Forum - View topicPR: FUNimation Announces Directors and Cast for Romeo X Juliet
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aluria
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Wow it finally got licensed. Wondering when Funimation would get around to it. . .
Meh to the cast, as long as the boxes got Japanese and Subs, I'm buying. |
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Elisian
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Yes, and with no sign of Todd Haberkorn!
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SongstressCela
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Yay for a dub! No matter how likely it might be, these days I'm always going to be pleasantly surprised to see a series getting an English release.
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Redbeard 101
Oscar the Grouch
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I'm glad to see the series picked up and I'm even more pleasantly surprised by some of the casting choices. I love Brina Pallencia and Colleen Clickenbeard. So I am hoping they both give good performances on this show. Bevins is one of my favorite directors (being a fellow comic book nerd) and it's nice seeing him with a role, Mercutio no less, in the show as well. Plus you have Mike McFarland as Tybalt. McFarland is such an oddball and....crazy himself so Tybalt should fit him excellently. Depending on how crazed and bloodthristy they made Tybalt in the series compared to the original playwright. I haven't seen the shows except for bits and pieces of previews on the net so I'll be sure to pick this up as it comes out. Now if only someone would license Rosario + Vampire...after Shuffle I felt myself wanting more harem goodness. Common Funi, you got one so why not go for the gold with harems.
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walw6pK4Alo
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So long as they don't bother with Shuffle Memories. |
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Richard J.
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This looks like a good cast. An interesting mix of people we hear a lot and a few we've not heard much at all from. Brina Palencia having such a major role alone improves the awesome factor for this dub. Larissa Wolcott's done mostly ADV dubs. Nice to see her listed here.
I heard good things about this series from a number of posters back when it first came on in Japan (for the most part haven't seen said posters on ANN in a while) so I've been looking forward to this. Two half-season sets are kind to my wallet and even kinder to my shelves. There are about a dozen series I'd like to see Funimation license and dub but right now I'm just really grateful that they aren't dropping dubs and making defective discs the way some of the other companies have been. Here's to another year Lords of Texas! I'll be waiting for this release till it comes out. |
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gatotsu911
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Taliesin Jaffe and Eric Vale? With those two names in a staffing list, you've got me sold. Never heard of the actress who's playing Juliet, though. Maybe this is her big debut?
I am probably going to buy/watch this anime, but for a rather unconventional reason: the soundtrack is scored by Hitoshi Sakimoto. w00t. |
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enurtsol
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It's Romeo-f*cking-Juliet! Of course it has to English-ized!
Still, Romeo's a wuss! I should know; I played him a bit in high school, and I played him like a wuss, and everybody applauded! 
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mow123
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Only in a very liberal sense is the anime related to the play. Other than the characters and a few plot similarities, this series is substantially different from the Shakespearean classic. Any purist will be sorely disappointed. |
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LordRedhand
 Posts: 1472 Location: Middle of Nowhere, Indiana |
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I think he was saying it's not to surprising that it got licensed as even a non-anime consumer would be familiar with the story, now whether it's good or not is whole other can of beans, (I'm looking at you Hakugei: The Legend of Moby Dick) but for me as long as they don't try the "modern" Romeo + Juliet story with Victorian English, it'll be good.
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Zalis116
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She also played... Ai Enma in Hell Girl Yue Ayase in Negima Chopper in One Piece Nina Tucker in Fullmetal Alchemist Maho in Beck Mikoto Suou in Suzuka ...and a bunch of other major and minor roles.
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