Whatever Happened to... Magical DoReMi | History of the English Dub 

Poor Magical Doremi never stood a chance in the US. It's a slice of life kids show, and US audiences likely gravitate more towards towards action anime.

great video!! I was introduced to Ojamajo Doremi through the 4kids dub, and as a kid, I didn't really understand the differences between originals and localizations, so I loved it! I was so crushed when they stopped airing it right before Onpu's debut episode 😂 I'm always sad that Doremi didn't get as popular in the US as Toei's other works because the dub was not handled well 🥲 maybe sometime in the future it could get re-dubbed, but like you said, I doubt it. maybe Doremi will have a revival series for its upcoming 25th or 30th anniversaries but that's just a wish of mine

I hope Magical Doremi gets a reboot like Sailor Moon and Tokyo Mew Mew

While I vastly prefer the Original, The dub is honestly really fun, the whole tone feels so different with its localization, cartoon sound effects, and songs (which makes me kinda think, isn't it odd the original series doesn't even have too strong of a musical theme despite the name?) I just love them little wiggly witchlings. Maybe someday we'll get another try at a dub... It would definitely spark a new wave of fans too

I miss Magical Doremi. Sucks we didn't get the whole series. Do you think they'd ever do an updated version like Sailor Moon and Tokyo Mew Mew?

I remember staying up all night waiting for 5am just so I could watch my favorite shows on 4kids like Sonic X, Kirby right back at ya, Mew Mew Power, and of course Magical Doremi. I remember enjoying Magical Doremi when I was a kid and I was disappointed when it was canceled. Tho maybe it would've gotten more traction in the US if it didn't air so early. Because I hated staying up all night to watch these shows.

US: the Country where they censor a punch in an anime but you can buy a gun at the store.

I really miss this shoe it was my very very first anime

This was a gift! Thank you for putting this together 🙏🙏

Doremi Harukaze is pink like Blossom from The Powerpuff Girls

I know there's a few visual errors in here. That's because I failed to catch them in post, and I sincerely apologize for it. However, seeing as you all are enjoying the video so far, I'm going to leave it up as it is. Unless, of course, you want me to put up a more polished version. Just let me know down below.

0:19 I love Sailor Moon!

I always did enjoy catching this on the weekend. I was older than the intended audience, but I felt it had its charm to where you could enjoy it for what it was. Great Video!

I listened to the dub's theme song once 20 years ago and it's still stuck in my head.

Doremi was great. I recently watched all seasons.

man 4kids sure did a lot of editing when it truly came the censors as well as following public broadcasting standards for the time and specially when it truly came to localizing the show for us audience itself from throughout and it really didn't pick up much of audience at all and also they didn't really do a whole bunch of promotion to promote the show properly for anyone that was watching 4kids during the time all. and honestly watching the video in question really gave me a lot of information and things that truly came to light for on full display itself but all in all it was a pretty good video from throughout.

Magical Doremi did better in France. They dubbed all of the seasons in french.

Ironically despite having "Low Ratings" 4kids Magical Doremi hit 1.5 in the 6-11 demographic... which any kids channel WOULD KILL to have right now.

Super amazing video

I still try to look for this cartoon till this day on RU-vid to try to find episodes because it got really good when they became a team and Dory. Little sister became a witch as well. I don't see nothing wrong with the original names I just felt like maybe they were trying to do too much. But I missed this cartoon if they do decide to bring it back come back with strong amazing learning beautiful cartoon.

