Does American media think people just prefer bitchy characters over nice ones or something? Do they think having a bitchy attitude makes you stronger or something
you know...I don't that is actually the case. I don't think America media goes out of their way to make their characters more bitchy or asshole-ish. I think that maybe that there might be just a case of degrees of politeness between our two cultures. I think perhaps what comes off as rude and insulting in Japanese culture might not translate as very rude or obnoxious over here in the West. Maybe American translators feel the need to "kick up" the rudeness factor in conversations between two character just so American audiences can under stand that this particular character is being rude. Because honestly some times when I am watching anime subbed I will see two characters sharing some dialogue and one character will say some thing that I thought was really mild and the other character will get totally pissed off as if what the first character said was the most rude thing in the world. And I'm left baffled as to how any one can react so strongly to something so minor. So maybe dialog is changed around in anime so that it makes more sense to American viewers (even though it doesn't) although that doesn't excuse why they take a piece of dialog that originally had nothing offensive in it and change it around so that it does now. Like with your example with Ami.
Seriously how much bashing does poor Serena/Usagi have to put up with from every one. in the episode where Usagi and mamorou are asked to model for a painting and they have to sit next to each other there is a short scene where they are both checking each other out and in the Dub Darian acknowledges (to himself) that Serena is a "looker" but quickly spoils that that by adding "when she isn't falling on her face"
WTF! In the sub Mamo-chan just acknowledges that she is pretty.
And later on in the same episode the scene where Luna give back the moon wand that usagi dropped (earlier in the episode) is really different in the sub than how its presented in the dub. In the Dub they make it seem like Luna berates Serena for being careless and even goes so far as to compare her unfavorably to the Sailor senshi, which gets Serena mad and she yell "
why do you keep comparing me to them" and runs off, which leads to Luna making one of her all time bitchiest remarks ever: "
Well...i thought for sure she was going to break down into tears. Perhaps she is finally acquiring a back bone." Seriously is it necessary to compare Serena all the time to other girls and make her feel like crap? Never have more than one kid Luna other wise you''ll be favoring one over the other and causing rivalries.
Which never happened in the sub. I don't remember exactly what happened in the original exchange but I don't think Luna even remarked on Usagi losing the wand and makes some casual comment that inadvertently sets Usagi off.
To me, Mamoru is just as jerky =P But then, I'm not a fan of him at all.
wow! i think you are the first person to say that you don't like Mamoru
Do you mean in both?
