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xberserkx



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PostPosted: Sun Jul 11, 2004 2:26 pm Reply with quote
Does Tokyopop edit any other mangas besides Initial D?
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 11, 2004 2:31 pm Reply with quote
Battle Royale. Not really edited, but they rewrote the storyline and some of the dialogue.
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Haiseikoh 1973



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PostPosted: Sun Jul 11, 2004 2:41 pm Reply with quote
Ragnarok is "adapted" by Richard A. Knaak.
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UberTai



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PostPosted: Sun Jul 11, 2004 2:45 pm Reply with quote
In Card Captor Sakura: The Master of the Clow, they edited Sakura's "Hoe" to "Phwee."


Also, I get the feeling that Tokyopop greatly edited the dialogue of Magic Knight Rayearth and Magic Knight Rayearth II.
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The Ramblin' Wreck



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PostPosted: Sun Jul 11, 2004 6:36 pm Reply with quote
UberTai wrote:

Also, I get the feeling that Tokyopop greatly edited the dialogue of Magic Knight Rayearth and Magic Knight Rayearth II.


On what basis is this feeling held?
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Jimmy Balls-O-Steel



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PostPosted: Sun Jul 11, 2004 7:05 pm Reply with quote
UberTai wrote:
Also, I get the feeling that Tokyopop greatly edited the dialogue of Magic Knight Rayearth and Magic Knight Rayearth II.


Didn't they end up releasing two different translations of that manga?
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molloaggie



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PostPosted: Sun Jul 11, 2004 10:26 pm Reply with quote
A friend of mine loudly proclaimed the translations of Magic Knight Rayearth to be terrible. He said they took away the beauty and intellect from it...dumbed it down. I think that opinion might be fueling the idea that Magic Knight Rayearth was editted.
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UberTai



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PostPosted: Sun Jul 11, 2004 11:30 pm Reply with quote
The Ramblin' Wreck wrote:
UberTai wrote:

Also, I get the feeling that Tokyopop greatly edited the dialogue of Magic Knight Rayearth and Magic Knight Rayearth II.


On what basis is this feeling held?

Just some of the dialogue is Americanized, such as using the word 'dude' throughout the entire series.
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Kagemusha



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PostPosted: Mon Jul 12, 2004 12:27 am Reply with quote
they tend to do that alot, like giving the characters in Get Backers hip hop lingo
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jmays
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 12, 2004 4:25 am Reply with quote
UberTai wrote:
Just some of the dialogue is Americanized, such as using the word 'dude' throughout the entire series.

They oughta go the whole way, y'know, like in BASEketball. What the North American comic-buying population is really looking for is a full five-page dialogue using only the word "dude."
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lianncoop
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 12, 2004 4:27 am Reply with quote
Kagemusha wrote:
they tend to do that alot, like giving the characters in Get Backers hip hop lingo


The "street lingo" given the Ban and Ginji were what the editors felt was the most appropriate adaptation for what the Japanese lingo was. They are supposed to talk like rough, street guys...but I agree some of the "trippy" words could've probably been tweaked a little.
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UberTai



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PostPosted: Mon Jul 12, 2004 1:26 pm Reply with quote
Miagi wrote:
UberTai wrote:
Just some of the dialogue is Americanized, such as using the word 'dude' throughout the entire series.

They oughta go the whole way, y'know, like in BASEketball. What the North American comic-buying population is really looking for is a full five-page dialogue using only the word "dude."

I'm not following.

If you're saying that manga only has five pages of dialogue, I would advise you to read some of the series mentioned here. I assure you that most, if not all, CLAMP titles have more then just five pages of speech.
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lianncoop
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 12, 2004 2:50 pm Reply with quote
I'm pretty sure he was being sarcastic.
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UberTai



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PostPosted: Mon Jul 12, 2004 3:31 pm Reply with quote
lianncoop wrote:
I'm pretty sure he was being sarcastic.

I know he was, and I wasn't following his sarcasm.
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jmays
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 12, 2004 7:09 pm Reply with quote
UberTai wrote:
I know he was, and I wasn't following his sarcasm.

There are a couple of scenes in the movie with dialogue like this:

"Dude?"
"Dude."
"Dude."
"Dude."
"Dude?!"
"Dude...."
"Dude!"
"Dude."
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