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Fencedude5609
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I didn't know there was going to be a new season of Yu-Gi-Oh! |
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Lynx Amali
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Oh, Fence. I think dtm's referring to the Anti-YuGiOh. You know, the one with superior unedited English cards. This season's looking pretty thin so far for me. Aside from some carryovers from Fall, it's mostly going to be backlog season. Which is sort of hilarious considering I had the same issue last year. |
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tuxedocat
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Well, me too. But the one with the goat starts tonight, so I'm waiting to check it out. |
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ChibiKangaroo
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Maoyu... hmm.... I don't think I'm going to like this one. The political intrigue and fantasy setting sound kind of cool, but the first episode was just a massive info dump which did zero to make me like these main two characters. The "Hero" seems like a total idiot, without any distinguishing features at all. He seems kind of like a more or less incompetent version of Kirito from SAO, which is VERY bad. Very very bad... The Demon King seems kind of interesting, and I'm sure that the fact that each of her boobs is bigger than her head will endear her to many of the male audience. She does seem to have some personality to her, but the introduction between her and hero was so heavily contrived and kind of awkward. I don't think I've ever seen a show get straight to the point so fast, as far as bringing two protagonists together and having them go from mortal enemies to lovers in like a few minutes. This show might get better now that this awful first episode is over, but I'm definitely iffy here.
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dtm42
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He knew what I meant. Fencey is many things, but he's no philistine. |
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Fencedude5609
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Its still the most overrated-but-still-actually-good show in recent memory. |
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dtm42
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Something can't be overrated if it lives up to the hype. Now Kids on the Slope on the other hand . . . |
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eaglestorm
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All these discussions about the title of Mangirl!
 Regardless, that's the official title:
Whether it makes sense or not, the mangaka can call it whatever he/she wants Last edited by eaglestorm on Fri Jan 04, 2013 9:47 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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Melanchthon
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Maoyu
I really like the idea behind the show. A deconstruction of fantasy tropes mixed in with some political commentary. And there is some real-world truth to it as well, the Mongol Empire was only stable when it was conquering--the center could only hold when the outsides where expanding. And the Eastern Roman Empire and the Persians, two ancient and mighty empires, fought each other to the point of exhaustion, so that they barely could manage a whimper when Mohammad brought his army up out of the desert and rolled over them. Sparta and Athens fought a terrifying conflict that lasted 27 years, and it was not too much longer after Sparta's victory that they themselves collapsed from exhaustion, leaving Greece a shattered land that was easy conquered by Phillip of Macedon. The idea of conflict for economic reasons is a clever one too, we can not forget our current military-industrial complex, and in the Thirty Years War, Sweden deliberately extended the conflict so it could ransack enough land to pay off its mercenaries. In short, I'm seeing a smart, intelligent show in the same kind of vein as Spice and Wolf. That said, the rest of the show left much to be desired. The animation was weak, the character designs bland and too much of the show was spent on stupid ero-gags that were unoriginal and unfunny. What made Spice and Wolf fun was the interaction between Lawrence and Holo. Whether the Demon and the Hero can repeat that chemistry remains to be see. But I really hope they do, this could be a really cool show. As for the shorts, the only one I saw was the Mountain Climbing one, which was obvious and boring. Shorts just don't do it for me. It hard seems worth the effort, you know. I won't be watching any of them. Next up on my list is Minami-ke 4, the boob-ninja show, and the "Let me get this straight, does anyone not have amnesia?" show. Oh, and Monkey Punch's latest weirdness. Really looking forward to that one. |
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dtm42
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The English title doesn't have to follow the Manga's title, it can be something completely different. Something that won't result in awkward explanations to loved ones about why you're watching a show called "Mangirl". |
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eaglestorm
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I beg to differ on that point. Where there's no official English title, then and only then, a suitable translated title or romaji tile can be used. Otherwise, the original title should always be retained. |
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grooven
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OT NOTE: Just wanted to help out and noticed something
The Banner ad for the Preview guide is cut off on the right hand side. I think something with the Shana ad perhaps? I'm running newest ver of Firefox, so not sure if it looks different on IE or Chrome. Nothing so far seems to be of much interest yet but I will see what others come on the way
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Petrea Mitchell
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Damn. The premise of Maoyu sounds fascinating to me, but from the preview material and the reviews, it also sounds like it has enough pandering to a hypothetical all-teenage-male audience to make me want to hurl my monitor against the wall.
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Zac
ANN Executive Editor
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Do people still operate under the impression that somehow these titles are unapproved English translations?
Every single show you see simulcasted, released in English officially on DVD or anywhere else has an English-language title that was dictated by the production company that licensed out the work. There is no one at Crunchyroll who gets to decide what the English title is - ever. They are all thoroughly approved by the R2 company responsible for production. Nothing you see is the result of some errant translator making a bad or too-literal choice. If you wanna blame someone for weird English titles, it's all on Japan. |
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Fencedude5609
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Tell them that they can fudge off if they're so goddamn narrowminded. |
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