2004-10-21, 00:02 | Link #1 |
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Kanji in Karaoke -- Thoughts?
Obviously this is my opinion, but does anyone else find kanji in karaoke pointless? 99.8% of people watching aren't going to be able to read the kanji. It also chokes out more screen space for no reason.
It seems to me its another one of those gee-whiz fads that got out-of-hand like Watermarks a few years ago. At the start of digisubs everyone included a Group Watermark tag as it was "gee whiz golly" cool. Then someone figures out they can add kanji to karaoke and BAM "gee whiz golly, look at that KANJI in the Karaoke!" was born. From there everyone has to keep up with the Jones' and adds it in as well. Can anyone give a good reason for kanji to be included? I can't come up with one. (Then on a sidenote are karaoke with so many textsub effects its possible to actually follow as karaoke, but thats for another thread ^^; |
2004-10-21, 00:14 | Link #2 |
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I've now lost count over how many times someone has made a thread about this...
They put it in, the best you can do is deal with it. If it is a 'fad' as you say then they'll all stop doing it eventually and you'll have nothing to worry about. Unless the text is loaded with flashy karaoke effects, the little bit of the screen the kanji consumes is of little significance and you're not missing much. |
2004-10-21, 00:22 | Link #3 |
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This wouldn't be an issue if they just stuck it on a separate language track. They could do the same for romanji lines also. As creative as some groups get in trying to jam three long lines of text in one screen, it would go a long way in uncluttering the screen if they just stuck to one language.
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2004-10-21, 00:39 | Link #4 | |
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I enjoy kanji in the karaoke, and maintain that if anything needs to be left out, it's the romaji.
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2004-10-21, 00:42 | Link #5 | |
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2004-10-21, 01:54 | Link #7 | |
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2004-10-21, 09:12 | Link #9 | |
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2004-10-21, 09:20 | Link #10 | |
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I personally like the japanese karaoke because it makes good reading practice for those who are actually learning japanese. |
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2004-10-21, 09:46 | Link #11 | |
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That's just me, though. I guess most people who want to know how to pronounce the Japanese will need the romaji. It doesn't bother me that it's there. |
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2004-10-21, 13:08 | Link #13 |
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if you ask me, the whole karaoke thing is a waste of time, yes you can play stupid and sing along the song before your show starts, but I would much prefer a translation for the song and sing it myself without watching a screen.
If I want to learn the lyrics, I get the lirycs on paper and memorize it, then I can sing along with a cd to myself or my friends when we are doing a party. But for the karaoke fans is kinda annoying, because I could put random kanjis and just the 20% of the fans will know Im lying, but not the rest. plus I always think how many japanese people watch the fansub shows... |
2004-10-21, 14:36 | Link #15 |
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The whole reason we do it is to irk Anime nazis like your self... so you are forced to bitch and complain on anime dedicated froums. Then fansubbers like my self sit here and read this crap and laugh.. because our viewers have nothing better to do than whine about Kanji in karaoke in free fansubs..
Yes all of us here officaly have no fscking lives.. so we make kanji sfx in karaoke in the hopes that one of our viewers will flame us back. Fansubbing "r00lz" |
2004-10-21, 14:43 | Link #16 | |
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2004-10-21, 15:19 | Link #17 | |
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PS For those who don't know what the Rosetta stone is : it was a stone discovered in Egypt which had the same text written on it in hieroglyphs and other languages, it proved to be the key to deciphering the ancient egyptian language. |
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2004-10-21, 17:27 | Link #19 | |
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2004-10-21, 17:49 | Link #20 |
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I like them for the artistic/esthetic value. Personally I'm fascinated by Kanji and I love to read along with the intro's. It's also an excellent way to practice my kanji.
Are kanji needed in intro's? Probably not, but I love them and wouldn't want them out ! |
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