A Look at International Cartoon Openings - Dub Theme Songs From Around The World

There's a lot that goes into dubbing a TV show. You have to take something made for one region, and rework it to fit into your market and culture. The changes made to dubs are often looked down upon by fans, but some dubs contain truly unique additional content that go unappreciated outside of their local audience, such as their opening theme songs. Many dubs use original theme songs made to appeal to their specific audience, such as Italy dubs featuring Eurodance songs.
In this video, we'll be going over some of the most fascinating examples of this, from countries such as Italy, Germany, France and more. There is an infinite amount of international multilanguage content out there to dive into!
Special thanks to the dubbing community. Without the work of everyone in the scene, videos like this would not be possible. This video is a tribute to all the hard work of those who chronicled all of this over the years.
Music, footage, clips & sources:
-Italian Family Guy: • Sigla Griffin (ITA)
-SpongeBob mascots dancing: • SHOW PARA FIESTAS. (BO...
-Smile.DK Butterfly MIDI: • Butterfly - Smile (MIDI)
-4Kids promos: • FoxBox is now 4Kids TV...
-Arabic SpongeBob song: • انا سبونج بوب حمادة هل...
ITALY:
-Dragon Ball: • 20/09/1999 - Italia 1 ...
-Detective Conan: • Video
-Yu-Gi-Oh: • Yu-Gi-Oh
-Digimon: • Digimon (Sigla dell'om...
-One Piece: • One Piece - Sigla Ital...
-Dexter's Lab: • 15/10/2000 - Italia 1 ...
-My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic: • My Little Pony L'Amici...
-Italia1 promo: • Cartoni animati - Prom...
-Dragon Ball Z (What's My Destiny Dragon Ball): • What's my destiny Drag...
-Boing DBZ commercial: • Spot - Promo Boing - W...
-The New Adventures of Lucky Luke: • LE NUOVE AVVENTURE DI ...
-Dragon Ball GT: • Dragon Ball gt
-Dragon Ball Super song: • Dragon Ball Super Kame...
-Rossana (Kodocha): • ROSSANA - VIDEOSIGLA O...
-Adventures of Sonic: • Adventures of Sonic Th...
-Widget: • Video
-Castilian Spanish AoStH: • Adventures of Sonic Th...
-Mario: • Super Mario - Cartone ...
-Castilian Spanish Mario: • Intro Super Mario en C...
-Sonic X: • Sonic X Sigla Italiana
-Kirby: • KIRBY - VIDEOSIGLA OP/...
-SpongeBob: • spongebob sigla
GERMANY:
-Naruto: • Naruto german opening
-Sailor Moon: • Sag das Zauberwort (Sa...
-Mega Man: • Video
-SSJ2 Gohan song: • Wings
FRANCE:
-Sailor Moon: • Sailor Moon French Int...
-Ranma 1/2: • Ranma French Opening/G...
-Dragon Ball: • Dragon Ball (French) I...
-DBZ: • Générique Dragon Ball...
-Adventures of Sonic: • Les Aventures de Sonic...
-AoStH singer singing it in 2021: • Générique de Sonic en ...
ARABIC:
-Hunter X Hunter: • Video
-Detective Conan: • Video
-Ranma 1/2: • شارة ينبوع الأحلام | R...
-Dragon Ball: • Dragon Ball Z Arabic O...
-DBS opening: • DRAGONBALL SUPER : Ara...
-DBS ending: • Video
CONCERTS:
-Italian DBGT: • Nerd Fest - Giorgio Va...
-Italian Digimon: • Digimon | Sigla italia...
-Giorgio Vanni & Cristina D'Avena One Piece: • Tutti all'arrembaggio ...
-Giorgio Vanni Lucky Luke: • Giorgio Vanni - Lucky...
-Ariane DBZ: • Video
ETC:
-Giorgio Vanni Coca-Cola: • Spot Always Coca Cola ...
-Canada Dragon Ball: • YTV (2004) - Dragon Ba...
-Original 4Kids "We Are": • One Piece "We Are" Eng...
-Korean One Piece: • One Piece Korean versi...
-Portuguese Johnny Test: • Jonathan Test (Abertur...
-Hindi Regular Show: • Regular Show - Hindi i...
-Japanese Donkey Kong: • Donkey Kong Country TV...
-Korean Blue's Clues: • Video
-DBZ en Balaídos: • Dragon Ball Z en Balaídos
-Aoi Kaze no HOPE: • Dragon Ball Z music " ...
-The Dubbing Database: dubdb.fandom.com/wiki/The_Dub...
-The Lost Dubbing Wiki: lostdubbing.fandom.com/wiki/L...
This video was made for educational, archival, and entertainment purposes. Made out of an appreciation for the contents involved and to spread awareness of the work.

[@thedrewster0408]

The album covers of those Italian Cartoon openings give me some “Graphic Design is my Passion” type vibes.

[@daniellewilliamson4215]

They're a special kind of 2000s nonsense and I love them for that

[@drm123aysixseven2]

@pacmanilove

[@drm123aysixseven2]

@patmac

[@fifi3649]

I am pretty sure here in Italy Cristina D'Avena and Giorgio Vanni can be considered the most popular singers among millennials and early gen Z. They may not know or like many songs from other Italian singers, but play an anime opening to them and 90% of them will jump and sing the entire song, knowing all the lyrics by heart

[@namesurname4666]

not just millenials, even older generations

[@fanofluxray]

Adoro Cristina D'Avena

[@TheSummoner]

As an Italian I just wanted to point out how telling it is of our "cartoon openings culture" that almost half of this video is dedicated to our local scene. It kinda makes me want to create a KZbin playlist with our best cartoon openings for foreigners to enjoy.

[@pynem620]

bro fallo

[@someonecalleddarthjack]

Vero

[@trainerbob12]

You should do that

[@flippern3726]

do it

[@foxstodios]

Please create it, I need more Italian cartoon theme songs in my life

[@emanuelepolloni4002]

The Italian opening for Shaman King has the honor of being sung by a mainstream singer and being one of the best openings ever made in this country.

[@ElainaArcher4]

Huh what do you mean Mainstream???

[@emanuelepolloni4002]

@@ElainaArcher4 I meant a famous singer widely known by Italian audiences

[@ElainaArcher4]

@@emanuelepolloni4002 Who was the artist?

[@emanuelepolloni4002]

@@ElainaArcher4 Marco Masini ( listen to "Ci vorrebbe il mare" if you want to have a taste of his songs)

[@iroh6170]

Goosebumps material. I like that is very different from what has been done usually with openings, it sounds like a "serious song" by him. The lyrics are also a deeper version of a standard italian anime opening, so much that feel this one can be appreciated more as an adult rather than as a kid.

[@recycledMilk]

Im so jealous of italys artists still singing their legendary covers on stage 😭. I grew up with all these iconic german intros but outside of the internetspace, where they are still celebrated and deeply beloved, they are basically forgotten

[@SatanenPerkele]

Italian Eurodance songs are cringe.

[@FigureFarter]

@@SatanenPerkele You know something, you're cringe.

