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by VegettoEX » Tue Feb 08, 2011 4:47 pm
Strike #1: Doing voices. Ugh.
Strike #2: Using the phrase "Japanese version elitists" when trying to be authoritative about history and production... of a Japanese show.
Strike #3: Emotional response to now-irrelevant, decade-old criticism of FUNimation voice actors in 1999 by assuming that voice actors on the Japanese side were amateurs at the time they did the show, too (which is just laughably false).
I like what they're trying to do. I really do. I don't personally think it's worth detailing to my own audience any more these days, and I don't particularly think new fans care about this sort of thing... but it's worth detailing that history, nonetheless. When you can't get it right, though, and act defensive throughout the entire thing... it's almost not even worth doing.
You want to talk about music changes, script changes, characterization changes, etc...? Awesome. Worth detailing. Going to be defensive about the very aspects you're detailing while trying to sound like a reputable source of information? That's not enjoyable to listen to at all.
It kinda pulls back to my point about the DB Wikia wanting to base themselves around "the English version" while still presenting everything as authoritative, accurate, and complete... which is impossible to do since you're constantly having to refer to the original Japanese version, contradict various bits of information, and so on and so forth.
To be fair yet again... it's the host who's clearly done the most research, has the most knowledge, and has the widest perspective on things. Moderate props there.
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