A side note, regarding Ghost Stories' ratings: Ghost Stories' particularly low ratings were in no short part due to having a particularly unsavory time slot. You could easily argue that its ratings were pretty good considering what it was dealing with--which I have no doubt there's a lot of truth to, since there's plenty of evidence to suggest that it did have its loyal fans. But alas, the fact still remains that its ratings were still low and that Pierrot had high standards for success. For example, GTO finished airing a month before Ghost Stories and its average rating was 28.5--about double Ghost Stories at its peak. And I'm sure you don't need me to tell you that Pierrot had plenty of other shows that raked in high numbers. Suffice to say, success is relative; and for Pierrot, Ghost Stories just wasn't up to their standard--ergo, in their eyes, it was a failure.
@@Cairo40000 if tha IS true I feel like you can kinda hear it in her read. Like she's barely able to read it without that "gafah" in her voice which is really a stifled laugh.
“Have you finished your homework yet? Oh, wait, you’re dyslexic. Finished homework your have? You?” I’m literally dyslexic but that was the funniest shit ever
that episode is great because it still manages to be terrifying. i mean a piano ghost who chases you with a literal piano and plays Fur Elise and can take over any electronic with a speaker to play that piece, scary as hell
Imagine living in Japan and knowing the reputation of this anime, and then hearing a rumor that there might be a second season because American dub did so well
I spoke to the voice director at a con about the dub because she also worked on Panty And Stocking. Turns out they got alot of creative freedom and when that happens you either get a complete nightmare or a magical experience
Yep! Chris Ayers told similar sorties since his little brother worked on it, but also worked a lot in voice directing and I believe he was friends with the voice director of Ghost Stories too (small circle and all).
Tooty McGroody you can tell the actors really got caught up and let their emotions control them in this heart-wrenching but beautifully written scene. I shed a tear every time.
I like what they did with the little brother. Instead of stating the obvious or telling somebody hes really scared, he now just screams inchorently which has the same effect on the story.
The english voice actors INVENTED the script. They even invented and ran with each other's running gags, such as the super christian girl having previously been a drug addicted slut. (The following episode, the boy mishears "momoko collapsed!" as "Momoko relapsed!")
14:20 I love the last few episodes, I don't know why they never come up in clip reels. By that point, the characters have gone full Deadpool. They're fully aware they're in an anime, and they're actively roasting the terrible scripts. There's even one where the story is so muddled that the writer speaks to the audience directly through one of the kids, saying he can't figure out what's supposed to be going on. It's utter madness.
I love how in the last episode they are fully aware they're in the anime and just want the series to end "it's the last episode you think i'm gonna die?"
Abridged series: Allow me to introduce myself. (Notable examples: Team Four Star's DBZ Abridged, YuGiOh Abridged and Something Witty's Sword Art Online abridged just to name of few.)
I was fortunate enough to work on this series with Steven, I voiced Mr. Sakata. I had no idea until just recently what a huge cult following it has achieved. Thanks for doing this video, watching it brought back some great memories. Rob Mungle is genius voicing the cat.
Funny story, I originally thought that the “but because you’re black” line was the direct translation and that it was just a case as with DBZ’s “don’t shoot, this man is not black!” Meme.
Corytheodst there’s a villain character called goku black and the police mistake goku for goku black the funny thing is they could’ve just said “don’t shoot this man isn’t goku black” but they decided to keep it the way it is because it’s funny that’s all I know I don’t even watch the show or any dragon ball z shows for that matter
*Pierrot:* “I want you to keep the names of the characters and the methods of exorcising each demon.” *ADV:* “Okay, but what else?” *Pierrot:* “Whatever, just dub the anime, anime dubber.” *ADV:* “Sure. Jackass...”
I think my favorite line is where Satsuki and Hajime go to a police station and have to lipsync so fast their lines turn into a garbled mess and Hajime doesn't even try to form a sentence "Yeah! Hubidydubidy-digdigdiggity!"
There's a similar fast-talking scene in Episode 5 (Sports Festival) where Greg Ayres spits _this_ line out: "OHMYGODOHMYGODWHATTHEHELLISHAPPENINGHERETHESEARETHEFASTESTLIPFLAPSI'VEEVERHADTOSYNC!!"
I think my most commonly used quote from this show is "What the fizzity-uck was that!?" immediately followed by "Let's fizzity-uckin' find out!" Absolutely fantastic video on one of the most interesting and iconic dubs in all of anime.
French guy here. We actually have a similarly iconic so-different-it's-hilarious dub here, though the circumstances behind it were wildly different. Long story short, since anime licenses were cheap, in the eighties channels were buying them in bulk to fill up their kiddy morning blocks, with little regard to what they were actually purchasing. And then one of them ended up being Fist of the North Star. The staff threw a massive fit over having to show a super violent post-apocalyptic story in a block aimed at six years olds, and ended up with a deal where the VAs got complete control over the script. The resulting puntastic, joke-filled show was the stuff of legends. "Ken le Survivant" (Ken the Survivor) is a classic, though for completely different reasons than the true FotNS.
When I feel confident about my grasp on the French language, the first thing I'm doing is making videos about the French dubs for Fist of the North Star and City Hunter (Nicky Larson en français)
@@RedBardIsCool some are hard to translate (hokuto de cuisine = kitchen knife) but "who built this fence ? Call the architect !" when Yuria jump off the building is my favorite :)
@@RedBardIsCool did you know that France made a foreign within a foreign live action City Hunter (or Nicky Larson) movie, and some of the fans criticized for casting Ryo Saeba as a French person instead of a Japanese person
Hajime: “THINK OF A BIG BLACK MAN CHASING YOU!” Keichirou: (Runs while crying out gibberish, then collapses.) Hajime: “Well, he’s not racist...” Leo: “I guess not. He’s only 0.2 seconds faster.”
