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NEWS: Netflix Streams Both Digimon Adventure Seasons in Japanese

They did?!
I was wanting to watch Digimon again after all these years. :'D
I wish it was Dub, but its okay. I haven't watched the Japanese version, this should be interesting.

Main question here is whether or not the subs themselves are any good. Toei's subtitled Digimon episodes have not had a tidy track record. While Adventure 02 was passable, it still suffered from uneven translation and inconsistent terminology, switching between using the original Japanese and the English dub terms on a whim. If Toei's new upload is at least on par with something like their subs of Fist of the North Star or Slam Dunk, then I'll be fine. Otherwise, go directly to jail, do not pass go, do not collect $200.

CCharmanderK wrote:

Main question here is whether or not the subs themselves are any good. Toei's subtitled Digimon episodes have not had a tidy track record. While Adventure 02 was passable, it still suffered from uneven translation and inconsistent terminology, switching between using the original Japanese and the English dub terms on a whim. If Toei's new upload is at least on par with something like their subs of Fist of the North Star or Slam Dunk, then I'll be fine. Otherwise, go directly to jail, do not pass go, do not collect $200.

It looks like they accidentally uploaded a batch of improper subs and they're going in fixing them. The corrected subs, for the most part, have been fine, even if a little loose. I'd probably wait a bit until they fix them.

ChibiGoku wrote:

CCharmanderK wrote: Main question here is whether or not the subs themselves are any good. Toei's subtitled Digimon episodes have not had a tidy track record. While Adventure 02 was passable, it still suffered from uneven translation and inconsistent terminology, switching between using the original Japanese and the English dub terms on a whim. If Toei's new upload is at least on par with something like their subs of Fist of the North Star or Slam Dunk, then I'll be fine. Otherwise, go directly to jail, do not pass go, do not collect $200. It looks like they accidentally uploaded a batch of improper subs and they're going in fixing them. The corrected subs, for the most part, have been fine, even if a little loose. I'd probably wait a bit until they fix them.

Ah. Well, if you'll look at what I posted (I edited my earlier post), it seems that I saw the bad initial subs. I'm glad they noticed their goof-up early, so people don't start making a massive commotion later on down the road.

And "loose" subs aren't a problem at all. As long as you're not changing the fundamental intentions of the dialogue and it gets across the same idea, that's fine. I just hope they don't go overboard with the "loose subs" and end up being something along the lines of, say, the GG Fansubs release of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (I know, I know, bad manners to compare official translations to fansubs, but it's the best example I can think of ATM).

The release marks the first time the Japanese version of first series has been made legally available in the United States.

Glad to hear they're fixing them. Watched some later episodes like 39 and some episodes of the "Dark Masters" arc and boy are there some bad lines. "Extreme Stage"? Really? Then in MetalSeadramon's episode you get lines like "You're like a baby, War Grey mon. This is your last!" and then his next line is "What's on your mind!" before he shoots Whamon.