[@miky9504]

@@SatanenPerkele YOU'RE CRINGE

[@giorginosbeloottino1866]

@@SatanenPerkele no u

[@Slop_Dogg]

@@SatanenPerkele italo disco spits on your fave

[@lucatriunfo8023]

As an italian, It always gives me so much Joy seeing foreigners talking about our dubs:)

[@divinemuffins2797]

Honestly your country is a legend in my book, theses songs put a smile which makes me wanna listen to more of theses

[@Mikuaua]

Vero

[@quanceiousspinkleyton325]

Bro dbz opening in italian (and gt too) (and the banned super one) are probably the best openings to cartoons in general I've ever heard and not just anime

[@Sneeffy]

Ciao bro

[@Gumbytime2008]

Same..

[@riccardopagnozzi6229]

as an italian, i can confirm that our cartoon openings songs are so iconic that even my parents remember those even 40 years later.

[@involith]

im so sad the italian portion is so long yet not ONE lupin song is mentioned. even if its not a Good one per say, the part four italian opening deserves to be mentioned at the very least for being a unique opening to the japanese version not just within the 'italians wanna have fun' theme but also because ITALY LITERALLY GOT IT FIRST DUE TO HOW BAD THEY LOVE LUPIN AND PART FOUR TAKING PLACE IN ITALY, meaning their opening aired first. even if its not a techno bop and it being in my playlist is half a self rickroll thats SUCH a cool detail and im so so sad it wasnt mentioned bcus god. it lives with me rent free

[@SoshiTheYoshi]

Since we’re all talking about foreign dub openings, I need to mention this hidden gem: The Italian theme song for Hanna Barbera's Pac-Man.

[@joannamother2432]

The French one ain't half bad either.

[@ExtremeWreck]

And that one actually sounds like something out of an early-mid 1980s arcade game for crying out loud!

[@CosmicSponge2004]

@@ExtremeWreck Probably because half the samples are from the Atari 2600 Pac-Man Game

[@CosmicSponge2004]

@hd01 They need a villian for conflict. Why did he want Power Pellets... I didn't watch it

[@SoshiTheYoshi]

@hd01 His only motivation is “so he can be the master of Pac-Land.” Sounds dumb, right? Anyways, I mostly like it because it brought us Pac-Land. Oh, and I liked Marty Ingels as Pac-Man too.

[@iki7219]

It so amazing to see someone who hasn't grown up with these openings find them and love them! Italian animated shows openings are always remembered very fondly by those who watched them as kids, it's nice to see others appreciate them too!

[@SatanenPerkele]

I didn't like them.

[@thevioletskull8158]

As an Italian I agree though I grew up and was born in a english country, so never heard these till know.

[@gaspardsavoureux8680]

You guys have the best Kirby opening

[@fra.-.5065]

@@SatanenPerkele most of the people like them😅

[@ilmelone4590]

As an italian I totally agree but I haven't grown up with these cause I'm 06 and I didn't like Italia 1

[@BestgirlJordanfish]

Oh my god those Italian themes are absolute bops. I'd love to experience a playlist of those masterpieces. One thing that is wild is that despite being Italian originals, many have that Japanese four chord progression

[@stefanomartello3786]

Cool I didn't know that, I heard about the "japanese 4 chords progression" around the net but I'm not really good at music so I was never able to spot it in a song. Anyway maybe it's present also in the other kind of italian songs related to japan, which is eurobeat (all songs from "Initial D" were italian) I'm quite curious now. I think they made the songs like that because it sounds good and they tried to mantain the same vibe as the original ones.

[@MicheleDelGiudice-mykys]

1:37 Italian openings 6:55 Italian singers 13:52 German openings 15:40 French openings 17:33 Talking about different types of openings/dubs 18:24 Physical releases 22:14 Sourcing dubs 24:25 English and other languages openings 25:45 Arabic openings 27:22 more international openings and curiosities 29:14 Final words

[@SaviTheGamer]

As an Italian these intros are super well known. I've been into a concert once in Sicily where Giorgio Vanni (the big singer for these intros) sung ALL of the openings he made in his career. It was insane, everyone was singing, screaming a tearing up for every song. These songs are very special to all of us, that's why us Italians cherish these songs so much. Thank you for this video and all of the memories, you did an amazing job explaining all of this

[@connorbeith3232]

It really is a shame studios like Toei don't approve these kinds of themes anymore and just stick with the original opening. Like what I wouldn't give to have American anime dubs have bops like the Pirate Rap and Rock The Dragon again.

[@SatanenPerkele]

Cringe

[@otakyon89]

Alby-san?

[@subifyouhatetiktokandreddit234]

😂 Weebs be like:

[@zs4580]

@@connorbeith3232 Meh, those songs are awesome and all but the original openings are just fine and relics of an era where TV execs were worried kids would tune out if they figured out the show as foreign. Really just not necessary anymore.

[@Laekith]

We're massive weebs here in Italy, something not many people know. We've had anime since at least the 70s, my 50+ year old parents know as many anime as me, and we make our own theme songs for most of them, to the point where cartoon theme songs have become their own music genre that kinda singlehandedly keeps the italo disco genre alive. Also fun fact: the lyrics of "What's my destiny Dragon Ball" spoil the whole Saiyan arc

[@polytanksan5761]

When the opening theme spoils a major story arc

[@type-moonfag4413]

My dad read jojo as a kid. MY DAD WAS A JOJO FAN AS A KID. I don't care for jojo but i told him to try the new anime and said "he couldn't stand it" after 1 episode

[@TheAbsol7448]

That's crazy.

[@DrGregoryHouseIT]

The opening for Sailor Moon season 1 spoils a big Plot Twist in the lyrics.

[@ypsilon25]

@@polytanksan5761 yeah, but if you think about it, you're too busy vibing like it's the end of the world when it plays, so you're not gonna care much about the lyrics anyway LMAO

[@Miju001]

As an Italian, watching this video has been absolutely delightful! Here's some more trivia: The DragonBall Z opening is likely the most popular Giorgio Vanni opening in Italy as well. As for the most popular Cristina D'Avena opening, that will have to go to her first opening for the Smurfs, which you should be able to find under the name "Noi Puffi siam così" (though its actual title is "Canzone dei Puffi"). That one is also absolutely iconic even in a different way. If I had to guess, I think the Smurfs one is more of a classic. I'm not entirely sure if the Smurfs one is actually original though?? But I'm going to guess it is. Giorgio Vanni actually sang an original Italian opening for My Hero Academia!! The first season still only used The Day, if I recall correctly, but I'm pretty sure they started using Giorgio Vanni's opening from the second season onward. You can look that one up too, it's more energetic than usual I think, but I think it still slaps

[@LizardBoyYTP]

My gosh PatMac isn’t done making videos

[@Hatmint]

HE HEARTED IT, HE HEARTED IT, HE'S ALIVE

[@marimakesstuff3900]

I'm Italian and I love this video. Yes, I can confirm it: our openings are FIRE. And you're the first one I've seen acknowledge our opening of Dexter's Lab!! That is one of my favorites. I don't like ALL Italian openings, but I think what makes them so loved here and internationally is that they manage to get the vibe of the series they're describing. I'm convinced Giorgio Vanni is a cartoon character in human form! XD Your Space Toons segment reminded me of this little amazing fact: so there's an anime about Les Miserables called "Shoujo Cosette". Space Toons opted for a cover of "I dreamed a dream" from the musical, for that opening. It's as amazing as you can imagine. Cheers!

[@comradedaniel6247]

You gotta hear the German intro of Tom and Jerry. While the rest of the world have the iconic instrumental intro, Austria and West Germany had their own intro for tom and jerry called "Vielen dank fur die blumen".

