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| Jazzie D 1191th Post
 
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|  "A Jazzie rant"
, posted Tue 18 Jun 14:44
I usually don't post up rants a lot, but I just had to put one up now.
As of late, I keep seeing people wondering, why do many anime fans hate English dubs. Now, I don't know if you people know me long enough, but I prefer subs.
Now, what's up with my view behind dubs? It depends on what series you talk about.
Let's start with my background. I am a sincere California guy. I was born and raised in that state. I caught on the the ethics of various ethnic groups, including Asian ones. So, with this in mind, food is a big issue. People dub okonomiyaki a pizza. Well, it's not a pizza. It's a pancake with cabbage, meat and other ingredients.
Another main issue is that, watching an anime dubbed loses the authentic feeling. Yes, that's how it is. This can also be said for a video game.
Now, an example of a series with a good dub would be Shinpi no Sekai El Hazard. Not only do the voices fit, but you hear something, no other series's dub has ever done (at least, to the best of my knowledge): Nanami said Motoko-chan! No other anime has a dub that does this! Sure, the actress who played as Nanami-chan in the dub did not sound as kawaii as Natsuki Rio (Lina-chan in Bubble Gum Crisis Tokyo 2040), but she did a great job overall.
A bad example would be Yuu Yuu Hakusho. Now, I have barely seen the original, but I know that the dub is weak compared to the original. I'm sorry, but the guy who does Hiei in the dub is no Hiyama Nobuyuki. (I'm sure some of you people know who he is, but for those who don't, he played as Joe, Batsu, Hikitsu of Fushigi Yuugi, and so forth.) The dub would have been great if I was six years old.
So, a dub can be good if you know what you're doing. Usually, the only series in which the dub is actually better are ones that sound better in English in my opinion, i.e. Cowboy Bebop. Actually, I think El Hazard's dub is better than the original. Why? The sub and dub are pretty much even, but the X factor is Jinnai. Jinnai's dub is better than Okaiyu Ryoutarou. Maybe it's because I can only picture Okaiyu as pretty boys. (Roy, Kentarou, Yuu, etc.) Eh.
Another subject to rant on is the World Cup. Yes, in my opinion, us Americans still don't pay much attention to it. I read a Time article, and I pretty much agree with it.
Well, some parts. Do we need to win it? It would help, but I believe the women did it a while back. What can help would be attention-grabbing advertising. There's lack of that. Other than Mia Hamm doing Gatoraide commercials, there's not much else.
You may think it doesn't help, but it does. A long time ago, there was a Pepsi commercial in which you can spend a day with an athlete. Some of the athletes shown were Shaq, Deion Sanders and Jeff Gordon. The last one mentioned is the one I'll talk about. Because of Jeff Gordon, people are now more interested in Nascar. I do watch races from time to time. I actually know more racers than the average Joe and I don't know just Jeff Gordon. Mark Martin is the leader in points, IIRC.
Okay, bad example. I don't know. Yeah, I'm not totally focused here.
Seriously, what can help are better explanations. Not many people know what offsides is. Maybe it should be taken off for good.
Now, in my anime scenario, I have just finished watching Ex-Driver. Go see it. It's that good. I wanted watch ever since last year.
Ex-Driver is a sci-fi series, set in the future. The series is six episodes long and it is made by Fujishima Kosuke. (Taiho Shichauzo!/You're Under Arrest, Aa! Megami-sama/Oh! My Goddess, etc.) I think it came out in 2000.
+ Animation is pretty good. Could've been a bit better, but I like.
+ Story is cool. Kind of has that Bubble Gum Crisis twist.
+ Seiyuu - top notch. Recognized some voices. Music is pretty catchy.
+ The characters are cool. The girls are kawaii. (Gee. If it's a Fujishima anime, you know there has to be flat out fine girls.)
+ Series is fun to watch.
- Heard it didn't grab a lot of attention. Well, it came out in 2000, the year of Love Hina.
- Six episodes is not enough. I guess I have to wait for the movie.
Animation - 9
Story/Characters - 9
Audio - 10
Fun - 9
Durability (or rewatch) - 9
Overall - 9
Stuff I'll watch later? The YUA movie, Boys Be, One Piece and more To Heart are ones I'll see for sure. Hopefuls include Digi Charat, the new Nakoruru series, the Sakura Taisen/Sakura Wars movie (which was shown at December in Japan) and Azumanga.
