The world is a better place now.

Today, I feel like a winner.

Well, it means I get to relive the series (And fall in love) all over again, right?

>>8650

That and so much more, my friend.

So this means they have to cast the English VA who did Haruhi as Konata, right?

>>8652

Wendee Lee? Probably, since the teaser, I believe, was Konata impersonating Haruhi in episode 16. (Imagine that...A 52 year old voicing a lolita.)

>>8652
No.

Let's hope not.

I don't want Wendee Lee to play Konata pls no

>>8654
"Lets hope not"? But surely thats half the joke of Lucky Star, all the references to Haruhi being the fact that the seiyuu is the same person? It pretty much HAS to be for the joke to work.

>>8653
I think Kari Wahlgren (the voice of Tsuruya) might make a better Konata. Wasn't she one of the contenders to play Haruhi when they ran the audition polls on their website? If necessary, for episode 16, they could replace her voice with Wendee Lee's only when Konata does her Haruhi impression. (They'll also need Wendee Lee for the Haruhi Cola commercial.)

>>8658

I think Wahlgren would be most suited for Kuroi. I'd come buckets if she did, anyway.

>>8659
I could actually imagine Wendee Lee playing Kuroi with her Faye Valentine voice.

They should definitely bring back Sam Regal to play Minoru Shiraishi. Michelle Ruff can play Minami -- she's supposed to sound exactly like Yuki anyway. I wonder if Stephanie Sheh can pull off doing Gotouza-sama?

>>8657
No, the references to Haruhi wasn't JUST because the seiyuus were the same, it also was because Kyoto wanted to up the hype about Haruhi.

OH SHI-! I hope they're not going to try dubbing the EDs! Who wants to bother rewriting all those songs, anyway? The only exception would be Akira singing Misoji Misaki... maybe the dub could have her singing an English version in the karaoke booth for the Lucky Channel segment, and the live-action credit sequence could be in Japanese.

>>8660

Shirashi should be played by Shirashi. That's what I hope, at least. Would the English they teach in Japanese High Schools be good enough to play in an English dub?

If they didn't, then Sam Riegel should do it. He played Taniguchi in the Haruhi dub.

Lee actually would be a good fit for Kuroi now that I think about it. And Wahlgren could easily play Yutaka. But i'm very torn...

Who will be the V.A of Patricia Martin????

and Misao ??? I hope the V.A. can make a similar cute & funny voice that is caractericstic of Misao

>>8664
More likely than not, they're just going to give Patty a really ordinary voice. But considering that Patty speaks fluent Japanese, except for pronouncing "R"s with an American accent, can you imagine Patty in English having an Upper Midwest accent? Kinda like Pickles the Drummer on Metalocalypse.

>>8663

>Would the English they teach in Japanese High Schools be good enough to play in an English dub?

"Don't... touch... me. DON'T... TOUCH... ME."

That wasn't too bad, but I don't think he can pull it off.

Is there a preview, I want to watch how bad the dub is going to be then make a new thread her a tell all the reasons why the japanese with english subtitles is better than the ear-raping dubs

>>8668
They haven't started dubbing yet. The only preview we know about is reportedly on the Haruhi Vol. 4 DVD, which has supposedly been uploaded to YouTube here:
ttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d923UeSxgtU

It's just a subtitled version of the scene from ep. 16 at the cosplay cafe where Konata, Patty and Yuki do the Hare Hare dance. There hasn't been confirmation about whether this is genuine yet.

http://animeondvd.com/forum/showpost.php?post/561160/

first saimoe, now this....rght when i thought i had gotten over lucky star(not cring about it every day)

and whats this about subtitles? is LS geting subbed, dubbed, or both?

>>8671
Uh, hello? It's a commercial DVD release, of course it's getting both subbed and dubbed.

i demand my 4coma now!

>>8668

Don't knock it before you try it. You're likely only basing that off of the crap dubs fed to us in the 1990s.

I feel so alone, being a dubfag...

>>8696
I feel for you, but then again I haven't watched that many anime dubs, and the only one I've bothered with was Azumanga. Which was awesome.
(Mind you, us finns are used to awful dubbing, as evidenced by the following: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nO_1gWdDmD8)

But come on, how many people liked the Haruhi dub? Seriously? Casting a 55-year-old in a 17-year-old's role?