[@fumomofumosarum5893]

very iconic and well sung.

[@geist6032]

WIE LIEEEEEEBBB VONNN DDIIIRRRR Aaaahh i always loved hearing that! ;D

[@Bizabizow]

All Patmac content MUST be played on an official Lightning McQueen TV for the optimal viewing experience. (Banger video, this was a blast to watch as always!!)

[@Ribbittime]

It's very unfortunate that I don't have one of those. My phone will have to suffice for now.

[@seangarry8208]

Its.patmac wot did u expect?

[@seangarry8208]

Wait, does the mcqueen tv mean the cars s eyes are like screens?!

[@isokey9035]

i subbed to your channel and i am not donkey kong yet why are u lying

[@spider8867]

thats a peter knetter reference

[@matteolorenzon6221]

I love seeing Italian openings being talked about! Openings from the 2000s are iconic, but the ones from the 80s are all absolute bangers! Fantaman, Mazinger, Kotetsu Jeeg (Jeeg Robot d'Acciaio) are fantastic, and Hokuto no Ken (Ken il Guerriero) is the saddest ballad ever. Openings from the 80s were great because they were usually written and played by session musicians who worked with famous artists, so the quality level was pretty high

[@ypsilon25]

I'm Italian and this video brought me so much joy it should be ILLEGAL. It's amazing to see people from other places in the world enjoying our openings! They are LITERALLY parts of our culture and everyone here knows 'em by heart! Giorgio Vanni and Cristina d'Avena are LEGENDS and I hope more people will listen to their works after watching this :) Kudos to the german sailor moon opening too, it holds up to the original and the italian version really well! (Btw, did u know that the spanish Captain Tsubasa opening is actually the italian opening of Lupin the third? I couldn't believe it when I listened to it)

[@Cheesyboi]

I'm surprised you didn't mention the Sonic X Opening that was used in the UK and many European countries where the singer just repeats the words "Sonic X" over and over again.

[@jaycerrito3142]

I call it the European/Jetix Sonic X theme

[@SoshiTheYoshi]

He already mentioned it in his international DVDs video.

[@tiburondrogado7612]

Oh yeah here in Brazil that was the opening they used too unfortunately but luckily enough,we did get "Gotta Go Fast!" Dubbed here but it was only used for the credits.

[@axelprino]

It was also used here in Latin America, so it might have been the theme song most people got back in the day.

[@mrbarrington2709]

Gotta Go Fast was however dubbed in latin spanish for like 3 episodes,whats interesting here is that said translation was curiously taken in count for the movie's localization.

[@Kirvyx]

THE KING HAS RETURNED!!!

[@samuelanimationsss5399]

Yay

[@mrk5179]

Yep

[@mrjh637]

The King has blessed us with his presence.

[@kool_persON]

LETS GOOOOOOOOO!!!!

[@retrozaid1600]

Woooo!!

[@watchnocatch171]

Some time ago I at least tried to look behind the "German" Naruto Opening because I couldn't believe that this was something our "German Anime Opening scene" would have produced. There is a video of the extended song and the description of this video say the following: Composed by Giovanni Rubbiani Performed by Jungle Crew and Silvia Orlandi Those peoples' names look Italian and I think I looked up the band once again and either I found nothing or get it confused with something different I found. Apparently this song was licensed by an Australian company and Australia has its share of Italian immigrants. This opening also was used in Australia, no wonder then, and Spain. So unless someone proves this wrong I think that the "German" Naruto Opening actually is the Australian one that for whatever reason we just used as well. For the rest unfortunately you missed out on some original German gems. One Piece probably is the most popular. But Heidi got an original Opening as well which other countries used instead of the Japanese original too. There are many more. Another example is InuYasha.

[@PatMacYT]

While making this video I remember seeing Australia in discussions of the Naruto opening and I 100% should have mentioned that in the video, and the German section in this should have been longer in general. It's unfortunate that the song has become what most of the world thinks of when they think of German anime songs, when you're right, there are so many greats. Right before I show the Korean One Piece opening in this video, I show on screen a CD case of Die Legende, as I found it after recording for the video but wanted to include it as a nod. Post making this, I've listened to many of the songs uploaded to KZbin with the Anime Allstars/Anime Hits thumbnails and they're all great. Perhaps one day a video fully going into the true origins/creators of the "German" Naruto opening could be interesting. Thank you for doing research on it.

[@watchnocatch171]

@@PatMacYT Well, thank you for replying.

[@mondo6163]

@@PatMacYT when you gonna upload again?

[@BluExtaByte]

For about two months there has been a dude "Bingus", who has been giving life updates everyday until the legend known as "PatMac", uploads another video, this is because he hasnt uploaded another video in months, this is most likely life reasons, but Mr. "Bingus" will still give life updates on this video, also he hasnt gotten any of his comments hearted or replied to by PatMac, whoever you are "Bingus" I respect you, and hope you will continue your diaries in this video!

[@bingus7900]

Aww thank you! Don’t worry. I’m not stopping anytime soon. I did ask him a question on day 50 as a celebration for lasting that long but he hasn’t responded. I feel like I might be rushing him, which is not what I’m trying to do. I just thought it would be a fun experiment and I hope patmac knows that

[@BluExtaByte]

@@bingus7900 glad to hear!

[@bingus7900]

@@BluExtaByte it’s really my only outlet to vent so I won’t quit unless forced to

[@BluExtaByte]

@@bingus7900 well I'll look forward to more!

[@bingus7900]

@@BluExtaByte thanks!

[@4BlueHero]

I was stationed in Italy for 4 years and in my time over there I learned Italians are some of the biggest anime fans in the world! I went to a few conventions over there too. The classics are iconic over there like Dragonball, Saint Seiya and Sailor Moon. Lupin the Third, Urusei Yatsura and Mazinger are probably the most popular though. I discovered how iconic the Italian theme songs were recently too. I have the Italian theme songs stuck in my head to this day!

[@morbidsearch]

An Italian cartoon, Winx Club, was dubbed by 4kids and part of the infamous "Anime characters sing the American national anthem"

[@Taikofan04]

The day Patmac uploads is a day before my birthday AND it’s about something I’ve always found fascinating, the stars definitely aligned here

[@Kal_g]

Happy early birthday, Taylor! Godspeed!!!!!

[@SGB_The_Roracer]

DUDE ME TOO HAPPY B DAY TO YOU AND ME LOL

[@Shadamyfan-rs8xc]

Happy birthday! It's also super close to my birthday too

[@SGB_The_Roracer]

@@Shadamyfan-rs8xc all of our bdays are coming close lol

[@Shadamyfan-rs8xc]

@@SGB_The_Roracer wow. What a coincidence! Reminds me of that bit from Caddicarus' "dalmatians 3" review 🤣

[@AliceUmoh]

The Italian cartoon themes will always have a special place in my heart. I’ve been listening to them since high school. I’m not Italian and have never been to Italy, but really anyone can enjoy foreign music.

[@BinglesP]

As a Frenchwoman I’m glad that you made a cartoon video about all these banger cartoon dub intros from Western Europe

[@BinglesP]

I'm only Franco-German by very close heritage though so I didn't really experience these sadly

[@sylffodil8489]

As one of the admins of the Dubbing Database and Lost Dubbing Wiki, we thank you for using these wikis as a source and linking them, as well as talking about such a niche topic of dubbing at all! We appreciate it lots, love the video! 💗

[@SatanenPerkele]

I am your boss

[@katzlang]

@@SatanenPerkele You are not ❤️

[@Tim-007]

Kissing his bum when he barely mentions like 2-3 dubs in this video. Your thanks are misplaced here dude.

