What Made the Ghost Stories Dub so Different

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[@RedBardIsCool]

A side note, regarding Ghost Stories' ratings: Ghost Stories' particularly low ratings were in no short part due to having a particularly unsavory time slot. You could easily argue that its ratings were pretty good considering what it was dealing with--which I have no doubt there's a lot of truth to, since there's plenty of evidence to suggest that it did have its loyal fans. But alas, the fact still remains that its ratings were still low and that Pierrot had high standards for success. For example, GTO finished airing a month before Ghost Stories and its average rating was 28.5--about double Ghost Stories at its peak. And I'm sure you don't need me to tell you that Pierrot had plenty of other shows that raked in high numbers. Suffice to say, success is relative; and for Pierrot, Ghost Stories just wasn't up to their standard--ergo, in their eyes, it was a failure.

[@Vxtz19]

Hiiiii

[@ohbrez4933]

Nice.

[@joshlegacy1101]

Cool

[@marcuslazuli-ml5204]

No se inglés.

[@jacobfredman9442]

now do us a favor and force the director to dub ex arm lol

[@fieratheproud]

_"Haveyouacceptedjesusasyourpersonalsaviour?"_ I LOVE how fast she says that omg

[@ctrlaltmack]

Oh that’s just Jesus girl! She normally dose that.

[@kinghershybar4294]

I got a PTSD flashback from when this happened to me on vacation in the South.

[@camedialdamage8180]

“No i’m jewish!”

[@KomradeDoge]

ohmygodwhatishappeningiveneverhadtolipsyncsofast

[@venti13]

Lmaoooo

[@DavidVasquez-lb9xv]

“Why are you still crying?” “These pajamas are gay.”

[@MrSinthan]

In fairness he was right.

[@animegraveyard776]

@@MrSinthan Not really.

[@MrSinthan]

@@animegraveyard776 No, of course not.

[@animegraveyard776]

@@MrSinthan Actually, I changed my mind.

[@MrSinthan]

@@animegraveyard776 Yeah me too. Isn't this just orgasmic?

[@retropichu3028]

"You got any books written by black people?" *_y e a h ._*

[@JayJay-wf2oe]

"You know how sometimes the man totally screw the woman over?" *y e a h.*

[@Ribbons0121R121]

y a h

[@miraculoustdi211]

Y

[@kachowgang808yt4]

E

[@The17Sinner]

A

[@chronovac]

"Whoever told you to do this is either a bitch or a ghost." "RUN! she's a ghost _AND_ a bitch!" is my personal favorite line

[@pintitledploose9484]

my favorite part in this episode is in the chase scene in the same episode, the ghost floats up the stairs and goes "WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE"

[@isaiahraymond269]

😂

[@XYGamingRemedyG]

Same. Guy voicing the cat did a great delivery.

[@dercarrot991]

“She’s from another grade” “Giggity-giggity” An actual scene

[@dranzerjetli5126]

It sure is.

[@namedate3437]

😂😂 I say that now

[@arandompharaoh5549]

Not surprised

[@thatguywithquarters454]

No fucking way lmaoo

[@DiamondVeena]

Was that from the first episode lol

[@OneEyedCloud01]

"Why are you still crying?" "Because the pajamas are gay" Ded.

[@JayJay-wf2oe]

"thanks a lot man."

[@quinnmarchese6313]

that episode is great because it still manages to be terrifying. i mean a piano ghost who chases you with a literal piano and plays Fur Elise and can take over any electronic with a speaker to play that piece, scary as hell

[@disastermidi1990]

@@bradchadchaderson gay Pajamas is a surprisingly efficient way to describe the Jojo character design

[@Sandux930]

Big if tru

[@lewisaino]

I always thought he was mentioning a band lol.

[@TheShuckmeister]

I too am I fan of official abridged series

[@CatManThree]

This ain't no abridge series. This my friend, is art.

[@Royozo-nh5tq]

when next araki forgot moment coming out

[@aspynwolf2070]

Shuck why are you here?

[@Butt3r3d_T04st]

Why are we all here... Just to suffer....

[@joaosoares-rr5mj]

i was going to like your coment, but it had 666 likes and i didnt want to ruin it

[@abusedumpster8882]

“Not because you’re a rabbit, but because you’re black!” Dead

[@johndoe5432]

Just like that rabbit.

[@DEFxRECON]

@@Jeronous 🐈

[@Jeronous]

@@DEFxRECON what's that supposed to mean?