>>8663

He wouldn't really have to learn english, at least, not as much as he'd need to learn the pronunciation of the words.

I can guess the haruhi VA (wendee lee) will be Konata... probably the only likely the parts where Konata is Haruhi

Is it bad that the only real reason I desire to get Haruhi volume 4 anymore is just to see the Lucky Star trailer? (or, well, there is always Tsuruya <3)

ANN has now confirmed it.

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-11-01/lucky-star-to-be-released-by-kadokawa-and-bandai

Dubbing anime is equal to rape. You should all be ashamed of yourselves!!!

>>8871

>>ahehehehehaha i'm condemning dubfags for listening to English tracks and discussing voiceovers aren't I a fucking HARDCORE WEEABOO?

Fuck off.

>>8871
I don't know about that. Not all dubs are bad. Cowboy Bebop is considered one of the best dubs. I don't know if Wendee Lee should be Konata, though.

What's so bad about dubs?

I mean, they may sound wrong sometimes, but the Haruhi ones weren't all that bad, so maybe the Lucky Star ones will be decent.

>>8871
"rape" Rapes not bad I have no problems with it.

I don't really want Wendee Lee to Rape Konata but.... Or do I

>>8878
I don't need to go far to point things that are so, so wrong with it. Furuba, Inuyasha, to mention a few.

I'm sure a few friends will take over.

That said, there have been passable and, dare I say it, good dubs. Examples are : FMA, Cowboy Bebop.

Hey, I just thought of something... if Wendee Lee can't do Konata's voice, what about letting Patricia Ja Lee try it?

>>9254

That's a possibility. But do we really want Konata shouting "Let's Rocket!" or "Shift Into Turbo!" all the time?

>>8875
HAHAHA DISREGARD THAT, I SUCK COCKS.

>>9265

Unparalleled wit.

I doubt the dub will sound any good. I'll stick to the subs, thanks.

>>8871
If people want to watch dubs that's their choice, GTFO.

>>8657
this is probably the best reason NOT to dub it...
it seems that recently quite a few shows have been released sub-only, even top2 came out in US with no dubs.

I hope it's not this
http://youtube.com/watch?v=c92szcywXec

http://youtube.com/watch?v=E_LPEg8ibzw

>>9357
They sound like the english voices actors for Azumanga

That's not a good thing...

>>9357
Those look pretty amateurish.

But they look like good amateur work (compared to the rest of the fandubs out there).

>>9357

Hmm...the only voice I like is Tsukasa's...it actually fits her character.
Everyone else, especially Konata, are just shameful.

>>9357

OH GOD. WHAT DID THEY DO?

THOSE MONSTERS.

>>9370

I know it sounds so shameful in english, like it's for girls only..

>>9357
I'm about 9000% positive it isn't real, Aoi Sora Productions do fandubs.
http://suzumiya-haruhi.net/videos/

>>9357
If Konata voice was like that in English I would consider not buying the Dvd and I am not joking

>>9400
Confirm above your post someone said it's fake so thank god, but the thing to all fans: You can be really used to hearing voices in japanese until it's dub you feel it's not the same to japanese there voice acting a little different and so is there jokes, very hard to keep 2/2 together when dubbed, anyways I'll be used to it in english let's just hope they keep barasamic vingear and timotei in it.

>>9430

I just think they would keep the jokes in and note them like they did in Pani Poni and Azumanga... (Although PPD's notes were on screen (ADVNotes or something))

>>9444
Thats true, just seems a bit confusing and unfair how they do it we give them nicktoons they never cut it nor the music they give us there stuff and it's like 'wtf what kind of joke is that?" I mean for another example Dragon ball Z dear lord how that was butchered cause parents didn't want there kids seeing blood they almost cut the punching and kicking too making it so lame 4kids fucked themselves up. now they are re-re-re-re-re-re-dubbing DBZ again again to a point I don't "curr" for it.

Still wonder how there voices gonna sound hope you all saw that fandub and prepared yourself for the worse.

>>9539

we will still have the Japanese-audio subtitles to watch if they utterly destroy the dub though

>>8904
Notice how all the bad dubs you list are faggot animes... What does that tell you?

