Talk:Love Is In Bloom/International versions/@comment-4531340-20140101025852/@comment-4531340-20140325050828

Eh, Bojo said he kind of had a feeling it wouldn't be, because of the pop feel to it. I guess he was right, haha

I mean, another possible reason is that it's kind of like an insert song, except at the very beginning, in that after the beginning scene with Twilight, there's no character singing it, but rather, it's happening in the background. I mean, insert songs are pretty much always subtitled in dubbed anime here, and character songs (wherein, at least one character onscreen is singing) are usually dubbed (but they happen so rarely there's not a great sample size).

Take a look at Viz Media's Death Note dub: neither of the two opening themes or closing themes are dubbed (nor is the first one when it appears in the series - but at least it still makes sense, as the ringtone for Misa's phone), but the one character song of the series, sung by Misa (who's voiced by Shannon Chan-Kent, who I'm sure you recognize as the singing voice of Pinkie) is dubbed. Then, on DBZ Uncensored, I read about how, in the first two DBZ movies, Gohan sings a song in each, and neither time in the uncut English dub was it dubbed (hell, I don't think it was even subtitled the second time), so it would just suddenly switch from Saffron Henderson speaking to Masako Nozawa singing, and then back again.

Also, I must say, that while dubbing anime theme songs used to be a common practice, it seems to have by and large died out (and is in fact usually actually frowned upon nowadays)

So anyway, what's my point? Hm, I'd have to say it's that perhaps insert-ish, pop songs like LIIB are less likely to be dubbed? Damned if I know.