MYoung23 wrote:Adapting classic stories like Mark Twain's "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" wasnt uncommon to do in cartoons.
Ghaax wrote:I post very rarely, so my first comment on this thread.
Wordsworth999, I'm not going to pick your whole post apart and argue every point of it. I'm just stating that in my little opinion, the european culture isn't really that great glorious thing you said. (and I'm a euro myself, so...)
I mean, our european culture has oppressed more than half of the world in the name of colonialism, has created such monstrosities as fascism, and so on. And we have forcefully spread our culture for centuries in other parts of the world. We also created industrialism and all the environment-destroying habits with it.
(I'm just pointing that, not interested in going to historical debate, especially not in a language I'm not 100% comfortable with.)
So, maybe it's not that bad after all if our kids (and us) get exposed to other cultures, we might even learn some less destructive behavior patterns.
Nemesis Prime wrote:forgive me if this was brought up ..
Transformers Generation 1 - the cartoon - is a US based animated cartoon that got imported to japan.
(Japan did not get TF:TM-animated until the early 90's(i think around 1992)
Yes, the toy designs for the orig TF's were japanese based, but the name "Transformers" was coined by Hasbro for use in the US market in the eaerly 80's
so in all reality ... Transformers as we know and love it today is an American Concept, that the Japanese have evolved and continued for us
Friend of Da Panda Symbol wrote:I don't have problems of the way characters are depicted in either English or Japanese. (Hey there was one Japanese version where I saw Wheelie was uber kawaii, way less annoying than he was in American 3rd season) and of course both had very good V/A's although for me '84 English G1 seasons 1 & 2 inches out (*Points at avatar*). Yep on the brain, people, on the brain.
My biggest gripe with any transformers anime is the often the transformation sequences can tend to get overblown, especially combiners. Get to the shooting up or throwing the opponent around already!!![/b]
juushinkan wrote:My biggest gripe with any transformers anime is the often the transformation sequences can tend to get overblown, especially combiners. Get to the shooting up or throwing the opponent around already!!![/b]
Roddy P wrote:juushinkan wrote:My biggest gripe with any transformers anime is the often the transformation sequences can tend to get overblown, especially combiners. Get to the shooting up or throwing the opponent around already!!![/b]
I watch a lot of anime, but really. The first time I tried to look at one of the Japanese version episodes and they actually said 'Traaansforrmuu' I had to end my relationship with that show right then and there.
Absolutly. I have to close my eyes or divert my attention somehow when this happens its quite annoying.
Since when does a warrior call out their attack before they do it? RID Prime always calls out what attack he is gonna do before he does. Just stupid. Or Energon where I have to watch Optimus's "Supermode" sequence. I just wanna pull my hair out.
Dead Metal wrote:
Do you know that not everithing can be dubed the way it is in Japan?
I mean, you can't just translate it word for word, but you have to translate it so it makes sense in the languge you're dubing it in + it has to look like the carecters say it, mening only speek wile the lips move.
Flashback wrote:Dead Metal wrote:
Do you know that not everithing can be dubed the way it is in Japan?
I mean, you can't just translate it word for word, but you have to translate it so it makes sense in the languge you're dubing it in + it has to look like the carecters say it, mening only speek wile the lips move.
Even so, as one who watched both, the dub was crap. It would've had a better shot if they hadn't tried to shoe-horn it into the continuity of the other two it would've had a better shot, but it was still a rubbish dub.
Also, given that the Japanese almost never worry about lip-sync, seems odd that the Americans should be cut some slack for trying to cram in dialogue (or omit whole pieces of dialogue) because it isn't flush with the up-and-down 'wa wa wa wa' motion of the characters mouth.
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