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Shelf Life - Aria Speedwagon

This may brand me as sexist, but while I don't like Harem anime, I love reverse-harems. Especially the parodical, self aware type like Ouran (though I also like Fushigi Yugi: Genbu Kaiden...and Saiunkoku Monogatori, etc )

As for Aria...I don't know, sounds lovely, but at the same time slice-of-life shows/movies/etc. aren't really my thing.

It's all meant to invoke a time period, but it also succeeds in setting the most depressing scene ever.

Bamboo Dong wrote:

I was hoping for more from the ending, but it didn't live up to my expectations at all.

Have yet to get my set, but I'm guessing it's because the manga is still ongoing.

All of that doesn't change that this series is really, really disgusting.

Not having dual-audio is a reason not to buy something?

Wow, it must be nice to be this spoiled when it comes to your anime.

Not having dual-audio is a reason not to buy something?

Wow, it must be nice to be this spoiled when it comes to your anime.

Seems I could remember a time when I bought VHS tapes and had to decide dub or sub. Which one will I spend my money on this time? Researching through word of mouth and fledgling internet sites which of the two were better. Either way you went, the cost was identical. You are getting thirteen episodes in an ARIA pack for the price of the average single anime DVD with dual audio. The kind that usually only have four episodes on them if you're lucky.

Do I also have to mention that a lot of the specials we never see on anime dvds were included in the first season? Interviews with the actresses, special features with the director doing research trips to the real Venice, etc. I don't remember the last time I ever saw one of those on a dual-audio release of something like Black Lagoon or Full Metal Panic.

If slice of life isn't your thing, that's fine. There are plenty of slice of life series that have bored me to tears. But announcing you're not going to buy (or even consider buying) something solely because it doesn't have dual-audio is something else entirely.

False sense of entitlement indeed.

Do I also have to mention that a lot of the specials we never see on anime dvds were included in the first season? Interviews with the actresses, special features with the director doing research trips to the real Venice, etc. I don't remember the last time I ever saw one of those on a dual-audio release of something like Black Lagoon or Full Metal Panic.

As a fellow person with username that contains a death threat pertaining to a food product, I can say it's probably the latter. We're just that cool. And manly too. Also suave.

Now Damn, thats alot of BlackJack for ya! Was wondering where you get from, If you get it from California, than dang I salute ya.

I can't believe it's still not complete. Is that a can of Black Jack chewing tobacco on the bottom?!?

So I'm looking at the Sailor Moon stuff and WHOA! I RECOGNIZE THAT!!! Lunatic Party!!!! That's the Sailor Moon hentai, right? I have those!

I hope you don't live in California, because seriously, when that next earthquake hits, those books are gonna be all over your face.

Ryllharu wrote:

Not having dual-audio is a reason not to buy something? Wow, it must be nice to be this spoiled when it comes to your anime.

With all due respect, even though I do disagree with the way that the general argument against recent sub-only releases is usually presented, the counter of, "When I first started buying anime..." comes across as being extremely patronizing. It's great and all that anime fans of a decade ago had to deal with much greater financial and selection hardships when purchasing their favorite series, but what you're ignoring is the whole point: such times were in the past. I started my anime fandom in 2005, a time well after the days of single-audio VHS tapes, and I would venture the guess that the majority (or at least large minority) of other regular posters here fall into that same boat. For us, a series getting licensed and a series getting dubbed were mutually inclusive by default, and the fact that we no longer had to deal with such massive inconveniences as those in the VHS days did was something to be celebrated. And though many (but not all) of us understand the current market forces necessitating such releases for certain niche series, that doesn't mean we have to like the situation.

In all honesty, were I a fan of a series that wound up receiving a sub-only release, I would most likely feel rather disappointed, since I see one of the main benefits of a show getting released domestically as being able to experience it in my native language. I would most likely still buy said show, out of a sense of duty to my fandom of it, but I would still feel like I was getting somewhat short-changed in the process. While I haven't run into that specific situation yet (except for something like Dokuro-chan, which is a whole other story ), I most likely will eventually; even if I don't, the fact that I intend to purchase Fantastic Children basically qualifies as such, since its dub was poor enough that it might as well not exist as far as I'm concerned.

rekishi wrote:

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Shigurui was directed by Hirotsugu Hamazaki, the same director of Texhnolzye, I started to watch the show for him. I hope you'll watch the rest of the series, it's one of the best series I've ever watched.

I'd read about Aria before when we featured it in Protoculture Addicts