Winter 2012 Anime Thread of Roundcats Up in This

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Wheeljack539 said:
A mix of money, time and fan reaction.

Though fans who prefer the original language is still prevalent today, it was far, far louder back then. Fandom was also smaller back then too to help with this.

Money was a factor in both getting not just the rights, but setting up studios and hiring lyricists and vocalists for the job. It was also remember years back it mentioning that prices for proper licensing was higher here in the States than it is for other countries. Macross 7 is one such issue as Animeigo tried for it back in '98 and they had to pay two licenses, one for the animation and the other for the music. It was so steep they dropped away, and no one else touched it for the same reason.

That's not to say some companies tried to do something.

Though Viz did not dub their opening and closing songs they subtitled the songs in a way to sing-along if one wanted to. This did not do very well, as I remember a great deal of anger over that. This was the early to late nineties.

Geneon, Pioneer back then, actually did dub songs for Tenchi Muyo and El Hazard.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAVx53UHQ_Y

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wy6ZKWq9Yug

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAIOBuwdUXI

I'm of the opinion that the two english ops for El Hazard were superior than their originals. Unfortunately, in time they stopped doing so.

Funimation was the next one to dub their songs. What they did however, was actually employ a band to play the music while the vocalist sang. Take a look at those early dubs for YYH and some others like Blue Gender, and notice the music for the english songs are slightly different than the originals. I'm thinking that they had issues getting the right tracks for those at the time, as their more current dub songs, when they do dub them musically sound identical to the originals.

Of course, it does help when the actual band allows you to even have the song overseas, as TOKIO denied any right to play 7'O Clock News, the opening for Kodocha in any language for its domestic release. Funimation actually apologizes for that in a menu option in that first dvd. Similarly, L'Arc-en-Ciel's Fourth Ave Cafe was pulled from the english Rurouni Kenshin releases, but that was due to a band member being arrested.

With more and more opening and ending songs being used to push bands, its much harder to get not just the licenses, but the rights to dub them too, so that is one of the reasons why they'll dub some songs for one series and none for another.
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Thanks for the informative writeup! Didn't know it cost more for an American license than elsewhere.

I think I might just have a poor reference pool, actually; I didn't really get "into" anime until 5-6 years ago, so most of my experience was with whatever was aired on US cable TV, including the stuff in the mid-late 90s/early 00s that they tried to forcibly restructure like American Saturday morning cartoons. Regrettably, I never bothered to actively follow the good stuff that was on Toonami/Adult Swim (Bebop, Gundam, etc.) with a few exceptions.
 
Sailor Moon 19

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wonzo said:
Kill Me Baby 1

Man, that was really fucking boring and unfunny. JC Staff strikes again.


Yeah, this dude owns. I'm kinda worried that he hasn't updated in a while. :(
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I've heard :( I hope everything is OK

also

Utena 19
My reactions went in this order:

Oooooooooooo one of these episodes!
"Huh?"
Hnnngggghhh-
Utena is a bro.
WAKAAAABBAAAAAAAA-
Aw shit.
Awwwwwwwww shit no.
 
Defuser said:
Come to think of it,I never watch a OP dub before. I'm scared to watch one.
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Some of them are quite good. The singing on the Fruits Basket OP dub is technically much better that Ritsuko Okazaki's (RIP), although the lyrics don't rhyme, which is a bit annoying.

Actually, the FuruBa dub in general was pretty good.
 
BluWacky said:
Some of them are quite good. The singing on the Fruits Basket OP dub is technically much better that Ritsuko Okazaki's (RIP), although the lyrics don't rhyme, which is a bit annoying.

Actually, the FuruBa dub in general was pretty good.
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I love that op. Such a beautiful voice silenced way too soon :'(
Great series.
 
Defuser said:
Come to think of it,I never watch a OP dub before. I'm scared to watch one.
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Like I mentioned before, I only know the more mainstream stuff, but Funimation's put in a great amount of effort on their One Piece releases since 2008, dubbing every single OP and ED song so far, seventeen in all. A few work better than others, but overall I think they're pretty good.
 
neoanarch said:
Shiki21

I really don't understand the junior monks reasoning. He's pretty much just being an asshole siding with the vampires.
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Shiki 22

Megumi got what was coming to her which was the highlight of the series. Overall unsatisfying ending and the manga end wasn't any better. Obviously they wanted you to sympathize a bit with the vampires but it doesn't work. There were a few like Torou who you could kind side with if he wasn't such a wuss.
 
[Persona 4 Ep. 13]

Social Links GO!

Drunk Dojima is best Dojima.

Magical Detective Nanako? lol wtf?

The gang trailing Yu along with Nanako is awesome stuff. Yu trying to impersonate Teddie was hilarious.

Seeing Yu level up his other Social Links from the perspective of the gang is hilarious. Especially since it makes him look like such a pimp (dat swag).


RYV43


"Explosive fishing". Goddamn XD


Maxing out all non-party members social links in one episode. Dat Yu Narukami swag.

Conclusion: Awesome episode was awesome. The ED is indeed very :cajun.


Next week: Maxing out social links from Yu's perspective. I was kinda hoping they'd start the Naoto arc already but I'll just have to wait.
 
Amagami SS Plus 1

Ah, it's good to be back. No behind-the-knee kissing, though.


