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fighterholic
Joined: 28 Sep 2005
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Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2007 10:47 pm
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Okay, aside from the over double posting. I have to say that I am not against the series having seen only the first episode, and having done some work here for the website, this series has some potential. I will definetly have to watch the rest of the series to like it, but I am impressed with the English dialogue that has been dished out with the Japanese dub. Here's to viewing a very good looking series.
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Zalis116
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Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2007 11:02 pm
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nightmaregenie wrote: | Okay I'll make this clear I didn't double post or anything. I edited my post once or twice and that's how it came out . And for some queer reason I can't even delete the double-ups. I apologise for any visual disturbance . |
You can't delete you own post unless it's the last post in the thread. If happen to double (or triple, quadruple, quintuple, sextuple, septuple, octuple...) post, you can use the "Edit" button to go into the extra posts, erase all the content, and replace it with "Oops, multiple post, please delete." That's the common-courtesy way to reduce scroll times and visual clutter, until someone is able to delete the extras.
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nightmaregenie
Joined: 13 Aug 2007
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Location: Palmy, NZ - student central
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Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2007 12:20 am
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Zalis116 wrote: | You can't delete you own post unless it's the last post in the thread. If happen to double (or triple, quadruple, quintuple, sextuple, septuple, octuple...) post, you can use the "Edit" button to go into the extra posts, erase all the content, and replace it with "Oops, multiple post, please delete." That's the common-courtesy way to reduce scroll times and visual clutter, until someone is able to delete the extras. |
Ok I got ya. Thanks for the hint . Althoug I gotta say, at the time when this happened my pc had trouble going into the edit page as well. But I'll be careful next time.
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Clodus
Joined: 25 Dec 2005
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Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2007 9:25 am
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i just recently bought the artbox and first 2 volumes, the artbox is very nice and shaped like an amp. each one comes with a guitar pick and its of course uncut so a whole lot of swearing goin on. none the less i like the series alot.
for the record outlawwolfs post was in 9/05, my last post was in 5/06 and alestal just revived it in 8/07
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Alestal
Joined: 22 Apr 2005
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Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2007 11:58 pm
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Clodus wrote: | i just recently bought the artbox and first 2 volumes, the artbox is very nice and shaped like an amp. each one comes with a guitar pick and its of course uncut so a whole lot of swearing goin on. none the less i like the series alot.
for the record outlawwolfs post was in 9/05, my last post was in 5/06 and alestal just revived it in 8/07 |
Go me.
So whats better the sub or the dub? I thought that the sub was pretty good (although the songs were...so-so, and i actually like the japanese people speaking english, i liked how they said FU*K). Just wondering if its worth investing in the series to hear the dub.
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ashere65
Joined: 19 Aug 2007
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Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2007 1:44 am
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the dub isn't bad...the only character who i feel sounds a bit awkward is maho but overall the whole dub is around a grade B.
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Alestal
Joined: 22 Apr 2005
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Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2007 2:08 am
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ashere65 wrote: | the dub isn't bad...the only character who i feel sounds a bit awkward is maho but overall the whole dub is around a grade B. |
thats a shame, in japanese I thought maho had the best voice and dialoge.
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ashere65
Joined: 19 Aug 2007
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Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2007 11:17 pm
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Alestal wrote: |
ashere65 wrote: | the dub isn't bad...the only character who i feel sounds a bit awkward is maho but overall the whole dub is around a grade B. |
thats a shame, in japanese I thought maho had the best voice and dialoge. |
Same here. What bothers me is that there are moments where she has this thick New York accent which makes sense for her character but sounds odd. I'm gonna go watch the volume again now :p
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DemonEyesLeo
Joined: 20 Feb 2005
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Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 2:48 am
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I'd never really though about this show until I read more about it, and upon finding out that it was about rock music I instantly became interested. I got the first 2 volumes and it has pretty much shot up to the top of my "favorite anime" list. Sometimes I wonder why it took me so long to find this.
