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aluria



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PostPosted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 7:07 pm Reply with quote
Hm.... The song doesn't sound that bad in English, better than I was expecting anyway. I'd have to hear more before I make a final judgement.
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Polly E.



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PostPosted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 7:12 pm Reply with quote
Agreed. I had no idea they were going to do an English version and now I'm rather surprised they did. The clip wasn't that bad.
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Cristina Vee



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PostPosted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 7:42 pm Reply with quote
I'm so happy they decided to dub the song!
I think the 30 seconds I just heard sounded amazing.
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 8:00 pm Reply with quote
boy...i'm glad first 3 posts aren't like "The song suxxorz!!" or "Sub only!!!"....

i was looking forward to the English translation and from the clip it seems like the concert scene will still kickass...

can't wait to get it in the mail....
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CatzCradle



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PostPosted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 8:23 pm Reply with quote
Hmmm... I agree that it's not as bad as I expected. But personally, I like this version better.
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 8:35 pm Reply with quote
CatzCradle wrote:
Hmmm... I agree that it's not as bad as I expected. But personally, I like this version better.


oh god!!

nightmares from fandubbing returns!!!!!

i don't know...something about her singing just made me cringe with unpleasantness....

it's very nice try though....
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Kyjin



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PostPosted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 8:38 pm Reply with quote
I'm intrigued by the dubbed version. Anime smile I'm all for dubbed songs, and I'm glad they decided to take a chance with it. It doesn't seem to live up to Hirano Aya's version, but it's not bad. (And I bet the whole version will be better.)
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Heretic



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PostPosted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 8:56 pm Reply with quote
That wasn't too bad, but I guess after listening to the Japanese version about one hundred times (I'm not even exaggerating) to say I've grown very attached to that version of the song would be an understatement.
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Full_Metal1923



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PostPosted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 10:26 pm Reply with quote
Though it was short, it wasn't that bad. Which seems to be the case for everyone who's posted so far. It's good but I'm so used to Aya Hirano's beautiful masterpeice (haha) that it just won't be the same. Still, I definitely think it'll be awesome and I'm wondering if "Lost My Music" will also be a part of the package so to speak.

For the version linked to youtube... to be honest, I didn't like it one bit.

I can't wait to get the DVD and hear the whole concert. Very Happy
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1stAgent



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PostPosted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 10:30 pm Reply with quote
Wow... just today I was thinking of writing lyrics for that one on my site.

*scratches it off list*
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Cristina Vee



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PostPosted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 11:09 pm Reply with quote
icepick314 wrote:

i don't know...something about her singing just made me cringe with unpleasantness....


Sowwie I made you cringe. Anime cry
At least we get an official version that will be 100x better~

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kiraxsama



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PostPosted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 11:42 pm Reply with quote
Cristina Vee wrote:
icepick314 wrote:

i don't know...something about her singing just made me cringe with unpleasantness....


Sowwie. Anime cry
At least we get an official version that will be 100x better~


What are you apologizing for? o: It's still really nice.

I'm kinda wondering who's the singer. Probably not Wendy Lee.
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W-General



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PostPosted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 11:48 pm Reply with quote
Heretic wrote:
That wasn't too bad, but I guess after listening to the Japanese version about one hundred times (I'm not even exaggerating) to say I've grown very attached to that version of the song would be an understatement.


Only 100? I literally (not exaggerating) loop the song about 4~5 times everyday. It's basically what I loop through my music player when I am walking to/from class everyday

Sorry, but to me no English dubbing is a replacement for the original. Of course others may feel free to enjoy the dubbed version though (as long as I won't have to listen to it myself)
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Asrialys



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PostPosted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 12:54 am Reply with quote
kiraxsama wrote:
Probably not Wendy Lee.

What makes you think it isn't? And you're talking about the official dub, right?
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teh*darkness



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PostPosted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 2:18 am Reply with quote
Wow... um, I won't say it's horrible, but it's not all that great either. Part of what made that scene so awesome was that they animated the mouth to match the actual singing, instead of just open-close. Dubbing it into english, it's practically impossible to do that, and I'd say that linked video is actually better... but that's just me.

PS> And no, I'm not a dub-hater... FMA, YYH, WR (not WHR), Bleach, Blood+, GitS:SAC, Cowboy Bebop and FLCL all have really good dubs, imho. So there... some things just shouldn't be dubbed.

PPS> I'm really looking forward to Zegapain. I never bothered watching it fansubbed, cause I love mecha, and new it would get licensed so I could buy it, so there was no need to "preview" it. Wee~
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