Obligitory Animes Thread

Which anime eras are you into?

  • Old School

    Votes: 29 17.7%

  • New School

    Votes: 13 7.9%

  • Both

    Votes: 107 65.2%

  • Anime? What's that?

    Votes: 15 9.1%
  • Total voters
    164
Animefreak6969 said:
Well in some cases it's well worth it to say mangaka over author. Take Romeo x Juliet. If we say author one may think William himself while saying mangaka would imply the manga specifically.
That and most mangaka are both the author and illustrator of the story, so making it a single word is useful.
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Well that asides, why use the Japanese words for titles?
 
Ghengis_John said:
I'm just curious why people insist on using the Japanese words for the title. It strikes me as, and no offense here, minorly pretentious. Like using the word mangaka when author would suffice or sommelier when when you could just say "wine expert".
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Oh, is there an English dub of it? I really prefer English but I've found very minimal regarding it even having an English title. I'm not big on manga(nor hardcore enough of a weeaboo to prefer subs obviously) and I haven't seen anything about a full localization on it. Yeahyeahyeah, the idiot box and all, but comics are just a middle ground I'm not a fan of(to me they lack the abstract interpretive options of the written word and the concrete expression provided by animation so it's a poor compromise for me). And yes, I used the words "manga" and "comics" to refer to the same thing within a single paragraph.


Ghengis_John said:
Why use the Japanese words for titles?
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And though it's not the case here, it could also be individual preference. "It just has a better ring to it." Or something like that. To be honest, I'm more annoyed by concepts with no clear English equivalent I'm aware of since it makes choosing a prefered term impossible. Like...seppuku(blame Yoshimitsu for being the reason that's the only one that comes to my mind). It's definitely more than just suicide and more than shredding ones own bowels, but there's no real English equivalent.
 
Wandrian said:
And though it's not the case here, it could also be individual preference. "It just has a better ring to it." Or something like that. To be honest, I'm more annoyed by concepts with no clear English equivalent I'm aware of since it makes choosing a prefered term impossible. Like...seppuku(blame Yoshimitsu for being the reason that's the only one that comes to my mind). It's definitely more than just suicide and more than shredding ones own bowels, but there's no real English equivalent.
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Thanks for the answers Wandarian. I know what you mean by concepts with no clear english equivalent. I was told once by a native japanese speaker that the word nakama is something close to "Adopted family". As the product of a clan-based society this word makes sense, we however have no equivalent, and most of the time I see it translated simply as "friend". Which is not quite accurate really.

As for an English Dub? I don't know if there's one yet, though the series has been licensed and has a translated title already:
http://www.funimation.com/the-future-diary/videos
 
Since 2006 I have only watched 2 animes, and I kinda want to watch new stuff. Any recomendation? (I want something similar to Berserk, mature, no jokes, no stupid anime humor)
 
Reptile said:
Yes, I'm one of those. Just like how I watch American movies in english even though it is not my main language.
And it isn't "Japanese dubs", it's the original voiceover.
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who cares what's "original"? how about listening to what's better?

i remember people used that same excuse for what language to choose for Soul Calibur 5. my how funny it was when they learned that the game was recorded in English first. they still stuck to Japanese despite their "reasoning." so that "japanese is original so that's why i watch it in Japanese over English." it's just a cover over a biased opinion. the same goes with Twilight haters. they really hate the series because other people do. they don't have any legit reason to hate it over many other vampire movies and/or books. let's just be real.
 
It's personal preference really. Once I started watching the original dubs, I couldn't go back to English. There's only a few series I prefer to watch in English, Berserk and Black Lagoon are a few examples, but it's a small list.
 
I don't care which language I watch something in. Japanese setting was a great for annoying ass Talim though.
 
Ghengis_John said:
Well that asides, why use the Japanese words for titles?
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I'm unsure as to what you're asking.

Reptile said:
Yes, I'm one of those. Just like how I watch American movies in english even though it is not my main language.
And it isn't "Japanese dubs", it's the original voiceover.
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Technically it is a dub since in anime the voicework is added after the animation, they're dubbing it into the show. It's different than american style where they create the show or movie to the voicework.
Of course not always. but mostly.

Azazel said:
promising, tnx bro.
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The first show you wanna watch since 06 is Texnolyze? Sorry bro....


And as always it literally doesn't matter what language it's in as long as it sounds good. There is no majoriy or minority in how good or bad any language version of all anime is, it's just there.
I like my shows in a language i don't have to READ, yet i've seen every show in it's original language. Why? Because it doesn't matter, as long as it's good.
 
Animefreak6969 said:
The first show you wanna watch since 06 is Texnolyze? Sorry bro....
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why does it matter what year it's made in? some people are still watching bruce lee movies and the Matrix. heck, i'm watching Ghost stories and that was made in the late 90's if not early 2000's. if it's good, it's good. a time stamp shouldn't affect that.
 
0VincentRayne0 said:
why does it matter what year it's made in? some people are still watching bruce lee movies and the Matrix. heck, i'm watching Ghost stories and that was made in the late 90's if not early 2000's. if it's good, it's good. a time stamp shouldn't affect that.
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He said since '06. Not from '06
 
0VincentRayne0 said:
why does it matter what year it's made in? some people are still watching bruce lee movies and the Matrix. heck, i'm watching Ghost stories and that was made in the late 90's if not early 2000's. if it's good, it's good. a time stamp shouldn't affect that.
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Ya man you need to look closer to what you read.
 
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