to Dan Green for underestimating his vocal cords.
I was unaware of it as well until a reviewer mentioned it. It kind of blew my mind. Dan Green has incredible range. It's an understandable mistake. I recently binge-watched the first three seasons of the show and have enjoyed them immensely (with the original 4Kids dub, using the wiki to see what was changed) but this is so much more indepth. I really have to give you credit for this. I'm looking forward to future installments of the series.
Dan Green can really switch between them quite freely even! He's frequently invited by Konami to perform both roles for a "Live duel" at Yu-Gi-Oh! Tournaments and events, voicing Yugi or Atem, whilst the respective VA's for Joey, Kaiba, Pegasus, and so forth and so on do the same. Real interesting to see.
These changes are interesting and I like thinking about the reasoning behind the changes. (I personally am a fan of the manga and I never got into the anime--it seemed so plot-reductive--but maybe even more issues were caused by the dub than I knew about.) I'm sure some are laziness/low budget/poor judgment etc., but still: It makes sense that the Japanese version would reference backstory for characters under the assumption that the audience was already sort of familiar with the series. The manga had been popular and the Toei animation had already been made. Kinda like how FMA:B didn't spend a lot of attention on the episodes that were animated in the original FMA. But the American audience wouldn't be familiar with the characters. Dumbing down the story to be more simple, making Yugi more of a "chosen one" and referencing his Puzzle early on, was probably a step to make the story accessible to a new (and young) audience. Ditto with oversimplifying game strategy, even if that backfires by making the game rules harder to understand. Simplifying the cards is unfortunate but probably more of a time constraint. Just thinking about having to photoshop all the shots cards in the series is making me tired. And the cultural shift of changing the focus from teamwork (very Japanese) to individual motivation (very American) at 8:08 is interesting. Changing card names/backgrounds is also understandable. I mean, if nothing else, "Black Magician" would a way different connotation in English than in Japanese (race rather than "black magic"). And the pentagrams and other pagan-style images sprinkled in for flavor would turn some people off to the show, especially parent groups. I'm pretty sure that as a religious kid I wasn't supposed to watch Yu-Gi-Oh because it was generally understood by parents to have "demonic influence" in the same way that Harry Potter was, and that's WITH the censored version. (Not defending that attitude, but it's something the show promoters would have to consider about their target audience.) Good video, thank you!
I know this video is old but I want to add: The boom Kaiba is reading also clearly establishes who he is as a person. As his personality and beliefs are very similar to Nichi's characters and philosophies. Him reading this book is a single image that fully explains his goals, motivations and why he a ts the way he does towards others
Honestly they probably couldn't be bothered to translate the text since they were already translating the the entire episode so they didnt want more work
Original Guy plus, they had a time constraint when working on the show. It was inevitably going to be too difficult to translate every card for example. But with more time and money, like they had for Pyramid of Light, you can tell how much higher the quality was all around. Animations were better, cards actually had text, etc etc.
Oh man I was hoping to binge watch 10 more of these! Can't wait for another installment. This is what I've always wanted! Did notice the Dan Green slip up, but if anything it's a huge complement to Mr. Green
@@3ftninja132 I would, honestly. If they did re-edits where they added back the guns and other silly changes like it, that would be fine. But there is something ridiculously charming about the absurdity of the 4Kids dub.
Just a note: Saying ごさいます+です is redundant. -ます is the conjugation of a verb that denotes politeness. です is the polite form だ, which is, sort-of-not-really, the verb is, and, in the phrase ありがとうございます, it's non-sensical
Good video. Narrator has a good voice. I'm shocked that this channel is still in its infancy - when I started watching, I assumed this was a 1mil+ channel. Would like to see more content like this.
Both "Sailor Moon" and "Neon Genesis Evangelion" both got re-dubs; "Yu-Gi-Oh!" should as well. Funimation, please save "Yu-Gi-Oh!" like you did with "DBZ" and "One Piece".
To be fair, Funimation did have their own dub for a while, where it was way more faithful to the original version like DBZ and One Piece, but something legal got in the way and they lost the rights to dub the show. They only got to dub the first 12 or so episodes and I only found 9 of them somewhere on the internet
Here is the link to a masterpost that has all 9 uncut funimation dub episodes kaiowut99.tumblr.com/post/107575023392/yu-gi-oh-duel-monsters-4kids-uncut-dub You're welcome
I'm up for seeing this continue. I've always been curious about how much was changed about Yu-Gi-Oh outside of all the obvious ones that everyone always bring up.
