Toon Zone Talkback - NY Times on "The State of the Art of the Anime Dub"

[Duke]

This is the talkback thread for NY Times on "The State of the Art of the Anime Dub" (http://news.toonzone.net/article.php?ID=11390).

A rather interesting article, I say...

[JDNobodi]

It is an interesting article, but I feel most of the stuff mentioned should be common knowledge for the average anime fan IMO. Even though the article mentions a little about the affects of bad dubbing and having CardCaptors for an example, I felt the article could go a little more into the subject. The article mostly focused about getting a dub done right.

[Nobuyuki sama]

It is an interesting article, but I feel most of the stuff mentioned should be common knowledge for the average anime fan IMO.
"Average" anime fans do not read the NY Times. :p
This article isn't written for them.

[tinlunlau]

can someone paste the article here?

[Jin]

No. Excercise your hand and click the link.

Anyway, that article provided some good insight into the Wubbulous World of Dubbing... sorry, um... and here I thought it was going to be some piece of crap filled with lies and biased opinions about how "4Kids dubs everything" and "most anime dubs are lackluster hackjobs with no-talent actors" or something like that. I'm glad to see I was wrong.

[Undrave]

You need registration to see NY Times articles online -.-

[veemonjosh]

What does the article say?

[Leaping Larry Jojo]

No. Excercise your hand and click the link.

Anyway, that article provided some good insight into the Wubbulous World of Dubbing... sorry, um... and here I thought it was going to be some piece of crap filled with lies and biased opinions about how "4Kids dubs everything" and "most anime dubs are lackluster hackjobs with no-talent actors" or something like that. I'm glad to see I was wrong.

It was written by Charles Solomon. You can usually expect a balanced article out of him since he's seen probably more anime than most of the people on this board. Check out his hundreds and hundreds of anime reviews on Amazon.com...

[Arxane]

You need registration to see NY Times articles online -.-

That's where Firefox and the BugMeNot extension come in handy. :)

I too was impressed by the article. Very well balanced and thought out, and no oversized generalizations. Would love to read more anime articles by this guy.

[Chris Wood]

"most anime dubs are lackluster hackjobs with no-talent actors" or something like that..

"most" sounds a little strong but I'll agree with "many."

[Jin]

"most" sounds a little strong but I'll agree with "many."

Don't get me wrong, I wasn't saying that most dubs are hackjobs. I was merely stating what the majority thinks. In fact, I disagree with the majority most of the time.

[Dexo]

"most" sounds a little strong but I'll agree with "many."

Many is even wrong...98% of all anime released lately has been released with an uncut Dub and sub...

[HellCat]

It was written by Charles Solomon. You can usually expect a balanced article out of him since he's seen probably more anime than most of the people on this board. Check out his hundreds and hundreds of anime reviews on Amazon.com...

...then marvel as he tells you a fanbase doesn't care about interesting characters or credible story arcs then tells you that's exactly what draws them to the series.

[Leaping Larry Jojo]

...then marvel as he tells you a fanbase doesn't care about interesting characters or credible story arcs then tells you that's exactly what draws them to the series.

Well, his formula is that when it's a show he DOESN'T like, like Gundam Wing, then he'll say, "well, those fans eat up this crap anyway." And when it's a show he likes, like 08th MS Team, then he'll say, "Fans are drawn to the likeable characters and interesting story arcs". In other words, he's a typical partisan fanboy. ;)

[Classic Speedy]

...Isn't Charles Solomon the guy who reviewed Disney Afternoon shows back in the '90s?