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Spring Anime 2013 |OT-8| What could be beyond OT-8? Possibility.
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Oh, good point.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
I think with Space Brothers specifically, it's made worse because the show tries to be grounded in reality most of the time. Add to the fact that the movie was not only shot at NASA, but that they had the characters speak the appropriate language at the appropriate time and it just shows that it's possible to do properly.
Certainly, I know that it's not a thing that I have any right to complain about, but every time it happens - and it happens often - it just sort of breaks the show for me.
Of course, it's impossible for them to do the Moyashimon thing and have a sign that flashes on the screen telling you what language they are speaking, since you'd basically need to have a little sign on screen for the entire episode, but I just wouldn't mind some sort of convention/standard.
I assume it is magic, either that or they're just quick learners or something. The fact that it's a comedy series probably helps as well.
Sort of like Allo Allo, which was a British sitcom about Germans living in France during WW2, but everyone spoke English. lol
Theonik
Member
Butt isn't that why people watch this?
It's an ass show made for a bunch of tits.
In the first season, just about the only things people had linked towards incest was Kirino's eroge and the title of the show, if you came in expecting an incest show like all the other incest shows, you would have came out of it dissapointed or trolled. The sole focus was genuinely about big brother helping the most hateful bitch of a little sister.
It truly is amazing, then again Kyosuke did pretty much solve all of Kirino's problems so... may as well cash in I suppose. ¯\(o_o)/¯
This reminds me of the Nodame Cantabile drama when they're in France. When the arc begins, they speak in French.
At some point a message pop up saying that everybody will now speak in Japanese to avoid subtitles :lol
Turns out these "French" people seem to speak Japanese better than they speak French :lol
At some point a message pop up saying that everybody will now speak in Japanese to avoid subtitles :lol
Turns out these "French" people seem to speak Japanese better than they speak French :lol
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Yeah, I think it just went into full wahjah when they started getting jealous of each other this week.
Yeah, I mean, at some point the audience will go along with it as long as you just tell them the rules of the world that you're showing.
Right, but they weren't speaking German/French to other people who were responding in English. It's mainly the mixing of the languages that bugs me, since for all intents and purposes they were just straight-up speaking Japanese and they should've gone either all the way with the translation convention or explained it away.
But whatever, it's a minor thing.
Returning back to that shot anyway and then saying absolutely nothing was a nice touch. In case people missed it the first time.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Ah, yeah, that's fair enough.
Theonik
Member
Gotta make sure people see where all the production buttget went.
Gurren Lagann 5
The limited use of colour for this episode was an interesting decision. It certainly drives home the bleakness of the situation, although it's not very nice to look at but I think it was worth it for the return of colour at the end of the episode. Kamina's confrontations with the chief were entertaining but the village censoring Yoko automatically makes this the worst episode ever.
The limited use of colour for this episode was an interesting decision. It certainly drives home the bleakness of the situation, although it's not very nice to look at but I think it was worth it for the return of colour at the end of the episode. Kamina's confrontations with the chief were entertaining but the village censoring Yoko automatically makes this the worst episode ever.
To be fair I've never seen the live action movie -- you're saying that whenever the Japanese guy playing Mutta is speaking with one of the American actors, he talks with them in English? Are there a lot of conversations like that?
KuwabaraTheMan
Banned
Having the characters speaking English for half the series just wouldn't work from any sort of logistical point of view (especially because you'd have to be casting voice actors who could speak fluent English).
I've never found it hard to substitute the whole 'okay, these characters are actually speaking in language X' in my mind.
I've never found it hard to substitute the whole 'okay, these characters are actually speaking in language X' in my mind.
RurouniZel
Asks questions so Ezalc doesn't have to
OreImo S2 06:
Well, I enjoyed the Kuroneko bits. The Kirino stuff just... *ugh*
Well, I enjoyed the Kuroneko bits. The Kirino stuff just... *ugh*
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
[OreImo 2] 06
I shouldn't like this... but I kinda do?
This is the smut anime I was searching for. Sure, there's not much in skinship, but I kinda want to see where this goes even if it has very little resemblance to what made the first season good in the first place.
I shouldn't like this... but I kinda do?
This is the smut anime I was searching for. Sure, there's not much in skinship, but I kinda want to see where this goes even if it has very little resemblance to what made the first season good in the first place.
peaceiscloser
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Apparently the future language gibberish in Gargantia is really just Pig Latin German. Or something like that.
Dokidoki Precure - 15
It's a MakoP episode, but she's been dropping slightly in my rankings lately. Probably not coincidentally, this episode's first half wasn't that interesting. Maybe it's just a Precure trend, but this episode's best moments belonged to everyone but MakoP. Mainly Mana, as always, but also Alice and Sebas-chan, and even Davi!
How many people call themselves 'queen' in this town anyway? Probably only one or two more, but still.
Regina was much more childish this episode, especially in voice. I don't know how I feel about that... But she's very cute.