[@Keurgui1]

@@JeronousSo was the rabbit

[@Blueberrybomb1234]

@@Jeronousit was very dark

[@hellenkellerscoloringbook4231]

"Why are you still crying" "᥇ꫀᥴꪖꪊડꫀ 𝕥ꫝꫀડꫀ ρꪖ𝕛ꪖꪑꪖડ ꪖ𝕣ꫀ ᧁꪖꪗ"

[@arbi9506]

Holy fuck what is that font

[@omarvi280]

@@arbi9506 Copy-paste from Word

[@MargaritaApologist]

@@omarvi280 can you tell me where I can get it or search it up and name-

[@Arloooooooo_]

@@MargaritaApologist If you haven't figured it out yet, just search up "font generator"

[@MargaritaApologist]

@@Arloooooooo_ nice thank you!

[@nickdegugs7190]

Funny story, I originally thought that the “but because you’re black” line was the direct translation and that it was just a case as with DBZ’s “don’t shoot, this man is not black!” Meme.

[@Kmn2]

Nick DeGugs oh god without context that DBZ scene is bizzare

[@corytheodst5260]

Mr Bruh what’s the context for it I just assumed it was racist

[@Kmn2]

Corytheodst there’s a villain character called goku black and the police mistake goku for goku black the funny thing is they could’ve just said “don’t shoot this man isn’t goku black” but they decided to keep it the way it is because it’s funny that’s all I know I don’t even watch the show or any dragon ball z shows for that matter

[@DutchDread]

@@Kmn2 Yeah they definitely did that shit on purpose XD, but there is nothing wrong with dark meta humor.

[@anabsolutenightmare]

Someone: “Subs over dubs!” Me: * laughs in Ghost Stories dub *

[@PrimDidEverythingWrong]

No You True

[@lachiebosman8511]

ironically the funniest anime ive seen

[@heavymetalmusichead4969]

If it's animated I always prefer the dub. If it's live action, I'll never watch the sub.

[@heartsfromsunshine]

I mean subs over dubs- but for this IM FOR DUB ALL THE WAYYY

[@qraee]

I’m a sub watcher so it’s rare that I watch dubs but holy shit ghost stories was absolutely an exception

[@theargonaught44]

I like what they did with the little brother. Instead of stating the obvious or telling somebody hes really scared, he now just screams inchorently which has the same effect on the story.

[@katomiccomics202]

The english voice actors must’ve been like, _”this is the script?”_

[@gamingwithmax7873]

ADV: *yes*

[@plzitzjustmahcheezits909]

The English voice actors were actually like “We don’t have a script?”

[@SooyeonIdle]

They didn’t need a script

[@yaoibabe]

They had a script? Lol

[@balargus319]

The english voice actors INVENTED the script. They even invented and ran with each other's running gags, such as the super christian girl having previously been a drug addicted slut. (The following episode, the boy mishears "momoko collapsed!" as "Momoko relapsed!")

[@SandyTheDesertFox]

"Lunchtime BJ?" "I'm in, dude!" lmaaooo bros bein bros

[@barrybenson3046]

HAHA

[@ravenznest3822]

Id like this if the like count wasnt on 420

[@SandyTheDesertFox]

@@ravenznest3822 Not all heroes wear capes my friend

[@Ghost3210]

@@ravenznest3822 now you can help us reach 6969 likes :)

[@inactiveaccount6884]

@@Ghost3210 694201337

[@iamlancepeter]

“...they finished the series and never touched it again.” *then touch it harder*

[@JayJay-wf2oe]

hue hue hue hue

[@won2600]

🅷🅴 🅷🅴 🅷🅴

[@hehehhehehe66]

Lmaooo

[@superbubblygirl]

Reminds me of the rabbit scene

[@aetherwastaken7596]

THE BUNNY SKSJND

[@savannahngl]

Man: “I like his sister“ Sisters brother: *“I know your gay”* One of my favorite scenes-

[@lyricaltockareff]

Let's get off sisters, since I just got off *yours!*

[@Ledluver]

Did they ever Japanese sub the american dub? Reverse Uno card?

[@DoctorDisasterDracula]

I think they did? I do know the the creators of the series actually did get a kick out of the gag Dub or at least appreciated the weird spin on the dialogue.

[@ShadowWolfRising]

I think they actually did. Not 100% sure though.

[@DoctorDisasterDracula]

@@ShadowWolfRising Suppose they toned it down quite a bit?

[@ShadowWolfRising]

@@DoctorDisasterDracula Wouldn't that defeat the purpose?

[@DoctorDisasterDracula]

@@ShadowWolfRising Well you said "Not 100%", so I assumed that was the case.

