ShiroiUsagi
Full Fledged Shaman
Time is my only enemy...
Posts: 169
|
Post by ShiroiUsagi on Jun 1, 2005 17:42:19 GMT -5
So, I have been waiting for my SJ to come this month (I get it in the mail) and I was getting progressively more upset because it seemed to be coming late. But that was made even worse by the fact that in the preceding issue, it was promised that FAUST VIII would be in this one. YAAAY!
I was having a bad afternoon (made better by listening to some Shaman King Japanese music) and I opened my mail box. Lo! Twas a Shonen Jump inside! And also a yellow jacket. But I ignored the bee and reached inside for the SJ and the other mail. 'Crud,' I thought to myself, 'this day will be made yet more horrible by the Shonen Jump, which seems to be getting progressively thinner.' Note that it is also getting more expencive, and more brutally eddited. None-the-less, I went inside and opened the plastic bag. Flipping to the Shaman King, I let out a squeal of glee. FAUST!!!! The first thing I saw was Faust VIII. And it actually kept getting... better! (if you can get any better than the Faust, in my opinion, I mean. I respect fans of other characters.) I read through it and it was... acurate!!!!!!!!
Ren Fans- let it be known that no longer are Ren's horses being referred to by the dub names- Black Peach and White Pheonix. They are now being reffered to as Hei-Tao and Bai-Feng, respectively.
Also, I don't know if this is permanent, but in a pull-out in the SJ, its price was lowered back down to its original!
Big words were used! There were four pages featuing Faust!
And, I think the thinness may be because different paper is being used? I'm not sure. I think that the ink might be different as well.
Sorry if this has been rambling.
|
|
Drave
Full Fledged Shaman
bitch, you need this.
Posts: 236
|
Post by Drave on Jun 1, 2005 18:34:40 GMT -5
Hmmm, maybe I'll check it out, then. I haven't bought an American SJ in a few months now....
As for the paper, that is right-- I've noticed that the paper is of different thickness. Same amount of manga, thinner appearance. Personally, I prefer the type of paper they used during their early run, way back in the first five or so issues.....X3. They switched to a rougher brand for a long time. Up until recently, that is.
|
|
|
|
Post by StrawberryInuPie on Jun 1, 2005 21:21:17 GMT -5
Heh, Papaya read the mankin part of the new SJ the other day, not me. I'm lazy and am trying to wait for the gns. ^^; I don't think she noticed though, and if she did she didn't say anything. Really, that's great and all, but...to just randomly change it outof the blue...  ; SJ...most will notice.. Reminds me of the Zoro/Zolo thing. o.o;; >> << Ren has a stuffed tiger >3 <3 |
|
|
|
Post by Lovely on Jun 1, 2005 22:00:12 GMT -5
I'm not sure if THOSE specific names were used in the dub ^^;. But either way, I really don't mind when ANIMALS have their names literally translated. It actually makes more sense for their names to be translated  . |
|
ShiroiUsagi
Full Fledged Shaman
Time is my only enemy...
Posts: 169
|
Post by ShiroiUsagi on Jun 2, 2005 13:18:31 GMT -5
It's the principal of the matter, I guess. I mean, early on it was so un-dubbed, they even had Ren and Jun calling Bason 'Mason' with an explination.
However... *sweat-drop* I continued to read the other manga in the issue later, and in One Piece, a boy yells "That man destroyed my dad!" and in YuyuHashuko, they seemed to say everything they could to avoid saying 'kill' at certain parts. Then again, that may be how it's supposed to be, or I may have missed something.
Shaman King atleast seems to be getting a bit of a break.
|
|
Shadowchan
Senior Shaman
I'm like a weed! A friendly weed!
Posts: 371
|
Post by Shadowchan on Jun 2, 2005 20:06:47 GMT -5
Yeah, I did notice they use a different kind of paper to do the color. Not sure how I like it yet, but it's not worth any fuss, I think.
I did also notice how they seemed to be avoiding the word "kill." *suspicions*
A couple of quick questions:
1) That is Hao in that one scene, right? He looks so...Yoh-like...
