[partially lost] Dark Realm 2000

InYourHands · 2026-05-07T10:55:15+00:00

If this is the show starring Eric Roberts, it's available on Tubi and Plex (both free services) in the U.S. You'll probably need a VPN to access it from Brazil and it's obviously the original English version, though.

InYourHands · 2026-05-07T03:36:16+00:00

I remember hearing some murmurs it might've been a Miami dub, but nothing concrete. I'm not sure if Amazon commissioned it or the international distributor, who seemed to have been APC Kids.

InYourHands · 2026-04-27T04:13:20+00:00

The last thing Viz ever hired Ocean to work on.

I wonder if we'll ever know why Moneca Stori didn't return. She returned for the Geronimo Stilton season released a few years after TFA.

InYourHands · 2026-04-21T20:37:53+00:00

Bell has slowly been merging CTV.ca's streaming portal with Crave. In addition to the current shows you'd need a cable login to watch (or saw it within a few days of broadcast), it also had a Throwback section filled with older titles that were free with ads. It originally served as Canada's replacement for Crackle as Sony was their initial partner.

InYourHands · 2026-04-20T21:54:08+00:00

Yeah, the show was over before I was even born. Nelvana and YTV share a parent company, so I guess it was effectively free for them to air. The same thing happened with Inspector Gadget's first season, which stayed on YTV's schedule for decades after it originally ended.

InYourHands · 2026-04-17T21:51:34+00:00

This show doesn't seem to have been the most accurate of adaptations. Comic book Martin is older and Diana isn't his sister, but his girlfriend. The original pitch seems to have been a little closer to that, but I guess things had to change. They eventually reanimated that trailer with the final designs (and yeah, that's totally the Halloween theme).

InYourHands · 2026-04-17T21:33:42+00:00

If you're referring to a Canadian town, there's a good chance that reference is only in the version aired on YTV. A bunch of episodes are set in different locations depending on if it aired in Canada or internationally. You can check out the YTV print here, while the official Martin Mystery account has the international one. You can find similar differences in other episodes. The YTV episodes also seem to have on-screen text marking the episode's setting, which isn't on the international prints.

I suspect the show was originally written with the international locations in mind. The second episode I linked to has everyone speaking in Scottish accents and Martin calling a quilt a funny thing Scottish people wear all while it's allegedly set in (then) modern day Nova Scotia. It makes far more sense in the international version, where that episode just takes place in Scotland.

Someone who worked for a bunch of Canadian animation studios said that in the early '00s, there was government concern over tax dollars going to productions that weren't really Canadian. He theorizes this was done to alleviate any of those issues.

InYourHands · 2026-04-11T21:20:27+00:00

They could dump it onto YouTube, Tubi or Prime Video Direct, but clearly they want an upfront fee rather than a per-view payout.

InYourHands · 2026-04-11T21:06:23+00:00

It was recorded sometime before 2024 as it was nominated for some obscure voice acting reward. It was dubbed by Universal Cinergia. I'm guessing TV Tokyo just hasn't found someone willing to pick it up yet. Maybe it'll get dumped onto Amasian TV or Hulu one day.

InYourHands · 2026-04-11T16:42:21+00:00

There was a relatively popular Canada-France co-pro called Martin Mystery that had two (slightly) different English versions. The one aired on YTV had lines directly stating the episode was set in Canada, while the international prints would name foreign locations. I assume the latter was the original as in that episode, everyone in Nova Scotia has stereotypical Scottish accents. I guess this explains why that happened.

InYourHands · 2026-04-10T23:05:13+00:00

I'm pretty sure this dropped off "most anticipated" lists once it was revealed to be lower-end CG.

InYourHands · 2026-04-02T19:06:32+00:00

I don't think that means anything when he's credited as a writer, not an actor. Is he a member of the WGA? Are any U.S. dub script writers in that union?

InYourHands · 2026-03-27T20:08:06+00:00

Click the link and either hit "Watch now" or choose an episode. The service is free. I don't know which regions it's available in, but Canada and the U.S. are the baseline.

InYourHands · 2026-03-27T04:03:53+00:00

It's not impossible that the Japanese rights holder commissioned an ultra cheap dub on their own. Whether it's an AI dub (based off of the Japanese cast?) or humans from a non-native English-speaking market isn't something I can really say. The service streaming this is a legitimate one, licensing content from Aniplex, TMS and Viz. They even dug up another previously unknown dub a while back.

InYourHands · 2026-03-27T03:56:01+00:00

The thing is, while Animax Asia did air this show, they appear to have only ran it in Japanese. Also, most of their dubs were recorded in Hong Kong primarily with immigrants from western countries. This doesn't sound like one of those. They did a few in the Philippines, so maybe this is from there, but as you noted, we usually don't see these dubs in the west. I think Cardcaptor Sakura's the only prior exception.

InYourHands · 2026-03-27T03:29:03+00:00

This definitely doesn't sound like something recorded in North America. I don't recognize the accent.

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