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TenementFunster posted:accidentally grabbing one VHS copy of the dub of cowboy bebop at suncoast out of the entire set of subs still haunts me to this day That would've been Bandai's short-lived US subsidiary. I don't remember the Bebop VHS's, but a friend of mine got their Escaflowne tapes, which came in beautiful hard clamshell cases with cover art from the Japanese LDs. I picked up Cowboy Bebop in their limited run DVD collector's edition in a numbered flip-top hard case.
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TenementFunster posted:accidentally grabbing one VHS copy of the dub of cowboy bebop at suncoast out of the entire set of subs still haunts me to this day While the original is still good (and incidentally also happens to feature a female protagonist voiced by Megumi Hayashibara), Bebop is one of the few anime I’ve seen that I feel actually works better in English considering its setting and theme. Larryb fucked around with this message at 05:15 on Nov 8, 2019 |
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Nov 8, 2019 05:02
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Larryb posted:While the original is still good, Bebop is one of the few anime I’ve seen that I feel actually works better in English considering its setting and theme. I'd say Outlaw Star is another one who's dub works better as well.
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Nov 8, 2019 05:04
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There's one of those per decade and Baccano is it for the turn of the millennium
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TenementFunster posted:yeah i’ve heard as much from other tittybaby dub-watching casuals hush now, Oxyclean
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Nipponophile posted:That would've been Bandai's short-lived US subsidiary. I don't remember the Bebop VHS's, but a friend of mine got their Escaflowne tapes, which came in beautiful hard clamshell cases with cover art from the Japanese LDs. I picked up Cowboy Bebop in their limited run DVD collector's edition in a numbered flip-top hard case.  was anime village bandai? i have that same flip top DVD box set. it was a genuine collector’s item at one point. serialized and everything. a little worse for wear after a zillion people borrowed it back in college though. Larryb posted:While the original is still good (and incidentally also happens to feature a female protagonist voiced by Megumi Hayashibara), Bebop is one of the few anime I’ve seen that I feel actually works better in English considering its setting and theme. TenementFunster fucked around with this message at 09:56 on Nov 8, 2019 |
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Nov 8, 2019 09:53
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SolarFire2 posted:Dubbed was all they had for El Hazard, which turned out to be fortuitous because that dub rules. Speaking of, is there any place you can even find the El-Hazard OVA these days? I missed that one back in the day and it's a kajillion bucks for a used copy now.
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Nov 8, 2019 14:37
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the Bebop dub is not necessarily better than the sub but it is one hundred percent an acceptable way to watch the show like it's a legit toss-up between the two versions for me
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TenementFunster posted:these are the ones i remember getting at suncoast: Yep
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So something that I really dig about the magic in Slayers, or more specifically the spells invoking Mazoku lords, is that they will flat out not work on the Mazoku lords. Shabarnigdo is immune to all of those spells because their power specifically comes from him and his generals and it takes what is essentially the embodiment of chaos to take him down. Also it's really neat that Gaav Flare doesn't work after Gaav is destroyed because it can no longer call upon his power. I honestly just love how much effort was put into world building by Kanzaka when he could have easily just half-assed a fantasy world.
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Testekill posted:So something that I really dig about the magic in Slayers, or more specifically the spells invoking Mazoku lords, is that they will flat out not work on the Mazoku lords. Shabarnigdo is immune to all of those spells because their power specifically comes from him and his generals and it takes what is essentially the embodiment of chaos to take him down. Also it's really neat that Gaav Flare doesn't work after Gaav is destroyed because it can no longer call upon his power. Him, Ryo Mizuno, Yuji Horii would be the faces on fantasy currency.
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I started watching Demon Slayer and man this anime is loving working me over nearly every episode. I'm feeling sympathy for the villain they just happen to stumble across drat near every episode because of Tanjiro's ceaseless empathy for most every demon he comes across.
