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Forum - View topicNEWS: AnimEigo Reveals BDs for Sakon The Ventriloquist, Moshidora, AD Police Files, 2 More Titles
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malvarez1
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I’ve never even heard of Sakon or Drucker, wow.
I read the Baby & Me manga from Viz over a decade ago, I’d watch the anime. |
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merr
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Wonder why they didn’t go with the title “Baby & Me” like Viz did. Is it a trademark thing? “Baby & I” sounds strangely formal by comparison.
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Lord Geo
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Amusingly enough, Justin Sevakis actually wrote about both Moshidora & Baby and I previously here on ANN, for Pile of Shame in 2013, for Stuff You'll Never See Here in 1998, & Buried Treasure in 2008, respectively.
In them, Justin stated that "No company would ever spend money on this" for Moshidora, while for Baby and I he called it an example of an anime "no American release house will touch with a ten-foot pole (barring some act of God)"... and, ironically enough, said that AnimEigo would be one of the "best hopes for a commercial release". Meanwhile, I'm psyched for Sakon myself, so I'll be grabbing that, Moshidora, & upgrading my old House of Five Leaves DVD set for the BD. Still not sure about AD Police Files & Baby and I. |
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FireChick
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It could be licensor mandate. That's why Discotek's release of Rose of Versailles has the Lady Oscar title added to it. |
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OtomeGay
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Baby & I is so exciting! I know I've heard about how retro shojo can be a hard sell (most retro shojo fans I know are more manga-oriented), so I appreciate AnimEigo taking the risk!
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Egan Loo
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During the panel at Anime Expo, AnimEigo said Baby & I is the tentative title for its release, and added that it is looking into using the Baby and Me title. |
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R. Kasahara
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Moshidora in particular is something that I personally never expected to ever get an English-language release. Hooray for niche publishers! |
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Top Gun
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Glad I held off on getting the old DVD for AD Police Files. House of Five Leaves got a lot of good press back in the day too.
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thekingsdinner
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Aaaand I'm probably getting all of these. Moshidora would be really fun to revisit since its inital airing. I've been getting nearly every AnimEigo release since what I like to call their renaissance.
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Akcoll99
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I remember reading about Sakon in Animerica back when it first aired. I thought it sounded interesting but then it went unlicensed, even during that 2003-2007 licensing boom. I feel obligated to try it after all these years.
Not interested in Baby & I/Me, but I'm hoping we someday get Aishteruze Baby in the U.S. |
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Encyclopedia Editor
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Not just strangely formal, "Baby & I" is grammatically incorrect, unless they're imagining it to be the beginning of a sentence (like "Baby and I went to the park..."). As a standalone phrase, "Baby & Me" is correct english grammar. The "and I" usage is an over-correction trap many English speakers fall into after years of being told that "and me" was incorrect as a (false) blanket rule. I have really strong feelings about this!! Haha. |
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rahzel rose
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House of Five Leaves!!! I have the dvd set from waaaaay back but I will be very happy to purchase the bluray version.
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Takkun4343
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Despite the hang-ups I had with it back when it was first premiering (boring execution, difficult-to-like supporting characters, spoiler[Yuki's eleventh-hour death being forced, dragged-out melodramatic bullsh*t], the avant-title narration being cringe in terms of how it sounds), I might actually put down money on this Moshidora release. Maybe a rewatch spaced out over more than just the two weeks will aid in reappraisal.
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merr
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As a standalone title, either is correct because there’s nothing inherent to the phrase that indicates it’s necessarily a compound object rather than a compound subject. It’s simply a title and not a complete clause, so either is fine from a grammar perspective. But you’re right about the fact that “Baby & I” sounds more formal because so many native speakers are taught “and I” and overcorrect to that. “Baby & Me” is closer to what a child would say, and it evokes “Mommy & Me,” which is a familiar stock phrase/title. I’m sure there’s an argument to be made that one title is more accurate when you look at the pronoun in the Japanese title, the context, etc., but I can’t pretend I know enough Japanese to judge. Either way, it sounds like AnimEigo is exploring switching it, so this probably is a case where “Baby & I” was set by the licensor without understanding all the nuance of how it sounds in English. |
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