2011-07-06, 15:05 | Link #2481 |
Spoilaphobic
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: USA
Age: 38
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Just got my NIS release and it looks great. The art book has a glossary in the back explaining every name, term, and more. Really excellent stuff here. There are no interviews but I am hoping they are saving those for volume two.
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2011-07-07, 16:37 | Link #2483 |
Spoilaphobic
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: USA
Age: 38
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Just watched the first episode and it was excellent except that the BD subtitles were way too small. I'm gonna take a screenshot later.
Edit: I can't play the damn blu-ray on my computer. PowerDVD can go to hell. The BD is A and the DVD is 1. On a side note, if only Japan were Region C, then we'd get our Gundam 00 and Code Geass BDs.
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2011-07-10, 23:55 | Link #2487 |
Professional Hikkikomori
Join Date: Feb 2009
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Wow, they showed EVERYTHING. How would you grade the translation? Did they keep the honorifics? Were there any weird words that were clearly mistranslated? Did they try to westernize it by turning all the Japanese pun jokes into lame English ones? (Such as the maid<--hell one in episode one) Last edited by omimon; 2011-07-11 at 00:12. |
2011-07-11, 11:09 | Link #2488 | ||
Spoilaphobic
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: USA
Age: 38
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Trailers these days show way too much. This wasn't too bad. The only bad parts were the ones with his sister getting attacked on the island.
As for the translation - I thought it was good. The honorifics did go but they kept a lot of things Eastern, like Togame's "gyafun" in the first episode but things like "Nee-chan" turned into "Sis." There is an entire dictionary in the back of the art book with a lot of stuff. Here is the dictionary's intro with some explanation behind their translation style: Quote:
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2011-07-14, 05:47 | Link #2489 |
Lurker
Join Date: Feb 2010
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Did this thread already discussed about artwork change in ep 7?
When Shichika must fight his sister, Nanami. I want to know why the studio using that kind of artwork? Actually kinda like the style and laugh when Nanami slash the monk in classic side scrolling video games. |
2011-07-26, 07:55 | Link #2493 |
Senior Member
Artist
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: The Middle Way
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Guess who's...really late for the party.
Well, it took about a week, but I finished it, and... Spoiler for ...:
That being said, this was an amazing show, makes me think 50 min episodes should be more common. 10/10 despite Houou's poorly done...well you know. As for Hitei, well...I always liked her anyway
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2011-07-29, 04:19 | Link #2494 |
Honyaku no Hime
Fansubber
Join Date: May 2008
Location: In the eastern capital of the islands of the rising suns...
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I'm currently joining this bandwagon since it was reccomended as one of 2010's top anime, currently finished ep 4.
Two things hit me: Spoiler:
Needless to say, the less Togame talks, the more I enjoy the series (like ep 3 as well). The first two eps tested my patience with her...
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2011-07-31, 12:45 | Link #2495 |
Knowledge is the solution
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: St. Louis, MO
Age: 39
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Sabi's skipped battle was completely intentional IMO. After Sabi being touted as the strongest in Japan and Shichika as being the only one who could defeat him... we get to see Nanami potential when she is just playing around. Making the former battle sound like child play, something that is not even worth showing.
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2011-08-05, 00:41 | Link #2497 |
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So Archon_Wing and I were actually talking about watching this together, but I have one slight hang up. I just found out that this was originally written by Nisio Isin, and in every experience I've ever had with the guy he seems incapable of writing a female lead that doesn't come across as a Mary Sue (i.e Medaka Box). In fact even just reading up wiki articles on what he's done that I have no experience with every single female lead character comes across as one. Heck, even the way Togame's character description is written as a cheery proud tactical master at a young age has me thinking, "here we go again". It doesn't help that it sounds like the male lead and her have some sort of master/slave relationship going on.
I'm wondering if anybody can tell me if the female lead from this one is also a Mary Sue and be honest and blunt please cause I really need too sort this out before I decide to go ahead with it or not. And yes before people asked I have been reading the TV Tropes page on Mary Sues ever since my one post in the Break Blade thread. |
2011-08-05, 02:54 | Link #2498 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2007
Age: 35
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Togame is physically fragile to the point of absurdity. At least, it's played that way as one of her joke features. You can't really take Togame's 'brilliant schemes' seriously all the time either. Really, her overblown pride and haughtiness is more endearing and humourous than at all offending.
:P I personally also think that's not quite a fair evaluation of Medaka Box. Medaka isn't perfect so much as absurd/absolute. Her character is played as completely unbeatable in certain aspects (but only some aspects) in order to set up compelling contrasts and conflicts with antagonists that are actually equally absurd/amazing. You get a first taste of the kinds of awesome conceptual conflicts Medaka's character allows with the introduction of Unzen around chapter 17 or so, but the show really takes off around chapter 55 when we are properly introduced to Kumagawa. The third major player, Ajimu Najimi, joins the stage in the arc after that and is similarly just as awesome. Frankly, Nishio's writing style is extremely 'idea'-based so a whole lot of his characters are portrayed in an unbelievable or absurd way in order to fully convey a certain thought or perspective. When his stories really get into things, I find them extremely fun and intelligent. Medaka's early chapters are marred by a misplaced "slife of life/school life" theme typical of Jump shounen mangas, while Katanagatari starts off also somewhat filling time with pointless jokes about the 4th wall, but in the end they are both very solid works with interesting core ideas if you put your time into them. I can understand that some people can't get into Nishio's kind of storytelling, but frankly, from my perspective, that is really nothing more than their own loss. |
2011-08-05, 05:15 | Link #2499 |
Black Steel Knight
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Indonesia
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I just love the 3rd episode and the last episode! I couldn't get enough of them. The only minus of this anime is that there are too many dialogues and many of those are shown with static picture. Those can be boring as hell!
Also, the fight with Sabi Hakuhei was shown during the episode preview where he slash anything on his path (boat, shark, sea & the whole island if I'm not mistaken). |
2011-08-05, 14:39 | Link #2500 | ||
Knowledge is the solution
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: St. Louis, MO
Age: 39
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