Comments on: Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad 1-5 http://www.concretebadger.net/blog/2007/09/22/beck-mongolian-chop-squad-1-5/ Get decultured Mon, 21 May 2012 11:36:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: ConcreteBadger http://www.concretebadger.net/blog/2007/09/22/beck-mongolian-chop-squad-1-5/#comment-26725 ConcreteBadger Sun, 23 Sep 2007 13:38:58 +0000 http://www.concretebadger.net/blog/2007/09/22/beck-mongolian-chop-squad-1-5/#comment-26725 @Kauldron26: I loved Kare Kano, even if the ending sucked (I'm currently working my way through the manga, which is every bit as awesome). I watched a couple of episodes of Honey and Clover but sadly had to give up on it for time constraints. NHK was fun, but I'll have to wait for the DVD release to finish it (I dropped blogging it after it got licenced but I was a few eps behind). I haven't checked out Planetes yet but the second box set hits the UK in December...one for my Christmas list for sure! :) @Orion: Yeah, I loved the swapping of languages (it was apparently a chellenge to translate for the dub!), especially the over-use of the word 'fuck' in early episodes. Thinking about how anime and manga is something of a cultural ambassador, it's interesting to see how things could be reversed: I'm guessing people in Japan judge Western popular culture in a similar way through contemporary music and film, in which rock and movie stars communicate using the f-word at shouting volume for much of the time! Makes you wonder what they think of us English speakers if rock, hip-hop and Hollywood are their main source of exposure to our language and culture... @Kauldron26: I loved Kare Kano, even if the ending sucked (I’m currently working my way through the manga, which is every bit as awesome). I watched a couple of episodes of Honey and Clover but sadly had to give up on it for time constraints. NHK was fun, but I’ll have to wait for the DVD release to finish it (I dropped blogging it after it got licenced but I was a few eps behind).

I haven’t checked out Planetes yet but the second box set hits the UK in December…one for my Christmas list for sure! :)

@Orion: Yeah, I loved the swapping of languages (it was apparently a chellenge to translate for the dub!), especially the over-use of the word ‘fuck’ in early episodes. Thinking about how anime and manga is something of a cultural ambassador, it’s interesting to see how things could be reversed: I’m guessing people in Japan judge Western popular culture in a similar way through contemporary music and film, in which rock and movie stars communicate using the f-word at shouting volume for much of the time! Makes you wonder what they think of us English speakers if rock, hip-hop and Hollywood are their main source of exposure to our language and culture…

]]> By: 0rion http://www.concretebadger.net/blog/2007/09/22/beck-mongolian-chop-squad-1-5/#comment-26711 0rion Sun, 23 Sep 2007 10:02:25 +0000 http://www.concretebadger.net/blog/2007/09/22/beck-mongolian-chop-squad-1-5/#comment-26711 I enjoyed Beck a lot. Good old fashioned rock 'n roll and great characters. And it's in Japan. :D Yeah, I like the English in this series a lot. It's cool that they actually hired *gasp* real foreigners to voice the role of foreigners. Amazing! Plus the English/Japanese code switching some of the characters do is awesome. I can totally relate, when you're with a bunch of bilingual people in a situation where it could be appropriate to use either language, often both end up getting used at the same time. I enjoyed Beck a lot. Good old fashioned rock ‘n roll and great characters. And it’s in Japan. :D

Yeah, I like the English in this series a lot. It’s cool that they actually hired *gasp* real foreigners to voice the role of foreigners. Amazing!

Plus the English/Japanese code switching some of the characters do is awesome. I can totally relate, when you’re with a bunch of bilingual people in a situation where it could be appropriate to use either language, often both end up getting used at the same time.

