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NEWS: Funimation Acquires Spice and Wolf Fantasy Anime

I think Spice and Wolf could be a very good pick for Funimation if they market it right.

As for VAs, why do I get this feeling that Crispin Freeman is a candidate for Lawrence? Maybe based on the original VA's range. As for Horo...the original VA set the bar unbelievably high. She would win over people who don't normally like subs.

I wonder, is there anything (like business reasons) preventing Funimation from "flash-subbing" Spice and Wolf prior to a DVD release, like they did with Shikabane Hime?

K-ON will sell to those who liked Manabi Straight and not many others. actually, I kind of liked Manabi Straight, yet still can't stand K-ON.

You guys really want K-ON licensed here in the states?

Please, there are a lot of shows that really deserve to be here besides K-ON

Mr.Shonen wrote:

You guys really want K-ON licensed here in the states? Please, there are a lot of shows that really deserve to be here besides K-ON

Agreed. Though a friend of mine told me K-ON isn't completely a cutesty/moe/ecchi show, there are other shows that deserve to be licensed besides K-ON. For example, Toradora and Dragon Quest: Dai No Daibokuen(Dai's Great Adventure.)

randomanimefan wrote:

I think Spice and Wolf could be a very good pick for Funimation if they market it right. As for VAs, why do I get this feeling that Crispin Freeman is a candidate for Lawrence? Maybe based on the original VA's range. As for Horo...the original VA set the bar unbelievably high. She would win over people who don't normally like subs.

If a company like Bandai who uses dubbing studios in California had gotten the license, then I could definitely have see Cripsin Freeman getting the part. But since it's Funimation, I think that it's pretty much a guarantee that he won't. They'll almost certainly cast one of their regulars in the part.

I do have to agree, however, on how good the Japanese VA was for Horo. It'll be really hard for anyone to match that. And while I'm a major fan of dubs and dislike watching subs, Horo is definitely a part that I wonder whether anyone can really pull it off as well as the Japanese VA. Unfortunately, even if the English dub VA does an absolutely fantastic job, odds are that most anyone that's pro-subs will say that she did an inferior job - if nothing else because the original VA did such a good one.

Kalessin wrote:

randomanimefan wrote: I think Spice and Wolf could be a very good pick for Funimation if they market it right. As for VAs, why do I get this feeling that Crispin Freeman is a candidate for Lawrence? Maybe based on the original VA's range. As for Horo...the original VA set the bar unbelievably high. She would win over people who don't normally like subs. If a company like Bandai who uses dubbing studios in California had gotten the license, then I could definitely have see Cripsin Freeman getting the part. But since it's Funimation, I think that it's pretty much a guarantee that he won't. They'll almost certainly cast one of their regulars in the part. I do have to agree, however, on how good the Japanese VA was for Horo. It'll be really hard for anyone to match that. And while I'm a major fan of dubs and dislike watching subs, Horo is definitely a part that I wonder whether anyone can really pull it off as well as the Japanese VA. Unfortunately, even if the English dub VA does an absolutely fantastic job, odds are that most anyone that's pro-subs will say that she did an inferior job - if nothing else because the original VA did such a good one.

Let's be realistic here. Subbies would bash the English dub simply because it's in English. Regardless of how good or bad the Japanese voices were.

Unfortunely, that is true. I'll never understand why some people think English audio is always inferior to Japanese audio. Do even half of these people even understand Japanese audio without English subtitles?

I like how none of you can accept that people (like myself) can not stand spoken English in Japanese animation.Must everything be in English? Is this some sort of "me too" domination crap that you are born with? People on ANN,that are fan of Dubs have written before that they hate subtitles.Why? Because they don't get to multitask if they have to read a sub?(Really? ADD much?) That's some nice appreciation you have for the Japanese animation artform.It would be nice if you at least payed attention to the labor of these underpaid animators.

Wait there is ecchi in K-On, I have seen more ecchi in Saki then K-On, and thats about Mahjong.

DPX wrote:

Kalessin wrote: randomanimefan wrote: I think Spice and Wolf could be a very good pick for Funimation if they market it right. As for VAs, why do I get this feeling that Crispin Freeman is a candidate for Lawrence? Maybe based on the original VA's range. As for Horo...the original VA set the bar unbelievably high. She would win over people who don't normally like subs. If a company like Bandai who uses dubbing studios in California had gotten the license, then I could definitely have see Cripsin Freeman getting the part. But since it's Funimation, I think that it's pretty much a guarantee that he won't. They'll almost certainly cast one of their regulars in the part. I do have to agree, however, on how good the Japanese VA was for Horo. It'll be really hard for anyone to match that. And while I'm a major fan of dubs and dislike watching subs, Horo is definitely a part that I wonder whether anyone can really pull it off as well as the Japanese VA. Unfortunately, even if the English dub VA does an absolutely fantastic job, odds are that most anyone that's pro-subs will say that she did an inferior job - if nothing else because the original VA did such a good one. Let's be realistic here. Subbies would bash the English dub simply because it's in English. Regardless of how good or bad the Japanese voices were.

Unfortunely, that is true. I'll never understand why some people think English audio is always inferior to Japanese audio. Do even half of these people even understand Japanese audio without English subtitles?

As I reflect on anime as a medium it is a form that is meant to be watched not read, so subtitles in any form are a detraction from the experience

Please explain what difference the audio track you listen to makes to the animators?

Add a change in language on top of that, and the feel of the series can be quite different, resulting a very large change for people to react negatively to. Whether it's actually better or worse, it's different, so it seems worse - at least at first.

It's about time!!

Now to see who gets to be the voices. Let the debate begin.