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PantsGoblin
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There are no fairies in Nanoha lol. |
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SukieNeko
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Wow Zac, you're column is educational, not only do I learn more about anime, but before today I had never heard about tree kangaroos
I mainly wanted to comment of the first question. I'm pretty neutral when it comes to dub and subs, with a bit more of a preference towards subs. I think I just like the way japanese sounds, strange huh? Still, as long as I think the dub isn't awful I'll watch it.
I think companies choosing to release more sub only DVDs is a good idea. I mean, like you said dubs can be expensive. Also, a lot of the anime fans I know hate dubs and refuse to watch them. So why would it make much of a difference to them if there was a dub track or not? Everyone in my high school's anime club feels this way. In fact when a dub track is accidently put on lots of them react pretty immaturely as in covering their ears yelling "Gah!! dubs!! etc.  Of course more popular series should be dubbed like Naruto and future series that will share the same number of fans as Full Metal Alchemist or Bleach.
The only true disadvantage I can see to reducing the number of dubs produced is what about the blind? Don't they watch thier anime dubbed. Unless they all wanted to learn Japanese it would suck to lose dubbing for them. |
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UtenaAnthy
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Yeah, that's the thing that actually makes me apprehensive about sub only DVDs, I'm a big sub fan, but losing the dub option for people who need it to watch anime is awful. |
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Mohawk52
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The NA distributors reverting back to Subs only is a poor marketing decision IMHO. It might have been a good idea back in 1992, but in todays fansub flooded availability it's like trying to sell sand to the Saudi's. It be best if they concentrated on the caviar, and leave the dross to the fansubbers as they'll eat anything second hand.
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Naru2099
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*Sigh* No one ever has anything bad to say about Vic Mignogna. I swear I'll find something to make sure he isn't the saint that he appears to be*
*Not really, but it'd be great to hear. Vic's such a good guy, having multiple chances to talk to him. Though I did want to say that he gets fans to his panel by bribing them with Milky Ways, but I didn't want to do that to him >.> Also, I wonder in the [S] is a first name? I might have a clue then |
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ChikaraFire_7
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he already said that they weren't clues I'm fairly impartial to which language as long as both are good, but it was nice to get more insight into the dub scene I too had never heard of the tree kangaroo, it's very cute 
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marie-antoinette
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I don't think not having a dub track would keep my from buying a series, but I certainly would prefer to have a dub so that I have that option. I also like to try out a dub for anything I watch and if it's good I will usually watch it, so that I can do something while I am watching and not have to be glued to the bottom part of my TV/computer screen.
As for the Answerfans, I think the different answer really is the best, or the one I agree with most. The main thing I have always pointed to for why I like anime (and doramas too, for that matter) is that they have a more contained story than North American TV does. I can't really speak much on movies, though I actually tend to not like anime movies all that much. They are okay, but I can't think of many that I would want to watch twice. |
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kizoku
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DuelLadyS
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Oh, that's easy- unions get pissed when their members bypass them for work. If they use the same pseudonym too much, the union'll catch on and they get busted... so, you change it up. (And, chances are, most of these VAs have no choice in whether or not they join these unions... a lot of them have deals where in order to get a job in a certain field/company, you have to join the union. Honestly, I wonder if unions do more harm than good these days.) |
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Eos
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From what I understand, yes they do. There's a setting on newer televisions that has a voice describing a show's action for the blind (can't say how many have them, but I caught it on Rugrats years ago). I know a friend of mine is dyslectic and has trouble reading subtitles, but these are pretty extreme "keep the dubs" examples. 
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Omega13
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Are you kidding? My roommate has a blind friend that loves 'watching' Star Trek. He has the most awesome stereo setup you'll ever see 
Also, we watched the Super Bowl at his house a few years back. He even has a big-screen TV for his non-visually-impaired friends. It was fun being his play-by-play announcer and getting to describe all everything that happened. |
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Kyokat
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If you're interested in what unions are good for, you might be interested in reading this take on the Writer's Union. Yeah, it's not quite the Actor's Guild, but it's close, and it might remind you that the idea unions are bad for workers is primarily spread by the companies who don't want to have to deal with them. |
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ANBUx3
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I remember when this was going on. I don't think he threatened to sue Megchan, a Digimon site, but confronted them for bashing him. Here's some more info on that. The Digimon FAQ |
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irishninja
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...and the workers who get screwed by unions, and the people who who have to deal with unions but aren't in them, and the nonunion people who work in fields with strong unions, and... But since this is AnimeNewsNetwork.com's messageboards and not LetsTalkAboutUnions.com messageboards, let's agree to disagree and get back to the anime. At least then we're divided by a common interest. 
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SoloButterfly
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There was also the instance where [Q] arrived a day late for a four day convention, and left a day early. Though I have heard that was because [Q] was unaware it was a four day convention. But since it seems like the conventions themselves usually help with setting up flights one and one aren't quite adding up. But I can understand that there are misunderstandings, so I find it noteworthy that [Q] is no longer invited to that particular convention.
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