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I just finished spazzing on the GA LJ comm ... ah those poor people.

Right now, I should be studying for finals. But after I read this, I had to take a moment to rant. Wow, half my blogs are rants xD

I totally want to refer to a certain company with a similar acronym to toilet paper, and ask them if they are that, but that's considered slander, and I don't want to get fined. So let's just say, I'm disappointed. You know what disappoints me the most though?

American companies consider their public to be idiots.

I think that's really what this all comes down to. Dubbing issues, manga translation issues, ... Harry Potter being changed even though the original was written in English.

What is the point of considering your customers to be stupid? Don't you think some of them might get a little ticked off?

But I regress, let's discuss translated manga specifically.

At least they put the mangas from right to left now. I guess they got sick of flipping all of the images. At least they really can't edit out most images, so they can't change the plot. Oh thank heavens for that.

So why do they mess with the dialogue?

Little 10 year old Mikan in Gakuen Alice has turned into an american teeny bopper. Everyone in my town is "freaking out". Why is it so difficult to keep these to a minimum? They include them because they think it'll help the public identify with the book more?? Why don't you encourage them to speak properly instead by refraining from things like that!

Then there's this one scene. Mikan looks at a teacher and says "Now I know what you are! You are a transvestite!"
TP's version: "OMIGOSH! I got it! Are you gay?!"

....Ummm... being a transvestite is a little different then being gay. She doesn't care if he's gay. Ack... idiots. Why couldn't they keep that? Oh wait... they think the public is too stupid to know what a transvestite is? That's probably it... Way to go to encourage being gay as a BAD THING. (and "OMIGOSH!" ?? -.-)

Then of course, they couldn't leave Iinchou (aka Class Rep). No, they had to translate it to Prez. Why not just make a damn list of notes in the back, and say "Iinchou means Class Rep". Again, the public is too stupid...

Did they leave Tohru as Onigiri in Fruits Basket, or did they change it to SANDWICH. (in the pokemon dub they edited out the onigiris and drew in sandwiches instead)

Then they decided to use their own damn version of a main characters' name (Ruka, or Luca, became Luka). I figure they should have done one of two things to Ruka - taken the fan-based name for him (Ruka, which actually came about by a mistake) or take the mangaka's official version for it, being Luca.

This brings me to my central thought pattern, and away from Gakuen Alice specifically:

Why don't they consider these things when they license a damn manga? The scanlations are there on the internet!! USE THEM so you know what the fans are using!! IF YOU DON'T PLEASE THEM THEY WON'T WANT TO BUY YOUR VERSION AND WILL JUST KEEP THEIR SCANLATIONS!!!

USE Japanese words when the English translation is ambiguous! In TRC's manga (and I'm not saying Del Rey is perfect) they put notes in the back when they could have gone a different way when translating it!
[I remember Del Rey saying they'd use their English version until an official version came out, and if it was different, they'd change it...]

I looked at Viz's version of Ultra Maniac... they translated Ayu-chan to Ayu dear!!!!!!!!!!!! Didn't keep the honorifics in Hana Kimi either...

AHHHHHHHHHHHH *rolls in grave*

Del Rey is just beginning to get to the point in the story when I started reading translations online. I really hope they don't let me down from now on. I'm really pulling for them. From what I've seen, they're the best so far.

As for mangas like Gakuen Alice (and now I'm wondering about Fruits Basket) ... series that I really want to own, because they're ones that I could read over and over again... It makes me wonder if I should just buy it in Japanese. These companies don't deserve my money.

It's not that I'm so mad at these specific changes. It's the way that they treat the fans - like they're idiots. Who do you think has been waiting for this to come out?? THE FANS! *deep dumb voice* Oh no, it's the people who haven't heard of it. Yeah, let's please them.

IDIOTS! PLEASE THE FANS! THEY'RE GOING TO BE THE ONES WAITING IN LINE TO BUY THE MANGA - CUT THEM SOME SLACK!!!!!

Argh....

And this is also why I watch subs.

>End rant here<
Sorry guys.

Back to studying *sigh*

PS. why don't they have manga relations on blogs? *adds anime names instead*

PPS. I'm glad I live in Canada, and am this weird mishmash between being British/American/Igloo people (Igloo people meaning it's too damn cold to give a damn about our economics and politics half the time -- we just want to stay warm). At least we get spared from random English slaughtering like "Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone" because the publishing company thought the public was too stupid to understand Philosopher. Hahahahahaha........ ah.....

PPPS. I'm not bashing Americans. I think all of you are much smarter than they give you credit for.

PPPPS. I'm the type the rants, then after feeling better, feels free to debate and even play devil's advocate. So I hope you at least had a laugh or two at this rant ^^;

The title of this entry is supposed to be said in the tone of the giant caterpiller who blows smoke into poor Alice's face, and with his deep rumbling voice, asks her... well, you get the picture.

In my profile, for a while, I had the standard line: "Don't add me as a friend if I've never spoken to you..." etc. Well, I took it down today because I felt it was kind of nasty, and I thought, well... do I really need it up there?

Within a few hours of removing it, I've gotten three friend requests from people that I have absolutely no clue who they are (one had almost NO shows/clubs in common, the other had a compatability of almost 2.5...)

I really just do not understand what possesses people to add someone as a friend when they've never spoken to them. If you saw some guy on the street, would you point at him and say "hey, that guy's my buddy!".

Can we get a clue?

There are people I talk with on MAL that aren't on my friends list. I don't care if I have zero, or one, or ten people on my list. In fact, I'd almost be embarassed to have 100+, 200+ friends, because then everyone would know that I actually don't even talk to them.

On facebook, I have refused people that I went to high school with that I never spoke more than three words to - and at least I've heard their names before. What makes these people think I would add them?

