Strike Witches USA: “Winning The War On Pants!”
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- Date: Jan 10, 2010 14:28 JST
- Tags: Funimation, Loli, Pantsu, Parody, Strike Witches, Translation, Video Gallery, Yoshika
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"though sadly Funimation insists on making it inaccessible to anyone not in God’s chosen land"
This sounds strangely familar, but I can't quite remember who else would be like that???...
...somebody shoot me, please.
I don't really like Funi, but I give them credit for doing this uncensored. I wonder if everyone's age will magcally shift to 18....
I enjoy this series but it's pretty much fluff. Its disappointing that this gets a USA release while we still have not seen a release of Ef-a tale of memories here.
Military theme with loli and pantyshots is bound to sell more (I mean it's the US, Strike Witches have all the elements people there love, aka military plus something that implies sex) than ef, unfortunate though that is cause memories was pretty good.
Part of the problem with dubs is that they try to emulate they cutesy sounds of Japanese voices. While it doesn't irritate me in Japanese (because I don't speak a goddammed drop of moonspeak), hearing it in English sounds unnatural and grates the nerves.
Well at least it's Funimation not the crap 4Kids.
I really doubt the dub for this will be good. Americans are just bad at doing moe voices. I'm sure that fans of funimation will still buy these dvds and praise the dub just to spite fans of the original.
I lost the war on pants long ago...
hells yeah
People that don't like Dubs..... The DVD's has the Japanese track on it with english subs.. So there is no point it complaining.
I hate to say I told you so, but...I told you so. Everyone here thought I was crazy when I said that there was absolutely nothing to worry about in terms of censoring with Funimation involved. It just shows how little people here actually pay attention to the US anime market. Funimation has been amazing with their DVD releases since their release of Fruits Basket and Kiddy Grade like 7 or 8 years ago.
I kind of like the old style PV they make for it... but still the dub is not an option for me ... and most of the ppl who would watch SW.
Bought. And i'm NOT american. I always envy the NA region for their quality releases, srsly.
My God you guys are idiots.... Have you ever bought an Anime DVD before? It always has the Japanese Voices with English Subtitles..... FUNimation doesn't skimp on stuff like that...
http://www.amazon.com/Strike-Witches-Complete-First-Season/dp/B0030ZOYE0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1263207587&sr=8-1 [http://www.amazon.com/Strike-Witches-Complete-First-Season/dp/B0030ZOYE0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1263207587&sr=8-1]
^ There read the DVD contents.
Well I will say it's not the best of dubs but it isn' the worst by far. I wonder if they will have the japanese subtitled versions with the dubbed versions like some series do. Also I can get to their site fine and I don't live in Gods Chosen Land (Which I assume you mean america), but it loads perfectly for me.
Well I checked if it does have the japanese with english subtitles on it also and it does, so this box set is going on my list to buy.
Here's the link to it people. Hopefully it works for you.
http://www.rightstuf.com/1-800-338-6827/catalogmgr/bv=aqp8Fl8P0I2v69d/browse/item/86120/4/2730/576
Winning the war on pants = BEST. TAGLINE. EVER.
Too bad I live in Belgium, so even with licensing I still won't be getting mah importz.
What the fuck?
Every time I think I've seen the height of wapanese stupidity, you people continue to raise the bar. You only heard two out-of-context lines from the whole series in that trailer, and right away you all shout "HURRR THE DUB SUXXXX". You absolutely cannot make ANY judgement of the acting (be it good or bad) based on so little.
And even if it does turn out bad, EVERY SINGLE ANIME DVD I'VE EVER SEEN has the Japanese audio track. If you want to watch it in Japanese, you have no reason not to buy it. Unless pressing the language button on your remote is too much effort.
Anon has point.
But it seems rather natural for people to apply a biased opinion when so many dubs in the past have been received... with little acclaim.
I always like to hear what it sounds like in English. However, I usually do end up sticking to the original Japanese audio. Perhaps Strike Witches will be the star exception.
"When asked about the matter of censorship, Funimation confirmed that it will be completely uncensored and identical to the decidedly raunchy Japanese DVDs – expect to see more later."
Win. Will buy.
neat, some of my fav English VAs are in this.
