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lildude
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The dub for My-HiME was a train wreck for me. I usually like dubs over subs, because usually acceptable perfomances are good enough for me, and I have some trouble reading because of my eyesight, but that was an exception. So far I think this dub is doing a lot better, but it still needs improvement.
Hopefully Bandai will use the same cast for Zwei next year, so we can maybe see the VAs get comfortable enough with their roles to do a much better job. |
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bleuster
 Posts: 455 Location: Orange County |
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I was never a fan of Ocean's work, but they've made a slight improvement.
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Randall Miyashiro
 Posts: 2451 Location: A block away from Golden Gate Park |
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This first volume gave me the same impression that t he first G Gundam volume gave me. By the end of the DVD I was wondering why this series was tied to My Hime instead of being a new original series. I feel as though the difference between this series setting from our reality created a bigger distance for me. I actually like the pseudo real world that My-Hime was set in compared to the complete sf setting of Otome.
I also miss the little character bits that are at the end of the My Hime episodes. |
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Heretic
Posts: 177 Location: Laurel, Maryland |
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Compared to Hime this is a complete disappointment, especially in the second half where it just seems like everything was jumbled around and a lot of characters didn't even get the chance to shine or develop. Hime handled the large cast much better. At the very least, Shizuru gets some great moments in the first half of Otome.
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S0litaire
 Posts: 26 Location: Canada |
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Woah, I'm usually aware of DVD releases, but didn't even realize this was out. I like that the art box is so similar to the HiME one, they'll look good together. While I didn't like Otome nowhere as much as I liked HiME, I still found Otome enjoyable. I'll be getting this one soon...
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Nebs
 Posts: 384 Location: University of Illinois |
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The fan-service settles down in the second half of the series (but not before the extremely fan-servicey episode 6), which is also where the plot & action really picks up. Mai-Otome gets really good, rest assured. So many "Mai" fans that I know of eventually wound up preferring Otome to HiME in the end.
& as for Mai's appearance in Otome. You're gonna have to wait a LONG time before she comes in. 
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Nameles84
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Whaoo... same collector's box as My-Hime? That's cool. A Maroon (Red) matching the blue. Sounds good.
I've got the entire collection of My-Hime! Can't wait for My-Otome hehehe... Anyway, the Dub for My-Hime was quite well done. Hopefully the Dub for Otome is also appealing. |
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Key
Moderator
 Posts: 18189 Location: Indianapolis, IN (formerly Mimiho Valley) |
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Er, were you listening to the same dub I was? I thought the lead was one of the best female performances of last year, but it also has some amazingly weak ones, too. (Takumi and Mashiro in particular.) |
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nooneofconsequence
Posts: 57 Location: WV |
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The dub for Otome just doesn't live up to Ocean's reputation for mediocre dubs. The main characters are not done quite right, either a little bit stiff or lacking the nuances the seiyuu give the characters, while the minor ones seem to be done closer to their Japanese counterparts.
What's up with Shizuru's accent in the English dub? It shifts from Southern Belle to British to Australian to a stereotypical Southern Black Maid in no particular order. Otome is still a fun series to watch regardless. |
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Tyrenol
Posts: 398 Location: Northern California |
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It's unfortunate for me: Mai-ZHime (My-Otome) started out as a pretty good quota-show that had a large amount of lesbian undertones. One would forget that it was done by $unrise.
Until $unrise went out of their way to remind people that it's done by $unrise. After the sex-block between Akane and Kazuya, I never forgave them and I'll take that to my grave. Huff! Anime played on TV or cable is not a good place to see characters have sex. Not for a way to relieve oneself from the built-up frustration, anyway... 
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EVA fiend
 Posts: 314 Location: Somewhere in the UK. |
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I've rather enjoyed what I've seen of My-Otome so far. Some of the character's re-worked personalities will take some getting used to (I don't like the bratty Mashiro, but Haruka is great - even more obnoxious but now with super powers! *lol* ), but the Otome world looks very interesting, so I'm looking forward to the rest of the series. And there's more ShizNat (Shizuru onee-sama is so cool!!!!
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As for the dub, I don't know if I'll ever pluck up the courage to actually watch the My-HiME/Otome franchise dubbed - Kyoto-ben just sounds so melodic to my ears, I don't know if I could cope with Shizuru sounding like a Southern belle, heh.
Looks good too. ^_~ http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h211/EVA_fiend/MyHiME-Otome.gif |
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lildude
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You mean the original Japanese dub right? Saying the English version is well done is like saying Evangelion is a mindless Mecha. What I just said makes no sense right? Because it shouldn't, I'm just saying you must have been watching a totally different dub to call it well done. |
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Tyrenol
Posts: 398 Location: Northern California |
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Nope. Usually when people talk about dubs, they talk about the English ones. Also: There IS such a thing as "English versions of something that can be well done." Just because something lacks the use of Japanese honorifics and sentence-ending particles doesn't make any anime title instantly bad. Finally: You're right. Evangelion isn't mindless mecha. It's complete and utter masturbatory garbage created by some escapee from a mental ward. It's a way of giving idiots fake intelligence and promoting the "perfect woman;" one that's silent, submissive, and with short blue hair. And now, back to the current argument about My-Otome: I lost all faith in $unrise. Maybe what I'm about to say is too far-stretched. But a painful trip down the economic hole can be good and disciplinary for that company. |
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