The Official "MyGaming" Anime Thread

[Stunt]

Amazon.co.uk has awesome prices and their shipping is quite resonable.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Naruto-The-...F8&qid=1389640418&sr=8-1&keywords=Naruto+film

Emotion that is what most english VO's lack. They are flat and boring 99% of the time.

Thanks, that is pretty affordable. Will ask my Dad to pick it up in the UK then.

I've heard your argument a lot (well almost daily at work) and I'm sure you're right. I've just, in the case of Naruto, been spoiled with the dubs and have grown attached to their voices.

 

[Glordit]

Yeah I feel like scratching my ear drums out when I have to listen to dubs. There is no feeling in dubs and a lot of emotion is lost in the dubbed versions imho.

Thanks, that is pretty affordable. Will ask my Dad to pick it up in the UK then.

I sometimes struggle to get certain items due to most sellers not shipping out of the UK .

I've heard your argument a lot (well almost daily at work) and I'm sure you're right. I've just, in the case of Naruto, been spoiled with the dubs and have grown attached to their voices.

Saying dubs are bad outright is a bit of an overstatement, there are some good dubs out there as well but they are usually left for films or big budget anime series. Slayers has a awesome dub So does Yu Yu Hakusho, they are from the 80's and 90's so I can assume QC was at a much higher standard back then.
Code Geass and Death Note share are also acceptable dubs.

 

[Stunt]

Saying dubs are bad outright is a bit of an overstatement, there are some good dubs out there as well but they are usually left for films or big budget anime series. Slayers has a awesome dub So does Yu Yu Hakusho, they are from the 80's and 90's so I can assume QC was at a much higher standard back then.
Code Geass and Death Note share are also acceptable dubs.

I take Naruto and Bleach come to mind easily as introductory mediums into the world of Anime due to their popularity and availability of dubs. However, are there other Anime series, that assist in easing westernised fans into anime a little more smoothly than the likes of Bleach?

With so much variety out there, it's really hard to know where to go next when your series ends because an added factor prevails that not every anime is made for every type of person - maybe we should start a thread on this.

 

[Tsar]

Saying dubs are bad outright is a bit of an overstatement, there are some good dubs out there as well but they are usually left for films or big budget anime series. Slayers has a awesome dub So does Yu Yu Hakusho, they are from the 80's and 90's so I can assume QC was at a much higher standard back then.
Code Geass and Death Note share are also acceptable dubs.

I found fairytail and fullmetal alchemist brother hood have good dubbed versions.

 

[z1oc]

well ahh >< download online if thats a option other wise a lan.

I am have all the movies and anime up to date. Seeing that you in Randburg lan would be the best

 

[z1oc]

I take Naruto and Bleach come to mind easily as introductory mediums into the world of Anime due to their popularity and availability of dubs. However, are there other Anime series, that assist in easing westernised fans into anime a little more smoothly than the likes of Bleach?

With so much variety out there, it's really hard to know where to go next when your series ends because an added factor prevails that not every anime is made for every type of person - maybe we should start a thread on this.

i had the same thing with OP i started with dubed but moved over in a few episodes after getting used to the voices and like them both. I have a whole bunch or buded anime that i recommend to new anime watches. makes them get used to it then loving it more and more. Anime junkies in gen i think go right for the subed due to being so used to it.

 

[shadowfox]

I take Naruto and Bleach come to mind easily as introductory mediums into the world of Anime due to their popularity and availability of dubs. However, are there other Anime series, that assist in easing westernised fans into anime a little more smoothly than the likes of Bleach?

With so much variety out there, it's really hard to know where to go next when your series ends because an added factor prevails that not every anime is made for every type of person - maybe we should start a thread on this.

I'll be honest ... some of the first series I watched when I got "re-introduced" to anime were Slayers, Evangelion and Cowboy Bebop. All dubbed. And initially, I didn't notice the quality of the voices - Cowboy Bebop's dub, especially is very good, and Evangelion isn't bad either.

However, as I ventured deeper into anime territory and started expanding my list of watched series (and my current list is insanely long), I got used to the quality of the voice acting in Japanese series - and I have now managed to re-watch all three of those series in their original Japanese. And regardless of how much credit I would like to give their English counterparts, I absolutely cannot go back to the dubbed versions.

Dubs are fine if you're being introduced to the medium, and a large chunk of the folk watching Naruto on SABC probably wouldn't have anything to compare against, but if you take your anime as seriously as I do, then subbed is the way to go.

That's my opinion anyways

 

[Stunt]

I'll be honest ... some of the first series I watched when I got "re-introduced" to anime were Slayers, Evangelion and Cowboy Bebop. All dubbed. And initially, I didn't notice the quality of the voices - Cowboy Bebop's dub, especially is very good, and Evangelion isn't bad either.

However, as I ventured deeper into anime territory and started expanding my list of watched series (and my current list is insanely long), I got used to the quality of the voice acting in Japanese series - and I have now managed to re-watch all three of those series in their original Japanese. And regardless of how much credit I would like to give their English counterparts, I absolutely cannot go back to the dubbed versions.

Dubs are fine if you're being introduced to the medium, and a large chunk of the folk watching Naruto on SABC probably wouldn't have anything to compare against, but if you take your anime as seriously as I do, then subbed is the way to go.

That's my opinion anyways

Which is all that was needed. Thanks for the info. I can only assume that the Japanese express phrases slightly differently than us English speaking folk. I'll make a note to watch Slayers, Evangelion and Cowboy Bebop.

