Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo

[KiraRin]

This. Is. Bad.

Like, really terrible.

I think I giggled once, and I can't even remember why... ah well, only 74 episodes to go >.<

Anyone else notice that a 22 minute episode feels like is goes on for an hour?

H.

[letsbuildafire]

I think things are starting to look up for this show. (no, not really)
Really hoping that Czar Baldy Bald wins in the end. Bobobo might just be the most terrible show I've seen in quite a while. <.<

[KiraRin]

Is it just me, or do all of the baldy minions look like the dude from Dragonball Z?

H.

[chii]

^^ i thought that too. they really do look alike...

glad you aren't enjoying this! XD Too bad that I'm with you in this boat.

the show feels like it was thrown into a Japanese toilet. made it over to an American toilet. someone decided to pull it out instead of going having it go to the burning place. dried it out, whapped it around for a bit and threw it at the most retarded person in television that would agree to put it on the air.

[KiraRin]

No offence to the yanks, but this really does feel like it was made for an american audience. The humour, the voice actors and the characters are more western than most Japanese shows. I wonder what the JP viewing figures were like....

H.

[chii]

i personally think all the dialog was changed when put into English because the things that are said are just too absurd to believe otherwise for me.

[Quizap]

I refuse to watch this garbage. I saw it as a commercial on CN a few years ago and said, "My God, what has Adult Swim done to themselves...?"

And thus far, for a whole year now, I've gone without watching any TV whatsoever. If I need to watch anything, even garbage collecting flies, I can watch it over the net.

[Pidjiken]

Originally Posted by KiraRin

No offence to the yanks, but this really does feel like it was made for an american audience. The humour, the voice actors and the characters are more western than most Japanese shows. I wonder what the JP viewing figures were like....

H.

As chii surmised, it's my understanding as well that the dialogue isn't 100% from the original as since a great deal of Japanese jokes don't translate well which makes it difficult to make an English equivalent. It suffers from the Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei syndrome. =P

If you are watching the dub then do not consider it the same in the subs. You aren't watching the same show 100% really from my understanding. This show wasn't made for English audiences, but to get it to English audiences the dialogue needed some reworking. On top of that the fact that it's already random to begin with surely didn't help the process.

Do NOT clump this as American. It was altered due to language, not Country. As I mentioned over msn, if you are going to review this please stress which version you are reviewing, and try not to blame Americans for it, it comes off as a little racist especially considering this dub was for English speakers as a whole.

As an added note the show didn't fare well here in the states.

[letsbuildafire]

Originally Posted by Pidjiken

Do NOT clump this as American. It was altered due to language, not Country. As I mentioned over msn, if you are going to review this please stress which version you are reviewing, and try not to blame Americans for it, it comes off as a little racist especially considering this dub was for English speakers as a whole.

As an added note the show didn't fare well here in the states.

The fact is it was translated, and the jokes converted (and likely the context changed completely at times) for the most part, for an American audience as some of the jokes show.

I do agree though that this show would benefit greatly by subtitles as opposed to dubbing. Unfortunately it couldn't be found as no group has released more than a few eps subbed.

[Pidjiken]

Originally Posted by letsbuildafire

The fact is it was translated, and the jokes converted (and likely the context changed completely at times) for the most part, for an American audience as some of the jokes show.

Does not change the fact that this is a dub for English audiences as a whole. The damn things an incredibly random Parody pun machine, I'm sure you'll find a tea time in there somewhere. Bear in mind you're only 4 episodes in.

Also please give me an instance of American only dialogue. Looking through the first four episodes I have yet to see any dialogue that's specifically for Americans. Maybe I missed it. =/

Also an except from an ad for bobobo:

The anime is also well-known for its highly-successful English dub, which occasionally sacrifices accuracy to maintain the twisted humour of the anime.

The dub is for you as well brit. We don't spell humor humour in the states. :p