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[ SECRET POST #713 ]
⌈ Secret Post #713 ⌋
Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.
101.
[X/1999]
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102.
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[NEWS, Koyama]
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104.
[Ojiichan wa Shounen Tantei]
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105. [repeat]
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106.
[Stephen King's IT]
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107. [repeat]
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108. [repeat]
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109. [repeat]
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110.
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[LJ, Fanfiction.net, y!gallery, devart]
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117.
[FFXII]
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118.
[Goof Troop]
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119.
[Toradora!]
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[Heroes/The 4400]
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123.
[The Submarines]
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[Merlin]
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[jesse lacey (brand new); chris conley (saves the day); andrew mcmahon (jack's mannequin/something corporate); max bemis (say/anything); anthony green (circa survive); craig owens (chiodos/cinematic sunrise)]
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[father of the pride]
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134.
[Kuroshitsuji]
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[Katekyo Hitman Reborn, Dr Who, Pirates of the Caribbean]
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139.
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141.
[Schindler's List]
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142.
[Metal Gear Solid]
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143.
[Prince of Tennis]
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144.
[John Oliver]
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145.
[Crossing Jordan]
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146.
[madeline]
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147.
[Gunnerkrigg Court]
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148.
[FFVII Crisis Core]
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151.
[Dr Who]
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154. [repeat]
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[Emberverse]
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159.
[It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia]
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[Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory]
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[World of Warcraft]
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[Hey Arnold]
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[Kamen Rider Kiva / Dexter]
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[Monk]
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[Meat Loaf]
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[Video Girl Ai]
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[Ferris Bueller's Day Off]
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[Voice actors (Chris Patton, Crispin Freeman, Yuri Lowenthal, Johnny Yong Bosch, Jeff Nimoy, Travis Willingham, Quinton Flynn, Kyle Hebert, Jamie McGonnigal)]
Notes:
Secrets Left to Post: 04 pages, 078 secrets from Secret Submission Post #102.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 1 2 3 4 5 6 - not!secrets ], [ 1 - not!fandom ], [ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 - too big ], [ 1 2 3 4 5 - repeat ], [ 1 2 - take it to comments ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.
175
Re: 175
As for getting more out of a dub, it's all about getting used to the sound of the Japanese language. You don't have to speak it to understand the feeling behind the words.
There's also the change in personality of a character when the voice is changed; no matter how good the dub is, the feeling and personality of the character will change in different degrees. If you prefer the U.S. version, it's your right, but I really recommend you to try the Japanese voices for a while, just to get a good comparison. And I mean give it a real chance - don't expect it to be weird and alien, but listen with an open mind, and try it for a few weeks.
Re: 175
There are such things as puns, turns of phrase, implisiet associations and connotations. They often rely as much on the way they are spoken as the actual meanings of the words alone, and these will rarely carry through to somebody unfamiliar with the language in question. Knowing the sound of Japanese enough to tell when somebody is being sarcastic does not help me recognize the actual emphasis of the mockery as long as my Japanese vocabulary is limited to some twenty words. And where subs are expected to be faithful to the original script, dubs always require a degree of re-writing and as such allow for a more liberal translation, and more familiar ways to express the same sentinents to non-Japanese speakers.
The inevitable difference in character interpretation on the part of the actors boils down to a matter of preference, but I dare say that as long as the translation is good, the dubbed version can't be claimed to be inferior simply because it is secondary (you know what they say about the Cowboy Bebop dub, right? Astrid Lindgren claimed to like her books better in their Norwegian translation). And it's not that I don't watch things in Japanese - I'm as dirty a fansub downloader as the rest of us. But if I like the show enough to get DVDs, chances are that the decision rides on the dub. If Funimation could make dubs that were truly good and not merely tolerable, there's not a doubt in my mind that I would have bought xxxHolic on DVD. But the show is awkward and forgettable in English, and I have no moral obligations to support the US anime industry just because.
Re: 175
There are such things as puns, turns of phrase, implisiet associations and connotations. They often rely as much on the way they are spoken as the actual meanings of the words alone, and these will rarely carry through to somebody unfamiliar with the language in question.
Yeah, I agree; some things are always lost in translation. However, from what I've seen of the official English translations of manga (which they put more effort into than anime, IIRC), the translators rarely, if ever, actually try to translate those things, or do it wrongly. The Swedish translation of the One Piece manga is amazing, for example, because the translator really works at the jokes and quirks (which there are a lot more of than in any other manga I've ever read) so that it sounds good in Swedish. But it's still text, and I'd rather compare it to subtitles than dubbing. Also, it's not like that sort of joke and turns of phrases make up the entire dialogue; in some anime it's fairly non-existent. Not to mention that a good translator should use the subtitles to work them in in any case.
Once you're used to hearing the language, you do hear the shifts in tone and emphasis that convey the feeling. My own mother, who doesn't speak Japanese, loves the Ghibli films and refuse to watch them in anything but the original language. She says the language is part of the feeling, that it adds another layer to the film. She even picked up a couple of words without even trying!
I dare say that as long as the translation is good, the dubbed version can't be claimed to be inferior simply because it is secondary
No, of course not. What I meant is that it will inevitably be different. I always want to see it in the original form, as the dub is edited by people not involved in the creation of the work, which might lead them to get the characterisation wrong.