[@sylffodil8489]

@@Tim-007 Buddy.. I was thinking him mostly for the fact that I'm very grateful that the wikis that I admin were ever mentioned at all, plus the amount of research here is incredible. If you actually watch more than 5 minutes though, he does talk more about other types of themes that aren't Italian. I've seen your other comments (you can stop spamming them now, it's not our problem if you weren't satisfied with the video and frankly what you did here was incredibly rude), so if you have any examples of Dutch opening themes that COMPLETELY changed the melody, which is the theme of the entire video, then do please share with the class. Otherwise, your complaining is literally worthless and immature..

[@matigchannel7904]

@@SatanenPerkele My little pony, my little pony What is friendship all about My little pony, my little pony Friendship is magic I used to wonder what friendship could be (My little pony) Until you all shared its magic with me When I was young I was too busy to make any friends Such silliness did not seem worth the effort it expends But my little ponies, you opened up my eyes And now the truth is crystal clear, as splendid summer skies And it's such a wonderful surprise I used to wonder what friendship could be (My little pony) Until you all shared its magic with me When danger makes me want to hide, you'll Rainbow Dash to my side Kindness is never in short supply, once smitten twice Fluttershy For honesty no pony can deny, you are the Applejack of my eye A heart that shines so beautiful, a Rarity to come by And you all make fun and laughter as easy as Pinkie Pie I used to wonder what friendship could be (My little pony) Until you all shared its magic with me Our friendship's magic and it's growing all the time A new adventure waits for us each day is yours and mine We'll make it special every time We'll make it special every time What a wonderful wonder friendship brings (My little pony) Do you know you're all my very best Friends, you're my very best (Friends!) Friends, you're my very best (Friends!) Friends, you're my very best (Friends!) Friends

[@GamerGiu7]

I sang my heart out at every Italian opening, as probably did every other Italian who watched this video. They're simply part of our culture

[@CrayolaSniffer8008135]

Patmac as a fan of yours ever since the Custom Amiibo showcase videos, you are someone who has inspired and helped me in a lot of ways. I've been watching your videos for nearly 5 years now, and I went through a lot of ups and downs. You've taught me a lot of things, and it feels so weird that a channel that talks about plushes and tv shows has gotten me through some of the toughest days of my life. Thank you, and have yourself a damn good one.

[@PatMacYT]

Thank you for such a nice comment like this. Sorry you've had downs throughout the years but glad these videos helped and I hope you're better in general now and continue to be in the future. Content and other aspects of life that can help someone feel better is one of the most important things out there to get us through our days. Time passing really is crazy too, like you saying 5 years, 2018 does not feel like such a long time ago but at this point it really is, hopefully the next 5 years will not fly by as quickly. I hope you have a good one as well and thanks again.

[@AnnStyle]

@@PatMacYT sorry to interrupt but when are you going to post something its been 10 months thx

[@thatguy-os3zf]

@@AnnStyle gotta agree with that

[@evanstudios69]

@@PatMacYT yeah im sorry to kind of mess this up but when are you gonna upload again? i really enjoy your content and if im ever bored of things to watch i always just come back to your videos. well i guess its good to know that you are still around and have a good one.

[@JacobAnimatezz]

What happened?

[@filippogai]

3:24 you are right, man. Giorgio Vanni and Cristina D'Avena are very popular in Italy for their cartoon themes. Only a few cartoons used a translation of the original, like Fragolina Dolcecuore (Strawberry Shortcake) or one of the Smurfs Italian themes. Vanni made the themes of Oggy and the Coackroches, Dragon Ball, Pokémon (at least until DP series), Case Closed, Beyblade, Bakugan D'Avena made Dexter's Laboratory, Captain Tsubasa, Totally Spies!, Alvin and the Chipmunks, the Smurfs, Nelvana's Franklin, Saban's Oliver Twist 9:52 She also voiced the Bird of Over the garden wall

[@SaviTheGamer]

12:56 Fun Fact: I was in the front row of the Acireale Concert!! It was amazing and at one point, Giorgio even talked to Shernon from Dragon Ball, and he requested him to sing all of the theme songs the he never sung before! A legendary moment!!

[@I_am_a_chicken64]

Wow! Thats lucky!

[@rubiks_20]

we’re you also one to notice the tvs malfunctioning?

[@diyamondsbreakers2344]

Over here in LatinAmerica, we never had something crazy like the Italian or Germany openings, we just had translations of the OG intros (that are really god and some even better than the Originals) but sometimes the 4kids intros came and we had stuff like the great "Atrapalos Ya" of Pokémon, or even the spanish version of the One Piece rap Sadly because the artist don't like "covers" of the songs, nowdays we don't have spanish openings in animes (the only new dub of an opening we had was in Fairy Tail dub and that was an incredible surprise)

[@SleepyOtter8806]

Weird how 4kids kinda changed the latin american intros… When 4kids never came to latin america and instead we got JETIX?!

[@Mg.8669]

Brazil is a mid term in LA. While translating the OGs, during the 90s we had things almost like the Italian openings, Saint Seiya having a whole LP with new songs entirely Brazilian. But most of the time, we would recreate the instrumental and translate (Yu Yu Hakusho, Sailor Moon, Dragon Ball 1 dub)

[@PhantomBoi-ru9ci]

Si hay dubs latinoamericanos que son GOD

[@bigbossNT2361]

Steel Jeeg, Mazinger Z, Saint saiya, etc. you’re just uncultured.

[@marcoalcaraz7218]

@@SleepyOtter8806 4 kids was in latin america,howeber they were more in the background, waner channel and specially foxkids were many of the latin distruibuiters

[@TheAsexualJellyBean]

I don't listen to a lot of EDM, but I can't deny those Italian dub songs are absolute bangers

[@nintendoisfrom1889]

As a Lebanese, hearing my man PatMac talk about Spacetoon, one of my favorite TV channels growing up, I just couldn't help but feel joy internally and externally. I love your content!

[@nocontextpatmac8760]

I'm glad to see pat has continued the trend of including family guy somewhere in his videos

[@angelbasiliorodriguezbusto2065]

Transformers Animated’s japanese opening by JAM Project is an absolute materpiece The american one may be iconic and all, but man, that japanese opening is a gem

[@corazonfeathers8116]

It absolutely feels like it should fit something more like part of the Unicron trilogy or more epic, whereas Animated seems more humorous, but I'm not complaining that shit ROCKS

[@felipevaldes3487]

Ofc It's awesome

[@KilosFoxo]

the japanese transformers themes all go hard . the french theme on the other hand

[@TayoEXE]

JAM Project did such a song?? I love their stuff! I gotta hear this.

[@KilosFoxo]

@@TayoEXE they also did wily stage 1 from Megaman 2 through okkusenman

[@cdscissor]

25:46 Since he didn't talk about this, I'm pretty sure that's the Arabic dub of Hunter x Hunter. They oddly covered the Japanese ending of Hunter x Hunter and used it as an opening. They used footage from all over the Hunter Exam, though one shot is from the Heaven's Arena arc. At the beginning is first few shots are from Episode 1, and I honestly can't remember the rest right now. However, I can say the Arabic dubbers chose some key moments in the story and that's actually quite nice.

