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When I was younger we used to watch so many cartoons, Franime cartoons, written in france, inked in japan, dubbed in english. But not just dubbed, oh no, dubbed at lightspeed. Were these guys drinking fanta-laced triple espressos or something? These actors used to garble their lines so fast someone musta had a gun to their head. Why the rush? No time for any soft pauses or slow beats, for inflecting a little emotion or adding a delicate intonation, just a desperate mad scramble to the full stop. What was it with these guys? Were the cartoons originally thirty minutes, and some wiseguy had shortened them to fit in a twenty minute time slot? Leaving the actors to rattle out lines so fast their lips fell off and tongues went into spasm.

-heyestebanwhatareyouuptotoday?

-ohithinki'llfindthemysteriouscitiesofgoldwouldyouliketocome?

-hahahahahaohofcourseiwouldireallyliketocomeiwouldlikethatalotbe-

causei'manorphanjustlikeyouyouseeireallylikeyou!

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What was with all the blushing? Always with the blushing in those cartoons. Anyone would think the shaders got special discount on pink and they adapted the scripts accordingly.