The Movie of the Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya (News & Anticipation)

[bhl88]

I hope they sub it (for the ones who read it already... they can catch up).... for those who don't... well...

[AmyElizzabeth]

I've read it enough to get the main gist of what's going on, I guess.
But I'mma want mah subs >

[Heatth]

Originally Posted by bhl88

I hope they sub it (for the ones who read it already... they can catch up).... for those who don't... well...

By "they" ou mean who? If is random fansubs, it is obvious there will be subs, eventually. If you are talking about Kadokawa, well, I really hope they don't. Or, at last, they contract someone good to do that job. The subs in the You-Tube episodes were somewhat awful.

[Jintor]

At least they're trying. Fantastic move and attempt to engage an international audience; simulcasting is the buzzword for the year, and for good reason.

Fansubbers are definitely going to obtain and export Disappearance within a month or so of release. If Kadokawa pre-empts them... what does that mean? More goodwill towards Kadokawa? Will export sales go down when it's finally released to the North American market, or are the losses from fansubbing roughly equivilent anyway?

I've been thinking about fansubbing lately...

[Heatth]

Originally Posted by Jintor

At least they're trying. Fantastic move and attempt to engage an international audience; simulcasting is the buzzword for the year, and for good reason.

Fansubbers are definitely going to obtain and export Disappearance within a month or so of release. If Kadokawa pre-empts them... what does that mean? More goodwill towards Kadokawa? Will export sales go down when it's finally released to the North American market, or are the losses from fansubbing roughly equivilent anyway?

I've been thinking about fansubbing lately...

You are right.

It is a good move, actually, if the japanese DVD already have an english sub, then people from other parts of the world might buy. Even if the sales go down latter, with an official North America release, there wil be no loss (as people who didn't buy the american version already bought the japanese version anyway).

A nice way to combat fansubbing.

Still, it would be nice if they do a decent translation.

[Jintor]

I heard they contracted out the Haruhi-chan and S2 translations to a group that weren't native english speakers - turns out they did translation work for a bunch of different languages.

Those subs were pretty competant but they were nowhere near (awesome) fansub quality. And that's, you know, bad.

Still, in order to get simultaneous release the quality expectation lowers a little. But you'd think they'd get someone awesome in English to proofread. I know next to nothing about the translation industry but it seriously cannot be that hard to find a decent one.

[Heatth]

Eh, what do you mean by different lanaguages? It wasn't only english?

Anyway, a better quality is desired, sure. But, as you said, a simultaneous release effect, negatvelly, that matter. I guess I was just whining before.

[Jintor]

Originally Posted by Heatth

Eh, what do you mean by different lanaguages? It wasn't only english?

Anyway, a better quality is desired, sure. But, as you said, a simultaneous release effect, negatvelly, that matter. I guess I was just whining before.

I meant the group itself translates material into a variety of languages - French, German, Russian - they weren't a specialist English translator, as such.

[aegisofrime]

The release date has apparently been leaked (Intentionally or Not)

6th February 2010

Stumbled onto it on a ... "Anime news website" Not sure if I'm allowed to mention it, but anyway here's their source:

http://cinecitta.co.jp/schedule/monthly/index.html

The relevant details:

FEBRUARY

2月6日～ 涼宮ハルヒの消失

[Heatth]

Originally Posted by Jintor

I meant the group itself translates material into a variety of languages - French, German, Russian - they weren't a specialist English translator, as such.

I see, thanks of the info. This explain a lot, I guess.

Originally Posted by aegisofrime

The release date has apparently been leaked (Intentionally or Not)

6th February 2010

Stumbled onto it on a ... "Anime news website" Not sure if I'm allowed to mention it, but anyway here's their source:

http://cinecitta.co.jp/schedule/monthly/index.html

The relevant details:

FEBRUARY

2月6日～ 涼宮ハルヒの消失

Sooner then I tought. Great news. (just 2 weeks after Unlimited Blade Works)

However, is this site reliable?

[ultimatemegax]

Originally Posted by Heatth

Sooner then I tought. Great news. (just 2 weeks after Unlimited Blade Works)

However, is this site reliable?

It appears to be a website that lets you order tickets to movies via the internet or through your cell phone in Japan. I'd say it's about 70% chance that this is the legit opening day. The only thing that this correlates to in the books is one day before Intrigues takes place, so there's no hint from the novels whether this is a possible date or not. A big mark against this date is the fact that the teaser said "Spring", and this would still be in the "Winter" season of anime. There is also the possibility that orders would begin on this date for showings later, so that has to be taken into consideration.

[bayoab]

Originally Posted by ultimatemegax

It appears to be a website that lets you order tickets to movies via the internet or through your cell phone in Japan. I'd say it's about 70% chance that this is the legit opening day. The only thing that this correlates to in the books is one day before Intrigues takes place, so there's no hint from the novels whether this is a possible date or not. A big mark against this date is the fact that the teaser said "Spring", and this would still be in the "Winter" season of anime. There is also the possibility that orders would begin on this date for showings later, so that has to be taken into consideration.

ANN is now reporting it via animeanime.jp so it has some validity. Also, February is also considered spring as far as anime planning goes.

[ultimatemegax]

Originally Posted by bayoab

ANN is now reporting it via animeanime.jp so it has some validity. Also, February is also considered spring as far as anime planning goes.

The animeanime.jp link refers to the earlier story in that article about the Gintama film, but the article does link to the cinecitta website, so that's where that information is from in that article. We're still looking at only one website, and not an official release yet. Don't mistake my intentions, I do believe that the cinecitta information is likely correct, but I'm just making sure that something official is out before I celebrate.

[Kogetsu Shirogane]

February 6th, huh? If true, that's a pretty amusing date for the debut...

[Team Rocket Elite]

So 3 months away? That's not too bad.

[bhl88]

Originally Posted by Heatth

You are right.

It is a good move, actually, if the japanese DVD already have an english sub, then people from other parts of the world might buy. Even if the sales go down latter, with an official North America release, there wil be no loss (as people who didn't buy the american version already bought the japanese version anyway).

A nice way to combat fansubbing.

Still, it would be nice if they do a decent translation.

I'd like it in a theater (if they do some awesome fansubs like Dattebayo or something). (Or hire fansubbers to get more people to come in).

Something about the theater makes me want to watch it from there...

[Archangel Roy]

Originally Posted by Team Rocket Elite

So 3 months away? That's not too bad.

Yeah, i can stand the wait, [I survived endless eight, i can survive this xD]

[aegisofrime]

Originally Posted by Archangel Roy

Yeah, i can stand the wait, [I survived endless eight, i can survive this xD]

It's longer than 3 months, unless you live in Japan and can understand Japanese. Or if you are able to accept crappy camcorded "rips"

Thankfully, if I'm not wrong, anime movie DVDs and Blu-Rays come out faster than typically Hollywood movies DVDs right?

[quigonkenny]

Originally Posted by aegisofrime

It's longer than 3 months, unless you live in Japan and can understand Japanese. Or if you are able to accept crappy camcorded "rips"

Thankfully, if I'm not wrong, anime movie DVDs and Blu-Rays come out faster than typically Hollywood movies DVDs right?

My understanding is no.

Here's hoping I win the lottery between now and then so I can afford to quit my job and fly over there for the premier... ^_^

[bhl88]

I hope the date won't change... (knowing KyoAni... they'd change the date or something at the last moment.... with "Nice Boat")

The search keeps on ending up with February 6, 2010... (we'll see if that's true)

Not yet in KyoAni's or Kadokawa's website though