Forum - View topicNEWS: Case Closed Manga Names to Change
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v1cious
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hahaha so they did do it after all.
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Twilight Dragon
Posts: 585 Location: Archangel |
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What Changed
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LTGMars
 Posts: 15 Location: USA |
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They kept the original names for the Yu-Gi-Oh! manga, didn't they (and wrote in the margins something like "name on TV: Tea Gardner")? ~_~
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Steventheeunuch
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next time, read the article. Viz are using FUNimations new names for the series/characters, as opposed to using the original Japanese ones. |
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Twilight Dragon
Posts: 585 Location: Archangel |
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OOH, okay.
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tekkaman
 Posts: 117 Location: Space Knight HQ |
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VIZ should have use the original names and title.
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JiJi McPaws
 Posts: 40 Location: Orlando, FL |
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I suppose it isn't too big a deal, however, I believe that alot of Americans who buy manga are already pretty big anime fans. So I don't think changing the names in the manga to match the TV show was really needed, but whatever floats their boat.
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xxmiyuxx
 Posts: 109 Location: Bordentown, NJ |
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I agree. Why fix it if it ain't broken. Viz should know very well how picky we are. They should know to keep things as close to the original as possible. |
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z4rd
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Agreed. I can see why they did this, easier to market to casual fans and such but I still disagree with Viz's decision... Well, hopefully we hardcore fans get a reprint with original names and title later on. 
I guess I have to buy the anime now, at least FUNi will leave the original names to subtitles, now if only they would make decent subtitles instead of dubtitles... |
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Stueypark
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We shouldn't forget either, that there is a notable fraction of the market which are young children and if you present them a name like Shin'ichi you'll get oodles of kids out there calling him Shine-icky or any number of odd things. And most people don't have any intrest (and continue to buy things) that is beyond their comprehension.
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one3rd
 Posts: 1818 Location: アメリカ |
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And if you don't like it, you can always scribble out the names and change them back to the original Japanese names.
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Izlude
Posts: 323 Location: Wherever The Wind Takes Me |
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Or they could package lil white strips of paper with the original names on it w/ some glue, and you can restore the names yourself!  What? Tokyopop said it would work! Seriously, brillent idea! If I ran my own manga company, I would do it!
Huh? Funi's dvds usually have two sets of subtitles, one for the japanese script and one for the english script... |
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Louie-kun
 Posts: 420 Location: I'm back. |
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So what? It's not like Viz is editing out huge chunks of the manga. Name changes in manga is not some new phenomenon.
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GATSU
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Viz has been kind of vague on the subject, so I'll wait until the final product comes out. N/M. I don't even see how it can be compared to Conan the Barbarian. By their logic, NBC would have to change Conan O' Brien's name.
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appleturbo
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if they want to change the name that's fine. It's their product and they need to sell it they way they feel is best.
As a consumer, I get a similiar option in that I get to spend my money as I see best, so I guess I can cross this manga off my pull list and put it towards another manga that will soon be flooding the market. |
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