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Lord Geo
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To be fair, Nobody's Boy Remi isn't a WMT production. The actual WMT adaptation of the novel wouldn't happen until 1996, which gender flipped Remi into a girl. TMS liked to essentially combat Nippon Animation's World Masterpiece Theater productions by making its own equivalents every now & then, which would explain why this Remi doesn't feel quite like the actual WMT productions. That being said, I don't really see anybody ever talk about "Nobody's Girl Remi", so maybe TMS actually won out over the eventual WMT adaptation of Sans Famille, in this case. |
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FireChick
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I love this series! I watched it back in 2010 when ANN was attempting to stream anime on its own custom video player. The whole thing got shelved, but I watched Remi as it was having five episodes posted every week. I'm going through a rewatch right now, and yeah, it still hits me as hard as it did when I first watched it at 17. I haven't read the book, as I don't know if I can find a good English translation of it, so I'm surprised to read this review and see what it actually changed. Is there an English translation of the original book that's any good? Which one is the most accurate?
Yeah, that version made quite a lot of changes due to the fact that the WMT was starting to meet its end due to behind the scenes circumstances. But honestly, I really like the WMT version in its own right. It's not the most faithful adaptation of the story, but it has a lot to offer even with its many changes. I'd certainly watch it over a lot of the crappy isekai slop we get nowadays. |
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YagamiBlackstone255
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They didn't include the Latin American dub? These would have sold like hotcakes with it!
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Princess_Irene
ANN Associate Editor
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I know! My guess is that they included the French dub because it's based on a French book, so it was less an inclusivity thing and more a "this is neat" thing. Still, I'd love to see it become usual for other language dubs to be included on BD releases! |
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YagamiBlackstone255
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I didn't mean it as in inclusivity either, I meant it because this particular anime is worshipped in Latin America, and I bet lots of LatAm Diaspora would make this a huge hit. Its more of a business strategy for me. |
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Wyvern
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I didn't realize Animego had picked this up? Are they going to do the other World Masterpiece Theater shows because there are some real gems in that lineup.
Also, the "Ruined Childhood" label is genius. It's not just a logo, it's a plot summary! |
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Princess_Irene
ANN Associate Editor
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I think they've picked up Romeo's Blue Skies, based on a German children's book. I'm hoping for more - I'd love the companion series to Remi, Perrine. Edit: @FireChick, I don't know that it's the most beautiful translation, but this one from 1916 is very close to the original French: https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/25102. |
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FireChick
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I also love the Ruined Childhood label, though I've seen a lot of people hate it and accuse the label of being either censorship (Figure that one out) or trying to bring back mature "anime isn't for kids!" branding (Again, figure that one out). After all that Justin has done for the English speaking anime community as a whole, he's earned the right to do stuff like that. They did pick up Romeo! God, I'm so happy to see a WMT anime being legally available on home video! I'm praying for AnimEigo to get the Dog of Flanders anime movie from 1997. It's my favorite anime movie of all time, and I know Justin really likes that one too. |
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#mimilu
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I would really like to watch the WMT catalog, they adapted many good stories. But it's difficult to find any of them streaming.
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thekingsdinner
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I adore this show. It's tough to sit through because how unfair the story is, but the beautiful art and gorgeous backgrounds make me not want to stop watching, lol.
Seriously though, this is among my favourite anime ever. This show was also very popular in the Netherlands in the 80's. Most middle-aged+ people in the country still know it, including my parents. I have a VHS containing a few episodes, the movie version on VHS and a complete series DVD set, all containing only the Dutch version. I got the new blu-ray in the mail last week and I couldn't be more happy with it. I love the Ruined Childhood label and the 3D glasses are so quirky, I can't help but like the inclusion. So many thanks to everyone at AnimEigo for this release, it truly makes me smile... while the show certainly won't 
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Triltaison
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Remi is honestly one of my all time favorite anime and I was ecstatic when AnimEigo put out this release. I'm a big fan of that Dezaki style.
Those differences between the source material and the show are interesting to me. I've read a lot of children's books, but haven't done the source novel for Remi yet. It's always nice to see how things get altered in such things, though. Like when Daddy Long Legs changed the book setting from college to high school in the TV anime, it added some extra wrinkles to how characters behaved. |
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kgw
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I think they got a French dub because the series was also dubbed in French, and France spends a LOT of money in manga, anime, etc. Not because any homage to the original writer; unless there is an Italian dub in the Japanese DVD release of Marco (Haha o tazunete san-zen ri, based on a short story in the Italian writer Edmundo de Amicis novella 'Cuore')
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vanfanel
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Looking forward to this (and "Romeo's Blue Skies") although it did have to hit just as I was making some serious headway on my backlog. I always enjoy Dezaki's signature style, though, and I'm glad more of his television work is becoming available.
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Este
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There already is a very good French BD release, which I own (as well as a preceding French DVD version), and I read the book (in French, years after watching the series the first time though).
Regarding the comparison to Malot's book: Sure, Dezaki sets other accents than Malot. Just by changing the story composition he sets other accents, he adds events and omits others. Like mentioned by the reviewer, also the outcome is different. However, I think having exactly the same story on different media is kinda boring, The fact that Dezaki gave the story its own spin makes both the series and the book more interesting. In conclusion, I still love Dezaki's Ie Naki Ko very much, and no comparison with Malot's Remi Sans Famille will ever change that. |
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