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Magus Darkstar
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"Azumanga Daioh licensed for US release!" , posted Sat 19 Apr 14:01

The Azumanga Daioh anime has been picked up by ADV Films. Also picked up by ADV:

Final Fantasy Unlimited
Director cuts of the last six episode of Eva
Magical Shopping Street Abenobashi

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In related news Bandai has licensed Witch Hunter Robin and the new Spirit of Wonder OAV

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Jason
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"Re(1):Azumanga Daioh licensed for US release!" , posted Sat 19 Apr 14:10:

Woo! and Abenobashi yadda yadda as well? Keen. "It's a twister . . . and it's bringing Jaws!" heh. I wonder what Osaka's dub is going to sound like . . .

Hoshi no Koe is coming out too? Wow, makes me wish I had more money.

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Satoshi_Miwa

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"Re(2):Azumanga Daioh licensed for US release!" , posted Sat 19 Apr 14:33

Rock on..If they do as a good a job as they did for Excel Saga, then this will be a rocking DVD (Pop notes would so be welcome here...). Plus ADV retails for the best prices in Canada...

I just hope we see it released as soon as possible. I don't wanna wait a year...-.-

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Gojira

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"Re(3):Azumanga Daioh licensed for US release!" , posted Sat 19 Apr 16:14

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Rock on..If they do as a good a job as they did for Excel Saga, then this will be a rocking DVD (Pop notes would so be welcome here...). Plus ADV retails for the best prices in Canada...

I just hope we see it released as soon as possible. I don't wanna wait a year...-.-

Unfortunately, if it's just being licensed now, it will be at least that long before we see anything. You know what a queue is, right?

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Magus Darkstar
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"Re(4):Azumanga Daioh licensed for US release!" , posted Sat 19 Apr 19:11

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Unfortunately, if it's just being licensed now, it will be at least that long before we see anything.

Very true. Although it -is- possible for companies to put out shows pretty quickly (Pioneer announced Chobits and released it in around 7 months) ADV has a huge library of yet-to-be released titles. I'd put my money on Azumanga Daioh being on store shelves in the summer of 2004.

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OmegaDog

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"Re(1):Azumanga Daioh licensed for US release!" , posted Sat 19 Apr 19:56

Awesome news. I'll have to wait for the rest of the episodes, then -- but we can expect quality. This'll be interesting with regards to the local university anime club's plans to show Azumanga Daioh next year, though -- we normally don't show licensed stuff. However, at this very moment, the vice president of our anime club is at Anime Boston sharing a hotel room with one of the VPs of ADV, so I'm hoping we might be able to get permission to show it. (Our anime club VP is pretty gung ho about showing it next year.) If we don't though, since we show music videos, and since the release of the DVDs may allow for many more Azumanga Daioh AMVs, we can push more people toward buying the episodes.

If we do get permission, though, maybe they'll give us free stuff too! Let's push for the production of Osaka bobbleheads!

Speaking of which, if any one of you here are at Anime Boston or are going to attend a day of it, look for flyers for Anime Anonymous at the University of Colorado. We even have a map on there with directions from Boston to Boulder, CO! (Just 32 short hours!)

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Zepy

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"Re(2):Azumanga Daioh licensed for US release!" , posted Sat 19 Apr 22:35

"she will be called Texas"

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"eva!" , posted Sun 20 Apr 20:03

haha! what a happy little coincidence - the last six episodes are the only ones I have yet to buy on dvd.

as far as azumanga daioh.... I'm afraid of dubbing. I'm sure they'll make kimura funny, but I bet they make osaka sound like she's from the southern USA or something. the love hina dub tried dubbing kitsune's kansai accent as "southern" and it didn't quite work.

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Satoshi_Miwa

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"Re(1):eva!" , posted Sun 20 Apr 20:10

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as far as azumanga daioh.... I'm afraid of dubbing. I'm sure they'll make kimura funny, but I bet they make osaka sound like she's from the southern USA or something. the love hina dub tried dubbing kitsune's kansai accent as "southern" and it didn't quite work.

Luckily with the invention of DVD, you can avoid dubs easily and quickly. Just stick with the Japanese version, and you'll be safe...

And with ADV's pop-up notes, I can see alot of the subtle jokes getting a proper translation. So I'm happy about them getting it...

Osaka as Texas? Nahh...Now if it was a New Yorker....:P

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Radish

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"Re(2):eva!" , posted Mon 21 Apr 08:05

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Osaka as Texas? Nahh...Now if it was a New Yorker....:P

I'm trying to imagine a New Yorker speaking at Osaka's pace and tone...

