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NEWS: Funimation Unveils A Certain Scientific Railgun S' English Dub Cast, Trailer

Doing something illegal and bragging about it on a public forum is definitely not the "smarter thing to do."

Saying, "I can get illegal Blu-Ray quality for free, Neiner, neiner!" is stupid.

I 100% support Funimation releases, I despise people like this who whine about quality, but wont suck it up and buy Japanese blu-ray and then say they're all about "teh quality!"

Akaname wrote:

Doing something illegal and bragging about it on a public forum is definitely not the "smarter thing to do."

That is true, bragging about it makes you seem insecure.

mglittlerobin wrote:

Saying, "I can get illegal Blu-Ray quality for free, Neiner, neiner!" is stupid.

Again, that's pretty immature.

mglittlerobin wrote:

I 100% support Funimation releases, I despise people like this who whine about quality, but wont suck it up and buy Japanese blu-ray and then say they're all about "teh quality!"

This part does not make much sense. You support Funimation releasing an HD show (Railgun S was animated in 900p) in DVD only quality? Also, what does importing have to do with this? The official DVD from Funimation WILL be of lower quality then a BD rip, that's a fact. And the BD s of slightly higher quality then the BD rip. That does not change the fact that the DVD version is the lowest quality of the three.

On one hand, why pay for something inferior?

On the other hand, if you enjoy this series, why not just buy/import the Japanese BD? I don't really see "expensive", or even "I can't understand it", as an excuse for something you're passionate about.

From an economic stand point, that makes absolutely no sense.
Here are the available versions as of now:
1. Funimation DVD: cheap, but low quality --> Stupid choice, since you get the lowest quality and encourage Funimation to keep doing this. Also, they will milk you again later if they release a BD version.
You can turn this option into a smart choice by waiting for a BD version from Funimation. Buying the LQ DVD helps nobody but Funimation make even less effort.

2. Japanese BD: expensive, highest quality --> Morally correct choice, since you are supporting the official makers. However, you are paying at least 3 times as much as option 1. Not possible for everyone and for every thing you'd want.

3. BD rip: free, high quality --> Smart choice, since you are getting it for free at at least 90% the quality of option 2. usually reserved for people with low morals about copyright. Either they are too cheap to pay, or the culture they grew up in does not value copyright in the least (most east-european countries). Downside is that you are breaking the law. Depending on where you are from however, you will never be caught.

Choosing option 3 makes you cheap and selfish, but it does not make you stupid.

I didn't brag about anything... Idk how certain people were able to reach the conclusion that I was bragging about what I said...

For moralpolice, I happen to have as many Funimation releases as I do genuine Japanese imports. I support the industry where support is due. For a show like Railgun which has great art and some fluidly animated scenes I won't settle for a DVD release. Had this been 10 years ago, yeah I would've gotten that DVD. Today there's this thing called HD (BD), and that's the format I prefer as it offers significantly better quality (unless you've got really poor eyesight, i guess?).



Don't like that? Me = no care.


E: On anime BDs(and 3 DVDs!) I have spent a total of 477.31$ (including international shipping) this month. If you're calling me cheap you must be one rich guy. Lucky you .

I'll probably pick this up on a Funimation sale at Rightstuf. I'm not willing to pay even close to full price for a faulty version like this. Let's also not forget the poor scripting choices, the terrible casting and the overall lack of care put into Funimation's Raildex releases to date.

SouthPacific wrote:

@Spaceman, If a title isn't released in the US, people (us residents) download the fansubs, and then everything is fine, because buying the Japanese release is too expensive. Wouldn't that make all of those people thieves as well?

Yes. Yes it does. It's still stealing.

People have come under this false belief that "just because something isn't legally available in my country, that gives me every right to download it for free." That's not true. It's still taking something that doesn't belong to you without paying for it. The creators get nothing for their hard work. Ergo, it's theft.

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If not, i'm not a US citizen, nor am I Japanese. I don't live in the BD region that you do. = I have no obligation to import any US releases.

Doesn't matter. If you torrent things you don't own, you're still stealing.

It's literally THAT simple. But of course, thieves will always try to justify their thievery.

So what level was S animated at? The first season looked pretty good on DVD, but will the second season? I doubt a series from 2013 would look good on DVD, but I could be wrong.

Now this I have to disagree with as I felt Railgun's first season had a very good dub. I can't say anything about Index S1 though as I haven't heard that dub yet.

The voice acting I thought was at least not bad. I didn't like 'sissy' but I am sympathetic to that being difficult to work around. My issue with it is that their dub takes too much liberty with the script and goes even as far as completely changing lines. I only watched 2 eps dubbed with a friend and one scene completely changed the meaning, and I'm not even being that picky, it didn't match the japanese but it also didn't match what happened on screen either (which it couldn't because Touma's power can't do what the dub line said in the first place).