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スポンジ・ボブ (Suponji Bobu) is the Japanese dub of SpongeBob SquarePants. It is part of International SpongeBob SquarePants.

Character translations

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Japanese character guide book

Voice cast

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Original name Localized name Meaning Voice actor Season Episode
SpongeBob SquarePants スポンジボブ SpongeBob Hiroyuki Tsuru 1-3 1-60
Taiki Matsuno 4-13 61-280
Kōki Miyata 13- 281-
Gary the Snail ゲイリー Gary
Rokurō Naya 1 17
Keijin Okuda 11 226
12 242-[note 1]
Patrick Star パトリック Patrick Ikuko Tani 1-8 1-178
Mitsuaki Kanuka 9- 179-
Mrs. Puff パフ先生 Teacher Puff Ikuko Tani 1-8 1-177
Rie Takahashi 9- 182-
Pearl Krabs パール Pearl Ikuko Tani 1-8 8-175
Rie Takahashi 9- 186-
Bubble Bass バブルバス Bubble Bass Ikuko Tani 1 6
Rokurō Naya 8 163
Taiki Matsuno 9 201
Shinnosuke Ogami 11- 219-
Squidward Tentacles イカルド Ikarudo Rokurō Naya 1-8 1-178
Yōji Ueda 9 179-
Patchy the Pirate 海賊パッチー Pirate Patchy Rokurō Naya 2-8 28-175
Yōji Ueda 10- 215-
Flying Dutchman さまよえるオランダ人 Wandering Dutch Rokurō Naya 1 13
3-8 56-162
Keijin Okuda 2 21-33
Ken Uo 11 220
Perch Perkins パーチ・パーキンス Perch Perkins Rokurō Naya 4-8 73-176
Keijin Okuda 9 185-
Mr. Krabs カーニさん Mr. Kani or Kani-san Keijin Okuda 1- 1-
Larry the Lobster ラリー Larry 2-
Realistic Fish Head ジョニー・イレーン Johnny Elaine 20-
Squilliam Fancyson イカリム Ikarimu 2-7 35-135
Sheldon J. Plankton プランクトン Plankton Yūko Ogiso 1-3 3-51
Chie Matsuura 3- 58-
Sandy Cheeks サンディ Sandy Yūko Ogiso 1-3 3-60
Chie Matsuura 3- 56-
Mermaid Man マーメイドマン Mermaid Man Keijin Okuda 1-2 6-31
9 180
Ikuko Tani 3 45-52
Rokurō Naya 4-8 67-176
Barnacle Boy フジツボボーイ Barnacle Boy Yūko Ogiso 1-3 6-52
Keijin Okuda 4-9 67-181[note 2]
Painty the Pirate 海賊ペインティー Pirate Painty Rokurō Naya 1-2 1-35
Keijin Okuda 2- 36-


Changes

  • Squidward's name is changed to Ikarudo, which is a portmanteau of ika (squid in Japanese) and the Japanese spelling of Edward.
  • Likewise, Squilliam is now Ikarimu, which is a portmanteau of ika and the Japanese spelling of William.
  • Bikini Bottom is called ビキニタウン (Bikini Taun) or "Bikini Town."
  • Plankton is voiced by a female voice actor and not a male voice actor. However, Patrick and Bubble Bass are now excluded because they are replaced by a male voice actor.
  • The Krusty Krab is renamed カニカーニ (Kanikāni).
  • Krabby Patties are renamed カーニバーガー (Kānibāgā) or "Crab Burger."
  • "Closing Theme" has a completely different version.
  • Some of the text left in English, such as the time cards, is read out loud by the French Narrator's Japanese voice actor.
  • In NHK's broadcasts, scenes showing mushroom clouds are unnaturally enlarged in order to regulate their appearance.