This is what goes through my head when I get a random friend request:

Why do you want to be friends? Do you find me witty? amusing? have you seen me in forums or clubs? do we have a high compatability rating?

Otherwise, the way I see it, we're walking down the street, and you pass me a note saying "wanna be friends?", and my response is, "um, do I know you?"

If you want to talk to me, please, go ahead! I love discussions and meeting new people! But I'm not going to put you on my friends list if I've never talked to you before. It's just creepy.

.... I feel so much better now after ranting. And maybe it's irrelevant. I mean, takes less effort to just add the person, than to pull your hair out at it. But it's a pet peeve. Ack.

Now back to my life again...

Haha, I read this on animeblogger and just had to post it!
You can read it here:
http://that.animeblogger.net/2007/12/03/you-know-you-are-watching-way-too-much-fall-2007-series-when

1. You have an obsession to love your little sister who is acting completely retarded with her star stickers.

2. You start wondering whether hentai is really hentai when you can get it from your daily anime viewing habits.

3. You see eye patches as moe ornaments.

4. You can recite all the bacteria that might reside in a piece of stale bread.

5. When people piss you off, you shout “men!”

6. You start to drag out your old Transformer toys.

7. Hating otakus is the new cool lately.

8. You feel hatred on those who are eating Mochi, considering them to be beasts for eating something so cute.

9. You no longer eat the Christmas chocolate eggs that are wrapped very beautifully.

10. Big breasts are no longer in demand as everyone tries to bind their chest.

11. When people started to breathe heavily, your first reaction is not of them having an asthma attack.

12. When your 12 year old little brother starts to wear a dress and disturbingly looks female.

13. You react to “Bakayaro” with an affection, not an insult.

14. You wonder if the female chess player is laying a trap on you.

15. Melon buns are always out of stock when you need a quick bite.

16. When your pint-sized classmate grabs a broomstick, you see legions of doom in front of you.

17. You need to consume a banana every eight hours to control yourself (even if you hate bananas).

18. You start talking to yourself with hand puppets that look like frogs with hair. ohhhh, god....

19. You talk with a very heavy gaijin accent when you speak Japanese.

20. You wear an eyepatch over your right eye just so you can take it off and unleash an altered personality.

21. You wear an eyepatch over your right eye just so you can pretend that it hurts and have all the girls worry over you. hahaha...

22. You form your own Magician Dispatch Agency.

23. You start talking about what Guardian Chara you might have. I seriously wonder that every time I watch the show...

24. You think you can see microbes…

25. …and you think those microbes look cute. Definitely!

26. You desire a yakitori plushie.

27. Red and white are the new black in a Goth manga.

28. You are a fat person and want to buy a shirt that says “Keep Weight”

29. When your friends piss you off you want to scream out at them “I am boss!” Hahaha, I love it!

30. You start to wonder what your little sister does when she is around a cute male teacher.

31. You see your class president in a very different light.

32. By that, I mean you will be respecting her like a gang leader.

33. Bare skinned men holding fishes are cool….cool?

34. You no longer become scared of spirits because they look way too funny.

35. You start to wonder if your house maid is a tsundere in hibernation.

I don't understand all of them (thank god, on one hand, lol) but it's awesome :D

It occurred to me today that I might have some sort of weird cat-boy fetish :S Which is, I have to admit, kinda creepy!

You see, it came about when I was pondering my favorites list:

Fruits Basket = Favorite (guy) character = Kyo (orange cat boy)
Gakuen Alice = Favorite (guy) character = Natsume (black cat boy)
--> well, maybe not my favorite boy, but half of my favorite pairing
Shugo Chara = Favorite (guy) character = Ikuto (blue cat boy)
--> not a favorite manga, but one I just started reading...

Is there something strange with me? I do love cats, but not in that way :S

...

Okay, in all seriousness, it's probably because they all have the same personality (well, similar) ... but I thought it was kind of random, so I decided to share xD

Edit: Just so everyone knows, this post was all in good fun! 

When it comes to drama, romance, and hell - even love triangles, I'll be the first one knocking on your door. So I started watching School Days, thinking "ah, this should be right up my alley"...

Wow, was I ever mistaken.

I couldn't watch anymore after the fifth episode. Hell, I'm surprised I got that far.

At first I was kinda on Makoto's side, I mean, Katsura got pretty flustered just for holding hands. And I really thought he was giving her a hug because she was feeling lousy.

When he got angry because she was embarrassed that he was groping her at school, I started to get peeved. But getting peeved at the characters are okay - Shakespeare's tragedies are famous because he could make you swing from full blown hating the main character to sympathizing with them. Shoujo circa England, haha.

But then it just got ugly.

The characters have no character. Makoto is a guy with a dick. Period. He is what make women look down on men. I can't see him waking up and smelling the coffee because he's a freaking empty shell. I feel bad for Sekai, but she's not much better. Katsura was the only character that actually changed and kept trying - but the anime just made her look pathetic for it.

The only reason I'd watch the rest of this so that I could see that ass get what should definitely be coming to him - but I can't stomach anymore of it. It's not just the plot, it's the WAY they tell it. I really would have to force myself, and I'd rather imagine my own divine retribution.

Some people on the boards were going on about this being typical teenagers, and you have to give him a break because he's a guy, and blah blah. Oh, another comment I loved was "it's nice to have a strong male lead for once". Ehhh???? STRONG??? It makes me wonder at the character of people out there if they can condone this.

This series just completely rubbed me wrong. It doesn't seem realistic, probable, or like it really has a plot at all. The characters are just robots moving around on the stage with someone's half assed guidance. Ughhhh. I don't know that I've ever hated a series so much as of yet.

Maybe it has a fantastic ending in store, but from the game endings, I doubt it.  So I'll leave that for someone else to find out.