Pokemon confusion

[Poodcanine]

Hello-

I have been doing some research online (by looking in forums) about the development of several pokemon Anime Issues including:
*Some people do not like the new voice actors
*Some people want more of the original Japanese music

I have also seen that people have been contacting Pokemon USA about these issues. I was thinking of doing so as well, but before I do, I had a couple confusions:
Please help:

1) Have a lot of pokemon fans been calling PUSA (would it seem odd to them if I called...because very few people have)?

2) I like the VAs, so I wouldn't mention anything about that. I am not sure whether to bring up the issue of background music, because, especially in the newer episodes, it is very hard to tell what's Japanese music and what's American music.

3) What is TAJ studio?

[CyberCubed]

There are people in the Pokemon fandom who honestly believe they can somehow get PUSA to hand the dub back to 4kids...but that'll never happen.

As for the music, yes most people are disappointed that the dub doesn't keep the Japanese music.

[macattack]

As for question number 3, TAJ Studios did the original dub for Pokemon (before 4Kids did it themselves), various other anime (including Slayers) and a couple of video games and American cartoons. They are essentially the third New York studio, alongside 4Kids' personal studio and NYAV Post.

[D Dubbs]

1) Have a lot of pokemon fans been calling PUSA (would it seem odd to them if I called...because very few people have)?

2) I like the VAs, so I wouldn't mention anything about that. I am not sure whether to bring up the issue of background music, because, especially in the newer episodes, it is very hard to tell what's Japanese music and what's American music.


For #1: Calling, no. Emailing, yes. Here's the link: http://pokemon.com/#mailbag
What's nice is that they listen to older fans as well, not just younger ones.

For #2: Well, according to Dogasu's edit pages, usually PUSA only keeps about 25% of the original music. Which sucks, since most of PUSA's dub instrumental music fails in comparison to the original Japanese version.


As for question number 3, TAJ Studios did the original dub for Pokemon (before 4Kids did it themselves), various other anime (including Slayers) and a couple of video games and American cartoons. They are essentially the third New York studio, alongside 4Kids' personal studio and NYAV Post.

According to Wikipedia, PUSA also uses TAJ Studios to record. Though seeing that the info is from Wikipedia...

[Lazerboy5000]

I think the voice actors are doing a good job.

But the original background music might be better for the Anime.

[PC!]

PUSA certainly does listen to it's fans.

But actually following through on what the fans want, I'm sure they've gotten plenty of messages on matters such as music and such already and would've done something by now if they were going to.

[Master Moron]

2) I like the VAs, so I wouldn't mention anything about that. I am not sure whether to bring up the issue of background music, because, especially in the newer episodes, it is very hard to tell what's Japanese music and what's American music.


I am of the opinion that whenever anime is dubbed all of the background music should be kept as a matter of principle. So, I would complain anyway even if I wasn't sure which music was which.


But actually following through on what the fans want, I'm sure they've gotten plenty of messages on matters such as music and such already and would've done something by now if they were going to.

Well, it took Funimation five years to do something about the dub music in Dragonball Z. Too bad the original music came at the cost of one fifth of the image...

[Dogasu]

To me, it's very easy to tell which pieces are American-made and which pieces are Japanese made. The Japanese stuff has a more instrumental quality to it (even though I think it's all done on a synthesizer), lasts longer than five seconds, and is usually a souped-up version of the video game music.

The American stuff is all very automated..."goofy" music during goofy parts, "disapointed" music during disappointed parts, "Pokedex music" whenever the Pokedex is on-screen, etc. No exceptions. The American music tends to be a lot shorter...5-10 seconds vs. the 30 second pieces we hear in the Japanese version.

Also, if you notice, PUSA tends to play the Japanese pieces at a lower volume than they do the English music. 4Kids was guilty of this as well.


Well, it took Funimation five years to do something about the dub music in Dragonball Z. Too bad the original music came at the cost of one fifth of the image...

Five years? More like ten.