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Poyunch · (07-09-2012, 05:22 PM)

Chet Rippo · (07-09-2012, 06:31 PM)

I actually had that idea before...
Curse you internet!

Watanabe Kazuma · (07-09-2012, 07:19 PM)

Originally Posted by Chet Rippo:

There have been many great avatars I've passed up on because I didn't draw them.

No one said being an avatar trailblazer would be easy.

Chet Rippo · (07-10-2012, 02:15 AM)

Originally Posted by Watanabe Kazuma:

No one said being an avatar trailblazer would be easy.

Yes, but I must not falter!

Kandrick · (07-10-2012, 04:18 AM)

I have some extra money to spend, and i was looking for some K-On related items to buy. But i forgot how overpriced that stuff was.

Dresden · (07-10-2012, 04:25 AM)

Originally Posted by Kandrick:

I have some extra money to spend, and i was looking for some K-On related items to buy. But i forgot how overpriced that stuff was.

Just buy some forehead wax.

duckroll · (07-10-2012, 04:30 AM)

You know what? K-On kinda sucks. I'm sorry if this offends anyone, but it's true. It's a boring show about a bunch of girls being cute and having fun while kinda-sorta making music (which isn't even really good) without there being any sort of actual dramatic arc or purpose. Shouldn't artists have higher goals and ambitions rather than to just chill out and be happy? They should think of how they can contribute to the world. Instead they just don't care. Maybe that's how they are, but should such a viewpoint be encouraged and glorified? Probably not.

I think Kyoto Animation should really show that they care about their responsibility to the state of society, and work on a K-On follow up showing the girls as middle-age women who have made something of themselves and are contributing to society. It is the only way they can make up for their crimes.

P.S. The girls look like chipmunks. Ugh!

Chet Rippo · (07-10-2012, 04:30 AM)

Originally Posted by Kandrick:

I have some extra money to spend, and i was looking for some K-On related items to buy. But i forgot how overpriced that stuff was.

Well pretty much everything anime related is expensive, but you gotta get this!

Originally Posted by Dresden:

Just buy some forehead wax.

Gravijah · (07-10-2012, 04:32 AM)

Originally Posted by duckroll:

I think Kyoto Animation should really show that they care about their responsibility to the state of society, and work on a K-On follow up showing the girls as middle-age women who have made something of themselves and are contributing to society. It is the only way they can make up for their crimes.

as a massive fan of the show, i would love this.

Chet Rippo · (07-10-2012, 04:34 AM)

It would be great, assuming they don't kill themselves before then.

Dresden · (07-10-2012, 04:35 AM)

I think Mio, Ritsu, and Mugi (filthy rich) would all make the transition pretty well.

Yui and Azusa could be more problematic.

Gravijah · (07-10-2012, 04:36 AM)

Originally Posted by Dresden:

I think Mio, Ritsu, and Mugi (filthy rich) would all make the transition pretty well.

Yui and Azusa could be more problematic.

yui & azusa could have a rain man relationship.

jman2050 · (07-10-2012, 04:36 AM)

The K-On girls are moeblobs though. Moeblobs as a species are eternally youthful and don't age at all, so that continuation wouldn't work.

Emitan · (07-10-2012, 04:39 AM)

Would love to see them all as adults.

I love K-On! because it's an idealized high school experience for girls and I never got to go to high school as a girl ;~;

dluu13 · (07-10-2012, 04:41 AM)

well there is that doujin about what happens after they graduate...

Chet Rippo · (07-10-2012, 04:43 AM)

Originally Posted by jman2050:

The K-On girls are moeblobs though. Moeblobs as a species are eternally youthful and don't age at all, so that continuation wouldn't work.

jman2050 · (07-10-2012, 05:19 AM)

Originally Posted by Chet Rippo:

She was born that way obviously.

Chet Rippo · (07-10-2012, 05:23 AM)

Originally Posted by jman2050:

She was born that way obviously.

Such an unfortunate fate.

nckillthegrimace · (07-10-2012, 05:53 AM)

I'm so offended that my monocle popped out.

Chet Rippo · (07-10-2012, 06:07 AM)

Originally Posted by Dresden:

Yui and Azusa could be more problematic.

Esura · (07-11-2012, 02:39 AM)

Originally Posted by Dresden:

I think Mio, Ritsu, and Mugi (filthy rich) would all make the transition pretty well.

Yui and Azusa could be more problematic.

How so?

dluu13 · (07-11-2012, 03:36 AM)

Yui can ace tests if she tries. She'll do fine.

Unknown Soldier · (07-11-2012, 03:56 AM)

Originally Posted by dluu13:

Yui can ace tests if she tries. She'll do fine.

Idiot Savant Moe

Chet Rippo · (07-11-2012, 04:03 AM)

Originally Posted by Esura:

How so?

She's kinda really lazy and unambitious. Sure she gets better by the time she's done with high school, but still. It's a good thing she got into the same university as her club mates.

Esura · (07-11-2012, 04:52 AM)

Originally Posted by Chet Rippo:

She's kinda really lazy and unambitious. Sure she gets better by the time she's done with high school, but still. It's a good thing she got into the same university as her club mates.

The fact she is able to even get into the same university as her mates speak volumes about her potential. I could almost see Yui being a teacher like Sawako-sensei for the future Light Music Club. Yui is going to be that shining star. Just you see.

Azusa, I see her doing better than anyone in HTT sans Mugi...cause she is already rich and shit.

