Two Halves Options

[Shiidou Hikaru]

Hikaru being split into two halves brings to mind the episode from the original Star Trek series where Kirk was split into two halves, a good half and an evil half. One of the main points of that episode was that neither half can exist without the other, both must coexist together. This same concept is also played out with Nova and Hikaru. Without a good half, Nova is foolish and destructive. Without her assertive evil half, Hikaru's heart is crippled by guilt and cannot function as a leader of the Magic Knights. And in the end, they both realize the need that they have for each other, and reunite to make Hikaru whole again.

[Shiidou Hikaru]

Well, for the most part you were right Mel, most dubbed anime leaves a lot to be desired, and I normally take it subbed. Truly good dubs aren't made very often. Either the translation, acting, or directing is bad or some combination of those elements. For example, what happened with the MKR dubs was that some of the voice actors/actresses were cast wrong and the directing wasn't very good, but the translation was decent and the storyline was left intact. And that's a lot of what most dubs are like, some good points and some bad.



With that aside, however one thing I can never forgive is censoring. When a dubbing company starts editing out scenes and entire episodes, when they start changing the story, the plot or removing subplots altogether, they are destroying a work of art in my opinion. What was done to Cardcaptor Sakura and Sailor Moon was a crime, a crying shame ...



Sorry for going on like that. v.v

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