English Dub Anime Openings Slapped!

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Published 2023-01-16
Today we break down some history of the English dub anime opening while also reminiscing about some of my personal favorite ones! hope you enjoy
smooches ~IP

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Thank you ‪@KANJIWRLD‬ for the thumbnail

Timestamps
00:00 - Intro
0:41 - My history with English anime ops
3:28 - Nostalgia & heart palpitations
4:39 - English anime ops back In the day
8:10 - The forefathers formula
10:15 - Dbz
11:51 - Pokemon & Digimon
12:44 - Formula issues
13:54 - Yugioh
15:10 - Yugioh GX
17:00 - Yugioh 5Ds
18:34 - Mid Bump
18:56 - More Pokemon ops
20:18 - Shaman King
20:48 - Prologues in English ops
22:42 - Bands doing ops
23:06 - Pirate rap and hip hop in English ops
24:43 - Yu Yu Hakusho
25:49 - How English ops changed and faded away
29:17 - Why English ops still matter
30:19 - outro (Patreon)
31:12 - Thank You

Soundtrack of this video:    • English Dub Anime OPS Soundtrack  

Music at Title Drop:    • Sunshine In Kyoto  
Mid Bump music:    • Adult Swim Bump - City Dreaming  


Openings Discussed:
Dragon ball mystical adventure English op
dragon ball main title English op
astro boy opening
Tetsugen 28 opening
Gigantor opening
Speed racer op
Kimba The White Lion op
Fist Of The North Star op
Dbz Rock The Dragon op
Pokemon theme song
Digimon English op
Escaflowne op
Yugioh op
yugioh gx op
Yugioh 5ds op
pokemon johto journeys op
pokemon orange islands op
pokemon johto league champions op
pokemon master quest op
shaman king op
ultimate muscle op
bakugan op
knights of the zodiac op
rave master op
one piece op
dragon ball gt op English
pokerap
yu yu hakusho op (smile Bomb)
dbz kai op
dragon ball super op 1
dragon ball super op 2






Sources:
www.fanbyte.com/games/features/why-were-anime-dub-…

www.fandom.com/articles/subs-vs-dubs-english-anime…

All Comments (21)
  • Some ppl got confused so just to make sure, the pirate rap wasn’t actually created by Kendrick and Earl and MF DOOM haha that was just a joke the artist behind it is Shawn Conrad!
  • @crowmagnon
    Dude I just started rewatching Yu Yu Hakusho because of dubbed Smile Bomb, this timing is uncanny
  • @ScamLikely420
    The Yu Yu Hakusho opening will be what plays in my head when I fade from this earth.
  • @delix787
    My heart is still broken in pieces that 4kids never released those kick ass guitar soundtracks for Yugioh GX!! 🤯😭🤯
  • @NitsuaVids
    The original Yu-gi-oh dub opening is still my favorite anime opening of all time. It absolutely slaps and I have so many good memories of Saturday mornings spent listening to it
  • @Pakkoyan
    Bro I CANNOT begin to explain the chills I got due to waves of nostalgia from the YuGiOh 5D's theme. I'm 100% with you, something about it does get the eyes all teary
  • @Lextorias
    This might just be a Canadian thing, but the English Beyblade openings are the hardest songs ever conceived. Beyblade Metal Fusion's OP remains stuck in my head to this day
  • Bro I’m so glad you gave yugioh 5D the credit it deserves, definitely one of my favorite intros to the series. Intro made me feel like I floating over the clouds and constant dopamine pumping to my brain.
  • bro please don’t stop making videos, you’re hitting a huge nostalgia itch that most people can’t. I know it’s discouraging not seeing the growth that you want but I promise you if you keep going, I don’t know how soon, but soon, this channel with explode. the editing is great, the topics are great, and the overall personality of not just you, but your channel has is that over a channel with AT LEAST 1 mil subs. Be patient you got this bro, you got my support and a lot of others too. just keep making videos you like and the success with come naturally. I’m excited to see what you release next
  • @Florian-Mon
    I'm from Germany and I can transfer everything you said to the German Anime. At least in terms of vibes. Here in Germany, in most cases, the Japanese and English songs have simply been translated. But these have always been sung with so much love that one could not help but love them. Listen to all the anime songs nowadays at work in the gas station and always get praise from all the nostalgic customers that I recall their childhood in the store. That's the heart of these songs and it's just nice to lose yourself in these vibes every now and then.🎶🎵💜
  • Anime dub openings are an amazing relic of a long gone time (Although we still get them occasionally). It truly had no downsides for me cause I was too embarresed to watch anime on tv anyway so they never even became over played for me.
  • @zero_2369
    Hearing the yugioh 5ds theme just unlocked a forgotten memory for me its so crazy how i could forget such a godlike banger
  • @Raph___A
    Dude, I swear I have listened to some of the older Pokémon OPs a TON when I was alone during the summer. Just being able to put the Mewtwo Strikes Back version of the first opening and the XY version of said opening, as well as "Unbeatable" felt so good.
  • It's crazy, I actually forgot dub openings existed until recently because I'm so used to always having Japanese ones now. I stand by Hoenn and Sinnoh having the best Pokemon OP dubs, and Dragon Ball Kai has the energy of an early 2000's Sonic OST and it's glorious.
  • @Cwinkle
    The one piece rap will forever be etched in my mind. What’s crazy is the “chopper’s doctoring” could also be a double entendre for the old lady chopper calls doctorine. Mind blowing lyricism.
  • @JaxBlade
    MAN this video was a Time Capsule I enjoyed watchin on this Saturday morning. So many Icons Gigantor, Pokemon, DBZ, Digimon, Yu Yu Hakusho Yugioh etc ahhhh it takes me back. Honestly while I love the japanese openings of all the series listed Agreed immensely on these still having charm. 1 time I was a party and the english dub openings for classics started playing & Everyone in the room got hype. They really did affect a generation & I'll happily bump them anytime of day. Outstanding Video man!
  • @AidyW
    For me hearing dubbed anime openings is like revisiting a familiar/favourite food. It's a wave of nostalgia powerful enough to momentarily transport me back to a time where all that I wanted in my life was to be the protagonist of my favourite show. Whenever Bakugan would come on I'd slip a card on my shoulder and place my Drago on my shoulder pretending to be transported to this world and act out the events of the show. Damn nostalgia is such a beautiful thing.
  • @LordJ3
    The English and Japanese openings for yugioh gx season 1 are such a rare case of both songs getting it so right. The energy, the fun, the fuzzy feeling in the your butt. Perfect.
  • Smile Bomb is one of those songs I break out into when I get inebriated and only the real ones know how to respond.
  • @ItzDaiz
    All the Yugioh openings are so nostalgic for me. Once a year if I'm going through some shit I have to chuck some episodes on to feel like a kid again. Lots of happy memories in these openings, thanks for taking me back <3