By: Ninja X
There are many people who feel that DiC did a bad thing in
taking the show Sailor Moon and bringing it into America.
Some people feel that DiC should have been cast out to the
dogs, and that the producers should be drug out to the
streets and hung by their fingernails. Then there are some
people who feel that DiC should have never made the show at
all, and that it should have been left in the state it was
in about 5 years ago.
I’m going to attempt to answer what would happen if DiC
never made the dub. What would happen if DiC never brought
Sailor Moon to the states? I have two images.
First, the more obvious one I will show. Saban would have
gotten the show, and transformed it into something alot
more hideous and scary. In case you don’t believe me, see
the Saban trailer that has been floating around on the net
somewhere. Sailor Moon and anime in general would be
hurting from that one.
Now, I’ll show you what many purists dream of. What if DiC
had not done Sailor Moon at all, and it was left alone.
A common story is much like the stories I hear where a
person was introduced to Sailor Moon through the DiC dub.
They either think that the dub is good, and enjoy the dub,
or they think that the dub stinks, and make fun of it.
More often then not, they go and search the net for more of
Sailor Moon, and they discover that there is a Japanese
version of the show, watch it via fansubs, and love it.
A rare version of the story is the fan who saw the original
before seeing the dub, and became a fan that way. I’ve
seen it, but very rarely.
True, there still would have been Sailor Moon merchandise
from Japan, but where could you get it. If Sailor Moon had
not been dubbed by DiC, the only Sailor Moon stuff that
could be found would be some off the street, hard to find
store somewhere, and even then, it might just carry one,
maybe two pieces of Sailor Moon merchandise.
If DiC had not dubbed Sailor Moon, the Sailor Moon
community that exists now wouldn't exist at all, if not
barely. The majority of the online Sailor Moon community
lives in NA. Since they have never seen the show, and
consequently never been fans of the show, they would have
not made the pages that we see today. I know that several
communities of the fans of Sailor Moon wouldn't exist at
all, such as the Sailor Moon Universe.
Yes, there still would be pages in English, and yes, there
still would be fans of Sailor Moon, even here in America,
but it would not be nearly as big as it is now.
I would even venture to say that anime, in general, would
have suffered, since for many Sailor Moon fans that Sailor
Moon is their first anime, and have since watched anime.
True, DiC didn't make Sailor Moon. True, Naoko is the one
that should be credited for Sailor Moon, for if it weren't
for her, we wouldn't have Sailor Moon in any form at all.
But, back to my point, DiC has done alot for Sailor Moon,
and is responsible for what Sailor Moon is now in the
States one way or another.
So, I would like to be the first to say, "Thanks Dic and
Naoko. You have a wonderful thing here."
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