[@TheDanishGuyReviews]

The Italian intro of Kirby Right Back At Ya! is probably one of my favourite songs of all time. I love the Italian MLP opening as well, but the first Italian opening I ever heard was on a vacation trip to Italy. An aerobics workout played the Italian opening to the anime Calimero, and it's one of the most danceworthy songs ever.

[@Miju001]

Oh I'm Italian and the Calimero opening is a certified BOP for the ages

[@TheDanishGuyReviews]

@@Miju001 Absolutely! Suddenly in the morning on the campsite, you could hear in the distance "BA-BOK-BOK-BOK, BOK-BOK-BOK-BOK-BOK, CALIMERO DANCE!" It's been 15 years and l still listen to it from time to time. Actually, l think l need a pick-me-up tonight. l'll listen to it right now!

[@Miju001]

@@TheDanishGuyReviews Heck yeah, good choice!! It's an iconic song

[@wolftickets1969]

"Mirai Start", the Eurobeat-esque Japanese Season 1 opening theme of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, sung by Suzuko Mimori(Pinkie Pie's dub VA), is pure awesomeness.

[@TheDanishGuyReviews]

Glad someone else said so. I love that song.

[@katzlang]

I'm one of the admins of the Dubbing Database Wiki, I'd like to thank you for your amazing work on this video! Much better than what most people do when talking about dubs on KZbin. We appreciate it a lot

[@SatanenPerkele]

I am your boss

[@katzlang]

@@SatanenPerkele who are you literally

[@Tim-007]

How can you call this crap amazing work when he barely covers like 3 dubs in total in this video?

[@katzlang]

@@Tim-007 we must've watched completely different videos then because that's literally not true. I do agree that the video could've talked a bit more about other countries instead of focusing that much on Italy's dubs if that's what concerns you the most, but the truth is that they're the kings of foreign alternate theme songs, which is the *main theme of the video* (not just dubs in general!) so duh, no wonder they took the most time to explain. I've seen uncountable KZbinrs talk about dubs while barely doing any research and just spreading misinformation about them (including PatMac himself in a previous upload), so it's just nice seeing a well-constructed video where the author has clearly taken the time to inform themselves on the matter, even getting to the point of using all the info and sources we provide at the Dubbing Database. I genuinely enjoyed watching this.

[@Parkinski27]

@@katzlang Too bad he didn't mention anything about Islamic Arabic dubs, that would've been an epic Basma Channel moment.

[@yanniskoch2618]

I'm kinda sad the German part was so short, it DEFINETLY missed out on the German Opening for One Piece "Die Legende" which is absolutely iconic. And well, yeah, due to the fact that we translated most openings and didn't write entirely new ones i guess there's not too much more to talk about, but we also sing our translated ones at concerts and cons! :)

[@VenusFlycast]

the german Sailor Moon version is better even than the italian one, and i've grew up with that.

[@alessandrahah]

I went to a Cristina D'Avena concert a couple of years ago. It was very good, I felt like I was a child again jumping and shouting the hamtaro theme song at my television. Great video

[@Excalibur9905]

YESSSSS! PATMAC IS BACK, BABY!! Well now I know something. There’s a reason your uploads always take a long time. You’re trying to make them the most high-quality and have the most reliable information as possible! I love your stuff, Dude!

[@TommyDeonauthsArchives]

I could listen to this man talk about Japanese ads starring a specific idol. Even if I had to wait a very long time.

[@prestontheruler9332]

I would listen to him make a video with like everything hes every told us in his vids and more like a patmac compilation

[@BinglesP]

The Pa(tma)c is Ba-a-ack, ghosts chomping at his feet Pa(tma)c’s our hero Pa(tma)c just can’t be beat ye-e-e-eah

[@prestontheruler9332]

@@BinglesP HEY I HAD THAT IDEA TOO

[@BinglesP]

@@prestontheruler9332 Weird how PatMac never mentioned the Japanese dub opening to Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures though since that one is not only a different song from Pac is Back but so much better too

[@amiiboguy5357]

Man, The Italian's got it right These songs are my favourite kind of dub song, the songs that are original that sound like a real song that was created both to listen in and out of the shows context I could totally picture Hironobu Kageyama or CLOUD singing Japanese versions of these I'm going to add what's my destiny Dragon Ball and Yu-Gi-Oh to my Spotify Playlist because these are amazing

[@ElectroBlastLuigi]

I'm surprised that despite the fact you've put Lum from Urusei Yatsura in the thumbnail and that you've talked about Italian openings in most of this video, you didn't mention this anime having an Italian opening. It stayed true to the original lyrics as well as the series itself. I thought this was the perfect time to give UY some recognition on your channel in time for its reboot.

[@LikaLaruku]

I was lured in by the picture of Lupin III & waited forever for even a mention of it.

[@echokilohotel2580]

@@LikaLaruku Same here.

[@HALchannel108]

@@LikaLaruku omg saaaaame

[@Miju001]

The real stand-out to me about Urusei Yatsura and Italian localization is that Lum in Italian is actually named Lamù, a sort of different interpretation of her Japanese name for an Italian audience; and the show is named Lamù as well. But I guess this was a video about anime openings specifically, so I get why that wasn't included

[@ElectroBlastLuigi]

@@Miju001 Lum was named "Lamu" in the American dub as well!

[@MLESoup]

I remember stumbling on these Italian openings on KZbin when I was a kid and was blown away. They are so unbelievably good 😍

[@Julianlikesvideos]

My favorite KZbinrs are the ones that disappear for months but always come back with quality content

[@Artistic__]

Well why else would they be gone for months? (Unless they were on holiday/a break or they quit KZbin)

[@ExtremeWreck]

@@Artistic__ Yeah these videos take quite a while to work on. All the researching, editing, finding interesting photos, etc.

[@daniellewilliamson4215]

Like your dad leaving for milk and he comes back with cake

[@ExtremeWreck]

@@daniellewilliamson4215 No, not just cake, but also an entire year's worth of milk.

[@cameronthomasfunnyclips]

Same

[@7elevenhomelessman310]

Shocked you didn't talk about lupin iii part 4 who's entire Italian dub has a completely different ost as well as 2 different openings

[@c0keslushy]

I saw Lupin in the thumbnail and watched the whole video expecting to hear about how much more popular Lupin media is in Italy but didn't hear anything about that :(

[@ClaudioVarone3299]

Let's not talk about the Italian opening theme of Part IV.

[@c0keslushy]

@@ClaudioVarone3299 oh noooo!! I'm not very familiar with newer lupin media but i just looked it up! Its so similar to that german naruto op mentioned in this video 😭😭

[@tobykassulke2385]

Fist of the north star's italian opening is just as awesome as the japanese one. Its serious, atmospheric and has great lyrics that set the scene of the apocalypse. The show is called "ken il guerriero" there too, which roughly translates to Ken The Warrior. Its very popular over in italy.

[@chronoxxe]

I sometimes forget that despite Detective Conan having little popularity in the US, that the series is extremely well known in other parts of the world. I think that’s an interesting to think about. Though I’ll be honest it’s probably because the original English dub of the series was bad… Also the Italian Yugioh opening is an absolute jam, I can never go back after I heard that song.

