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Max465
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*Head desks rapidly* WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY???
Aniplex USA announces three new titles and out of those three my least favorite is the only one to get a dub??? Damn Aniplex, they should all be getting dubs. Hell, despite all the shit Funi has pulled recently they're still my favorite dubbers. Why? BECAUSE THEY DUB EVERYTHING THEY RELEASE TO DVD!! |
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JaffaOrange
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Because they invest more money on (or dub) the thing that will likely sell the most and dubbing all their shows costs more money than they're willing to invest? |
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SilverPhantom
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SO glad they are dubbing Madoka! I was getting a bit worried they would turn a blind eye to it.
I wonder how they will release it? I hoping for a full boxset from the start but that's probably asking to much. |
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Kohii
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This must be on Blu-ray, Aniplex. I was gonna get it, anyway. I thought the dub was a foregone conclusion. But the Blu-ray is a must.
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Ashen Phoenix
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THIS. GAWD. YES. ^5 |
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Kazemon15
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Never seen Madoka or Blue Exorcist... but....I can take a wild guess as to why they will dub Madoka over it.
Madoka is like what... 12 episodes? Blue Exorcist is a shounen title which is prompt to have over 50 episodes? New shounen series haven't been dubbed in a long long time and I doubt Aniplex wants to re-start dubbing them. |
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Key
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So I am now prying my foot out of my mouth for forgetting that Durarara!! was also an Aniplex title. Using that one as a guide, though, I suspect that we'll see either two six-episode releases around $35 MSRP or a single 12-ep set around $70 for PMMM.
And based on Durarara!!, I don't think that we have anything to worry about with the dub. Aniplex handed that one off to Bang Zoom! and they did a bang-up (heh!) job with it. I don't see any reason why they wouldn't get the call for this one, too.
Not sure what you were listening to, but while I thought the Japanese voice acting was unusually good, I didn't hear anything in it that was so unique that it couldn't be duplicated by an English dub performance. (Although I am very curious to hear how an English-dubbed Kyubey sounds. That's going to be the tricky one.) You really need to listen to more dubs - like the Durarara!! one - if you truly think that there aren't American performers out there who are up to the task. EDIT: Oh, and I would be shocked if this gets Adult Swim air time. I agree with dtm42 that it's much more than just an otaku title, but I don't see it having that much cross-over appeal. |
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Netstryke
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HELLZ YEAH!!
This title was too popular not to have a dub option added to the show. I assume that BangZoom will be given the assignment.
I would like to hear Shelby Lindley as Mami and Cassandra Lee as Sakura though (wishful thinking) 1 more thig...Not having Madoka Magica available on Blu-Ray is a BIG mistakebut this might be a "test the waters" thing. |
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tuxedocat
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totally agree with you here. |
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JaffaOrange
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I'm curious about the difference in quality between the DVD and Bluray and how much it would help a show like this to be shown in bluray.While I liked the aesthetic of the show - in particular the witches, even if it was basically watching Shinbo masterbate on screen (the cutesy character designs were okay I guess) - the actual art and animation sags in parts and it feels like a bluray release will just make them more obvious.
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mglittlerobin
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I wonder how many people are gonna say that whenever they announce the price, I.E. $39.98 or something like that. That was the pre-order price of Durarara!! when I bought it, and it was dubbed. |
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Surrender Artist
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Well, an English dub certainly reduces the barriers to entry and it would be nice to hear another recent Los Angeles dub. If it were really spectacular and very ideally suited to my tastes, I would have bought it regardless, but an English dub lowers the bar appreciably. I'm definitely curious, but the praise and excitement over this has been so intense and focused that any interest that it encouraged in me looped back around and became wariness.
Last edited by Surrender Artist on Fri Jul 29, 2011 11:27 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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Happiness for Subaru
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Key
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I've reviewed a few Blu-Rays where I had a DVD version to compare and, based on that, can say that the amount of visual difference the upgrade make to a non-videophile varies a lot from title to title and depends quite a bit on how old it is. BR seems to make a big difference in heavily CG-animated titles (like To), less so with titles mostly done with regular animation. And you're right, BR does tend to make any flaws in the visuals or animation more apparent. |
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Teriyaki Terrier
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Truthfully, I much rather see the new Rurouni Kenshin anime dubbed more than any of the other shows. Simply because the English dub of the final season was not aired in North America and that said, the ending was never shown in US.
I figured after the manga ended, that was the grand conclusion of the series and that was it. Completely surprised me that there is a new anime of Rurouni Kenshin and even more so, that Media Blasters might license it. I am not saying Madoka is bad is not as good as Rurouni Kenshin, but Madoka not only got a complete series conclusion, it's licensed, has a dub and there is a chance it will be available in Blu-Ray form. That is impressive, even though I am not really interested in Madkoa Magica at all. |
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