Anime Discussion Thread

[spcmafia]

[x808drifter]

Originally Posted by spcmafia

IDK how I feel about my states result...

[Spuds]

Originally Posted by x808drifter

IDK how I feel about my states result...

Gotta be better than One Piece and Naruto

[Kaotic Lazagna]

Originally Posted by Spuds

Gotta be better than One Piece and Naruto

Two animes I refuse to watch.

[Spuds]

Originally Posted by Kaotic Lazagna

Two animes I refuse to watch.

I remember when both of those first broadcast in the US. Can't believe they are still going lol.

Yes I did watch both But there's a point where things go on just a bit too long.

[Kaotic Lazagna]

Originally Posted by Spuds

I remember when both of those first broadcast in the US. Can't believe they are still going lol.

Yes I did watch both But there's a point where things go on just a bit too long.

A lot of people are telling me to watch Naruto, but with how many episodes they have out, and the fact that like half of them are just filler episodes turns me off from even giving it a chance.

One Piece just never looked interesting to me.

[NoHaveMSG]

This thread makes me think of a story about a trip to Okinawa. My brother and I don't speak the language and one of my cousins who knows a tiny, tiny bit of english was asking if we liked "whiskey." My brother and I are quite a bit older than our cousins overseas, but of course we liked whiskey. Apparently there was a large misunderstanding on what he was saying, my brother left with him since I was doing something else, and he ended up taking my brother to a comic book store.

[Spuds]

Lol, looks like Acura wants in on the Initial D action...

https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/a...formance-cars/

[Kiske]

Unfotable's masterful blending of 3d assets, animation lovely key art displayed in the climax of the the latest Kimetsu no Yaiba episode, 'Never Give Up,' might be one of the best fight scenes I've seen since the main switch to cgi anime.

[Spuds]

Originally Posted by Kiske

Unfotable's masterful blending of 3d assets, animation lovely key art displayed in the climax of the the latest Kimetsu no Yaiba episode, 'Never Give Up,' might be one of the best fight scenes I've seen since the main switch to cgi anime.

Ufotable is pretty awesome.

[spcmafia]

I barely ever watch anime with an English dub, because I feel there is a disconnect, like there is no soul, no passion. Which blows my mind because English track cartoons have great voice actors that were perfect for their characters. But I stumbled across one of favorite anime of all time; Ghost Stories (Gakkō no Kaidan).

Now, I'm not denying that is simply hilarious, but is hilarious on how bad it was in term of dub.

I grew up watching anime with a Spanish dub and I've come to appreciate it even more once I got to the U.S and tried to watch the English ones. Then I discovered that nothing beats Japanese dialog, but with English sub.

I do go back from time to time and watch Gundam Wing, Inuyasha, DBZ, Zenki, Saint Seiya, SCC, Runouni Kenshin, etc with Spanish dubs because I feel they match the passion of Japanese voice actors, and is simply fond memories of staying up late or coming home after middle school.

[Spuds]

Originally Posted by spcmafia

I barely ever watch anime with an English dub, because is simply horrendous, there is no soul, no passion. Which blows my mind because English track cartoons have great voice actors that were perfect for their characters. But I stumbled across one of favorite anime of all time Ghost Stories (Gakkō no Kaidan).

Now, I'm not denying that is simply hilarious, but is hilarious on how bad it was in term of dub.

I grew up watching anime with a Spanish dub and I've come to appreciate it even more once I got to the U.S and tried to watch the English ones. Then I discovered that nothing beats Japanese dialog, but with English sub.

I do go back from time to time and watch Gundam Wing, Inuyasha, DBZ, Zenki, Saint Seiya, SCC, Runouni Kenshin, etc with Spanish dubs because I feel they match the passion of Japanese voice actors, and is simply fond memories of staying up late or coming home after middle school.

I think it has something to do with cadence. When the animation is in one language, the dub has to be timed to align with what is going on in the animation. It makes for slightly awkward speech patterns where it's hard to convey emotion.

While it could just be that the Spanish dubs are simply better, I also heard (once from a multilingual guy on an airplane) that Japanese is more similar to Romantic languages like Spanish, Italian, and French than it is to Germanic languages like English and German. That might contribute to a less awkward dub.

[spcmafia]

Originally Posted by Spuds

I think it has something to do with cadence. When the animation is in one language, the dub has to be timed to align with what is going on in the animation. It makes for slightly awkward speech patterns where it's hard to convey emotion.

While it could just be that the Spanish dubs are simply better, I also heard (once from a multilingual guy on an airplane) that Japanese is more similar to Romantic languages like Spanish, Italian, and French than it is to Germanic languages like English and German. That might contribute to a less awkward dub.

I think you hit nail right on the spot. I mean, for example. Lets take Dexter's Lab, PPG, or any Nickelodeon cartoon. I also grew up with Spanish dubs, and they were great, came back to the States and watch them in their English dub enjoyed them too. Some insults and arguments do change. Same thing with animated movies like Shrek, Cars, etc. Great voice casting in both languages. I just find it seems like little effort to cast voice actors that can identify with the characters.



The new Spanish dubs for newer anime like AoT, Hunter X, have lost their charm. Mostly due to the fan loved legends have either passed away, or refused to return to work. Now they sound very generic, and almost sounds like they use the same voice actor across all genres between movies and cartoons. Back in my earlier years, I could've sworn that actors like Jim Carrey, Morgan Freeman, etc had their own Spanish voice actors because I never heard them anywhere else.

[Kaotic Lazagna]

It's crazy how much anime looks better on my C2 tv. I didn't think it would be any different than watching on my laptop, but it's way smoother and more detailed. I thought it was just the anime at first since I started it on the TV, but nope, when I went back on the laptop, not as smooth and detailed.