Non-Review: AD Vision's SOL BIANCA
E. Kontei
The crew of the space pirate ship Sol Bianca get involved with a little
kid who wants to see his mother, a corrupt planetary dictatorship, and
a box supposed to contain all the knowledge in the Galaxy. Will Jan,
Feb, April, May and June manage to emerge victorious? What do you think?
I'm not going to bother describing the plot. Suffice
to say that BGC fans will probably like this show.
While AnimEigo was a company of businessmen-turned-otaku, AD Vision is
a company of otaku-turned-commercial. Their releases are supposed to
reflect the tastes of the "Texas anime community", if I may paraphrase
from the Chibicon interview. DEVIL HUNTER YOHKO was an adventure/comedy
film about a young girl who must remain a virgin until she can become
number 108 in a long line of Devil Hunters. SOL BIANCA has its high-fashion
boots firmly planted in the "girls with guns" genre. No deep intellectual
stuff here, no siree.
Translation: the original lines are translated more-or-less faithfully.
There, is, however, a serious overkill on "voicing", to the point that
what a character says becomes quite different from what's in the subtitle.
Same basic meaning, but totally different delivery. And while we're in
the subject of "voicing": I don't know about this hypotetical "Texas
anime community" (or A.D. Vision's view of what it is), but a
character which says the word "fuck" in every fourth sentence is a tad
too strong for the audiences I'm used to.
Subtitles: these look much nicer than AnimEigo's software. Nicer, bigger
titles. Nice effects like fading or scrolling titles. But again, they
did overkill at the start of the anime by having ALL the titles fade
away, which becomes distracting after a while. They fixed this later on.
Prognosis: if they take more care with their translations, they could
be VERY good. Only time will tell...
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Kevin M. Chin
E.> While AnimEigo was a company of businessmen-turned-otaku, AD Vision is
E.> a company of otaku-turned-commercial. Their releases are supposed to
E.> reflect the tastes of the "Texas anime community", if I may paraphrase
E.> from the Chibicon interview. DEVIL HUNTER YOHKO was an adventure/comedy
[stuff deleted]
E.> Same basic meaning, but totally different delivery. And while we're in
E.> the subject of "voicing": I don't know about this hypotetical "Texas
E.> anime community" (or A.D. Vision's view of what it is), but a
E.> character which says the word "fuck" in every fourth sentence is a tad
E.> too strong for the audiences I'm used to.
Enrique,
I hope you're not putting down the "Texas anime community" of which I
consider myself a part. I don't know why A.D. Vision used so many
expletives or chose the kind of subject matter for their initial
releases. But, I can assure you that not all members of the "Texas
anime community" prefer guns and gals type of anime. I prefer the
lighter romantic-comedies over most of the sf/mecha anime released
by the domestics (the possible exception being the BGC series). If A.D.
Vision stated or implied in the Chibicon interview that the "Texas anime
community" preferred guns and gals anime, they were certainly not
speaking for all of us.
I'm glad to see an anime following develop in the Southwest. IMO,
there is already a good concentration of anime interest and fans on
the West Coast and Northeast. Let's see it really bloom in the
Southwest!
Kevin
ps: Sorry if I sounded defensive, but your repeated linkages between
A.D. Vision's current release and the "Texas anime community" in your
non-review began to rub me the wrong way.
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Kevin Chin "I've done...questionable things." Texas Instruments
ke...@dseg.ti.com Dallas, Texas
E. Kontei
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> If A.D. Vision stated or implied in the Chibicon interview that the
> "Texas anime community" preferred guns and gals anime, they were
> certainly not speaking for all of us.
Good to hear that. ^_^ I always used the phrase in quotes because I was
paraphrasing ADV's comment. In no mean was I trying to put down the
Texas anime fans.