 

[Iam3G]

I've noticed that the sounds effects of the dubbed vs. the subbed versions also differ. Or am I imagining things?

Take that episode of Bleach where Ichigo goes full hollow on Ulquiorra. The way he screams differs between the sub and the dub.

 

[KofDelight]

I don't watch dubbed anime,I prefer the Jap voices and subs,gives the characters more emotion and more attitude.

 

[shadowfox]

Which is all that was needed. Thanks for the info. I can only assume that the Japanese express phrases slightly differently than us English speaking folk. I'll make a note to watch Slayers, Evangelion and Cowboy Bebop.

Yes, I believe it's a combination of the grammatical structure, and also their different tones of politeness - for instance, the way you address a friend vs a family member vs a superior vs some random person you meet in public. And then of course there are the various dialects which add their own unique subtleties and flavours. The most obvious of these is the Kansai-dialect, which is so radically different that I still can't understand it.

In the end though, the language itself fascinated me to the extent that I started studying it, but I'll go on record as saying it's one of the hardest languages for an English speaker to pick up - probably even more difficult than Chinese.

 

[Glordit]

Yes, I believe it's a combination of the grammatical structure, and also their different tones of politeness - for instance, the way you address a friend vs a family member vs a superior vs some random person you meet in public. And then of course there are the various dialects which add their own unique subtleties and flavours. The most obvious of these is the Kansai-dialect, which is so radically different that I still can't understand it.

In the end though, the language itself fascinated me to the extent that I started studying it, but I'll go on record as saying it's one of the hardest languages for an English speaker to pick up - probably even more difficult than Chinese.

As is english extremely hard for Japanese people to master, our sentence structure in english vs. Japanese is vastly different, while my understanding is grade schooler at best (as opposed to Shadowfox).

Example:
English: The dog crossed the road
Japanese: 犬は道を渡った (Inu wa michi o watatta)

A direct translation (which is an very rough translation) into english would be: Dog the road crossed
There the verb (action, in this case the crossing) is at the end of the sentence as opposed to with the noun helping us to understand the sentence.

Apologies as I have stated above my skills are extremely limited at best.

 

[Tsar]

As is english extremely hard for Japanese people to master, our sentence structure in english vs. Japanese is vastly different, while my understanding is grade schooler at best (as opposed to Shadowfox).

Example:
English: The dog crossed the road
Japanese: 犬は道を渡った (Inu wa michi o watatta)

A direct translation (which is an very rough translation) into english would be: Dog the road crossed
There the verb (action, in this case the crossing) is at the end of the sentence as opposed to with the noun helping us to understand the sentence.

Apologies as I have stated above my skills are extremely limited at best.

I still love the fact the east is still such an exotic place. And the west to them is also pretty exotic. My first friend was half japanese and his mother was from tokyo. Use to bring me all sort of stuff from tokyo, so I have always had japan in my life I will visit it one day. I know quiet a bit about japan and its culture from her.

 

[Glordit]

I still love the fact the east is still such an exotic place. And the west to them is also pretty exotic. My first friend was half japanese and his mother was from tokyo. Use to bring me all sort of stuff from tokyo, so I have always had japan in my life I will visit it one day. I know quiet a bit about japan and its culture from her.

Go WILD!: http://www.jlist.com/home

Love that site I always order too little and it never lasts

 

[Stunt]

Yes, I believe it's a combination of the grammatical structure, and also their different tones of politeness - for instance, the way you address a friend vs a family member vs a superior vs some random person you meet in public. And then of course there are the various dialects which add their own unique subtleties and flavours. The most obvious of these is the Kansai-dialect, which is so radically different that I still can't understand it.

In the end though, the language itself fascinated me to the extent that I started studying it, but I'll go on record as saying it's one of the hardest languages for an English speaker to pick up - probably even more difficult than Chinese.

Not quite Korean though, hey

Wow, never knew it went that deep... Seems a task to get into that now lol

 

[shadowfox]

Not quite Korean though, hey

Wow, never knew it went that deep... Seems a task to get into that now lol

Apparently Korean is also relatively easy to learn - I wouldn't know for certain though, because that's a language I have zero experience with.

 

[Stunt]

Apparently Korean is also relatively easy to learn - I wouldn't know for certain though, because that's a language I have zero experience with.

I heard it tougher than Japanese due it's Chinese written roots and entire new dialect with syntax etc. in comparison to those. Fortunately most Anime (If not all) is Japanese

 

[Saint_Dee]

It's been a while since I've watched any anime, but I've recently started watching RWBY which is rather different from anything I've watched that is classified as anime. The story, the animation style, and the overall look. I'm really enjoying it a lot though

I also need to stop reading Bleach or Naruto manga, or rather they need to get done with their stories, as good as they are at the moment...

 

[Iam3G]

It's been a while since I've watched any anime, but I've recently started watching RWBY which is rather different from anything I've watched that is classified as anime. The story, the animation style, and the overall look. I'm really enjoying it a lot though

I also need to stop reading Bleach or Naruto manga, or rather they need to get done with their stories, as good as they are at the moment...

Is RWBY that one about that 4 chicks?

Saw the trailers a while back, thought it was pretty good. Would like to get my hands on it.

 

[Saint_Dee]

Is RWBY that one about that 4 chicks?

Saw the trailers a while back, thought it was pretty good. Would like to get my hands on it.

That's the one. It's quite good IMO, but somewhat different from other anime series I've seen. The creators of the show (Rooster Teeth) have it on their YouTube channel.