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NEWS: ADV licenses Paniponi Dash

Pleroma wrote:

Quote: I don't, as ADV's extras are goddamn awful. I'm not buying these DVDs, as I loathe ADV and all they stand for. I'm just fine with purchasing the much superior Japanese release. Huh? last I checked the other american licensors did not exactly go out of their way to provide quality extras. ADV has a good track record here and the Excel Saga treatment is in my opinion one of if not the best R1 DVD release out there. They also have generally good dubbing and creative ways of pushing their product.

He's probably just another pirate that holds a grudge against ADV for taking legal action against fansubbing groups that continued to distribute shows that they held the licenses too. I'd be willing to bet that it has nothing to do with the ADV DVD releases themselves.

I firmly believe that if something is foreign, it should be watched in its mother language. It's not that I revere the Japanese or anything like that.

ADV does a good job with the subtitles and dubs, which is where it really counts.

The usually put some effort into the DVD packaging too. That being said, their advertisements do suck, and they could do a bit more when it comes to extras.

As far as ADV goes, I really just hate them because I hate their method of marketing (there is more, but this my main beef). They pander too much to the phonies. They water the plant that is goddamn stupid useless American fanbase, making it grow bigger and bigger. I really cannot stand for it. It's their (and other companies, like Tokyo Pop's) fault that I keep running into morons at conventions. I am disgusted by it, I really am.

And their dubs are some of the worst I've heard. Have yet to find one I can sit through one entire episode for without cringing.

shadow_Hiei wrote:

ADV does a good job with the subtitles and dubs, which is where it really counts.

Which is, of course, a totally subjective opinion.

Their subtitles aren't any worse than anyone else's most of the time, but in my experience, they're the only company to subtitle English wrong. So that kind of makes me wonder about the accuracy of the actual translation. And their dubs are some of the worst I've heard. Have yet to find one I can sit through one entire episode for without cringing.

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The usually put some effort into the DVD packaging too. That being said, their advertisements do suck, and they could do a bit more when it comes to extras.

I give them points for their packaging, though Funimation and Geneon have been better as of late when it comes to singles. As for the extras, can't put something on there that doesn't exist. A lot of the time, Japanese extras either can't be licensed or just don't exist. The dub extras, OTOH, overfloweth it feels like. And as I have no love for the dub, the in-house extras do nothing for me (except the sock puppets. I love the sock puppets). I'm glad others like them, though.

Pleroma wrote:

Quote: I don't, as ADV's extras are goddamn awful. I'm not buying these DVDs, as I loathe ADV and all they stand for. I'm just fine with purchasing the much superior Japanese release. Huh? last I checked the other american licensors did not exactly go out of their way to provide quality extras. ADV has a good track record here and the Excel Saga treatment is in my opinion one of if not the best R1 DVD release out there. They also have generally good dubbing and creative ways of pushing their product.

He's probably just another pirate that holds a grudge against ADV for taking legal action against fansubbing groups that continued to distribute shows that they held the licenses too. I'd be willing to bet that it has nothing to do with the ADV DVD releases themselves.

Without the vast army of "phonies" and "morons" there would be less anime available in English and it would cost a lot more.

Nah, he's probably just a sad idiotic moron who has no life all because ADV and other companies dared stop the various fansub groups from fansubbing his free anime!

As for the stuff that's out as fansubs, I'd buy the official releases as well including the Zeta Gundam movies even tho I already have the TV-Nihon versions of the first two movies and of course Pani Poni Dash which really is as funny as a lot of people say it is...

Shiroi Hane wrote:

Without the vast army of "phonies" and "morons" there would be less anime available in English and it would cost a lot more.

That's fine for me! Just means I'd purchasing a whole lot more Japanese DVDs. Cost is no problem, really. If you love something, you'll give up as much money as you need to in order to get it.

BorgmanJayce wrote:

Nah, he's probably just a sad idiotic moron who has no life all because ADV and other companies dared stop the various fansub groups from fansubbing his free anime!

Seems you didn't read my previous post, where I say that I hate goddamn fansubbers, and comapnies are within their rights to take as much legal action as the damn well please. I also said I hate ADV for their shitty marketing, not because they stop fansubbers. You're just a moron who obviously can't read. I don't think anime should be free. If you like a series, you'll purchase it. There's no way I'd watch fansubs over beautifully authored discs (well, there are exceptions. Like this one with ADV. Because I hate them.)

BorgmanJayce wrote:

As for the stuff that's out as fansubs, I'd buy the official releases as well including the Zeta Gundam movies even tho I already have the TV-Nihon versions of the first two movies and of course Pani Poni Dash which really is as funny as a lot of people say it is...

I'd get Pani Poni Dash if any other comany had it. But, since I don't care to support all the phonies at ADV, I won't buy their product. Japan can have my cash. Now, if Geneon happened to get this series, I'd gladly pay for their DVDs.

As far as ADV goes, I really just hate them because I hate their method of marketing (there is more, but this my main beef). They pander too much to the phonies. They water the plant that is goddamn stupid useless American fanbase, making it grow bigger and bigger. I really cannot stand for it. It's their (and other companies, like Tokyo Pop's) fault that I keep running into morons at conventions. I am disgusted by it, I really am.

Shiroi Hane wrote:

Without the vast army of "phonies" and "morons" there would be less anime available in English and it would cost a lot more.

That's fine for me! Just means I'd purchasing a whole lot more Japanese DVDs. Cost is no problem, really. If you love something, you'll give up as much money as you need to in order to get it.

If it wasn't for fansubbers, we wouldn't have such a wide choice of anime these days including dare I say it, a lot of the stuff that you like so much...

If I dare say so, you, sir are a elitist moron of the first order who give true and decent anime fans who want to encourage others to join the cause a bad reputation!

It's self-righteous elitist twits like you who are going to set the anime and manga cause back years if you keep on with your attitude...

BTW, FYI, I can read both in English and Kana as well plus a few Kanji...

As for fansubs, if it wasn't for them, I wouldn't have discovered the joys of Ninja Nonsense or One Piece or Naruto amongst other shows so give them the credit that they're due...

Just a liiiitle bit selfish there? Not everyone has as much money as they need, which is why so far I only have two complete series in R2J.