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Re: The Offical Sailor Moon Topic

Postby Sabrblade » Wed Jan 18, 2012 7:53 pm

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ok my bad, i know this was a discussion about the show >.< didnt see a thread in the non-TF toys forum. move as needed
No, it's fine. This is about all things Sailor Moon in general.

The most recent topic of discussion has been the new manga release by Kodansha and the half-baked job they did at translating it.
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Re: The Offical Sailor Moon Topic

Postby Darth Bombshell » Fri Jan 20, 2012 9:27 pm

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Sabrblade wrote:The most recent topic of discussion has been the new manga release by Kodansha and the half-baked job they did at translating it.


Considering I've never owned any version of it (either the original Japanese or the original English translation), I'd rather have this than nothing at all.

But that's just me. I'm obviously not as hung up about it as Sabrblade is (no offense, dude), though I do understand where he is coming from.
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Re: The Offical Sailor Moon Topic

Postby Sabrblade » Fri Jan 20, 2012 9:36 pm

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Darth Bombshell wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:The most recent topic of discussion has been the new manga release by Kodansha and the half-baked job they did at translating it.


Considering I've never owned any version of it (either the original Japanese or the original English translation), I'd rather have this than nothing at all.

But that's just me. I'm obviously not as hung up about it as Sabrblade is (no offense, dude), though I do understand where he is coming from.
I'm still buying it (wanting to own it in some physical form), but it really ought to have been given better treatment, since Kodansha has done so to some of their other less-nostalgic titles. That's the big issue with these. Kodansha knew these would be a big seller solely because the Sailor Moon name is a nostalgic moneymaker, and so they didn't bother to give it the quality that it deserves knowing it would sell well regardless of how well they translated it.
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Re: The Offical Sailor Moon Topic

Postby Bad Wolf » Sat Jan 21, 2012 10:03 am

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forgive my ignorance..but are these the same ones that were release in 2001 by pioneer on vhs ?
i own a few of the original uncut english dubs of the pure hearts saga along with the Sailor Moon R, S and Super S movies
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Re: The Offical Sailor Moon Topic

Postby Sabrblade » Sat Jan 21, 2012 12:07 pm

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Bad Wolf wrote:forgive my ignorance..but are these the same ones that were release in 2001 by pioneer on vhs ?
i own a few of the original uncut english dubs of the pure hearts saga along with the Sailor Moon R, S and Super S movies
This has nothing to do with the show. It's the manga.
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Re: The Offical Sailor Moon Topic

Postby Bad Wolf » Sat Jan 21, 2012 12:36 pm

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Bad Wolf wrote:forgive my ignorance..but are these the same ones that were release in 2001 by pioneer on vhs ?
i own a few of the original uncut english dubs of the pure hearts saga along with the Sailor Moon R, S and Super S movies
This has nothing to do with the show. It's the manga.


ahh, that i do not have nor read, but on a similar note
i do have the first four issues of the Sailor Moon comic presented by Tokyopop.com re release back in 2000.

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not knowing anything else, i found them entertaining.
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Re: The Offical Sailor Moon Topic

Postby Sabrblade » Sat Jan 21, 2012 1:44 pm

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Tokyopop. :roll: More like Tokyopoop.

Kodansha's current releases are in most ways better than what Tokyopop did, but at the same time, they are also worse in some ways than what Tokyopop did.

Thus far,they've released the following:

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All of which are mostly better than the Tokyopop version, but still pretty subpar in the translation department.

Would it really kill them to at least make the teenagers talk like teenagers (instead of like posh upperclass aristocrats)? And to do enough research to get all the names and attacks right? :BANG_HEAD:
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Re: The Offical Sailor Moon Topic

Postby Bad Wolf » Sat Jan 21, 2012 2:24 pm

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as i've never read those manga's i dont have anymore to add , other than i agree, if one is to do a sailor moon anything at least get the names of the characters and their attacks correct ;)

and speaking of character names and attacks...just thought i'd share some screen shots from the SNES Pretty Soilder Sailormoon


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Re: The Offical Sailor Moon Topic

Postby JelZe GoldRabbit » Sat Jan 21, 2012 2:30 pm

Motto: "The only good is knowledge, and the only evil is ignorance."
What Kodansha does have going for them is that unlike Tokyopop they provide Translator Notes, giving insight on Japanese culture and whatnot, not to mention explanation behind the more trickier translations, which I always appreciate.

I'm currently enjoying the new translations, and my wife does too. Room for improvement, yes, but it has potential.
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Re: The Offical Sailor Moon Topic

Postby Sabrblade » Sat Jan 21, 2012 2:42 pm

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Bad Wolf wrote:as i've never read those manga's i dont have anymore to add , other than i agree, if one is to do a sailor moon anything at least get the names of the characters and their attacks correct ;)
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