One thing I was really annoyed with in the English version was that 4Kids super exaggerated Yami's and Kaiba's taunts. Although Yami taunted somewhat in the Japanese version, it wasn't as much. In fact, he was less vocal about it as he just lets his own skills speak for itself which came out more graceful and noble on his part. The same goes with Kaiba. There were some parts in the Japanese anime where he was praising Yugi because he respected him as a skilled duelist but then they completely replaced it with him taunting Yugi in English. That really destroyed their character.
Fun little fact - in the first airings of the episode in the US and the UK, they actually called Gaia by a translation of its Japanese name rather than the English one. The DVD releases of the episode fixed that by redubbing the two instances of its name being called (When Yugi summons it, and after Kaiba destroys it) I pretty much watched this show religiously when it was on Sky One, helps it was always played next to Pokémon so I never missed either XD
I really enjoyed this video, Yu-Gi-Oh has always had one of the craziest 4Kids localizations in my opinion, right there behind One Piece. It's insane that watching it as a kid it still seemed to have a coherent story considering how much dialogue is changed/added/removed all throughout. I'll definitely watch more of these.
I disagree. One Piece is in an entirely different league. While they made many changes most of the plotpoints are all still there and intact and while it certainly has it's groaners and bad timings it isn't anywhere close as corny or stupid as One Piece. Unlike Crocodile I think Bakura's more jokey personality fits his character and animations quite well. I think the only place where they truly dropped the ball was Jonouchi's arc of becoming a true duelist.
Watching YGO from Dub - tv - to Original - internet - is such a different experience it feels like an incredible mind opener, it literally changes your view on the whole thing, at first you see it as - yeh, yeh ChildrensCardGame, LK rules amirite - then you see the game in a different light and how duels are actually deep and even have some meaning to learn even irl wise. It just feels awesome though... i'm 33 now and i still feel excited of playing as a way to make friends and beat strategies, like helping me on a personal level though
I liked this and would LOVE more. All in all you're a great entertainer and I'd watch anything you create. Some constructive criticism is that vocalizing each number is a bit repetitive and put me off. Those work well for top 10 vids but for something like this maybe a silent/rarely mentioned counter in the corner would be better and talk about the number at the end? Either way love the vids keep it up!
I don't know if every change to the cards should be counted if the changes keeps the card in line with the physical US version. It makes sense for the 4Kids dub to change the name and appearance of cards so they match the cards that a watcher could go out and buy.
The goal is to catalog all changes, regardless of the reason the change was made. Hence why I include things like the additional commercial breaks. 4Kids themselves didn't specifically choose the format in which the network aired the show. It makes sense for the extra commercial breaks to be there, given the circumstances of its existence on western television. But regardless, a tangible change to the show was made, and I feel we should be aware of that.
I definitely feel things like the changes to the cards, changes to the damage number displays, the intro-outro changes, and additional commercial breaks should be mentioned, though I feel they should be very quick notes compared to the rest of the changes (unless they're particularly interesting or necessitated further changes). BTW, as someone who likes the English dub, I feel like referring to the characters by their dubbed name when talking about the 4Kids dub and by their original name when talking about the original version is a very smart move. It'll be a bit confusing for some for a few episodes (I admit, I still haven't quite got the original names down), but I think after a while we'll all get the hang of it.
The cards were actually changed to NOT look like the actual card game, because of laws meant to prevent corporations from using TV shows to advertise toys to kids. They skirted around the law by making the cards in the anime look slightly different from the actual cards. Look at the video again, the cards with japanese text look like the actual cards, while the english version's layout is nothing like the actual game.
imagine being pegasus voice actor and being told you need to come to dub episode one, and when they give you your lines, all you get is " hmmmmmmmmm..."
Cant wait for you to get onto the episode where they replace guns with people pointing, thats got to be one of the funniest 4kids dubs ever. Also, you should definitely continue this series, its really interesting!
Awesome video, I had no idea they changed Kiba’s character so much, having watched the English version when I was younger. Would love to see more episodes covered!
Some moments though I actually like better in the dub. Like when he bursts out laughing when dueling Yugi and has this inner monoloque. About how he had been thinking and dreaming about this moment for months and now it's finally here and it's everything he had hoped it to be.
6:05 Yeah, the early translators thought it'd be 'hilarious' to translate card names that were originally English into Japanese, which just caused several problems later on (like with "Frog the Jam"/"Slime Toad"). This is due to them not understanding that name-based archetypes would be a huge deal in the game.
Actually, this might have been said in the comments before but the reason the cards were changed have to do with US advertisement laws. Basically, showing the cards in their unedited state due to the US laws would pretty much qualify this show as a 30 minute advertisement. They do this in other anime too like pokemon and the like.