I think they did? I do know the the creators of the series actually did get a kick out of the gag Dub or at least appreciated the weird spin on the dialogue.
same thing happened in the french dubbing in the 80's the dub actors refused to dub hokuto no ken as it was too violent and would only dub it if they were given full white card to dub as they wish and the studio actually accepted and the dub that came out of this is still a huge meme in france anime community heres one of my favorite lines in it translated its when Julia jump to her death, Sin goes : "Julia! no its impossible i hadnt finish the railing someone find me the architect he will pay for this!"
Of course there was a script for the general plot of each episode. If each voice actor would just say the first random joke it came to their minds then the plot would have eventually got lost in the first 5 minutes of each episode. The script just helped to stablish some "sense" And parameters in each character. Then, of course most of the jokes and dialogues were improvises by the voice actors.
you can't adlib all of that while following the plot and being limited by the animation. of course it was scripted... how would you adlib while maintaining the original plot? or when the scene changes abruptly? or if you simply don't know what is going to happen visually? plus, the dub is only great because it was limited by the plot. it's the perfect example of creative limitation.
@@theoneitself iirc I actually spoke (or wrote to Steven in the comments, if you will) to Steven Foster, he said that they'd first watch the episode in japanese with english subtitles, and then gather around his desk to write a script, where they'd write the plot down and any jokes they could make around that, they'd then go into the recording booth 1 by 1 and record their lines. The first one into the studio that day/period got to set the general tone of several scenes of dialogue.
Her mother is also a former lesbian who met Born Again Betty at the (in her words) "Wonderful Exodus Homosexual Conversion Camp" and is the reason why the Evangelical member is also the most spiritually sensitive. This show goes places I would have never imagined AND I LOVE IT!!!
European Portuguese dub of Dragon Ball Z in the late 90s is an even earlier one, just look up "Portuguese Vegeta talks for nonstop while beating Miss Ginyu", you'll find it hard to believe it's an actual dub.
I spoke to Greg Ayres (Voice of Leo) at anime boston (he shows up like every year) about it he basically summed it up as that it came in a bundle for a bunch of shows the studio got the license to. Guy in charge gave them the go a head to go ham but stick closely to the source material as best they could since the show didn't do so well back at home. He said it was the most fun he's had in his career and I don't blame him.
Whenever i mention this dub i describe it as "this is an official abridged" and that description isnt really doing it justice but the best way to describe how different these two versions are
This makes me sad. All the actors had so much fun but knew it was a once in a lifetime scenario. Further cemented the fact that we ain’t gonna be getting another dub like this again.
@@commandershepard1791 Some factoids about Ghost Stories US Dub: The ADR Script WAS translated and was originally going to be line for line, but in November 2005, Director George Manley told the VAs "Fuck it. Make up anything. Forget the script". The ADR production was dubbed in just 6 weeks time. All ADV Dubs at the time were done at the Jersey Village/North Central Houston based "Industrial Smoke and Mirrors" Studio. Seraphrim is all dubbed in the Yorktown Galleria area of Houston. Each Episode's Original ADR Plot was thrown out each time the VAs entered the Recording Both. Things DID go off the gotdamn rails by the 12th and 13th Episodes. It was Rob Mungle's idea to use Shock Value Humor in each rewritten script. Greg Ayers personally enjoyed mocking and self depreciating the anime. I met All of the original Voice Actors Hillary Haag,Monica Rial, Chris Patton,Rob Mungle,Greg Ayers, Christine Auten, George Manley at the now defunct Alamo Drafthouse in Mission Bend,West Oaks. They admitted that they rewrote the entire original Ghost Stories script from scratch. I got a personal photo with Hillary and Monica with my then 23 year old self via Old Fashioned Disposable Kodak Taken Tuesday May 30,2006. They're BFFs. Hillary WAS dating a Black Man at the time. He was one of the ADR Supervisors. Ghost Stories' dub was coincidencently completed about 2 months after the Cast completed dubbing the 2003 Hit Anime Spinoff of Full Metal Panic called Fumoffu. The Ghost Stories DVD Singles sold rather poorly. ADV viewed them from the get go as a lost cause.
iirc ADV rebranded themselves after they declared bankruptcy. So while ADV Films as we knew them are no longer a thing, the core of the original company is still intact I believe. I haven't looked into them in a while now, though, so my info may be heavily outdated.
@@EPunkOfficial Not just that but you would also need a company willing to pickup a show with horrendous ratings which is unlikely these days because of how much the industry has grown.
The backlash THEN was great. A thing many people forget is that as far as I remember, this came out on VHS. Back in the VHS days, you didn't get a choice of Dub or Sub, you got what Sam Goody got in...which was the dub...and there was *NO* indication it was a parody dub. People were fucking LIVID at how disgusting and disrespectful the dub was. Heck, I still am and every time people rave about the Ghost Stories dub it makes me angry.
Omg I remember accidentally finding this on RUclips back in 2009 ish my friends and I stayed up all night watching it over and over again. My friends still yell theses quotes at each other. It’s to this day my best rabbit hole find. Edit-“Touch me... touch me harder!”
Ha! Both are wrong... The 1st one that started EVERYTHING would be *_"Samurai Pizza Cats,"_* a must watch and a glorious accident that became to be (after no translated scrip was available when they bought its rights.) Check it out and enjoy yourselves!
@@geoleo965 Well no, Yu-Gi-Oh in a nutshell inspired the first Abridged Series Yu Gi Oh abridged which became the inspiration of all subsequent abridges.
@@玉ねぎ-z3h Seriously, I don't understand his stubbornness, despite the evidence and all. Let's cross fingers that Red Bard makes a vid of it. I mean, we're talking of actual history here!
@@BewareTheLilyOfTheValley Abridged series in anime tends to mean "let's make everything completely ridiculous and change everyone's personality to be funnier" and the aspects here - all that has to stay the same is names and basic plot; it is now a comedy instead of the original genre - is stereotypical of anime abridged series on RUclips, and while these abridged series are shortened, it's not by as much as you would think. As such, referring to this dub as essentially an official Abridged series would be perfectly normal among fans of the actual abridged series.