2) Did they edit Kanna's top? I thought she always wore a tube-top, but in SJ she was in a relatively modest sleeveless.
|
|
|
|
Post by Lovely on Jun 2, 2005 20:11:58 GMT -5
I flipped through this issue of Jump while in the bookstore today . I need to hurry up and buy the orignal JPN books already... 1) That is Hao in that one scene, right? He looks so...Yoh-like... Yep, I'm pretty sure that's Hao. His design has changed a lot huh  ? |
|
|
|
Post by Dessa on Jun 2, 2005 23:42:10 GMT -5
I'm assuming we're refering to the end of Volume 7, right?
Pulling open my copy, no, Kanna is not wearing a tube top. It's a short-shirt, the same style as Elly (I think) from the Lily 5 in the anime. Note that in the image back in Volume 2 at the start of Chapter 15, she is wearing a tube top. Another inconsistancy between the images is the addition (in the manga chapter) of seemingly a gun holster, as opposed to the Volume 2 image (although it could just be in a different position).
Mari's outfit is also slightly altered, as in the image she doesn't have a choker, yet in the manga chapter she does.
((All hail the fact that volumes 2, 6, and 7 are the books I have of SK...))
|
|
|
|
Post by KuroiInu on Jun 3, 2005 8:19:17 GMT -5
^-^
YES! XD
I'm very happy about this, as Usagi-chan already knows...
After Ren's.... er... lack of a crack... I was rather worried... I mean, for crying out loud... It's human anatomy...
Although... in a way I was grateful for the Ponchi edits... I didn't want them, because it's not what Hiroyuki intended... but man... no one should be forced to look at that.
|
|
|
|
Post by Gus on Jun 3, 2005 14:23:05 GMT -5
Huh. I think that they need a certain amount of editing to keep it "T" rated, and they seem to change what they edit each issue. That prob'ly explains the 'kill' stuff.
|
|
Amidamaru23
Cute Newbie
I love FaustVIII and Amidamaru!And Lyserg!
Posts: 43
|
Post by Amidamaru23 on Jun 3, 2005 15:17:27 GMT -5
yes!faust does rock shiroi usagi! i only read a few shonen jumps but only a few had sk in them. ha ha, the lack of a crack... ha ha. the kill...i mean....destroy thing is now an ongoing joke with me and my brother. he doesn't really watch sk but i told him about the destroy thing and now if one of us says kill the other gasps and says "i think you mean DESTROYED" |
|
Caracal
Shaman in Training
Posts: 60
|
Post by Caracal on Jun 3, 2005 17:15:30 GMT -5
Sounds like it's slowly getting better, except for the fact the pointless changes in the One Piece manga.
Slightly off topic, but I don't get why they dance around the words kill, death etc. when other childrens media like the Harry Potter books aren't afraid to use them.
|
|
|
|
Post by s91/S-chan/DoomStick on Jun 3, 2005 17:34:51 GMT -5
Sounds like it's slowly getting better, except for the fact the pointless changes in the One Piece manga. Slightly off topic, but I don't get why they dance around the words kill, death etc. when other childrens media like the Harry Potter books aren't afraid to use them. Neither was Smurfs and it was G rated. course Smurfs was "OMG LUKIE SMURF YOU COULD DIE AND WE WOULD ALL BE SMURFY" Least that's how I think of it... |
|
Shadowchan
Senior Shaman
I'm like a weed! A friendly weed!
Posts: 371
|
Post by Shadowchan on Jun 4, 2005 14:23:19 GMT -5
Sounds like it's slowly getting better, except for the fact the pointless changes in the One Piece manga. What'd they edite n OP? Wasn't it just the attack names? |
|
Caracal
Shaman in Training
Posts: 60
|
Post by Caracal on Jun 4, 2005 14:33:47 GMT -5
Well I haven't read OP past the sixth book but they've apparently replaced "Devil" with "Demon", changed Zoro into Zolo, removed all swearing bar c**p and according to ShiroiUsagi replaced "kill" with "destroyed".
|
|
Shibayama Junpei!
; SJ...most will notice..
.
? 
