"Sgt. Frog" on FUNimation Video Player

Finally got around to watching the first half of episode 1 (didn't have time to watch the rest before bed). It's hard to believe that we finally have a dub, but the voices seem to work. It's not exactly having me howling yet, but admittedly I haven't watched very much yet. The light tone definitely seems up my alley, though.

And I LOVE the opening theme. How many anime themes can you say take on the form of a military march? Awesome.
 
Unless you can buy CN, the best thing you can do for yourself is remove them from your mind (unless you actually like a show they air), otherwise you'll only hurt yourself further.


If rejection makes men strong, rejecting makes me happy!


Or something romantic like that...
 
So what? Putting aside the assumption that the current era will last forever (which it won't--change is a constant), why are you assuming that Cartoon Network is the only channel to pitch anime to?

Largely stopped? It wasn't "largely" in the first place. There was Pokemon and Yu-Gi-Oh for toyetic franchises, and DBZ after it got lucky and hit it big. That's three big ones--not the majority of what's been on TV in the last ten years by a long shot.

Why on Earth would you need to understand Gundam to find it funny? It's silly and funny regardless. The humor that makes the show work is universal in my book. And come on, gay jokes? There was one subtle reference that a kid might not even get, and that could easily be edited out anyway.

Who here is asking for that? No one. Any edits necessary for TV would be downright minimal. Nobody's asking for a hack dub just to get it on TV. You want people to be happy with DVD's. Fine--but what's with this attitude that the effort shouldn't even be made for TV deals? You seem to believe that the bubble is burst and so now it should...stay burst, I guess. Well, no. That's not how the industry got to where it is today in the first place. I'm not advocating unrealistic hope. I'm just arguing against apathy. On the part of the industury, that is, at the very least. Because what you and I think, quite frankly, doesn't matter. When shows like this get dubs like what we have here, it's a fool's errand to not pitch it aggressively.
 
I certainly don't see titles being outright dropped, at least by FUNimation. It remains to be seen if a lack of television deals is an outright alarming element for FUNimation. Are they dissapointed they can't find find TV homes for shows like One Piece or Sgt. Frog? Sure, but I still see them picking up titles that they sure as heck aren't likely to find audiences for on mainstream TV left and right. They've adapted, 4KiRAB reaches for the largest denomination by watering down, Americanizing, and ignoring the original show's fans so they don't have to spend money on two seperate versions of what they deem the same product. FUNimation--now with the Dragon Box coming out--is completely the opposite of 4KiRAB. They explicitly go after the Otaku niche with arguably only two 'mainstream' titles in Afro Samurai and Dragon Ball.



The latter, but where does that say I have to support terrible dubs like the one's that got me into Anime in the first place, espicially in the supposed day and age where One Piece can say crap on TV and Naruto can be 90% uncut?


Admittedly, I wouldn't frown upon proper visions of an Anime hitting TV (like, for example, this dub of Sgt. Frog as it appears to be relatively accurate). If I actually liked the show and wanted to give a TV watching of it my precious time of day, sure I'd watch it and participate in the Toon Zone talkbacks (were it not on an ungodly hour of the day).

What grinRAB my gears is the incessant complaining and crying wolf about Property Q's lifespan in the US due to a lack of a TV deal, when insofar Property Q doesn't seem to be doing so bad for itself and it's licensee has thrown it up for free streaming.


But what do I know, I'm pretty sure this entire debate is vaguely even connected to the subject of Sgt. Frog, other than it being of Property Q's ilk.
 
Stick to the detailed responses. Philosphical wit is HC's forte.

EDIT: God I could listen to Nobuyuki Hiyama all day. "SPARK! DAI-HENSHIN!" I hope he shows up again.
 
Unfortunately, I can't access these or any other videos (or videos of other series) on there. I managed to get through episode 13 before the problem started, but now I can't access this episode, episode 14 or anything else (not even the One Piece videos on the show's official website). The server must have crashed or something (either that or the Funimation video player is at fault). Really, NOTHING is accessible; only the red "ERROR" message appears no matter what I do. I tried using a different browser (PS3 browser): same result.

At the very least, theat's my experience anyway.

(Sorry, I tried using the color option for text. I haven't figured out how to fix it.)
 
Incidentally, I'm curious. Regarding the character "Dororo", does anyone know if the Tezuka family (especially Makoto) had anything to say about this? You see, "Dororo" is also the name of a samurai manga that Osamu Tezuka wrote back in the 1960s.
 
You are completely right on all accounts. The climate will very well change, maybe even back to something we all love and remeraber, but I'm addressing the current climate in all my possible utterly blind, tired ignorance.



Maybe I wasn't clear, but I wasn't exclusively addressing the big guns of those days.



Completely possible. Obviously something throughout my life is affecting my judgement.



Like I believe (but I could be wrong) I have previously said, I'm cool if Anime reaches TV, but the world is hardly going to end if things remain as they seem now. I've clearly gone off my rocker, because as you've made clear I'm being blinded from any sort of logic from a long lasting anger I've not a clue as to where it originates.

To be humorously poetic, I'm to blind to tell right from left, so all I can do is stand still and although the course of nature that is life to flow through me and past (only without the Sage mode).
 
For anyone interested, at the TZ blog I've posted some refined opinions on the dub and the show. I also take some brief notes on what the test dub was like, mostly counting our blessings that Funi ended up changing quite a few things. At the time I thought it was all right, but the final product is much better.
 
Love the voices, particularly Natsumi's and Kerero's (they're the only ones in the sneak peek Youtube video whose voices could've used improvement). I'm watching episode 1 and so far it's hilarious. I especially loved the gag at the beginning with the narrator saying the story begins in 2009 when the screen clearly shows "2004".

With the jokes and the dub cast being this great, I'll definitely purchase the DVD when it comes out. So glad FUNi let us submit constuctive criticism in response to what may have ended up being their original dub had we not say anything in those Youtube comments.
 
It was to illustrate a point. IE That anime fans have to start from somewhere, and most of them start from Show "X" airing on a certain network, with edits in place. Not something someone discovered on the net or went to Best Buy/FYE and decided to look at the Anime section for no reason. Like take me for example, I actually watched shows like Samurai Pizza Cats, Dragon Ball/Z, Pokemon, and Sailor Moon on syndicated TV before I got cable and Cartoon Network.

Then after that and watching more anime, I became a fan and bought whatever DVD for shows that I liked, mostly YYH, the uncut version since I did that when FUNi still put out Edited and Uncut DVRAB. You could just ignore the TV dub if it's water down and have a DVD dub that's spectacular, no one is forcing you to watch it on TV.

Here's a chart on how licensing anime works from my understanding:
More fans=More Money= More licensed anime or episodes depending on the order.

To get more fans, you need to make it more mainstream. After all, while DVD releases are nice, a TV deal is something that guarantees a new generation of fans.
 
They may put some more up after the DVD is released. I guess it is more of a preview thing. Eventually, no, hopefully soon we will see more of the dub on the video player.
 
I have had the same problems too. Occasionally they go away, but when it happens it gets really annoying doesn't it? Hopefully that gets changed.
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For someone like me, Sgt. frog coming to America is like a dream come true! Even though I kinda hate the "CRAZY RAGE BREATH!" in place of "TAMAMA IMPACT", I am somewhat a dub/sub neutral for this. I like both of them. Grr...IT ISN'T FAIR!! I have to wait till the 22nd to get mine in. (Already have mine on preorder from Amazon.com) Everyday until then I have to make do with the episodes on the video player. But I am totally exited about it! I feel like I am blabbing about random stuff kind of like Momoka
 
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