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Wolverine Princess
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I've heard someone gets raped by a monkey in this series.
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PantsGoblin
 SubscriberEncyclopedia Editor  Posts: 2969 Location: L.A. |
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I looked at this thread without looking at the review (just saw it in the forums) and when I saw that comment, I thought, "What a perfect way to start off a thread"... lol.
I was thinking about getting this though, I've heard people never thought it would get licensed in the US because of its huge amount of cultural references and influence on the series... don't know if this had to do with it's unfavorable review though. I may still end up watching it though... |
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biliano
Posts: 956 Location: Cleveland, OH |
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Yeah, looking at that cast list, to me it reads more like an equivalent to a low-class minor-league baseball team: very raw on talent and skills, with many of their players having little to no chance to making it to the major league. I couldn't recognize any of these actors save for Bryce Papenbrook, and the only reason why I recognize that name is because he's the son of the late Bob Papenbrook. He's probably the only one of the group that has the potential to become a very successful VA, and that's due to his pedigree. I might end up renting it someday, but a lot of people said that Green Green is pretty bad, and this review most likely confirmed it. |
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xgemina
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nope, not a monkey 
spoiler[one of the guys has some intimate relations with a bear later on and not by choice.] |
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HitokiriShadow
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I got through about 1/3 of the opening before I gave up. And that was the fansub. It looks like I didn't miss much.
If I'm desperate for a fanservice series, maybe I'll pick up a boxset someday since MediaBlaster's sets tend to be pretty cheap. At Best Buy, their Shrine of the Morning Mist set was a dollar cheaper than the individual volume next to it. |
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Zalis116
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 No, it's not that hard to get them right, although upon a quick check of the episode, the silver lining is that the names aren't said as badly as they could have been. It's also the fault of the ADR director for not knowing how they should sound.
Ah, I guess these kinds of series are inevitable and good to kill time with once in awhile; I imagine I could probably watch Green Green and wind up enjoying it in the way I did Girls Bravo, though I'll have to make sure to stick to the Japanese audio. |
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Key
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The other potentially recognizable name is Sandy Fox, who voices Sanae. She's rarely a lead but has done a lot of prominent supporting roles involving cutesy voices, such as Sumomo from Chobits, Mireille in .hack//Legend of the Twilight, and Marie in the Please Teacher!/Twins! titles. Hers is one of the rare consistently competent performances. And xgemina: that's heavily implied to happen in the first volume, actually. |
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lazuline
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holy ____ ! they licensed this garbage?
other than the catchy opening, this series has no merit. Even the fanservice is weak (since it's more revolting than "hot"). |
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Shonen Bat
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The girls on the cover don't even look hot. Usually girls in fanservice anime tend to be hot but not them. I've truthfully never seen Green Green either but judging from some of the posts I'm not missing much. |
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lhernan02
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OK, I now grudgingly have to defend this series.
It is what it is, and for what it is, its good. Its the anime version of "Porky's" and as that, it is quite good. The female characters are realistic (no deformed boob-women in this one - notice I am only talking about the bodies here, character wise they are strictly one dimensional), the plot (what little there is) is stomachable, the humor is mostly funny (though sometimes the sexual humor is more disturbing than funny), and the fanservice is nudity-centric as opposed to panty-centric (a plus from a western point of view). Now, would I recommend spending your hard-earned money on this gem - NO! But if you have some throw-away money lying around and want to turn off your brain and enjoy some harmless (well, not that harmless) fun - WHY NOT! spoiler[On the rape issue, the fat guy is obviously (though luckily not graphically) raped by a bear. The other time traveling girl (not Midori) is accosted by the three monkeys and they take off her underwear, but it is uncertain if they just grope her or actually rape her. Like I said, some of the sexual "humor" is not that funny.] PS: I am quite disgusted with myself that I remember so much about this series considering how long ago I saw the fansub. |
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biliano
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Oh, that's right. She also played Risky in AN Entertainment's Risky/Safety and the Tachikomas in Ghost in the Shell, a couple of shows that I like. She was also on Heat Guy J opposite Bryce's father Bob. Don't know how I missed that one. 
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jsevakis
Former ANN Editor in Chief
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Arvintel (misspelled "Arventil" in the article, which sounds enough like lentil to be delicious!) is the only dubbing studio I know of that's based in Atlanta. MB usually only gives them hentai -- and they do a LOT of MB's hentai. They've been doing anime dubs for almost a decade... just, nothing people would put their real names on.
I can only guess they must work REAL cheap. |
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Hajime06
 Posts: 39 Location: South Carolina |
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I watched the show on fansub a while back (Mainly because I did not think it would be licensed, but that is a seperate issue), and I did not laugh but maybe once through the whole series. A lot of the sexual humor is too crude and simply horrible. Everything done in Green Green has been done before and done significantly better (Much like the reviewer stated), and I would not recommend this to anyone unless their humor is very sophomoric and perverse.
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ZODDGUTS
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I agree I thought this series was horrible too and the comedy falls flat. If you want a good straight forward fanservice comedy go with Girls Bravo which is far better then this anime. |
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biliano
Posts: 956 Location: Cleveland, OH |
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That would make sense as to why MB used them for the dub. Isn't Green Green based on a hentai dating game? |
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