Alfred Jodocus Kwak - Intro - Japans

[curemoonlight1]

なんという美しい歌声＾＾

[PrincessSopherian]

awwwwz this one sounds so cute... i like this one almost as much as our Dutch version

[beriorgar]

eerste anime die ik ooit keek, lol!

[MangaFIRL]

het liedje is zo schattig <3

ik vraag me af of Megumi Hayashibara dit zingt.. ^/////^"

[rohartman22]

spetter spatter spater!!

lekker in het water..

kijk daar drijft mijn huis!!

de japaners hadde dit veel later!

dus ga ma vast naar huis!!

[megadracosaurus]

@Lion1989 it was the dead

[xXStrawberryxMisaXx]

Nederlands is veel sneller maar ik vind deze leuker =3

Dutch one is faster but I prefer this one =3

[akteAnime]

babuun  is right. so it is a international production

[vollkornflocke]

Wonderful! I didn't even know that there are so many different international versions of this song, especially a japanese one. Versy intteresting! :-) Greetings from Germany!

[SHFT101]

@vollkornflocke

It was made in Japan so a Japanese version is quite obvious :p

[hell043]

@SHFT101 it was made and broadcast in germany and the netherlands first.

[babuun100]

@SHFT101 no it wasn`t it was made made by the dutch and later draw by japan

[rohartman22]

@SHFT101

your so full of shit.. The owner of the cartoon is dutch.. and he died not long ago..

[marfdasko]

@rohartman22 Excuse me? Herman van Veen isn't dead.

[999geendoel]

SPETTER PIETER PATER

lekker in et water,

Herman ftw!

Jappaners kwamen later xD

[theoizevil]

OMFG Geniaal in japans nog wel xD

[Lion1989]

at 00:59 What the hell was that??? a demon??? can someone who watched this anime explain that please!!! or it is just part of the song and have no meaning???

[JossyHadash]

you can watch this in better quality with english sub translation here: watch?v=ZxCSPsdyt9I

je kan dit in betere kwaliteit met engelse ondertiteling hier bekijken: watch?v=ZxCSPsdyt9I

[grumbeard]

Okay I can forgive the Japanese for making their own opening becouse they contributed to this wonderfull series. It is still a mess.

[HandeToon]

Holy crap! This is by far the best version, better sound than the other international versions and singing that's a match even for the UK version. =D I grew up listening to the rubbish Finnish version (the dub itself was good but they totally ruined the intro and ending themes).

[suomiusername]

@HandeToon No shit, finnish is 1st, then japanese, then dutch.

[Rody]

Dutch Translation -part 2-

Ik ben misschien niet sterk, ik kan misschien niet vliegen

Maar ik open m'n ogen en verken deze wereld

Kijk, en loop met mij mee

In tijden van verdriet, tijden van wanhoop

als je blijft geloven, verzamel je moed

wat een ervaring,

Als we maar samen zijn

[Dougurasufilm]

Betekent Yakusoku da you niet 'het is een belofte!'?

[Rody]

@Dougurasufilm

ja beetje moeilijk te vertalen. Belofte, of afspraak, zegmaar.

[Rody]

Dutch Translation -part 1-

Dit verhaal begint in jouw dromen,

Met de lucht, de bomen en de sterren, en ook met onze vrienden

we zingen allen tezamen

De wonderen, het onbekende,

ik zal het ontdekken in mijn avontuur

De eerste stap vandaag, de eerste stap morgen

Ik loop met mijn vrienden

[tiaxanderson]

So far, I've only been able to confirm the Dutch release date. But I only said it 'should' have been released at the same time with English following. Well, learned something new today ^^

[SanDaren1]

This cartoon... kicks ass!

[shell8008]

Is there a Dutch/English translation to this?

[tiaxanderson]

This show was based on the story of a Dutch person, with the help of a German artists from I believe Disney and a Japanese animation studio they made this into an anime/cartoon (officially, animes are made by and for the Japanese public). The Dutch, German and Japanese version should have been release simultaniosly and the English version followed shortly

[Paraplueschi]

It's animated entirely in Japan (and Disney had nothing to do with it). They story is Dutch though and the character design was by a German. The show started first in Japan too. The other countries got it a few months later (according to Wikipedia). And anime is just the Japanese word for cartoon, so of course Alfred is an Anime, at least in Japan. Has nothing to do with who the audience is. ;)

[StarAWings]

@Paraplueschi The show started in Germany, The Netherlands and Japan around the same time. But the series is based on the Musical about Alfred J. Kwak written by Herman van Veen (he's Dutch). The characters were designed by a German guy, but the backgrounds were also created by a German guy. The Japanese probably just coloured and animated it.

[BlacksPrower]

@StarAWings The show started in the Netherlands. Not Germany.

[StarAWings]

@BlacksPrower as I said, It started in all three countries at around the same time.

[OmegaGamer04]

@StarAWings the top of the anime business was working on this one. For one the director of Alfred J, Kwak is no other then Hiroshi Saito. He also did the key animation of Animes like bleach and Soul Eater. Also better look up your facts because the japanese were also on the background design. This show was released in the Netherlands, Germany and Japan at the same time.

