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John Thacker
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You are mistaken on most accounts here. First off, many Japanese seiyuu have also used pseudonyms for their porn work, whether in eroge or anime. Sponsors have the same qualms about their kid actors doing porn. A few pseudonyms are pretty well known. Secondly, most doujinshi is technically illegal in Japan as well, just tolerated. Fair use is actually stronger in the US legally, though it wouldn't necessarily save most doujinshi. But there are things like with Hi Score Girl or the Ideon episode of Shirobako that legally are questionable in Japan but would be protected in the US. Thirdly, every American anime convention I have been at has doujinshi being sold. |
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jsevakis
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There aren't many people whose lives or careers would be enriched by having their names searched and hardcore porn is what comes up on Google. Animated or otherwise.
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exedore
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I'm sure you're being sarcastic, but we all work on Labour Day. And Christmas. And Memorial Day, Canada Day, Easter, New Year's, and every other holiday. It's not a holiday in Japan, and the show goes live regardless. |
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corinthian
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She did do Koi Kaze under a pseudonym though, so they aren't all for artistic reasons either... |
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Gasero
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Why don't they just...NOT do that? Are the studios against placing a longer buffer period between the time an episode is complete and the time it airs? It seems like such an unnecessary headache. |
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BonnKansan
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Sure, they plan to finish with time to spare. But in the immortal words of Robert Burns, "The best-laid schemes o' mice an' men / Gang aft agley" |
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exedore
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Because every week you have a show in production but not airing is a week you're losing money. If you aren't putting your own show up, you need to take on contracting work from other studios in order to keep cash coming in. This isn't the US where you just throw reruns into a time slot for 12 weeks, either - the expectation is for 48-50 weeks of new content per year, per half hour. Anyone who doesn't burn out in three months has my highest respect. |
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Kadmos1
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I don't really think it is possible to sub an episode up to an hour after the Japanese premiere but you can have an already subbed episode streamed an hour after the Japanese premiere.
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TrailOfDead
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Thanks for telling our side, Justin. You're a real mensch.
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minakichan
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Fans want (and at this point, fully expect) the eps as close to Japanese launch as possible though... To use OP's example, did you see how upset people got when Kill la Kill and Shirobako went up a few hours after Japanese broadcast? Gotta follow the market, right? Plus, you don't want to be slower than a speed fansub (which has the advantages of consistent materials delivery on time every week, plus not having to submit anything for approval). It sucks, but it's all part of the industry trying to get people to consume legally as much as possible. |
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Ohoni
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I can get why US distributors wouldn't get the finished episodes until right before air, but why couldn't they have the scripts weeks in advance? I mean, the Japanese side needs to do the voice acting, so presumably they have the scripts well in advance. The US side would still need to rush the timing and all, but they shouldn't have to translate it like a fansubber would.
In any case, if fansubbers can get out day and day releases, it's not unreasonable to expect from professionals. |
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Aquasakura
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This was the first I'm hearing this. Upon reading this hours ago I went to the app store and got Mangabox. It took a bit getting the hang of the app, but I was soon enjoying myself reading one of their select titles. Reading through my iphone was a lot smoother then I originally thought. Much smoother then reading online at my laptop. The one that spark my interest the most (over the first couple that I browse through), was Logick by Takuma Nishimaki, but only because of the picture of one of the main characters whom looked attractively cute. This is actually saying a lot as I the app doesn't seem to have a story synopsis for this manga, or any manga from that matter, (something which I think they should have) so I was left reading blind with only the hope of seeing that character again and learning how big a role she would play in the story. Thankfully I was hooked and read the first five chapters that were available. Plus the story stars a central character I can kind of relate to. The main problem I have with the app however is that it doesn't seem to archive their chapters well. There is another story I want to read next called Milk on the Farm by Yoko Sanri, and while I see the app has the first five chapters, from there most of the other chapters are missing with only having chapters 23-26 and 41-48 (depending the issue chosen for the most part). I can't enjoy a series fully (and in order) if not all of the chapters are available. At this rate if I do end up liking Milk on the Farm, I would have to look elsewhere for the missing chapters; unless someone can tell me if there is way to access them. Speaking of which where do I go to pay if I want to read more manga? I try looking through the app as well as the website and I don't see an option where one can pay for more access to pages. Lastly when do I know the manga I was reading has been updated? I saw it gave me the option to let me know of updates or something like that, but I'm not sure, and I really want to read more of Logick. As for webtoons I also took the time to get the app from the app store, and from doing a quick check on it the format of it seems goof so far, and unlike mangabox they seem to have all the chapters they had publish available so far, and archived no less. Reading the manga there seems like it's going to be kind of a unique experience as it seems that I am going to have to read the comics up and down instead of the usually left to right, but it shouldn't be a problem. It's a good thing that I've learn of this today.  I'm going to take advantage of this. Thanks Justin if you read this forum.
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Kadmos1
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I can see this making more if it was a smaller licensing company like Daisuki. However, if it's Funi or Sentai, that would be hard with all the other titles that they are working on. This corresponds to my thought of perhaps scaling back their licensing output, |
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SquadmemberRitsu
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For some reason Colleen Clinkenbeard is credited as 'C.T Anger' in the credits of High School DxD New. Which is weird because I don't recall the same thing being done for Season 1 (Which she also directed).
In terms of other recent examples, Michelle Ruff is 'Sophie Roberts' in Lagrange and Todd Haberkorn is 'Todd Stone' in the Blood Lad credits. I still can't help but wonder whether Jennifer Forrester (Whose only character is Sanya in Strike Witches) is a real actor or a psuedonym for someone else. I'd like to say it's Michelle Ruff but I'm not 100% sure on that. By the way, do they even make hentai dubs anymore? And to keep it on topic, do they still use funny pseudonyms like Johnny Waffle? |
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getchman
 Space CowboyPosts: 9120 Location: Bedford, NH |
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nah, that was Chris Sabat. I believe he used that pseudonym for Wolfgang in Vampire Bund.
Media Blasters recently acquired Debt Sisters, and renamed it Paid and Laid, and their last FB post states they were hoping to start dubbing soon. that was March 16th |
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