Forum - View topicNEWS: ADV to Release Utawarerumono
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HitokiriShadow
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I don't think anyone (yet) wanted them to keep the original name, just to go with an actual translation. Or at least come up with something that didn't sound so generic and lame.
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Hunter Sopko
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The hole in your logic is assuming people who don't DL anime don't complain about this kinda stuff. I have no problem with name changes by and large, but this is almost a sign of laziness, or more likely, a planned strategy to generate outrage and thus, buzz about the show. ADV's admitted to using the latter tactic in the past. It's just kinda tiring. |
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fmarxnge
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How is it hard to pronounce "Oot uh wah ray roo mone o" This is so basic and I find it ironic that your username is Japanese. Do you need help pronouncing that as well? 
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Dargonxtc
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I draw the line at 5 syllables myself. |
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HitokiriShadow
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For some reason, Utawarerumono is just hard to do without looking at. I have no trouble with Kimi Ga Nozomu Eien or Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni, but this title is just a pain for some reason. And while people with a bit of experience in Japanese titles may not have that much difficulty (though more than most titles I think), the average fan that doesn't go on forums and/or watch fansubs is going to see the title and say "Uta-what?" And its generally a bad thing if your potential customers can't pronounce the name of your product. It would be marketing suicide. |
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roanhammer
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I figured the licsensor could pull a Sukisho, and shorten the title to something like "Utamono", or maybe even "Uno".
Well, maybe just the former. |
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frentymon
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Actually it's more along the lines of "Oo-tah-wah-reh-roo-moh-noh", with the reh and roo sounding somewhat like "leh" and "loo" (but not quite). I agree that it's somewhat hard to pronounce; it's almost a tonguetwister. |
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Shii
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HitokiriShadow
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Tongue twister is good way to describe it. And that's generally a bad thing for something you are trying to sell.
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redcomet15
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I wanted them to keep the original name. I'll admit, it took me a bit before I was able to pronounce "Utawarerumono" properly, but it's the name I've come to know and love the series by. A name is what gives someone or something identity, and Utawarerumono is defenitely not "Shadow Warrior Chronicles". I mean, who are these shadow warriors that are being chronicled? If anything, couldn't ADV just have with gone with the literal translation of "The One Being Sung"? |
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Jabberwock
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The hole in my logic? I am saying it is one: down right stupid to say you are not going to buy something that you like, because Venire said he thought it was good aka he has seen it fansubbed, because you don't like the name they choose for it. Two: if you aren't going to buy an anime that you haven't seen just because you don't like the name... you get my point. And I never said people that don't download anime don't complain, the second part of my comment was directed at everyone else that had posted in the forum, people which stated they have never seen the series.
What? If you are saying what I think you are, that I am some kind of closet fansub watcher that doesn't buy any anime, maybe you should look at someone’s public list first. Apparently it doesn’t also piss you off when people that have already viewed a series for free find the stupidest reasons for why they shouldn’t buy it once it comes out in the US. If I misunderstood this comment, I apologize in advance. Last edited by Jabberwock on Sat Aug 05, 2006 2:03 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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birdboy2000
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What a stupid name change... Will this cut into its Australian popularity? XP
(It's a good series. OTOH, I don't have much money and a LOT of anime I'd buy before this one...) |
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vanMould
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Try listening to the ending theme. "Madoromi no Rinne" by Eri Kawai. The name is pronounced in the chorus. Either that or you can just take the syllables apart and ad an 'h' to the end of them, just like Frentymon said.
"Uh-tah-wah-reh-ruh-moh-noh". As I'm swedish, I got the pronounciation right from the beginning 
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Webki
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Ahh, damn. "Shadow Warrior Chronicles"? Looks like I'm importing a certain series straight from Japan...
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Hunter Sopko
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For your second part, it's perfectly legitimate to not buy an anime you haven't seen just because of the name, if you have nothing else to go on. Most people don't have the kind of income to buy everything, so they have to choose what they buy through whatever criteria they see fit. This isn't a promotion for those people to download, but merely saying that when money becomes involved, especially when you don't download, you gotta go by whatever you can to narrow down the titles you spend your money on. ESPECIALLY nowadays when so much comes out at once (damn was it easier back in the late 90's). I'm still buying the series, cause it's a good series. But if you actually think "Shadow Warrior Chronicles" is a legitimately good title, you have no taste, or are 12 years old. Name changes are for the best when they make it something, you know, less tacky and lame than that. |
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