Forum - View topicNEWS: MVM to Release ef: a tale of memories and ef: a tale of melodies
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TotalPotato
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Are you serious? First Bakemonogatari, and now ef: a tale of memories? Released here in the UK? Fantastic! Next thing I know, someone will announce a Toradora! boxset!
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Shiroi Hane
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Well, MVM seem to be mining Hanabee's catalogue and that is one of their's...
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faintsmile1992
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I remember waiting for Toradora dubbed, then forgot about it for some reason, so what're the chances of a dubbed boxset over here then?
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Shiroi Hane
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Dubbing only happens if the US in involved. There's not enough money in the UK market to pay for it - either someone in the US has to dub it (and NISA show no signs of starting to do that) or there have to be prospects of selling the dub to the US (and that ship has sailed for Toradora).
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faintsmile1992
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Yea we get these messages to support the UK industry but, once we discount mere licensing and distribution, there isn't an industry.
In America people can dream of dubbing anime as a career cause there's a real industry over there. Here... there isn't. |
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yurihellsing
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People watch dubs???
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Shiroi Hane
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Yes.
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yurihellsing
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why?
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faintsmile1992
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Well some of us find it distracting or difficult to read subs at the bottom of the screen, and the Japanese themselves get to listen anime in their own first language, not that of foreigners they can't understand.
Besides I know just a little Japanese, but its enough to realise that both official and unofficial subs can be as inaccurate as are dubs. There's no authenticity in subs, only the Japanese audio is the real deal and at least with dubs you get to hear it too. I'm not one of those people who demonises fansubs but subs were only given such prestige over dubs to justify fansubbing. Plus without dubs anime licencing has no chance of ever becoming anything more than an extreme niche market outside Japan. |
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yurihellsing
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I can sum this up in a few words or one word and that being Laziness it’s not hard to train yourself to read subtitles. As for the whole “native language” argument is kind of weak as my native language is British English, from what I can remember most dubs keep the Japanese honorifics which sound either redundant or retarded in English, and the constant finding “O” sounds where there should be “A” sounds. As for understanding in 2013 It’s almost vital to have a second language so why not make it one that’s not local to you.
In terms of accuracy of the subs the prosubs have no excuse that’s what we’re paying for FFS at least some fansub groups can admit they’re not sure about some words so you at least know not to take what’s being put in front of you as gospel in terms of plot. So if the prosubs are going to be bad then the dubs are going to be worse as you’ve also got to watch out for the odd mispronunciation along with the possible inaccurate translations. So if you want to get an accurate translation then learning a little of the Language+ subs is the best chance you have.
I would reply to this but it sounds too much like a strawman argument to me. |
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faintsmile1992
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Though for many, many more people who prefer dubs, its more like they have no reason to bother when the dub is available.
And I were learning Japanese to understand the original soundtrack then the big "why bother" crept in because most anime is actually dubbed anyway, then I just got bored and moved onto something else.
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