My favorite lines are probably from that one episode with the construction workers and the haunted complex. The sheer delivery of "Look out, Ted!" and the absurdity of "There's nothing there but poles, and I don't mean people from Poland" get me every time.
I don't watch very much anime, but occasionally my sister and I watch some together. One day she suggested Ghost Stories, and she didn't give any details before showing me the first episode, which I was surprised to see was the English dub since she prefers subs. I immediately found out why she picked the dub, and that was some of the most fun I've ever had with anime. Anyone who hasn't watched it should do themselves a favor and do so immediately.
@@zve6 Tbh I don't hear it. Dub seems pretty natural to me(usually) and it's annoying to have to read the subtitles all the time. Honestly who even cares if they sound more natural when you can't even speak japanese🤔
Tfw you realize that, due to the Momoko's reference to the Supreme Court and a conservative presidency, she single-handedly kept Ghost Stories from becoming dated. Momoko is Best Girl.
It’s too bad. I really want to see more “screwing around”. Take some quiet, understated garbage and try to recycle it for a quick buck for everyone involved. It always seemed like the VAs had a blast and I think everyone walked away happy.
There is an official amine that did though happen 1 - 2 years it was voiced by youtube voice actors I think the name some like My Girlfriend is a Valley Girl or something like that.
A side note, regarding Ghost Stories' ratings:
Ghost Stories' particularly low ratings were in no short part due to having a particularly unsavory time slot. You could easily argue that its ratings were pretty good considering what it was dealing with--which I have no doubt there's a lot of truth to, since there's plenty of evidence to suggest that it did have its loyal fans. But alas, the fact still remains that its ratings were still low and that Pierrot had high standards for success. For example, GTO finished airing a month before Ghost Stories and its average rating was 28.5--about double Ghost Stories at its peak. And I'm sure you don't need me to tell you that Pierrot had plenty of other shows that raked in high numbers.
Suffice to say, success is relative; and for Pierrot, Ghost Stories just wasn't up to their standard--ergo, in their eyes, it was a failure.
Hiiiii
Nice.
Cool
No se inglés.
now do us a favor and force the director to dub ex arm lol
“Why are you still crying?”
“These pajamas are gay.”
In fairness he was right.
@@MrSinthan Not really.
@@animegraveyard776 No, of course not.
@@MrSinthan Actually, I changed my mind.
@@animegraveyard776 Yeah me too. Isn't this just orgasmic?
*"Not because you're a rabbit but because your black"*
*you're
What is your avi from?
That's Brittney Karbowski who said that.
@@AlphaDog26 It's either Zara or Honolulu from Azur Lane
*touch me harder*
“...they finished the series and never touched it again.”
*then touch it harder*
hue hue hue hue
🅷🅴 🅷🅴 🅷🅴
Lmaooo
Reminds me of the rabbit scene
THE BUNNY SKSJND
"Whoever told you to do this is either a bitch or a ghost."
"RUN! she's a ghost _AND_ a bitch!" is my personal favorite line
my favorite part in this episode is in the chase scene in the same episode, the ghost floats up the stairs and goes "WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE"
😂
Same. Guy voicing the cat did a great delivery.
_"Haveyouacceptedjesusasyourpersonalsaviour?"_
I LOVE how fast she says that omg
Oh that’s just Jesus girl! She normally dose that.
I got a PTSD flashback from when this happened to me on vacation in the South.
“No i’m jewish!”
ohmygodwhatishappeningiveneverhadtolipsyncsofast
Lmaoooo
"JUST IMAGINE A BIG BLACK MAN CHASING YOU"
"HWUAH"
"I guess he's not racist"
"JUST IMAGINE A BIG BLACK MAN CHASING YOU"
*gets down on all fours soon after*
@@aaronlandry3934 he never said no homo therefore he is gay
@@reddytoplay9188 Fuck, I forgot to say no homo myself! I should probably ask my husband if take backs are allowed for this whole marriage thing
To be fair imagined you are being chased by a big naked black man at night.
@@cheeseburgersuperior1874 I have that dream it's a wonderful dream.
haveyouacceptedjesusasyourlordandsavioryet?
No, I’m Jewish.
so was Jesus
darkhorseman90 Exactly what I was thinking XD
*personalsavior. Not Lord and savior. And you call yourself a weeb. 🤦♂️
😂
Joshua Crain forgive him, he has much to learn
Japan: "don't change the animation and main plot"
America: "you should choose your words more carefully"
Japan: "No, you did just what we were hoping -- you America'd the shit out of it.
Good job."
@@Tolinarjust as Aizen planned
America: "oh very poor choice of words."
Japan: no we actually chose are words quite carefully.
"THINK OF A BIG BLACK MAN CHASING YOU"
"aHHH"
"well he's not rasict"
you wanna be an airforce ranger
you wanna live a life of danger
you dont wanna get raped by strangers
*bends over*
@@nunyabiznes33 BBC 😫😫
@@runnuponyoclique "Well at least he's not racist"
@@runnuponyoclique the news is hot
"Not because you're a rabbit, but because you're black!"
10/10
I heard the VA couldn't stop laughing her ass off to that line
@@Cairo40000 Why, its true.
"stop it, this man isnt black"
"What"
that line gets me. every. damn. time. i cant even say it without laughing, its so good
@@Cairo40000 if tha IS true I feel like you can kinda hear it in her read. Like she's barely able to read it without that "gafah" in her voice which is really a stifled laugh.
"His laugh"
*he he he*
"His funny little requests "
*touch me*
"His reprimands"
*Touch me harder!*
Adrian Naranjo That was my favorite part
it still haunted me how deep the rabbit's voice was
that’s how i found ghost stories lol
My favorite part of the series
I started uncontrollably laughing just simply from this comment.
“Have you finished your homework yet? Oh, wait, you’re dyslexic. Finished homework your have? You?”
I’m literally dyslexic but that was the funniest shit ever
Ok
Doesn’t it accurately translate what dyslexia looks like in speech form
@@catsinwonderland7473 not really
ADV: Hey, do you need us to follow any particular guidelines for translating this show?
Pierrot: Just dub the show, show-dubbers.
