Filed under: Anime | Tags: adv, Anime, dub, gurren lagann, kamina, samurai pizza cats, tcg, tengen toppa gurren lagann
hmmm. before i get going on this, let me clarify a few things. I watch all my anime with subs, except when i can’t get hold of an episode with the original voices and then consider watching a dubbed version. This doesn’t happen very often, as there are only two series i can think of that i’ve watched in dub more than sub ( Gundam Wing and Inuyasha). Dubbed versions of anime generally sound bad to me, just my opinion. My reasons for this can be best shown with Naruto. I started watching that years ago, and waited each week for a new episode to be subbed. After hearing of a dubbed version, i had to check it out, and decided there and then that i would never ever listen to it again. I know it probably sounds pretentious and elitist, but have you actually heard it? Bleach ( another series i used to wait for, but much like how Naruot has gone i care not for either no more) wasn’t so bad when i checked that out, at least Ichigo sounds ok. I could go on about many other series that have been screwed by dubbing them, and honestly i think it’s a shame. Many peoples first impressions of anime may be dubbed versions of great animes, and some are ok ( Full Metal Alchemist is the only one that comes to mind), but along with the dubbing there is also the censoring, and that i just can’t stand for.
To actually get back onto the subject (which this post is about) with the imminent release by everyones favourite (sarcasm?) dubbing company ADV, i’m stumped. Normally i don’t think about buying a dubbed version of an anime series i have all the episodes for, especially because of the lack of episodes per disc as well as the high price. But because it is what it is, i’m slightly considering it. what i don’t get from the trailer is what any of the characters sound like, maybe a clever move by ADV to lure customers into buying the dvds hoping it’ll be alright. Instead we’re treated to an announcer who sounds like the guy off Samurai Pizza Cats ( need to find my dvd with the episodes of that, graet childhood memories). And when he says Gurren Lagann it doesn’t sound anything like what i’s meant to sound like. In the sped up part at the end it sounds right, but i just hope this guy is for the trailer and has nothing else to do with the series.
Well it is meant to come out on the 26th, and i don’t know if that includes a UK region disc ( prolly not) but as the ADV website has taken down a load of animes from their website who knows what is going on anymore. Oh well at least i can still watch some Samurai Pizza Cats til then…
You watch that and tell me it’s not the same guy.
Filed under: Video games | Tags: new england, nfl, patriots, superbowl, tom brady
Well the Giants unfortunately deserve to win the Superbowl. New England ( well Tom Brady really i mean the receivers were fine, suppose his cover was crap as he kept getting sacked but meh) didn’t look nearly half as good as they were throughout the rest of the season. Well my evening of 2 great sporting events basically both ended with neither one on a happy ending for me. Well, at least Red Sox won i suppose, and Japan won a football match the other day, so not all bad. Onto next year…..