Episodes

Main article: List of episodes by language/Japanese

DVDs

Main article: List of DVDs by language/Japanese
Main article: List of season DVDs by language/Japanese

Blu-rays

Main article: List of Blu-ray discs by language/Japanese

Video games

  • Creature from the Krusty Krab (March 15, 2007) - Known as "SpongeBob (スポンジ・ボブ Suponjibobu)," to mark it as the first SpongeBob SquarePants video game to have a Japanese release. This has a major difference in the Japanese box art because the international releases have the cover box art as SpongeBob flying an airplane and a giant Plankton in the background shooting a laser out of his eye. The Japanese cover just has SpongeBob's face and his arms holding the game's logo. This game was only released on the PlayStation 2 and Wii in Japan.
  • Nicktoons: Battle for Volcano Island (March 15, 2007) - Known as "スポンジ ボブとなかまたち"/"SpongeBob and Friends." This is the first Nickelodeon crossover video game to be released in Japan. Released in Japan on the same day as Creature from the Krusty Krab and both share the same exact cover artwork in their Japanese releases. This game was only released on the Nintendo DS in Japan.
  • Nicktoons: Attack of the Toybots (December 20, 2007) - Known as "スポンジ・ボブとなかまたち トイボットのこうげき"/"SpongeBob to Nakamatachi: Toybot no Kougeki." This game was only released on the Nintendo DS and Wii in Japan.
  • SpongeBob's Atlantis SquarePantis (June 26, 2008) - Known as "スポンジ ボブとなかまたち＊ニンテンド"/"SpongeBob to Atlantis, Ikitain Desu." Like the previous official SpongeBob video game, this also has a major difference in the Japanese box art as well because SpongeBob isn't smiling on the cover in the international releases while he is on the Japanese cover. This game was only released on the Game Boy Advance and Nintendo DS in Japan. This was also the last SpongeBob video game to be released in the Classic THQJapan era.
  • Battle for Bikini Bottom: Rehydrated (June 23, 2020) - Known as "スポンジ・ボブ：Battle for Bikini Bottom – Rehydrated"/"SpongeBob: Battle for Bikini Bottom – Rehydrated." This is the first SpongeBob video game to be released in Japan in over a decade. This game has new voice acting that stays faithful to the Japanese version of the series (as seen here) and the first one to have Japanese dubbing. All previous video game entries didn't have Japanese voice acting and only used the original English voice acting instead while being hovered over by Japanese subtitles. Not only does this game have actual Japanese voice acting, but it also has the option to turn on Japanese subtitles to make it more understandable for players in Japan. This is the first SpongeBob game to be developed by Purple Lamp and published by THQ Nordic.
  • Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl (November 24, 2022) - Known as "ニコロデオン オールスター大乱闘." The Japanese release has a golden cover box art and is based on the game's Ultimate Edition that was released on November 11, 2022 in North America, 13 days before the Japan release. Unlike all other countries and previous releases of the game, the Japanese version contains all of the DLC content added in from the start and does not have to be downloaded/purchased separately. This game was only released on the PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, and Nintendo Switch in Japan.
  • The Cosmic Shake (February 28, 2023) - Known as "スポンジ・ボブ：ザ コズミック シェイク"/"SpongeBob: The Cosmic Shake."
  • The Patrick Star Game (October 4, 2024) - Known as "スポンジ・ボブ: パトリック・スター・ゲーム"/"SpongeBob: Patrick Star Game."

Trivia

  • Patrick, Plankton, Barnacle Boy, and Bubble Bass were given a female voice actor in the series.
  • Bubble Bass was voiced by a woman in his debut, but in his next speaking appearance, he was voiced by a man.
  • Mr. Krabs is called "Kani-san" in this dub. "Kani" is Japanese for "crab," and "-san" is a suffix attached to the end of a person to refer to them in a formal way in Japan.
  • Likewise, Mrs. Puff's Japanese name, "Puff-sensei," has the suffix "-sensei," which is attached to the end of a teacher's name to refer to them formally in Japan.
  • SpongeBob uses "boku" as a pronoun to reflect his childlike personality, and Squidward uses "washi" to reflect his maturity.
  • The Japanese version of SpongeBob SquarePants used to air on Nickelodeon Japan, but the channel was later shut down on September 30, 2009 (two days after Nickelodeon changed their logo) due to declining viewership. As a result, SpongeBob airings and premieres were moved to MTV Japan and NHK (Eテレ) for a while. Eventually on January 30, 2018, Nickelodeon Japan was relaunched and SpongeBob began airing on that channel again. However, Nickelodeon Japan got shut down again on January 31, 2022.
  • "Big Pink Loser" and "The Great Snail Race" Japanese titles both have the term "Ganbare," which means "go for it." Both, especially "The Great Snail Race," titles could be a reference to the Konami video game series Ganbare Goemon.
  • "Goo Goo Gas" and "Hiccup Plague" are the only episodes to premiere in Japan before they aired in the United States.
  • In the second dub ending theme, instead of being the usual one that is used in other dubs, it is a song made by Japanese hip-hop group Rip Slyme.
  • Airings of season 11 instead use a song made by the Japanese musical group "Boys and Men" named One Way.
  • Mausu Promotion was in charge of casting until season 3, but due to repeated casting changes, Chie Matsuura is now the only Mausu Promotion member.
  • Due to budget shortages, until season 8 there were only five regular voice actors per episode, but from season 9 onwards, there are five regulars plus guest voice actors.