Luke Schwiebert
Could you imagine writing a RUclips Poop or Abridged series and getting paid for it now?
. . .
Is this being done?
Whatever... jackass.
ADV: "License to go nuts, you heard it straight from the source. Alright everyone, HIT IT!"
R/malicious compliance the anime.
@@Harmonia96 Does getting the oppurtunity to lend your voice to an officially licensed game count?
Someone: “Subs over dubs!”
Me: * laughs in Ghost Stories dub *
No You
True
ironically the funniest anime ive seen
If it's animated I always prefer the dub. If it's live action, I'll never watch the sub.
I mean subs over dubs- but for this IM FOR DUB ALL THE WAYYY
I’m a sub watcher so it’s rare that I watch dubs but holy shit ghost stories was absolutely an exception
“She’s from another grade”
“Giggity-giggity”
An actual scene
It sure is.
😂😂 I say that now
Not surprised
No fucking way lmaoo
Was that from the first episode lol
“Not because you’re a rabbit, but because you’re black!”
Dead
Just like that rabbit.
@@Jeronous 🐈
@@DEFxRECON what's that supposed to mean?
@@JeronousSo was the rabbit
@@Jeronousit was very dark
"Why are you still crying?"
"Because the pajamas are gay"
Ded.
"thanks a lot man."
that episode is great because it still manages to be terrifying. i mean a piano ghost who chases you with a literal piano and plays Fur Elise and can take over any electronic with a speaker to play that piece, scary as hell
@@bradchadchaderson gay Pajamas is a surprisingly efficient way to describe the Jojo character design
Big if tru
I always thought he was mentioning a band lol.
"My legs are moving, but I feel like we aren't moving..."
*scene change to the monsters, then back to them runing*
"Oh that's better!"
mutantmaster1 man i love 4th wall breaking
Yess
@@asterrie I love that they call it third wall breaking in the series because they're 2D
"first we do a geographical pan over to make it look like were going a long way to get there"
LMAOO
I too am I fan of official abridged series
This ain't no abridge series. This my friend, is art.
when next araki forgot moment coming out
Shuck why are you here?
Why are we all here... Just to suffer....
i was going to like your coment, but it had 666 likes and i didnt want to ruin it
You know its 2000’s when they make dyslexic and gay jokes without a care
@@disastermidi1990 how does that make them a snowflake?
@@disastermidi1990 if you’re gonna pull the snowflake shit try being original lmao
@@disastermidi1990 That's pretty cringe bro
Don’t forget the black jokes
@@WEED-SMASH not really
"We've been married about six years now."
"Nobody's talking to you, drive the bus bus driver."
"Just fill the hole, hole filler!"
yes! jackass
"Fucking noisy."
Look out, Ted
"Just move the boards, boards mover"
My favorite underrated line: “soon it’ll be redder then republican Texas”
As a Texan I swear to god this line did make me laugh as hard as it did
You're as blue as daggerknife is dead.
-Sarge (Red vs Blue)
He said I swear to god bitch, the lake is blue 😂
"Monsters only get evil people like Republicans and we're not old enough to vote!"
Mine is "ding order up"
"Have you accepted Jesus as your personal savior?"
"No, I'm Jewish."
The Ghost Stories dub was a mistake that needed to happen
so it wasnt a mistake
"There are no accidents"
-Master Oogway
@@killmecanic9391 I was waiting for someone to say that
It’s “haveyouacceptedjesusasyourpersonalsavior?”
@@killmecanic9391 ONLY MEMES!!! NO IM INKLING
Imagine living in Japan and knowing the reputation of this anime, and then hearing a rumor that there might be a second season because American dub did so well
Imagine the joy its genuine fans would feel.
@@CrystalGreymon And then imagine the utter horror they would feel when they learned what the dub actually was like
"You got any books written by black people?"
*_y e a h ._*
"You know how sometimes the man totally screw the woman over?"
*y e a h.*
y a h
Y
E
A
"Lunchtime BJ?"
"I'm in, dude!"
lmaaooo bros bein bros
HAHA
Id like this if the like count wasnt on 420
@@ravenznest3822 Not all heroes wear capes my friend
@@ravenznest3822 now you can help us reach 6969 likes :)
@@Ghost3210 694201337
Girl: His laugh
Rabbit: hUE HuE HUE huE
His request
Rabbit: Touch me
His reprimands
Rabbit: TOUCH ME HARDER
Not because you're a rabbit, but because you're black.
@@merrittanimation7721 Truly, one of the greatest tragedies in fiction.
The shit of legends
Probably my favorite line from the dub
"Come on, jump.
ISAIDJUMP!!!!!!"
So, you're telling me, an _entire anime studio_ went "Fuck It" and this hot mess of a dub was born?! Shit, that's incredible.
Oh yeah. And it’s so good.
"Why are you still crying"
"᥇ꫀᥴꪖꪊડꫀ 𝕥ꫝꫀડꫀ ρꪖ𝕛ꪖꪑꪖડ ꪖ𝕣ꫀ ᧁꪖꪗ"
Holy fuck what is that font
@@ephemera-noctourniquet Copy-paste from Word
@@omarvi280 can you tell me where I can get it or search it up and name-
@@MargaritaApologist If you haven't figured it out yet, just search up "font generator"
@@Arloooooooo_ nice thank you!
“Jesus loves me-
*COME ON YOU KNOW THE WORDS!”*
Yes i know 💀💀💀
😂😂😂😭😭😭🤚
Cause the bible told me so TwT
Laughs in Christian
I can HEAR IT.
My favorite part of the dub is
"principals always look like lesbians.....MOM?!"
“No it can’t be..😟”
Laughed at that so hard
my favorite quote is "Run! She's a ghost and a bitch!"
The origin story of "ur mom gay".
I SAID JUMP
Man: “I like his sister“
Sisters brother: *“I know your gay”*
One of my favorite scenes-
Let's get off sisters, since I just got off *yours!*
"When I volunteered at the wonderful exodus homosexual conversion camp, I met this woman who looked a lot like that lesbian-- I mean, woman."
