What would you do to guide naruto to successful in the U.S

[Rhanfahl]

Originally posted by: FlatulationNoJutsu
Oh, come on now! We all know what's going to happen. Sure, they're going to keep the original names of jutsus and such, but what lurks on the dark horizon is what should strike fear into all of your hearts. That's right! A Hip-Hop based soundtrack! We all heard the AMAZING One Piece Rap, and let me tell you, it won't stop at One Piece.

50 Cent, dubbed by me as "Biggest Dumbshit in the History of All Creation" claims to be, get this, a ROLE MODEL! (WTF?!) That's right folks! 50 Cent himself, the self-proclaimed role model of the new century, shall mold the future of the world through his oh-so-morally-correct ways. I'm telling you, kids younger and younger are getting into the whole "G" scene, hell I've seen kids around the age of 10 and under dressed in FULL GANGSTER APPAREL. Maybe if we're lucky we'll be able to witness the explosion of Randy "Macho Man" Savage's amazing talent through the naruto dub! (http://www.machoman.com/) Hip-Hop Anime! The wave of the future! Oooohhh Yeah! But of course, it will be "mild" Hip-Hop, therefore you will hear the children screaming: "Get yo' behind back here fo' I bust a Chidori in it!". Welcome to the shithole that humanity (mainly on televison) has plummeted into.

Like Rhanfahl said: "It will be bigger than Spaceballs : The breakfast cereal, and Spaceballs: the Toilet paper combined. And all of the fans will feel like shit because there will be millions of fucking 9 year olds running around school with their favorite village's Shinobi Hachigane on their head, or Sharingan contacts, and Naruto Lunch kettles, underoos, T-shirts, stickers, and whatever the fuck else you can brand the images onto"

That's how I would "successfully" market, plaster anything Naruto related onto anything it could possibly go on, It's a sure-win. Again, like Rhanfahl said: "....don't worry....its coming..." Really guys, don't worry about it, because it IS coming, and there's nothing we can do about it, so just let it all sink deeper into the pit of absolute crap and try not to get pulled in yourself. Have a nice day everyone, and if I offended anyone with this post, I am sorry, I am only sharing my opinion.

So...did were the ten year olds totally decked out, complete with Glocks?
Oh, and yeah, anyone hear the shit soundtrack to Samurai Champloo? That can't be from the original....can it?

[FlatulationNoJutsu]

Not with weapons, no. However, they DO make rediculously stupid faces trying to look tough. Walking like a crippled person also seems to be a hobby of theirs. As for Champloo, which soundtrack did you get? I have the "Impression" OST, the one with with that Hiji Zuru STYLE song. I actually like that song because I make up engrish lyrics for the chorus, so it's always fun.

[Lefty]

Originally posted by: Rhanfahl
Oh, and yeah, anyone hear the shit soundtrack to Samurai Champloo? That can't be from the original....can it?

Yes, yes it is. The music is actually really good stuff...If you have any decent taste. Most sereis don't have their soundtraks replaced anymore, unless 4kids gets it.

[Rhanfahl]

Oh, ok, well I guess it kind of fits, I've only ever watched the first ep on Adult swim, and I wasn't sure if it was one of those things where they change the soundtrack for the "english" version.. I.E. DragonBall Z going from cheezy (but at least original and fitting for the time) 90s pop music to "Disturbed"...

[LobsterMagnet]

The great dark age is upon us! I have seen it I have seen naruto on american television. If your interested go to naruto fan right now. They have the promo ready for download to all who dare see the comming of the end.

Although in all seriousness it dosen't look that bad, at least not yet. They didn't show any of the american voices but I guess since there not cast yet it does make sense. Should be interesting the add focuses on the school even though anyone who knows anything about naruto can tell you that the school isn't the main focus of the series and gets completly forgotten after the first episode. Wish I could find the links to the Toonami forum so I can read the ten year olds reactions to this footage.

[FlatulationNoJutsu]

My name is N'rewdo Oozewm'kee, and I'm going to become Head Ninja! I will become the best Head Ninja ever! With the help of my friends Sawsook and S'kuura, I will learn all kinds of cool neenjutsew! /cue Macho Man Hip-Hop music.

