Utawarerumono

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Postby angelx03 » Sat Aug 05, 2006 12:27 pm

I heard the actual translation for the title is something like "The One Being Sung" which sounds a bit awkward. :roll:
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Postby OmniStrata » Sat Aug 05, 2006 12:32 pm

Think of it from a non-digisub viewer's point of view...

Some people, myself included, buy anime on impulse just cause of the way the title cover is designed...

Now "The One Being Sung" and "Shadow Warrior Chronicles".

Hmm, from a business perspective, which title when placed into an online search engine will end up with good results?

Or better and more realistically, people who DO buy anime in stores [which is now a rare case from me since I'm Newegg's bitch... :cry: ]

If you look on the shelf, never saw Utawarerumono, would you buy the anime titled "Shadow Warrior Chronicles" or "The One Being Sung"?

Come on, be reasonable...
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Postby Flame-X » Sat Aug 05, 2006 1:46 pm

Im sorry but shadow warrior chronicles is a horrible renamed title in my opinion, they should've just left it as "Utawarerumono"(look at kannazuki no miko for example). I wonder the dub cast is gonna be like.. especially touka and the twins. XD
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Postby Flame-X » Sat Aug 05, 2006 1:51 pm

woops i forgot to post up a funny pic ^^

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Postby angelx03 » Sat Aug 05, 2006 8:10 pm

Clamp-X wrote:Im sorry but shadow warrior chronicles is a horrible renamed title in my opinion, they should've just left it as "Utawarerumono"(look at kannazuki no miko for example). I wonder the dub cast is gonna be like.. especially touka and the twins. XD


You know what? Someone brought up an interesting point that the titles given might have been due to miscommunication. The name change "Shadow Warrior Chronicles" might go with another of ADV's licensed title Shin Angyo Onishi which by the way makes A LOT more sense because it feature a male protagonist that can summon shadow warriors.

The other title in question is "Blade of the Phantom Mask", and you know that fits Utawarerumono rather well..
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Postby OmniStrata » Sun Aug 06, 2006 10:18 am

Kannaduki no Miko
Utawarerumono

I think the latter is a GIGANTIC tongue twister that very few people can remember...

shit* I have trouble TYPING the damn thing...

dur*
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Postby Willen » Mon Aug 07, 2006 4:20 am

The main problem I have with Shadow Warrior Chronicles is the fact that it is a very generic title. Not to mention the other reasons people have stated.
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Postby OmniStrata » Mon Aug 07, 2006 2:33 pm

Blade of the Phantom Mask sounds appropriate, but The One Being Sung vs. Shadow Warrior Chronicles...

Sadly, it does come down to what sounds cooler to the unknown viewer but I'm almost certain more people will by SWC than TOBS...

Though personally, I like TOBS myself but a more epic title would be on the lines of Lord of the Rings like...

Unsung Tales

or something... gah* I suck at naming other than special fx... yeesh :cry:
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Postby OmniStrata » Fri Aug 11, 2006 10:42 am

ep 19 was great...

*Queen Karura...

Has a nice ring to it...

I'm sure that Karura and Hakuoro will have nice babies who go Elfen Lied on your candy ass if you're stupid enough to piss them off, but rule with a gentle hand of justice and kill you using a sword bigger than a mounted spearman and get drunk often...

That'd be funny... :lol:
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Postby angelx03 » Sat Aug 26, 2006 8:07 pm

Wow, very bloody episode for episode 20!

Damn, that Kuuya was all cute and nice, but if you give her a giant mecha, she'll lay waste on you (and not to mention her army of giant mechs who swept their opposing army like it was nothing). :shock:

Hmmm, is Kamyu some sort of dark angel vampire of some sort? :roll: :lol:
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Postby angelx03 » Sat Aug 26, 2006 10:03 pm

HOLY SHIT, big cliffhanger on episode 21!!!

Kuuya has now declared war on all nations, and after her conquest on some of them, their next target is Hakuoro's nation. And they ended with all of his best warriors fighting against an army of giant mechs. How the hell are they're going to win?!! Well, Karura might be able to sustain longer than the rest, but still. :shock:


And that episode 22 preview.....
...did Aruruu get KILLED?!! God that'll suck so much! :cry:
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Postby OmniStrata » Mon Aug 28, 2006 3:38 pm

Saw that preview too...

I think if it happened... [grk*!]

I'd like to see Hakuoro break his freakin' mask and just own the mechs with Raging Demon technique...

Jab, Jab, Toward, Short, Fierce

on their candy asses...

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Postby OmniStrata » Mon Aug 28, 2006 3:47 pm

Anyone see the diarrea DVD Special?


OMFG

I never laughed so hard watching an anime in SUUUCHH a loong time. HUMAN SHIELD technique is da bomb!!!

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Postby angelx03 » Wed Aug 30, 2006 6:16 pm

Hahahaha, the DVD extra episode 1 was awesome! :lol:

OBORO BARRIER!!!

Hopefully we'll get more DVD extra episodes that deals with Touka and Karura. Hehehe.... 8-)
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Postby OmniStrata » Fri Sep 01, 2006 11:12 am

YAY for boobies fanservice dvd extras - think, Mai Hime / Otome sextras...

:shock: I swear some of them could have been [or must have been] from some h-minded doujinshi authors...

Newest ep involves Hakuoro going Super Saiyan... and a JIGANTIC... Flashback that makes you wonder, was it the future or the past that's going on? :?
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