It's really hard.

sabo10

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"Re(3):eva!" , posted Mon 21 Apr 12:05:

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Osaka as Texas? Nahh...Now if it was a New Yorker....:P

I'm trying to imagine a New Yorker speaking at Osaka's pace and tone...

It's really hard.

They should hire Andrew Dice Clay to talk like a girl and voice Osaka.*

(this is the second best dub solution if converting the english script to katakana, and having the original voice actors read it is out of the question.)

*They should also forego giving him a script, and let him adlib the entirety of Osaka's lines.

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Satoshi_Miwa

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"Re(4):eva!" , posted Mon 21 Apr 17:34

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They should hire Andrew Dice Clay to talk like a girl and voice Osaka.*

(this is the second best dub solution if converting the english script to katakana, and having the original voice actors read it is out of the question.)

*They should also forego giving him a script, and let him adlib the entirety of Osaka's lines.

The problem with having the Japanese cast do that is you get really wodden English, or English on the level of Yukari (which is...good Engrish I guess...).

Probably the best real soloution is to go without any accents at all for the dub cast, especially if you can't have it sound naturally...

And Andrew Dice Clay is so not write for Osaka. Though he'd make a good Tomo...

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Radish

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"Re(4):eva!" , posted Mon 21 Apr 17:57

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(this is the second best dub solution if converting the english script to katakana, and having the original voice actors read it is out of the question.)

"Mye friend kahn spake engriesh."

I'm sold on that idea, although I'm sure it wouldn't take long for the voice actors to figure out that their readings were for purely comedic value.

sabo10

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"Re(5):eva!" , posted Mon 21 Apr 19:01

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...I'm sure it wouldn't take long for the voice actors to figure out that their readings were for purely comedic value.

WE WOULDN'T WANT COMEDIC VALUE IN A COMEDY!!

Radish

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"Re(6):eva!" , posted Mon 21 Apr 20:11

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WE WOULDN'T WANT COMEDIC VALUE IN A COMEDY!!

I DON'T THINK THEY'D APPRECIATE COMEDY NOT INDENDED AND PURELY AT THEIR WACKY ACCENTS!!

sabo10

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"Re(7):eva!" , posted Mon 21 Apr 21:18

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WE WOULDN'T WANT COMEDIC VALUE IN A COMEDY!!

I DON'T THINK THEY'D APPRECIATE COMEDY NOT INDENDED AND PURELY AT THEIR WACKY ACCENTS!!

THEN WHY ARE THERE SEVERAL JOKES IN THE SERIES REVOLVING AROUND THE CHARACTERS SPEAKING ENGLISH?

Radish

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"Re(8):eva!" , posted Mon 21 Apr 21:24

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WE WOULDN'T WANT COMEDIC VALUE IN A COMEDY!!

I DON'T THINK THEY'D APPRECIATE COMEDY NOT INDENDED AND PURELY AT THEIR WACKY ACCENTS!!

THEN WHY ARE THERE SEVERAL JOKES IN THE SERIES REVOLVING AROUND THE CHARACTERS SPEAKING ENGLISH?

Because they are directed at a Japanese speaking audience and not at an English one. There are plenty of English speaking shows that have characters fumbling through foreign words, but the humor isn't in their atrocious accents because the target audience wouldn't understand how bad they are. A Japanese person isn't going to hear "Love Wife Bento" and understand exactly why that doesn't make sense, just that it doesn't.

I'm not saying that that a Katakana read of the script isn't funny. However I don't think the poorly pronounced English was intended for foreigners to laugh at. John Cleese butchers Spanish in Faulty Towers, but the humor is that he's bad at the language, not the words that he's speaking.

sabo10

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"Re(9):eva!" , posted Mon 21 Apr 22:24

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WE WOULDN'T WANT COMEDIC VALUE IN A COMEDY!!

I DON'T THINK THEY'D APPRECIATE COMEDY NOT INDENDED AND PURELY AT THEIR WACKY ACCENTS!!

THEN WHY ARE THERE SEVERAL JOKES IN THE SERIES REVOLVING AROUND THE CHARACTERS SPEAKING ENGLISH?

Because they are directed at a Japanese speaking audience and not at an English one. There are plenty of English speaking shows that have characters fumbling through foreign words, but the humor isn't in their atrocious accents because the target audience wouldn't understand how bad they are. A Japanese person isn't going to hear "Love Wife Bento" and understand exactly why that doesn't make sense, just that it doesn't.

I'm not saying that that a Katakana read of the script isn't funny. However I don't think the poorly pronounced English was intended for foreigners to laugh at. John Cleese butchers Spanish in Faulty Towers, but the humor is that he's bad at the language, not the words that he's speaking.

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