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NEWS: 1st 2 Madoka Magica Films' English-Subtitled BD Trailer Streamed

I'm pretty sure this IS the only release there will be.

rarirurero wrote:

For fellow non-US fans of subbed Aniplex-properties: For some reason, these movies can be ordered in a lot of non-US territories without additional shenanigans (i.e. eBay or other straw purchase option), at least from Rightstuf.

But this is just the Japanese release being imported by Aniplex of America. For people outside the U.S. and Canada, what's the advantage over importing directly from Japan?

I'm old enough now to know that getting upset over pronunciation is just an elitist thing among fans.

Do you think the Japanese go through such care to make sure they are pronouncing Avengers or Wolverine like a white person? Give me a break. Pronounce it how it looks in your native tongue and be done with it, when dealing with fictional words.

I understand if we are talking about actual people's names or a Japanese title, but stuff like Evangelion and Magica are made up. They don't have an actual official pronunciation in any language. And with both of those words, their root word is Latin based and if you really want to get technical they should be pronounced based in their Latin root word, not Japanese or English.

fuuma_monou wrote:

But this is just the Japanese release being imported by Aniplex of America. For people outside the U.S. and Canada, what's the advantage over importing directly from Japan?

Subtititles in a language I can actually understand (I do not know japanese I can understand spanish, english or french but no japanese at all.)

Maybe if it were proper Latin, but it's not. If they're going to give the series a silly name, I'm going to pronounce their translation however I like.

- Mahou Shoujo Madoka Mah-Gi-Ka
- Puella Magi Madoka Ma-Ji-Ka