"Honda's named has been changed... TO TRISTAN." That was such a dramatic read! "A _green_ book." I laughed way too loud at that. Yeah, most people think that the dub made Kaiba more over the top, but no, he was always that insane. He's just ruder. "... but this is replaced with insults in the English version." Yeah, 4Kids tends to do that for some reason. Not just with Kaiba, either.
Worth mentioning that every dub has lines rewritten for multiple reasons, the forefront of those reasons being that a straight translation wouldnt fit the mouthing of the characters speaking japanese. That being said 4Kids always took it to the next level and poking fun at it is quite enjoyable.
#48 actually says a lot about how Japanese and American cultures differ. Japan tends to favor cooperation, while America tends to favor independence and self-determination. Say what you will about the 4Kids dub, but it's at least interesting to see the differences in cultures reflected in a few key parts of it.
Omg I found this channel again! It felt like forever! You most likely don’t remember me for my UA-cam name was different but I even if I did have the same name you most likely wouldn’t remember me but holy crap your channel has grown!
2:43 It sure is great that 4Kids shielded kids from the horrifying ramifications of a robot manga being in print on a poster in the background. Lord only knows what that knowledge would have done to the kids :'D
I know this is probably further in the next videos, but the funniest thing they change is one of the shadow duels where someone's feet is basiaclly going to be cut off lmaooooooo
#39 There's supposedly an alternate version of this episode in the English version where Negative Energy Generator does in fact have a dark eye picture, but with the yellow part being recolored red. I've seen still images of it on multiple occasions but have yet to locate actual footage of this version though.
I watched the original version with subs and the amount of changes it makes to the overall feeling of the show is insaaaaane. Also in the original anime it feels like Yugi's grandpa really cars about the heart of the cards and that they forced him to duel Kaiba under the threat of physical violence.
So I may be a year late but 4Kids changes the soundtrack for nearly every anime and show they "localise". They even sometimes change the name like they did with Tokyo Mew Mew (Mew Mew Power). They changed the soundtrack and names for Tokyo Mew Mew so for example they renamed Ichigo "Zoey" and Kisshu "Dren". They also sometimes change certain areas of a plot and/or background of a character (sometimes not even for censorship reasons). For example, In Winx Club (originally an Italian TV Show made by Iginio Straffi and Rainbow S.R.L.) they renamed a character called Aisha to Layla and they renamed her home planet Andros to "Tides". One of 4Kids' changes actually clashed with a plot from a Season 3 episode called, "Alfea Under Siege" (which they also renamed). One of the six main characters in Winx Club is from a planet called Melody (also known as "The Harmonic Nebula" Another 4Kids name) and in 4Kids, she's the princess of her realm. The problem is that in the original, the girl gains her Enchantix (Final fairy form) by saving Galatea who is the PRINCESS of her homeplanet. Another thing I have to mention, Winx Club has three dubs. Nickelodeon, 4Kids and RAI. Since Nickelodeon did two one-hour specials for Season 1 and 2, this doesn't apply to them. In Season 1 Episode 12 "Miss Magix" The main characters help their friend Stella enter a "Talent" pageant. One girl is upset (In the original) because a spell went wrong and her hair becomes poofy like an afro. One of the main characters "Bloom" taps the girl's hair and she runs away crying. In the 4Kids edition, the girl is upset because her voice is squeaky. The animation is still the same, however, and Bloom still taps her head and she runs away for no apparent reason. Again, in the same episode, another thing is changed! Three witches known as the "Trix" enter another witch in the pageant with the intention of casting a spell on her so she can enter the pageant and beat Stella and then remove the spell so she is disqualified and humiliated. But again in the 4Kids version, It's Bloom who figures out she's cheating and removes the spell. TLDR; 4Kids changes everything. Sometimes not even for censorship reasons and like I've said above it can sometimes cause plotlines to clash. They change character names, soundtracks, character backgrounds and definitely Dialogue.
It's a nice concept, but maybe, in the next episodes, mention quickly the recurent changes (like the opening, music, ending, etc.) could make it easier for you. Moreover, if some episodes are fast enought you could do more episodes per videos :3 Anyway, continue, its a good concept ^^
Due to me being dumb and an idiot, #30 is completely categorically false and wrong: Dan Green did, in fact, voice both Baby Yugi and Other Yugi. Extremely ludicrous apologies to Dan Green.