Kill Me Baby 1

Cute girls doing cute, silly things (badly).
I'll give it another episode, but I doubt I will continue watching it beyond that.
 
RurouniZel said:
Double the pleasure, double the fun!
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This guy has the right idea!

Anywho finished watch Giant Killing & well sports anime is now looking mighty appealing to me. A friend recommended Cross Game which I'm watching now (ep 4). I was wondering if anyone else has see the series in full? How did you like it? Oh & by extension of what I wrote I will be watching New Prince of Tennis.
 
Amagami SS+ ep1
Hell yeah more Ayatsuji!! and more Nii Nii!! Kinda irritating when they take things like election so seriously I mean reallly?

And Rihoko got the shaft again,all heroines spoke and make a appearance except her.
 
Urban Scholar said:
This guy has the right idea!

Anywho finished watch Giant Killing & well sports anime is now looking mighty appealing to me. A friend recommended Cross Game which I'm watching now (ep 4). I was wondering if anyone else has see the series in full? How did you like it? Oh & by extension of what I wrote I will be watching New Prince of Tennis.
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I have only read the manga for Cross Game, but it's top tier. It's not really that much sports focused since it is lol baseball after all, but the characters are great. I'm not sure if the anime adaptation is bad, but they really can't fuck it up that much.
 
Persona 4 - 13

Aha, so that's what it looks like maxing those S links from an external perspective.

Kill Me Baby - 01

Holy crap, time seemed to have warped while watching this because it felt like an hour had passed, plus it felt too obvious that this came from a 4-Koma.
 
neoanarch said:
Shiki 22

Megumi got what was coming to her which was the highlight of the series. Overall unsatisfying ending and the manga end wasn't any better. Obviously they wanted you to sympathize a bit with the vampires but it doesn't work. There were a few like Torou who you could kind side with if he wasn't such a wuss.
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Pretty much, yeah. It was a case of too little too late, if you ask me. And the fact the
vampire loli bitch made it out
was incredibly infuriating.

I still had fun with the show.

Dedication Through Light said:
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Hope they fix animation mistakes, such as double Chie, in the blu rays.
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As was said, more Chie is never a mistake.

DrForester said:
The only good thing about that is Pinkie-Kyubey.

Here.
Might be a little spoilery...

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But
Godoka
has orange eyes! That image is all wrong.
 
Sailor Moon 21

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What a meta episode. Anime is being destroyed and the only one who can save it is Sailor Moon. The show starts off with director Asataou (gee I wonder who he is based off of) chewing out the two lowly animators who are just trying to catch a break, but in his defense Sailor V should be super moe sexy like he wanted.

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Oh you silly Usagi.

What the hell,
Ami just saw right through the weak disguise Nephrite was putting up even though he was speeding at 100 MPH
. Somehow nobody has the ability to see through the Sailors uniforms even though they don’t cover their face!

Hiromi is such a terrible friend. If you make a promise with somebody then don’t break it. She deserved what she got :(

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Ami being a boss. Why is she standing on top of the car? I think it’s a fairer question to ask why aren’t more anime characters standing on top of cars. Too bad her time as a boss was short lived
as Nephrite judo chops her off the top of his car.
Yeah I’d be pissed too if some chick, regardless of how cute she is, is standing on the roof of my car.

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Not cool Rei. You’re breaking my heart. Oh I get it now, she’s just being tsundere about her love for anime. Rei is truly the best. LOL at Ami’s not so subtle put down of poor Rei.

Nephrite and Zoisite so have much tension growing between them I can feel the homolust radiating through my screen. BAH GAWD, Hiromi is truly evil.
YOU CAN’T KILL OFF SAILOR V. SAILOR V KILLS YOU OFF INSTEAD.

Fight itself was meh until the three girls used their
ULTIMATE ATTACK. Jesus that was cool.
Bet they never use that again. That song that was played during the fight was great though.

All in all a great episode. I do get a kick out of the making an anime in an anime episode. Friendship is truly magic.
 
Sailor Moon - 15

This is an Ikuraha episode and... okay I don't actually have anything to say about the episode.

Speaking if Ikuhara this remix of the Penguindrums second opening is pretty good: Dat drop.

Okay so I only brought this episode up to share that track, oh well.

edit: I'm making surprisingly fast progress, maybe it's because I don't feel the need to type long posts with screenshots.
 
Lonely1 said:
Rubbish, I remember shows like Heidi, Candy Bell (SP?), Robotech and Remi being popular on Televisa before Los Caballeros del Zodiaco made a big impact for TvAzteca.

Abuelito dime tu!

Tun tun tun tun caminar!

Candy Candy!

Ah, my childhood. :(

We even got Dragon Quest!

I never liked Queen Millennia, though.

And The Adventures of Peter Pan was my absolute favorite as a kid.
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I didn't even know that peter pan was anime.

Lonely1 said:
No Anime chick is hotter than Princess Leona! :S

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the mc in dragon quest fly anime just couldn't catch a break ,mutiple episode of him and his friends getting curbstomped.

time post some childhood ops

Saint seiya theres dude in my op

Dragon quest Fly

City Hunter

Cat's eyes


Captain tsubasa

Ranma 1/2

Dragon ball z

theres some strange woman in my dbz

Dr Slump, every morning

when I was 5 me and my older bro use sneak to the front room to watch fist of the north start marathon only to get caught next morning when my mum would find me and my bro sleeping in the front room.
 
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