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NEWS: Nozomi Ent. Launches Kickstarter for Aria the Animation English Dub

Kougeru wrote:

I really don't understand this line of thought. You can clearly read, so why miss out on thousands of great anime just because lack of dub? The acting is factually superior on Japanese audio like 85% of the time as well. I don't understand why people knowingly avoid great anime because of a poor reason like this. ---------------

I have a feeling you wouldn't bat an eye and give them the same speech to those people since they align with your preferences.

Having said the above I'm really happy with this news! This anime is always something I thought looked cute but hesitated to ever buy because of the lack of an English dub so I will happily back a little once I'm able to just like I did with Skip Beat as the more Bluray releases and English Voice acting options there are the better to me

Yeah, would you?

Kickstarter won't charge until the end of September. I also wouldn't be able to back right now if it charged me today.

If there any plan to ever release the 3 OVA "epilogue" that came out a few years ago? Whether as an extra on those blu-rays or a single sub-only release by itself? That might tip the balance and make my wallet bleed money

atyamamoto wrote:

The Kickstarter is for Aria: The Animation (season 1). btw, this is Ann Yamamoto from Pied Piper Inc of the Time of EVE and Skip Beat Kickstarters. Shawne Kleckner at Righstuf helped me tremendously with both projects, and I've been part of the Aria Kickstarter prep and I'll be part of the Kickstarter from here on out. Shawne wants to dub S2 and S3 -- but got to make the S1 a success first!

Hey Ann, this is Marco . Ann, since your part of this. Is shipping costs already included in a 55 dollar (and higher) plegde? Or is shipping costs additional?

That sounds honestly amazing if all 3 seasons and OVA's gets dubbed. I hope it turns out succesful.

@those above me, arent Media Blasters recent dubs (Ladies versus butlers, Juden chan) recorderd in NYC? NYAV Post is located in NYC too right? I wouldnt worry to much about the sound.

"As our partner on this project, we have chosen to work with Joe DiGiorgi at Headline Sound as our director, who we have worked closely with as a director and a producer on a number of our titles, including His and Her Circumstances, Comic Party, Boogiepop Phantom, The Third, amongst others. Joe has also handled many well known dubs from classic titles such as Record of Lodoss War, Genshiken, Queen's Blade, and Ikki Tousen. Headline Sound is based in New York City. "

All are pretty good dubs imo. If it wasnt that is was only region A BD discs i would have backed it in a heartbeat. I gues I've to wait and see if MVM will re-release it with a dub or maybe from AUS.

So what happens if this Kickstarter fails(hypothetically speaking; it looks like it is succeeding)? Are people just going to never watch Aria because there's no dub?

For people acting like Headline is some unknown studio, they gave us His and Her Circumstances, long considered one of the greatest dubs ever produced. Their style is generally more subdued than other studios, but that makes them perfect for Aria.

Nonaka Machine Gun B wrote:

So what happens if this Kickstarter fails(hypothetically speaking; it looks like it is succeeding)? Are people just going to never watch Aria because there's no dub?

I'm guessing RightStuf picked this title because it did well when it didn't have a dub.

It still slightly annoys me that people only seem to think the the ONLY reason a person can prefer English voice acting is because they are too "lazy" to read, when for many, myself included it has nothing to do with the unwillingness to do so and everything to do with disliking Japanese voice acting. I'm sure Japanese voice actors are great people but for me personally, 95% of Japanese voice acting is completely insufferable, all those silly hyperbolic "Ear Bleeding" comments people use towards English voice acting well that's how I feel when I listen to Japanese voice acting just minus the silly, hyperbolic words. The high pitching grating whine nearly every female character under 35 is voiced with , the complete hammy exaggeration in delivery so many lines especially in scenes/lines that have no business being delivered with such "Emphasis" all contribute to me being unable top tolerate even 10 seconds of Japanese voice acting in most cases and I just can't take it seriously and why there are many things I refuse to watch if there's no English voice acting.

Nearly all the new blurays from Sentai, Viz, and Funimation feature locked subtitles, and it's been that way for a couple of years now. In fact, the only releases from Funimation that don't feature locked subtitles all come from Toho, or come from a period before it became a licensing requirement.

The only company that doesn't lock their subtitles is Aniplex, and that's because they are owned by a Japanese parent, and their releases are often just imports of the their release.

I really don't understand this line of thought. You can clearly read, so why miss out on thousands of great anime just because lack of dub? The acting is factually superior on Japanese audio like 85% of the time as well. I don't understand why people knowingly avoid great anime because of a poor reason like this..

Let's clarify one thing right out the gate. You may prefer the Japanese voice acting but that does not make it factually superior. The voice acting is subjective to those listening to it and in the language of their choice. You choose to prefer subs and the native language while plenty others prefer dubs.

...Anime is a form of entertainment and should be viewed however is most entertaining to that viewer. There is nothing inherently inferior from one method to another. It's a personal preference and hardly a "poor reason".

As for not understanding the line of thought of not wanting to watch subs, it's not rocket science. What's so hard to understand about people wanting to listen to a product in their native tongue when possible?