[StarAWings]

@OmegaGamer04 I know who Hiroshi Saito is. The characters were first created for a Dutch book and later made into a musical. The original characters were created by a Dutch person but teh final draft was done by a german guy. The german's also made several of the backgrounds such as teh klomp in which alfred lived and various other key backdrops.

I Know my facts (I happen to know my own culture) and I said earlier that the show was aired around the same time in all three countries.

[StarAWings]

@OmegaGamer04 clearly you did not read my entire comment. and only read part of it or did not understand my comment.

I know who created Alfred, herman van Veen did. The first character design for Alfred was done by Annet Kossen. Harald Siepermann created the final look and the backgrounds were made by the German Hans Bacher with help from Susumu Shiraume and Masaru Amamizu. Music was all done by Dutch guys (van Veen) it was produced and edited by Japanese, because they had better knowlegde on

[StarAWings]

@OmegaGamer04 animation.

You clearly just read the wikipedia page. You get your facts straight.

[OmegaGamer04]

@StarAWings Srry but my lenses tend to fuck up at night. Misread a slight bit on that part. But you said that the japanese just probably edited and animated it, but they also made the storyboard and the scripts. As for background I grew up with this "cartoon" and noticed several similarities between several animes I watch now and looked it up. So I think the japanese had a much greater influence on the background design then you said. So the japanese deserve more credit then you give them

[StarAWings]

@OmegaGamer04 I understand about teh lenses,,, mine do the same... But I also grew up with this cartoon.. heck I've even seen a recording of the musical.

I give all the credit to the Japanese for making amazing storyboards and scripts but background are reused endlessly. Several of my favourite anime have the same backgrounds. but as I said, all of teh key places like his house and such were designed by the german guy's whose name I can never fully remember...

[ShiShiKun1]

@shell8008 yes ^^ i know there is a dutch translation of it because i used to watch this when i was younger

[Rody]

Ik zal het vertalen

[Sercan1995]

I never knew this was also made by japanese hands when i watched it when i was young xD

[ZangerRBourquin]

lol i like this version :P

[martijndevis]

if you ask me the best thing holland ever made

(accept of new york)

[Troepam]

What about the Delta_Works? That's marvelous engineering. Just one example of things that are much better then a cartoon :p.

[roflpizza]

made by japan raised in holland XD

[martijndevis]

what you mean whit made by japan? he is made in the NETHERLANDS?

[roflpizza]

@martijndevis

dude i am from the netherlands i know where i am talking about ;)

[xDeadMaidenx]

Actually not.

A famous animation movie maker called Akira Miyazaki made the storyboard for Alfred J. Kwak. If you look at the dutch opening you can read: Storyboard by; Akira Miyazaki.

Holland came probably with the idea. Miyazaki drew it. And the whole animation is made in Japan and send back to Holland. And was until some moment only in Holland. And people dubbed it in other languages. This is how they make animation series. Japan makes them. Other contries broadcast them on tv.

[martijndevis]

what you say is the drawning is done in Japan?

[xDeadMaidenx]

Yes. And put together in Japan. But I read somewhere that herman van veen came up with the idea of Alfred J. Kwak.

That's why roflpizza said made by japan raised in holland. Because that's true. Holland made it famous. But without the japanese technology of that time we couldn't have had a cute show like this.

[martijndevis]

okey you are kinda write its more like herman van veen came up whit the stuff then Japan made it in to the "cute show" :P then it came back to holland

just what you said what you said

[SomeHipHopFan]

omg it was in 1976 already produced in NL... Japan might have stolen the whole idea, but its still dutch.

[TiRune]

It was a co-production by Dutch, German and Japanese studios and people... so... nobody's stealing ^^

[Phazore]

Well, he's made in both, actually.

Both Japan and the Netherlands.

[Lusankya2]

Also the German Artist Harald Siepermann did the character design and is listed as the story coordinator. You can see his name in the Dutch or German intro.

It's a Dutch-Japanese-German Coproduction. ;)

Also the dutch and German intro are both sung by Herman van Veen and the voice actor for Alfred is the same in both languages.

[takutolovex]

herman van veen, cool =O he's like the inventor AND the singer from the intro in BOTH languages, so cool =D

[Paraplueschi]

The names are in the Japanese intro too, you just have to be able to read Katakana to notice them ;)

[Temaile]

Ahww! Het klinkt zo schattig!

[6satan6lucifer6]

thanks

[AmaranteXang]

This was such a long time ago <3 :'D

[groenendijk7]

t klinkt zo lief!:P

[TheXshinjiruX]

@groenendijk7 alle Japanese zangeressen klinken lief :3

[Patsuchi]

yaay~! It sounds niice |3

Ik weet nog dat dit liedje als allerlaatste liedje werd afegespeeld op Animecon Karaoke |3 ik deed toen mee |3 that was fun |3

[GokuFan13]

Of het hoort zo omdat ik de Nederlandse gewend ben xD (sorry voor 2 comments achterelkaar)

[GokuFan13]

Klinkt echt mooi :) Alleen de video loopt niet gelijk met het nummer :(

[Lleroy]

Als je de karaoke volgt zie je van wel^^

[kattincside]

wow nice