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Anime and Mouth
Anime, Japanese short term for Animation, came to Philippine TV screens on the 90’s. Some may remember the flashy sailor suited girls of Sailormoon, armor-clad women of Magic Knight Rayearth, the four unusual handsome boys of Ghost Fighter (Yu Yu Hakusho worldwide) or the infamous Saiyan of Dragonball Z.
Throughout the years, Naruto, Bleach, One Piece and many adventure themes, succeeded these classics. As the qualities developed well in every department (storytelling, graphics, sounds, etc.), many still criticize the way these animes retain something that is needed to be corrected: the mouth movement.
Watch any anime and look carefully at their mouths (well, it is noticeable), they are yapping in a very awkward way. Just try to say “Oh” while your mouth is in the position of saying the word “Ah”, it is not natural to look at.
Anime producers protect their side by claiming that due to lower budgets, anime mouths refrained from being animated as those of Western cartoons, who are obviously drawn with perfect mouth movements for their words. Critics say their just annoying to watch and needs improvement.
However, if ever the anime mouths were brought to actual mouth movement, this will bring hard time for foreign dubbers and studios. Since Japan is the originator, they will naturally draw the movements for their speech, which are near to Chinese and far from remaining languages. So, if ever an anime is localize in a foreign country (take America for example), they will have to redraw the whole anime for the sake of matching the mouth movements in English language.
This have been a fight between producers and criticizers for a long time now, but no matter what flaws animes have, especially this one, it doesn’t hinder the entertainment it is giving to the people.
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