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NEWS: Netflix Adds Dragon Quest: Adventure of Dai Anime




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Nyapan



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PostPosted: Tue Feb 27, 2024 4:52 pm Reply with quote
That's cool! I hope more people watch it because it's a very solid and complete battle shonen!
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YagamiBlackstone255



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PostPosted: Tue Feb 27, 2024 5:02 pm Reply with quote
Does Netflix have the dub? It would be weird if they didn't have it.
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malvarez1



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PostPosted: Tue Feb 27, 2024 5:04 pm Reply with quote
I hope this is a sign that Toei eventually adds other subs to the service.

Anyone even slightly interested should watch this one; it’s a very solid show.
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MarshalBanana



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PostPosted: Tue Feb 27, 2024 5:19 pm Reply with quote
YagamiBlackstone255 wrote:
Does Netflix have the dub? It would be weird if they didn't have it.
Not really, neither Monster nor Den-noh Coil have the dub on Netflix. Gunslinger Girl did not have the dub, but that was a long time ago, so they might have added it since.
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Wyvern



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PostPosted: Tue Feb 27, 2024 5:28 pm Reply with quote
YagamiBlackstone255 wrote:
Does Netflix have the dub? It would be weird if they didn't have it.


I have to ask, does the dub give everyone an old timey British accent like they have in the dubs of the Dragon Quest video games? To me that's such an iconic part of the games that it would make me 100% more likely to watch Dai dubbed instead of subbed.
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MFrontier



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PostPosted: Tue Feb 27, 2024 5:33 pm Reply with quote
That's cool!
Wyvern wrote:
YagamiBlackstone255 wrote:
Does Netflix have the dub? It would be weird if they didn't have it.


I have to ask, does the dub give everyone an old timey British accent like they have in the dubs of the Dragon Quest video games? To me that's such an iconic part of the games that it would make me 100% more likely to watch Dai dubbed instead of subbed.

I'm pretty sure they do not.
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Sevokevo Royuki



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PostPosted: Tue Feb 27, 2024 5:43 pm Reply with quote
YagamiBlackstone255 wrote:
Does Netflix have the dub? It would be weird if they didn't have it.


We have to just wait till Friday to find out… I just checked and it’s flagged to come out this Friday
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oilers2007



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PostPosted: Tue Feb 27, 2024 5:54 pm Reply with quote
Wyvern wrote:
I have to ask, does the dub give everyone an old timey British accent like they have in the dubs of the Dragon Quest video games? To me that's such an iconic part of the games that it would make me 100% more likely to watch Dai dubbed instead of subbed.


Really? That's one of the worst parts of the American localization for Dragon Quest for me. It's so unfitting and completely clashes with the purely distilled anime-aesthetic and attitude of the series, especially if you play with Japanese voice-overs.

Anyway, no, the anime does not do that. The subs or the dub from what clips I've seen of the dub. Anime usually gets better localization than games do though. I can't imagine how people would react if anime translations started giving everyone British accents and Shakesperean dialog for fantasy-based series like some video games do.
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Divineking



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PostPosted: Tue Feb 27, 2024 6:15 pm Reply with quote
Wyvern wrote:
YagamiBlackstone255 wrote:
Does Netflix have the dub? It would be weird if they didn't have it.


I have to ask, does the dub give everyone an old timey British accent like they have in the dubs of the Dragon Quest video games? To me that's such an iconic part of the games that it would make me 100% more likely to watch Dai dubbed instead of subbed.


I've seen a pretty good chunk of the dub and it doesn't do that, but it is a rare modern Canadian dub and features a lot of veterans from Ocean Studios and the like including actors like Brian Drummond and Paul Dobson, and goes for a kind of 90's saturday morning cartoon vibe that really fits the show. I think it came out really well

At any rate I'm glad the show is making it's way to a bigger platform because it definently needs more attention than what Toei and Crunchyroll gave it during its intial simulcast
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Cain Highwind



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PostPosted: Wed Feb 28, 2024 9:23 am Reply with quote
oilers2007 wrote:
Wyvern wrote:
I have to ask, does the dub give everyone an old timey British accent like they have in the dubs of the Dragon Quest video games? To me that's such an iconic part of the games that it would make me 100% more likely to watch Dai dubbed instead of subbed.


Really? That's one of the worst parts of the American localization for Dragon Quest for me. It's so unfitting and completely clashes with the purely distilled anime-aesthetic and attitude of the series, especially if you play with Japanese voice-overs.

Anyway, no, the anime does not do that. The subs or the dub from what clips I've seen of the dub. Anime usually gets better localization than games do though. I can't imagine how people would react if anime translations started giving everyone British accents and Shakesperean dialog for fantasy-based series like some video games do.


Firstly, it's technically done in the UK so it'd be a British localization, not American (also uses British spellings instead of American)

Secondly, I know it's not everyone's cup of tea, AND THAT'S FINE, but I like how it goes for this 80s Jim Henson-y Fantasy vibe rather than just "anime game" (very different feel from Dai:s dub but they BOTH capture the game series very well). Really makes the game stand out compared to other JRPG s. That's just me tho.
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 29, 2024 2:17 pm Reply with quote
YagamiBlackstone255 wrote:
Does Netflix have the dub? It would be weird if they didn't have it.


Dub confirmed
https://twitter.com/ToeiAnimation/status/1763281632583381329
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Primus



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PostPosted: Fri Mar 01, 2024 7:09 am Reply with quote
It's up in a bunch of markets. So far, it looks like Netflix only bought the first 50 episodes, though.
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 01, 2024 4:04 pm Reply with quote
https://twitter.com/ToeiAnimation/status/1763629119005401514

All territories of Toei's American branch so as usual, Europe is out.
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