Forum - View topicNEWS: Magic Tree House BD/DVD Listed with English Subs in Japan
|
Note: this is the discussion thread for this article |
| Author | Message | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
icomeanon6
 SubscriberPosts: 116 |
|
|||
|
"So heeeeyyyy, bad news America...No English subs on the Do You Remember Love blu-ray. But don't worry! You can still import Magic Tree House!"
Kidding aside, it's always nice to see them release movies with English speakers in mind. I can almost picture myself being interested in this if I were still in elementary school, but the anime designs just clash too strongly with my memories of the original book covers. Those were some danged good covers. |
||||
|
||||
Kimiko_0
 Posts: 1796 Location: Leiden, NL, EU |
|
|||
|
That looks interesting. I'll have to watch the movie to see if it's something I want to buy.
|
||||
|
||||
|
SpacemanHardy
Posts: 2511 |
|
|||
|
So wait...
A movie based on an American book series..... By an American author.... About American children.... Doesn't get an English dub? ........*groans* I REALLY hate being an anime fan sometimes. 
|
||||
|
||||
Apollo-kun
 Posts: 1213 Location: City 7, Macross 7 |
|
|||
|
I don't always spring for expensive Blu-Ray imports, but when I do, I prefer adaptations of books that comprised a good portion of my childhood.
No, seriously, I'm buying this as soon as it becomes available. I don't care if it's 60-80 dollars. |
||||
|
||||
|
zeopower6
Posts: 191 |
|
|||
Why would it get an English dub in the JAPANESE release? 
If it somehow gets licensed here, I think an English dub is inevitable. |
||||
|
||||
luffypirate
 Posts: 3187 |
|
|||
Haha I was about to say the same thing. |
||||
|
||||
|
icomeanon6
Subscriber Posts: 116 |
|
|||
Actually, it's not unheard of, even for an initial Japanese release. Biggest example is Gundam Unicorn; simultaneous English track on both North American and Japanese blu-rays. But yeah, it'd be pretty nuts if Magic Tree House got a simultaneous English dub. Among the people who would buy a disc straight from Japan (i.e. anime fans), a lot more would buy something like Gundam Unicorn than Magic Tree House. I doubt that this is going to get marketed to the books' audience in the States. It's waaaayyy too anime, and that doesn't mesh with the way the books have been marketed here. |
||||
|
||||
ArsenicSteel
 Posts: 2370 |
|
|||
No, it's not unheard of. Not that anyone here has implied otherwise but it is very unlikely to happen and practically expected that a Japanese anime only have Japanese for it's audio on the initial release, regardless of where the source material came from. |
||||
|
||||
enurtsol
 Posts: 14889 |
|
|||
|
Probably more to help the Japanese learn English, since not too many English-speaking kids would want to watch subs.
|
||||
|
||||
 |
All times are GMT - 5 Hours |
|
|
|
Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2005 phpBB Group