2012-01-30, 02:28 | Link #3301 | |
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2012-02-05, 04:36 | Link #3309 |
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Yes you can watch Rai online http://www.rai.tv/dl/RaiTV/dirette/P...hannel=Rai%204 , it's actually aired now you need Microsoft Silverlight.
Edit : Sorry if you are not in Italy you can't watch it unfortunately. It says: "This content is reserved to the users in the Italian country" .
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2012-02-05, 05:07 | Link #3310 |
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Ok I've seen it. The overall result is decent, however there are a couple points dragging the adaptation down:
- Madoka's voice suffers from poor dubbing direction. This means her voice, especially in high pitched sequences, feels out of place. - Kyubei's name was mistakenly named as "Kyubee" (taking into account the Japanese pronounciation) Good points: - Sayaka, Homura and Mami's voices are pretty much spot on. Hitomi's good as well; - The overall adaptation seems to have been done good: I predict some raging over the choice of using "maga" (mage, sort of) to translate "maho shojo", but there was no other way around. Overall decent works it seems, I need to check Kyoko's voice once she appears. Also, the aired version is (understandably) the BD version. Last edited by xizro345; 2012-02-05 at 05:24. |
2012-02-05, 14:13 | Link #3312 |
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There's a high chance it'll bomb though. The Italian anime market has been diying since ages. Even high profile anime have struggled in sales, save very well known titles (and I mean Eva-level of popularity. anything else simply doesn't sell). Dynit (the Italian licensor) doesn't look to be banking on Madoka a lot, LE or not.
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2012-02-05, 23:17 | Link #3313 | |
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Sounds like it's a huge gamble. Then what title(s) were they're hedging their bets on? No surprises if it's a shonen title or two, which historically they sold more than anything else.
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2012-02-05, 23:25 | Link #3314 | |
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2012-02-06, 11:22 | Link #3316 | |
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- Small, almost insignificant market (2000 copies are considered a success); - Small companies (forget anything Funimation or Viz-size); - Sadly to say, but extremely high piracy rates (but this has been an issue since 1992, so it's a very pressing issue); - Also, most people are ok with seeing the stuff on TV but not buying anything: for example Code Geass and Gurren Lagann were highly promoted and had a TV run, but despite this the sets sold basically nothing; - Lack of competition: there are two major players but they don't compete at all, they just try to coexsist. Usually for series like Madoka, the licensor pairs up with a TV network to offset part of the costs. It also serves to reduce costs for dubbing (about 2500$/hour to make an example in USD). Madoka had only cross-promotion so far. Basically there was a survey to decide the voice actors, but that's it. The LE was announced only on their site, as well as the announcement of airing. They did a pre-air net-only sub-only streaming event of the series like they did with Deadman in Wonderland, but AFAIK that just fueled arguments over adaptation. Speaking of this, as I predicted the Italian boards are raging a bit over the choice of translation of "maho shojo"... |
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2012-02-06, 11:33 | Link #3317 |
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Almost looks like the unsure scene here in my country: discs are sold within the gray market, there are some counterfeit products, TV stations treating anime as if they're filler, and of course, left and right there are bootleg copies of well-known titles (no thanks to a culture of cheapskate-ism). And live-action Asian soap operas and K-Pop are cheaper to produce yet more profitable than anime. You could be right, given the sordid situation in Italy... Dynit is risking themselves too far that it could break them completely.
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2012-02-06, 11:49 | Link #3318 |
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Well, considering most of the people here, I'm a pessimist. Madoka is the first Italian anime product I'm getting since ten years (mostly because they didn't anything that remotely interested me all this time, so I went for JP BD/DVDs most of the time), and I also had the fortune/misfortune (depends on the viewpoint) of collaborating with Dynit when I was attending university (back then it was called Dynamic Italia) so I got a few insights on how the market works here, and the opinion I have on it isn't really good. Also keep in mind most of these companies decide their titles not only based on costs and such, but also on personal preferences.
I really want Madoka to succeed though, that could open the way for more stuff not exactly popular. The adaptation is mostly good as well. I'm not sure I'll keep following the TV broadcast but if people are interested I'll try to give a report every week if I do, including a review of the BD sets once they're out. |
2012-02-15, 16:39 | Link #3319 |
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http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news...a-magica-anime
Crunchyroll has episode 1 on there, and will add new episodes every Wednesday. Hulu and Crackle are also going to stream it. I guess I will finally watch it just so I can see what everyone is talking about regarding Homura and such. |
2012-02-16, 01:26 | Link #3320 | |
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