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For those who have seen, Magical Shopping Arcade A...

2007-04-04T07:47:00.000-07:00

For those who have seen, Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi, in the episode with the Dating Sim shopping arcade, the girl turned out to be an Ayu knockoff, and pulled off a very good third person act. She said her name when talking about herself, and the uguu worked out pretty well

It's quality, and it's drama. People who like qual...

2007-03-11T03:47:00.000-07:00

It's quality, and it's drama. People who like quality drama would like it, if only they got around to watching it in the first place.

And as far as "uguu" goes, you don't really have to make it a FULL uguu. Just a surprised/annoyed/scared noise that sounds like an uguu.

Another thing I forgot to add to the article... is...

2007-03-10T13:46:00.000-08:00

Another thing I forgot to add to the article... is that while we may largely be a dickish bunch and kick up a fuss, usually we'll still end up buying the product simply because we're also a bunch of fanboy marks ^_^

Well I've always liked to think this train of thou...

2007-03-10T13:41:00.000-08:00

Well I've always liked to think this train of thought:

Add and ommit whatever you want with the dub, because generally the people who listen to it don't care about a translation being "loose".

I've never heard of anyone seriously complaining about a bad dub, as long as good subs are an option y'know?

I do agree that all the catchphrases would sound awful in

I actually think the guy has a very valid point, t...

2007-03-10T07:36:00.000-08:00

I actually think the guy has a very valid point, though the way he makes it is less than diplomatic.

Kanon isn't exactly the type of show your average anime DVD buyer (i.e. non-hardcore anime viewers, who would much rather watch dubs than subs) would just pick up, so the target audience is exactly those people who would complain if the translation isn't literal. I will also say that

That's rather strange for them to say that the lic...

2007-03-10T00:16:00.000-08:00

That's rather strange for them to say that the licensing cost for Air is expensive. I don't remember the source but I recall reading that BS-i had a few series on their site that they were offering to US companies to license and Air was one of those series.

I also agree about the last jab. It seems rather dicky but they do have a bit of truth. The people who are willing to purchase the