That's when I knew. That whole scene. ❤
Wasn't she in conversion therapy as well?
@@BewareTheLilyOfTheValley Huuuuuge user.
"that's my mom"
"What? I'm sorry. I mean bless you"
I spoke to the voice director at a con about the dub because she also worked on Panty And Stocking. Turns out they got alot of creative freedom and when that happens you either get a complete nightmare or a magical experience
Why am I not surprised that she worked on Panty and Stocking, lol.
@@FirefoxisredExplorerisblueGoog fun fact: she also voiced the religious girl in Ghost Stories
And luckily they struck gold.
Yep! Chris Ayers told similar sorties since his little brother worked on it, but also worked a lot in voice directing and I believe he was friends with the voice director of Ghost Stories too (small circle and all).
@@samusai does anyone remember negima
“It’s not because you’re a rabbit, it’s cause you’re black”. One of my most favourite quotes in anime
It is my favorite line
I'm sorry Goku Black
It actually sounds more emotional than the sub.
Tooty McGroody you can tell the actors really got caught up and let their emotions control them in this heart-wrenching but beautifully written scene. I shed a tear every time.
go move boards over there board mover
I like what they did with the little brother. Instead of stating the obvious or telling somebody hes really scared, he now just screams inchorently which has the same effect on the story.
The english voice actors must’ve been like, _”this is the script?”_
ADV: *yes*
The English voice actors were actually like “We don’t have a script?”
They didn’t need a script
They had a script? Lol
The english voice actors INVENTED the script. They even invented and ran with each other's running gags, such as the super christian girl having previously been a drug addicted slut. (The following episode, the boy mishears "momoko collapsed!" as "Momoko relapsed!")
“Whatever, just fill in the hole, hole filler”
Whatever, jackass
Lesbian in bed with some random man seconds before sex just to make a baby for her and her girlfriend but he started talking about some dumb shit
grindr be like:
Lazy Ambitions drive the bus, bus driver
“Shut up. You are here, and you’re an idiot”
“Have you accepted Jesus as your personal savior?”
Potato Gaming 101 No I’m Jewish
Jesus will have to pry elmos soul from elmos cold dead hands
you mean "HaveyouacceptedJesusasyourpersonalsavior?!"
Potato Gaming 101 haveyouacceptedjesusasyourpersonalsavior?
Yes. Yes, I have. Best decision of my life.
14:20 I love the last few episodes, I don't know why they never come up in clip reels. By that point, the characters have gone full Deadpool. They're fully aware they're in an anime, and they're actively roasting the terrible scripts. There's even one where the story is so muddled that the writer speaks to the audience directly through one of the kids, saying he can't figure out what's supposed to be going on. It's utter madness.
I love how in the last episode they are fully aware they're in the anime and just want the series to end "it's the last episode you think i'm gonna die?"
broo that hilarious this is golden
"this is like the 6th time we've done the Ring" is a line I remember from the last few episodes
“I’m starting to like you, this must be the final and touching episode” - the final episode
"If more anime was like this, I'd watch more anime."
I really don't blame ya. We need more anime like this.
More dark comedy anime? I agree lol
Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt
@@twixxsticks2806 PSG isn't exactly "dark" comedy, but more juvenile
Abridged SAO comes close to this
Abridged series: Allow me to introduce myself.
(Notable examples: Team Four Star's DBZ Abridged, YuGiOh Abridged and Something Witty's Sword Art Online abridged just to name of few.)
I was fortunate enough to work on this series with Steven, I voiced Mr. Sakata. I had no idea until just recently what a huge cult following it has achieved. Thanks for doing this video, watching it brought back some great memories. Rob Mungle is genius voicing the cat.
Oh, that's cool!
@@mightypurplelicious3209 he's been like that ever since he worked on the dub... 😂
Bs
@@rafaelcampuwork Bro that's the legit voice actor...
So, you were rated an A in size but a D in endurance. How does that feel?
Funny story, I originally thought that the “but because you’re black” line was the direct translation and that it was just a case as with DBZ’s “don’t shoot, this man is not black!” Meme.
Nick DeGugs oh god without context that DBZ scene is bizzare
Mr Bruh what’s the context for it I just assumed it was racist
Corytheodst there’s a villain character called goku black and the police mistake goku for goku black the funny thing is they could’ve just said “don’t shoot this man isn’t goku black” but they decided to keep it the way it is because it’s funny that’s all I know I don’t even watch the show or any dragon ball z shows for that matter
@@Kmn2 Yeah they definitely did that shit on purpose XD, but there is nothing wrong with dark meta humor.
*Pierrot:* “I want you to keep the names of the characters and the methods of exorcising each demon.”
*ADV:* “Okay, but what else?”
*Pierrot:* “Whatever, just dub the anime, anime dubber.”
*ADV:* “Sure. Jackass...”
what abridged series is this from...
oh nvm it's been like three years since i seen it. i love that the official dub has me thinking it's an abridged series!
I think my favorite line is where Satsuki and Hajime go to a police station and have to lipsync so fast their lines turn into a garbled mess and Hajime doesn't even try to form a sentence "Yeah! Hubidydubidy-digdigdiggity!"
Iconic scene
The best line in that scene is "DROP THE KRISPY KREMES, SERPICO"
me too!!!!
D R O P T H E K R I S P Y K R E M E S S E R P I C O !
There's a similar fast-talking scene in Episode 5 (Sports Festival) where Greg Ayres spits _this_ line out: "OHMYGODOHMYGODWHATTHEHELLISHAPPENINGHERETHESEARETHEFASTESTLIPFLAPSI'VEEVERHADTOSYNC!!"
"Just imagine a big black man chasing you."
*Falls to his knees*
"Well at least he's not racist."
I think my most commonly used quote from this show is "What the fizzity-uck was that!?" immediately followed by "Let's fizzity-uckin' find out!"
Absolutely fantastic video on one of the most interesting and iconic dubs in all of anime.