>>9719

Not to mention that most of the butchered dubs were produced in the 90s.

Unnatural intonation! That’s my biggest peeve with English dubs. Somehow, it seems they think the Valley Girl trend that’s been dead and gone for over a decade is still on. A lot of young female characters end up sounding annoyingly snotty in their affected intonation. I’d rather hear Kagami speaking in a thick Scottish Highland twang than sounding like a bloody Valley Girl!

To clarify, I’m only referring to the Valley Girl intonation, not vocabulary elements such as “like totally” or “gag me with a spoon.”

ANN has info on Lucky Star VAs:

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=7222

Heh, Wendee Lee as Konata. Who didn't see that one coming? I'm a little worried about Michelle Ruff as Tsukasa, but then I remembered that she did a pretty good Tsubame in Rurouni Kenshin. Perhaps she'll get her voice to be like Tsubame, just not with the southern accent. Stephanie Sheh, in my opinion, was probably the perfect choice for Akira.

>>10319
Minoru isn't being played by himself anymore :(
At least he plays Tanguchi as well

>>10319

DAMN DAMN DAMN. I didn't want Wendy Lee playing Konata - oh well. Maybe she'll do a good job, maybe not - if she doesn't, no bother, I won't buy the DVD.

Unless, of course, they have the subs on the DVD, in which case, okay.

To tell the truth, the DVD would feel incomplete without a dub. Sure, it would be complete devastation if the DVD lacked subs, but, to me at least, it would be disappointing if there was no dub. It doesn't really matter how horrid the dub is to me, anyway. As long as the sub is there, I could always watch that instead.

>>9719
Furuba, faggot anime? This coming from a Lucky Star fan?

>>9720
First: Fruit Basket - http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=348

Then, Inuyasha -
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=159

I shouldn't need to link you to Naruto.

You'll note that all the US releases are after 2k.

Sorry, but Inuyasha is definitely a faggot anime.

>>10324
I never denied that.

Anyone go to the New York anime festival?
Awesome, yes?

Me and a friend went to the Bandai panel, the company licensing Lucky Star.

I was shocked:
A) I could actually stand most of the ENGLISH voices (I'm anti-dub normally).
B) They're actually keeping all the references in the anime (moe, zettai ryouiki) and they will probably have translator's notes as well.

Yeah, I'm really glad Bandai licensed it now.

No lie.
We actually asked them and those were the answers they gave us.

And of course I asked the obligatory "What side of a chocolate cornet do you eat from?"

They're going to give it the Haruhi treatment (never bought the DVD, so I wouldn't know) and will have special editions alongside the regular editions.

One of them will come with an actual chocolate cornet.

<3

FYI, Konata/Tsukasa/Kagami/Miyuki's voice actors were decent.
Somehow they managed to keep Konata sounding funny in English.

Not as funny, but I think it was enough.

>>10326

THERE GOES ALL MY MONEY.
ALL OF IT.
I mean, the Haruhi Special editions were a huge monetary drain (Particularly volume 2, which I bought at AX and became my ticket towards getting an autograph from Aya Hirano, Yuko Gotoh and Minoru Chihara), and it was just 14 eps.
Lucky Star... It's 24 eps...

>.< GAH!

Thanks for the report, though.

>>10326

I'm assuming it was only the main four, yes? Who were their actresses?

>>10332
I thought this already came up and was finished discussion.

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=7222

Or, if you can't be bothered to read...

Karen Strassman as Miyuki Takara
Kari Wahlgren as Kagami Hiiragi
Michelle Ruff as Tsukasa Hiiragi
Wendee Lee as Konata Izumi

Kate Higgins as Nanako Kuroi
Sam Regal as Minoru
Stephanie Sheh as Akira

Crispin Freeman as Kyon (Ep. 16)

>>10345

>Wendee Lee as Konata Izumi

>>10345

>>Kate Higgins as Nanako Kuroi

Jog my memory a bit: What roles has Higgins played?

If she doesn't do only the best job as Nanako, heads will roll.

