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REVIEW: Kanokon: The Girl Who Cried Fox DVD 1


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neocloud9



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PostPosted: Sat Jul 31, 2010 7:35 pm Reply with quote
This one is so not my cup of tea, but I am glad to hear that Mona Marshall is still doing anime dubs. I hadn't heard her since Moribito and Kyo Kara Maoh, so I was a little afraid she'd retired... I assume she's voicing the little boy in this series? She almost always voices little boys.
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PetrifiedJello



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PostPosted: Sat Jul 31, 2010 8:12 pm Reply with quote
So, in other words, this is Spice & Wolf Gone Wild.

I can predict the future: months from now, I'll be perusing TRSI looking for sales and come across this series (complete for $29.99). I will recall absolutely nothing about Key's review, and toss it into my shopping cart because the cover art is baiting me (it is, no question).

I'll pop it into the DVD player, watch a few episodes, roll my eyes at times, then post in the "What are you watching now?" thread about how mediocre this series is, so whatever you do, stream it and buy something worthwhile.

All it took was a girl on the cover having big eyes.

Yep, this industry knows exactly how to press my buttons and I let them do it. But don't save me. I love swimming in all these titles of mediocre pandering and this is one pool I don't want to get out of yet.
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asimpson2006



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PostPosted: Sat Jul 31, 2010 8:33 pm Reply with quote
I can best describe this show with this sentence:

"You watch for the fan service not the plot."

I agree with Theron's views this time. The dub is bad, but if it was given a good dub it wouldn't be as an enjoyable. I would keep the D+ but also could say it's a D+ to C- depending on how you listen to it.

I haven't listened to the Japanese track yet so I have no comment on that.

I though with why Chizuru's hair changes color was because spoiler[blond was for her yokai form and brunette for her "human" form]

I didn't like how they made Kota look like he is a lot younger than he is supposed to be. That annoyed me a lot.
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garfield15



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PostPosted: Sat Jul 31, 2010 9:19 pm Reply with quote
Man, I can't see anybody at a retailer stocking this, looking at that cover and not thinking "those anime fans are creeps."
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walw6pK4Alo



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PostPosted: Sat Jul 31, 2010 9:24 pm Reply with quote
I wonder if Media Blasters will pick up Ladies Versus Butlers. The ecchi factor in that show was way higher than Kanokon.
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Northlander



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PostPosted: Sat Jul 31, 2010 9:42 pm Reply with quote
The reviewer wrote:
Some have claimed that Kanokon gets better in its later stages...

No. No, it doesn't.
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garfield15



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PostPosted: Sat Jul 31, 2010 9:49 pm Reply with quote
The reviewer wrote:
Some have claimed that Kanokon gets better in its later stages...

Those people are lying to you.
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asimpson2006



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PostPosted: Sat Jul 31, 2010 9:51 pm Reply with quote
walw6pK4Alo wrote:
I wonder if Media Blasters will pick up Ladies Versus Butlers. The ecchi factor in that show was way higher than Kanokon.


LVB and Kanokon were done by Xebec and they look very similar, but I doubt it would get an R1 license. Don't get me wrong I enjoyed LVB, I found it funny at times, but like I said about Kanokon, you are just watching for the fan service not the plot.
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the Rancorous



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PostPosted: Sat Jul 31, 2010 11:34 pm Reply with quote
Theron wrote:
For the English dub on this one, Media Blasters turned to Arvintel Media Productions, a general dubbing company whose reputation with English dubs of anime is, to put it nicely, less than sterling; it is responsible for the audio atrocity that is the Green Green dub, for instance.

That explains why I immediately hated it without ever hearing a split second of the Sub-track.

The reviewer wrote:
Some have claimed that Kanokon gets better in its later stages...

All anime series "get better later on," or at least that's what the fans of the shows in question try to sell you Wink .
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walw6pK4Alo



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PostPosted: Sat Jul 31, 2010 11:48 pm Reply with quote
asimpson2006 wrote:
walw6pK4Alo wrote:
I wonder if Media Blasters will pick up Ladies Versus Butlers. The ecchi factor in that show was way higher than Kanokon.


LVB and Kanokon were done by Xebec and they look very similar, but I doubt it would get an R1 license. Don't get me wrong I enjoyed LVB, I found it funny at times, but like I said about Kanokon, you are just watching for the fan service not the plot.


Ladies Versus Butlers didn't have a plot, that's why it was perfect.
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John Casey



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PostPosted: Sun Aug 01, 2010 1:12 am Reply with quote
Wow. I can totally see this DVD cover not draw any attention whatsoever at the counter, or not have people look up your name in the local sex offenders listing.

Oh, wait. That's right... This is the new "art form", right? =.=
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daedelus



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PostPosted: Sun Aug 01, 2010 5:00 am Reply with quote
John Casey wrote:
Wow. I can totally see this DVD cover not draw any attention whatsoever at the counter, or not have people look up your name in the local sex offenders listing.

Oh, wait. That's right... This is the new "art form", right? =.=


Actually, I have yet to see this DVD at any B & M store. Even my "goto for the obscure" Fry's Electronics has yet to stock it.

I figure that either the stores took one look at that cover and sent it back, or MB decided to only sell it through online retailers.
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DrizzlingEnthalpy



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PostPosted: Sun Aug 01, 2010 7:02 am Reply with quote
Assuming the DVD is actually distributed by any brick-and-mortar retailers, I would love to watch footage of the people buying the DVDs and the cashiers carrying out the transactions. I could probably learn a lot about human nature by scrutinizing their expressions during the sale.
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Dorcas_Aurelia



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PostPosted: Sun Aug 01, 2010 10:24 am Reply with quote
So the Japanese DVD bonus segments didn't make it into the release? That's a bit disappointing in that the one thing this series has going for it is how unabashedly ecchi it is, and the specials were even more salacious than the show proper.
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Ingraman



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PostPosted: Sun Aug 01, 2010 1:34 pm Reply with quote
asimpson2006 wrote:
I can best describe this show with this sentence:

"You watch for the fan service not the plot."


I watched it for that, and for the seiyuu for Kota and Chizuru (long & very long time actresses whose voices I like)..

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I didn't like how they made Kota look like he is a lot younger than he is supposed to be. That annoyed me a lot.


I would have preferred his designs to be a little more mature. I'm not sure how he's been picture/portrayed in the light novels (was there a manga?) to know if the anime's accurate or not.
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