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As much as I love Hyouka, it hurts me deep when the big reveal is a 3rd-grade level pun.
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Basically with Ika Musume she has the vocal tic of ending her sentences with "de geso" which apparently means "squid tentacles", also whenever one of her sentences has an "ika" in it that'll be verbally emphasised. The dub basically has her say "I'm squidding serious" and poo poo like that.
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May 15, 2014 22:23
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That's amazing.
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May 16, 2014 00:09
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XboxPants posted:Yeah, to be fair the "English" title as created by the author does actually mean the total opposite of what it's supposed to mean. But there's a difference between correcting grammar and changing noun choice. I mean if he says that in the fictional world he created, these particular monsters are called "titans" then he kinda has final say on that, even if it was a stupid choice. It's not really the role of the translator to correct mistakes in the story. Them being called "titans" makes sense, since they're obviously inspired by the painting Saturn Devouring His Son.
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May 16, 2014 00:44
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I just loved that he skipped logical, known words for an old-english word that still has modern equivalents, and then wrote a masturbatory 'dialogue' on how the word fits with the orignal, real world mythology. It's like one of those monkey paw wishes in translation form.
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May 16, 2014 01:24
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The Eotena thing was a joke by the editor (not the translator) and the huge wall of text he wrote about it was designed to irritate people.
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May 16, 2014 02:28
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So it was a joke after all? I stopped following that after a while, but I assumed it was a joke at first and people here insisted he was dead serious.
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May 16, 2014 03:14
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Didn't the same sub group put out a Girls und Panzer script in like half-German? I just kind of assumed they were trollsubbing.
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May 16, 2014 03:30
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Man, the length of that thing made me think it could only be the work of an awful human being. I guess there's a lot of trolling to be had from serious-about-fansub types. The GuP sub was excellent, though. 
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May 16, 2014 03:35
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pretty sure commie is made up of a few dozen guys and some are competent some have brain problems and xythar will defend them all
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May 16, 2014 03:42
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I just checked and Commie kept that translation until the end. If it was a joke, you'd think they'd have given it up at some point.
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May 16, 2014 04:26
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GG did their famous "authentic british" sub of Jojo, even when the story ended up in America. When everybody is subbing the show, who cares.
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May 16, 2014 04:29
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Dr. Video Games 0031 posted:I just checked and Commie kept that translation until the end. If it was a joke, you'd think they'd have given it up at some point. I'm pretty sure it had an alternate track with a normal translation. And also if there's one thing that nerds love, it's running a joke so far into the ground it comes out the other side of the earth.
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May 16, 2014 04:31
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HellCopter posted:GG did their famous "authentic british" sub of Jojo, even when the story ended up in America. When everybody is subbing the show, who cares. “You loony limey!“ was a keeper.  In non-Sub/Dub related questions: Is Kyoani gonna do a summer show?
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May 16, 2014 04:37
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Jojo's was hilariously british only in Part 1, the rest was pretty standard. Phobophilia serenely skedaddles from the conversation.
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May 16, 2014 04:39
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Wark Say posted:“You loony limey!“ was a keeper. Season 2 of Free! While it certainly will be a big step down from Ping Pong (but that's such a high bar that I can't hold it against anyone), I'm glad that at the very least I'm getting a steady stream of enjoyable sports anime each season. Hopefully season two will remember what made the original fun.
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May 16, 2014 05:00
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Srice posted:Season 2 of Free! I did only watch a single episode of swimming anime before deciding it wasn't my kind of thing, but I never got the impression it was a sports anime. It felt like another show about a club doing things and those things happened to be about swimming.
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May 16, 2014 05:06
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Strange Quark posted:I did only watch a single episode of swimming anime before deciding it wasn't my kind of thing, but I never got the impression it was a sports anime. It felt like another show about a club doing things and those things happened to be about swimming. It totally is, it just wasn't the shounen-y kind of sports show where they spend several episodes on something that would only take minutes in real life, and people will not talk about anything other than the activity in question. (The main character, of course, was the exception regarding the latter  )
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May 16, 2014 05:09
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Strange Quark posted:I did only watch a single episode of swimming anime before deciding it wasn't my kind of thing, but I never got the impression it was a sports anime. It felt like another show about a club doing things and those things happened to be about swimming. Essentially, yes. The first five or so episodes were fun enough but the novelty wore off pretty fast. There's really not much to separate it from the dozens of shows like that following a bunch of middle/high school girls around other than the gender of the cast.
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May 16, 2014 05:14
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HellCopter posted:GG did their famous "authentic british" sub of Jojo, even when the story ended up in America. When everybody is subbing the show, who cares. GG and Commie, as far as I'm aware, have a really close working relationship, with a lot of crossover between the groups. At least 90% of what either group does is done to piss off the hardcore weeb anime nerds, so I'm totally down with whatever they do. They also both work on Not Red Reviews too, if I recall.
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May 16, 2014 05:21
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Strange Quark posted:I did only watch a single episode of swimming anime before deciding it wasn't my kind of thing, but I never got the impression it was a sports anime. It felt like another show about a club doing things and those things happened to be about swimming. It started off as a self-aware cheesy man-service show featuring swimming, but about half-way through it forgot what it was and started taking itself too seriously, decaying into cliche. I too hope season 2 regains the charm of the first season's first half.
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May 16, 2014 05:44
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jonjonaug posted:Essentially, yes. The first five or so episodes were fun enough but the novelty wore off pretty fast. There's really not much to separate it from the dozens of shows like that following a bunch of middle/high school girls around other than the gender of the cast. Aside from the excessively high quality animation for the type of show it is, of course.
