Dubbing

When dubbing Japanese TV series in English, characters from Osaka are sometimes given a Texas accent. Both Southern and Kansai accents are distinctive in their respective languages.

Who did the voice dubbing for the male lead?

Who did the dubbing for the male lead?

While the dubbing of the series can be described as a complete success, the episode titles are often downright nonsensical, having been translated word for word from the English.

While the dubbing of the series should be considered a complete success, the titles given to the episodes are often downright nonsensical, having been translated from the English word for word.

Dubbing films is not easy.

The movie's dubbing was really bad.

Dubbing movies seems a bigger business in the developing world. I've seen two sci-fi movies, without much comprehension, in Hindi: Prometheus (2012), then The Time Machine (2002), both of which I've watched in English. It seems that many in India watch sci-fi in Hindi.

The film's dubbing wasn't very good.

New genres are thus emerging as a consequence of foreign text dubbings (and subtitlings). Some original cartoons and films are also based on dubbings of foreign cartoons and films.