Strain42 suicide boys
the dub in a nutshell: "Alright I need you guys to dub this, but make it more interesting than the original" and they sure as hell did
French guy here. We actually have a similarly iconic so-different-it's-hilarious dub here, though the circumstances behind it were wildly different. Long story short, since anime licenses were cheap, in the eighties channels were buying them in bulk to fill up their kiddy morning blocks, with little regard to what they were actually purchasing. And then one of them ended up being Fist of the North Star.
The staff threw a massive fit over having to show a super violent post-apocalyptic story in a block aimed at six years olds, and ended up with a deal where the VAs got complete control over the script. The resulting puntastic, joke-filled show was the stuff of legends. "Ken le Survivant" (Ken the Survivor) is a classic, though for completely different reasons than the true FotNS.
When I feel confident about my grasp on the French language, the first thing I'm doing is making videos about the French dubs for Fist of the North Star and City Hunter (Nicky Larson en français)
@@RedBardIsCool some are hard to translate (hokuto de cuisine = kitchen knife) but "who built this fence ? Call the architect !" when Yuria jump off the building is my favorite :)
@@RedBardIsCool did you know that France made a foreign within a foreign live action City Hunter (or Nicky Larson) movie, and some of the fans criticized for casting Ryo Saeba as a French person instead of a Japanese person
damn gotta watch that once i can actually speak french
@@RedBardIsCool yes ! Nicky Larson dub is legendary aswell you are very well informed
Hajime: “THINK OF A BIG BLACK MAN CHASING YOU!”
Keichirou: (Runs while crying out gibberish, then collapses.)
Hajime: “Well, he’s not racist...”
Leo: “I guess not. He’s only 0.2 seconds faster.”
It's an officially licensed abridged. Holy shit. I need to watch this now.
I LOVE the “because these pajamas are gay” it caught me so off guard the first time I saw it I had to pause the show to stop myself from laughing
*Ghost Stories: The first and only official abridged series*
Don't forget Golden Boy!
Actually Samurai pizza cats did it first
@@lobodefuego69vr2 BINGO! Just as I kept saying to others! These whippersnappers need their facts to straighten up!
Yugioh GX season 3 exists and it was clear that 4kids were trying to make an official abridged series ruclips.net/video/w98OsmVaUbE/видео.html
There is new official abridged series - My First Girlfriend is a Gal
Did they ever Japanese sub the american dub?
Reverse Uno card?
I think they did? I do know the the creators of the series actually did get a kick out of the gag Dub or at least appreciated the weird spin on the dialogue.
I think they actually did.
Not 100% sure though.
@@ShadowWolfRising Suppose they toned it down quite a bit?
@@DoctorDisasterDracula Wouldn't that defeat the purpose?
@@ShadowWolfRising Well you said "Not 100%", so I assumed that was the case.
“I come from a long line of quasi-lesbian ghost hunters!”
The dub is holy. The dub is to be worshipped.
Only ghost stories dub
If this dub is ever considered unholy for any reason then all I'll say is. HAIL SATAN.
same thing happened in the french dubbing in the 80's
the dub actors refused to dub hokuto no ken as it was too violent and would only dub it if they were given full white card to dub as they wish and the studio actually accepted and the dub that came out of this is still a huge meme in france anime community
heres one of my favorite lines in it translated its when Julia jump to her death, Sin goes : "Julia! no its impossible i hadnt finish the railing someone find me the architect he will pay for this!"
"You have only 9 seconds left to live"
"What ?? Oh no, that's not enough, give me at least 2 more"
Name please
@@longhai6458 Ken Le survivant
Wonder how Raoh speaks.
Difference being HnK was made more childish and ridiculous, whereas Ghost Stories turned into adult-oriented satire.
When an anime bombs in japan, I would love to see another official abridged series to happen again. Just let the dub company go wild.
As sad as it makes me, I don't think this would work again in modern times.
Please do it with Ex-arm it needs saving
@@WhySoPrettyJinsoul. the dub alone couldn't carry ex-arm animation style weirdness
I'd love to see it with the Azur Lane anime.
It's not exactly a bad anime, it just struggles from being really uninteresting
Here's 500
Tommy Wiseau is probably crying in his sleep knowing that he could never top off this masterpiece
*Speaking angelically* “Cmon jump”
*Demon activated* “I SAID JUMP!”
“Jump”
*”I SAID JUMP”*
🦘🦘🦘🦘
fuck that username it got to me
so that is how i died and became edgy after not hearing it again
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@@tribunealpha1059 got me to *cringe*
Wait, so there was like an ACTUAL script? It wasn't just the voice actors messing around in the studio?
Little bit of both
Of course there was a script for the general plot of each episode. If each voice actor would just say the first random joke it came to their minds then the plot would have eventually got lost in the first 5 minutes of each episode. The script just helped to stablish some "sense" And parameters in each character. Then, of course most of the jokes and dialogues were improvises by the voice actors.
you can't adlib all of that while following the plot and being limited by the animation. of course it was scripted...
how would you adlib while maintaining the original plot? or when the scene changes abruptly? or if you simply don't know what is going to happen visually? plus, the dub is only great because it was limited by the plot. it's the perfect example of creative limitation.
It was a bit of both
@@theoneitself iirc I actually spoke (or wrote to Steven in the comments, if you will) to Steven Foster, he said that they'd first watch the episode in japanese with english subtitles, and then gather around his desk to write a script, where they'd write the plot down and any jokes they could make around that, they'd then go into the recording booth 1 by 1 and record their lines. The first one into the studio that day/period got to set the general tone of several scenes of dialogue.
Wait... the female protagonist is THE protagonist. Like, that other one is secondary.
4:55
@@RedBardIsCool Dame...
Yeah, she's the main character learning about what happened to her mother and why her mother fought ghosts during her years in the same school.
Her mother is also a former lesbian who met Born Again Betty at the (in her words) "Wonderful Exodus Homosexual Conversion Camp" and is the reason why the Evangelical member is also the most spiritually sensitive.
This show goes places I would have never imagined AND I LOVE IT!!!
