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Hey, Answerman! [2010-05-22]

Oh Willag... I similarly hate Chrono Crusade, but I come at it from a different angle than you. I'd not read the manga until after the anime, because people told me it was better. I actually digged Chrono Crusade, including episode 7 (I had no idea how much it radically altered the entire tone of the manga).

And then there was the ending. spoiler[Strong heroine gets turned into brainwashed cause of the Great Depression and WW2. World's most anticlimactic battle between the hero and the villain. And then none of it matters, because after they die, Aeon is somehow (?) still alive! Because this somehow (?) takes place in our continuity, even though I'm pretty sure history would remember if San Francisco was openly attacked by demons... But mostly I just hated how damn insulting that final scene was. Don't bother fighting evil kids, 'cause God's a dick and will make all your struggles pointless!]

Long story short, I call my desire to see the ending of a series before I buy it "Chrono Crusade syndrome."

whats the deal with Vic Mignogna? i mean it always seems to come up with dubs vs subs discussions that people either love him or hate him. i mean this is bound to happen with dub vs subs talks but why does it seem like vic is singled out from other english voice actors.

Personally I loved the end of School Days. As the characters just got more an more unlikable and Makoto just became more and more of a total douchebag, I'm like "FOR F*CKS SAKE, THAT GUY NEEDS A WHOLE LOT OF KNIFE IN THE FACE" and then the ending comes and spoiler[he dies a hilarious death and gets his head in a bag.]

For me it was one of the most deserved endings in anime history.

...one that's been met with a lot of resistance from the Japanese side of things, where high-priced single-volume releases are still the norm.

...because the only good that waiting will do in that case is to show Company A how unenthusiastic the fans for Show B are.

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...because the only good that waiting will do in that case is to show Company A how unenthusiastic the fans for Show B are.

I don't think this would be accurate. If a $40 boxset is selling 50% more units than the $80 two-part release, I'd say there is enthusiasm, but limited pocket books.

I'm always going to wait. I am still shocked people paid $30 for 4 episodes of Lucky Star when I just picked up the entire series for the same price. That's just an insane amount for a series. That's $180 freakin' dollars. No way in hell will I pay that amount for any anime series.

Oh, and FUNimation's got some titles coming out with its S.A.V.E. line which I'm definitely picking up while many still list at $50 or more.

It's my money and you can bet I'm going to get the most for it.

Brian, you left out another good reason why some people prefer dubs over subs, and that is for medical reasons. At my age my eyes simply can't focus on the script and then watch the action at the same time. I end up doing constant pauses, and rewinds and that is just too annoying to bother, and I'm sure there are some with other visual impairments that restrict them watching subs, so it's not all simply just a choice thing.

whats the deal with Vic Mignogna? i mean it always seems to come up with dubs vs subs discussions that people either love him or hate him. i mean this is bound to happen with dub vs subs talks but why does it seem like vic is singled out from other english voice actors.

everydaygamer wrote:

whats the deal with Vic Mignogna? i mean it always seems to come up with dubs vs subs discussions that people either love him or hate him. i mean this is bound to happen with dub vs subs talks but why does it seem like vic is singled out from other english voice actors.

The reason people like him is because he's a decent actor.

The reason people hate him is because he's a vitriolic homophobe who insists that all the characters he voices are straight Christians (despite canon evidence saying otherwise.) He considers his performance to be only true version of the characters, superior to the Japanese originals. Oh, and he flirts with his underage fangirls. Basically, Vic is an all-around jerk.

Mr. Jarin pretty much mirrors my own view on Gurren Lagaan, except that I thought the battle scenes were one of the worst features of it. Whoever yells the loudest wins; "my mecha can be more ridiculous than your mecha!" And then they had to throw in that tiresome "humanity is evil" theme .
And yeah, Kamina was the most annoying character of the show rivaled only by 'needlessly flamboyant gay guy' (a character type that really needs to vanish or be restricted to just comedy stuff). I still have to shake my head whenever I see people going spoiler["OMG! Kamina died?! So unexpected and tragic!!!"] Are you serious? How could you not have seen that coming? It was obvious from ep 2 that was going to happen.