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Licensing for Dummies
Edward: Are you angry?
Kagome: Upset?
InuYasha: Thinking of ending your life because your favorite anime series just got licensed?
Kagome: Well you're in luck, because the Inter-Fandom Institute has a 4 step program to help you cope.
InuYasha: Step 1: Remain calm.
Kagome: Some fans revolt when an anime is licensed.
Edward: Just because you put on a metal headband and think you and the rest of your friends can destroy the dub-company headquarters doesn't mean you can.
InuYasha: Remember, they have secret undercover ninjas working for them. Some of them, are even in the audience now.
Kagome: We understand your despair. But allowing yourself to become upset and viciously attack the dub company will only make you feel like an idiot later.
InuYasha: Step 2: Look on the bright side. You and your fandom can live through this.
Edward: Mind if I take it from here?
Kagome: No, go right ahead.
Edward: (sings)
When I heard I was getting dubbed, I was petrified
And then that all my fansubs would soon be denied
InuYasha: We’ve been down that path too
Kagome: We can sure relate with you
All: But we grew strong, and now we carry on
Edward:
Now don’t you go, go telling me
That everything by Funimation sounds like DBZ
Oh I trust them with my part, because they’re anime fans at heart
You think I’d crumble? That I’d lay right down and die?
Oh, no, not I-I will survive
With this company behind me I am sure to thrive
You might think my life is grim because I’m on Adult Swim
But I'll survive, yeah I’ll survive, hey, hey
Kagome: That’s right! Remember, the dub company is not out to steal your money.
InuYasha: (sings)
You’re a mean one, Mr. Viz.
With your greedy, stingy ways
You’ll come license by the nighttime
Kill the fansubs by the day… Mr. Viz.
Kagome: They only want to bring us high-quality products so… don’t misunderstand.
Edward: (said into onstage microphone at a different speed than the tape)
And don’t believe the myth that all dubs mess up their lip flaps.
(all look about strangely as they hear the echo of Ed’s messed up lip-flap to the taped skit)
Kagome: Step 3: Give the dub a chance.
InuYasha:
Ladies and Gentlemen
It is my greatest pleasure to offer these to you
We invite you to relax, let us pull up a chair
As the American companies proudly present- Your Dub
Watch… the… dub
All:
Watch the dub
Please don't be the kind to snub.
They've worked many many hours so don’t keep watching that fan sub.
Uncut discs, extras too
Yes, they've done it all for you!
Get the boxsets for some savings
And they'll answer all your cravings
ADV, CPM,
Genon, Viz, and Bandai too
And don't forget Fun-iii-maaa-tion~
Go on and take a chance
Don't go just by first glance
Watch the dub, watch the dub, watch the dub~
Kagome: And Step 4: If you have any suggestions or comments, send them to the dub companies.
If they see that they aren't meeting their fans’ needs, they will make better efforts in the future.Kagome: But most of all, remember- Anime wouldn’t be where it is today without dubs.
All:
We go together like Scott McNeil and Duo Maxwell
Remembered Forever
Like Bandai’s dub of Cowboy Bebop
Dub dub, dubiety dub do-wa
That’s the way it should be, wahooo ya
(cut for time second verse-)
It may not be in the original Japanese
But I promise you that these vas sure aim to please
Dub dub, dubiety dub do-wa
That’s the way it should be, wahooo ya
We’ll always be together (sing 3x ‘til fade)