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rydia251



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PostPosted: Fri Dec 20, 2013 4:37 pm Reply with quote
Just leaving this here as an FYI for anyone curious about Funimation's sub-only experiment with OniAi. Yes, I am crazy/pervy enough to actually buy this show.

Thankfully, the BD has the thicker black-bordered white subs that they have been using recently rather than the pencil-thin white ones that have been so frustrating in the past. I would sometimes watch the dub for some of those shows not because I wanted to, but because the subs were unreadable.

Most curious this is how they handled the ED. We get the proper original ED with Japanese characters and song subs, then a black and white English language credit screen afterwords like Sentai does. I wish they would do this for all of their shows going forward.

The subs appear to have some translation notes as well, which Funimation has not always been the best with.

Overall I like what they have done here, but I'm sure the dub-only crowd isn't happy. Frankly doing a dub of this show would be a big risk anyway.
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Kruszer



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PostPosted: Fri Dec 20, 2013 9:08 pm Reply with quote
Personally I don't think that I would have bought it even if it was bilingual. It's not really the type of show I'd want to own as I don't think I'd rewatch it all that much. It was good and provides some laughs, but it's also kind of a one-trick-pony. I think releasing it the way they did was probably a good idea as I can't see the sales for this being all that good but you never know. Confused
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Shiroi Hane
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 21, 2013 12:02 pm Reply with quote
Looks like they only do "proper" English credits for dubs then; their online streams tend to have Japanese credits for the sub option and English credits for the dub.
However it is done, I do prefer to have both Japanese and English credits available on the disc in some form.
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