tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5822815951549992886.post4618975272497367222..comments2022-10-25T17:28:26.007-04:00Comments on Senile_Seinen Rants and Raves: Anime off the Beaten PathSenile_Seinenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06271256658426572642noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5822815951549992886.post-8340483051933025412007-09-11T13:17:00.000-04:002007-09-11T13:17:00.000-04:00You're welcome!A clarification: I'm hard on the o...You're welcome!<BR/><BR/>A clarification: I'm hard on the official licensors of the <B>Gunslinger Girl</B> <I>manga</I>. The US anime was done by Funimation, and while I don't particularly like the dub track; I don't loathe it either, and the subtitles are pretty decent.<BR/><BR/>The manga and anime are both thoroughly worth your time. I could not, however, recommend either for young children - they're quite violent in spots.<BR/><BR/>Simoun's US release may be good, or it may be bad. We simply don't know. So far, the tea leaves suggest that they will be referring to the Simoun Fans fansub during their own sub process, so we can hope that at least the subs will be good. Whether or not they even try to do a dub track is irrelevant to me, but we can hope that they do a good one.<BR/><BR/>In any case, both series are certainly worth watching no matter how good or bad the dub track is.Senile_Seinenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06271256658426572642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5822815951549992886.post-40960653107637906282007-09-08T18:20:00.000-04:002007-09-08T18:20:00.000-04:00senile, you speak to my heart here. i'm probably ...senile, you speak to my heart here. i'm probably younger than you, but it doesn't take much to be older than the typical manga fan, and being also married and having offspring, i hear your words loud and clear... i may <I>read</I> shounen and shoujo, once or twice in a blue moon, but very little of it seems really worth my time.<BR/><BR/>i make very little use of the television, so i don't keep up with much anime -- but i did watch <I>serial experiments lain</I> all in one day, when my family was out of town, and i utterly lost my heart to it. (i also got through <I>kino no tabi</I> and <I>fantastic children</I> on the same vacation.)<BR/><BR/>from your words, i'm starting to be quite interested in <I>gunslinger girl</I> and <I>simoun</I> (though at this point the fansub may be difficult to dig up -- and you really have been quite harsh on the poor official-licensors), and if i have time, i may perhaps dig up some of the of your other selections.<BR/><BR/>the point being, thanks! ;-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com