2012-01-04, 04:08 | Link #301 | |
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2012-01-04, 04:23 | Link #302 |
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Bakemonogatari has close to 100k sales, that alone implies that its appeal crosses beyond the 10k otaku domestically. Now given the amount of cultural references and ignoring how lame they will turn out in an american localization, unless one is at least a little familiar with the culture (not necessarily from anime/manga), I also can not see it working.
Save for Hitagi/Koyomi relationship the other stories will be hard to explain, and even Hitagi's background will be incomprehensible without knowing how religion and cults are viewed and treated in Japan. That's not implying that it can not sell overseas, but in order to do so the content must radically change to a degree that it won't be Bakemonogatari, but a show using its animation and adapting its dialogues. Similar attempts were done before for J-horror, as well as Mexican and Spanish films, with commercial success, but very questionable artistic results. |
2012-01-04, 04:25 | Link #303 | |
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As for the DVDs/BDs, I was going to say that, if they follow what they did with Bakemonogatari, the Nise BDs will be region free too... But when I look on amazon now, they say that they're region A. Then again, that's what amazon says for the studio Ghibli Blu-rays too, and AFAIK, those are region free...
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2012-01-04, 04:38 | Link #304 | |||
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And I don't think Shaft mind their shows being licensed abroad in any way. There are plenty of fanservice shows that already made their way on the American market, after all (I see the aforementioned Queen's Blade was licensed, for example). EDIT: Quote:
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2012-01-04, 06:50 | Link #305 |
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As I alluded to before, I think some people are being way too paranoid about the potential foibles of licensing and releasing this show. The show is renowned enough in fan circles that they can just keep it exactly as is; it's not so Japanese that foreign audiences can't understand it, or else at least half the people talking in this thread would have not understood the show either. The amount of anime that have been altered to be released in International markets these days are extremely minimal. And thoughts that they'd alter the anime in Japan in order to keep international audience in mind are again just paranoid, especially given how small the international market is compared to the domestic one.
Anyway, this is a Nisemonogatari thread, and so far the only thing they've announced is that the show will be simulcast. If you don't like the fact that it'll be simulcast, you can just ignore it. They're not going to ruin the show just virtue of being there; the show will still exist. If the show gets a full license, we can create a new thread and discuss it again in there, but for now let's just stick to the actual show in question.
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2012-01-04, 15:56 | Link #308 | |
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I will however concede that I may be overly negative in analyzing the marketability of Bakemonogatari outside Japan since I've been know to be overly negative before.
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2012-01-04, 17:11 | Link #309 |
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I knew this hairstyle may suit her evn better than old one.
On localization subject to be honest Bake is so dialog-heavy part of me wished rather hear it in dub than constantly pause to read subs. As long general idea of joke, pun, gist is conveyed. I don't really need to get every minor detail across. So tomorrow sister's image. |
2012-01-05, 14:10 | Link #311 |
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http://www.nisemonogatari-anime.com/...ndex.html#n023
On Saturday we are getting 6 different CMs leading up to the premiere. Starting from as early as 6:00am. |
2012-01-05, 22:31 | Link #313 | |
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2012-01-06, 03:10 | Link #315 |
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Those images...I just died and went to heaven's heaven.
P.S. Senjougahara wins by far for me in that collection of wallpapers.
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2012-01-06, 04:01 | Link #317 | |
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The timid bookworm look (glasses + twin braids) fitted her personality perfectly, before the cat took over (and she look changed accordingly). Now that she is free from both, she can reflect it in her appearance. |
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