]]> By: kauldron26 http://www.concretebadger.net/blog/2007/09/22/beck-mongolian-chop-squad-1-5/#comment-26674 kauldron26 Sat, 22 Sep 2007 23:12:37 +0000 http://www.concretebadger.net/blog/2007/09/22/beck-mongolian-chop-squad-1-5/#comment-26674 beck was and is awesome. have u ever seen NANA??? that is even more awesome and realistic as hell. Beck, Nana, honey and clover, Welcome to the NHK and Kare Kano are bar none the best animes about life. all 5 of those shows are ridiculously poignant and powerful in their own way. yet they all manage to show us different aspects about life. what are ur thoughts on those 5 shows. i'd give nana and nhk 9.5/10 while beck, karekano and h&c get 9/10. if u want a masterpiece, be sure to check out planet es. beck was and is awesome. have u ever seen NANA??? that is even more awesome and realistic as hell. Beck, Nana, honey and clover, Welcome to the NHK and Kare Kano are bar none the best animes about life. all 5 of those shows are ridiculously poignant and powerful in their own way. yet they all manage to show us different aspects about life. what are ur thoughts on those 5 shows. i’d give nana and nhk 9.5/10 while beck, karekano and h&c get 9/10. if u want a masterpiece, be sure to check out planet es.

]]> By: Jayme http://www.concretebadger.net/blog/2007/09/22/beck-mongolian-chop-squad-1-5/ Get decultured Mon, 21 May 2012 11:36:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 Comments on: Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad 1-5 http://www.concretebadger.net/blog/2007/09/22/beck-mongolian-chop-squad-1-5/ Get decultured Mon, 21 May 2012 11:36:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: ConcreteBadger http://www.concretebadger.net/blog/2007/09/22/beck-mongolian-chop-squad-1-5/#comment-26725 ConcreteBadger Sun, 23 Sep 2007 13:38:58 +0000 http://www.concretebadger.net/blog/2007/09/22/beck-mongolian-chop-squad-1-5/#comment-26725 @Kauldron26: I loved Kare Kano, even if the ending sucked (I'm currently working my way through the manga, which is every bit as awesome). I watched a couple of episodes of Honey and Clover but sadly had to give up on it for time constraints. NHK was fun, but I'll have to wait for the DVD release to finish it (I dropped blogging it after it got licenced but I was a few eps behind). I haven't checked out Planetes yet but the second box set hits the UK in December...one for my Christmas list for sure! :) @Orion: Yeah, I loved the swapping of languages (it was apparently a chellenge to translate for the dub!), especially the over-use of the word 'fuck' in early episodes. Thinking about how anime and manga is something of a cultural ambassador, it's interesting to see how things could be reversed: I'm guessing people in Japan judge Western popular culture in a similar way through contemporary music and film, in which rock and movie stars communicate using the f-word at shouting volume for much of the time! Makes you wonder what they think of us English speakers if rock, hip-hop and Hollywood are their main source of exposure to our language and culture... @Kauldron26: I loved Kare Kano, even if the ending sucked (I’m currently working my way through the manga, which is every bit as awesome). I watched a couple of episodes of Honey and Clover but sadly had to give up on it for time constraints. NHK was fun, but I’ll have to wait for the DVD release to finish it (I dropped blogging it after it got licenced but I was a few eps behind).

I haven’t checked out Planetes yet but the second box set hits the UK in December…one for my Christmas list for sure! :)

@Orion: Yeah, I loved the swapping of languages (it was apparently a chellenge to translate for the dub!), especially the over-use of the word ‘fuck’ in early episodes. Thinking about how anime and manga is something of a cultural ambassador, it’s interesting to see how things could be reversed: I’m guessing people in Japan judge Western popular culture in a similar way through contemporary music and film, in which rock and movie stars communicate using the f-word at shouting volume for much of the time! Makes you wonder what they think of us English speakers if rock, hip-hop and Hollywood are their main source of exposure to our language and culture…

]]> By: 0rion http://www.concretebadger.net/blog/2007/09/22/beck-mongolian-chop-squad-1-5/#comment-26711 0rion Sun, 23 Sep 2007 10:02:25 +0000 http://www.concretebadger.net/blog/2007/09/22/beck-mongolian-chop-squad-1-5/#comment-26711 I enjoyed Beck a lot. Good old fashioned rock 'n roll and great characters. And it's in Japan. :D Yeah, I like the English in this series a lot. It's cool that they actually hired *gasp* real foreigners to voice the role of foreigners. Amazing! Plus the English/Japanese code switching some of the characters do is awesome. I can totally relate, when you're with a bunch of bilingual people in a situation where it could be appropriate to use either language, often both end up getting used at the same time. I enjoyed Beck a lot. Good old fashioned rock ‘n roll and great characters. And it’s in Japan. :D

Yeah, I like the English in this series a lot. It’s cool that they actually hired *gasp* real foreigners to voice the role of foreigners. Amazing!