[@boscotheman82]

The Funimation dub of Conan is not bad

[@Morhamms357]

Seeing those SpaceToon shows again, oh my god! What a blast from the past, SpaceToon was the shit here in Saudi! Oddly enough here in the Middle East was one of the few places Anime caught on *early on* and we had tons of dubs even back in the early 90's, back when anime was barely even a thing in most places before Dragon Ball Z

[@TheNawaf258]

That is true especially adventure of sonic has fun opening song

[@ExtremeWreck]

Yeah by the time the US got anime, Middle East, Latin America, Southeast Asia & Europe were more or less thriving with a lot of anime on their hands compared to us in the US which had our own productions plus Canadian cartoons like The Raccoons & British cartoons like Count Duckula & The Dreamstone.

[@globoiitsuna]

@@ExtremeWreck not just the US, the whole English speaking world caught on to anime late, like UK, Australia and Canada

[@ExtremeWreck]

@@globoiitsuna Nah I'd say Australia & Canada got their anime fix beforethen, especially Australia considering how little animated series they produced around the 1980s.

[@SpookedYT]

@@globoiitsuna kind of untrue with the existence of the urusei yatsura and doraemon uk bbc dubs

[@joaosegan1820]

Brasil tried to make its own theme songs in the 80's and 90's: in the 80's we had original theme songs for Hana no Ko Lunlun, the King Arthur anime, Little Lulu and Her Little Friends and probably a few more animes and cartoons. In the 90's anime wasn't popular until 1995, when Cavaleiros do Zodiaco was dubbed from the Spanish version, and for the "second season" we had an original theme song, and even a CD with brand new songs. The first dub of Draogn Ball in 1996 also had an original theme song, Magic Knight Rayearth and the Dragon Quest anime also had original theme songs in the same year (1996), the last anime to have an original theme song was Captain Tsubasa J in 1998 But we have original songs released on CD by Brazilian artists: like Rambo, Ninja Turtles and He-Man in the 80s. a Power Rangers CD was also released in the 90s by Sandy & Junior, and two Pokémon CDs in the 2000s by children's singer Eliana, who also did a song for Sailor Moon R a few years later.

[@is_moufta3065]

As an italian, i have to say it: this video is awesome! Seeing the openings of my childhood being talked about with this care and detail is fantastic! And for everyone reading, a little funny thing: The Inuyasha italian opening, a straight adaptation of the japanese one, although the lyrics were in english, it was sung by Massimiliano "Max" Alto, the dubber of Inuyasha himself for the first season. And the remix of the music of the opening was made by Giancarlo Pasquini, aka Dave Rodgers. Yes. THAT Dave Rodgers.

[@loganwhatnot3698]

I wish this channel would upload more. Patmac has such an uplifting charm that it sucks going so long between videos. I wish he'd post updates and such or at least do shorter videos to get more out there. There'd been like 3 or 4 sonic plush lines that have come out in the last few years, talk about them!

[@ImmaLittlePip]

That Italian MLP intro was my first intro to Italian ops Also shout out to Mexican dubs giving sweet Spanish covers to Japanese ops (and airing anime mostly uncensored)

[@KremBotop]

Videos of Multilingual mixes/comparisons of Opening theme songs have been a personal KZbin staple for several years. And with so many peculiarities, such as region-exclusive songs like the notable Italian themes and certain dub OPs reaching iconic status that are arguably far beyond their original counterparts', this is a topic very much worth exploring so kudos for the new upload!

[@Goat81093]

Thank you for including the Arabic ops I was waiting for that. The singers actually go on tours from time to time and perform a bunch of classics. Btw the Ranma 1/2 arabic opening you included is not a classic old one, they only dubbed that show pretty recently for some weird reason

[@Miju001]

I can't believe I left a comment here and didn't even leave a note about the Italian opening for UFO Robot Grendizer! Look up "ufo robot sigla" for an absolute classic

[@Kyezoar]

THE PAT IS BACK!!!! You're easily one of my favorite youtubers, making me respect merchandise from plushies, to figures, and even dvds and even inspiring me to collect some items I saw from your videos! (For example I'm now a proud owner of a 12in Kellytoy Wario)

[@cameronthomasfunnyclips]

Awesome he is my favorite too

[@harleywilkinson]

i was SO obsessed with watching my little pony songs in different languages as a kid so this video is gonna be a good one for me :D

[@jecka1021]

Detective Conan’s Italian Openings live in my head rent free. I can understand Portuguese and Spanish but my Italian understanding is very minimal. Listening to the Conan themes helped a lot.

[@thischannelhasbeenabandoned420]

PatMac the type of KZbin's who drops a banger video, goes offline for a while, only to drop another banger. I love quality over quantity KZbinrs.

[@adamsmoberly]

What I find really cool is when foreign singers sing themes in another country. Good example of this is Boa (K-Pop and J-Pop idol) who has sung many themes of Animes and such. She even sung a song with Howie of Backstreet Boys for the launch of Bratz in Japan (as well as Christina Milian in a second song), both in English and total bops. Even in Korea, commercials get their own songs (maybe in Japan too, but I don’t listen to J-Pop as much). I think one of the most interesting is Chocolate Love by Girls’ Generation and f(x), which were sister groups under SM (even two of the girls from each group was real life sisters from the US, which are two of the 5 American born idols, and only one having not been raised at all in America).Chocolate Love was made to promote the LG CYON Chocolate cell phone, which only had Ciara promoting it in the USA with one of her older songs. 2NE1 first appearance as a group was in a CF for the LG Cyon Lollipop cell with label mates BIGBANG. f(x) also did a second song for it in Chinese (two members were of Chinese/Taiwanese decent) with boy group M.I.C and then later with SHINee on their first album in Korean. I honestly think Korea has went up and beyond promoting things with singles made for what they are promoting. You’d think that with 1000 writers to make a whole album in America, we could make original music for every commercial ever, but nope, too…lazy I guess. I also love the fact that in Korea, Idols can promote themselves on TV on live stages. It’s honestly fun seeing the talent of these people. Now if only they got paid better and got more days off. And better diets.

[@sainoshua-angel]

wait boa did a song wit christina milian? whats the name i need 2 hear this

[@MegaSceptile99]

While not a cartoon, here's some piece of international dub trivia. The original opening to Ultraman Tiga, "Take Me Higher" couldn't be used for international dubs because of issues that affected the series in more ways than one, so the Korean dub had an altered version of Ultraman Gaia's opening.

[@JuanGomez-ke5py]

I know I know you're talking about Johnny production didn't allow the use the opening

[@jonecuntapay9561]

Not in case at Philippines. GMA7 and even Hero TV (ABSCBN anime cable channel) used the Take Me Higher as opening in Ultraman Tiga.

[@ssj4jason737]

Still better then the 4Kids op "Larger Then Life"

[@TheDukeofNukem]

A similar thing happened when the original Godzilla movie from 1954 was dubbed for Italy in 1977. Instead of using the theme for Godzilla that appears in most movies, they made a techno remix of a specifc song from the movie called "Prayer for Peace". The italian theme for Godzilla has been dubbed the "Cozzilla" theme (due to the director of this dub being Luigi Cozzi) and its actually catchy. Whats even more interesting is that this specifc theme was then tweaked slightly and used in two zombie movies, Zombi 2 and City of the Living Dead. Evidently, Italy really loves Techno music when even Godzilla gets it in the italian dub

[@GUCFan]

Fun fact. The PokéRap has two French versions. The European version which has the French Pokémon names (Dracaufeu, Psykokwak, Carapuce) and a Canadian French version that only changes the main lyrics while leaving the Pokémon names in English. Basically in Québec, Pokémon used the English name for the Pokémon's for its French dub up until 2004-2005 then the show came back on air on the same channel in 2017 with XY but this time using the European dub so Ash became Sasha, if there was a Charizard it became a Dracaufeu, even Detective Pikachu despite being dubbed in Canadian French used the European names for the Pokémons and my sister absolutely dislikes Psyduck's name in its European French variant.