Gamechamp3000 I wondered about this one lol
Just goes to show the voice talent of Mr. Green that you didn't even notice it. ^^
oh wow, I was absolutely sure little yugi had a different voice actor in english, dang!
and i used to thing yugi and cyrus (gx) had the same voice actor. nope. cyrus is voiced by the guy who did JOEY.
no, i am not kidding.
Yeah, I stopped the vid to comment this as well.
The green book
The true text for intelligent individuals
Honestly learning that made Kaiba a lot cooler
He's reading the terms and conditions to Duel Monsters
That part made me laugh. It's great.
to be fair, you have to have a very high iq to understand the green book. the humor is extremely subtle, and without a solid grasp of theoretical physics most of the jokes would go over a typical reader's head---
@@isabelbimberg1342 yes I have a green book tattoo and no you can't see it.
2:20 "Number 11. In the Japanese version Kaiba is reading Also Spracha Zarathustra, Friedrich Nietzsche's philosophical novel. Establishing him as a highly intelligent individual excelling beyond his peers before he even speaks a line.
In the English version Kaiba is reading.. a _green_ book."
The way how you say "green".. the ridicule, the disappointment. Love it.
5:05 it took me many many years to realize that was a smiley face and not just a blob of symbols
HOLYSHIT
I have actually never known this. I assumed it was some Japanese symbol of friendship or something similar.
Oh my god it really is.
My eyes have now been opened, unlike that smiley face's.
@@greenday3091 ikr it's some Mandela effect type shit there I almost definitely remember it being some indecipherable Japanese symbol for friendship when I was a kid
@@autographedshaggy6687 I don't know why it is so hard to see if you don't know to look for it but then so obvious when you see it
4Kids legally HAD to change the look of the cards, otherwise our "friends" at the FCC would have classified Yu-Gi-Oh! as a 30 minute long commercial rather than a TV show.
That, and easier to bring to other countries.
That is fascinating. Thank you so much!
It is a 30 minute commercial
those monsters, wanting television to enrich children's lives instead of trick them out of their parent's money! How dare they!
But it is a 30-minute commercial, and it doesn't explain why they had to remove all text in every episode, such as street names, book names etc.
I thought that "Every 4Kids Change to Yu-Gi-Oh: Episode 1" meant, "This is the first episode in *my* series, and it covers about a season or so.*
I seriously underestimated how much changing 4Kids did.
N O T H I N G B E A T S A J E L L Y F I L L E D D O N U T
D R Y I N G P A N
Dante's Disco Inferno dude wtf you killed me.... well there goes my Christmas
d y i n g p a n
Yeast pastry
After only watching the Abridged Show, i never realised just how close LittleKuribohs voice to Kaiba was
This was actually really interesting. Especially since this makes it clear just how much 4kids changed the fundamentals of the show.
The book change killed me. 4Kids mind worked in mysterious ways indeed.
Anyway, i'm really liking this idea for a series, would love to see more. Well, as long as it doesn't get copyright flagged, lol.
-Teo
I know it’s been 5 years but why did you sign your comment
-Not Teo
This channel is operated by a group of people. Each time one of us leaves a comment, we have to sign so it makes clear who's doing it.
-Teo
@@SCWRMComms Ok. I guess we will
-Mason
Imagine a 100 episodes of these things
Mike4l6 *224
There's a page devoted to this Yu-jyo.net
Not even 5
Oof
@@ZyrusSmith the second half of final season is arguably good,
But the Noah arc and legendary dragons arc were terrible
First half of the last season gets a pass for me cuz Kaiba owned Zigfried in their duel,
Also Chaos Emperor dragon envoy of the end.
No I don't need to say more
#30: I thought Dan Green did both kid and Yami Yugi, or were the first couple episodes different?
Oh crap, it looks like he does. That's a hugely major mistake for the first episode. I should have researched more thoroughly.
Definitely will be corrected in Episode 2. Ultimate apologies to Dan Green for underestimating his vocal cords.
I was unaware of it as well until a reviewer mentioned it. It kind of blew my mind. Dan Green has incredible range. It's an understandable mistake. I recently binge-watched the first three seasons of the show and have enjoyed them immensely (with the original 4Kids dub, using the wiki to see what was changed) but this is so much more indepth. I really have to give you credit for this. I'm looking forward to future installments of the series.
Dan Green can really switch between them quite freely even! He's frequently invited by Konami to perform both roles for a "Live duel" at Yu-Gi-Oh! Tournaments and events, voicing Yugi or Atem, whilst the respective VA's for Joey, Kaiba, Pegasus, and so forth and so on do the same. Real interesting to see.
I couldn't tell it was the same person either that's crazy yo
Greatlord Shadox yes your right.