I find the CM clever and it somehow fits.
"When asked about the matter of censorship, Funimation confirmed that it will be completely uncensored" So whats with all the funimation hate? I can't wait to get this, but I will probably be watching the sub, cause the dud will most likely be shitty.
Buy the Strike Witches collectors set.
Or the Pants win...
Does this mean Charles Yeager will find out about his caricature?
I thought he already heard about it and he thought it was quite funny.
Funimation chose a pretty good cast, IMO. Luci Christian as Erica, Cherami Leigh as Yoshika, Stephanie Sheh as Gertrude, Caitlin Glass as Eila and Kira Vincent-Davis as Mio.
It might not be as good as the original, but the English version might not be as bad. We shall see.
Oh...War on Pants!! now the series makes sense to me.
Great job on the trailer, Funimation. And to SC, thanks for the new desktop image.
lolololololol
I don't understand. In those old war-time videos, doesn't the announcer have a British (or, at most, half-British/American) accent?
They're doing it wrong.
BUY WAR BONDS TODAY!!!
The 501st has no pants...
The 501st needs no pants...
Love the commercial. They did something right, now if the dubbing wasn't so cringe worthy.
>> "God’s chosen land."
Wasn't that Israel?
No, Is where Jews have there money. And currently their money are in US banks and stock market.
I know Strike Witched has fanservice but cant they be a lil more subtle about it. This just really feels like they shoving the fanservice aspect of the show in your face.
Shit, I didn't know they were releasing all the episodes from the start. Though it seems like forever since they announced it. fair price too imo.
Why do I have a feeling that 'completely uncensored' really means 'mostly uncensored'?
Well If I remember right, they sure didn't censor out Premula's little loli boobies in Shuffle(or anything else in that series).
Never seen an advertising say the word pants so many times, was it necesary? we get the point the first time
It seems to me like they are trying to get some unwanted attention also. Like soccer-mums who will come to the conclusion that anime is the source of all evil.
was it necessary? probably not. But did it grab people's interest because of it? probably.
The announcer for it was perfect too. That was wonderfully absurd.
Thank God Canada gets some holy overlap :)
damn sucks to not live in God’s chosen land anymore
I would have liked to hear more of the voices v..v to see if its a decent english dub..
I hope the English dub doesnt screw this by giving them voices that dont match
Then you should throw away your hope for that. Didn't you hear Mio's voice? It's proof America sucks at voicing things.
Isnt most voice dubbing in English done in CANADA...?
http://www.tonightshowwithconanobrien.com/video/clips/conan-and-andy-do-manga-072409/1139088/
MANGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
It used to be In B.C. in Canada, they did Inuyasha, Esclaflowne and the Dragonball/Z/GT animes or at least the orignal dubs.
Texas, actually.
I only knew they were screwing every show in Animax with their English voices
Mio's voice sounded fine to me. Maybe it's because I'm past the idea of all dubs sucking on principle.
"Unless both Dubs and Principle are guys."
But if both are girls then that makes it even hotter!
"Dubs sucking on Principle."
Hot.
*edit* Unless both Dubs and Principle are guys.
lol, whatever they get, it probably won't be rubbish like tokyopop...
Winning the War on Pants? Sounds funny :(
They should mention that it's just a retelling of code geass with furries
dumbass
Careful, while I see what you did there, you don't seem to know what a furry is. That could bite you in the ass some day, literally.
So I'm guessing that you've never seen Strike Witches, because it is nothing like Code Geass.
Code Geass is about a pompous prince who gets the ability to mind fuck people into doin what he wants, then takes over the world and gets himself killed to create a better place for his crippled sister.
While Strike Witches is about aliens of some kind destroying a large portion of the planet during the time when WWII should have been goin on, and the military using magical girls to fight them off.
If I had to compare Strike Witches to anything it'd probably be Sky Girls, since they shared the premise of alien type things fucking up earth and young girls with mecha fightin em off.
More or less sounds bit of the same
I actually find the commercial extremely clever; appeals in a different sort of way.
Naked wars =]
apparently thats what us Americans are into...
Yeah trashy voice over for moe characters.
