WAO. :D
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restless
music | Sakurasou - Asian Kung Fu Generation
Just a random piece of writing I did in the past as my vocabulary assignment for my English class, as you can see from my underlines and everything. Yeah, my teacher reads this kind of stuff from me. She doesn't mind at all since she's used to me being in her class. It's really rather amusing if you asked me. READ IT NOW BEESHHHH. I gurantee you that it would be quite amusing. :]
It’s 12 AM in the morning, and I’m rather brain dead of ideas. I’m not so good with persuasive essays either. x_x Heck, I think I succumbed myself to this type of essay a while ago. Maybe it’s because I haven’t written one in the longest time and I’ve always been writing response to literature... So don’t expect too much from this essay. No, actually, don’t look at it as an essay like the short story one. Look at it in a crackful perspective because I’m just going to try to have as much fun with this as I possibly can.
Pokemon, Digimon, Yu-Gi-Oh, and Shaman King. What do all of these have in common? Besides the fact that all of them feature some sort of guy as the main character. That is a short list of the surprisingly notorious thing called dubbed Anime. According to AnimeWorld.Com’s glossary, Anime that is dubbed is the “Re-recording the dialogue (and, at times, songs and sound effects) of a program with dialogue in another language. In the context of Anime, it means a Japanese show dubbed in English.” I have an extremely prodigous grudge towards dubbed Anime. Why? Dubbed Anime usually has poor voice directing/acting and scenes are usually edited out. However, this is just about the easiest way for Anime otaku (obsessed fans) to watch Anime over in the states.
Poor voice directing/acting is one of the key points that devoted Anime fans strongly abhor when it comes to Anime dubbing. Voice directors and actors think they know how to direct and act, but in reality, they really don’t. They’re nowhere near being savants. It’s either the voice actors fault for being rather tepid, or the voice director just isn’t doing his job correctly. You’ll see what I mean. Regressing to some time ago, I remember watching a something about voice directing, and around that time I decided begin watching an Anime called “Sailor Moon” again. (If you don’t know what I’m talking about, you’ve been under the rock for way too long.) While watching the supposedly latest “Sailor Moon” episodes, I began to feel rather uneasy about how they spoke and the weirdness in character’s voices. After watching earlier episodes, it occurred to me that the voice actors have improved their acting by A LOT. And I seriously mean that. I could not get past ten minutes of the earlier episode. My purpose of this story is that voice actors try hard to heighten their acting skills, but it’s just not good enough. It’s too tenuous for any dramatic or hilarious Anime like “Sailor Moon”. I compared the dubbed to the subbed of the show and found an extraordinary difference in the mood, tone, and atmosphere. I just don’t think that the voice actors are putting enough emotion into such Anime. I’ve seen the recently dubbed version of Naruto, a fantastic Anime, and guess what? It was entirely blightful. Ugh.
Most of the Anime featured on American television are altered in one way or another. Violent and disturbing scenes are edited out, and the viewer regularly has no idea that that has happened. To make matters worse, some episodes are never even played. Take “Cardcaptors” (Known as “Card Captor Sakura” in Japan) for an example. I’ve seen the dubbed on TV already. I’ve probably watched almost every showing, including reruns, until the television station stopped showing it. And you know what? Nothing, absolutely nothing made sense to me. Bah. I truly felt piteous for being able to scrutinize beyond the impediments of all those reruns. (Omg, did that even make sense?) So, my dad took me out to rent “Card Captor Sakura” with subtitles (I had to use his money; I’m a sad little pauper. D:). I watched it and saw episodes I’ve never seen before. And in fact, those episodes didn’t contain ANY violence, nudity, sexual inferences, disturbing images, or anything like that. Heck, I didn’t see anything wrong with them. And at that time, I was just a withdrawn, quiet Anime fan, not an otaku yet. My point is that altering “violent” scenes of awesome Anime ruins everything about the Anime itself. In addition to that, I’ve seen some Anime with violence before, and it does not even come close to what is seen over here in America. Why edit out something with little violence when plenty of violence has been around on television for over years? It’s bull.