These changes are interesting and I like thinking about the reasoning behind the changes. (I personally am a fan of the manga and I never got into the anime--it seemed so plot-reductive--but maybe even more issues were caused by the dub than I knew about.) I'm sure some are laziness/low budget/poor judgment etc., but still:
It makes sense that the Japanese version would reference backstory for characters under the assumption that the audience was already sort of familiar with the series. The manga had been popular and the Toei animation had already been made. Kinda like how FMA:B didn't spend a lot of attention on the episodes that were animated in the original FMA. But the American audience wouldn't be familiar with the characters. Dumbing down the story to be more simple, making Yugi more of a "chosen one" and referencing his Puzzle early on, was probably a step to make the story accessible to a new (and young) audience. Ditto with oversimplifying game strategy, even if that backfires by making the game rules harder to understand.
Simplifying the cards is unfortunate but probably more of a time constraint. Just thinking about having to photoshop all the shots cards in the series is making me tired.
And the cultural shift of changing the focus from teamwork (very Japanese) to individual motivation (very American) at 8:08 is interesting.
Changing card names/backgrounds is also understandable. I mean, if nothing else, "Black Magician" would a way different connotation in English than in Japanese (race rather than "black magic"). And the pentagrams and other pagan-style images sprinkled in for flavor would turn some people off to the show, especially parent groups. I'm pretty sure that as a religious kid I wasn't supposed to watch Yu-Gi-Oh because it was generally understood by parents to have "demonic influence" in the same way that Harry Potter was, and that's WITH the censored version. (Not defending that attitude, but it's something the show promoters would have to consider about their target audience.)
Good video, thank you!
Oh yes, we need this. My life is complete now
Now you have to do this With the ENTIRE Detective Conan Series
I'm a huge Conan fan so I might look into that, though I can't imagine the changes being too drastic.
Chex Mix imagine how long it would take to cover the whole series @.@
But the dub only covered the first hundred or so episodes
@@decdedceeded the dub ended after the episode the disappearing weather girl. It was like half way through the actual fifth season.
For a series built around Japanese wordplay and culture, it was doomed from the start.
I know this video is old but I want to add:
The boom Kaiba is reading also clearly establishes who he is as a person. As his personality and beliefs are very similar to Nichi's characters and philosophies. Him reading this book is a single image that fully explains his goals, motivations and why he a ts the way he does towards others
hes called nietzsche
@@anotherKyle and I can't spell.
Genuinely, thanks for the correction
according to 4kids words are bad
Madhusudhanancp Cp Especially on signs and billboards.
Honestly they probably couldn't be bothered to translate the text since they were already translating the the entire episode so they didnt want more work
@@vintheguy tell that to the English words they erased
4kids in a nutshell: Finger pistols and hiding the concept of death from children.
Original Guy plus, they had a time constraint when working on the show. It was inevitably going to be too difficult to translate every card for example. But with more time and money, like they had for Pyramid of Light, you can tell how much higher the quality was all around. Animations were better, cards actually had text, etc etc.
can you please make this a series please
Craving J he is going to it says episode 1 or whatever
what do you mean it says
Fan fact: the book kaiba reads in Japanese version gives you a hint what kaiba’s character development is.
Incredible work on this one champ. Excited to see more instalments and hope there's no more copyright trouble.
"He wasn't reaching for despair, he was reaching for hope."
That's a completely different kind of game... XD
A game with a black and white bear perhaps?
I'd like to see and hear the actual changes, like two separate clips of the same line ... Not for every change but do the really dumb ones
Oh my Ra, YES.
This is actually How I discovered your channel! Definitely make more!
Oh man I was hoping to binge watch 10 more of these! Can't wait for another installment. This is what I've always wanted!
Did notice the Dan Green slip up, but if anything it's a huge complement to Mr. Green
Holy you must have worked you ass off for this. Thank you, because this is one of my fav animes from my childhood. So this is a treat :D
And this is why Funimation took over for 4Kids Entertainment XD
I wouldn't mind Funimation redo the whole of YuGiOh XD
@@3ftninja132 I would, honestly. If they did re-edits where they added back the guns and other silly changes like it, that would be fine. But there is something ridiculously charming about the absurdity of the 4Kids dub.
@@MasterPoppers they did do that with the first 9 episodes
I love how everything Kaiba says is replaced with insults.
These videos are my favorite PLEASE make more! I’ve been watching you for YEARS I LOVE U
Just a note: Saying ごさいます+です is redundant. -ます is the conjugation of a verb that denotes politeness. です is the polite form だ, which is, sort-of-not-really, the verb is, and, in the phrase ありがとうございます, it's non-sensical
Hello miss gamerchamp, this is really cool! I didn't know you did this series, but I did see a new addition that inspired me to watch the whole thing!