This is where I am grateful that in Latin America it was Cloverway who brought this anime

Oh boy this is a topic and a half. Your video was very enjoyable and I think gets across a lot of the good and bad with the show and overall in the time it had here in the west. Regardless of that I enjoyed this video a lot, namely at the mention of many changes the dub had which I and a few of my friends discussed as well as your positive ending with it which I think is a good way to go out on a dub that is not that great but still meaningful. Like with many of 4kids catalog I would never have discovered or cared about it if it was not for watching it as a kid. And as a kid I was a massive fan. I loved the music, the episodes which I watched countless times on my computer on the website. And even just the overall look of it. It was something different from 4kids other shows for being a more slice of life type of series. It’s arguably it’s greatest strength to me as a kid and yet it’s greatest issue. While the issue you address of magical girl anime not being as necessarily wanted dubbed as others is true. I think another issue is that Doremi is a very different magical girl show than Sailor Moon was. It has almost no action besides a few magical battles that are more comedic in tone than anything. It’s a slice of life show and while that helped it to stick out to me and make me a fan, I feel it helped to be a death note for this show in terms of gaining fans. Especially compared to the other anime 4kids had at the time it’s easy to see how it would not catch on to everyone like something like Winx Club or even…Mew Mew did if briefly (Although at least Doremi had all 50 episodes they wanted to dub dubbed so that is still a win over that dub). Still honestly this anime is very dear to me not only for nostalgia but for 2018 where I decide to finally watch the show as a whole again even watching the seasons I knew existed as a kid that were never dubbed. And while it was nostalgic it was also truly an experience I am glad to have as it put me on the track of going to other shows I loved as a kid and seeing more of their OG versions and especially becoming the reason I fell in love with what I like to think is Doremi’s successor in Pretty Cure. Still this was a fun trip to go on in discussing the dub again and just honestly anything Doremi related on RU-vid can be so rare that I enjoy and treasure every bit of it! Also hey no one can tell me this dub didn't have the better version of the bad items arc because if you know you know :)

My sister and I loved watching do re mi on 4kids growing up .. partially how we got into anime

5:43-5:44 😃 I TOTALLY ADORE THOSE SHOWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I totally remember this dub. I even had the toys. Almost everything but the dress up dolls, lol. My mom and I used to watch this show together before she died, so as a little hard to go back to as the dub is, it's very nostalgic for me. Just sucks it wasn't given a chance to thrive.

Ah yes, I just love to watch Bothersome Witch Doremi, im on *BOTHERSOME WITCH DOREMI SHARP* rn 9:35 Love how Sailor Moon, Pretty Cure, Cardcaptor Sakura and Tokyo Mew Mew were mentioned, as they are my other fav animes other than Revolutionary Girl Utena and Magical Knight Rayearth XD I would love to make some dub thingy for Ojamajo Doremi! :)

I became a little obsessed with this show after seeing Doremi and Onpu in Newtype magazine, but ironically I've never actually seen any of the episodes. I do have a big Doremi plush and a single volume of the manga, though.

I like the voices in the dub.

So you’re telling me my childhood show was an ANIME

Awesome 😎

I think all the 4Kids censorship just ruined the potential of all the shows they aired. Doremi was big in Europe (France, Spain, Portugal) and Latin America (Except Brazil where the show was not broadcast or dubbed) and it didn't have to make any changes to the shows for that. Honestly, it's really bizarre the inability of Americans to deal with different cultures (in the past).

They can say whatever all tf they want about 4kids it played a real big role in my childhood which were filled with great memories regardless of what 4kids stood for with their bad business decisions making or the stain that others claim they put on the original dubs of the cartoons based in different countries

Thanks for using my videos

for future reference, was the mention and visual of onpu's junior gravure ad still kept in the dub?

They coulda went "Dori the Rascally Witchling" if they really wanted. I personally loved the show and watched the dub religiously

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I love the series. It's fun and light. It aired until it's sad ending here in the Ph.

Will you make more?

One small thing for future videos... when talking about the original Japanese anime that series are based on, you don't have to add the "chan" at the end of their names. Please just use their first name 😅😅 Aside from that small gripe, great video. The only other thing I need to correct you on is that the official English name for Ojamajo Doremi is "Useless" Witch Doremi, not Bothersome. The first season does an amazing job showing this because she really is useless in season 1 lol

Facebook of all places is the savior of this anime in the US

Love the cartoon show then it just poof on 4kids before being finished...it left on a clif hanger i think???? Mew mew power was cool to.

