Steins;Gate is Licensed by Funimation

[CrowKenobi]

The License for Steins;Gate announced on ANN: Funimation Adds Deadman Wonderland, Steins;Gate, More

Feel free to discuss the topic in this thread.

[blakstealth]

Oh shit, really?!

Awesome. Awesome awesome aowmoameomsomawesomsoamwdomaowesome

[Dist]

Great, another anime ruined by dubs.

[viperdk1]

Originally Posted by Dist

Great, another anime ruined by dubs.

If you don't like dubbed anime, don't watch it! You're not being forced into watching english dubbed anime if you don't want to.

I never follow how people dislike English dubs so much - there are a lot of very good dubs out. I like subbed anime too, but given the option, I'd rather be able to hear and understand what is being said instead of having to read the bottom two inches of the screen during all the action.



Personally, I'm looking forward to this. Somehow (even though it's still early days) I can see Crispin Freeman being given the role of Okabe

[darkchibi07]

Though considering FUNi got this, they're going to use their own pool of VAs.

[Dist]

Originally Posted by viperdk1

If you don't like dubbed anime, don't watch it! You're not being forced into watching english dubbed anime if you don't want to.

I never follow how people dislike English dubs so much - there are a lot of very good dubs out. I like subbed anime too, but given the option, I'd rather be able to hear and understand what is being said instead of having to read the bottom two inches of the screen during all the action.



Personally, I'm looking forward to this. Somehow (even though it's still early days) I can see Crispin Freeman being given the role of Okabe

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And this is exactly the part I have never, and will never understand. Why do you must stare at the bottom of screen and thus miss the action? Are you so SLOW at reading that unless you focus on the bottom of the screen, you will not know what the characters are saying?

Frankly, I don't even look at the bottom at the screen - at all. When new line is said, I quickly glance to the bottom, and that's it. Takes less than a second and doesn't take anything away from the enjoyment of my anime. As long as subs are out there, I don't mind not being able to understand Japanese. Also, after you've watched a lot of anime, you'll understand fragments of what is said here and there, too.

While dubs, frankly, they rape the characters and the anime. The dubs never fit the character personalities as they should. Such thing as '' good dub '' does not exist. Dubs take away alot of the original meaning sometimes, as well as lessen the impact some scenes should trigger.

Of course, that's just my opinion. I don't watch dubs yes, but I still do and always will despise the fact that they must be dubbed in the first place. This is the reason why no one bothers to release games outside of Japan in their original audio either, since the games are aimed at people like YOU.

[TurkeyPotPie]

Considering Funimation's release schedule, I doubt we'll see this before 2012 at the earliest. Funi licensed Chaos;Head over a year ago and they don't even have a release date for it yet. However, I think that will increase the chances they'll be able to release on Blu-ray (if the Funi release is well after the Japanese sales window has closed).

[RadiantBeam]

Dear Lord, that was fast.

Looking forward to it overall, though. Funi has a pretty good track record with this kind of thing. I'll probably check it out just to see how the dub sounds. If it's good, I might even buy it. I like when I can find decent dubs of shows I like.

[GDB]

Originally Posted by TurkeyPotPie

Considering Funimation's release schedule, I doubt we'll see this before 2012 at the earliest.

This is my only real beef when I hear Funi's licensed a series I like. You're pretty much guaranteed 16 months after announcement, at a minimum, before release on anything that isn't DBZ.

[HighGuard]

Originally Posted by viperdk1

Personally, I'm looking forward to this. Somehow (even though it's still early days) I can see Crispin Freeman being given the role of Okabe

Oh god that would be awsome!

[viperdk1]

Originally Posted by Dist

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And this is exactly the part I have never, and will never understand. Why do you must stare at the bottom of screen and thus miss the action? Are you so SLOW at reading that unless you focus on the bottom of the screen, you will not know what the characters are saying?

Frankly, I don't even look at the bottom at the screen - at all. When new line is said, I quickly glance to the bottom, and that's it. Takes less than a second and doesn't take anything away from the enjoyment of my anime. As long as subs are out there, I don't mind not being able to understand Japanese. Also, after you've watched a lot of anime, you'll understand fragments of what is said here and there, too.

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Perhaps I said that wrong, as I personally don't 'focus' on the bottom of the screen to miss the action either, and I always get the gist of what is being said in the same way that you do. And on the same note, over time I too do understand fragments of what is being said as a result of the amount of anime I've watched. (If I really was as slow to read the subs as you make out, I wouldn't have been watching all the subbed animes that I do - it would have been exasperating to me).