[@ExeloMinish]

French guy here. We actually have a similarly iconic so-different-it's-hilarious dub here, though the circumstances behind it were wildly different. Long story short, since anime licenses were cheap, in the eighties channels were buying them in bulk to fill up their kiddy morning blocks, with little regard to what they were actually purchasing. And then one of them ended up being Fist of the North Star. The staff threw a massive fit over having to show a super violent post-apocalyptic story in a block aimed at six years olds, and ended up with a deal where the VAs got complete control over the script. The resulting puntastic, joke-filled show was the stuff of legends. "Ken le Survivant" (Ken the Survivor) is a classic, though for completely different reasons than the true FotNS.

[@RedBardIsCool]

When I feel confident about my grasp on the French language, the first thing I'm doing is making videos about the French dubs for Fist of the North Star and City Hunter (Nicky Larson en français)

[@ahok1937]

@@RedBardIsCool some are hard to translate (hokuto de cuisine = kitchen knife) but "who built this fence ? Call the architect !" when Yuria jump off the building is my favorite :)

[@brayanargandonaflorentino548]

@@RedBardIsCool did you know that France made a foreign within a foreign live action City Hunter (or Nicky Larson) movie, and some of the fans criticized for casting Ryo Saeba as a French person instead of a Japanese person

[@MrJonniman007]

damn gotta watch that once i can actually speak french

[@kouikilol5833]

@@RedBardIsCool yes ! Nicky Larson dub is legendary aswell you are very well informed

[@haleyhalcyon]

*Pierrot:* “I want you to keep the names of the characters and the methods of exorcising each demon.” *ADV:* “Okay, but what else?” *Pierrot:* “Whatever, just dub the anime, anime dubber.” *ADV:* “Sure. Jackass...”

[@sourpatchwimp]

“Jump” *”I SAID JUMP”*

[@randomicatto]

🦘🦘🦘🦘

[@tribunealpha1059]

fuck that username it got to me

[@lolimsooedgy7809]

so that is how i died and became edgy after not hearing it again

[@_anji3560]

I̶̴̗̗̦͍ͨͭ̉͢͟👹S̵̶̮̬͖̄͑͟Ȧ̶̵̗̳I̶̴̗̗̦͍ͨͭ̉͢͟Ḋ̤͇̮͙ͥ👹J̸̧̪̫̫̩̿͗͑̇̕͟U̸̫̠̰͈̕M̶̷̲̊ͥ͋͟P̘͎̀͊👹

[@rejectedhumanity5239]

@@tribunealpha1059 got me to *cringe*

[@astropunch101]

Tommy Wiseau is probably crying in his sleep knowing that he could never top off this masterpiece

[@shae.2214]

I LOVE the “because these pajamas are gay” it caught me so off guard the first time I saw it I had to pause the show to stop myself from laughing

[@rogercheetoofficial]

"Do you have any books about black people?"

[@ideclaredwaronyourfrenchas4123]

The bell curve

[@arminiusofgermania]

Yea.

[@dynamicflashy]

I declared war on your french ass How edgy.

[@houdini9739]

My absolute favorite line was the one where they legitimately accepted and talked about stereotypes and penis sizes. SO goddamn funny.

[@user-mh7db7ei1s]

“I come from a long line of quasi-lesbian ghost hunters!”

[@TheNumberLast]

This makes me sad. All the actors had so much fun but knew it was a once in a lifetime scenario. Further cemented the fact that we ain’t gonna be getting another dub like this again.

[@zan7838]

it's alright, they get to do it, and these clips will stay immortal I guess

[@marcusmattson1216]

This Madlad made the first abriged OFICIAL abriged series.

[@emiledlund9559]

Markus Mattson Not only a abridged series but a extremely crass one

[@AHHHHHHHHHHHHl]

European Portuguese dub of Dragon Ball Z in the late 90s is an even earlier one, just look up "Portuguese Vegeta talks for nonstop while beating Miss Ginyu", you'll find it hard to believe it's an actual dub.

[@RoninCatholic]

_Samurai Pizza Cats_ English dub was also basically an abridged series.

[@aleblasco39]

@@AHHHHHHHHHHHHl Or the Vegetta death which is hilarious because he sounds like another thing due to the constant moans xD

[@jeejjaaj]

Memento Mori HUOOOOOOOO

[@andrewmiller407]

It's a real shame ADV went under. Their dubs really had a lot of character.

[@littymj7599]

@Janeiro I dude relax...

[@hophopfrog8289]

Janeiro I i wouldn’t have even WATCHED ghost stories if it wasn’t for him. the whole reason i watched it was because it was comedic.

