Bleach is on right now...and I'm not watching it. I'm half-listening. Through my half-listening, I've notice that the characters pronounce other characters' names really slowly.

Like, with Rukia, they call her "Ruh-KEEEY-a." And Ichigo is "Eech..ih-go." Something stupid like that. Also, I remember the horrible Love Hina dub. They said Naru in such a stupid way: "Naaaah-ru." Sure, I'm embellishing a little, but it's hard to provide examples through text.

Why is it so hard to say Japanese names at a normal speed? Is that wrong? Are we not supposed to say Japanese names at normal speed? Are we supposed to say them slowly? I can't call Shigeru Miyamoto "Shigeru Miyamoto?" I have to say, "Shig..eeru Mi..yamo-toh"? Or "Hid-aaaayo Kojiii-ma"? Or "Maaaario"? DUMB.

Actually, I don't think it just stops at names. It seems like all talking is slow in dubbed anime...and anime always has a lot of talking. It pisses me off. Do they have to be slow in order to match the mouth movement? It still sounds really annoying and stupid.