Good subbed and dubbed animes are both great in my opinion - but I prefer dubbed (just) because, as I said earlier, it is preferable to hear the anime spoken in my natural language (unless the dub is really bad - and there aren't that many of those kicking about).

I personally feel it's more faithful to the original intention of anime as a whole (namely that you're there to watch anime, not read it.

Is anime meant to have a lot of text in it? Is it hell!

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While dubs, frankly, they rape the characters and the anime. The dubs never fit the character personalities as they should. Such thing as '' good dub '' does not exist. Dubs take away alot of the original meaning sometimes, as well as lessen the impact some scenes should trigger.

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Wow, that's a lot of stereotypes in one paragraph. How many dubbed animes have you actually watched or are you naturally predisposed to shun dubs?

[QUOTE]

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Of course, that's just my opinion. I don't watch dubs yes, but I still do and always will despise the fact that they must be dubbed in the first place. This is the reason why no one bothers to release games outside of Japan in their original audio either, since the games are aimed at people like YOU.

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If you despise dubs so much, pretend they don't exist! Geez, not that hard is it?

Games companies aim games at a wider audience to get as much money as they can out of a game. To appeal to that wide audience, they dub the voices.

That is the way things work in the world - everything is about making the most money out of a property.

Either way Dist, it's clear that you and I won't agree on anything about this - so we shall just have to agree to disagree on this one.

[RadiantBeam]

Originally Posted by TurkeyPotPie

However, I think that will increase the chances they'll be able to release on Blu-ray (if the Funi release is well after the Japanese sales window has closed).

That would kind of suck for me if it only gets a Blu-ray release, considering I still prefer using DVDs to Blu-ray.

[GDB]

Originally Posted by RadiantBeam

That would kind of suck for me if it only gets a Blu-ray release, considering I still prefer using DVDs to Blu-ray.

Someone needs to pick up a $50 Blu-ray player/drive.

[HeartlessEponine]

This is kind of a shocker. And to think this series is still going. Or probably it's my first time to encounter these things. Because I usually hear "finished" anime series to get licensed when it is done. D:

Expect Dr. Pepper sales to go higher as well if that's the case. XD

I think it's ok if they dub it but I just hope it will be fitting for each character that they'll pull it off like the original voices. xd

[darkchibi07]

Originally Posted by RadiantBeam

That would kind of suck for me if it only gets a Blu-ray release, considering I still prefer using DVDs to Blu-ray.

FUNi has been doing BD-DVD combo packs recently so it's more likely they'll release this on that format.

[RadiantBeam]

Originally Posted by GDB

Someone needs to pick up a $50 Blu-ray player/drive.

Currently, not the kind of money I need to be spending for a player/drive when I have a perfectly capable DVD player.

Originally Posted by darkchibi07

FUNi has been doing BD-DVD combo packs recently so it's more likely they'll release this on that format.

Ah, darn, those combos tend to be pretty expensive. Better than just pure Blu-ray releases, though, so there's that.

[Dist]

Originally Posted by viperdk1

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If you despise dubs so much, pretend they don't exist! Geez, not that hard is it?

Games companies aim games at a wider audience to get as much money as they can out of a game. To appeal to that wide audience, they dub the voices.

That is the way things work in the world - everything is about making the most money out of a property.

Either way Dist, it's clear that you and I won't agree on anything about this - so we shall just have to agree to disagree on this one.

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It would be useless to argue this further so I will not reply to the other points you made. However, what you said here puzzles me. I get it that they dub games to appeal to wider audience. However, what I do NOT get is how is it so hard and unthinkable to also include the original audio in the game? If they cared so much about money, then they would also include original audio... Even if the people who prefer Japanese audio are minority, the voices are already there, there's no work to be done if you wanted to include them in the release :x

[GDB]

Originally Posted by RadiantBeam

Currently, not the kind of money I need to be spending for a player/drive when I have a perfectly capable DVD player.

Doesn't sound perfectly capable to me, since it's only a DVD player.

Ah, darn, those combos tend to be pretty expensive. Better than just pure Blu-ray releases, though, so there's that.

Actually, they're usually the same price as other BD-only releases, which is only like $5-$10 more than the DVD-only release.

[RadiantBeam]

Originally Posted by GDB

Doesn't sound perfectly capable to me, since it's only a DVD player.

It's served me well these past few years. I'm in no hurry to replace it, especially considering my current financial situation at home.

Actually, they're usually the same price as other BD-only releases, which is only like $5-$10 more than the DVD-only release.

Hm. Only downside is I'll have a Blu-ray disc and no way of using it.

[darkchibi07]

In due time, you will end up buying yourself a Blu-ray player.

(though it's kind of pointless unless you have an HD TV)