[@tiffany-chan1235]

One example of a anime dub opening’s instrumental being used for another dub from what I can find is the Italian theme for the First Lupin Anime being used for the French Captain Tsubasa opening also known over there as “Olive and Tom”.

[@xxsupersayen34xxnoe33]

je savais pas que ça venait de là

[@francjirachi]

same for the spanish one for captain tsubasa

[@Thekinggamelon]

When it comes to dubbing, it's amazing when they create new songs for the openings of many of the cartoons and animes we grew up with, and quite catchy they can be, especially if you hear some English songs like Kirby Right Back at 'Ya! and Sailor Moon. But in my country, our language, Latin Spanish, most of the songs were from the original Japanese version having the lyrics fully translated, with some exceptions like Pokemon, where they used the English version but translated. And just like those live performances those singers did, in one of the Comic Cons years ago (Yes, we also have a Comic Con in our country), there was an ocassion when one of the singers sing the opening theme for the Latin Spanish dub of the first Digimon, and no, it was not the English rap you guys had, thankfully! Even fans who assisted sing along, a demostration these dubs were our childhood.

[@connorbeith3232]

For Pokemon, that makes sense because the 4Kids theme transcends the Japanese original in popularity.

[@Clean.Eastwood]

@@connorbeith3232 Nah, it's just because latin america got the 4kids version of the show. Otherwise, they would've just translated the og japanese opening, as was the case with most dubbed anime.

[@pablocasas5906]

Speaking about Latin American Spanish dubs, a few months ago we finally got Fairy Tail dubbed into our language and the dubbing studio got the rights to dub the openings and endings, something very rare these days.

[@PiedraDeIjada]

My favourite oddity is the intro for the volleyball anime Attacker You. The Italian versions opening (Mila e Shiro due Cuore Nella pallavollo) was used in France and Spain as well. But in Germany the song was used for a different volleyball anime, Attack No 1, Mila Superstar in Germany (Mimì e la nazionale di pallavolo in Italy). I grew up in Germany so I was so confused when I discovered the greatness of Italian anime openings years ago and found the song associated with a different anime.

[@aaa-mn8he]

fun fact: in the italian dub of attacker you they say that mila is mimì's cousin, they probably said that 'cause mimì e la nazionale di pallavolo was like super famous

[@coolfool4439]

Awesome video! A little Dan Dan trivia: The latin american version features a dub of the original, but instead of the melody, the lead sings the harmony! Fun to play the original and the dub and have the singers harmonize haha

[@daysymarindiaz9004]

All the Italian openings are just so... Like it leaves me in the middle of the 80s, is so magical ^v^

[@Teebs1996]

It's possible that unrelated regions with similar opening instrumentals got them through the licensor for use and they just sing over it. I think in the case of AoStH, it was a case of where the original US was a riff in a pre existing song and I guess they couldn't always give it out to other countries.

[@theskyrax670]

The US opening was a remix of in the hall of the mountain king and flight of the bumblebee, so probably

[@skapokonroll]

@@theskyrax670 It also contained bits from the title theme of Sonic the Hedgehog 1 and 2, and Sonic music is full of copyright shenanigans

[@fifi3649]

I'm Italian. Needless to say I sang ALL the openings!

[@Frederik-DK]

Somewhat related, in Germany they released a music CD called "Digimon Gold". Their dub of the Digimon series was based on the Japanese version and includes German covers of all the songs used in it, however they did get the US made Digimon the Movie and it's amazing soundtrack. Digimon Gold contains the German covers, original German songs, US made music for Digimon the Movie, and as a bonus, the Japanese versions of some of the songs. Somehow one CD has music from 3 different versions of the same show.

[@anons_anonymous]

One of my favorite Italian openings is the one for Inspector Gadget, which Cristina D'Avena also did. It almost makes the show sound like a kids anime, which is funny because it was actually animated by TMS. The French version (although perhaps not a 'variant' but actually the original, since Dic was a French company) is also awesome because it adds lyrics to the American version most people are familiar with.

[@LikaLaruku]

Yup. TMS made Inspector Gadget after their plans for Lupin the 8th scifi anime fell through,

[@hydreg]

Oh man, there's interesting story behind French Dragon Ball. France was one of the first countries in the world to dub Dragon Ball. They licensed that (censored and recut) dub out to other countries, especially in Europe. As a result here in Poland we had censored French version with Polish voice-over (common practice for shows for adults and low-budget alternative to full dub). We therefore "inherited" changes top character's names like Goku being called Songo and Piccolo being called Satan Petit Coeur (Satan Little Heart, which was the cutest thing after being translated into Polish). Saint Seiya went to the same process, and some were licensed from Italy, like Dash! Kappei aka Gigi La Trotolla or Yattaman. A few years later 4kids era anime was all dubbed. However there were dumber instances of this process - Magic Knight Rayearth and Slayers both aired with Japanese voice track and Polish voice-over, but the script was VERY CLEARLY not translated from original Japanese. That resulted in character calling each other their orignal names in Japanese track that you could very clearly hear, while voice-over would use names localized from other language, for example Fuu from MKR being called Anemone after Italian dub.

[@iskrassupercoolchannel]

cool

[@RadikAlice]

OMG I think I heard of that, absolutely adorable. And the Rayearth and Slayers stuff just reminds me of watching History Channel shows, same kinda dubbing. Just no name changes

[@pablocasas5906]

Something similar happened with Saint Seiya's Neutral Spanish dub. The anime was dubbed directly from the Japanese version but the opening theme was the one they used for the European Spanish version, which was a cover of the French dub. Years later when the anime was rebroadcasted they dubbed the orignal japanese songs, and they were pretty good covers, though some people have a soft spot for the original opening

[@Sibaspapu]

let's not forget that the ENTIRE script was butchered and it affected almost all Europe

[@sophiebyers5496]

@hydreg So the French dub’s goal to make every international fun of Dragon Ball to be censored and edited? Yeesh, that’s scummy! Heck, that company is actually worse than 4Kids.

[@mariakokkogyaru]

Most of the Italian openings showed are singed principally by artists Giorgio Vanni and Cristina D'Avena (except some other ones like Digimon), but if you're curious search for the older Italian Anime openings, you can actually find some hidden gems or big hits

[@nicologarofalo484]

Good to see that italian openings are considered really good even in other parts of the world

[@vcoottworld_mexicangaming96]

It’s nice to see how our childhood shows got a dubbed version and as well as different openings with different singers along with the theme songs, now that’s what makes a show opening a masterpiece

[@Quartzer.]

The Italian opening of Kirby Right Back at Ya is one of the best things mankind has ever made

[@FinTheFunnyClow]

And here we are, still waiting. Patmac we miss you!!!!!

