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Hellioning posted:Manatsu also has good taste in marine life. Someone needs to tell her about hygiene though; at least three people have used that lipstick already. It transformed into a magic weapon between each use though, that's probably gotta be pretty good for decontamination.
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It would seem the original Futari Wa is finally coming to Europe starting today: https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2021/03/25/pretty-cure-anime-expands-to-europe-and-mena-regions-on-crunchyroll Well that’s something at least, hopefully they’ll get around to making Healin Good and Tropical Rouge available over there eventually too. It would also be nice if they put Max Heart and Maho Girls on Crunchyroll eventually too since French subs already exist over on ADN Larryb fucked around with this message at 18:59 on Mar 25, 2021 |
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Mar 25, 2021 18:52
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They also updated the quality of the video, audio, and subs for the American subs for Futari wa.
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Nodosaur posted:They also updated the quality of the video, audio, and subs for the American subs for Futari wa. Good to hear, the previous ones they had looked like they were recorded off a VHS tape.
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Asuka is cool (like I said before, she’s basically Sailor Jupiter) and looks like she’ll be a good Red. Like Yuni she also seems to mainly be going along with all this for her own purposes. We also meet the student council president Yuriko who seems like a decent character as well (though it seemed like there was some tension between her and Asuka for some reason). Larryb fucked around with this message at 01:08 on Mar 28, 2021 |
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Stream died for me before henshin and missed the fight  ((((((Also 100% sure Asuka and the Student Council Pres will be a couple
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SatoshiMiwa posted:Stream died for me before henshin and missed the fight Flamingo’s powers seem to revolve entirely around CQC (even her finisher just has her chuck an energy ball at the target). Feels like it’s been a while since we had a Cure like this.
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It's odd that they used a new villain for Minori's first episode, but not Asuka's. It probably doesn't mean anything but it'd be funny if the maid was the strongest of the generals.
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As I expected, Asuka is Sailor Jupiter as gently caress minus actually being a lightning Cure (she’s even introduced in more or less the same way Makoto was). Also if by some slim chance Laura doesn’t wind up being the fifth Cure then the student council president Yuriko seems like a good candidate as well.
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Subs are out. Asuka is awesome, though I wasn’t expecting her to be more of a lone wolf type given her official bio. As mentioned, the student council president Yuriko seems like a decent character as well (as well as a possible fifth Cure candidate in the very slim chance it’s not Laura). I like that Asuka is the first one to call Laura out on her bullshit (and more than once at that) and her being an almost entirely physical fighter is a nice change of pace too (when was the last time we had a Cure like that anyway?) It seems like Asuka and Yuriko have some history given their interaction in this episode. I also noticed at the end Asuka mentioned that she’d start trying to believe in teammates “again” (I sense there’s a story here) But yeah, I like pretty much every character so far. Hopefully Shrimp Maid will show up soon as well (it would also be nice if they gave us some further information on what the Witch’s deal is and why she’s collecting motivation power) Larryb fucked around with this message at 05:18 on Mar 28, 2021 |
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Guessing from the way she looked at the tennis court she was on the tennis team with Yuriko and stuff happened Or they failed to save a school as school idols either or
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Larryb posted:(when was the last time we had a Cure like that anyway?) Cure Yell did quite a lot of punching a couple of seasons back, to the point I saw a goofy bit of fanart showing her with brass knucks hidden in her pom-poms. SatoshiMiwa posted:Guessing from the way she looked at the tennis court she was on the tennis team with Yuriko and stuff happened As much as the latter would be intensely amusing, I point out that Cure Flamingo's attack is literally a tennis serve so in this particular iteration of reality I'm going to lean in on it having to do with tennis.
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Off the subject I finally got around to watching Symphogear and it is indeed good. Out of curiosity, are the OVAs worth watching/important or can they be skipped if needed?
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They're all gag extras but they're fun ones.
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Motto posted:They're all gag extras but they're fun ones. Good to know, thanks
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Larryb posted:Off the subject I finally got around to watching Symphogear and it is indeed good. Out of curiosity, are the OVAs worth watching/important or can they be skipped if needed? The OVA's are worth watching, they are not really important, and they can be skipped if needed. Still, if you didn't watch them how would you be able to find out how well Tsubasa performs on a TV variety quiz show?
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I'd say the OVAs are necessary viewing not because they contain like, critical plot info exactly, but they're very funny and they smooth over a few of the plotholes in the main series, or show scenes that were clearly meant to be in the actual show but got cut for time. Nothing crucial to the plot mind but it adds to the story more than just gags would.
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Neat, all the OVAs have been subbed as well right?
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Larryb posted:Neat, all the OVAs have been subbed as well right? Correct.
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Back to Precure, I accept that I will never be as cool as this fictional middle school girl. But seriously though, this may be the first time I ever had this strong a reaction to a Cure before she was even properly introduced. Hopefully Asuka get a decent amount of development as her debut gave us hints she’s got a bit of a story to tell regarding her past. Granted, there are only four Cures (with a fifth confirmed as being on the way) but somehow HaCha still managed to struggle with that so you never know. So far the writing in Tropical Rouge has been pretty good though so hopefully that won’t be the case here.
