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Advent Children in 2006

Posted by Zonk on from the don't-hold-your-breathe dept.

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.

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  1. Dunno by faloi · · Score: 4, Insightful

    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.

    Nobody ever hurried translations back in the day before you could hop on the Internet and download the stuff. It was rough to get Japanese language films back in the day, at least in areas that didn't have a big anime following. I doubt the Internet is pushing them one way or the other.

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  2. Excuse me?? by karrde · · Score: 5, Insightful

    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.

    How assinine is this comment? It's called supply and demand. If 10% of the people who download this purchase the DVD you've likely paid for translation costs. Then add in all the folks who love the game itself who aren't into downloading stuff off the net.

    But wait... downloaders are pirates, and we never pay for anything I forgot. Where's my article moderation points.

    1. Re:Excuse me?? by Chemical · · Score: 5, Interesting
      From Wikipedia:

      "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."

  3. Re:Why not release with subtitles? by william_w_bush · · Score: 2, Interesting
    Are we Americans growing so illiterate that we can't even be bothered to read subtitles for foreign-made films?

    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.
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  4. Re:I'm not complaining. by Hubbell · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Try watching the final episode of 2nd gig in original japanese. The Tachikoma's Song made me feel so depressed/brought tears to my eyes without me even reading the words, and I know absolutely NO japanese. I doubt if it were sung in english it would as emotional.