Good video. Narrator has a good voice. I'm shocked that this channel is still in its infancy - when I started watching, I assumed this was a 1mil+ channel. Would like to see more content like this.
I loved this video, a little audio from the show would be nice (unless that’s copyrighted of course), and please make more.
Both "Sailor Moon" and "Neon Genesis Evangelion" both got re-dubs; "Yu-Gi-Oh!" should as well.
Funimation, please save "Yu-Gi-Oh!" like you did with "DBZ" and "One Piece".
To be fair, Funimation did have their own dub for a while, where it was way more faithful to the original version like DBZ and One Piece, but something legal got in the way and they lost the rights to dub the show. They only got to dub the first 12 or so episodes and I only found 9 of them somewhere on the internet
@@altarudragonspirit4016 huh first time I heard of that. Maybe Ill spend some time tracking those down
@@altarudragonspirit4016 link please?
Here is the link to a masterpost that has all 9 uncut funimation dub episodes
kaiowut99.tumblr.com/post/107575023392/yu-gi-oh-duel-monsters-4kids-uncut-dub
You're welcome
@@altarudragonspirit4016 much oblige
I'm up for seeing this continue. I've always been curious about how much was changed about Yu-Gi-Oh outside of all the obvious ones that everyone always bring up.
My grandpa's deck *HAS* no pathetic cards Kaiba!
suddenly exodia
Except maybe Kuriboh =P
Except the whole deck was nothing but pathetic cards
One thing I was really annoyed with in the English version was that 4Kids super exaggerated Yami's and Kaiba's taunts. Although Yami taunted somewhat in the Japanese version, it wasn't as much. In fact, he was less vocal about it as he just lets his own skills speak for itself which came out more graceful and noble on his part. The same goes with Kaiba. There were some parts in the Japanese anime where he was praising Yugi because he respected him as a skilled duelist but then they completely replaced it with him taunting Yugi in English. That really destroyed their character.
Fun fact: Kaiba's "Also Sprach( a ) Zarathustra" has a typo :D
Does this mean Kaiba speaks German?
make more of these!!! I've been waiting for videos like this forever.
Fun little fact - in the first airings of the episode in the US and the UK, they actually called Gaia by a translation of its Japanese name rather than the English one. The DVD releases of the episode fixed that by redubbing the two instances of its name being called (When Yugi summons it, and after Kaiba destroys it)
I pretty much watched this show religiously when it was on Sky One, helps it was always played next to Pokémon so I never missed either XD
I really enjoyed this video, Yu-Gi-Oh has always had one of the craziest 4Kids localizations in my opinion, right there behind One Piece. It's insane that watching it as a kid it still seemed to have a coherent story considering how much dialogue is changed/added/removed all throughout. I'll definitely watch more of these.
I disagree. One Piece is in an entirely different league. While they made many changes most of the plotpoints are all still there and intact and while it certainly has it's groaners and bad timings it isn't anywhere close as corny or stupid as One Piece. Unlike Crocodile I think Bakura's more jokey personality fits his character and animations quite well.
I think the only place where they truly dropped the ball was Jonouchi's arc of becoming a true duelist.
I like this its informative and the way you tell the info makes it entertaining as well. Im looking forward to Ep. 2
5:42 Dan Green does both voices for Yugi and Atem
TheGameRogue he talked about the Japanese actor
@@Pyropuca no he just messed up
Watching YGO from Dub - tv - to Original - internet - is such a different experience it feels like an incredible mind opener, it literally changes your view on the whole thing, at first you see it as - yeh, yeh ChildrensCardGame, LK rules amirite - then you see the game in a different light and how duels are actually deep and even have some meaning to learn even irl wise. It just feels awesome though... i'm 33 now and i still feel excited of playing as a way to make friends and beat strategies, like helping me on a personal level though
I liked this and would LOVE more. All in all you're a great entertainer and I'd watch anything you create. Some constructive criticism is that vocalizing each number is a bit repetitive and put me off. Those work well for top 10 vids but for something like this maybe a silent/rarely mentioned counter in the corner would be better and talk about the number at the end?
Either way love the vids keep it up!
You put wayy too much effort into this lol i love it
I don't know if every change to the cards should be counted if the changes keeps the card in line with the physical US version. It makes sense for the 4Kids dub to change the name and appearance of cards so they match the cards that a watcher could go out and buy.