>>10352

From : http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=20166

Bleach (TV) as Karin Kurosaki; Retsu Unohona; Lilly; Nanao Ise
Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo (TV) as Denbo
Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion (TV) as C.C.
Digimon: Data Squad (TV) as Miki; Minnie (Ep. 9)
Eureka Seven (TV) as Talho
Fate/stay night (TV) as Saber
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (TV) as Child (Ep. 11); [+ unlisted credits]
GUNxSWORD (TV) as Vivian (Ep. 10)
Here is Greenwood (OAV) as Miya Igarashi (Media Blasters dub)
Immortal Grand Prix (TV 2) as Jessica Darlin
Initial D: Extra Stage (OAV) as Sayuki "Simone"
Kannazuki no Miko (TV) as Otoha
Karas (OAV) as Homura
Konjiki no Gash Bell: 101 Banme no Mamono (movie) as Megumi
Lucky Star (TV) as Nanako Kuroi
Makai Senki Disgaea (TV) as Etna (trailer)
Mars Daybreak (TV) as Ester
Naruto (TV) as Sakura Haruno; Haku (young); Udon
Naruto Special: Battle at Hidden Falls. I am the Hero! (OAV) as Sakura Haruno
Naruto The Movie: Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow as Sakura Haruno; Child 1
Naruto: Konoha Sports Festival (movie) as Sakura Haruno
Planetes (TV) as Eldegard Rivera
Scrapped Princess (TV) as Zefiris
Tekkonkinkreet (movie) as Kimura's Wife
Yukikaze (OAV)
Zatch Bell (TV) as Megumi; Kolulu; Laila

Enjoy your fail, I guess.

>>10354

>>Makai Senki Disgaea (TV) as Etna (trailer)

Ah, I knew I had known the name somewhere. I'll rewatch the trailer for that series, but the rest of the list...Doesn't thrill me.

>>10345
they did the parody cast....

>>10356
Is Michelle Ruff going to play both Tsukasa AND Minami after Minami is introduced?

>>Eureka Seven (TV) as Talho

So she's voicing Nanako?

Not bad. Not bad at all.

Kari Wahlgren as Kagami Hiiragi

So Kagami will sound like Haruko Haruhara? I THINK I can handle that?

Stephanie Sheh as Akira

Which voice will she use, Mamimi or Hinata?

Wendee Lee as Konata Izumi

I guess I won't buy the dvd then

>>10362

>Which voice will she use, Mamimi or Hinata?

Neither, she'll use Guu's voice.

Lucky Star in dub gonna crash then burn, then be forever loved in japanese, Oh man...

>>10362

Maybe she'll go for something closer to Hanako for the moe Akira. Bitch Akira i'm not sure about.

>>10371

>>10374

How... appropriate.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKtNTbFTtgM&eurl=http://www.japanator.com/

>>11676

I cried...I actually cried when I heard Kagami talking.
Jesus Christ, they raped her voice.

I'll say I'm dissapointed in Kate Wahlgren. And the unanimous 'Lucky Star' sounds odd. The logo looks weird too.

Lee sounds great as Konata, though, and Ruff and Strassmen were great as Tsukasa and Miyuki.

The rest of the dub will be interesting for sure, and I can only expect good things.

>>11690

I doubt the logo will stay the same, I'm sure they 'll change it at least a little considering how cheap and chopped into the intro that looked. I hope, anyway.

Miyuki's voice seems just a tad bit too low, and yeah... Kagami.

Wow.

>>11677

See...

>>10374

For the dub I'd put Konata's voice as the best, surprisingly. Next would be Tsukasa's, who was also pretty good. Miyuki's wasn't bad. And then there's Kagami...

On the bright side, they'll probably grow into their roles.

Now whenever I think of Kagami I think of Haruko ;_; sad part is I don't know if that's a good or bad thing.

>>11719

Funny, the voice reminds me of Bart Simpson

>>11676
I think Konata's voice is too low and Kagami's voice is too high.

SHIT! SHIT!

SHIIIIIIIIIIT!

>>11736

Agreed. Konata's voice is fucking terrible.

I've gotten a BIT used to Kagami's voice, but the rest suck. Akira-chan is going to be TERRIBLE, and I'm fucking underwhelmed.

This just proves that Lee shouldn't be VA'ing - she was mediocre as Haruhi and now she's fucking killing mai waifu's beautiful voice.