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While Tanjirou has a lot of traits that are very common for the average Weekly Shounen Jump MC, there is a moment at the end of the... Swamp Demon arc, if I don't misremember? where the former fiancé of one of the demon's victims gets all mad about Tanjirou not arriving sooner to avoid the tragedy and how he could never understand what he's going through because Tanjirou is just this little brat (he's like 14 or 15 at this point, I think?). And Tanjirou, bless his dadgum heart, offers a sober, if not downright wistful smile that tells you everything you need to know about the boi, and suddenly the dude gets it. The dude understands that Tanjirou's had some awful, awful poo poo happen to him, but he's still soldiering on, because he's trying to get somethin' going for himself (and Nezuko, obv, but mourning dude don't need to know that last tidbit). I honestly got a little misty-eyed with that scene. I've been keeping up with the manga for like a year and a half now, but I decided to also watch the anime, and I honestly think it elevates the material from the first few volumes to a pretty nice place, so I'm excited to see Ufotable continue with the adaptation to the end. Also, here's the anime thread if you wish to also post your thoughts there. 
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Nov 9, 2019 22:38
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Wark Say posted:While Tanjirou has a lot of traits that are very common for the average Weekly Shounen Jump MC, there is a moment at the end of the... Swamp Demon arc, if I don't misremember? where the former fiancé of one of the demon's victims gets all mad about Tanjirou not arriving sooner to avoid the tragedy and how he could never understand what he's going through because Tanjirou is just this little brat (he's like 14 or 15 at this point, I think?). poo poo BEFORE that he showed the Hand Demon compassion and prayed for his soul. One of the biggest things about Tanjirou is that he shows compassion to EVERYONE that deserves it. The series has a few flaws with characters not being fleshed out til ways in and the whole thing with the Lower Moons and not showing their day to day hunting routines, but what it gets right it gets VERY right.
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Wark Say posted:While Tanjirou has a lot of traits that are very common for the average Weekly Shounen Jump MC, there is a moment at the end of the... Swamp Demon arc, if I don't misremember? where the former fiancé of one of the demon's victims gets all mad about Tanjirou not arriving sooner to avoid the tragedy and how he could never understand what he's going through because Tanjirou is just this little brat (he's like 14 or 15 at this point, I think?). It's too late I've already finished it and I never do live posts so nothing I say will be accurate to when I first watched it now. I didn't mean to come off like I thought Tanjirou's empathy was a negative or anything I was more just caught off guard on how far it goes for the whole show and never stops. Once I stopped and thought about it, it definitely made sense though, with how he's literally carrying a reminder that demons aren't all terrible on his back most of the time (and also furiously driven to confront them because he's looking for a cure in the first place) He's just a drat good person all the time. It's nice to have good boys in manga. First Tadano from Komi-San and now Tanjirou.
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TenementFunster posted:yeah i’ve heard as much from other tittybaby dub-watching casuals RareAcumen posted:I didn't mean to come off like I thought Tanjirou's empathy was a negative or anything I was more just caught off guard on how far it goes for the whole show and never stops. 
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Nov 13, 2019 04:49
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So is the Slayers manga any good/different or is it basically just an adaption of the anime? Also, how many of the light novels have been translated at this point (officially or otherwise)?
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Nov 13, 2019 04:59
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Larryb posted:So is the Slayers manga any good/different or is it basically just an adaption of the anime? Also, how many of the light novels have been translated at this point (officially or otherwise)? The manga is a bit more in-depth to the LN if I recall correctly and I'd like to know the same about the LN's myself though I've heard it's up t date, but requires Google-fu to find.
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Nov 13, 2019 05:04
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Slayers novels are coming westwords. https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-07-03/j-novel-club-releases-slayers-novels-in-both-print-digital/.161424
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MonsterEnvy posted:Slayers novels are coming westwords. Nice, now if only they’d announce a new anime series at some point.
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I actually picked up the Slayers OVA and Movie collections pretty recently. I hadn't seen Slayers Excellent prior to this so it was fun seeing the three episodes that I hadn't seen before and I watched Slayers Return last night which I still think is Slayers in its purest form.
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I am ready to own physical copies of the slayers novels. I am ready.
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are we getting a series or OVA to go along with “two thumbs up” or what
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