Nonetheless, dubbed Anime is the easiest approach for the vast and tremendous cluster of Anime fans in America. Video stores and entertainment retailers like Best Buy often have an aisle of Anime. But, there are two other options that require a bit of searching around: Subtitled Anime and downloading Anime episodes. This is an Anime fan’s solace and mirth. Kudos and accolades to the people who came up with such an awesome idea. Subtitled Anime and Anime episodes from the net never have scenes deleted or edited in any way. Subtitled Anime is just as popular as dubbed Anime, but many people don’t like reading off their television set. When it comes to downloading subtitled episodes by “direct download” or BitTorrent, the subtitles are generally always well done, and the subtitled episodes are posted between fourteen and eighteen hours after they air on Japanese television. Downloading them is a bit time consuming because the files are almost always over fifty megabytes (Anything under fifty is usually mediocre). But the fans don’t care. They would do anything to mend and rejuvenate their minds from the horrible dubbed Anime. They are willing to frugally search all over the internet using Google. They are willing to wait up to five to ten days for an entire series to finish downloading. They will do anything to avoid dubbed Anime.
In conclusion, there is no trepidation of dubbed Anime in this world. There is only hatred, disgust, and detestation. Poor voice directing/acting and altered scenes are clear examples of why dubbed Anime is not cool at all. I ought to I’ve mainly stuck to subtitles and downloading ever since “Cardcaptors”. Last summer, I did try watching the dubbed version of “Fullmetal Alchemist”, but let’s just say I didn’t get far. Just recently, I began watching a new Anime called “Bleach” (Another Anime suggested by my cousin. ^_^). My cousin used BitTorrent to download the AVI format episodes, then she burned as many episodes as she could onto a DVD. I watched it, fell in love with it, and went off to download the episodes myself from Bleach Portal, Bleach TV, and Bleach7 (They’re all terrific sites ^___^). It is SO much faster than anything. Anyway, I hope, desperately hope, that dubbed Anime will start to evanesce slowly sooner or later. Dubbed Anime would be much better if the voice actors and directors had more motivation. Seriously. It really all comes down to that. Nothing good comes from out of something without motivation.
restless
music | Sakurasou - Asian Kung Fu Generation
Just a random piece of writing I did in the past as my vocabulary assignment for my English class, as you can see from my underlines and everything. Yeah, my teacher reads this kind of stuff from me. She doesn't mind at all since she's used to me being in her class. It's really rather amusing if you asked me. READ IT NOW BEESHHHH. I gurantee you that it would be quite amusing. :]
It’s 12 AM in the morning, and I’m rather brain dead of ideas. I’m not so good with persuasive essays either. x_x Heck, I think I succumbed myself to this type of essay a while ago. Maybe it’s because I haven’t written one in the longest time and I’ve always been writing response to literature... So don’t expect too much from this essay. No, actually, don’t look at it as an essay like the short story one. Look at it in a crackful perspective because I’m just going to try to have as much fun with this as I possibly can.
Pokemon, Digimon, Yu-Gi-Oh, and Shaman King. What do all of these have in common? Besides the fact that all of them feature some sort of guy as the main character. That is a short list of the surprisingly notorious thing called dubbed Anime. According to AnimeWorld.Com’s glossary, Anime that is dubbed is the “Re-recording the dialogue (and, at times, songs and sound effects) of a program with dialogue in another language. In the context of Anime, it means a Japanese show dubbed in English.” I have an extremely prodigous grudge towards dubbed Anime. Why? Dubbed Anime usually has poor voice directing/acting and scenes are usually edited out. However, this is just about the easiest way for Anime otaku (obsessed fans) to watch Anime over in the states.