[@amagimofumofu6549]

@Janeiro I the dude fucking saved ghost stories worldwide , it did so well in its english dub that japanese fans were expecting a second season

[@Sevren_]

Janeiro I White Knight incel weeb

[@josepho3364]

iirc ADV rebranded themselves after they declared bankruptcy. So while ADV Films as we knew them are no longer a thing, the core of the original company is still intact I believe. I haven't looked into them in a while now, though, so my info may be heavily outdated.

[@WardNightstone]

the dub is hilarious but you could NOT get away with a lot of these jokes today

[@투루-l3e]

adult shows today are the same

[@jasperdavidson5400]

Agreed.

[@epicsakura101]

Makes me all the more glad they did it then and not now

[@capn_l]

We need another dub like this 😔

[@thenorthwillow1536]

People are too sensitive these days 😒 Btw: I'm black

[@bh4462]

"When that President finishes stacking the Supreme Court"

[@Flameclaw123]

Good to know nothing has changed in the 20 years since this came out

[@dashamm98]

This feels so relevant now

[@somegal-89]

@Upcycle Shoes All. A stacked Supreme Court is every president’s wet dream.

[@michaelkappa8081]

@@dashamm98 Every ruler in history with a supreme court will try to do this.

[@rubenaalexander5007]

@Upcycle Shoes I'm seriously wondering the context of that joke.

[@Flutterdark_]

Whenever i mention this dub i describe it as "this is an official abridged" and that description isnt really doing it justice but the best way to describe how different these two versions are

[@lemmythebulldog8812]

*Speaking angelically* “Cmon jump” *Demon activated* “I SAID JUMP!”

[@kolonarulez5222]

All the crying the little brother did had my whole friend group laughing our butts off. What a true masterpiece!

[@Kiss_My_Aspergers]

AHAHEULGHHUGLHUH

[@willjenkins4195]

KissMyAspergers exactly

[@asterquinn]

“Have you accepted Jesus as your personal saviour?” this got me lol already

[@goofybutserious4807]

No I'm Juish

[@alfalldoot6715]

@Kill Me the reply is a joke

[@chiseledmedal2634]

11:26 aged well but too well that it became real.

[@Serutans]

What makes me sad is that I can't imagine something like this ever happening again. The backlash would be too great.

[@EPunkOfficial]

It would have to be something that did horrendous in Japan in terms of ratings or reception to have another situation like Ghost Stories.

[@ViviSectia]

@@EPunkOfficial Not just that but you would also need a company willing to pickup a show with horrendous ratings which is unlikely these days because of how much the industry has grown.

[@EPunkOfficial]

@@ViviSectia True, the industry is a lot bigger than it was when ADV got the rights to Ghost Stories. It does depend on the company though.

[@bryanm9403]

Just imagine if they added a fanservice handholding episode. Riots everywhere!!

[@GELTONZ]

The backlash THEN was great. A thing many people forget is that as far as I remember, this came out on VHS. Back in the VHS days, you didn't get a choice of Dub or Sub, you got what Sam Goody got in...which was the dub...and there was *NO* indication it was a parody dub. People were fucking LIVID at how disgusting and disrespectful the dub was. Heck, I still am and every time people rave about the Ghost Stories dub it makes me angry.

[@r.s.fletcher7066]

When someone who hates on dub ever tells you that the sub version is always better, show them _this_ ....

[@zve6]

Sub before dub but this is an exception

[@r.s.fletcher7066]

@@zve6 Idk, I don't get why yall love sub so much?

[@zve6]

@@r.s.fletcher7066 because characters sound more natural with the actual voice actors? More like why YOU guys like dub so much

[@r.s.fletcher7066]

@@zve6 Tbh I don't hear it. Dub seems pretty natural to me(usually) and it's annoying to have to read the subtitles all the time. Honestly who even cares if they sound more natural when you can't even speak japanese🤔

[@zve6]

@@r.s.fletcher7066 Sub imprinted in me first so dub feels weird to me So ye that's that If you like dub better sure why not But for me sub is the one

[@Arthurzeiro]

So, the english dubbed Ghost Stories is an officially licensed shitpost? That's amazing.

[@AkuTenshiiZero]

Ah yes, the original Abridged series, or "That Time ADV Shitposted an Entire Anime."

[@omega52390]

Seriously we need more runs like this can you imagine if TFS had full reign on a comedic redub?

[@BewareTheLilyOfTheValley]

To abridge is to shorten but I understand your gist :) I guess the plot was abridged.

[@Maria-chan5863]

@@BewareTheLilyOfTheValley Abridged series in anime tends to mean "let's make everything completely ridiculous and change everyone's personality to be funnier" and the aspects here - all that has to stay the same is names and basic plot; it is now a comedy instead of the original genre - is stereotypical of anime abridged series on KZbin, and while these abridged series are shortened, it's not by as much as you would think. As such, referring to this dub as essentially an official Abridged series would be perfectly normal among fans of the actual abridged series.