Chet Rippo · (07-11-2012, 05:23 AM)

I didn't mean she was dumb, I meant she's unmotivated. Her friends help keep her in line, otherwise she'd just be a NEET.

Esura · (07-11-2012, 05:26 AM)

Originally Posted by Chet Rippo:

I didn't mean she was dumb, I meant she's unmotivated. Her friends help keep her in line, otherwise she'd just be a NEET.

HTT is what keeps Yui motivated and maturing. Quite a few times in the anime other characters that knew Yui for a long time mention how much she has changed since being part of the Light Music Club. Its why I think she will have a brighto future post K-ON!

Chet Rippo · (07-11-2012, 06:40 AM)

And it's all thanks to Mio.

...and the other girls.

Unknown Soldier · (07-11-2012, 07:01 AM)

It's mostly thanks to Azunyan, she basically dragged Yui into the library and forced her to study a number of times.

Chet Rippo · (07-11-2012, 07:06 AM)

Well if we really want to get down to it, it's all thanks to ~~cake and tea~~ Mugi.

Poyunch · (07-12-2012, 05:40 AM)

And they drive off to get married and have babies... <3 <3 <3

Emitan · (07-12-2012, 05:44 AM)

Originally Posted by Poyunch:

And they drive off to get married and have babies... <3 <3 <3

I'd ship that

Chet Rippo · (07-12-2012, 05:46 AM)

Watch out Mugi, that's a 3D car you're in! Who knows how jarring your trip will look!

Poyunch · (07-13-2012, 02:08 AM)

Chet Rippo · (07-13-2012, 04:13 AM)

Wahaha~!
Not in the best condition ever, ~~in fact, I'd say it is in terrible condition,~~ but I love it!

nckillthegrimace · (07-13-2012, 06:05 AM)

So I'm watching the dub, and did they not ever call her Sawa-chan? That's kind of strange considering all of the honorifics are still there. Also, Ritsu's English voice is like perfect.

dluu13 · (07-13-2012, 06:21 AM)

Wow I just youtubed the English dub of K-on. It's actually not bad.

nckillthegrimace · (07-13-2012, 06:23 AM)

Yeah, I was pretty pleased with it. The songs aren't dubbed, though, which kind of sucks.

Chet Rippo · (07-13-2012, 06:23 AM)

Originally Posted by nckillthegrimace:

So I'm watching the dub, and did they not ever call her Sawa-chan? That's kind of strange considering all of the honorifics are still there. Also, Ritsu's English voice is like perfect.

Yeah, sometimes they're really weeaboo-ish with honorifics, and then all of a sudden they're talking dollar amounts and calling Sawako Miss Yamanaka. Not exactly how I would have done it. I should check out how they localized season 2.
And I like both Mio's and Ritsu's English voices, and I think Yui's English voice can sing better than her actual Japanese voice

Originally Posted by nckillthegrimace:

Yeah, I was pretty pleased with it. The songs aren't dubbed, though, which kind of sucks.

The funny thing is that they do have dubbed versions of some of the songs on the dvd, but not in the actual show.

nckillthegrimace · (07-13-2012, 06:25 AM)

I'll have to check that out.

Also, Nodoka's English voice sounds way too sexy. I want to know what was going on in that recording booth.

Chet Rippo · (07-13-2012, 06:30 AM)

It sucks how Nodoka is mostly just a background character, because both her voices are awesome. Her image songs are some of the best.

Emitan · (07-13-2012, 06:32 AM)

Originally Posted by Chet Rippo:

It sucks how Nodoka is mostly just a background character, because both her voices are awesome. Her image songs are some of the best.

I love her hair O:

Chet Rippo · (07-13-2012, 06:37 AM)

Originally Posted by Billiechu:

I love her hair O:

dat voice.

nckillthegrimace · (07-13-2012, 07:50 AM)

The English songs are pretty bad.

Chet Rippo · (07-13-2012, 07:54 AM)

Originally Posted by nckillthegrimace:

The English songs are pretty bad.

Which is probably why they stuck with the Japanese songs in the actual show.

nckillthegrimace · (07-13-2012, 08:01 AM)

Originally Posted by Chet Rippo:

Which is probably why they stuck with the Japanese songs in the actual show.

Yeah. Translating a song so it sounds good and retains the same meaning, rhythm, cadence, structure, etc has to be hard as shit. I had to translate some poetry, and I wanted to blow my fucking brains out. I cannot imagine the difficulty involved in a song.

Chet Rippo · (07-13-2012, 08:07 AM)

And yet they still did it. Though I can't imagine anyone else could have done it any better.

nckillthegrimace · (07-13-2012, 08:27 AM)

Originally Posted by Chet Rippo:

And yet they still did it. Though I can't imagine anyone else could have done it any better.

Someone could have done better. Just from a quick listen, all three of the translated songs sound very stilted, which is probably a result of being way literal with the translation.

Articalys · (07-13-2012, 08:31 AM)

Originally Posted by nckillthegrimace:

Also, Nodoka's English voice sounds way too sexy. I want to know what was going on in that recording booth.

Easy: it's Laura Bailey.

Also, on the subject of posters and the K-On dub, while the picture quality is way worse and it's probably not as nice looking as Chet's, I do have this:

Quote:

Signed by the English cast of HTT.

Emitan · (07-13-2012, 08:33 AM)

Originally Posted by Articalys:

Easy: it's Laura Bailey.

I want to marry her <3