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The company William Winckler Productions produced a pilot dub for Yes Precure 5 (under the title Pretty Cure 5) back in 2011. While the pilot has never been (and likely never will be) commercially released, we do know the name changes used for the dub (and the voice cast) thanks to cast listings and Winckler himself always adding information about his dubs to IMDb. Based on the cast listings and the IMDb information, here are the names that were used in the pilot (which, considering one of the names, was at the very least based on the first two episodes of the Japanese version): Nozomi was Priscilla Rin was Lynn Urara was Erica Komachi was Kimberly Karen had the same name Coco had the same name Nuts had the same name (unless you spell his Japanese name Natts) Girinma was Claws Mantis Bunbee was Stinger Sam The IMDb list also lists characters named 'Tiger' and 'Wilbert', but I have no idea who they’re supposed to be. Larryb fucked around with this message at 14:48 on Mar 30, 2021 |
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Stinger Sam is a great name.
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Justin_Brett posted:Stinger Sam is a great name. It really is.
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Justin_Brett posted:Stinger Sam is a great name. Indeed, I kind of wish the show had gotten picked up if only just for that
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Larryb posted:The company William Winckler Productions produced a pilot dub for Yes Precure 5 (under the title Pretty Cure 5) back in 2011. That company did some dubs for other Toei properties, Minky Momo and FOTNS in particular, which came and went from Amazon a while back.
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ConanThe3rd posted:That company did some dubs for other Toei properties, Minky Momo and FOTNS in particular, which came and went from Amazon a while back. Were the dubs any good? As mentioned, apparently a pilot for the Yes 5 dub was actually made but has never been publicly released. Unrelated to that, Toei Europe also made an English trailer for Yes 5 a while back as well: https://youtube.com/watch?v=Zp57fj_j-0g They made one for Splash Star too (complete with some voice acting): https://youtube.com/watch?v=K_eAeiJBcSE
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I think it's a fair guess that the current antagonists in Tropical Rouge aren't the main villains, right? They just seem like a bunch of devoted servants trying to harvest energy for their mistress, who was likely incapacitated by some malevolent third party. They're a symptom, not a disease.
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Darth Walrus posted:I think it's a fair guess that the current antagonists in Tropical Rouge aren't the main villains, right? They just seem like a bunch of devoted servants trying to harvest energy for their mistress, who was likely incapacitated by some malevolent third party. They're a symptom, not a disease. Seahorse Butler seems the most motivated of the group so far (including the Witch herself) and appears to be the de facto leader giving orders to the others, maybe he’s the real villain here. Otherwise, maybe they’ll add a Joker-esque villain later to make them seem like more of a threat
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Larryb posted:Were the dubs any good? I haven't seen them myself but they weren't the most well received dubs iirc
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Larryb posted:Seahorse Butler seems the most motivated of the group so far (including the Witch herself) and appears to be the de facto leader giving orders to the others, maybe he’s the real villain here. He still seems tired and just the messenger. The Shrimp seems to be the most motivated one given she is the only one who does not have bags under her eyes.
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MonsterEnvy posted:He still seems tired and just the messenger. The Shrimp seems to be the most motivated one given she is the only one who does not have bags under her eyes. True, like I said it’s possible it’ll be like the Bad End Kingdom in Smile and they’ll add a slightly more menacing villain to the mix later on.
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Speaking of which, we finally got the Shrimp’s name: https://twitter.com/precurenews01/status/1377242056750366723
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Justin_Brett posted:Stinger Sam is a great name. Like something out of a metal gear.
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Larryb posted:Were the dubs any good? Those seem to be trade show previews made to help sell the show to potential licensors I think I remember reading that Yes had a serious push in trying to get picked up, including the fact the city was designed to look like a typical old New York or European city than other Precure series
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Some new Tropical Rouge titles are out, it appears the seal fairy Kururun will finally show up in episode 7.
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Omnicrom posted:I can't say I was missing him. Her, but yeah same. I’m kind of curious what her role will be seeing as most of the usual fairy duties in the series are already being performed by Laura at the moment.
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I assume that her main purpose will be serving as another character from the Mermaid Kingdom to bounce off Laura - and given what an absolute gremlin Laura is, that should be a lot of fun.
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Darth Walrus posted:I assume that her main purpose will be serving as another character from the Mermaid Kingdom to bounce off Laura - and given what an absolute gremlin Laura is, that should be a lot of fun. Makes sense, and in the likely event that Laura eventually becomes the fifth Cure (the new Cure’s name is the same as her last name like was the case with Ruru and she also has the same heart shaped pupils as the other four girls) maybe Kururun will be involved in her transformation somehow (like powering up the Mermaid Pot since there are only four Tropical Pacts).
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