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TMBounty_Hunter
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from the GoFish GITS2 message board:
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Mad_Triad
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Excellent, thanks for the info! |
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LadyBizen
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If Columbia/Tristar is handling the property at all, they almost certainly will be doing a dub. I can't imagine that they don't want it to make as much money as possible.
I like to have a choice of dub/sub on my DVDs. I won't be purchasing this. I will be purchasing SAC. |
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Kazuki-san
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Actually it's GoFish/Dreamworks, not Columbia/Tristar. They did the same thing with Millenium Actress, but that is fine by me. I'm not a sure a dub would do the film justice, no matter how good the VAs were. I hope that the lack of a dub is not the only reason you will not be purchasing Innocence. |
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LadyBizen
Posts: 22 Location: Upstate NY |
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Actually, it is. For various reasons. The main reason being that I like to have a choice in languages. If I am not given that choice, I will not purchase the movie. I might rent it, but it won't grace my best of shelf. |
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kusanagi-sama
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Somehow, I consider that being petty, however, it is your choice. I could care less as to whether or not there happens to be a dub for something. Also, if I ever buy a Chinese movie that was originally done in Manderine Chinese, then dubbed in English, I'll won't watch it dubbed, but in its original language (examples would be most of Jackie Chan's movies that were originally done in his native language - Hidden Dragon, Crouching Tiger being one of them.) It really bugs me to watch something dubbed and seeing their mouths move when they are something in english. Very few anime are prescored (that is, having it where their mouths movements lifelike, and form the correct movements when a word is being said, most anime just do mouthflaps), and if they are (like Akira), the dub doesn't work to well in that case. |
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Kazuki-san
Posts: 2251 Location: Houston, TX |
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Actually it's Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.. and it's Chow Yun-Fat in that one. |
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Vekou
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Dreamworks is allergic to dubbed anime. With the exception of Cyborg 009 and Cowboy Bebop: Knocking on Heaven's Door, Columbia-Tristar is too. In other words, they're just lazy/ not willing to spend money on a dub. But that's okay, because I'm in my first year of Japanese and should be immersing myself in the language as often as I can.
If you can't read well, Ghost in the Shell 2 isn't for you. I don't mean to sound insulting, but it is an intensely cerebral film. As for the release itself, I am dissapointed by the cover art. It makes it look like a mindless action flick (not to mention that they didn't even try to make it look like the first movie). But I still preordered it. Even though I saw it in theatres about a month ago, it's one of those movies you want to watch over and over again. The visuals are breathtaking and the plot is fascinating. Just like the first one, this is a must-have for any fan of science fiction. |
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Kagemusha
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Your right, the cover is horrendous. But it would have been nice if they took the effort to do a dub, especially with something like Innocence.
Oh, and just to be picky, you forgot Metropolis for Columbia-Tristar. That was dubbed. |
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Kazuki-san
Posts: 2251 Location: Houston, TX |
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Well they knew they could sell quite a few more copies of Bebop with a dub, considering it's audience. As popular as GitS is, they know that Innocence is generally for an older audience, and a group within that audience. |
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Vekou
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That's right... it felt like I was forgetting something. Wonder if they'll do a dub for Steamboy (my guess is no).
Both titles have a huge audience, so in my opinion producing a dub is a no-brainer. But remember, Columbia-Tristar and Dreamworks are not the same. Dreamworks has little or no experience in this, and they seem to have no idea what they're doing. |
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Kagemusha
Posts: 2783 Location: Boston |
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Being that they had never done anime, I'm guessing that they handled it like many companys handle foreign films nowadays.
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Kazuki-san
Posts: 2251 Location: Houston, TX |
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Yes they do, I'm not saying that isn't true, but not everyone that liked the original GitS will like Innocence. From what I've seen, most people that liked it are the type that wouldn't mind sub only.. if you can type people in such a way. (which you can't really) I never liked the dub of GitS anyway, so I would watch it with subs even if there was a dub.
If you mean Dreamworks they did do Millenium Actress, so they have done it before. Last edited by Kazuki-san on Mon Oct 25, 2004 2:29 am; edited 1 time in total |
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Kagemusha
Posts: 2783 Location: Boston |
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I just thought of another good reason for a dub: casual fans. The original GitS has alot of casual anime fans, as well as comicbook fans as well as gamers who love it along with a select few other anime titles. While this may not be true, I think having no dub would turn some of these people off. Will it impact the sales? Probobly not, but I'm sure alot of these people would really appreciate a dub.
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Steventheeunuch
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Actually, there will be dubbed and subbed screenings in Cinemas, indicating that the DVD release will, infact, be Bi-lingual. On this topic, I'm not buying the movie, but I'm not buying it because it is (as far as I am concerned) pretencious as hell. But moreso, given the US popularity of the original GitS Movie, and the TV series, it seems silly not to contribute to that little bit of audio continuity. And it wouldn't have delayed the film any longer than it has already taken for it to be scheduled. in the 4-6 months since the Japanese DVD release and/or Theatrical release, Dreamworks/Gofish could have had the film dubbed, with actors knowing exactly which roles they are meant to play (given that they did the original film AND have had those said characxters revived in SAC). I notice some people saying that not buying this film simply because it's not dubbed is, infact, petty. Wrong. What IS petty, is a company backed by Dreamworks not living up to what would be considered a standard for nearly every other mainstream-appealing anime DVD. Dubs are produced for hundreds of discs a month, you would think in the whole two releases Gofish have, they could make the time/spend the money to make one? |
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