The next few episodes are going to be great, I can tell.
This week's Selfish
Next episode looks fantastic.
It's a MakoP episode, but she's been dropping slightly in my rankings lately. Probably not coincidentally, this episode's first half wasn't that interesting. Maybe it's just a Precure trend, but this episode's best moments belonged to everyone but MakoP. Mainly Mana, as always, but also Alice and Sebas-chan, and even Davi!
How many people call themselves 'queen' in this town anyway? Probably only one or two more, but still.
Regina was much more childish this episode, especially in voice. I don't know how I feel about that... But she's very cute.
It is nice that she's finally active, too. And she's as hacked as I'd hoped! Magically forcing selfishness into hearts, cutting off stock footage, giving zero fucks about losing.
This week's Selfish
Next episode looks fantastic.
Regina is added to Mana's harem, resulting in a feeling so complicated from the others.
Theonik
Member
Blitzendegen!
Theory: Ledo's forces are the remnants of the Dorsian military from the distant future.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Yes, quite a few. It's been a while, but all of the conversations between the astronauts themselves and with mission control were in English, as was the press conference that the astronauts give in the beginning of the film. Even the meeting between Mutta and
Buzz Aldrin
You could do various things though. For example, one convention in anime is to have the foreigner speak "gaijin" Japanese to remind you that they're foreigners.
The writers of the anime could just be more careful to remove any continuity errors that happen because everyone is speaking Japanese though.
Go_Ly_Dow
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L-Efururu is his great grandfather.
peaceiscloser
Member
This is just like Accel World being Sword Art Online's future.
That would be incredibly cool if Gargantia is post-Valvrave, considering how similar the cockpit is in both mechs lol
Too bad its completely different companies
Would fucking love it if they did cast VAs who can speak the language fluently though if required (just speaking generally). I bet it would be super difficult though.
I can't think of any examples off the top of my head where a Japanese character spoke english fluently (or even where a foreign character spoke their language fluently) and their VA match'd it. Oh man, Genshiken lol
I can't think of any examples off the top of my head where a Japanese character spoke english fluently (or even where a foreign character spoke their language fluently) and their VA match'd it. Oh man, Genshiken lol
KillerMan91
Member
Pretty much how I feel about the show too.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
I only remember this because of the podcast I do, but there was that episode in Squid Girl where the scientist lady speaks somewhat decent English.
The minor characters in the K-ON movie spoke English too (although they were redubbed in the English dub lol).
Basileus777
Member
I'd rather them speak in Japanese and suspend my disbelief than listen to that sort of awful English.
I'm not surprised, they all sounded distinctly un-English!
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Yeah, but in the dub, they over-compensate by making them sound like a bad American version of a British person.
(Oy guvnah. This here be my sushi pub!)
peaceiscloser
Member
Don't forget, they're all MIT grads
who can barely speak english
who are inexplicably on a beach in japan
You wouldn't think it would be so difficult to find some Japanese-American voice actors, born in the states for straight American accents but can speak Japanese.
Ultimadrago
Member
Actually, I think there were a few scenes in Black Lagoon that made a deal out of characters speaking different languages. Forget exactly which ones, though I do remember a couple instances of terrible Engrish from Megumi Toyoguchi, and I believe there was a scene in the dub with Brad Swaile speaking Japanese.
Theonik
Member
You just have to believe.
Ledo is a genetically engineered clone based on Eru Erufu's genome.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Well, this is a universe where a girl lives in the ocean. lol
You know, this reminds me of Jormungand and how everyone on the show is supposed to be from a different country. Yet it never bothered me that they all spoke Japanese in that show, because it never really came up as something to be worried about. Go figure.
It's the Tokyo arc. The main characters have actually been speaking English all along. Which is funny when the VAs try to really speak English.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
Too bad the fifth Cure spot is reserved for
the queen. :/
You are watching the edited for tv version. The complete version has no recaps and more sexy.
Maybe Kirino is like Miki from Idolmaster.
she has a much more superior form called awakened Miki.
It cant get here soon enough.
it almost made me like dogs.
Chocotan is well on the way to achieving that.
Kirino sucks.
that's what is going on with her.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
CR is streaming the TV version of episode 6? LAME.
It would be
It would be
a total waste if she turned into a Cure, her role as an antagonist is too good.
Legend of the Galactic Heroes - 69: Recapture Operation of Iserlohn Fortress
~ A mutinous spirit is the source of independence. ~
~ A mutinous spirit is the source of independence. ~
I missed the banter between Attenborough and Poplan. The funniest characters, no doubt.
I really wonder what Yang's magic trick will be in his assault of Iserlohn Fortress. Seems like everyone's pretty sure it's gonna work.
I really wonder what Yang's magic trick will be in his assault of Iserlohn Fortress. Seems like everyone's pretty sure it's gonna work.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Really? I'm glad I never saw the TV version then. I had no idea.
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