Poor voice directing/acting is one of the key points that devoted Anime fans strongly abhor when it comes to Anime dubbing. Voice directors and actors think they know how to direct and act, but in reality, they really don’t. They’re nowhere near being savants. It’s either the voice actors fault for being rather tepid, or the voice director just isn’t doing his job correctly. You’ll see what I mean. Regressing to some time ago, I remember watching a something about voice directing, and around that time I decided begin watching an Anime called “Sailor Moon” again. (If you don’t know what I’m talking about, you’ve been under the rock for way too long.) While watching the supposedly latest “Sailor Moon” episodes, I began to feel rather uneasy about how they spoke and the weirdness in character’s voices. After watching earlier episodes, it occurred to me that the voice actors have improved their acting by A LOT. And I seriously mean that. I could not get past ten minutes of the earlier episode. My purpose of this story is that voice actors try hard to heighten their acting skills, but it’s just not good enough. It’s too tenuous for any dramatic or hilarious Anime like “Sailor Moon”. I compared the dubbed to the subbed of the show and found an extraordinary difference in the mood, tone, and atmosphere. I just don’t think that the voice actors are putting enough emotion into such Anime. I’ve seen the recently dubbed version of Naruto, a fantastic Anime, and guess what? It was entirely blightful. Ugh.
Most of the Anime featured on American television are altered in one way or another. Violent and disturbing scenes are edited out, and the viewer regularly has no idea that that has happened. To make matters worse, some episodes are never even played. Take “Cardcaptors” (Known as “Card Captor Sakura” in Japan) for an example. I’ve seen the dubbed on TV already. I’ve probably watched almost every showing, including reruns, until the television station stopped showing it. And you know what? Nothing, absolutely nothing made sense to me. Bah. I truly felt piteous for being able to scrutinize beyond the impediments of all those reruns. (Omg, did that even make sense?) So, my dad took me out to rent “Card Captor Sakura” with subtitles (I had to use his money; I’m a sad little pauper. D:). I watched it and saw episodes I’ve never seen before. And in fact, those episodes didn’t contain ANY violence, nudity, sexual inferences, disturbing images, or anything like that. Heck, I didn’t see anything wrong with them. And at that time, I was just a withdrawn, quiet Anime fan, not an otaku yet. My point is that altering “violent” scenes of awesome Anime ruins everything about the Anime itself. In addition to that, I’ve seen some Anime with violence before, and it does not even come close to what is seen over here in America. Why edit out something with little violence when plenty of violence has been around on television for over years? It’s bull.
Nonetheless, dubbed Anime is the easiest approach for the vast and tremendous cluster of Anime fans in America. Video stores and entertainment retailers like Best Buy often have an aisle of Anime. But, there are two other options that require a bit of searching around: Subtitled Anime and downloading Anime episodes. This is an Anime fan’s solace and mirth. Kudos and accolades to the people who came up with such an awesome idea. Subtitled Anime and Anime episodes from the net never have scenes deleted or edited in any way. Subtitled Anime is just as popular as dubbed Anime, but many people don’t like reading off their television set. When it comes to downloading subtitled episodes by “direct download” or BitTorrent, the subtitles are generally always well done, and the subtitled episodes are posted between fourteen and eighteen hours after they air on Japanese television. Downloading them is a bit time consuming because the files are almost always over fifty megabytes (Anything under fifty is usually mediocre). But the fans don’t care. They would do anything to mend and rejuvenate their minds from the horrible dubbed Anime. They are willing to frugally search all over the internet using Google. They are willing to wait up to five to ten days for an entire series to finish downloading. They will do anything to avoid dubbed Anime.
In conclusion, there is no trepidation of dubbed Anime in this world. There is only hatred, disgust, and detestation. Poor voice directing/acting and altered scenes are clear examples of why dubbed Anime is not cool at all. I ought to I’ve mainly stuck to subtitles and downloading ever since “Cardcaptors”. Last summer, I did try watching the dubbed version of “Fullmetal Alchemist”, but let’s just say I didn’t get far. Just recently, I began watching a new Anime called “Bleach” (Another Anime suggested by my cousin. ^_^). My cousin used BitTorrent to download the AVI format episodes, then she burned as many episodes as she could onto a DVD. I watched it, fell in love with it, and went off to download the episodes myself from Bleach Portal, Bleach TV, and Bleach7 (They’re all terrific sites ^___^). It is SO much faster than anything. Anyway, I hope, desperately hope, that dubbed Anime will start to evanesce slowly sooner or later. Dubbed Anime would be much better if the voice actors and directors had more motivation. Seriously. It really all comes down to that. Nothing good comes from out of something without motivation.