Her mother being a lesbian is one of the funniest running jokes XD
the dub is hilarious but you could NOT get away with a lot of these jokes today
adult shows today are the same
Agreed.
Makes me all the more glad they did it then and not now
We need another dub like this 😔
People are too sensitive these days 😒
Btw: I'm black
This Madlad made the first abriged OFICIAL abriged series.
Markus Mattson Not only a abridged series but a extremely crass one
European Portuguese dub of Dragon Ball Z in the late 90s is an even earlier one, just look up "Portuguese Vegeta talks for nonstop while beating Miss Ginyu", you'll find it hard to believe it's an actual dub.
_Samurai Pizza Cats_ English dub was also basically an abridged series.
@@AHHHHHHHHHHHHl Or the Vegetta death which is hilarious because he sounds like another thing due to the constant moans xD
Memento Mori HUOOOOOOOO
"When that President finishes stacking the Supreme Court"
Good to know nothing has changed in the 20 years since this came out
This feels so relevant now
@Upcycle Shoes
All. A stacked Supreme Court is every president’s wet dream.
@@dashamm98 Every ruler in history with a supreme court will try to do this.
@Upcycle Shoes I'm seriously wondering the context of that joke.
"GOD! Can you go bomb an abortion clinic or something?!" That was so good lmao
That scene aged poorly
@@milesduff7593 The director fucking predicted the future. Like on the fucking dot.
@@joshstephens413a true prophet.
"You still haven't told me what to do with this content"
Just make the content, content-maker.
*jackass
Ok fill the hole hole filler
I spoke to Greg Ayres (Voice of Leo) at anime boston (he shows up like every year) about it he basically summed it up as that it came in a bundle for a bunch of shows the studio got the license to. Guy in charge gave them the go a head to go ham but stick closely to the source material as best they could since the show didn't do so well back at home. He said it was the most fun he's had in his career and I don't blame him.
Oooo
"Time to go home, load up that bong and watch Pokemon!"
NOT
15 years and that line is still relevant today.
After turning 21 a few months ago in Colorado, never has that line been more relevent
It aged like fine wine 👌
“It’s dub is considered the stuff of legends”
Your goddamn right
"Do you have any books about black people?"
The bell curve
Yea.
I declared war on your french ass
How edgy.
My absolute favorite line was the one where they legitimately accepted and talked about stereotypes and penis sizes. SO goddamn funny.
Whenever i mention this dub i describe it as "this is an official abridged" and that description isnt really doing it justice but the best way to describe how different these two versions are
"If you leave children behind pay your child support on time"
I'm glad this dub exists
Deadbeat dads are not cool!
*starts laughing arkwardly*
This makes me sad. All the actors had so much fun but knew it was a once in a lifetime scenario. Further cemented the fact that we ain’t gonna be getting another dub like this again.
it's alright, they get to do it, and these clips will stay immortal I guess
The fact that the same actress who voiced Jesus - Chan and Stocking doesn’t surprise me
Omfg I knew that she sounded familar
Cool
She also voiced Mirajane from Fairytale.
It’s weird hearing Mirajane talk about homosexuality being bad 😂😂😂😂
@@MikanBaldmiki And Tsuyu from MHA :P
Monica Real?
“Have you accepted Jesus as your personal saviour?” this got me lol already
No I'm Juish
@Kill Me the reply is a joke
Pierrot: “Whatever, just fill in the plot, plot fillers.”
Yeah.... jackass.
The English dub was a huge success they even had a separate Japanese dub that follow s the plot of the English one
Source ?
I’m Japanese and I want a link to it
@@commandershepard1791 Some factoids about Ghost Stories US Dub:
The ADR Script WAS translated and was originally going to be line for line, but in November 2005, Director George Manley told the VAs "Fuck it. Make up anything. Forget the script".
The ADR production was dubbed in just 6 weeks time. All ADV Dubs at the time were done at the Jersey Village/North Central Houston based "Industrial Smoke and Mirrors" Studio. Seraphrim is all dubbed in the Yorktown Galleria area of Houston.
Each Episode's Original ADR Plot was thrown out each time the VAs entered the Recording Both.
Things DID go off the gotdamn rails by the 12th and 13th Episodes.
It was Rob Mungle's idea to use Shock Value Humor in each rewritten script.
Greg Ayers personally enjoyed mocking and self depreciating the anime.
I met All of the original Voice Actors Hillary Haag,Monica Rial, Chris Patton,Rob Mungle,Greg Ayers, Christine Auten, George Manley at the now defunct Alamo Drafthouse in Mission Bend,West Oaks. They admitted that they rewrote the entire original Ghost Stories script from scratch.
I got a personal photo with Hillary and Monica with my then 23 year old self via Old Fashioned Disposable Kodak Taken Tuesday May 30,2006. They're BFFs. Hillary WAS dating a Black Man at the time. He was one of the ADR Supervisors.
Ghost Stories' dub was coincidencently completed about 2 months after the Cast completed dubbing the 2003 Hit Anime Spinoff of Full Metal Panic called Fumoffu.
The Ghost Stories DVD Singles sold rather poorly. ADV viewed them from the get go as a lost cause.
It's a real shame ADV went under. Their dubs really had a lot of character.
@Janeiro I dude relax...
Janeiro I i wouldn’t have even WATCHED ghost stories if it wasn’t for him. the whole reason i watched it was because it was comedic.
@Janeiro I the dude fucking saved ghost stories worldwide , it did so well in its english dub that japanese fans were expecting a second season
Janeiro I White Knight incel weeb
iirc ADV rebranded themselves after they declared bankruptcy. So while ADV Films as we knew them are no longer a thing, the core of the original company is still intact I believe. I haven't looked into them in a while now, though, so my info may be heavily outdated.
All the crying the little brother did had my whole friend group laughing our butts off. What a true masterpiece!
AHAHEULGHHUGLHUH
KissMyAspergers exactly
What makes me sad is that I can't imagine something like this ever happening again. The backlash would be too great.
It would have to be something that did horrendous in Japan in terms of ratings or reception to have another situation like Ghost Stories.
