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darkchibi07
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Now comes the next big question. How the heck are they going to handle the Engrish? They could leave the Japanese dialouge alone and FUNi can just redub the Engrish dialouge and make the series a hybrid dub. It sort of worked for Blood the Last Vampire, right?
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Dernhelm
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i was wondering the same thing. how they'll be able to achieve the foreign-ness of it if they plan to dub everything.
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hikaru004
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I was never a fan of dubbing songs which is their practice anyway. I hope that they leave the songs in Japanese and portray the foreign aspects of Beck appropriately since they tried so hard to bring the title to us in the first place.
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Gawyn
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The title "Music Director" sounds like it is very likely they will be redubbing most of the songs to me. Provided the original songs are in there for the Japanese track and possibly a hybrid track with English dialogue and Japanese songs I don't really mind too much.
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omnistry
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I'm pretty sure that Funimation knows how important the Japanese dub is to us; so they'll still have that. Still, the idea of having an English dub is ludicrous to me. It just can't be done faithfully. Like you said there could be a hybrid; but I don't want the songs to be redubbed.
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icepick314
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doesn't Funimation usually tries to dub the songs in their titles?
as long as the songs are left in Japanese audio, I got no beef with it....but English dubbing on few of the English songs would be interesting to hear....it's so hard to understand the lyrics with heavy accent from Japanese singers.... |
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mike.motaku
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Not an issue for me as I'll just watch the sub. If one of the distinguishing aspects of the show is the mix of Japanese and Engrish, then dubbing it at all makes no sense to me. I am curious about how they plan on handling the f-bombs. Cartoons are for kids, right?
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CorneredAngel
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At the panel, they specifically mentioned that they are planning on making the dub be basically TV-MA-level. They *also* addressed the English-language issue, and while they can't give out details just yet, it's something they are definitely conscious of. So, there will be *some kind of* unique solution. Stay tuned for details. |
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Riza|Hawkeye
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this is just my opinion, but lets see if anybody agree's
by dubbing this show entirely in english, wont it just eliminate some of the aspects of the story? i.e when Maho is talking in english, and Koyuki doesnt understand whats going on... or when Koyuki tries to speak english anybody else think the same? however, if FUNi do decide to dub it and dub the songs.... it could either be the greatest thing they have done, or be the worst mistake ever... dubbing COULD affect sales, especially for die-hard fans (such as myself) |
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bebop26
Posts: 64 Location: where ever fighting games lay |
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Thats good to hear. The way I see it, dubbing it faithfully in English is the way to go, and my main concern are the characters that don't have Japanese VA's (Eddie Lee, Leon Sykes etc.), so FUNimation can get Japanese voice actors for those certain characters that only speak English in the Japanese version. I can't wait to hear more news on BECK's Dub, and I look forward to seeing one of my favoritest anime of all time getting a proper Dub. And the songs that are already in English should be sung in English as-is (Face, Slip Out etc.) and the Japanese songs (mainly Spice of Life and some other songs) could be translated into English. I can't wait to pick up the OST. Maybe there will be the Japanese OST and an English one...? Now which singers do you think will do the vocals for the singing? 
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hikaru004
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Normally that would be okay. But if you are in a situation where the title is screened as dub only, then the original artist's work will be lost on this group because the original music is in the Japanese language track. This is the situation that they have created when they dubbed the original songs and did not allow the dub audience to hear the original songs occasionally on the dub track. (Please don't give the suggestion of switching the audio for the songs only. Screenings do not work that way in a group setting.) Hopefully, CorneredAngel's comments about a unique solution can deal with this issue. I am happy that FUNimation did take a risk and brought this title over. Hopefully, an OST will come out too! Now if only someone would bring over Kanon 2006, Air and Clannad....
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Gawyn
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I think my only problem with dubbing the songs in this instance would be that it could be seen as a bit disrepespectful of some great Japanese rock bands. I loved the music as it was and it made a fan of Beat Crusaders out of me in particular.
That's a bit of a fanboyish perspective in a sense but it is a (potential) peeve of mine in this particular case  .
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bebop26
Posts: 64 Location: where ever fighting games lay |
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Heh, I used to feel that way too. I was made a fan of the Beat Crusaders listening to Moon on the Water from BECK. I love that song, and it remains my favoritest Beat Crusaders song yet.
To make the songs in the dub just as good as the Japanese version, maybe even better, they need to hire professional American vocalists from rock bands. A good singer for Koyuki who can sing the songs he sings perfectly in English, with the same tone and mood. They would also need a good singer for Chiba who can rap fast (Brainstorm used to make my head spin )
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LordOfPie
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Man, without awesome Engrish like this (link deleted), the show won't be half as entertaining. I just can't see a dub of this show working right.
(edit: well, uh, guess I can't link to that because of a mildy amusing wordfilter. Just search for "Beck engrish" and you can find it for yourself.) |
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hikaru004
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That's exactly what I was trying to say also. But, I extend it to all artists and all languages. Take for example "Girls On Film". Gonzo was negotiating with Duran, Duran for this song. Now, they could have probably found a band to cover it in Japanese if they had wanted to. But they placed value on and respected the band and the song to air it as the opening for Speed Grapher on Japanese TV in English. Another example is "Dani California". This song by the Red Hot Chili Peppers is being used in the Death Note Japanese live action movie. I truly applaud Gonzo and Warner Brothers for doing this and hope that FUNimation can follow their leads by using all songs done by the original bands on both tracks. |
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