Don't knock it (this dubbing) if you haven't tried it.
Dubs aren't bad.
Most of them are just plain horrible.
I love this trailer. Funimation isn't stupid; they know why people will be watching this.
Yeah, Funi has gotten better, although I'm sure most of us still won't be watching their dubs anytime soon. The worst part about Funi now is pretty much their advertising; their taglines and trailers suck ass.
That is some clever marketing.
The dub is probably shitty, but who in their right minds watches dubs? ^_^
Normal people.
Is there Japanese voices with subs also? If yes, then this release is interesting.
It's hard to find modern anime that isn't. Amazon lists it as the following:
# Format: Color, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
# Language: Japanese, English
Sort of. Maybe.
I didn't find the whole always present pantsu fanservice thing that appealing, they could have used nun dresses and I would have still watched it and mind you its one of my favorite anime, but then again, I already saw it I already have the blu ray subs and I won't bother with funimations pathetic dub.
Maybe they really do know who would buy it and that the whole pantsu deal would be a selling point for them.
i do believe i will purchase this product.
@giascle
Oxymoron detected
ok, but I dont like funimation
Anyone thought that he may not be from the US. Anyone who is not from the US has every reason to hate Funimation. They make some anime hard to find on the internet but they don't bring there DVD's in our countries so we can buy. In my country no one sells anime DVD. You can't even rent one.
I don't understand why sites like BakaBT can't just make a system where Funimation licensed anime are not aloud to download only in IP's coming from the US. WHY should i suffer from Funimation's licenses since they don't have any in my country?
Sorry for sounding insensitive but that's your problem with your country.
If FUNimation wants to give us the opportunity to pay good money for an anime we'll enjoy as opposed to letting freeloaders download it off some pirate space, I'll gladly let them.
You want it so bad, just get the DVD off eBay or wherever when it comes out. Hell, some Amazon market sellers will ship internationally.
Why should I suffer from your unwillingness to pay for anime?
Frak, it didn't reply to where I wanted. Blast it all!
eBay isn't even necessary. Amazon ships internationally.
Isn't that a bit of an old statement nowadays, of hating funimation just because it's funimation?
funimation has gone legit since the last 3 or 4 years. They probably make the highest quality domesticated anime DVDs.
Dub sucks, end of story
RightStuf is the best domestic release company around. They don't do a ton of titles but their Irresponsible Captain Tylor DVD boxed sets are phenomenal. I've never seen so much information on a series and translated interviews and booklets in a DVD boxed set that didn't cost a bazillion dollars for the limited edition version.
At least its not 4kids..... grrrrr
Why? I think Funimation has been doing a great job. Lots of titles I like, and these compilations are great... I'm happy to see the end of $30.00 DVD's with only 3 episodes on it.
I never understood this whining. Even when US prices were at their peak, we still were paying half of Japanese prices.
Of course they are. It's called a contract/licensing agreement. They can't sell them at the same price as, let's say the most recent Batman series, because while they'd liek to, the studios would still like some money from the sales. Othewise, well, they wouldn't be whining about fansubs to the English-speaking world, now would they?
a 13 episode dvd set costs 50$ in the U.S??
Man that's so unfair, in Norway a 13 episode anime is usually priced at 80-90$ ;/
26 episode boxes are @ 120-ish USD.
Yes, American prices for anime are lower than Japanese prices for anime. But American prices for anime are still higher than American prices for other TV shows. Outside of the hardcore fans, it's tough to get people to buy a 13 episode series for $50 when the general public can get an entire season of an American show for $30-$40.
Dude, goto their website- You can see many of their New Animes (like "Spice & Wolf" dubbed) streamed ON-Line (or YouTube) for Free
Because whore-o is better than Holo?:p
I believe it was announced before the dub that her name is Holo, by the creator.
What Spice & Wolf fan would watch the dub?
Horo > Holo
I still don't see what's so terrible about "Holo". I honestly don't.
The "r" was changed with an "l", it's serious business.
The domestic companies don't usually make-up how to pronounce stuff. I don't like "Holo" either but that's what author told them they wanted it to be.
Down with pants!
And whatever is beneath the pants, too!
naw, i enjoy the tease ;)