*flails*

[whitereflection]

This forwarded to me by Katherine, a message from a friend of hers:

"Just thought I'd let you know, ADV has acqured the rights to Saiyuki, and they will be releasing it under the title...

Paradise Rangers

God help us... the name conjures up images of color-coded men in spandex doing kung-fu with monsters in Hawaiian shirts... "

... 3...2...1... *Di clutches her head* Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!! I mean, "Knight Hunters" instead of Weiss Kreuz was bad enough, but at least it fit the show inna way. But this?? Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!! *flailsflailsflails* Allegedly these companies are run by animegeeks. Why do they give them such hellishly bad names? Why, dear god, why? *FLAILS* Egads, what's wrong with just giving 'em titles that are translations of the Japanese titles, or at least something close to it? Or even something fitting for the show?

I hate US anime companies. I hate them I hate them I hate them, and while I'm at it, let me just state that nearly all dubs are atrocious, *especially* those done direct to video/DVD. Gah. >

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[yashahime.livejournal.com]

...thought about, hell, why do you think I'm starting my own animation company? Hell, yes, I'm gonna buy rights to Japanese stuff and sub/dub it in the US!

Come, Shini, join me in my quest to bomb the fucking hell out of Central Park Media and its affiliates--not to mention the rest of the anime companies! Join me, and we will kill them all and take over their equipment!

...hey, you boys wanna join in the fun, too?

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[whitereflection.livejournal.com]

*snerk* ^__^ Hey, I can dig it! Katherine I think even has a suggestion for us--there's this guy at ADV she attended college with (Matt Greenfield, I think?) that she has a *loooooooooooow* opinion of. I think she'd rather cheer if they, and especially he, got bombed/looted/pillaged. ^^