#saban dub

[tranquil-slaughterhouse]

[angeloftheodd]

Princess Leonora playing with her golden ball in  “The Frog Prince” 👑✨🎀

Grimm’s Fairy Tale Classics (1989) 🧚🏰

[western-magical-girl-confessions]

“Glitter Force is trash to me. When I wanted to watch Pretty Cure in English Dub, I want to watch PRETTY CURE, not some crappy dumb down version of it called Glitter Force. I don't understand why Saban (or any other American dubbing company in general) feels the need to change everything in anime all the time anyways? If they had to change something, why the dub couldn't be more like the English Dub of the first Pretty Cure Series? They didn't even have the audacity to start with Splash Star or dub all the episodes! If I had a choice, I rather have no dub than the Saban dub. It's like a whole different series.”

[angeloftheodd]

Maya the Bee: Willi in the Sonovision Dub vs. Saban Dub 🐝

Sonovision Dub - Left

Saban Dub - Right

I'm noticing the difference between the coloring and shading in both of these Maya the Bee dubs. I am also contemplating the other differences that exist between the Saban dub and the Sonovision dub of Maya the Bee as well. The nature scenes featured in this anime have always enchanted me, so I pay a lot of attention to its details. The details that distinguish one dub from the other make each one more intriguing to explore.

Each dub has its own beauty. The Sonovision dub has retro 70s appeal, which is especially due to its funky soundtrack. The Saban dub was modernized for the young audience of the early 90s. I immediately recognized that the voices, accents, and music scores featured in these dubs are very different from each other.

But still, as I was watching the Sonovision dub, I noticed that although the details were clear and good, something else was different: I distinctly remembered the coloring and shading of Maya the Bee being brighter in the Saban dub I watched as a child. Now that I've placed screenshots from the same scene (Willi enveloped in a flower) as featured in each respective dub, I can confirm that the Saban dub I saw did have lighter coloring and shading than the Sonovision dub.

I finished watching the Sonovision dub of Maya the Bee a little while back, so I'm watching what I can find of the Saban dub now. Yes, the details on the Sonovision dub's screenshots are clearer, but now that I've put them side by side with Saban dub screenshots, I see that the coloring and shading absolutely differ between the two.

Sonovision released their dub for the South African Broadcasting Corporation in 1980. Although the music composition in this dub is credited to Karel Svoboda, its voice actors remain unnamed and unknown. In the Sonovision dub, all of the characters speak with upper-class English South African accents.

I began watching the Sonovision dub on October 16, 2022. I finished watching the last episode of the Sonovision dub on January 7, 2023. The date I finished is significant to me because I was born literally 2 days after the Saban dub began airing on Nick Jr. (United States) on January 1, 1990. That dub's last air date on Nick Jr. was December 31, 1992.

Meanwhile, Saban was responsible for releasing their dub of Maya the Bee with Canadian voice actors from Montreal. That's the dub that 90s kids like myself grew up with. A significant amount of the episodes are considered lost media. I'm grateful to watch whatever remains of it because it gives me a cherished glimmer of happiness I had as a child.

The Sonovision dub is full of charm. Nonetheless, the Saban dub is the first anime I remember watching, so it will always hold a special place in my heart.

📖 Source: Dubbing Wikia

[angeloftheodd]

Princess Alea summoning her courage 👑✨

Grimm’s Fairy Tale Classics (1988) 🧚‍♀️📖🏰

Episode: The Coat of Many Colors 🧥🌈

[angeloftheodd]

Rapunzel lets her hair down for the prince. 🎀👑

Grimm's Fairy Tale Classics (1991) 🧚🏰

Episode 5: Rapunzel ✨📖

[angeloftheodd]

🔥 Hot take: "Weeabee" is the proper term for a fan of the anime version of Maya the Bee (like me). 🐝 I said what I said. 😤

[angeloftheodd]

Maya primping herself in a flower 🐝🌼

Maya the Bee - Sonovision Dub vs. Saban Dub ✨

💜 Above: Sonovision Dub (1980)

💛 Below: Saban Dub (1990)