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Old 31-10-2007, 03:36 PM   #111
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I finally watched the last episode of GITS: SAC a few days ago and, while I love the series, I don't think that I've understood half of the things and plots happening there so far.

About dubbing, here in Spain I've found series with a brilliant one (such as Cowboy Bebop), with a good one (GITS), and with a terrible one (Wolf's Rain, Samurai Champloo, Samurai 7) so in most cases I try to look for the original version.
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Old 31-10-2007, 04:18 PM   #112
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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Tito @ Oct 31 2007, 10:36 AM) [snapback]317833[/snapback]</div>
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I finally watched the last episode of GITS: SAC a few days ago and, while I love the series, I don't think that I've understood half of the things and plots happening there so far.

About dubbing, here in Spain I've found series with a brilliant one (such as Cowboy Bebop), with a good one (GITS), and with a terrible one (Wolf's Rain, Samurai Champloo, Samurai 7) so in most cases I try to look for the original version.
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I have found that English language dubs often sound unnatural and stilted, especially in emotional moments. How is it in the Spanish? (I assume you are talking about Spanish dubs, correct me if I am wrong) Do they do a lot of "localization" - ie. changing things in the script to conform to the audience culture?
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Old 31-10-2007, 11:03 PM   #113
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Dubbing is very good in general here in Spain. And also the localization thing you talk about is present in most films and series. The problem, I think, is that Anime has not been taken very seriously around here (except for big productions, that is).
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Old 02-11-2007, 03:52 PM   #114
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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Tito @ Oct 31 2007, 03:36 PM) [snapback]317833[/snapback]</div>
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I finally watched the last episode of GITS: SAC a few days ago and, while I love the series, I don't think that I've understood half of the things and plots happening there so far.

About dubbing, here in Spain I've found series with a brilliant one (such as Cowboy Bebop), with a good one (GITS), and with a terrible one (Wolf's Rain, Samurai Champloo, Samurai 7) so in most cases I try to look for the original version.
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which series? i have yet to watch 2nd gig but i liked 1st gig.
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Old 02-11-2007, 09:39 PM   #115
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I love anime.
My most memorable are (the ones I can name):

The ones I have on DVD are with "*"s

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Agent Aika
Akage No Anne
Akira*
Appleseed
BECK - Mongolian Chop Squad
Burn-Up (W! (Warrior!); Excess)
Cowboy Bebop
Dominion Tank Police (OLD;NEW
Galactik Football
Ghost In The Shell (I; II: Innocence; Solid State Society)*
Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex (1st GIG; 2nd GIG; Solid State Society)*
Howl's Moving Castle*
Jin Roh
Oban Star-Racers
Read or Die (OVA; TV)
Sailor Moon
Shaman King
Speed Racer

I've been gone for a long time, been watching lots of 'em.
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Old 02-11-2007, 09:55 PM   #116
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I forget...
Is Howl's Moving Castle the one that ends really happily for everybody, even going to ridiculous levels to make things insanely super for even the semi-animate scarecrow?
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Old 02-11-2007, 10:21 PM   #117
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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(chumloofah @ Nov 2 2007, 11:55 PM) [snapback]318047[/snapback]</div>
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I forget...
Is Howl's Moving Castle the one that ends really happily for everybody, even going to ridiculous levels to make things insanely super for even the semi-animate scarecrow?
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Oddly enough, it ends really happily. I loved the idea and the movie.
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Old 03-11-2007, 12:42 AM   #118
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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(chumloofah @ Nov 2 2007, 09:55 PM) [snapback]318047[/snapback]</div>
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I forget...
Is Howl's Moving Castle the one that ends really happily for everybody, even going to ridiculous levels to make things insanely super for even the semi-animate scarecrow?
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The semi-animate scarecrow is the missing crown prince that the war is all about. The Witch of the Waste is still a blubbery hag, who had lost her magic, at the end of the film, but she is a better person.

The one recurring motif that I really liked was how Sophie's apparent age changed, kind of like how Porco Rosso (in the film of the same name) occassionally appeared as his former, human self.
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Old 03-11-2007, 01:53 PM   #119
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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(rlbell @ Nov 3 2007, 02:42 AM) [snapback]318057[/snapback]</div>
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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(chumloofah @ Nov 2 2007, 09:55 PM) [snapback]318047[/snapback]
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I forget...
Is Howl's Moving Castle the one that ends really happily for everybody, even going to ridiculous levels to make things insanely super for even the semi-animate scarecrow?
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The semi-animate scarecrow is the missing crown prince that the war is all about. The Witch of the Waste is still a blubbery hag, who had lost her magic, at the end of the film, but she is a better person.

The one recurring motif that I really liked was how Sophie's apparent age changed, kind of like how Porco Rosso (in the film of the same name) occassionally appeared as his former, human self.
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Sophie and Howl were the only beautiful characters in the whole movie. I liked how they standed out of the whole crowd.
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Old 04-11-2007, 03:19 PM   #120
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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(CorruptMylar @ Oct 28 2007, 01:37 PM) [snapback]317626[/snapback]</div>
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The problem with anime is they break up the incredibly cool violences and mayhem with all that cutsey, Hello Kitty, dorky nonsense. I was trying to get into Trinty Blood. Great idea about a worldwide vampire menace battling the Catholic Church on airships and what not. But they pull that overly exuberant character interaction with the sweat beads and the eye-popping and the jumping up and down. I can't stand that crap!
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I kind of agree with you. But sometimes I find a lot of the hacky swordfights and trying-too-hard-to-be-badass characters just as dorky as the cute stuff. I wish they would put less effort into eye-popping sweat-bead stuff and more effort into better acting in the animation.
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