<p>I don't have sources to cite for all of these, I can maybe come back later and add them if I find them.</p>

<ol>
<li><p>The reasons songs aren't dubbed are because of the cost of a singer and the additional costs of licensing the rights to re-record the song. There's licensing the rights to simply translate the lyrics but redubbing the vocals would be a completely different recording. Re-recording often happens when the localized dubbed version is intended to be released, so people can buy the localized dub opening theme music (full length versions, etc).</p></li>
<li><p>As for the katakana missing from the title screen, this is probably entirely an artistic decision. The original 3 katakana fits nicely between the 4 western letters, but in the Korean version, there are only 3 Korean characters which only provides 2 slots for the dots inbetween the characters. They probably decided to make all the dots the same for both the English and Korean for consistency, instead of making the dots in the English word filled in with katakana and have them changed to just dots when the title screen transitioned to Korean. Additionally, they probably didn't want to people to think the katakana was really tiny Korean characters.</p></li>
<li><p>The director credits for localized versions usually mean the director of the acting. There's a director for the voice acting for a localized dub, just like there's a director for the voice acting in the original Japanese. And just like the recorded acting needs to be edited, mixed, engineered, etc into the final sound tracks in the original Japanese, the same thing needs to happen for a localized dub. I'm guessing that's what the director and editor credits are for.</p></li>
</ol>

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<p>After viewing the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHlnI-Ivy9c" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Korean dubbed OP of <em>Aria the Animation</em></a>, I have come up with three closely related questions I want to ask, which I decided to put together in one post.</p>
<p><strong>Question 1</strong></p>
<p>I have noticed that in the Korean dub of the <em>Aria</em> anime series, the OP and ED songs are not only subtitled, but also sung in Korean.
Is it common for the OP and ED songs of non-mainstream anime to also be dubbed?
And does that require more licensing than just <a href="https://anime.stackexchange.com/q/11251/8486">subtitling the OPs and EDs</a>?</p>
<p><strong>Question 2</strong></p>
<p>In the Korean dubbed OP of <em>Aria the Animation</em>, why was the katakana アリア removed from the title logo?
Does this kind of editing also happen in other dubbed anime OPs and EDs?</p>
<p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/fniH0m.jpg" alt="Original title logo in the Chinese dubbed OP" /></p>
<p><sup><strong>Original title logo in the Chinese dubbed OP.</strong></sup></p>
<p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/W5vXpm.jpg" alt="Altered title logo (version 1) in the Korean dubbed OP" /><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/5vj8ym.jpg" alt="Altered title logo (version 2) in the Korean dubbed OP" /></p>
<p><sup><strong>Altered title logos in the Korean dubbed OP.</strong></sup></p>
<p><strong>Question 3</strong></p>
<p>What is it about the Korean dub of <a href="https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=5504" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><em>Aria the Animation</em></a> that requires a director and an editing staff?
In contrast, the Italian staff includes: a dubbing director, a coordination staff, a mixing staff, a post production staff and two sound engineers.
Are these roles synonymous to the director and editing?</p>
<p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/5W54v.png" alt="Korean staff of Aria the Animation" /></p>

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Questions about the Korean dubbed Aria series and OPs
# Questions about the Korean dubbed Aria series and OPs
Posted by: username_0 on 2014-12-25
After viewing the [Korean dubbed OP of *Aria the Animation*](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHlnI-Ivy9c), I have come up with three closely related questions I want to ask, which I decided to put together in one post.

**Question 1**

I have noticed that in the Korean dub of the *Aria* anime series, the OP and ED songs are not only subtitled, but also sung in Korean.
Is it common for the OP and ED songs of non-mainstream anime to also be dubbed?
And does that require more licensing than just [subtitling the OPs and EDs](https://anime.stackexchange.com/q/11251/8486)?

**Question 2**

In the Korean dubbed OP of *Aria the Animation*, why was the katakana アリア removed from the title logo?
Does this kind of editing also happen in other dubbed anime OPs and EDs?

![Original title logo in the Chinese dubbed OP](https://i.sstatic.net/fniH0m.jpg)

**Original title logo in the Chinese dubbed OP.**

![Altered title logo (version 1) in the Korean dubbed OP](https://i.sstatic.net/W5vXpm.jpg)![Altered title logo (version 2) in the Korean dubbed OP](https://i.sstatic.net/5vj8ym.jpg)

**Altered title logos in the Korean dubbed OP.**

**Question 3**

What is it about the Korean dub of [*Aria the Animation*](https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=5504) that requires a director and an editing staff?
In contrast, the Italian staff includes: a dubbing director, a coordination staff, a mixing staff, a post production staff and two sound engineers.
Are these roles synonymous to the director and editing?

![Korean staff of Aria the Animation](https://i.sstatic.net/5W54v.png)
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### Answer by username_1 on 2014-12-25. Score: 3 | Accepted answer
I don't have sources to cite for all of these, I can maybe come back later and add them if I find them.

1. The reasons songs aren't dubbed are because of the cost of a singer and the additional costs of licensing the rights to re-record the song. There's licensing the rights to simply translate the lyrics but redubbing the vocals would be a completely different recording. Re-recording often happens when the localized dubbed version is intended to be released, so people can buy the localized dub opening theme music (full length versions, etc).
2. As for the katakana missing from the title screen, this is probably entirely an artistic decision. The original 3 katakana fits nicely between the 4 western letters, but in the Korean version, there are only 3 Korean characters which only provides 2 slots for the dots inbetween the characters. They probably decided to make all the dots the same for both the English and Korean for consistency, instead of making the dots in the English word filled in with katakana and have them changed to just dots when the title screen transitioned to Korean. Additionally, they probably didn't want to people to think the katakana was really tiny Korean characters.
3. The director credits for localized versions usually mean the director of the acting. There's a director for the voice acting for a localized dub, just like there's a director for the voice acting in the original Japanese. And just like the recorded acting needs to be edited, mixed, engineered, etc into the final sound tracks in the original Japanese, the same thing needs to happen for a localized dub. I'm guessing that's what the director and editor credits are for.
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