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I was watching anime clips on YouTube and I stumbled upon an abridged version
of an anime. The process of dubbing an anime using the same scenes but with a
different voice and script, they were changing the dialogues of characters to
make it funny.

[This is an example video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qW4dY7w8Mz0)

It was Gundam Wing (Entitled _"Gundam Abridged-ning"_ )

So how did this kind of voice dubbing and making it more funny get started?


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How did abridged versions of anime get started?


[LittleKuriboh's](https://www.youtube.com/user/CardGamesFTW) [Yu-Gi-Oh!
Abridged](http://abridgedseries.wikia.com/wiki/Yu-Gi-Oh!_The_Abridged_Series)
is often cited as being the first abridged series and the one to start
inspiring others in a chain reaction like manner. (The [latest
episode](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wr13DYngSqE) even makes fun of this
fact.)

The linked wiki page mentions that he originaly

> ... was inspired variously by the editing process of The Blair Witch
> Project, and Reduced Shakespeare Company's The Complete Works of Shakespeare
> (Abridged).

The series is notable in that it was for a long time voice acted and edited by
a single person.


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