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Advent Children in 2006
Gamespot reports that (maybe, possibly) Final Fantasy: Advent Children will be released in the U.S. sometime in 2006. From the article: "According to the author, 'it's taking a little extra time to work with the director to get all the supplemental elements finished, but the title is on track for release sometime later this year.' Mike Stradford, an executive at Sony's DVD division, is cited as the source of information." I'm sure that all the fansubbed Japanese language versions of the film floating the internets isn't making them hurry the thing out the door either.
My girlfriend prefers to watch media dubbed, but she will readily admit that the dubbing sucks. She's just lazy and would prefer not to read the subs. Sure, it annoys me, but I have to accept that not everyone is a speedreader (as I am) who can read subtitles with zero impact on their enjoyment of the movie/anime/whatever.
"You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"
uhh, yes?!
on another note, i've given up on english translations. GITS season 2 had atrocious voice-dubbing, and without the original japanese the series loses so much of its meaning. Hearing a anti-tank helicopter pilot sound like the cocky "Mav" from top-gun destroys the ambiance of what is meant to be a complex, thoughtful series. It's like trying to watch a ferrelly brothers movie dubbed into german, it's stupid, AND it doesn't make any sense.
I have little hope for AD dubbed into english either, a lot of anime japanese is too complex to easily translate between cultures, and we don't exactly have attention spans over here.
The first rule of USENET is you do not talk about USENET.
"Not all fansubbers are guilty of hurting the anime industry. Certain anime shows haven't been considered for US distribution, for whatever reason, only to be licensed later when the enormous success of the fansubbing is uncovered. Such is the case for Azumanga Daioh, now released by ADV Films. At A-Kon 15 in the summer of 2005, an ADV founder admitted that they thought Azumanga Daioh would not be initally popular in America. ADV decided to license this title after witnessing its popularity in the fansub community."