[@lgill6710]

After finally reaching this point after taking the time to rewatch all of your excellent videos that you have produced over the years, i just want to thank you for all of the history that you have presereved in the quality content that you have produced. Thank you again Mr PatMac 🙏

[@ks2650]

I really love the German original opening song for Winx Club, it's stunning

[@Ararig0175]

It is such a bop!

[@Jasmin-lg3gf]

More good intros from Germany. Gundam Wing, Oban Star Racers, Mystic Knights, Detective Conan, One Piece, DBZ, DBGT, Hellsing, Inspector Gadget, Digimon, Pokemon, Inuyasha, YuGiOhGX, Jeanne die Kamikaze Diebin, Monster Rancher, Ranma 1/2, X-Die Serie, Captain Future, TMNT/TMHT.

[@riemaennchen]

@@Jasmin-lg3gf Yeah the first One Piece opening and the DBZ Buu Saga opening (Du wirst Unbesiegbar Sein) are just fantastic. TMNT is also pretty great.

[@elefth105]

@@Jasmin-lg3gf The Gundam Wing one is amazing. In Greece they actually translated this version of the opening when the series aired.

[@tulip811]

@@Jasmin-lg3gf they are not original

[@Miss_Rydia]

Oh wow, my brother had an MP3 of the German Sailor Moon theme. I used to listen to that over and over again on Winamp. You took me to the ancient past at 14:33, thank you.

[@MatsDragonFly]

Thanks for that video! I always loved to search about these openings and found some that i listen even to this day like the italian opening of Devilman and the Arabic of Fist of the North Star. Great video!

[@thedarkflygon]

As a Frenchman, I was mindblown to hear someone talk in English about the Club Do-era openings. Bernard Minet made it worldwide, damn. I can't help but go into a bit of infodumping about one of my favourite cross-era French opening story: that of the three adaptations of Captain Tsubasa broadcast in France. The first 1983 adaptation, named Olive et Tom over here, used the Italian Lupin the IIIrd opening, for some reason (that isn't just Berlusconi importing Italian-licensed anime to La 5 channel). It's still iconic to this day because that thing was broadcast to death until the late 2010s, but I imagine that it' be weird for an Italian to hear that instrumental associated to Oliver e Benji instead of Lupin. The 2001 adaptation, named "Olive et Tom le Retour" ("Olive and Tom: the Comeback"), also had its own theme in France - but that one is... far less iconic, as the series itself is tbh. A fun fact about it is that, on KZbin, you can find all episodes of O&T le Retour in French, but its opening there was replaced with both Japanese openings, even in French. The OG 1983 series doesn't have that, since its French episodes use the French opening and the French-subbed Japanese episodes just lack the opening altogether. No "Moete Hero" for us, I guess! The 2018 series ditched the localized names and just went broadcast as "Captain Tsubasa". It, however, came with its own French opening once more! It wasn't a translated version of either Japanese openings either, it's its own thing and it shares its name with the 1988 opening to Olive & Tom ("Le Chemin de la Victoire", lit. "The Path to Victory"). Anyway I still don't know why all European dubs in the 1980s thought Wakabayashi was present enough to name the show after.

[@teddyroo12]

The Italian theme song artists releasing their older work onto CDs and even streaming services actually really helps with lost media preservation. There was plans for a dub of the Earthworm Jim cartoon for Italy one but it was canceled last minute and none of the episodes were ever released. The theme song on the other hand was released by Christina D'Vana on to CD's and Streaming Which means that the dub was at least made, But the episodes are just lost, And you could find a proper date.

[@spunchbob2322]

I actually watched Space Toon when i was younger(Because I'm Lebanese Arabic/Middle eastern). It was the equivalent of 4kids to us, and boy oh boy it was really popular in the arab world, still remember finishing my homework and watching animes from late 80s, 90s and some newer cartoons. Ah ....the good ol days الله يعطيك العافيه Edit:The only dub that actually was clear in my mind is the dragon ball z one:) , aaand the agent Konan one also:D

[@yukisoda2002]

نعم نعم!!

[@spunchbob2322]

أجل!

[@youssefmutasemabugharbieh]

More like the better version of 4kids

[@omarelgendy6177]

I also grew up with Spacetoon (and still watch it today ). I'm Egyptian btw.

[@yummy-pizza]

Cool!

[@originalkingdomhearts]

It's a crime you didn't include the german winx club opening. IT's so good!

[@djangoleonhardt337]

I'm Italian and I really like our openings, they get me smile once in a while. If you're interested, check out also: ''Tra cielo e terra'' by Dhamm (the Op from Street Fighter 2 V); ''Rocky Joe/Ashita no Joe'' Op by Oliver Onions; ''Shaman King'' (2003) by Marco Masini; ''Lupin the 3rd'', ''Street Sharks'' and ''I 5 Samurai'' by Enzo Draghi; ''Hunter X Hunter'' (1999) by Silvio Pozzoli; ''I cavalieri dello zodiaco/Saint Seiya'' by Massimo Dorati. Thank you very much for this video; You make me discover the HxH Arabic Theme (which is actually a cover of the first Ending) and I'm really happy about that.

[@daijindekablaze1492]

In the words of Agent Stone “He’s back”!

[@dubbingbunny5555]

As a member of the dubbing community and one of the moderators of the DubDB, which I’m grateful you mentioned, all of us really appreciate the fact that you put in the research about dubs and made this fabulous video. I hope this helps get more folks interested in dubs. Thank you so much for the time you put into making this video! 💖

[@SatanenPerkele]

I am your boss.

[@Tim-007]

He barely talks about any dubs aside from the Italian one so your appreciation is incredibly misplaced here. How can more folks get interested in dubs when he barely covers any aside from one or two?

[@DjoleBuduciIlustrator]

I'm also from the Dubbing Database website, as i also working as an programmer for Python and C++

[@cyclone3743]

1:02 am, Tuesday 6/13/23 it’s been 97 days since one of my favorite youtuber’s has posted. Over the last 10 months a lot has changed, I finally got a girlfriend, I’m actually doing good in school and now I’m back here, watching PatMac talk about different cartoon theme song dubs. I’d never have it any other way. Thanks for all the joy you’ve brought me over the years PatMac, I don’t think you’ll ever see this but still if you do I really want to thank you, you’ve gotten me through so many bad days, weather it be through horrible bootlegs or genuinely interesting history about merchandise and rare items of franchises I love. Thank you so much PatMac, really thank you 🙏. SnootBoy for life

[@TetraZelda]

This reminded me of the Mermaid Melody Italian opening which was such a BOP and had no right to be 😂

[@matrixmilky596]

one interesting thing to me is that in the brazilian dub of sonic x, we used the european opening, but a brazilian version of gotta go fast was made and used as a credits theme.

[@Muppetman03]

As one of the admins of Dubdb, I just want to say how great this video is, as this is one of the only videos I've seen that actually goes in depth about dubbing.

[@manuknight6475]

Patiently waiting for a new update

[@BinglesP]

There's actually a few differences between the two AoStH intros(10:30/10:48) besides the languages and singer. The Italian one has a few parts where who-I-assume-is-Sonic chimes in, while the French one it's all one voice the whole way through. There's also an extended version of the French version with more verses and instrumental breaks, which I couldn't find for the Italian one.

[@Brainulator9]

I'm pretty sure the extended Italian version made it on one of the Fivelandia albums...