The goal is to catalog all changes, regardless of the reason the change was made. Hence why I include things like the additional commercial breaks. 4Kids themselves didn't specifically choose the format in which the network aired the show. It makes sense for the extra commercial breaks to be there, given the circumstances of its existence on western television. But regardless, a tangible change to the show was made, and I feel we should be aware of that.
I definitely feel things like the changes to the cards, changes to the damage number displays, the intro-outro changes, and additional commercial breaks should be mentioned, though I feel they should be very quick notes compared to the rest of the changes (unless they're particularly interesting or necessitated further changes).
BTW, as someone who likes the English dub, I feel like referring to the characters by their dubbed name when talking about the 4Kids dub and by their original name when talking about the original version is a very smart move. It'll be a bit confusing for some for a few episodes (I admit, I still haven't quite got the original names down), but I think after a while we'll all get the hang of it.
The cards were actually changed to NOT look like the actual card game, because of laws meant to prevent corporations from using TV shows to advertise toys to kids. They skirted around the law by making the cards in the anime look slightly different from the actual cards. Look at the video again, the cards with japanese text look like the actual cards, while the english version's layout is nothing like the actual game.
SourceOfBeing be on
imagine being pegasus voice actor and being told you need to come to dub episode one, and when they give you your lines, all you get is " hmmmmmmmmm..."
As great as that would be, they unfortunately most likely recorded numerous episodes in one session.
I love it when you do the goofy but accurate impressions. xD the HMMM killed me
Cant wait for you to get onto the episode where they replace guns with people pointing, thats got to be one of the funniest 4kids dubs ever. Also, you should definitely continue this series, its really interesting!
This is incredibly well detailed and edited and it's not in a sin format....Please do more.
I don’t think it was renamed The Unstoppable Exodia, I just think he’s was literally calling him that in the sense that he can’t be beaten.
5:42 when Yugi transforms it’s still the same voice actor just with a deeper voice
Loved this side by side comparison, I hope you do more!
Remember when this was a thing? Can we petition champ to bring this back it's really fun.
Awesome video, I had no idea they changed Kiba’s character so much, having watched the English version when I was younger. Would love to see more episodes covered!
Some moments though I actually like better in the dub. Like when he bursts out laughing when dueling Yugi and has this inner monoloque. About how he had been thinking and dreaming about this moment for months and now it's finally here and it's everything he had hoped it to be.
I actually feel like this type of thing fits this channel pretty well!
6:05 Yeah, the early translators thought it'd be 'hilarious' to translate card names that were originally English into Japanese, which just caused several problems later on (like with "Frog the Jam"/"Slime Toad"). This is due to them not understanding that name-based archetypes would be a huge deal in the game.
it also makes no sense in canon, unless pegasus is supposed to be a massive weeb
Christmas+Anime+New Gamechamp Vid=Amazing
8:06 eng version yugis friends: DO IT YOURSELF WE ARE OUT OF HERE
Actually, this might have been said in the comments before but the reason the cards were changed have to do with US advertisement laws. Basically, showing the cards in their unedited state due to the US laws would pretty much qualify this show as a 30 minute advertisement. They do this in other anime too like pokemon and the like.
I like this "potential" new series :)
it's an awesome video ! keep up!
#56 was also time for Pegasus sponge bath
"Honda's named has been changed... TO TRISTAN." That was such a dramatic read!
"A _green_ book." I laughed way too loud at that.
Yeah, most people think that the dub made Kaiba more over the top, but no, he was always that insane. He's just ruder.
"... but this is replaced with insults in the English version." Yeah, 4Kids tends to do that for some reason. Not just with Kaiba, either.
Kaiba is reading
A GREEN BOOK
You sir have just earned yourself a new subscriber :)
I love it! It reminds me of Anime Sins/Cinema Sins, which i love aswell. You should keep doing it!
Yup, this makes it official, Gamechamp is objectively the greatest UA-camr of all time.
i think should do more than one episode
8:36 "My Grandpa's Deck has no pathetic cards"
Japanese vs 4kids Yugioh is a topic that's interested me for a long time, so I loved this video. Please make it into a series.
I love it, keep doing it.
I like your choice of Tron Bonne as your thumbnail! :D
Worth mentioning that every dub has lines rewritten for multiple reasons, the forefront of those reasons being that a straight translation wouldnt fit the mouthing of the characters speaking japanese. That being said 4Kids always took it to the next level and poking fun at it is quite enjoyable.
Please, please do the entire series. This is beautiful.
Adding Saggi the Dark Clown's laughter is a huge upgrade fr
I found this entertaining! Great work, I would like more, if possible.