@@EPunkOfficial Not just that but you would also need a company willing to pickup a show with horrendous ratings which is unlikely these days because of how much the industry has grown.
@@ViviSectia True, the industry is a lot bigger than it was when ADV got the rights to Ghost Stories. It does depend on the company though.
Just imagine if they added a fanservice handholding episode. Riots everywhere!!
The backlash THEN was great. A thing many people forget is that as far as I remember, this came out on VHS. Back in the VHS days, you didn't get a choice of Dub or Sub, you got what Sam Goody got in...which was the dub...and there was *NO* indication it was a parody dub. People were fucking LIVID at how disgusting and disrespectful the dub was. Heck, I still am and every time people rave about the Ghost Stories dub it makes me angry.
'leave me alone I'm doing my standard anime elbows up pose!'
Omg I remember accidentally finding this on RUclips back in 2009 ish my friends and I stayed up all night watching it over and over again. My friends still yell theses quotes at each other. It’s to this day my best rabbit hole find. Edit-“Touch me... touch me harder!”
How about i dont
The inspiration for 'abridged' series. Truly a legendary dub. Not quite for the same reasons as Cowboy Bebop, though...
Actually the inspiration was "Yu-Gi-Oh in a Nutshell"
Ha! Both are wrong... The 1st one that started EVERYTHING would be *_"Samurai Pizza Cats,"_* a must watch and a glorious accident that became to be (after no translated scrip was available when they bought its rights.) Check it out and enjoy yourselves!
@@geoleo965 Well no, Yu-Gi-Oh in a nutshell inspired the first Abridged Series Yu Gi Oh abridged which became the inspiration of all subsequent abridges.
@@geoleo965 Yes, indeed!
@@玉ねぎ-z3h Seriously, I don't understand his stubbornness, despite the evidence and all. Let's cross fingers that Red Bard makes a vid of it. I mean, we're talking of actual history here!
My favorite is the grumpy lady at the memorial service, “yeah, yeah she’s dead. Can we go now?”
That's gonna be everyone at my funeral when they remember I demand that there's an epic dance party afterwards
11:26 aged well but too well that it became real.
So, the english dubbed Ghost Stories is an officially licensed shitpost? That's amazing.
frieza voices cat
me: you had ,my curiosity but now I'm interested
No, it’s: “you had my Curiosity, but now you have attention” you nitwit. AND DONT YOU FAKING WOOOSH ME
@@cbadefghijklmnopeyt1799 "...now you have MY attention." Quote it right peasant.
@@cbadefghijklmnopeyt1799 quote it right, quote-quoter.
It's a shame the series is bombed (I'm not making a dark humor) in Japan.
Ah yes, the original Abridged series, or "That Time ADV Shitposted an Entire Anime."
Seriously we need more runs like this can you imagine if TFS had full reign on a comedic redub?
To abridge is to shorten but I understand your gist :) I guess the plot was abridged.
@@BewareTheLilyOfTheValley Abridged series in anime tends to mean "let's make everything completely ridiculous and change everyone's personality to be funnier" and the aspects here - all that has to stay the same is names and basic plot; it is now a comedy instead of the original genre - is stereotypical of anime abridged series on RUclips, and while these abridged series are shortened, it's not by as much as you would think. As such, referring to this dub as essentially an official Abridged series would be perfectly normal among fans of the actual abridged series.
@@Maria-chan5863 technically ghost stories isn't abridged because it's dub is licensed by studio perriot and it is the official English dub
By definition, an abridged series has to be cut for time. This is just a comedy dub.
the reason i love this anime so much is because i started it completely as a joke and now it's genuinely one of my favorites ive ever watched
My favorite lines are probably from that one episode with the construction workers and the haunted complex. The sheer delivery of "Look out, Ted!" and the absurdity of "There's nothing there but poles, and I don't mean people from Poland" get me every time.
I know I'm a year late, but I agree. My favorite construction worker line is:
*worker points at map*
"You're here... And you're an idiot."
I don't watch very much anime, but occasionally my sister and I watch some together. One day she suggested Ghost Stories, and she didn't give any details before showing me the first episode, which I was surprised to see was the English dub since she prefers subs. I immediately found out why she picked the dub, and that was some of the most fun I've ever had with anime. Anyone who hasn't watched it should do themselves a favor and do so immediately.
Where can I view this masterpiece?
@@cornmaized crunchyroll
When someone who hates on dub ever tells you that the sub version is always better, show them _this_ ....
Sub before dub but this is an exception
@@zve6 Idk, I don't get why yall love sub so much?
@@r.s.fletcher7066 because characters sound more natural with the actual voice actors?
More like why YOU guys like dub so much
@@zve6 Tbh I don't hear it. Dub seems pretty natural to me(usually) and it's annoying to have to read the subtitles all the time. Honestly who even cares if they sound more natural when you can't even speak japanese🤔
@@r.s.fletcher7066
Sub imprinted in me first so dub feels weird to me
So ye that's that
If you like dub better sure why not
But for me sub is the one
Tfw you realize that, due to the Momoko's reference to the Supreme Court and a conservative presidency, she single-handedly kept Ghost Stories from becoming dated.
Momoko is Best Girl.
this really is a once in a lifetime experience. i honestly doubt something like ghost stories is ever going to happen again
It’s too bad. I really want to see more “screwing around”. Take some quiet, understated garbage and try to recycle it for a quick buck for everyone involved.
It always seemed like the VAs had a blast and I think everyone walked away happy.
Panty & Stocking is pretty close, but that was always meant to be a comedy
There is an official amine that did though happen 1 - 2 years it was voiced by youtube voice actors I think the name some like My Girlfriend is a Valley Girl or something like that.
How did “load up that bong and watch Pokémon” not catch on. That is fucking gold!
And lunchtime bj? I’m in dude 🤣🤣🤣
*”I hear the sound of you shutting the fuck up.”* ~ Satsuki. 2021
“Don’t look now, but I think the short bus just dropped off its number one customer.”