Redditors have recently noticed a fairly major name change in an Arabic dub of the My Hero Academia anime — and they’re not complaining.A Reddit post titled “Arabic MHA Spacetoon Changes ERI’S name to “REI” in Season 4″ has been gaining popularity since it was revealed that the My Hero Academia character Eri had her name changed to Rei. While some have claimed this as an instance of censorship, the majority of fans seem to agree this change is for the best, as Eri, in the Arabic Syrian accent, apparently means “My d***.” The name change was first picked up in the anime’s fourth season trailer that aired on the “Spacetoon go” YouTube channel. Spacetoon broadcasts to millions of viewers in the UAE, Indonesia, Ukraine and Syria. The trailer can be watched below, where “Rei” can be heard at 1:16.Eri’s name change is far from the most controversial dubbing choice in the anime industry. The official dub of Ghost Stories notoriously threw out a lot of the original script, opting to replace it with dark and self-referential humor. The completely made-up line “Have you accepted Jesus as your personal Savior?” from Ghost Stories ranked at #10 on 10 Famous Dub Quotes That Are Different In The Original Japanese. However, it was the English Naruto dub that receieved the ire of many franchise fans, spawning an entire era of children yelling “Believe it!” — markedly different from the original Japanese “Dattebayo!” While most major dub changes in recent years, like My Hero Academia’s, have been made to maintain the anime’s immersion, other changes, particularly in earlier decades, arguably set back the public perception of anime for years.
Redditors have recently noticed a fairly major name change in an Arabic dub of the My Hero Academia anime — and they’re not complaining.
A Reddit post titled “Arabic MHA Spacetoon Changes ERI’S name to “REI” in Season 4″ has been gaining popularity since it was revealed that the My Hero Academia character Eri had her name changed to Rei. While some have claimed this as an instance of censorship, the majority of fans seem to agree this change is for the best, as Eri, in the Arabic Syrian accent, apparently means “My d***.” The name change was first picked up in the anime’s fourth season trailer that aired on the “Spacetoon go” YouTube channel. Spacetoon broadcasts to millions of viewers in the UAE, Indonesia, Ukraine and Syria. The trailer can be watched below, where “Rei” can be heard at 1:16.
Eri’s name change is far from the most controversial dubbing choice in the anime industry. The official dub of Ghost Stories notoriously threw out a lot of the original script, opting to replace it with dark and self-referential humor. The completely made-up line “Have you accepted Jesus as your personal Savior?” from Ghost Stories ranked at #10 on 10 Famous Dub Quotes That Are Different In The Original Japanese. However, it was the English Naruto dub that receieved the ire of many franchise fans, spawning an entire era of children yelling “Believe it!” — markedly different from the original Japanese “Dattebayo!” While most major dub changes in recent years, like My Hero Academia‘s, have been made to maintain the anime’s immersion, other changes, particularly in earlier decades, arguably set back the public perception of anime for years.
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