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SolidAndrew34
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I never said I took your words as a personal attack and I did not take it as such. What I did not like was your the tone your words reflected. There is no reason to mock the choice that Funimation made casting her it is just rude. Look at Wingkings and CandisWhite comment's. I might not agree with their argument, but at least they explained their thoughts in a friendly manner unlike you. I have always liked her in the roles I have heard. I will admit certain voice actors/actresses might not appeal to everyone or in certain tone which is sort of what Wingkings and Candiswhitesay. Again while I do not agree I still can respect their opinions because they did so in a respectful manner unlike you. Also, you haven't seen the her in the Dub so you already have preconceived notions without giving a fair chance to he performance. Also, you resort to piracy because you have no patience to wait for the official release it just goes to show how childish you can be and have acted in this discussion. Personally, I doubt you will admit you were rude you seem more content to ignore any wrongdoing on your part and you will continue to be closed minded. I will not respond again because I have said all I need to say. I will continue to enjoy Stephanie's Sheh work regardless of what you say just to let you no what you said will have no long term effects on me like you seem to think. Have a nice night. |
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CandisWhite
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This dub is great: The script does not feel translated; The acting is superb; The songs sound like they were written in English. Funimation has gone all in; This feels like a project with major talent and millions of dollars behind it. I cannot stress this enough-If anyone you know is interested in good animation and storytelling, and can't handle subtitles, take them to see this movie in English on the big screen; They need to see it on the big screen. This is not an anime project in the sense of keychains and body pillows; This is just good storytelling and it is treated like that. |
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leafy sea dragon
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Well, it looks like Robert wins that bet.
I remember when I was little, it'd take a year or so for a movie to hit home video after the theatrical release. Nowadays, seeing Star Wars: Rogue One on DVD and Blu-Ray being displayed on store shelves everywhere when I saw it with my mom in January (she really liked The Force Awakens and was looking forward to seeing Rogue One with me) feels like an instant. By the way, Hollywood used to run on the tour system too, with rolling releases throughout the country. Releasing a movie everywhere at the same time didn't become standard practice until Jaws. I'm actually a bit surprised Japan hasn't done that yet, considering the absurd ease of instant long-distance communication, via phones, social media, and so forth would mean, logically, a studio would want to release a movie everywhere that people are still talking about it. Rolling releases means by the time the movie shows in certain area, it would've become yesterday's news. That's how it seems like to me.
Brazil still does that, where anime is translated secondhand? That's kind of strange to hear, considering there are now plenty of Japanese video games in Brazil translated straight from Japanese to Brazilian Portuguese. Are all of the translators working for video game companies or something?
Local Redbox machines around where I live has had The Sky Crawlers, The Wind Rises, The Tale of Princess Kaguya, and both of the recent Dragon Ball Z movies, so chances are Redbox will have your name available. Thing is that you'll have to look up which places have them, because except for the DBZ movies, the others were available in only one Redbox machine I've encountered, and Redboxes are abundant here, in every grocery store, in front of every 7-Eleven, and inside every Walmart. I advise looking under the "Family" category, as every anime movie I've encountered at Redbox has been placed there.
For me, Sheh's voice was kind of jarring, as her Mitsuha voice was kind of switching between her Hinata voice (Naruto) and her Mineva voice (Gundam Unicorn), with the occasional Zeena (Sonic Lost World) whenever Mitsuha's feeling particularly grumpy. But I am just too familiar with her voice, I guess. I'm not nearly as familiar with Michael Sinterniklaas's voice (either that, or he has better range), so Taki was not as jarring. (What WAS, however, was his name, as it made me think of Takis corn chips.) If I was actively identifying voices, I would've recognized Kyle Hebert as Teshi, Marc Diraison as Teshi's father, and probably some others, which is why it's jarring that I instantly thought "Stephanie Sheh" the moment Mitsuha said something even though I was NOT actively trying to figure out who voiced whom. Don't get me wrong. Stephanie Sheh is very good at acting, and she is part of anime dubbing's A-list for a reason. It's just that, well, her relative lack of range makes her voice too recognizable. It's not nearly as bad as Lara Jill Miller though, who was EVERYWHERE in the early 00's and only had one voice, whether it was Kari from Digimon, Cherise from Scryed, or Juniper Lee. (For the record, the aforementioned Zeena is my favorite role of hers. Sonic Lost World didn't give her much to say, but Sheh was so cast against type for that game, it was quite refreshing, akin to Spike Spencer as Arakune in BlazBlue.)
