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== Anime and Manga == |
== Anime and Manga == |
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* Tsuyu from ''[[My Hero Academia]]'' is a little insistent on people she wants to be friends with use her [[First-Name Basis|given name]] (followed by -chan). In the translations, this is changed to her being a little insistent on people she wants to be friends with calling her by the nickname "Tsu". |
* Tsuyu from ''[[My Hero Academia]]'' is a little insistent on people she wants to be friends with use her [[First-Name Basis|given name]] (followed by -chan). In the official translations, this is changed to her being a little insistent on people she wants to be friends with calling her by the nickname "Tsu". |
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* Done slightly in the ''[[Cowboy Bebop]]'' dub. When tracking down a hacker, Faye remarks that their target is probably a smelly nerd, rather than using the term [[Otaku]]. This was changed back to its original comment in later runs. |
* Done slightly in the ''[[Cowboy Bebop]]'' dub. When tracking down a hacker, Faye remarks that their target is probably a smelly nerd, rather than using the term [[Otaku]]. This was changed back to its original comment in later runs. |
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* Probably both the archetypal and ironically least obvious example: In the North American dub of ''[[Ranma ½]]'' produced by Viz Video, ''all'' of the classical Japanese poetry quoted by Tatewaki Kuno has been skillfully replaced with near-perfect equivalents from [[Shakespeare]]. This has been done so meticulously that for many years [[Fanon]] held Kuno to be a devotee of the Bard. |
* Probably both the archetypal and ironically least obvious example: In the North American dub of ''[[Ranma ½]]'' produced by Viz Video, ''all'' of the classical Japanese poetry quoted by Tatewaki Kuno has been skillfully replaced with near-perfect equivalents from [[Shakespeare]]. This has been done so meticulously that for many years [[Fanon]] held Kuno to be a devotee of the Bard. |
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