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May 16, 2014 07:16
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The later episodes start making fun of the protagonist, who I genuinely wonder is autistic or something.
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May 16, 2014 08:36
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S-Alpha posted:GG and Commie, as far as I'm aware, have a really close working relationship, with a lot of crossover between the groups. At least 90% of what either group does is done to piss off the hardcore weeb anime nerds, so I'm totally down with whatever they do. They also both work on Not Red Reviews too, if I recall. They both have members who either do or did post in this very forum too.
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May 16, 2014 14:34
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S-Alpha posted:GG and Commie, as far as I'm aware, have a really close working relationship, with a lot of crossover between the groups. At least 90% of what either group does is done to piss off the hardcore weeb anime nerds, so I'm totally down with whatever they do. They also both work on Not Red Reviews too, if I recall.
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Phobophilia posted:pretty sure commie is made up of a few dozen guys and some are competent some have brain problems and xythar will defend them all Please. I had nothing to do with Eotens except being highly amused by it from the sidelines.
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May 17, 2014 06:18
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Eotenas is a fun word. And the reaction to it was funny, too. Commie are good people.
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May 17, 2014 07:59
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I mostly like commie and gg's work, but eotenas is just silly.
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May 17, 2014 08:04
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http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-05-16/viz-licenses-original-sailor-moon-anime-franchise Sailor Moon has been licensed finally. Also getting a brand new dub. They also announced that they got the new series as well. These past couple of years have been great for classic works like Utena, Rose of Versailles, and now this.
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I really don't think that's gonna go over as well as they think it will.  ninja-edit to clarify: Obviously the uncut version is a good thing, but given that nostalgia is 99% of why Sailor Moon is a thing again, I'm pretty sure the new dub and the new voice cast aren't gonna leave people very happy. I realize I'm armchair CEOing here, but if they couldn't find the old voice actors or most of them weren't willing to come back, they should really just release the uncut versions sub-only and release the lovely old DiC dub as a special thing like Funimation did with the Rock the Dragon DBZ box set. It's a loving long series (and thus probably pretty drat expensive to redub) and the bulk of the people who care are gonna be the ones who get mad about it, it's like they're just asking to lose a shitload of money on this. actual-edit: Also the way they're releasing it on streaming is batshit retarded SALT CURES HAM fucked around with this message at 08:34 on May 17, 2014 |
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SALT CURES HAM posted:given that nostalgia is 99% of why Sailor Moon is a thing again Is it worth watching without the nostalgia factor? I feel like I'm missing out.
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SALT CURES HAM posted:ninja-edit to clarify: Obviously the uncut version is a good thing, but given that nostalgia is 99% of why Sailor Moon is a thing again, I'm pretty sure the new dub and the new voice cast aren't gonna leave people very happy. Losing Stephanie Beard for ChibiUsa is the only hang up I have for all this (Well two, losing whatshisface as Prof. Tomoe is an arse). If they get some of the Canadian cast back (Legends 2 Megaman for Makoto? Sure go nuts) then fantastic, drinks all around, if not and they get, pulling a name out of my butt, Cassandra Lee to do Usagi then whatever, not a big deal. (I'd rather Laura Bailey with her Maka Voice but beggars can't be choosers) To put a sub only box is throwing the baby out with the backwater. SALT CURES HAM posted:actual-edit: Also the way they're releasing it on streaming is batshit retarded
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The USA seems like the only country where people get mad if a show is released without a dub, and if it is, they complain about the dub. I just don't get it. 
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SALT CURES HAM posted:I really don't think that's gonna go over as well as they think it will. I don't know what's absolutely batshit retarded about the way they're releasing it. Want to clarify on that? However, about the dub. There's an interview with two people from Viz on ANN as well, and if you read that, it clarifies on the dub. The old dub gets brought up and they stated they were not able to get it, it just wasn't possible. Secondly, the old dub would have require a good bit of effort on their part if they wanted to re-master that, because it didn't have Japanese masters. Finally, I think the rumour why we didn't get SM for so long was because that old dub did a bit of a hatchet job to the show, and the original creator was very much not happy with how that turned out. Considering she's personally approving the new dub cast, I would not be surprised that this is the case and that the old dub is literally un-licensable because she won't allow a re-release of it. Don't blame Viz for this one. Some people may not be happy, but I think the majority of older fans, and a bunch of new are going to be all over it regardless.
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May 17, 2014 15:24
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There are a bunch of us who are nostalgic over the original Japanese version, too.
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The Black Stones posted:http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-05-16/viz-licenses-original-sailor-moon-anime-franchise 
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Thank GOD!!
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uuuummm posted:Is it worth watching without the nostalgia factor? I feel like I'm missing out.
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Guyver posted:As an adult? No. Unless you really like either the whole sentai thing or magical girls thing it's kind of boring with tons of MotW filler. There are some fun moments and the animators love wacky cartoon faces (something sorely lacking in current anime) but that really isn't enough if you don't already have some kind of attachment. Counterpoint: while I wouldn't recommend that anyone watch all 200 episodes, there's a lot of legit great stuff here. I went through it a few months ago using this guide from a now defunct site, that thankfully was in the internet archive, and it makes some really good choices, and points out some episodes that aren't essential but are worth watching. Start with the guide and depending on how much you enjoy it watch more or less. While this is something you can enjoy now, there is a remake coming this summer that regular people should be able to watch all the way through.
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Instead, one of 'em will now be a guy. Somehow.
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