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NEWS: NIS America Adds Working!! Restaurant Comedy Anime

Is Takanashi -> Katanashi funny? I don't speak Japanese, so I wouldn't know. I probably wouldn't even recognize this as a joke if I read it in subtitles, I would think it was a typo.

Still don't understand the need for the name change though. :/

The name change isn't as harmful as, say, When They Cry, because in this case, at least, they're using something more than relevant; which is the place they spend almost the entire series at.

animeroxsmysoxs wrote:

Bento-Box wrote: I am so excited~! I didn't think this would make it state side. Not wild about the name change... but I can kinda understand that after reading what you guys had to say I guess. I freakin love NIS. I think they're going to be pretty successful. Now... all they need to do is pick up Kimi ni Todoke and Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 and possibly Shugo Chara and I'll be super happy! My sister is hoping that Shugo Chara gets dubbed :] Anyway, I'm happy that Working!! is licensed but was hoping for it to be dubbed :[ oh well...

I am also on the shugo chara bandwagon, but due to the number of episodes, the only way we will ever see a dub, is if it gets broadcasted on TV, I personally think it would appeal to the young hanna montana fans, but that is just me, and I know there are those who think because it has a cross dressing guy in it, it wont sell, but I say it will, since that character doesn't cross dress because he likes it, but because of family tradition,

so come on disney, or nick, or even CN, you are missing a chance for a show that has great merchandise appeal, sure it is not K-On, but it could make money here

I wouldn't refuse to buy this series solely on a silly title change. That would be as bad as refusing to buy simply because NISA isn't automatically pricing its releases into bargain bin territory. And I know no one here is doing that, Blood-.

We all know that Toradora did well so why isn't NIS holding up their part of the bargain and dubbing it.

It's cool and all that they got this show, but unless they show signs of dubbing soon I will loose interest in them for good.

I would think that NISA's costs of dubbing would be a bit higher than for companies who own their own studios, so they might require much higher sales numbers before they consider it.

I personally don't care about the title change here, in fact I think it would be more memorable move there. This is because a lot of people would be REALLY confused if they come across an anime series that is titled "Working!!" (which some people would think that someone is working on an anime).

Apparently, I don't mind NIS America licensing more anime (as long as it is a title that I personally don't care about), but I would rather prefer them re-release their sub-only anime with dubs in the future. In fact, I feel really uncomfortable of NIS America picking up Working!! (or any anime in particular) because they haven't taken steps into dubbing. If NIS America doesn't re-release Toradora! with a dub by 2012, I'm putting all the blame in this motherfucking douchebag (in fact, blame everything on this guy for Toradora! not getting a dub). I really want to hear more Hynden Walch and Cristina Vee (as Minorin and Taiga respectively from Toradora!).

Note that I'm giving NIS America two years to do this.

Dark Paladin X wrote:

Megiddo wrote: So if Working!! were dubbed, then what would Poplar call Souta by screwing up a syllable each time? Since dub tracks call characters by their first name, so therefore the Takanashi -> Katanashi jokes (and there are a lot of them) wouldn't work. So what would the English dub be? Soda? Har har. That's so funny. The Clannad dub still have Nagisa call Tomoya by the last name most of the time. But I think this is joke that can be worked around, just like how Bang Zoom! worked out the jokes at Lucky Star when they are dubbing them in English. And I prefer them to dub Toradora! first, then license more anime. Otherwise, they'll be slowly losing their supporting fans like Bandai is doing.

............... you took the worked right out of my mouth. We all know that Toradora did well so why isn't NIS holding up their part of the bargain and dubbing it.

It's cool and all that they got this show, but unless they show signs of dubbing soon I will loose interest in them for good.

DerekTheRed wrote:

Is Takanashi -> Katanashi funny? I don't speak Japanese, so I wouldn't know. I probably wouldn't even recognize this as a joke if I read it in subtitles, I would think it was a typo.

They make it clear though. She says it under many occasions, and in a number of them, the protagonist tries to correct her.
There should be an alternative for the pratogonist's first name, but would the company be smart enough for find it?

(Now you correct me about your name and we all rofl, because that is a hilarious joke.)