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Kruszer
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Funi getting this series is the absolute best thing that could happen to it. Do they have enough of a female pool of actors to cover it though? There's a lot of ladies to voice they might need to bring in some from ADV like they've done in the past.
*Puts on Raison D'etre and cranks it up* Last edited by Kruszer on Fri Feb 15, 2008 11:50 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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Key
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 Posts: 18436 Location: Indianapolis, IN (formerly Mimiho Valley) |
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When the last volume of the anime comes out, I will be sure to be the one to review it so I can explain again why the last few episodes don't suck (well, okay, the action is ridiculous but the rest of the content isn't) and actually provide a proper round-out to the series. Sheesh, I get tired of hearing people rag on them. . . And while Claymore may not be extreme as Elfen Lied in its graphic violence, let's not forget that it does include graphic torture scenes in addition to numerous severed limbs and decapitations, impalings, horribly mangled bodies, lots of spurting blood, etc. Its content goes well beyond anything AS or Sci Fi Channel have aired unedited, and that's without considering the handful of episodes that have a bit of nudity. The trailer did not impress me. Hopefully FUNimation will come up with something better by the time they start putting the trailers on DVDs. This is a sharp-looking series that deserves a sharp-looking trailer to promote. Edit:
Remember, FUNi did dub Negima! Last edited by Key on Fri Feb 15, 2008 11:45 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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khryoleoz
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I think that the trailer they have going right now is lousy. They could have picked better scenes than that opening one. There are many to choose from. I would've expected the opening credit sequence. Or better yet, put lots of Teresa scenes in there. Yeah!
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Saiki_Thorn
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This is great news for me. I enjoyed the anime and I am very happy that Funimation licensed it. I feel they will do a good job with it. I look forward to buying the series. I am glad that Viz did not get it. What a great surprise to help deal with a bad day.
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khryoleoz
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Whether Funi even tries to or not, I don't know how anybody can match the voice talent pool that graces this title. I mean, Houko Kuwashima, Romi Paku, Aya Hisakawa, Minami Takayama, Emi Shinohara, Kikuko Inoue, Nana Mizuki, Ai Orikasa, Kotono Mitsuishi, Satsuki Yukino, Megumi Toyoguchi, Tomokazu Seki...this is an impressive roster of voice talent. What is Funi to do I wonder.
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Kruszer
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...which I haven't seen, though I have heard of it. It's not exactly at the top of my list, though it does have a set now I think...maybe if I have some extra cash sometime and am in the mood for comedy. It just seems to me like I'm hearing the same ten actors or so in most of Funi's stuff (ADV is far worse in that department though) so I thought I'd inquire on how big exactly the pool of ladies was. |
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v1cious
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the violence isn't a problem at all (look at Blood+), the nudity is what's gonna make it an obstacle. |
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fighterholic
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Funi I agree is starting off the year with some good things going, trying to negotiate with Geneon and now getting Claymore. I'm a big fan of the series, even though I haven't watched the anime, so it will be great thing to be able to have on DVD.
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Key
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Posts: 18436 Location: Indianapolis, IN (formerly Mimiho Valley) |
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No, I've watched most of Blood+ now, and Claymore goes distinctly beyond that level. Blood+ has no scene as severe as what spoiler[Dauf does to Jean at Riful's direction in episode 15] or what spoiler[the Awakened Being does to Miria during their fight in episode 10], for instance. I actually found those scenes intense enough to be uncomfortable, and Blood+ has never given me that reaction. For Kruszer: FUNi does have a bigger talent pool than that, although they did double up some VAs on the 30+ female roles they had for Negima. For khryoleoz: Yeah, the Japanese dub had a lot of prominent talent, but a lot of them were also using voices below their normal ranges. That will be far less the case with an American dub. Hmm, Clarine Harp doesn't do a lot of voice acting these days, but I could see her in one of these roles. Laura Bailey using her deeper voice would certainly fit somewhere, too. Actually, the most important casting job might be Raki, since his voice could easily irritate if not cast exactly right. (Hell, a lot of fans found him irritating in Japanese.) |
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NamaeX
Posts: 65 Location: The Internet |
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That's awesome!
Now to cross my fingers on who I fan-casted to get the roles! |
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Shadowrun20XX
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Not with all that DBZ fandom.Funimation ain't going nowhere.Plus it's fun to compare the fansubs to the official DVDs.Funimation recently got into blu-ray,which is good too.I want to see a good DVD release from Funimation that can beat the h.264 fansubs. |
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Kruszer
Posts: 7994 Location: Minnesota, USA |
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Okay thanks also don't forget there's a few spoiler[disemboweling scenes where Yoma were eating people's guts too though maybe not animated in as much detail as the others.] |
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Key
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Posts: 18436 Location: Indianapolis, IN (formerly Mimiho Valley) |
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That reminds me of the other reason why I wanted to see this series on DVD: in a couple of the episodes the fansubs were too dark to clearly make out what was going on (particularly in the early episode involving a fight in a cathedral). I'm hoping a crisp DVD print shown on a high-def TV will improve that. |
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Westlo
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On the fansub scene it was one of the biggest series that premiered in 07.... Last edited by Westlo on Sat Feb 16, 2008 12:20 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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Richard J.
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Sure, you've still got the "big names" in the big series, but that's to be expected since, much like bigger names in the Japanese scene, the big VAs over here do have followings. (Though I don't think it's quite as strong as with the Japanese.) Besides, isn't the most important thing that the voices and acting compliment the character? Who cares if we've heard the VA a thousand times before so long as they are the right choice for the roll? I do wish they'd announce some smaller shows too though. I love the Claymore manga, I'll buy the anime, but as much as blood with babes appeals to me, I'm more of a niche kind of guy. |
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