Why is the japanese version so much better than the english?!
I saw the english version and was liek, "sucks ballz sunnzz", but
then the japanese version was liek "stfu, u sucks ballz, slut" back
at me.

:@:@:@

If you watch this series, watch the japanese version.

(This post was last modified: 29/10/2007 02:58 PM by Azumi.)

I don't know why English dubs are usually so bad.

Is the English language really that bad at expressing?

I love Tessa. She is so hot.

(This post was last modified: 29/10/2007 03:52 PM by Azumi.)

^ That, and the fact that if the story was designed for a certain language, there will always be some loss in meaning through a translation.
For example, puns will inevitably be lost in a dub, but can somewhat be preserved in a sub (through one of those "notes").


My FMP is all on DVDs - DVDs are a pain to convert to PSP... >_>

(This post was last modified: 29/10/2007 05:28 PM by ZiNgA BuRgA.)

ZiNgA BuRgA Wrote:My FMP is all on DVDs - DVDs are a pain to convert to PSP... >_>

And the point of converting to PSP is...

Just watch it on DVD. U get better quality too.

|-Anubis-| Wrote:I don't know why English dubs are usually so bad.

Is the English language really that bad at expressing?

Not all stuff can be translated directly. Resulting in some stuff sounding awkward.

And sometimes, the dubbers try to like "americanize" the anime, and that sometimes ends up horribly wrong. Like for the Mai-Hime dubs, they made the club vice president girl (forgot her name, Suzushiro?) have a full weird accent (think american gansta style? can't remember exactly what it's like now. been quite a while) and that really didn't work. It just sounded really gay and annoying, and pissed me off. The naruto dubs is another example of how that fails.


But overall, i still prefer dubs (most of the time, as long as the dubs aren't too horrible) cause reading subs is annoying as hell.

Assassinator Wrote:

ZiNgA BuRgA Wrote:My FMP is all on DVDs - DVDs are a pain to convert to PSP... >_>

And the point of converting to PSP is...

Just watch it on DVD. U get better quality too.

It lets me watch it on the car :P

Assassinator Wrote:And sometimes, the dubbers try to like "americanize" the anime, and that sometimes ends up horribly wrong.

And the other extreme - when they try to retain too much of the original meaning, like the Love Hina dubs, which end up sounding somewhat dumb :P

ZiNgA BuRgA Wrote:It lets me watch it on the car :P

I'm quite picky about watching stuff. I would never really watch anything in the car, I'll just get distracted all the time, and won't enjoy it (as much).

I generally watch everything on my large screen TV at home with no-one around. Or on my computer.

Does anyone have the Fullmetal Panic gameboot?

(This post was last modified: 30/10/2007 05:16 PM by |-Anubis-|.)

Assassinator Wrote:

ZiNgA BuRgA Wrote:It lets me watch it on the car :P

I'm quite picky about watching stuff. I would never really watch anything in the car, I'll just get distracted all the time, and won't enjoy it (as much).

I generally watch everything on my large screen TV at home with no-one around. Or on my computer.

Since my parents have to send me and pick me up, they're always at home, and typically, they're the ones watching TV.
And when I'm at home, I'm typically doing something on the computer, so I try to optimize the 1 hour of travelling I do every day, and use it more constructively than just stare out the window :P
Granted, not so comfy, but meh.