[@thelastgigachad7994]

@@Maria-chan5863 technically ghost stories isn't abridged because it's dub is licensed by studio perriot and it is the official English dub

[@PhilipWester]

By definition, an abridged series has to be cut for time. This is just a comedy dub.

[@journeymanX]

Me:wtf am I watching VAs: wtf are we dubbing Steven: a masterpiece

[@bisco8342]

The inspiration for 'abridged' series. Truly a legendary dub. Not quite for the same reasons as Cowboy Bebop, though...

[@HappyPotat]

Actually the inspiration was "Yu-Gi-Oh in a Nutshell"

[@geoleo965]

Ha! Both are wrong... The 1st one that started EVERYTHING would be *_"Samurai Pizza Cats,"_* a must watch and a glorious accident that became to be (after no translated scrip was available when they bought its rights.) Check it out and enjoy yourselves!

[@HappyPotat]

@@geoleo965 Well no, Yu-Gi-Oh in a nutshell inspired the first Abridged Series Yu Gi Oh abridged which became the inspiration of all subsequent abridges.

[@玉ねぎ-z3h]

@@geoleo965 Yes, indeed!

[@geoleo965]

@@玉ねぎ-z3h Seriously, I don't understand his stubbornness, despite the evidence and all. Let's cross fingers that Red Bard makes a vid of it. I mean, we're talking of actual history here!

[@blackberry8121]

the reason i love this anime so much is because i started it completely as a joke and now it's genuinely one of my favorites ive ever watched

[@jasonbelstone3427]

Tfw you realize that, due to the Momoko's reference to the Supreme Court and a conservative presidency, she single-handedly kept Ghost Stories from becoming dated. Momoko is Best Girl.

[@MushroomReaper]

Omg I remember accidentally finding this on KZbin back in 2009 ish my friends and I stayed up all night watching it over and over again. My friends still yell theses quotes at each other. It’s to this day my best rabbit hole find. Edit-“Touch me... touch me harder!”

[@thespaceman4808]

How about i dont

[@communismwithgiggles2515]

I genuine love this official abridged version, but it's also a sad reminder that we will never get comedy like this again. Cherish what you have people.

[@jacobfredman9442]

we can still have it if you label it as dark comedy and educate people what the meaning of it is

[@CecilyJisi]

Met Monica Rial at a con about a year ago and she told us how she had actually signed a lot of bibles at cons as a result of Ghost Stories. Made me wish I brought mine.

[@formerctgovernordannelmall1452]

It’s like an abridged series, but *completely official*

[@TauGeneration]

you mean *official*

[@formerctgovernordannelmall1452]

Trolmaster - good point, edit made

[@pecklespeckle1]

I hope everyone knows that the first time I saw the "Touch me" rabbit clip, I assumed it was an abridged series More notably though, I thought that the rabbit was voiced by JonTron...

[@_Lower_Quality_]

frieza voices cat me: you had ,my curiosity but now I'm interested

[@cbadefghijklmnopeyt1799]

No, it’s: “you had my Curiosity, but now you have attention” you nitwit. AND DONT YOU FAKING WOOOSH ME

[@zyxluz4645]

@@cbadefghijklmnopeyt1799 "...now you have MY attention." Quote it right peasant.

[@buckplug2423]

@@cbadefghijklmnopeyt1799 quote it right, quote-quoter.

[@anggakarapreviandana2877]

It's a shame the series is bombed (I'm not making a dark humor) in Japan.

[@mccdtk]

I applaud the actors for doing such an amazing job in the English dub.

[@Nintendrone42]

I don't watch very much anime, but occasionally my sister and I watch some together. One day she suggested Ghost Stories, and she didn't give any details before showing me the first episode, which I was surprised to see was the English dub since she prefers subs. I immediately found out why she picked the dub, and that was some of the most fun I've ever had with anime. Anyone who hasn't watched it should do themselves a favor and do so immediately.

[@cornmaized]

Where can I view this masterpiece?

[@JovanaSanchez000]

@@cornmaized crunchyroll

[@renn2587]

I watched the Indonesian dub when I was in elementary school under the tittle "Ghost at School". The script followed the original Japanese one. I have always loved it, the plot is actually great and I didn't feel like it was boring. Years later in middle school, a friend of mine told me about the english dubbed series called "Ghost Stories", we searched it up on youtube, and I recognised it right away. I definitely didn't see what's coming when we clicked play.