FUCK.

(and yet I'll still buy the DVD's for subs and bonus content. I'm terrible.)

Wow, after listening to the youtube dub trailer, I found out that the girls are supposed to be nerds. In the sub, to me it didn't sound like they were nerds (well except for Konata of course), but in the dub, even Kagami sounds like a nerd. I really like that actually, it makes me like the show even more. I'm definitely buying the dub when its released.

as long as they provide subtitle w/ the dvd ill buy 1 :\

>>11739

No, I was shitting out over Kagami's voice. How is that supposed to be antagonistic?

Konata's voice is probably the best in there, too.

>>11741

I don't think making them all sound like nerds is going to win anything.

Especially not a fan-base in the anglosphere.

Is it strange that I think Kagami's voice was actually pretty good? I think I'll give the dub a shot.

Ruff (Tsukasa) and Strassman (Miyuki) could actually be faithful to the characters if they God-forbid put personality into their voices. Lee (Konata)... I'm disappointed. And Wahlgren's voice as Kagami would be alright if they rammed her face one of those larynx-modification machines in BioShock. A fuckin' Big Daddy could be a better Kagami than Wahlgren.

I get the feeling that these VAs aren't making any effort because they have the idea in their minds that animation is exclusively for kids...

>>11755
Really? I thought Konata's was the best in the trailer.

Tsukasa's is decent at best, Miyuki's voice doesn't seem like very much effort was put in, and Kagami's is getting worse every time I hear it.

>>11767
You have my respect for being able to listen to it more than once.
I had to kill that shit after thirty seconds.

O_O Shocked

>:0 Angry

;_; Cry

i bet if they dub the intro the dvd sales will drop to zero

I like all of their voices. I absolutely cannot wait to hear everyone and watch the whole series, and episode 16 is going to be great.

Kagami's voice makes me want to stomp things.

yeah about that dub...

well as i thought before i heard it i probly will have a newfound BURNIGN ANGER OF A MILLION SUNS twards bandai after watching it, and i can say it wasent as horrible as i expected...(mainly because Konata's voice wasent that bad)

looks like the translation was good, still going to wait untill dubed episode 2 comes out to get a good idea of how the translation was.

Konata's voice was actually good, although it was still limited by the boundries of english(damn the whole language!), it was good. Kagami's voice was apauling. Miyuki's was about the same. Tsukasa's was so-so.

however, i'm still waiting for seconday characters. it'll be interesting to see what they do with Misao's voice. gonna be hard as hell to pull it off right.

might go back and listen 1 or 2 more times to see what they were tring to do with Kagami's voice. seems like one of those "once you get it, you will ship bricks" kind of things.

also, mod needed in page one, cleanup!

quick follow up, Kagami's voice actually sounded a bit better, but Tsukasa's and Miyuki's voices were off.

>>11736

Why, why WHY do they always do this shit? Miyuki sounds like she has strep throat the whole damn time. WTF?! She soft-spoken, yes, but she doesn't have a fucking throat infection.
And Kagami's performance was less than adequate. Swear. Damn Americans... learn the value of tone and inflection! ><

>>11814
Yes Yes "Damn Americans" XD funny shit

Holy fuck, the dub sounds pretty bad. WTF is Bandai thinking? Yuutsu was borderline okay, but this is ridiculous.

On the topic of secondary characters...

I see many ways they can FAIL when finding a voice for Yutaka, Minami, and Patty.

Particularly Minami.

just a hunch.

I noticed that they're pronouncing Kagami's name more or less the same, but Tsukasa is getting an emphasis on the 'ka'.

much like how Sakura was pronounced in the Card Captors dub.

... There's no way, right? There's no way that Bandai could possible SERIOUSLY FUCK UP the series, right?

I mean, Card Captor Sakura and Tokyo Mew Mew were practically entirely different animes when they got dubbed. Hell, neither of them even finished the whole series.

But that's in the past, right! there's not way that'll happen to my Lucky Star, right?!

>>11823

Oh man, people will be going nuts if Misao can't say "Oi Hiiragi~" just right. Was Nagato's English VA any good? If so, Minami fans will be fine.