Alestal wrote: | So whats better the sub or the dub? I thought that the sub was pretty good (although the songs were...so-so, and i actually like the japanese people speaking english, i liked how they said FU*K). Just wondering if its worth investing in the series to hear the dub. |
I found both to be truly excellent, with some minor issues (in both BTW), but it'll come down to personal preference as usual. Though I suppose it could be said that the songs sound a bit better in English.
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Alestal
Joined: 22 Apr 2005
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Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 4:16 am
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DemonEyesLeo: yea the music drew me in 2.
ashere65: new york accent? lol I dont think you've been 2 New York.
So all in all guys, worth buying the dub?
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Tony K.
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Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 9:46 am
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The dub is okay, in my opinion. From what I've heard in just the first volume, they did a good job with the dialogue and acting, but some of the casting feels just a tad more bland in comparison to the Japanese (for minor characters). Saitou doesn't feel as funny since his voice was so spastic in Japanese, but if you don't know what he sounds like in the first place, then it probably wouldn't make that huge a difference if you're strictly a dub person.
They did, however, do an awesome job on the music dubbing, particularly with Koyuki and Maho's vocals. I don't really like Chiba's singing as it sounds more like screaming punk/heavy metal instead of hip-hop chanting. But for the most part, it's not as bad as I thought it would be. The lyrics are altered a little, but they make a lot more sense as opposed to some of the Engrish in the original.
The only problem I ever had with the Japanese version was, of course, some of the Engrish dialogue, but I thought it added a nice sense of diversity and semi-realism. You don't really get that in the English version, but it still flows at a decent pace. Though do keep in my mind this is merely my opinion after Vol.1 only.
I would recommend you buy the series since it's already awesome in Japanese. If you end up liking the dub too, just consider it a side item .
EDIT: Spelling.
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ashere65
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Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 12:46 pm
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Actually I have been to NY enough times... though i could still be wrong about the accent... it's the way Maho sounds when she speaks it reminds me of Matt Damon in The Departed (though that's more Boston). Listen to Vol 1 Episode 4 when Maho's yelling at Ryusuke that Koyuki's going to be a "freaking great vocalist" which is what I'm basing my opinion on.
Anyways I didn't even know Volume 2 was out... ARGH!
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Alestal
Joined: 22 Apr 2005
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Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2007 2:43 am
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ashere65 wrote: | Actually I have been to NY enough times... though i could still be wrong about the accent... it's the way Maho sounds when she speaks it reminds me of Matt Damon in The Departed (though that's more Boston). Listen to Vol 1 Episode 4 when Maho's yelling at Ryusuke that Koyuki's going to be a "freaking great vocalist" which is what I'm basing my opinion on.
Anyways I didn't even know Volume 2 was out... ARGH! |
My parents are both grew up in New York, they dont sound like that. I think that Maho just sounds like a japanese chick trying to speak english.
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DemonEyesLeo
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Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2007 2:50 am
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Tony K. wrote: | I don't really like Chiba's singing as it sounds more like screaming punk/heavy metal instead of hip-hop chanting. |
I agree somewhat. I like the singing but there's definitely more of a punk sound; however, there's enough of a hip-hop style that it does the job well. And listening to the singing on the second volume I can hear that punk sound in both languages. There's no heavy metal though; some rap metal maybe, but no heavy.
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Alestal
Joined: 22 Apr 2005
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Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2007 3:12 am
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DemonEyesLeo wrote: |
Tony K. wrote: | I don't really like Chiba's singing as it sounds more like screaming punk/heavy metal instead of hip-hop chanting. |
I agree somewhat. I like the singing but there's definitely more of a punk sound; however, there's enough of a hip-hop style that it does the job well. And listening to the singing on the second volume I can hear that punk sound in both languages. There's no heavy metal though; some rap metal maybe, but no heavy. |
whats rap metal? white punk rap? lol
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