History YMMV / GhostStories

* BrokenBase: Some love the ADV dub for its irreverent humor and excellent voice acting, while others despise it for its utter disregard of the original script, humor that's vulgar and offensive rather than funny, and the misconception that led to its existence. The years since then seeing some more well-received series getting similar dubbing treatment have only intensified the broken base, with even some former fans of the dub starting to lament what it led to.

* BrokenBase: Some love the ADV dub for its irreverent humor and excellent voice acting, while others despise it for its utter disregard of the original script, humor that's vulgar and offensive rather than funny, and the misconception that led to its existence.

** Everybody knows that ADV Films could do "whatever they want" with the dubbing script to sell the series... Except they didn't. While they were allowed to have very loose dialogue, Studio Pierrot and Aniplex (the owners of the series) did make them follow certain rules: They couldn't not change the names of the characters or the ghosts, they couldn't not change how the ghosts are defeated and they could not change the core plot of the episodes of their messages. This becomes aparent when you compare the dub with the original japanese version.

** Everybody knows that ADV Films could do "whatever they want" with the dubbing script to make sell the series... Except they didn't. While they were allowed to have very loose dialogue, Studio Pierrot and Aniplex (the owners of the series) did make them follow certain rules: They couldn't not change the names of the characters or the ghosts, they couldn't not change how the ghosts are defeated and they could not change the core plot of the episodes of their messages. This becomes aparent when you compare the dub with the original japanese version.

* BrokenBase: Some love the ADV dub for its irreverent humor and excellent voice acting, while others despise it for its utter disregard of the original script, humor that's vulgar and offensive rather than funny, and the misconception of its existence.

* BrokenBase: Some love the ADV dub for its irreverent humor and excellent voice acting, while others despise it for its utter disregard of the original script and humor that's vulgar and offensive rather than funny.

* CondemnedByHistory: During the 2000s and the 2010s, the ADV dub was seen as a comedic masterpiece fueled by the belief that the series was a flop in Japan. Over the years, however, this perception started to change for various reasons. First, the notion of the series being "a failure in Japan" has been debunked by several sources that showed it actually had pretty good ratings during its run. This motivated some fans to watch the original Japanese version, where they discovered that it is actually a good horror series with genuine creepy moments. Third and most importantly, there has been a huge backlash against anime dubs that take too many liberties. While many fans still think the dub is funny, detractors see it as something that did more harm than good and an example of why localizers shouldn't be allowed to take too many liberties. Even some who still like the dub have come to view it as a FranchiseOriginalSin for English dubbing as a whole.

* CondemnedByHistory: During the 2000s and the 2010s, the ADV dub was seen as a comedic masterpiece fueled by the belief that the series was a flop in Japan. Over the years, however, this perception started to change for various reasons. First, the notion of the series being "a failure in Japan" has been debunked by several sources that showed it actually had pretty good ratings during its run. This motivated some fans to watch the original Japanese version, where they discovered that it is actually a good horror series with genuine creepy moments. Third and most importantly, there has been a huge backlash against anime dubs that take too many liberties. While many fans still think the dub is funny, detractors see it as something that did more harm than good and an example of why localizers shouldn't be allowed to take too many liberties. Even some who still like the dub have come to view it as a FranchiseOriginalSin for dubs.

* CondemnedByHistory: During the 2000s and the 2010s, the ADV dub was seen as a comedic masterpiece fueled by the belief that the series was a flop in Japan. Over the years, however, this perception started to change for various reasons. First, the notion of the series being "a failure in Japan" has been debunked by several sources that showed it actually had pretty good ratings during its run. This motivated some fans to watch the original Japanese version, where they discovered that it is actually a good horror series with genuine creepy moments. Third and most importantly, there has been a huge backlash against anime dubs that take too many liberties. While many fans still think the dub is funny, detractors see it as something that did more harm than good and an example of why localizers shouldn't be allowed to take too many liberties.

* CondemnedByHistory: During the 2000s and the 2010s, the ADV dub was seen as a comedic masterpiece fueled by the belief that the series was a flop in Japan. Over the years, however, this perception started to change for various reasons. First, the notion of the series being "a failure in Japan" has been debunked by several sources that showed it actually had pretty good ratings during its run. This motivated people to watch the original Japanese audio with accurate subtitles, where they discovered that it is actually a good horror series with genuine creepy moments. Third and most importantly, there has been a huge backlash against anime dubs that take too many liberties. While people still think the dub is funny, many now see it as something that did more harm than good and an example of why localizers shouldn't be allowed to take too many liberties.

* CondemnedByHistory: During the 2000s and the 2010s, the ADV dub was seen as a comedic masterpiece fueled by the belief that the original series was a flop in Japan. Over the years, however, this perception started to change for various reasons. First, the notion of the series being "a failure in Japan" has been debunked by several sources that showed it actually had pretty good ratings during its run. This motivated people to watch the original Japanese audio with accurate subtitles, where they discovered that it is actually a good horror series with genuine creepy moments. Third and most importantly, there has been a huge backlash against anime dubs that take too many liberties. While people still think the dub is funny, many now see it as something that did more harm than good and an example of why localizers shouldn't be allowed to take too many liberties.

* CondemnedByHistory: During the 2000s and the 2010s, the dub was seen as a masterpiece of comedy fueled by the misconception that the original series was a flop in Japan because it was deemed bad, so nobody minded the loose script. However, in recent years, this perception has started to change for various reasons. First, the notion of the series being "a failure in Japan" has been debunked with internet articles that showed it actually had pretty good ratings during its run. This motivated people to watch the original Japanese audio with accurate subtitles, where they discovered that it is actually a good horror series with genuine creepy moments. Third and most importantly, in recent years, there has been a huge backlash against anime dubs that take too many liberties, as people see that they are not made for the audience but because localizers know they can get away with it, due to Japanese licensors not really checking out the final dub. (The most well-known examples are the loose script in the Funimation dub of Dragon Ball Z and the infamous "patriarchy" line in Dragon Maid.) While people still think the dub is funny, many now see it as something that did more harm than good to the anime industry and an example of why localizers shouldn't be allowed to change the original script.