The Anime Thread: Finding Good Anime

[esteban]

Which I would say is similar to watching something dubbed from Streamline where the main charactor's name is pronounced differently by every voice actor in the show because their direction sucks so bad they can't even homogenize pronunciation.

I will agree that this is somewhat annoying to an extent.  But it is a phenomenon that happens in real life.  I've had friends whose names started with an "A" and even among their friends there was always a mix of pronouncing it like the word "all" or the name "Al."

Yeah, that's true. Even better, it happens when we talk about destinations...my friends and I have no universally-agreed pronunciation for:
Costco
Caribbean
Worcestershire
Etc.

[Emerald Rocker]

Yeah, that's true. Even better, it happens when we talk about destinations...my friends and I have no universally-agreed pronunciation for:
Costco
Caribbean
Worcestershire
Etc.

Objectively correct pronunciations:
/kawst*koh/
/Kerry*bean/
/wurst*er*sha*ear/
/etts/

[esteban]

Kuh Rib Eee Anne
Kween

According to , but I say

Kuh Rib Eee Uhhn
Kween



Or do I say:
Kuh Rihh Bee Uhhn
Kween
?

[DragonmasterDan]

Kuh Rib Eee Anne
Kween

According to Billy O, but I say

Kuh Rib Eee Uhhn
Kween



Or do I say:
Kuh Rihh Bee Uhhn
Kween
?

I pronounce it Care Bear Countdown

[SignOfZeta]

Which I would say is similar to watching something dubbed from Streamline where the main charactor's name is pronounced differently by every voice actor in the show because their direction sucks so bad they can't even homogenize pronunciation.

I will agree that this is somewhat annoying to an extent.  But it is a phenomenon that happens in real life.  I've had friends whose names started with an "A" and even among their friends there was always a mix of pronouncing it like the word "all" or the name "Al."

That's totally true. I fraternize with both fans of Ree-yu and Rye-yu. The difference between this and dubbed anime is that if everyone is Japanese exactly zero people in a group will say "Rye-yu" because native speakers all know that that would be Raiyu, a totally different word.

[Emerald Rocker]

It's neither Ree-yu nor Rye-yu.

[esteban]

I pronounce it Care Bear Countdown

Ha!

You know, that's a damn catchy theme song.

5, 4, 3, 2, 1

[esteban]

It's neither Ree-yu nor Rye-yu.

Roo.

[Emerald Rocker]

That's closer, actually.

[DragonmasterDan]

And I watched the first of the two movies on the disc.

[DragonmasterDan]

So I watched both Unico movies. The second one Island of Magic is actually a lot better than the first. The quality of animation in those 80s Tezuka projects is unparalleled.

Thanks for the recommendation Zeta!

[DragonmasterDan]

And as mentioned in the what did you get today thread. This is out on DVD in the US.

[SignOfZeta]

Is that BR or DVD?

[ClodBuster]

It's Betamax.



I'm looking forward to get my hands on Robot Carnival, too.

[DragonmasterDan]

Is that BR or DVD?

DVD