There is one thing that's really pissing me off. KTEH doesn't anime anymore. Kuso!
Sunday is the best day of anime for me. Back then, I would see Urusei Yatsura/Those Obnoxious Aliens, Eva, Dirty Pair Flash and Slayers. Now? Just Slayers on the International Channel!
*Sighs*
Games? I don't play games that much anymore. Why? I just don't. I'd rather watch an anime or read a manga now these days.
If there was a game I wanted to play right now, it would probably be Tokimeki Memorial III, since Girl's Side won't come out until tomorrow in Japan. I would like to play GGXX or RotD or even MSIV, but I don't know Sunnyvale has them. Going to L.A. is torture.
I would love to see a new Justice Gakuen/Rival Schools game though. I want my conclusion now Capcom! No, wait. Have a dream match and then have the conclusion.
As for my faq, I'll put up an update later this week. Most likely, the faq will be finalized next month.
Okay. That's my rant. Gee that was long.
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| Jazzie D 1194th Post
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| "Re(3):A Jazzie rant" , posted Tue 18 Jun 19:24
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as for offsides, it's in basketball as well.
Um, no. It's not.
Taken from mlsnet.com:
The offside rule is simple in theory, difficult to implement in practice, and the source of untold frustration among fans.
A player is considered to be in an offside position if he is closer to the goal line than both the ball and the SECOND last opponent.
Please note that the attacking player must be CLOSER to the goal line than his two opponents to be considered offside, so a player who is LEVEL with the second defender is onside.
It is not an infraction to be offside, per se, but it is considered an infraction if a player is involved in active play while in an offside position.
The moment the ball touches or is played by the attacking team, the referee and the assistant referees must determine if the offside player is involved in the play. If the offside attacker is interfering with the play in any way (such as blocking the path of an opponent) or otherwise gaining an advantage by being in an offside position (receiving the ball with a clear path to goalkeeper, for example), then an infraction has occurred and the play is stopped.
It is not required that the ball be played to the offside player! Often, a team can gain an advantage by having a player offside, even though that player does not actually play the ball. For example, if the attack comes in from the left wing while there is an offside player on the right, the defensive players must scramble to cover both avenues of attack, leaving the ball carrier with more space to move and play.
Whenever play is stopped due to an offside offense, the referee awards an indirect free kick to the defending team from the spot where the offense occurred (i.e., where the offside player was located when the ball was played forward).
There is no offside offense if the player in question receives the ball directly from a goal kick, corner kick, or throw-in. Likewise, a player cannot be in an offside position if he is on his own half of the field, even if he is behind every defender on the pitch!
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| Taa kun
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| "Taa kun is ranting too" , posted Wed 19 Jun 00:35:
Second try to answer...
About dubs, I'm a sub fan.
I find the sub more authentic.
French dubs are not good most of the time (even if they've got the best lip sync).
The best french dub is for me the first anime which reached France : Goldorak (UFO Robot Grendaizer).
One of the worst french dub, I would say 3x3 eyes OAVs : Yakumo's dub is performed by an actor whose voice is relatively close to the english one, but when he screams, they left the english voice... so the hero gains english accent when he screams...
And about english dubs, I didnt' find good the few I've seen, I kinda found the voices too much alike ... but English is not my mother language.
These times, I'm kinda alike you : only a few time for games, watching anime most of the time.
I'm watching the recent series from April : Chobits, Azumanga Daioh (Yes, I got the four volumes of the manga, it's finished), Abenobashi maho shotengai, Junikoku-ki, Tokyo mew mew, Pitaten, Happy lesson, Rizelmine, Tenchimuyo GXP, hack sign, Ai yori aoshi, Fullmoon wo sagashite and Tenshi na konamaiki... Wow, I hadn't seen that it was so much, and there's the 'older' series, like Full metal panic, Inuyasha, Ikaru no Go...
And it's almost July, new series will begin, I want to see 'Samurai deeper Kyo' and 'Saigo heiki shojo'...
Tsukurimashou... Tsukurimashou...
Sate sate nani ga dekiru ka na ?
[this message was edited by Taa kun on Wed 19 Jun 01:13] |
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). when Capcom said they were gonna make a new 3d game to rival Tekken, i was seriously hoping it'd be another RS game. Kurow would hopefully come back for the next one and everyone would be PISSED at him. how great would that be? maybe he'd disguise himself as Momo this time
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