I recall having a similar doll/dvd combo for Winx Club

This was the first anime I ever watched I didn’t even know what anime was

"The only other magical girl show to gain any traction in the west was Cardcaptor Sakura"... ermh... you're talking only about the USA, aren't you? Because there are plenty of magical girl shows that have been popular in western countries, Italy in particular seemed to adore many.

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Super fun

Has anyone thought about what Momoko and Hana’s English names would be?

You guys on the US missed out a lot on the rest of the seasons go watch them online!

Did you ask your doremi questions to the 4kids flashback podcast?

Ojamajo Doremi needs a redub.

I wish this was on Nick jr in 2004.

Well you can't blame them for trying

i hate how you accent every name on chan instead of the first sylabe but you did your homework 4kids dub wasn't bad but it made so many changes seasons 2 and escpecially 3-4 might be impossible to localize still one of my favorite shows

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While I prefer the original Japanese version, I kinda have a semi soft spot for the dub because it was technically my first anime. I have vague memories of seeing Magical Doremi on Tv when I was really little.

You dont need to call them with “chan”

I liked Magical Doremi it was a fun slice of life I enjoyed

At least in Latam we got an actual Decent Dub

You are cool 😎

/a/ threads on 4chan keep telling me to watch thus anime, but seems a bit long.

Please do precure

Most of the name changes are not that bad though

Allah is the biggest magic if u dont mind, allah can make you and to be with u at last day in universe

I did learn a few things I didn't know yet on that dub that's usually really put far down by the community. And even though I myself despise 4Kids in general (not just for this dub, although the straytown strut is objectively a bad song) this is mostly due to growing up with a more faithful version of the franchise. As for the full dub, we planned on hosting it over on our depository (easy to access, no ads, secured) for april fools but we might get it proper, as we archive all available dubs.

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The dub for Ojamajo Doremi is awful... I hope they remade it and please keeping their original names!!

Too many changes in character backgrounds, traits, story plotholes (due censorship) et cetera and so on. It would've been too difficult to patch the holes in the english dub to bring season3 in USA and introduce Momoko. Season 2 might've been possible, maybe... Why in the wonders they had to put the "triple vision" in Magical Stage spell lyrics if they knew that there will be more witchlings in the future seasons?? Like, what....

I can't believe that show went through all of that. That's a lot to Go through... I feel like people were a bit too sensitive....... This show was created over in Japan so the content in the show will be based off Japan. I'm not understanding why the halloween episode because of some religion or something like that that americans didn't know about it had to get edit out🫤☹️... That is very offensive it can come off very offensive to the japan culture...... How would americans feel if we had a show or a movie And it has to get completely rearranged because they didn't understand our religion or whatever🤔🤔🤔🤔... Instead of spider man being in New York we had to put him in Tokyo for an example.😂😂😂 I understand it is a kid cartoon but a little bit of blood or a little bit of scar drawing on the cartoon will not hurt your kid's eyes you. Cant sugar coat little things like that kids Get scars in real life when they're at school so why cover it up in a cartoon🤷‍♀️... Honestly this was an amazing cartoon. I liked it it was cute it was fun and I did like the fact that the cartoon teached you life lessons or teach you things it Wasn't just a stupid idiotic cartoon.... That's just like ultimate muscle. I love that cartoon the original ninja turtles that was on 4 kids ❤❤❤❤...... My heart was so broken when I saw that they took Dorami off. I love this cartoon the music all of it was such a cute cartoonn... Even till this day I try to find episodes on RU-vid so I can show my kids this cartoon. I really liked it.

You see, this is exactly why we want the 4Kids company and the rest of the 4Kids voice actors back. Please return to us, 4Kids for the sake of all fans and mine.