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Forum - View topicNEWS: Kurau Phantom Memory in April
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britannicamoore
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yes! i've been waiting to see this. I was wondering what happened to this title. Any idea why the release took so long?
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CCSYueh
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Don't get your hopes up.
ADV's dubs seem to depend on how much they think a title's worth these days. Look at Ghost Stories. They play Papuwa a bit more fast & loose than they might have in the past. Think more how Generator Gawl was practically 2 different stories at times. Considering how long they let this sit, I'd be nervous until the last dvd was in my hot little hands |
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darkchibi07
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Matt Greenfield is going to direct this dub so I doubt it's going to be a travesty (and considering his most recent dub efforts are FAR better than before).
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HellKorn
Posts: 1669 Location: Columbus, OH |
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I'm just glad that Kurau: Phantom Memory is finally released. I'd heard about this title a fair amount, its premise sounds interesting, and it was one of the few licensed titles that ADV has that they didn't release yet.
My, my, a pessimist, aren't we? Kurau seems to actually be a bit more substantial from what I've gained in comparison to Ghost Stories, so I seriously doubt that ADV is going to pull a parody dub here. Also, if you have any complaints on the English dub, you will have the option to watch the Japanese dub with subtitles, yanno? |
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Anthony P
Posts: 227 Location: Phoenix, Arizona, US |
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FINALLY. Jesus god.
I'm happy that Kurau actually is getting released (I think most of us lost hope sometime ago), but I'm still kinda pissed that they sat on this for so long, as the series deserves to be seen by more people. |
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Zalis116
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 Posts: 6902 Location: Kazune City |
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It's about time
 Nobody in the fandom world really knows the reasons for this delay, but from what I've heard of KPM, it seems like a serious enough series that they wouldn't do any kind of parody dub. It's really surprising that they'd let a sci-fi series sit for so long, since sci-fi tends to be a stronger selling point than drama/romance, and they pushed out other 2004 licenses like Nanaka 6/17 and Diamond Daydreams first. I guess April will tell us if it's been worth the wait, for those of us who eschewed DLing it in the interim.
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Ingraman
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Does no one ever read AoDVD? ^_^ I saw the news on ANN's front page, and thought that it seemed familiar, but I couldn't remember when I'd read it on AnimeonDVD. I found it in last Friday's news. ^_^;
I'm really happy to hear that ADV's actually going to do something with the show, but I don't care who directs the dub (competent people would be good, but I'm not likely to hear any of it). It's been waaaay too long since the show was first announced as licensed. I look forward to sending more of my money to ADV, since their take from my wallet had been shrinking lately... |
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godakame
 Posts: 112 Location: Disney World |
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Hooray! KPM is one of my favorite anime series. And what great timing too, considering the fact that I was about to purchase the R2 dvds.
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Nermal
 Posts: 223 Location: I was made to hit in America |
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yay more things to add to my wish list
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Chrno2
 Posts: 6172 Location: USA |
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Well, as you me and this was the news I was waiting for. So now all I have to say is,
IT'S ABOUT F***ING TIME!!!!!! Now folks will have a chance to finally see it. Maybe my letter of anger got to them. But whatever the case I can now return to be a peaceful soul with a smile on my face waiting for each release. I guess I was right 2 year wait 2 year release. The time has finally come. 
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CCSYueh
Posts: 2707 Location: San Diego, CA |
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THAT'S the problem. I saw the first ep at Comic-con where they only play the english dub if there is no Japanese subtitled version available & found it wildly funny. Bobobo/Dr Slump insane funny which I like. And considering I've 46, I don't titter over every swear word that falls from a comic's lips. Though I do love Denis Leary's stuff & he can swear like a sailor. But at least the dots connect in his humor. Papuwa isn't a parody dub. Maybe ADV just can't pull off Bobobo. But I've long noticed ADV very much has A & B titles & the A titles get a far better treatment than their B titles. At least Tactics has seen the light of day thanks to Manga (And YES, I know ADV's doing the dub, but very straight-up. Had ADV kept it, I'm sure Tactics wouldn't have seen the dub it's getting.) Don't get me wrong. I have no problem with a majority of the ADV dubs I've heard. And ADV takes up a decent share(around 500) of the 2000 dvds in my anime collection, so I've heard a lot of ADV dubs. I'm just one who isn't enraptured with Ghost Stories & who fears the fall-out. (Actually Ghost Stories isn't that bad a title in Japanese, not unlike a less humorous Haunted Junction or a version of Requiem From The Darkness aimed at the younger set, although I only have Ghost Stories dvd 2. I actually plan to pick up the rest. Someday ) It just doesn't bode well that it's sat on thew shelf so long. So Matt Greenfield's handling the dub. ADV tends to overlook things. Look at all the doom & gloom being predicted over the Sgt Frog dub on this board when it was announced ADV landed it (I'm really crossing my fingers it will be one of ADV's better efforts.) I tend to prefer Bang Zoom dubs, though. West Coast snobbery. |
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Kagemusha
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Holy crap, it took them long enough. To be honest I don't even care if the dub sucks, as long as they get something out there after making us wait years.
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greeneva33
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I don' t usually download licensed anime, but this was the exception, because it took them so effing long to put out the DVD. The irony is that I finished d/ling it the day that this news post came out. It doen't matter if the dub is complete crap, just so long as they put out the DVD's finally.
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