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zalas
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Eh, nothing a little Antares Autotune wouldn't fix (j/k) And on a more serious note, I'm glad they got Toward the Terra. It had been one of the shows I had been following for a bit, and it felt like a very solid show compared to some of the other stuff that had been coming out, although it's not very flashy or anything. |
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Richard J.
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Considering how many "they actually licensed it?" annoucements have popped up in the last year, I'd say that one will probably come out too. (Here's me hoping that it gets picked up by one of the top companies.  )
Prepares for "where's Monster?" posts until it happens. On the subject of the Haruhi English dub getting Wendee Lee singing: I'm pretty surprised and pleased by this annoucement. (Yeah like a hardcore dubbie like me was going to be angry.  ) Although I am quite curious about whether or not she can really pull it off. While I happen to like many of the English versions of songs, it's hard to top the sheer vocal talent that Aya Hirano has. She's got one heck of a voice.
Still, considering that I was a supporter of Lee in this role early on, I'm willing to put a little faith in her. It's not like I can't hit the button if I don't like it and temporarily switch tracks. My DVD player has a language button on it and I can and will use it. (Don't expect I'll have to though. Wendee Lee likely has a nice singing voice.) It's too bad they don't use bilingual singers more often in Japan and just go ahead and make two versions of songs. Then you'd get the best of both worlds! (Yeah, I know, not going to happen. It's a nice dream though.) |
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frentymon
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I wouldn't say she's really all that great of a singer, and I think that another member of the SOS Brigade, Chihara Minori (Yuki) is a far better singer than she is. I would argue that it is highly possible that Wendee Lee might out-do her Japanese counterpart in singing the two insert songs, especially since the original God Knows was out of tune in quite a number of places. |
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bakaShin
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i wonder if code geass will revive interest for the futuristic/mecha/military type animes. i still like this genre but it seem since gundum wing, its gone downhill in the states.
All predictable licenses except Ayakashi Ayashi which i have no idea how they will market this. On Lee's singing i hope its decent but im unsure of her talent in that department as well as how the songs will be translated. it will be hard to top Aya Hirano who was probably casted knowing the the role will require her talent in singing. |
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HitokiriShadow
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I can't say I'm surprised by the Code Geass announcement. Bandai was bound to get it sooner or later, it was just a matter of when.
Yeah, how dare they dub songs in the English dub. That's terrible.
What's to handle? Just translate and dub the show like anything else. I really don't see how the politics and nationalism are so bad. |
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Goodpenguin
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? It's fair to look past the completely shock-value political plotline and just enjoy the show, but, especially early on, this series has such an extreme Japanese right-wing bent it was/is controversial even in Japan. Mecha shows are otaku-heaven, and beside reliably heavy melodrama also have a long tradition of somewhat heavy-handed nationalism. Even giving Code Geass a bit of breathing room considering it's genre, the theme of evil white Christian Westerners invading and crushing a peaceful Japan just minding it's own business is pretty darn bold. Cackling gaijin mowing down children and the elderly until a heroic kamikaze bomber rushes to the defense yelling 'Nippon Banzai'; that's a nationalist wet dream. Do the Germans have a series where a sleepy Germany is crushed by 'Holy Israelia', while suicide bombers leap to the defense yelling 'For the Master Race'? Would that seem a little inappropriate? Again, enjoy the show (though I do think this is a massively over-hyped program), ignore the shock-value politics. However, for a country that white-washes it's past militarism awfully hard, this show has moments that strike an ugly cord. |
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Pepperidge
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You've expressed my sentiment on the show perfectly. It also annoys me that the series tries to sell itself having a heavy political focus despite the fact that it doesn't have any real politics at all. Just obtuse nationalism placed against an absurd scenario that is executed with total and completely unfounded sincerity. The comparison to Germany seems extreme, but it really isn't. Code Geass essentially is a commercialized romantic portrayal of Japanese WWII sentiments. |
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Kaioshin_Sama
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Stage Lights Flashing The Feelings Smashing My Heart And Soul Go Out To You And This Feeling I Feel Is Really Unreal This Is My Time To Be A Star How in gods name do I remember all that, well it was the only song they ever used. Everytime Minmei went to sing a song, whether it was Shao Pai Long, My Boyfriend Is A Pilot, Zero G Love, or anything in the Japanese version it was changed to Stage Fright, complete with awkard sining. Must have heard that song about 20 times in the series. |
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Goodpenguin
Posts: 457 Location: Hunt Valley, MD |
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To be fair, the 'nationalism' angle seems to die down after the first few episodes, and many Japanese thought it was a bit much. One of the creators had to craft a ham-handed statement saying that the invading army actually represented Japan and the area 11 Japan represented Korea. The common sense response was if your going to create an 'anti-war' piece that's critical of Japan, why not take a critical look at, well, Japan? It is annoying how nationalist jabs from Japan get a relative free pass from anime audiences, but also it's usually so over-the-top it doesn't rise to the level of taking it seriously. In fact, my dislike of this show stems not principally from its xenophobic fluff (though it's offensive) but owes more to the fact that the writing/drama seems a lot more 'Junior High', so to speak, than many other mecha shows. Trying way too hard to be cool lead character cliche, laughably improbable military situations, rather sophomoric 'Who's the REAL villian here?' plot, etc. It has material/execution that seems serious and cool when your 14, and looks rather pompous and trite the farther you move from that age. But it does have giant robots that blow things up, and that's always a good thing. |
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Zalis116
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Dingé
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Now that Code Geass is licensed, my only question becomes "Will Bandai keep all those awesome Pizzahut ads in the show?".
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LydiaDianne
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Well, at the very least, they might have to digitally blur the image. But, since they are there and with Pizza Hut's permission (or whatever), it would probably be easier to leave them alone. |
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SharinganEye
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Wow, that's really... pathetic. I doubt Sunrise was so kind enough to pull a Germany for the entirety of Japan using Japan as a metaphor and exploring the plight of Korea under Japanese annexation. I'm sure the history book rewrites reflect such kind sentiments.
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HitokiriShadow
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I'm really not sure what your response has to do with my post. My point is that I don't see why its anything to be worried about being changed in the R1 release. Which is what they "How are they going to handle it?" question implies. |
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SharinganEye
Posts: 402 Location: Les Etats-Unis d'Amérique |
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The White Man is teh evil aspect of the show early on, as you know, it's getting a TV broadcast, to a "white audience."
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