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neocloud9
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This one is so not my cup of tea, but I am glad to hear that Mona Marshall is still doing anime dubs. I hadn't heard her since Moribito and Kyo Kara Maoh, so I was a little afraid she'd retired... I assume she's voicing the little boy in this series? She almost always voices little boys.
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PetrifiedJello
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So, in other words, this is Spice & Wolf Gone Wild.
I can predict the future: months from now, I'll be perusing TRSI looking for sales and come across this series (complete for $29.99). I will recall absolutely nothing about Key's review, and toss it into my shopping cart because the cover art is baiting me (it is, no question). I'll pop it into the DVD player, watch a few episodes, roll my eyes at times, then post in the "What are you watching now?" thread about how mediocre this series is, so whatever you do, stream it and buy something worthwhile. All it took was a girl on the cover having big eyes. Yep, this industry knows exactly how to press my buttons and I let them do it. But don't save me. I love swimming in all these titles of mediocre pandering and this is one pool I don't want to get out of yet. |
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asimpson2006
 Posts: 3151 Location: USA |
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I can best describe this show with this sentence:
"You watch for the fan service not the plot." I agree with Theron's views this time. The dub is bad, but if it was given a good dub it wouldn't be as an enjoyable. I would keep the D+ but also could say it's a D+ to C- depending on how you listen to it. I haven't listened to the Japanese track yet so I have no comment on that. I though with why Chizuru's hair changes color was because spoiler[blond was for her yokai form and brunette for her "human" form] I didn't like how they made Kota look like he is a lot younger than he is supposed to be. That annoyed me a lot. |
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garfield15
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Man, I can't see anybody at a retailer stocking this, looking at that cover and not thinking "those anime fans are creeps."
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walw6pK4Alo
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I wonder if Media Blasters will pick up Ladies Versus Butlers. The ecchi factor in that show was way higher than Kanokon.
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Northlander
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No. No, it doesn't. |
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garfield15
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Those people are lying to you. |
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asimpson2006
Posts: 3151 Location: USA |
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LVB and Kanokon were done by Xebec and they look very similar, but I doubt it would get an R1 license. Don't get me wrong I enjoyed LVB, I found it funny at times, but like I said about Kanokon, you are just watching for the fan service not the plot. |
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the Rancorous
 Posts: 2248 Location: Hunting the Dragon in Gransys |
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That explains why I immediately hated it without ever hearing a split second of the Sub-track.
All anime series "get better later on," or at least that's what the fans of the shows in question try to sell you  .
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walw6pK4Alo
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Ladies Versus Butlers didn't have a plot, that's why it was perfect. |
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John Casey
 Posts: 1853 Location: In My Angry Center |
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Wow. I can totally see this DVD cover not draw any attention whatsoever at the counter, or not have people look up your name in the local sex offenders listing.
Oh, wait. That's right... This is the new "art form", right? =.= |
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daedelus
 Posts: 743 Location: Texas City, TX (ajd: 6/11/05) |
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Actually, I have yet to see this DVD at any B & M store. Even my "goto for the obscure" Fry's Electronics has yet to stock it. I figure that either the stores took one look at that cover and sent it back, or MB decided to only sell it through online retailers. |
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DrizzlingEnthalpy
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Assuming the DVD is actually distributed by any brick-and-mortar retailers, I would love to watch footage of the people buying the DVDs and the cashiers carrying out the transactions. I could probably learn a lot about human nature by scrutinizing their expressions during the sale.
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Dorcas_Aurelia
 Posts: 5344 Location: Philly |
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So the Japanese DVD bonus segments didn't make it into the release? That's a bit disappointing in that the one thing this series has going for it is how unabashedly ecchi it is, and the specials were even more salacious than the show proper.
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Ingraman
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I watched it for that, and for the seiyuu for Kota and Chizuru (long & very long time actresses whose voices I like)..
I would have preferred his designs to be a little more mature. I'm not sure how he's been picture/portrayed in the light novels (was there a manga?) to know if the anime's accurate or not. |
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