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trilaan
Joined: 17 Jan 2009
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Location: Texas
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Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2012 11:43 pm
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Been looking forward to this! LoveCom was a runaway hit with my anime club in 2008.
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Redlinks
Joined: 14 Feb 2010
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Location: America
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Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2012 11:57 pm
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It's about time somebody picked this series up. Again, it's infortunate that Discotek isn't dubbing the series but I'm still gonna buy this one!
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blaizevincent
Joined: 16 Nov 2010
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Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2012 3:18 am
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Who said the US Anime License buisness is in trouble. We have Sentai licensing pretty much all the new stuff along with Funi. And companies like NIS releasing Amazing Limited Editions and Discotek and S'More picking up some great Classic Shows as old as Lupin III and GE 999 and now Discotek even picks up Lovely Complex. HELL YES!!! Without everything being Dubbed its clear to me that this Buisness is seemingly quite sustainable. And i love it even more than before.
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Blood-
Bargain Hunter
Joined: 07 Mar 2009
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Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2012 4:29 am
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Oh my sweet Jesus...
*stretches out supine on floor in worship position*
Discotek - we are not worthy, we are not worthy!!!
This is freaking HUGE!!!
Lovely Complex, Skip Beat! and Bakemonogatari have been my Big Three unlicensed Wants and I can't believe one of the trio is actually coming out. And all 24 episodes in a single boxset right off the bat? Unbelievable.
This really gives me hope that Discotek might snap up Skip Beat! at some point, too.
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Melanchthon
Joined: 02 Oct 2010
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Location: Northwest from Here
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Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2012 4:31 am
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Take my money! Here, take all of it!
//Never thought I'd see the day...
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asimpson2006
Joined: 13 May 2008
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Location: USA
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Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2012 4:33 am
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Discotek, what is your address. I am going to be sending you a blank check just fill an amount.
I did not think this day would come at all. While I have only watched a little of the tv series I have read all of the manga and I enjoyed reading the series.
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njprogfan
Collector Extraordinaire
Joined: 08 Feb 2007
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Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2012 4:59 am
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I'm speechless! My number one most wanted anime and it's picked up....never thought I'd see the day. Someone get me the smelling salts
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Juhachi
Joined: 08 Apr 2006
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Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2012 5:26 am
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Wow, I thought the anime was licensed ages ago. I remember watching this back in 2007 and I loved it. Very nice to see it officially licensed.
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Animegomaniac
Joined: 16 Feb 2012
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Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2012 6:05 am
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walw6pK4Alo wrote: | Before the inevitable bitching about dubbing, people should take note that a lot of the humor comes from the characters being Osakan and more or less an impromptu Manzai Act. You could try to dub that over, but the false equivalence of using southern accents just doesn't work, and not giving it some kind quirk would also not capture the vocal humor. So it's a catch 22 regardless of how you approach it. |
*slaps the guy in the chest with a harisen* "What in the heck! They went the comedy act route because they're seen as a comedy duo. Kind of like Laurel and Hardy {crickets}. Ok, Mutt and Jeff {even the crickets shut up here}. Vaudeville? What in the heck..." If you have to dub it, the humor is already in the physicality and additudes. And comedy routines for the past 90 years.
As for the accent and comedy routine act, I do think it's strange when it's ignored in a dub, like Linebarrels of Iron, but I have seen it done before correctly and I have no problem understanding it, even without fansubs/subs explaining every little detail....
But I imagine I view southerners the same way those of the Tokyo region view the kansai speakers. "You may be Osakan if you think Octopus if the fifth food group." Not so much like foreigners but more like aliens who're trying to speak the same langauage but just can't do it....
Anyway, putting aside something that's been done for over twenty years and is still a challenge for some reason, it's interesting that they're releasing the entire set in one go. Even with the age of the show in consideration [that is, the Japanese masters don't mind it as to them, it's probably already nonexistant], it does put Discotek in bit of a corner if they want to do updated releases.
They're new to this, correct? It's refreshing, in a way.
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The King of Harts
Joined: 05 May 2009
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Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2012 6:09 am
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I remember trying to watch this when I first got into anime, but I dropped it before I finished the first episode since I thought it was too weird (the routine-thing they do threw me off). Now that I'm more "seasoned" and am used to Osakans and Manzai, I think I can give it another go. I know I originally dropped Nerima Daikon Brothers when I first got into anime for similar reasons, but I watched it years later and ended up really liking it.
Also, Blood- doesn't go a day without mentioning it, so I might as well give it another go.
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Blood-
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Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2012 6:13 am
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Liar! There was that day that I was in a coma and I'm pretty sure I didn't mention it then.
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geishageek
Joined: 28 Nov 2005
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Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2012 7:02 am
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This excites me beyond belief. I have been waiting patiently for this to be licensed and woohoo!. It makes me wonder if Viz had first cracks at it because they released the manga (seems they tend to release of lot of the series based on things they already publish), but finally passed it up some years later. Either way, I am dancing in my work chair! This will be a day one purchase for me. Now it can sit next to the live action movie that has been sad on my shelf for years, waiting for this day to come.
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Takeyo
Joined: 25 Mar 2008
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Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2012 7:24 am
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Words fail me, so I'll just allude to the diner scene from When Harry Met Sally. . . -- SO HAPPY!
(I just hope Discotek isn't forced to muck up the translation due to the Viz books -- "Kong" etc.)
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FireChick
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Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2012 8:55 am
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Quote: | (I just hope Discotek isn't forced to muck up the translation due to the Viz books -- "Kong" etc.) |
Normally Discotek is pretty good with their translations so I don't think it'll be a problem.
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Saffire
Joined: 25 Nov 2007
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Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2012 9:03 am
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Interesting. I've been wanting to watch this for a while and never got around to it. Maybe I'll pick it up.
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