That's definitely how it felt to me too. Instant recognition of Sheh aside, once I got used to it, I forgot I was watching something translated from another language. (From what I read, the vocalist for Radwimps is bilingual and can speak and sing in English fluently, which is part of why the songs sound so natural--you're hearing the original singer, only he's now singing in English.) |
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xchampion
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I thought the dub was great too. The dub was very similar to the sub with many lines being exactly the same. Fun fact Radwimps also did the english versions of the songs which might explain why they were really good compared to the japanese versions
I knew I won the bet too, but I needed a expert to get my friend to shut up and luckily Justin obliged. Haha. I'm not very familiar with Sheh so her voice was really good in my book. I thought Michael Sinterniklaas did a great job myself. Then I noticed the japanese seiyuu also did the voice of Kenji in Summer wars which Michael also as well. It seems they match pretty well. Of cource NyAC [/quote] |
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pluvia33
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After waiting what felt like forever between the Japanese theater run and home video release of the Haruhi movie (over 10 months), I was very surprised when there was a relatively short gap between such releases for the second Kizumonogatari movie (only 4 months). I'm guessing they wanted to have it out on Blu-ray before the third movie got its theater run, but it was still a pleasant surprise. In general, these time frames do feel like a pretty major crap-shoot.
I love how much better most anime feature releases look compared to TV works (your name. especially looks stunning), but it can be a painful wait if you're not able to catch the theater run. I was lucky enough to be able to make a showing of your name., but now I really want to watch it again and show it to friends. I knew pirated downloads have been out for a while, but knowing that there is no home video source makes that a non-option, especially after seeing it on the big screen; I couldn't live with myself if I presented this movie to my friends without at least a proper 720p transfer. I'm hoping Funimation might schedule more screenings since it's initial release seemed to have done well (as long as they continue to have subtitled showing; nothing against dub fans, it's just my personal preference and the preference of most of my friends). And hopefully they can actually get their Blu-ray release out within two months or so of the Japanese release. Otherwise, if the Japanese Blu-ray has subtitles I'll be tempted to import it. |
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dragonrider_cody
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Funimation didn't dub this, and probably had nothing to do with its production. It was initially picked up in the U.K. by Anime Limited and they commissioned NYAV to produce the dub. It's quite likely that most of, if not all of the dub was completed by the time Funimation announced they licensed it. With it not being a continuation of a prexisting property, I doubt they would have spent more money to have it dubbed in LA. anime#18171 |
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Shiroi Hane
Encyclopedia Editor
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A Silent Voice is actually "TBC December", and while Your Name currently has a placeholder date on Amazon of October, Anime Limited have stressed that "The date in the listings highlights October 2017. This is due to holdbacks in Japan as part of the terms of our licensing agreement. However, we want to stress now that we do not anticipate this to be available before October 2017 and it could even be potentially later than that." It is also not exactly unheard of for Anime Limited dates to change, sometimes quite wildly, before the eventual release. |
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Mr. sickVisionz
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It would be nice if they'd put English subtitles on the Japanese release or do something like they did for GitS Arise where Funimation was actually selling the JP release at JP prices and then did their normal dub and US priced release at a later date.
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RANGIT
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Yeah, you're right about it being picked up by Anime Limited initially and them getting NYAV to dub it, but I'm not sure about Funimation having nothing to do with it later on. I mean, I'd like to know if Anime Limited's initial trailer was the actual English dub shown in their UK screenings or not. That trailer felt like it wasn't final and Funimation's trailer just sounds so much better. It sounded less rushed and had some line changes. Made me wonder whether Funimation had anything to do with the new trailer (if they had NYAV redub those lines or something) or if Anime Limited just uploaded the wrong/old trailer and there was no change at all or if Anime Limited had a rushed dub done in time for their screenings and a final dub afterwards. |
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Cptn_Taylor
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Get on with the program man, 20 is the new 60 30 you already have 1 foot in the grave 40 prepare your testament, things are going to get dicey from now on 50+ so long and thanks for all fish. 
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0nsen
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Not sure what the problem with waiting is. I just pretend it doesn't exist until I have it on BD.
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Blanchimont
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@Cptn_Taylor & getchman
What are you two referring to? I can't seem to find the specific point either in the article itself or in the thread?... |
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Alan45
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@Blanchimont
Back on page one, angelmcazares referred to Stephanie Sheh as ancient. It is a rather silly argument. 
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