[@kirin9437]

In my country GNK also followed the original, and this anime was my childhood, the story is really amazing, I think Americans says the story is bad because they listen and repeat it, I bet they actually never had watched the original one..

[@nuibaba280]

@momoko Wrong, took a long look at the original. It's mediocre as shit, I guess fans of the original have low asf standards if they find this trash good.

[@kirin9437]

@@nuibaba280 I watched the original. The plot in which satsuki's mother exorcised all the yokais, but because of the construction of builds and destruction of the monuments they were released and Satsuki (who has her mom's diary) is the only able to exorcise them back. About the old School too..This can't be the best anime ever, but it's pretty interesing, well, at least for ppl who likes Yokai culture and japanese folklore like me. Yes, despites I have some nostalgic feelings. At least This anime is so good compared to the most new animes coming out these years..

[@renn2587]

@@nuibaba280 rude. Just because one has different taste doesn't mean they have low standards. I don't mind if you like the American dub, I enjoy it myself. However, it doesn't mean that those that prefer the original has low standard.

[@renn2587]

@@kirin9437 yeah, a lot of details in the plot were left unmentioned in the dubbed version. I find the plot very interesting in the original one.

[@user-lq2nu6cn7y]

0:16 that is an interesting perspective. Ghost stories was popular and very loved in Japan in my research, and I personally grew up in Korea where the impact of ghost stories was huge. This dub is funny as hell and I love it for what it is, but as least to east asians the original was very appreciated (and considered scary since many of these ghost stories were indeed already circulating in society) and very good. To this day many want the second season and well loved. 5:19 So yeah ratings dont reflect well what was actually going on also it does not show how such animes get imported by other east asian countries (Korea) with relatively similar cultural cues. Ghost stories for sure was considered quite good and well loved.

[@Bopnan]

I'm actually kind of jealous. In Latin America we got the anime dubbed but it was a normal ass dub with the dialog untouched that aired on Cartoon Network for a year or two.

[@coilcitu]

but we got the mexican dub of dotto koni-chan, dude! and i dont know why im writing this in english if we are both latinamerican

[@kirstenc6221]

coilcitu Because the world needs to know that Latin America got some wayyy better dubs then their North American counterparts (in the early anime adaptation boom)

[@StickWithTrigger]

Arabic dub produced some dope ass openings and endings but that’s pretty much it

[@richardsilva5110]

Brazilian here. Early dubs are the stuff of legend here, especially of Saint Seiya, Yuyu Hakusho, Dragon Ball Z (our Goku VA is better than the original, fight me). The voice actors go to cons year-round and are beloved and noticed everywhere.

[@kirstenc6221]

Richard Silva YESS I have heard the Saint Seiya Spanish dub was really good. Too bad I took Russian in high school and not Spanish, lol

[@covetousclub910]

“Don’t look now, but I think the short bus just dropped off its number one customer.”

[@trombonedude5312]

I can just imagine some Japanese person watching the English dub with Japanese subs and for some reason I find that hilarious.

[@apnhackerteam1756]

maybe unacceptable everyone imo, i Don't wanna make this hilarious dub: re-kan, gegege no kitarou, haunted junction... / 多分英語吹き替えに日本語字幕訳でもみる方は受け入れられないんじゃないかな？ゲゲゲの鬼太郎やレーカン、hauntedじゃんくしょんといった怪談やお化けにブラックジョークは絶対落ちる。日本の感性と海外コメディは宗教事情など考えると難しいかも。

[@stevemclovin1566]

The girl x rabbit was the best paring..

[@merrittanimation7721]

Too bad he's black.

[@Cure_Hana]

I think that’s the only time I’ve seen someone make a beastiality joke funny. 😅

[@bryanm9403]

One of the greatest ships in anime history! Change my mind!

[@Belgand]

@@bryanm9403 The nice boat from School Days is the greatest ship in anime history. That's an indisputable fact.

[@music79075]

Truly a tragic romance up their with Titanic.

[@Cal-zone]

Greg Ayers is a fuckin treasure. He talks this dub up at every con I've seen him at and talks about what it was like making it.

[@Infestedhobo1]

3:50 And on top of everything else, Ghost Stories invented the dab. What a blessing.

[@mattybrunolucaszeneresalas9072]

Invented? Pfft

[@AnalizaTheSnark]

ok... the "When that wonderful president stop stacking the supreme court, we can" has sold me. I gotta find and watch this now.

[@willjenkins4195]

AnalizaTheSnark it’s pretty well available on KZbin, it’s also on crunchy roll

[@artsyscrub3226]

If you haven't found it yet i have a website you can watch the entire thing on

[@KiomonDuck]

I bought it off amazon.

