Has anyone ever subbed "Majokko Megu-chan"?

[Inactive]

Originally Posted by False Dawn

That's a lot of moolah for some ancient fanservice.

Old shit = new shit, old win > new win.

Originally Posted by TheFluff

Majokko Megu-chan is not one of those influential series

It is. Go back to school and learn anime history again.

Originally Posted by TheFluff

Seriously, go do something productive with your life instead.

Are you talking to yourself again?

[Quarkboy]

Originally Posted by Inactive

Old shit = new shit, old win > new win.
It is. Go back to school and learn anime history again.
Are you talking to yourself again?

Indeed! Megu-chan is the first _shoujo_ magical girl show to include fanservice elements like panty shots to attract a secondary creepy guy demographic.

If that isn't influential to the current anime industry I don't know what is!

(It also introduced the concept of a witch "rival" to magical girl shows.)

[tyciol]

Hey Quarkboy, I herd u might be translating Maiichingu Machiko Sensei Episode 3 this autumn. Was I misinformed?

Originally Posted by TheFluff

if you had actually read the thread you'd have noticed that the only known translation of those three episodes were VHS fansubs from ten years ago, that couldn't be located at all even five years ago when this thread was posted. it is highly doubtful that the scripts even exist in separate form anymore, and if they do, good luck with contacting whoever is sitting on them.
e: looks like "they" (she) never finished the translation at all

Well, even if the scripts don't exist as text files anymore (I guess we can't rip them from hardsubs) one could always convert the VHS into digital format and watch it all retro low-qual style.

Originally Posted by TheFluff

I hear that once people claim on the internet that they will do something they are bound by that promise even five years later

Damn straight.

Originally Posted by TheFluff

This is actually a pretty interesting post. Disregarding the somewhat nonsensical argument that you'd have to watch a show that is described as a "magical girl fanservice anime" in order to know that it is shitty (it's pretty much shitty by definition)

I doubt everyone would agree with that. Fanservice is subjective opinion. I'm sure lots of people saw fanservice in CCS, and some people might try and say that's all it is, when it clearly isn't.

Many like to judge shows after watching them, not before based on others' analysis. Many can find good things in everything.

Originally Posted by TheFluff

there's the much more interesting subject of the general watchability of anime from the 1970's to deal with.

A good point, but many of us anime historian-wannabes are willing to deal with low quality.

Originally Posted by TheFluff

Today, about three (or maybe five if you're feeling really generous) of these can be considered to have been so influential or are so historically significant that they might be worth watching for someone who is a huge anime nerd, but you'd better bring a lot of fucking patience because most of them are really fucking boring, even to an interested viewer. Note that I said "influential or historically significant", not "good". They might have been A Thing at the time, but to a modern viewer they just aren't very interesting. At all.

Either way, Majokko Megu-chan is not one of those influential series, and thus, there really aren't any legitimate reasons for watching at all. [mod edit: removed attack] There are three thousand years' worth of literature out there waiting for you if human imagination is your thing, or fifteen billion light years of universe in any direction waiting to be explored if the wonders of nature is your thing.

I think there's a legitimate reason for watching EVERYTHING. If we don't watch them, stuff like this is going to get forgotten.

While I agree the newer series tend to be more interesting, better animation, story, etc. in many cases, they're in less danger of being forgotten.

Plus, sometimes people are in moods where they can tolerate this stuff. I may have put Perrine Monogatari and Little Princess Sara on hold for a while while I watch some demonic ghost anime, but that doesn't mean they're useless. Sometimes a slow-paced boring anime is just what you need when you want to sip some tea or share it with a friend.

New anime with all their panchira shots can be a little intimidating if you're trying to introduce the genre to someone unfamiliar with it.

[Quarkboy]

Originally Posted by tyciol

Hey Quarkboy, I herd u might be translating Maiichingu Machiko Sensei Episode 3 this autumn. Was I misinformed?

Um, no? Not that I've heard of.

[tugatosmk]

I remember watching here at Portugal the dubbed version that circled around Europe in the 80's/90's thanks to Italy - the "censored" version.
Back in 1990 or 1991, I remember the Portuguese dub being good, while the series itself was "70's anime average quality" but still watchable, I kind of liked it back then.

However, only recently I discovered the original opening of this series (I only had acess to the STUPID oh so STUPID song the Italians made...), and I found it to be incredibly catchy, it reminded me the Cutey Honey's opening.

Concerning the discussion of whether such old anime should be worthy of fansubbing... my opinion is that it should be fansubbed should someone want to do it. To me, old anime (and I mean OLD, like 70's or 80's) should be treated like old archaeological discoveries that need to be restored and preserved for the remainder of time in the current universal language, the English language. Of course, being the vast majority of the current fansubbers "youngsters" (compared to me, anyway, lol), it's expected to realize that those shows aren't their next target (they naturally probably never even heard of them before).

Sure, the 70's quality "pre-Gundam" may not be that great (Lupin III '71 or Attacker No. 1 being the exception to me, for example), but to "ostracize" them just because they're old doesn't seem to be enough reason for me.

The fansubbers have the last saying, though, and I or anyone else can't demand or even expect them to fansub whatever series we wish. Of course, hope springs eternal...