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UberTai
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Nice column, but BoA actually recorded "Shine We Are" in Japanese first, then Korean (as opposed to Korean > Japanese like the column says). I'm 99% sure I'm right.
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ANN_Bamboo
ANN Contributor
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Right, but I think a lot of the reasons why artists are striving to be multilingual is not because they want to expand their language arsenal, but because they want to sell more CDs... (though I'm sure there are some artists who do learn a language purely because they want to.) I cheer on anyone who wants to learn more languages, but I'd hate to see the pursuit of "bureaucracy-created products" a reason for some artists to try to change their music to conform better to the current market trend.!
I couldn't quite figure it out, actually. I bought the Korean version of Shine We Are, and took a look at the lyrics booklet. Half of the song lyrics have the preface, "Korean Lyrics by XXXX" while the other half just have "Lyrics written by XXXX" (including "Shine We Are," which stated "Lyrics written by BoA") So I'm guessing that some of them were first written in Japanese and then translated, and some of them vice versa. Thanks for all the comments guys, I appreciate it |
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Anti-Mainstreamist
 Posts: 85 Location: Away from the sun and other outside threats. |
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What, am I the only anime fan in America who didn't like Evangelion?
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Haiseikoh 1973
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Seconded. |
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Cloe
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 Posts: 2728 Location: Los Angeles, CA |
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Thanks for the wonderful column! I rushed out to get the next installment of Eva as soon as it came out. ^_^ I'm glad I waited and waited to buy this series; I'm probably one of the only Eva fans who is buying this for the first time. My favorite part of Eva Platinum are the episode commentaries in the booklets, actually. I love reading about the animation production of each episode, and the notes are even helping me sift through the story much better. Do you know if these commentaries are translated from the Japanese release, or were they written for the American release?
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onefiddyone
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Box art isn't only thing. I pre ordered it (have never seen the show but have the pretty good Dreamcast game) from Right Stuff which listed it as "Berserk Season 1 Brick" or something along those lines. Assumed the six discs would be in the type of box that has become quite popular for inexpensive boxed sets, the type that are like a really thick dvd case with several folds. This however disapointed me with the worst packaging I've ever had. All six discs are cramed into a box the thickness of two dvd cases. Frist off the list of episodes/add for other shows numbers doesnt have a slot in the case just sortta floats around. Secondly my main problem is to getto one dvd you have to take two out. The dvds are stacked so to get to the bottom one you have to remove both. But enough complaining I got it for $45 and it's a great show. P.S. The Eva Platinum's are great dvds. |
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Mohawk52
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On Wedding Peach now and I got the manga for my young daughter. I had to read it before her just to be on the safe side.  It is Shoujo targeted towards girls aged 8+ so being a bit sugary was expected. but the plot was pretty good (no pun intended), and the tranformations only lasted for a page. The GN only lasted 7 volumes before it allegedly had to stop because it was being made into an anime, according to the author. But it sounds like the anime is only half as good as the manga. Now where have I heard this before?
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biliano*
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You're not alone, Cloe. I'm also buying Eva for the first time; but instead of getting the older editions, I purposely waited for the Platinum discs to come out. |
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Rion
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For someone who never read the manga though.....that ending could of had way more......shall we say closeure than it did..... I would of liked if it was an actual solid conclusion instead of setting up another story.... |
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Necros Antiquor
 Posts: 571 Location: Funny in a car crash sort of way |
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From what I can tell, there are many people out there who think Eva is a pile of garbage, but there are more people who like Eva, so the general consensus is that Eva is good. I don't care about what other people think, I just think it's a deep and involving show, but it's good that not everyone goes along with what others say. I decided to buy the Platinum Editions once I realized that my version of Eva was bootleg (note to self: don't buy region 0 off of eBay/Amazon private vendors). My favorite part of the Platinum Edition so far (other than the really cool packaging and remastering) is the NERV car decal in the first disc, with those awesome booklets coming in a close second. Now I just need a decent car to put my decal on... |
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