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dragon695
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I'm more interested in a subbed release of DYRL mastered BD! |
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Teriyaki Terrier
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In a sense, this almost seems ironic that the founder of Harmony Gold is being sentenced for tax fraud, given that the company's name is Harmony Gold.
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Beltane70
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This is where I disagree. People give Carl Macek way more credit than he deserves when it comes to the state of anime fandom. There were quite a few shows that were more memorable than Robotech that came out quite some time before Robotech did. Speed Racer, Kimba the White Lion, Astroboy, Battle of the Planets, Star Blazer, and Voltron all aired on TV before Robotech and are remembered by far more people than Robotech is. Carl wasn't involved in any one of those shows, all of which are far more important to anime fandom than Robotech is or will ever be.
Sorry, but no, there already was a growing anime fanbase in the US prior to Robotech.
I can't blame Big West or Bandai for not wanting to license new Macross productions for US release when they would have to go through and compensate Harmony Gold to use the Macross name since Harmony Gold has the Macross name trademarked in the US and a few other countries. Why would they want to pay Harmony Gold to release their own product in a niche market of another niche market? |
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Ingraman
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There was, but I'll give Robotech credit for getting me into anime when I did. I'd missed StarBlazers, and I'd only seen a few episodes of Battle of the Planets/G-Force. If it hadn't been for the "Robotech" characters (amongst many I didn't recognize) in the ad for AnimeCon '91 on the back cover of a Starlog magazine issue, my interest in anime might not have started or it might have been significantly delayed. That's as much credit as I'll give Harmony Gold. Their getting in the way of more Macross products coming over here nearly cancels out my goodwill, though. |
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enurtsol
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When it involves Berlusconi, nothing's gonna happen. The guy practically runs Italy. Y'know how many times the guy should've been in jail and hasn't?! This is much ado about nothing.
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StudioToledo
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And surely that's all there is to it, simply getting public exposure in a medium like YouTube is all we have (and I hate to admit I took advantage of that a decade ago looking up on such obscure, pointless things like what cartoons a person my age was watching in France back in the 80's. That sort of open-mindedness has always been with me for such a long time, it was finally killer to go and see what television was like across the Ocean than from the few VHS tapes I've tape-traded in the past or picking up distant signals from Canadian stations from my indoor antenna. Reminded of once getting a tape with an episode of the 90's X-Men cartoon from a Japanese broadcast from a pal I know up in Canada and it was something to see what they had for the opening/closing tunes, but that sort of thing was often common in other countries were often highlighting local talent or other deals were made and often American/Foreign programs might see such alterations than to stay original to the source material. Several American shows like Love Boat and Mork & Mindy got pretty kickass themes in Italy I've noticed. It's kinda fun to notice these things, like the Italian theme to the first Lupin III series when that came over there, love to by that EP!
Which I'm sure is all fat chance that it will happen.
Wish I could help you there.
There's that. Of course when many of those shows were aired, the emphasis that they were "anime" at all wasn't the point (I'm sure Battle of the Planets was being passed off as an 'original' American cartoon with the added scenes they stuck in), though their foreign nature was probably something that clicked with those Baby Boomers/Gen-X'ers that saw them.
There was, though it certainly wasn't a big community in those pre-1985 days and certainly far more remote. Those were the days of actually going out to cons and finding people with like-minded interests and maintaining fanzines and all that.
It's a headache that will go on and on.
Another fine mess we gotten ourselves into!
I've seen enough jokes about him to know the routine. |
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mdo7
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Yes but the fanbase grew exponentially after Robotech was shown. Robotech was the first time people were able to watch anime close to the original Japanese version, Robotech was almost uncut and the complex storyline was kept intact (well the Macross Saga of course). People still credit Carl Macek for helping bringing uncut anime to US, while previous anime like Star Blazers, Voltron still had plot altered, but Robotech kept it close to the original Japanese version. For Robotech: the movie, Carl Macek originally wanted to bring and dub Macross: Do you remember Love. DYRL was going to be Robotech: the movie instead of these 2 horrid titles. The reason DYRL didn't became Robotech: the movie because of Tatsunoko, Toho, and Cannon films. They were the reason why Robotech: the movie became infamous. Carl said in the ANNcast that he didn't like this project and since then don't want to bring it up. I feel sorry for him when he said that. I wish DYRL should've been Robotech: the movie, it would've been perfect and Carl said he would've kept the movie uncut with a dub. I wonder if DYRL in the US would've became Robotech: the movie (with the tagline: Do you remember Love) or Robotech: Do you remember Love? if Tatsunoko, and Cannon had allow Carl to dub the movie.
Well Kotaku and Hardcore Gaming 101 was nice enough to reveal Maniac Mansion and Police Quest 2 was severely altered for the Japanese release. Hopefully this could lead to reveal more old western games that has been altered for the Japanese version. I'm glad to see gaming news report on whatever western games get censored when they go to Japan. I think it's possible someone could investigate western cartoon in Japan and find out what western cartoon got censored/altered/edited for the Japanese release. For what you said, I'm kinda happy people are curious how American show differ when they go to other countries (including Japan). I guess that's why those people don't complain about how US edit foreign stuff. But however, beside Beast Wars, there's no other show that's been severely edited. I know you can't help with Godzilla because the DVD isn't out in Japan and nobody on Youtube uploaded the Japanese dub so we don't know what kind of alteration Japan did to HB Godzilla. Well if people can reveal Beast Wars Japanse alteration, I'm sure other will upload other severe edits of American cartoon Japanese dub. |
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Beltane70
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mdo7Did you actually watch Star Blazers? The plot for Space Battleship Yamato was left entirely intact. Sure, the names changed, and character deaths, except maybe Okita's were never shown, but at its core, the plot remained true to the original source material.
I'd hardly say that anime fandom grew "exponentially" after Robotech aired, considering that it would be a few years before we saw any other shows of any significance on TV. I'd give Dragonball Z more credit for the increased exposure of anime in the US before I would Robotech. |
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mdo7
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I did check Wikipedia and you're correct, Star Blazers did keep the plot intact but a it was heavily censored to fit TV standard and to market children. It was considered "adult" to most people who saw this back then. Star Blazers may have help Carl Macek on how to improve dub and not to completely censor and edit anime. But Star Blazers didn't have the big impact like Robotech did, when Star Blazers was released on DVD/VHS they didn't restored the censored scene (hopefully Voyager Entertainment could team up with Discotek to get the original uncut Space Battleship Yamato like the same way WEP team up with Media Blaster to get Go Lion and Dairugger XV the 2 anime that make up Voltron uncut). Robotech had violence and questionable content censored for TV, but the censored scene was restored when they release the show on VHS. It's been acknowledged that after Robotech, various companies like Central Park Media (formed in 1990), AnimEIGO (formed in 1988), and Streamline Picture (formed in 1988) was formed to help bring over anime in their uncut/almost intact form thanks to Robotech. This is how Robotech had help increase anime fandom exponentially, DBZ just made it better and with the help of the internet DVD, and blu-ray, the anime fandom wouldn't be what it is now. Add digital download and video streaming site (Hulu, Youtube) and the fandom just grew. |
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StudioToledo
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More black guys with outrageous hair needs to be shown! |
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