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Subject: Re: Ok, on a lighter note...

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Jake

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Date Posted: 10:38:02 05/02/03 Fri
In reply to: LrdDimwit 's message, "Re: Ok, on a lighter note..." on 05:53:08 05/02/03 Fri

>Apparently (at least according to a one-page article
>in Newtype) the Japanese seiyuu are given scripts with
>fairly large sections marked "adlib" and they just
>make it up, then it gets animated.

Wow, I didn't know that. That's really interesting. I guess it's not that surprising though, since that's a common practice in film as well. I imagine the delivery sounds a lot more natural when the actor is making it up himself.

>So I think we need to generalize the original point,
>which was staying true to the original. It isn't
>really that we're talking about staying true to the
>Creator's vision, alone; it's that we're trying to
>stay true to the original vision of the work, which is
>due to the entirety of the original team and not just
>the director.

True. And I think this also suggests that the people working on the American translation/dub should have more freedom than some people would allow them. I mean if the Japanese director is willing to let his actors ad lib, why shouldn't the American actors be able to ad lib? And why is the original script so sacred that the translator can't change things to make it sound more natural/believable or fit the mouths better? Again, this is with the condition that the work as a whole stays true to the original in a broader sense.

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Re: Ok, on a lighter note...	LrdDimwit	11:28:57 05/02/03 Fri