Welcome to Television!

[Lefty]

It's not going to be that bad. Good god people. FMA was treated preety good in the translation and dubing. Naruto will get the same.

Edit: Finaly Jounin.

[Rhanfahl]

FMA was also in the hands of Squeenix....not VIZ....remember Fist of The North Star anyone?.....ugh....

Edit:
But yes...there were some good dubs. I'm pretty fond of the job done on Cowboy Bebop and Wolf's Rain wasn't too bad (even though I didn't really like Wolf's Rain). The point is that good dubbing can be named on one or two hands...while bad dubbing...well you'd need to be a millipede to have that many digits.

[XanBcoo]

FMA was in the hands of Funimation...odly enough. It seems that for a title such as that, they did away with their "change the music/script" policy. Good thing too.

Naruto's Music won't be changed. I don't think Viz has done any serious changes to any of it's more mature series (that's excluding Hamtaro). I really don't have enough experience w/this studio to tell. Ages ago, I was hoping it'd get licensed by Bandai. Oh well.

Personally I don't think it'll be the next pokemon or DBZ. I agree w/whoever said the "it needs to be on a saturday morning block" thing. That's the only way it'll get more popular than any of the other anime they have showing on CN right now.

[LobsterMagnet]

Yesh finally someone who agrees with me about the whole saturday morning thing. Honestly I think that's the best way to ensure the most fast growth for naruto. It could happen, not uncommon for CN programming to cross over to the WB saturday morning block. Saturday night is probably the worst time slot imaginable. I find it very difficult to imagine kids gathering around to watch toonami block with the latest imported anime with that stupid CGI robot in the spaceship.

Although what I've been curious about is if the toonami block has some sort of forums on their website. God I would love to go in there and screw around with the kids about naruto. Same goes for the US Shonen jump forums assuming that they even exist.

[XanBcoo]

Are you kidding???
Tom is the shiznit!
plus, he's voiced by Stephen Blum!

[Rhanfahl]

Yeah, that's right...that Bastard Ted Turner owns AOL, Time, and Warner Bros...therefore Naruto could feasibly be advertized in

1.AIM messenger box
2. WB networks
3. TBS
4. TNT
5. Cartoon Network
6. CNN (It could a news story about the popularity of Japanese cartoons in America today)
7. Time Magazine
8. The shitloads of AOL spy/adware you get on your computer if you use AOL
9. The Moon (Cause I think the rich bastard owns that too)

[samsonlonghair]

Oh, jesus. I just watched that Toonami promo. I can't put into word how much I fucking HATE to hear Naruto pronounced like that.

[The Heretic Azazel]

Well, that's how Americans pronounce it. Get used to it.

[Rhanfahl]

I still haven't seen it, do they at least say "Na ru to"? or do they say something more like "Nah roo doh"?

[TheFlash]

if u where to tell me wut to tell them to do to guide naruto to sucessful i would tell them first of all

1. dub it better dont get those ghetto ass people that sounds really freaking fake to talk, that stuff gets really freaking annoying. and i had it up to the roof top of that sarcastic talking, its soo sarcastic that i feel so insulted......
2. dont cencor anything leave it the way it is.
3. a matter of fact dont change anything, naruto is a anime that target teens, most of the fans r teens dont change that and make it for little kids, its stupid and i dont care wut the white folks or the mama's think.
4. also understand the fact, if the company wants to make money make it more cooler to promote it.
5. AND I WILL REPEAT AGAIN GET BETTER DUBBERS, I FREAKING HATE THE GUTS OUT OF THE SARCASTIC SPEAKERS, MAKES ME WANNA PUNCH THEM...

[XanBcoo]

I for to think criticizing Dub studios need better grammar you do.

At least we know Kakashi's VA is a good actor. I'm not worrying as much now, as far as he goes. But chances are they'll pick some no-name, crappy actor who's just starting to play another main character. It seems studios do that a lot.

I don't understand your point in #4.

[TheFlash]

ooo its BS, i jus wanted to add more #'s lmao, lol