Anime Discussion Thread - Page 1785

On January 21 2012 04:13 Ecael wrote:
People make sounds, people memorized a certain order sounds come out, people slap said card using process of elimination. It is nice and all to want to include the random things in there or to leave a ton of shit romanized so people can follow, but frankly that's useless for market penetration. Crunchy is operating a business here.

At that I don't even see the point of bothering to wait for something like Saitei's unless some aspect of their translation draws you. All the cultural meaning behind karuta lies in the phrases used, there is no meaning whatsoever in the 'sport' itself. So yeah if you like that aspect of Japanese literature, all the power to you. I'd recommend you go buy a book and read those instead of bothering with watching an anime about karuta.

On January 21 2012 04:41 Southlight wrote:


But when I watch a Go/Chess/Shougi series I watch it for the deep symbolism regarding each piece, each location, and what it means in relation to the culture that sport was invented in Why should karuta be any different, or are you just discriminating against card games?

On January 21 2012 04:51 Ecael wrote:

For you I recommend this masterpiece.

On September 22 2011 00:40 Southlight wrote:
Code Geass was amazing. It matched some of the most intellectually sound people, had battlefield tactics that were so intricate and thought-out that it reminded me of a cross between Legend of Galactic Heroes and Death Note. None of the characters were teenage emos, as they all were mature, driven people with their own convictions, like Shakugan no Shana. So much deep philosophy about manhood, mankind, and war, it was almost like an Evangelion version of Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann. The story arc with Euphie was tragic, reminding me of Titus Andronicus, and was both touching and exciting, making me wish things had taken that turn much earlier. Alas, that's the only qualm I had with CG, which is that it delayed some of the best moments until too late into the season, forcing you to watch R2, which was a very Gundam-esque move. That was around when we should have realized that their lead writer was assassinated and replaced by Char Aznable.

On January 21 2012 04:13 Ecael wrote:
People make sounds, people memorized a certain order sounds come out, people slap said card using process of elimination. It is nice and all to want to include the random things in there or to leave a ton of shit romanized so people can follow, but frankly that's useless for market penetration. Crunchy is operating a business here.

At that I don't even see the point of bothering to wait for something like Saitei's unless some aspect of their translation draws you. All the cultural meaning behind karuta lies in the phrases used, there is no meaning whatsoever in the 'sport' itself. So yeah if you like that aspect of Japanese literature, all the power to you. I'd recommend you go buy a book and read those instead of bothering with watching an anime about karuta.

On January 21 2012 04:36 Rebs wrote:
Yea the root of the supposed "Karutalanguage" is still Japanese.I dont really get why you would want to call it its own langauge anyway, games like this exist in other languages and equating the logic and tactics involved in playing the game to a language by itself seems a bit strange.

Its pretty simple if you dont have a command over the language good enough to understand the Saitei styled subs thing then youd be scratching your head a tad or you might miss the point completely. Again you might not enjoy it as much but people who can pick up romanized references and enjoy them are not the only ones watching. I dropped the show but like MichaelEU I'd rather watch the Saitei (although I dont really consider myself a Weeboo, whatever that really is) but Id reccommend Crunchy.

On January 21 2012 06:56 RoieTRS wrote:


Because they speak Japanese too quickly and I can't understand them with my very very limited experience with the language. I can't pick out the words they use to refer to the cards from the rest of the words they use. I want to see the subtitles help me out here instead of taking the meaning out of the things the characters say.

What is Commie's excuse then? They are making a poor choice in translating things that are important to understanding the anime. Therefore, Commie's subs are inferior to Saitei's. And Crunchysub's are just as bad.





I don't care about Japanese culture. I was using that as an example where translating loses meaning of the said thing. It is very similar to this.

On January 21 2012 07:15 MichaelEU wrote:
Eca, I knew you liked imouto yandere maids but I didn't know you were into anal as well!

(horriblesubs, commie and crunchysubs all rip off crunchy/funi/whatever)

On January 21 2012 08:37 Ushio wrote:


lol wut, anal? Am I missing something here

On January 21 2012 10:08 KazeHydra wrote:
Symphogear 3 brought up a few interesting topics.

+ Show Spoiler +

On January 21 2012 08:56 Blasterion wrote:

T/L note: Michael makes pun "anal" as in being anal about something, and anal sex.

On January 21 2012 10:33 Emnjay808 wrote:


what does "T/L note" mean btw?

On January 21 2012 06:57 RoieTRS wrote:


Ok I understand this. It is subjective in the style I prefer.

This is different because the language of the game means EVERYTHING. When you translate the word, you are losing meaning instead of gaining meaning. This is objective and therefore, Saitei's subs should be prefered over everyone else's.