>>11824
I can't get worked up about pronunciation. They're japanese names, sure, but the characters are speaking english and english has its own ideas about intonation. Plus it just seems fairly trivial compared to the abysmal voices, acting, and direction. Localised script will no doubt induce rage too.

>>11825

Nagato's English VA is doing Tsukasa this time around, actually. Which I'm not too happy about, because Ruff just can't seem to emote properly sometimes... which was actually a plus when it came to Nagato, but...

I hope that people buy the DVDs anyway, because there will STILL be a subbed track (thank goodness!) and more money for DVDs = more money for Bandai = more money for KyoAni = more Lucky*Star!

>>11836

Oh my god... YOU'RE RIGHT!

<<animooted

A thought.. what are they going to do about Patty? I mean, she's supposed to be an American in Japan, and as such an English speaker, but everyone will already be speaking English in the dub.. how are they going to do the jokes about 'the hard Nihon words', and the selectrive pretending not to understand? That one has me puzzled. Has any other anime successfully done that before?

>>11842

Making her British might work.

>>11842

I just hope to god they don't go for making her spanish. That route is beaten into the ground.

Making her British will only work if they only lightly affect her jargon, making her more or less an American with a slight accent.

I DON'T wanna hear 'chaps' come from here lips, EVUR!

pic related.

The voices were OK. I mean, have you seen the reactions to the Pani Poni Dash dub trailer? They were as mixed as these ones, and yet PPD is one of the best English anime dubs I've ever heard.

Why?

Because instead of trying to find voices that matched the Japanese ones, they looked for voices that fit the characters' personalities translated into English.

So, I think the dub sounds OK so far. I'll reserve further judgment until the DVD comes out and a full verdict can be established.

>>11842

A lesson in Anime history:

When an English speaker appears in Anime series, they have a funny foreign accent. When the series is dubbed, they almost always will irremediably give the character a STEREOTYPICAL TEXAS/SOUTHERN ACCENT.

Of course, they do the same with Kansai-ben.

German!

>>11848

If accents are a problem, I'm more concerned with Kuroi. (Very possible)

>>11849

I like the sound of that...

>>11867

If anything, BANDAI (hopefully) has learned that southern accents don't work for characters with Kansai-ben.

But fuck, you keep worrying me.

>If anything, BANDAI (hopefully) has learned that southern accents don't work for characters with Kansai-ben.

They'll use whatever accent they fucking want because dumbasses like you will eat that shit up no matter what.

I do think they dont go with it unless its a closest match to how the character should be...
I don't work myself over on how the characters will sound as in these days you will have both on the DVD anyway

/r/ sticky + thread immortality

pic semi related.

>>11875

I may be a dubfag, but I thought Kitsune's voice in the Love Hina dub was a horrible fucking abomination, especially for a batshit crazy chick like her.

>>12182
I agree with you on that. That's why I watched it with subs.

>>11867
They could make Patty a Canadian, eh?

I personally think Chicagoan might work for a Kansai-ben accent instead of trying to make them sound like Laura Bush(shudders).

Anyone know when the DVD is going to be released?

>>12211

May 1st, 7th, or somewhere around there.

I'm too lazy to check and it's getting pretty late where I am.

>>12212

May 5th is the day you're looking for.

>>12213

Source?

>>12214

Excuse me, it's May 6th, not the 5th.
http://abanzai.animeblogger.net/2008/03/02/new-york-comic-con-to-screen-english-dubbed-lucky-star-code-geass/

Details: Announced.
http://www.japanator.com/elephant/post.phtml?pk=7533

In brief:
JP & US Audio, English Subs, scene galleries, Liner Notes (FTW!), clean OP, Promo clip and "The Adventures of Minoru Shiraishi" (This should be fun, heheh).

For those of us masochists who plan to spend more of our preciously saved and earned money, we also get the OP single, the Konata character CD, a Sailor Fuku T-Shirt (Wha?!) and a Choco-koro screen wipe. No Box yet. Still, not too shabby.

>>12423

>JP & US Audio, English Subs

Consider it bought. As long as I don't have to hear Wendee Lee slowly but surely raping mai waifu's angelic vocal cords, it's a buy. This means A) I don't have to keep eps on my computer, B) I don't have to watch on YubTub, and C) I get the extras.

