I was really enjoying the Bakugan dub (especially with Julie Lemieux in it~) but now I'm getting irked by things that are obvious dub changes. The biggest problem is episode 12, where all of the visuals indicate that Shun's mom passed away, and the dub is downplaying it to make it look like she's just stuck in the hospital longer and Shun is just grumpy because he has to live with his grandpa who doesn't like Bakugan. I know it's nothing new for dubs of kids' anime to censor death, but it feels really weird when she literally dies in front of our eyes and the show is like "nah, she's not dead" and they make it look like Shun's just being overdramatic about his grandfather. It has Dan say things like "the game won't miss a no-show has-been, and neither will I!" and like... seeing him be spiteful against Shun for quitting Bakugan when I can tell it's because his mom was on her deathbed, is frustrating, since I know the show won't correct Dan's mistake of thinking Shun's just ditching his friends.
That said, does anyone know where I can watch Bakugan in Japanese with English subtitles?? I'm having a hard time finding it.
one of these characters has a second personality who is a major antagonist that uses Bakugan with the darkness element and is the protagonist’s main rival for 3/4s of the first season