[@faithfulwaffles]

It feels so real now

[@IdleLancer]

12:43 "That was something I poured my heart and soul in..." Nice try... Gingers don't have souls!

[@KyrasLife]

I wish humor was still like this , there’s no way this would actually pass on tv

[@CrazyLikeUhFox]

willy head Doesn’t matter, execs wouldn’t touch this kind of humor with a thirty foot pole nowadays.

[@Kartoffelkamm]

@@CrazyLikeUhFox Cowards.

[@buckplug2423]

Isn't Adult Swim like that?

[@bex8658]

@@buckplug2423 yep

[@kgpspyguy]

@@buckplug2423 Not really. Modern adult swim has this thing where it sort of tricks you into thinking that's it's not PC. When in reality, most of their shows are extremely PC. It goes like this. *Make gay joke that's slightly offense but funny. *Spend the rest of episode showing why the gay character is morally superior to everyone else in the background while acting like it's not a focal point even though it is. I don't have any specific examples, but I think it's a fairly accurate broad generalization.

[@pyrophos1585]

SO THIS IS THE SHOW THE "touch me, touch me harder" RABBIT CAME FROM IM-----

[@thebunnas5177]

I know it won't happen but I would KILL for a season two.

[@flrs5858]

Jesus it sounds like an abridged series.

[@blankslate7491]

Thank god it's real though

[@alfiekazi3086]

Jesus you say

[@Vaehlo]

"Just fill the hole, hole-filler!"

[@EsmenettaRien]

Okay....jackass

[@lionec226]

We have in France a French dub as legendary as Ghost story. It's Hokuto no ken ( Ken le survivant). It makes this anime completely different. In fact, they found out the anime was too violent so they decided to tone down a little with hilarious dub. That French dub needs to be subtitled in English too to show you how far they got. 🤣

[@concept5631]

Hokuto no Ken is its name?

[@patrickracer43]

"NOT BECAUSE YOU'RE A RABBIT! IT'S BECAUSE YOU'RE BLACK!" I'm dead because of laughter

[@marunomi]

It's funny because someone replied to my year-old comment on a Ghost Stories video a few days ago.

[@mrcocoloco7200]

Cool

[@jamesleon457]

Only a year old? Them's baby numbers. I find people committing acts of high necromancy on my 4+ year old comments.

[@chasemathis2016]

@@jamesleon457 have another reply on a 4+ year old comment

[@trashcatlinol]

My mom has a cat we've nicknamed ''Pet me harder'' The Shirotabi episode is a classic, though.

[@BassiKun99]

My favourite line has gotta be either the Hospital scene with the Spanish-speaking nurse ("¡No corren in the hospital, cabrones!") Or the ritual scene ("Oh spirit of bitches, oh soul of skanks... and the fanboy's spawn whose breath is rank.")

[@sh4rkstooth340]

I straight up refused to watch the last episode because i didn’t want it to end. I would’ve been sad because I’d want more

[@Jl2damax]

Me and my friends get stoned and binge watch this once a year. Order tons of takeout, pizza, eat all sorts of crap. Love this dub

[@jamespocelinko104]

Ghost Stories is probably the only example of an officially licensed abridged anime.

[@chezmix64]

11:21 a lot of this show is just a crazy ass shitpost but THAT scene in particular is genuinely REALLY well written

[@AlottaBoulchit]

That scene was always hilarious to me but considering it was written years ago yet it's commentary reflects the current political climate just as well is both terrifying and more hilarious. 😂

[@chezmix64]

Garnet wow I can’t believe the real Garnet is so knowledgeable on the current American political climate!

[@mattybrunolucaszeneresalas9072]

@@AlottaBoulchit nah

[@mattybrunolucaszeneresalas9072]

@@chezmix64 naw

[@BigAl2-u7e]

Not gonna lie, the only reason why the Ghost Stories dub succeeded was because no one knew about it and it was bad. If it had been a fan favorite anime with a good story and characters then it would've died by episode 1.

[@nichoudha]

Well, the reason they got to do that was precisely because the anime was bad.

[@megurineziam5900]

well of course. Fucking up the English dub of a decent anime to make it funny wouldn't be necessary in the first place.

[@nuibaba280]

The dub would've never happened like this if it WASN'T a failure tho

[@TheAkwarium]

the dub would have never happened if the anime wasn't bad to being with. This could have happened to any other anime, imagine Naruto with a dub like this, if it were a failure

[@BigAl2-u7e]

I feel like people aren't getting the reason why I even made this comment. It's because in the video, people said they would watch more anime if it was more like the dub version of Ghost Stories.

