I've been thinking about buying some fruits basket dvds, and I know Funimation has a tradition of dubbing the opening/ending songs of shows - what I want to know is whether they allow you to access the original versions, too.
Also, anyone who has seen DVD releases of their NEWER, more niche shows (I.E. not DBZ/GT, yes fruits basket kiddy grade) should feel free to comment on the accuracy and style of the translations in the subbed versions.
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Ramen2005-01-11 16:55
The opening and the ending songs aren't dubbed, and the dvd's do feature textless openings. Not sure about the whole accuracy part, though.
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JC2005-01-11 17:58
I've bought Funimation's Kiddy Grade R1 dvds and YES you can access the non-dubbed op/ed 'cause those are horrible. All you have to do is change the audio channel on your dvd player to "japanese". As for the accuracy of the subtitles, they seem to be ok.. but i wish they'd use a nicer font =/
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Anonymous2005-01-11 18:01 (sage)
If I remember correctly, the Fruits Baskets songs are dubbed only in the dub. When you watch the subtitled version it will show the original song.
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Anonymous2005-01-11 19:24
Thanks a lot for the answers... if I had to sit through dubbed Funi versions of the OP, that was gonna be a preventing factor on the purchase.
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Anonymous2005-01-13 3:09
It's optional - if you watch it in Japanese, you get clean Japanese openings and the proper songs. If you watch the dub, you get English versions of the songs and English credits.
I personally think it's an excellent idea, more companies should do it.
I like what they did for the Kare Kano DVD release here -- where most distributors in the US will completely remove all kanji from the opening sequence and redraw the entire logo to make it 100% Japanese-free, the company that brought over Kare Kano (I forget what company it was right now) actually used multiple angles -- one angle was set up when you chose Japanese audio, and played the original, unedited Japanese opening and closing. When you chose the English, it set the completely translated opening and closing animations.
This isn't too hard to do, and the alternate openings / closings don't really take up that much space on the disc at all.
I wish more companies did this.
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Anonymous2005-01-29 5:02
I wish more companies sold the dubs separate. Could fit alot more on one dvd. A hell of a lot more.
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Anonymous2005-01-29 11:41
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yeah they do have both the original and dub tracks on the funi dvds, i agree the dub is a crime, ruins that great song.
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even if they sold sub and dub separately i doubt they would put any more episodes on per disc, might as well have dual audio.
I don't think you have any idea just how incredibly bad an idea that is.
If they did that, you'd either be getting a lot less subtitled anime, or you'd be paying much bigger prices for it.
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Anonymous2005-01-30 8:27
>>8
Reminds me too much of the old VHS days where you often had no choice between dub and sub T^T Let's not go back there @_@
But anyway, I watch Funi's version of Fruits Basket, the translation was fine. Can't really remember any parts bothering me, and they included a bunch of extras from the Japanese DVDs including seiyuu interviews. (Seki Tomokazu's interview is really funny XD)