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[Ogdibus]

Saturn, Uranus, Moon, and Jupiter, I think.

I know that's like half of them, but it's hard to pick.  x3

[Frumple]

The fiancee tried to make me watch Sailor Moon (the original english dub she insisted, for added absurdity). I could see it having some merits, it just didn't appeal to me at all >.>

... hrm. Original english dub, as in... the version the TV got in the states?

Didn't that kinda' get ruthlessly slaughtered during localization? I've never actually gotten around to watching the unbutchered version, so I couldn't say with any confidence how bad the transition was. Y'might have better luck with a different version.

Couldn't really take a stance re: favorites, though. Too much fanfiction, too long since seeing the original (and never having actually seen the original). Preferences shift depending on particular instance of the character, ha.

[Furtuka]

Isn't there a remake coming out later this year?

[Flying Dice]

The fiancee tried to make me watch Sailor Moon (the original english dub she insisted, for added absurdity). I could see it having some merits, it just didn't appeal to me at all >.>

... hrm. Original english dub, as in... the version the TV got in the states?

Didn't that kinda' get ruthlessly slaughtered during localization? I've never actually gotten around to watching the unbutchered version, so I couldn't say with any confidence how bad the transition was. Y'might have better luck with a different version.

Brutally. They lost something like a quarter of the episodes, IIRC, some for incredibly silly things. They also added those little morality snippets at the end of each episode. Oh, and they turned female friends/lovers (Uranus and Neptune) into female cousins/lovers because apparently by the wonky moral code U.S. television had back then incestuous lesbians were better than lesbians. 

I'll refrain from complaining about them Americanizing things like the names or changing "dumpling-head" to "meatball-head", because apparently Western audiences don't know what dumplings are.

Oh, and another thing the show got quite right? Cat behavior.

[Solifuge]

Isn't there a remake coming out later this year?

That it is, streaming online as of this Winter, I believe. I'm interested to see what they do with it! Unless you count Inspector Gadget, or the occasional rerun of Speed Racer, that was my introduction to Anime, and was probably the first time I got to say "So what if it's a 'girly show', it's still awesome!" back in elementary school or whatever.

I never liked Sailor Moon or Venus; I was torn between Mercury (because she talked so flipping proper all the time and it was hella adorable) and Jupiter (because she was super strong, down-to-earth, and full of stubborn self-reliance).

My favorite characters were probably the talking magic space cats, though. Because they were talking magic space cats, and I was, like, 10 years old.

[Doctus]

The fiancee tried to make me watch Sailor Moon (the original english dub she insisted, for added absurdity). I could see it having some merits, it just didn't appeal to me at all >.>

... hrm. Original english dub, as in... the version the TV got in the states?

Didn't that kinda' get ruthlessly slaughtered during localization? I've never actually gotten around to watching the unbutchered version, so I couldn't say with any confidence how bad the transition was. Y'might have better luck with a different version.

The original is mostly just bleak, bland, and repetitive, whereas the dub is more cheerful and (unintentionally) amusing. The manga is rather bad, too, but like the dubbed anime it falls more into the "amusing" category; it features magnificently awful art in places.

[Kadzar]

That it is, streaming online as of this Winter, I believe. I'm interested to see what they do with it! Unless you count Inspector Gadget, or the occasional rerun of Speed Racer, that was my introduction to Anime, and was probably the first time I got to say "So what if it's a 'girly show', it's still awesome!" back in elementary school or whatever.

I can't remember which I saw first, but I remember seeing it and the original Dragonball on some station really early in the morning when I was young. Though I was never able to follow either of them, since I think it was on on weekdays and I had to get ready for school at the time and was really bad at getting up early (still am).

Also, this talk of dubs is making me think that I should watch though Dragonball dubbed after I've gone through it subbed to see what's been changed (I actually started out watching it dubbed, but switched to subs because Hulu only had dubs up to like episode 5 at the time, and, checking it, they still only have it up to episode 13).

[Tellemurius]

That it is, streaming online as of this Winter, I believe. I'm interested to see what they do with it! Unless you count Inspector Gadget, or the occasional rerun of Speed Racer, that was my introduction to Anime, and was probably the first time I got to say "So what if it's a 'girly show', it's still awesome!" back in elementary school or whatever.

I can't remember which I saw first, but I remember seeing it and the original Dragonball on some station really early in the morning when I was young. Though I was never able to follow either of them, since I think it was on on weekdays and I had to get ready for school at the time and was really bad at getting up early (still am).

Also, this talk of dubs is making me think that I should watch though Dragonball dubbed after I've gone through it subbed to see what's been changed (I actually started out watching it dubbed, but switched to subs because Hulu only had dubs up to like episode 5 at the time, and, checking it, they still only have it up to episode 13).

you should hear from the original  canadian cast

[Solifuge]

Also, this talk of dubs is making me think that I should watch though Dragonball dubbed after I've gone through it subbed

you should hear from the original canadian cast

"Power pole, extend, eh?"

[Flying Dice]

The fiancee tried to make me watch Sailor Moon (the original english dub she insisted, for added absurdity). I could see it having some merits, it just didn't appeal to me at all >.>

... hrm. Original english dub, as in... the version the TV got in the states?

Didn't that kinda' get ruthlessly slaughtered during localization? I've never actually gotten around to watching the unbutchered version, so I couldn't say with any confidence how bad the transition was. Y'might have better luck with a different version.

The original is mostly just bleak, bland, and repetitive, whereas the dub is more cheerful and (unintentionally) amusing. The manga is rather bad, too, but like the dubbed anime it falls more into the "amusing" category; it features magnificently awful art in places.

I recall hearing the manga art compared to fashion design sketches, which is a rather interesting way to read it, if you're going for an interpretive approach. Otherwise, yeah, the manga is bloody awful. The art isn't very good, and the lack of filler makes for a great deal less characterization (which is one thing that the anime got right: making decent filler that built on the characters).

Unrelated: I've been considering watching Eureka 7. I've gotten mixed feedback on it, what do you all think about it?

[Vector]

The cast mostly falls into character archetypes I dislike, with the exception of two minor characters who get almost no screen time.  Therefore I didn't like it.

I think it's a good show, but if you don't find it enjoyable after the first couple of episodes you probably won't like it.  The tone seems pretty consistent throughout.


EDIT: Yuck, looks like the Levi spinoff manga will be shoujo.  I don't have anything against shoujo as such, but . . . I really was hoping it would be done by the same author, to fill things in.

[Tellemurius]

Unrelated: I've been considering watching Eureka 7. I've gotten mixed feedback on it, what do you all think about it?

its a meh for me, 7 episodes in the MC is pretty much a punching bag and i almost dropped it until he started thinking. The art is good and story is ok.

[Sindain]

+1 to the "meh" on Eureka 7. Decent watch, but not exactly something i would recommend.

[Flying Dice]

Eesh, yeah. I just watched the first two episodes and pretty much every character is unlikable. :/

[Neonivek]

+1 to the "meh" on Eureka 7. Decent watch, but not exactly something i would recommend.

Unfortunately Eureka 7 is a sleeper, as in it "gets good" later.

Unfortunately by the time it gets interesting you have long since stopped caring.