5D’s “Dub-Uncut” Mini-Series - A Lance99 Project
Everybody, listen!
So, this was something I started a few weeks ago–the official Spanish YGO channel on YouTube flubbed a few uploads of the 5D’s dub such that they ended up uploading a few episodes of the English dub instead of the Latin American dub (21-29)–but with none of 4Kids’s background music! Which meant that I could swoop in and re-insert the original Japanese soundtrack (which I did by matching each track to how it was looped in the episode), but I wanted to do more by also tweaking the dub itself so that not only was it matching the original footage, but the dialogue was more in line with the original dialogue timing-wise (since I couldn’t totally salvage what they changed for no raisin). Hence, the “dubbed uncut” gimmick here. And Duel Links giving us 5D’s World also helped a lot, as it gave us the English VAs performing lines right from the Japanese version, which I did my best to squeeze in, along with some summon chants from later on. It was fun working on this!
Along with the more accurately-paced dialogue, I’ve also translated the OP/EN, the title cards, and previews (where I also threw in the corresponding lines to the Japanese preview from the next episode, if able) to give this an actual “What if they actually did this uncut” feel. Episode 29 also features the awesome English cover of Last Train - A New Morning that Mark de Groot did to that end, but the release I’ll post on NAC will have it as an optional audio track. I go into more of the specifics with each episode’s own release post, so check out the tag here to see what I’ve done with them! If you’re curious about how they look/sound as I edit everything, check out the work-in-progress videos I’ve done here.
Anywho, check ‘em out below! Italics denote an episode I haven’t gotten to uncutify yet.
Current Update (2/18/21): After starting with 23-26, going back to do 21-22 and redo 23-26, after over 2.5 years (somehow), episodes 21-29 are all done! 🎉 Unless 4K/Konami Cross Media decide to flub up more episodes somehow, I won’t be doing more full episodes, but you can keep an eye on my WIP-video tag above for the occasional clips I might do~
21. Second Round Showdown – Part 2 (A Vengeful Bommer – The Sorrowful Trap, Chariot Pile)
22. The Profiler (A Disclosed Past! The Duel Profiler VS the Black Rose Witch)
23. Duel of the Dragons – Part 1 (The Final Match! Heart Hidden Behind the Mask)
25. The Fortune Cup Finale – Part 1 (The Fortune Cup Final! The Lone King, Jack Atlas)
26.The Fortune Cup Finale – Part 2 (The Fate of the Signers! A Future Shown by the Crimson Dragon)
27. A Web of Deceit – Part 1 (A World Without Light – The Dark Synchro Frozen Fitzgerald!)
28. A Web of Deceit – Part 2 (A Darkness Engulfing All – The Immortal Dark Signer)
29. Good Cop, Bad Cop (A Looming Threat! The Dark Signer Ushio?!)