References

  1. ↑ https://dubdb.fandom.com/wiki/%E3%82%B9%E3%83%9D%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B8%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9C%E3%83%96

Notes

  1. ↑ Except for "SpongeBob's Big Birthday Blowout"
  2. ↑ Later reprised his role in Battle for Bikini Bottom: Rehydrated
International SpongeBob SquarePants series (V • E)
Dub(s): Albanian (AA Film Company • Top Channel) • Arabic • Armenian • Assamese • Azerbaijani • Basque • Bengali • Bulgarian • Catalan • Cantonese • Croatian • Czech • Danish • Dari • Dutch • Filipino • Finnish • French • Galician • German • Greek • Gujarati • Hebrew • Hungarian • Hindi • Icelandic • Indonesian (Lativi • GTV) • Irish • Italian • Japanese • Kazakh • Korean (EBS • Nickelodeon) • Kurmanji • Macedonian • Malay • Mandarin (China • Taiwan) • Māori • Mongolian • Norwegian (NorDubb • Sun Studio) • Persian (PSIM • IRIB TV2 • MBC Persia • Persian Toon Studio) • Polish • Portuguese (Brazil • Portugal) • Romanian • Russian • Serbian • Slovak • Slovene (Nickelodeon • TV3) • Spanish (Latin America • Spain) • Sorani (Kurdsat • Pelistank) • Tamil • Telugu • Thai • Turkish (NTV Studios • Aton Production) • Urdu • Ukrainian • Uyghur • Vietnamese (YouTV • Netflix) • Welsh • Zaza • Zulu
Voice-over(s): Armenian • Azerbaijani • Estonian • Georgian (IMEDI • poti.ge • Rustavi 2) • Karachy-Balker • Latvian • Lithuanian • Polish • Slovenian • Vietnamese (An Viên - BTV9 • SAM - BTV11)
Subtitled: Arabic • Albanian • Cantonese
SpongeBob SquarePants in Japan (V • E)
Series: スポンジ・ボブ • キャンプ・コーラル:スポンジ・ボブのアンダーイヤー • パトリック・スター・ショー
Voice actor(s): Chie Matsuura • Hiroyuki Tsuru • Ikuko Tani • Keijin Okuda • Kōji Ochiai • Kōki Miyata • Kenko • Mitsuaki Kanuka • Rie Takahashi • Rina Nishioka • Rokurō Naya • Rika Yoshimoto • Shinnosuke Ogami • Taiki Matsuno • Yōji Ueda • Yūsuke Sasaki • Yūko Ogiso
Films: スポンジ・ボブ/スクエアパンツ ザ・ムービー • スポンジ・ボブ 海のみんなが世界を救Woo! • スポンジ・ボブ: スポンジ・オン・ザ・ラン • サンディ・チークスのビキニタウン救出大作戦 • プランクトン：ザ・ムービー
Miscellaneous: Area-X SpongeBob SquarePants • Blu-ray discs • Back to the Past • Boating Buddies • Bubble Boats • CAFE Secret Recipe • Cave Dwelling Sponge • Chatterbox Gary • Disorder in the Deep • Don't Wake Patrick • DVDs • Episodes • Gary in Love • Home Sweet Rubble • Let's Party at Christmas! • Lights, Camera, and SpongeBob • Mini SpongeBob • ONE WAY • Slumber Party • SpongeBob is a Doctor • SpongeBob LongPants • SpongeBob on Tour • Squid Noir • Stuck on the Roof • Sweet & Sour Squidward • The Curse of Bikini Bottom • The Krabby Patty Recipe Theft • Working is Amazing!? • タイムマシーンでどこまでも行こう！編 • ハロウィンで大騒ぎ編 • ヒーローになった!?スポンジ・ボブ編 • 友達はサイコ～編
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