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Radical_Unicorn t1_j887er3 wrote

Reply to comment by SteO153 in [OC] What song did the Sailor Moon dub in each country use for its opening theme? by konaya

I’ve always wondered how she managed to produce that many, perhaps some of you folks from Italy can fill me in.

Was it because some studio executive wanted to be cheap with the localization and had one gal perform all those songs? Or was she just that talented and was able to knock out that many tracks in such a short time? Or….? I’ve just always found it odd (from an American perspective) that a large number of Italian dubs from that era seem to have only used one singer for their opening tracks.

Hopefully people won’t take it the wrong way. I’ve heard a number of her songs and even if I don’t know the language, she’s definitely made some real bangers.

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SteO153 t1_j889m8p wrote

Mediaset/Berlusconi. Berlusconi's TVs had a massive role in importing and popularise anime in Italy (and other European countries, like in Spain), and the company responsible for the recording of the songs was owned by Berlusconi as well. So she simply worked for a single company that distributed hundreds of animated series. Mediaset even produced several albums with the theme songs from animated series https://i.discogs.com/LyMJAWm9_zjQl_o97lOogZv2NG1CsMLN5nItCM6VHuY/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:350/w:350/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTU1NTY1/NzktMTM5NjQ2MTQ1/NC03OTAyLmpwZWc.jpeg

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Liuk7 t1_j888xhg wrote

I think it's because she was the one doing most of the openings for the biggest tv network in italy (mediaset) which also had the most stuff for kids/teenagers so she ended up doing so many anime.

Animes that were bought by other channels have different singers if they adapted the opening eg some of the most famous probably are fist of the north star and saint seiya.

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konaya OP t1_j888lzw wrote

And if they wanted to be cheap with the localisation, why create all these new songs from scratch instead of just karaokeing localised lyrics over the original tune, as seems to be the norm elsewhere?

I have to say I'm glad they did, whyever they did it, because they're bangers as you say.

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Radical_Unicorn t1_j88c13d wrote

Shrugs I just know that would be something along the lines dubbing studios here in the states have done. 4Kids instantly comes to mind.

Spend all their budget on dubbing all these projects and putting together new opening songs, only to save a few bucks by using the same pool of voice actors they already had on speed dial.

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