[@athinginaplaceatatime2271]

“RUN LIKE A BIG BLACK MAN IS CHASING YOU!” : ghost stories

[@KuronekoBonbon]

I would like to see you cover Hentai dubs in the late 90s to mid-2000s as it consists of a similar level of Ghost Stories. Maybe this could explain why Bible Black is the most popular among western fans...

[@average22]

Hentai dubs are the funniest shit ever

[@rubyestes6804]

"You've got rice on your face"

[@jellydani]

“MY BALLS YEARN TO BE ON YOUR CHIN”

[@EdenNeedsAYoutubeHandle]

NOW CLUCK LIKE A CHICKEN

[@GhoulyRooly]

Ghost Stories: *Doing Poorly* ADV: I’m about to improve this man’s career

[@ConfusedNyan]

*cracks one open and pours it out for Kawakami Tomoko*

[@csargent31]

"It's 4:30. School is finally over. TIME TO GO HOME, LOAD UP THAT BONG AND WATCH POKEMON!" Gotta love the 90s.

[@MapleMilk]

I love how this show is so amazing that two people can have completely different angles on it Like The Cartoon Cipher and Red Bard have pretty different information on this show and I'm still feeling like there's something I'm missing I wish they recorded the recording sessions because I could only imagine what happened in the studio

[@UltimateCarl]

I'm curious about that, too. I've heard like five different origins for this show at this point now - that it actually did really well in Japan but ADV just didn't care, that ADV didn't buy it on purpose but got it as part of a "package deal" where they were forced to license multiple shows and this one just happened to come with a different show they actually wanted, etc. It seems like every time this show comes up on KZbin I hear a totally different story.

[@MrDorkbot]

I mean on one hand I absolutely hate it when translators and localisers change shit but in this case the dub is so funny I am willing to overlook it.

[@vla1ne]

If more terrible anime were officially abridged like this, the americal dub market would explode even moreso than it did in the early 2000's.

[@cheesegrater7948]

I did not know that the English dub was in the anime I always thought it was just fans messing around wtf! Best realization ever

[@tarruvi]

“Ａｌｌ　ｐｒｉｎｃｉｐａｌｓ　ｌｏｏｋ　ｌｉｋｅ　ｌｅｓｂｉａｎｓ… ＭＯＭ？！”

[@markymarx3117]

In 2006, I was just an 8th grader looking for a horror anime series at Best Buy... Imagine my surprise when I pressed play!

[@caliqm2199]

When you're following your dreams,yet you stumble and fall,there are words that help you get back up *THINK OF A BIG BLACK MAN CHASING YOU*

[@jacobfredman9442]

aww i only got .2 seconds faster well at lest I'm not racist

[@myprofilepictureisafish]

I always thought the rabbit dub was just one small mistake til months later I stumbled across the rest of ghost stories and I love it

[@striderzer0]

11:25 Looks like she got what she wanted in June 2022 😬

[@crona1794]

Soooo it’s like if SnapCube was asked to dub an entire anime

[@Flow86767]

« Just fill the hole, hole filler! » is hand the down best line in the whole show, it’s so unexpected and hilarious.

[@madisonkelly6843]

Fr like all the construction worker scenes were gold

[@jay.5768]

“Sure… jackass”

[@Cheetahgirl_Studios]

Great, now every time I see Tsuyu Asui all I can think of is *“haveyouacceptedJesusasyourpersonalsaviour?”*

[@MorseCodeStutters]

If more animes were dubbed like this, I'd like anime again

[@357Striker]

If anime wasnt just about a dude getting killed by a truck and getting isekaid i would watch anime again

[@npclucario7005]

If all anime was like this I'd actually watch and enjoy anime.

[@pewus]

just watch grand blue

[@MorseCodeStutters]

@@npclucario7005 HONESTLY, but instead we just get cringe humour and weeb service

[@jorgetoledo6358]

@@357Striker están pendejos si realmente creen que eso es lo único que hay

[@yerlocaljacc8461]

10:26: *exists* Humanity: *intense wheezing in the background*

[@jayden-pv3ck]

10:32 holy shit that caught me so off guard i nearly fell over in the kitchen from laughter

[@zeearts9484]

I think the voice actors had a ton of fun with this one-

[@PatchworkRose567]

I need to watch this dub now! It has a real time fan-dub vibe to it that I love!

[@freebrickproductions]

TBH, it basically was the professional equivalent of that, lol.

[@jigeahah5058]

“Oh the music teacher, what a BITCHH”

[@varunmenon1246]

So they made Scary movie into an anime. Who says there is depression again?

[@shisno7914]

God I love this series. Took me forever to find a box set of it and it was worth it.