id just like to say that sometimes the american voice actors can be better than the original. Ask anyone who has seen Golden Boy...they American voice makes it so much better and funnier, it's basically the funniest anime ever, well the first one anyway.
I would have to disagree that the american voice actors are better than the original, maybe there are a tiny tiny few exceptions, but overall japanese cast is totally better
Well if Naruto does get licensed I hope to GOD that Funimation doesnt do it. I do not want to hear Goku or Trunk's voice in Naruto. They did that to Fruits Basket and screwed up a really good anime there...Trunks being Yuki Sohma? I hated that. Plus they couldnt even pronounce the damn names right...I mean really...How hard is it to say Akito? Everytime that I watch that anime I get angry...
And look at Card Captors Sakura...The company that did that one, changed some of the characters original names. It's not right...I mean if your going to dubb and translate a really popular anime then do it right. Don't kill it. I refuse to watch One Piece on FoxBox. I saw a preview for the One Piece in Shonen and they pronounced Luffy's name wrong. And I am sure that they cut so much out of it. I mean in just the first 10 minutes or so of the first episode Nami kicks some guy in the nuts. That was funny...In a later episode Luffy does the same thing...
I would rather have Pioneer or MediaBlaster or god forbid that I say this, but ADV license it. At least they would do it right and choose good actors for the English voices...(alot of friends are upset that I still buy ADV stuff, but hey they have alot of good animes that I love and want to own)
I would rather see it on AdultSwim that anything else. And you better believe that I will buy it.
NO F##@ING WAY!! If Naruto gets lincenced in the u.s they'll ruin it. Especilally 4kids and funimation
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But if Funimation gets it, they'll release uncut DVDs. And that means you can watch the Japanese track happily while supporting the companies that make anime.
no i think it should be like on dvds or like on wb or somthing...no cable well if it become liecensed
I just hope 4kids liscence it, just to ruin this anime.
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Jing. That is not funny in the least. no funny points for you.
thats not very nice jing...
lets kill jing
Sorry if this has been answered already but if they do license it, will the anime groups still put out naruto episodes on animesuki and other websites?
How are we supposed to know what other websites are there?Originally posted by: JKD
Sorry if this has been answered already but if they do license it, will the anime groups still put out naruto episodes on animesuki and other websites?
Animesuki won't list Naruto once it's liscened since it does not list liscened anime, but mirkx wouldOriginally posted by: JKD
Sorry if this has been answered already but if they do license it, will the anime groups still put out naruto episodes on animesuki and other websites?
Here's the thing. If it gets licenced in the US, I'm not going to watch it on any American channel. No one runs subtitled anime on the air. However, along with airing on TV, they release episodes on DVD, which everyone except 4Kids release with the original Japanese language and subtitles. Since there are still people who will only watch dubs that air on TV, and because those people make up a large portion of the current American anime viewing audience, I cannot disapprove of Adult Swim airing Naruto if/when it gets licenced. It keeps the money for the companies and the anime for the fans coming. I personnally will refuse to watch it, unless they do a surprisingly good job on it, but even then, after more than 100 episodes of subs, I don't think I could watch the dubs. I would just do as I am doing with Gundam Seed, buying the DVDs as they are released so I can watch it subbed.
If/When it does get licenced, it will probably be by FUNimation, since they seem to be the only uncut DVD releasing company that wants to pick up long running series. Ok, there's Viz too, but they release kinda slow.
If they cut the fillers out of Naruto I'd be happy =)
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/me rips off jing's left testicle for making that commentOriginally posted by: jing
I just hope 4kids liscence it, just to ruin this anime.
I'd rather not have Naruto dubbed at all since 99.9999% of dubbed anime are totally fucked up. i dont wanna taket hat chance with Naruto. even if they somehow manage to keep all the blood/violence, and the sexy no jutsu's, and get good voice actors, theres NO WAY IN HELL they can ever find a voice actor for kakashi. his "hip" attitude is not something that can be easily imitated, especially considering the type of voice actors we have around.
BUT, since it probably will happen (and it seems even more likey ever since GSeed got dubbed and aured), i would rather see it on adult swim....now i dont actually have adult swim, but thats what suprnova's for.
bleh if it aint broke dont fix it as they say in the south im so conditioned to the subs now it would be weird not to read it and besides like somebody mentioned before,forgot who sorry, the an american kakashi would just be strange.... same with the other chars.... i say nay on bringing naruto to america itd just be strange
That is EXACTLY how I feel.Originally posted by: TruthofMistake
bleh if it aint broke dont fix it as they say in the south im so conditioned to the subs now it would be weird not to read it and besides like somebody mentioned before,forgot who sorry, the an american kakashi would just be strange.... same with the other chars.... i say nay on bringing naruto to america itd just be strange
JUST LEAVE IT ALONE AND DROP THIS TOPIC.
With all anime, you can please some of the people all of the time. You can also please all of the people some of the time. But you can't please all of the people all of the time. Reminder that we are not the only people who watch anime, we are simply the first people in America to watch new anime. I was at a con, along with several hundred people that came as characters from Naruto. I regularly heard these cosplayers asking what show they were in, and a couple actually got pissed. They do not realize that there are tons of people that have no idea about this show. Many of the cosplayers were actually excited about it like we get about the show, like those good key moments. The Rock Lee/Gaara fight. Tsunade, Jiraya, and Naruto fighting against Orochimaru and Kabuto. All the random shit in there, with the excellent development of characters that don't get a lot of attention. You can look at any character in the series and watch them develop their skills and know that they can go on and rival off against another character in the show at some point later in time. There was a massive roomful of people that got an 11 hour dose of Naruto for the first time, and for some of those people, that is all they will get until the show gets licensed over here.
It is not fair to judge all anime companies by the mistakes of a few series. You know, it takes an assload of work to make, translate, and market anime to viewers. Some things in some animes are catered to Japanese viewers, not us. Some companies want to cater to us, but they do not know how to. I personally don't care about referrences to SOME things Japanese, as far as a famous actor there whom I've never heard of. If they had changed some of the jokes in GTO to things I had heard of here, it might have made a scene here and there funnier. But if they had removed the Doraemon referrence in the eighth episode (one where he had bowling balls glued to his hands), I can't think of anything with big round hands to replace it with. That, and the fact that he did things as Doraemon does with bowling balls (i.e. smoking his cigarette). I can agree with that. But referrences to T.V. actors and musicians I know nothing of, it just isn't funny to me. If the show is a comedy and I can't laugh at it, I won't buy it. Which is why American companies will change some things in a show, it can actually help it. Super Milk Chan is a perfect example. There are two versions to the DVD, the American and the Japanese. The Japanese is pretty funny, but I almost pissed my pants laughing at the dubbed version. The tone is more focused to American viewers in the American version, which I find much funnier. But honestly, it has come a long way since DBZ and such, let sleeping dogs lie already. Noir has a pretty solid dub, and the sub is quality too. A large majority of subs are quality, most people don't know that simply because they spend too much time bitching about DBZ this and DBZ that to go out and buy a new anime DVD and watch it subbed. Price is also not a valid argument, as you can afford one DVD every check. $20-30 a week is nothing if you make minimum wage. You can't afford that? Get a better job.
It will definitely be bastardized if 4kids gets their hands on it, no doubts. Anyone else, I don't have major concerns. I'd love Funimation to, simply because Funi = fast releases and solid subs. If you need proof, check out Blue Gender for starters. Good work and the DVDs are every bit as hardcore as I remember them being online. I expect good things from FMA on them. Bandai would be a good alternative as well, it would definitely mean some decent DVDs and fairly prompt releases.
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