Yugioh GX dub names

KT · Post by KT » Sun Sep 04, 2005 8:17 pm

These are the names for the Yugioh GX dub *dies*

Japanese = English

Yuki Judai = Jaden Yuki (Yes, Yuki is his last name x_x)

Asuka Tenjoin = Alexis Rhodes

Shou Marufuji = Syrus Truesdale

Maeda Hayato = Chumley Huffington

Ryo Marufuji = Zane Truesdale

Jun Manjoume = Chazz Princeton

Daichi Misawa = Bastion Misawa

These name changes piss me off more than the Yugioh dub name changes!

duotrouble · Post by **duotrouble** » Sun Sep 04, 2005 9:13 pm

Very strange! I would think they'd at least try to keep the same initials.

So, do you know why they changed the names?

klet · Post by **klet** » Sun Sep 04, 2005 9:50 pm

They change the names so that American children can pronounce them, remember them, and ask for their toys by character name.

It makes them more "marketable."

Seriously, it's very difficult to remember a series of names that aren't in your native tongue unless you've had practice. Quite frankly, the majority of children watching these show don't realize that they come from Japan. I was watching Yugioh in Japanese while my little brother's friends were over, adn one of them said, "Ummm, you know that's in Spanish?"

Sure kid, if you say so.

duotrouble · Post by **duotrouble** » Sun Sep 04, 2005 11:31 pm

Um, yeah.

I sometimes forget my brain goes faster than my fingers.

What I meant was . . . do you know why they changed the names to those particular names?

KT · Post by KT » Mon Sep 05, 2005 4:58 am

Probably because the dubbers thought those names were best for the characters.

Bevhippy · Post by **Bevhippy** » Mon Sep 05, 2005 9:52 am

Chumley Huffington is such a great name.
I might just change mine to it.

In_Gabriel_We_Trust · Mon Sep 05, 2005 10:01 am

Bevhippy wrote:Chumley Huffington is such a great name.
I might just change mine to it.

It does sounds British.... just a add a -Smythe to it

vampyreshoujo · Post by **vampyreshoujo** » Mon Sep 05, 2005 10:03 am

In_Gabriel_We_Trust wrote:It does sounds British.... just a add a -Smythe to it

And I was just sitting here wondering if they were going to give good ol' Chum a British accent too.

I bet ol' Chum got beat up a lot in grade school.

jcaliff · Post by **jcaliff** » Mon Sep 05, 2005 12:15 pm

Any word of Chronos-sensei's name? Or are they keeping it? I have no problem with British accents or what-have-you. Nothing the English dub can do can be worse than Chronos-sensei's "Italian" accent in the original. I thought Pegasus's "English" was bad in Japanese (I prefer his English dub voice!), but Chronos takes the prize for horrendous accents.

KT · Post by KT » Fri Sep 09, 2005 11:05 pm

No word on Chronos-sensei....Guess we'll just have to find out when the series debuts >_<

Baakay · Post by **Baakay** » Sat Sep 10, 2005 6:33 am

klet wrote:They change the names so that American children can pronounce them, remember them, and ask for their toys by character name. It makes them more "marketable."

Oh pooh.

My girls could rattle off the entire cast of Fushigi Yuugi before they could correctly pronounce their own last name, (what with all the L's in "lowell" they actually made it sound kinda Japanese, too!)

(Yes, I realize you were being sarcastic, Klet

)

I wish the dubbers would give kids a little credit. They know how to use bittorrent and read subtitles just as well as the adults do and they aren't retarded.

Pitiful names! *tsk*