So long, money.

>>12425

Nothing will ever be better than the original, but I think Wendee pulls off a nice Konata. (Check the official trailer on YouTube) If you want to talk about some serious rape of the vocal cords, listen to Kagami~n.

>>12423

UK would never get that!

box set

>>12431
Just get it from otaku.co.uk, that's where I preordered mine from. £35 for the special edition (which isn't bad, not far off the US SRP and cheaper than importing it) and £15 for the standard edition. Free delivery for DVDs and CDs, shipped from mainland UK. They're brill.

Standard Edition: http://otaku.co.uk/cgi-bin/itemview.asp?itemid=49667l
Special Bundled Edition: http://otaku.co.uk/cgi-bin/itemview.asp?itemid=49668m

>>12445

that's still R1 though, right?

>>12440

Thanks for the pic.
Also, I don't think this has been posted yet, so here it goes:
http://lucky-star.bandai-ent.com

>>12446
Yeah, but you can get a region free DVD player for like £20 in TESCO or ASDA and shit these days. Unless you want to wait 3 years for it to get released over here, if it's released here at all. Remember, we arn't even getting the first Haruhi DVD until the arse end of this year, and it's been out in the US for ages. If and when Lucky Star ever gets liscenced here, it'll no doubt be twice the price anyway. Even if you can't be arsed to go buy a region-free DVD player, just google the make and model of your dvd player and "region unlock" and you'll no doubt be able to unlock your DVD player anyway, if it's region locked. That's what I did.

>>12452
Why does Sakuraba-sensei have a profile on the characters page, but not Yui-chan? ;____;

>>12458

I DON'T KNOW BUT IT BOGGLES THE MIND @ w@

>>12457

What I've read the haruhi dvd's will be out around May-August...

tshirt that comes with the limited edition volume 1
other shirts for the other limited edition volumes can be found here:
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2008-03-12/motteke-sailor-fuku-take-it-sailor-suits-themed-t-and-much-more-perfect-for-dance-cons-or-pjs

>>12572
It's a t-shirt... of a sailor-fuku?

I'm horribly confused at this. It should be either a t-shirt, or a sailor-fuku.

Although now the OP song makes sense. A bit.

if they have an english theme song they deserve death.
...and it looks like there are already torrents of it, bloody pirates.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlH0IgXtmvs

>>13199
Except the US release is only being separated into six parts, so which of those covers will make the cut is anyone's guess. And I kind of wish that the limited edition versions would come with the regular edition page as an alternative cover D:

>>13205

I believe I saw that the top 2nd volume of >>13199 is going to be the cover of volume one released on the 6th.

Or, perhaps the volumes will be split down the middle as the the 6 regular volumes, then the 6 limited edition. -shrugs-

>>13207
Yes, the covers for the special editions and regular editions are being switched around for the American release. In the Japanese release, the ones on the top row were the special editions, and below the regular editions. For Vol 1 of the American release, the Kagami illustration on the bottom row will be the special edition cover, and the 2nd cover on the top row will be the regular cover. So it seems like they're picking them a bit randomly.

>>13222
i thought the bottom row was the japanese special edition as well...

>>13224
Nope. For example:
Japanese normal release vol 3: http://global.yesasia.com/en/prdTransfer.aspx/pid-1004773293/
Japanese limited edition vol 3:
http://global.yesasia.com/en/prdTransfer.aspx/pid-1004773308/

Hai guise, can I be in here nowz?

4Kids could do a better job than Bandai.

>>15538

You are a faglick.

>>15540 Faglick? What the fuck? Are you like.. 10?

>>15538

But 4Kids would americanize it. At least Bandai left everything in tact.. I can picture 4Kids calling Manga comics, or something gay like that.. Also, characters would randomly have foreign accents for no particular reason.

>>Thread

I am the only people on the internets that does not know voice actors

Anyone else here hate Kagami's english voice actor?

>>15545

Voice act*ress*

Nah, Kagami's voice grows on you after a little bit. Besides, Kate Wahlgren is one of the best in her league.

>>15546
Kari Wahlgren did a great job as Haruko Haruhara in FLCL.

>>15541

sage