I didn't know that the term "excuse me" translates to *_"SENILE OLD FOOL!"_*
Yami Yugis english actor is the same as regular Yugi.
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#48 actually says a lot about how Japanese and American cultures differ. Japan tends to favor cooperation, while America tends to favor independence and self-determination. Say what you will about the 4Kids dub, but it's at least interesting to see the differences in cultures reflected in a few key parts of it.
This is really good. please make this a full series
Omg I found this channel again! It felt like forever! You most likely don’t remember me for my UA-cam name was different but I even if I did have the same name you most likely wouldn’t remember me but holy crap your channel has grown!
I really loved this video! You should do more with Yugi, and maybe even more anime in the future!
2:43 It sure is great that 4Kids shielded kids from the horrifying ramifications of a robot manga being in print on a poster in the background. Lord only knows what that knowledge would have done to the kids :'D
I know this is probably further in the next videos, but the funniest thing they change is one of the shadow duels where someone's feet is basiaclly going to be cut off lmaooooooo
God damn merry Christmas. Love your vids.
As somebody who never watched, played, or really cared about YuGiOh at all. This was surprisingly entertaining.
Dude, you gotta keep on with this series!
I love yugioh and can't wait to see more on this channel!
#39 There's supposedly an alternate version of this episode in the English version where Negative Energy Generator does in fact have a dark eye picture, but with the yellow part being recolored red. I've seen still images of it on multiple occasions but have yet to locate actual footage of this version though.
Ask FUNimation for this one
Well in an episode in the same season, what Yugi did to Kaiba was explained.
I 💘 how exasperated he is it just makes the whole video more fun 2 watch.
Loved it, would definitely watch more!
I watched the original version with subs and the amount of changes it makes to the overall feeling of the show is insaaaaane. Also in the original anime it feels like Yugi's grandpa really cars about the heart of the cards and that they forced him to duel Kaiba under the threat of physical violence.
This is a really neat idea, and super interesting.
So I may be a year late but 4Kids changes the soundtrack for nearly every anime and show they "localise". They even sometimes change the name like they did with Tokyo Mew Mew (Mew Mew Power). They changed the soundtrack and names for Tokyo Mew Mew so for example they renamed Ichigo "Zoey" and Kisshu "Dren".
They also sometimes change certain areas of a plot and/or background of a character (sometimes not even for censorship reasons). For example, In Winx Club (originally an Italian TV Show made by Iginio Straffi and Rainbow S.R.L.) they renamed a character called Aisha to Layla and they renamed her home planet Andros to "Tides".
One of 4Kids' changes actually clashed with a plot from a Season 3 episode called, "Alfea Under Siege" (which they also renamed). One of the six main characters in Winx Club is from a planet called Melody (also known as "The Harmonic Nebula" Another 4Kids name) and in 4Kids, she's the princess of her realm. The problem is that in the original, the girl gains her Enchantix (Final fairy form) by saving Galatea who is the PRINCESS of her homeplanet.
Another thing I have to mention, Winx Club has three dubs. Nickelodeon, 4Kids and RAI. Since Nickelodeon did two one-hour specials for Season 1 and 2, this doesn't apply to them. In Season 1 Episode 12 "Miss Magix" The main characters help their friend Stella enter a "Talent" pageant.
One girl is upset (In the original) because a spell went wrong and her hair becomes poofy like an afro. One of the main characters "Bloom" taps the girl's hair and she runs away crying. In the 4Kids edition, the girl is upset because her voice is squeaky. The animation is still the same, however, and Bloom still taps her head and she runs away for no apparent reason.
Again, in the same episode, another thing is changed! Three witches known as the "Trix" enter another witch in the pageant with the intention of casting a spell on her so she can enter the pageant and beat Stella and then remove the spell so she is disqualified and humiliated. But again in the 4Kids version, It's Bloom who figures out she's cheating and removes the spell.
TLDR; 4Kids changes everything. Sometimes not even for censorship reasons and like I've said above it can sometimes cause plotlines to clash. They change character names, soundtracks, character backgrounds and definitely Dialogue.
It's a nice concept, but maybe, in the next episodes, mention quickly the recurent changes (like the opening, music, ending, etc.) could make it easier for you. Moreover, if some episodes are fast enought you could do more episodes per videos :3
Anyway, continue, its a good concept ^^
I loved this video! Thanks!
4:58 ah yes, Yugi’s loving friend, tea ☕️
I can't wait until you get to the 'invisible guns' or 'barrel-dragon' XD
Also how 'shadow realm' was the cover for every violent duel they had