Plus the English/Japanese code switching some of the characters do is awesome. I can totally relate, when you’re with a bunch of bilingual people in a situation where it could be appropriate to use either language, often both end up getting used at the same time.

]]> By: kauldron26 http://www.concretebadger.net/blog/2007/09/22/beck-mongolian-chop-squad-1-5/#comment-26674 kauldron26 Sat, 22 Sep 2007 23:12:37 +0000 http://www.concretebadger.net/blog/2007/09/22/beck-mongolian-chop-squad-1-5/#comment-26674 beck was and is awesome. have u ever seen NANA??? that is even more awesome and realistic as hell. Beck, Nana, honey and clover, Welcome to the NHK and Kare Kano are bar none the best animes about life. all 5 of those shows are ridiculously poignant and powerful in their own way. yet they all manage to show us different aspects about life. what are ur thoughts on those 5 shows. i'd give nana and nhk 9.5/10 while beck, karekano and h&c get 9/10. if u want a masterpiece, be sure to check out planet es. beck was and is awesome. have u ever seen NANA??? that is even more awesome and realistic as hell. Beck, Nana, honey and clover, Welcome to the NHK and Kare Kano are bar none the best animes about life. all 5 of those shows are ridiculously poignant and powerful in their own way. yet they all manage to show us different aspects about life. what are ur thoughts on those 5 shows. i’d give nana and nhk 9.5/10 while beck, karekano and h&c get 9/10. if u want a masterpiece, be sure to check out planet es.

]]> By: Jayme http://www.concretebadger.net/blog/2007/09/22/beck-mongolian-chop-squad-1-5/#comment-26725 ConcreteBadger Sun, 23 Sep 2007 13:38:58 +0000 http://www.concretebadger.net/blog/2007/09/22/beck-mongolian-chop-squad-1-5/#comment-26725 @Kauldron26: I loved Kare Kano, even if the ending sucked (I'm currently working my way through the manga, which is every bit as awesome). I watched a couple of episodes of Honey and Clover but sadly had to give up on it for time constraints. NHK was fun, but I'll have to wait for the DVD release to finish it (I dropped blogging it after it got licenced but I was a few eps behind). I haven't checked out Planetes yet but the second box set hits the UK in December...one for my Christmas list for sure! :) @Orion: Yeah, I loved the swapping of languages (it was apparently a chellenge to translate for the dub!), especially the over-use of the word 'fuck' in early episodes. Thinking about how anime and manga is something of a cultural ambassador, it's interesting to see how things could be reversed: I'm guessing people in Japan judge Western popular culture in a similar way through contemporary music and film, in which rock and movie stars communicate using the f-word at shouting volume for much of the time! Makes you wonder what they think of us English speakers if rock, hip-hop and Hollywood are their main source of exposure to our language and culture... @Kauldron26: I loved Kare Kano, even if the ending sucked (I’m currently working my way through the manga, which is every bit as awesome). I watched a couple of episodes of Honey and Clover but sadly had to give up on it for time constraints. NHK was fun, but I’ll have to wait for the DVD release to finish it (I dropped blogging it after it got licenced but I was a few eps behind).

I haven’t checked out Planetes yet but the second box set hits the UK in December…one for my Christmas list for sure! :)

@Orion: Yeah, I loved the swapping of languages (it was apparently a chellenge to translate for the dub!), especially the over-use of the word ‘fuck’ in early episodes. Thinking about how anime and manga is something of a cultural ambassador, it’s interesting to see how things could be reversed: I’m guessing people in Japan judge Western popular culture in a similar way through contemporary music and film, in which rock and movie stars communicate using the f-word at shouting volume for much of the time! Makes you wonder what they think of us English speakers if rock, hip-hop and Hollywood are their main source of exposure to our language and culture…

]]> Comments on: Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad 1-5 http://www.concretebadger.net/blog/2007/09/22/beck-mongolian-chop-squad-1-5/ Get decultured Mon, 21 May 2012 11:36:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: ConcreteBadger http://www.concretebadger.net/blog/2007/09/22/beck-mongolian-chop-squad-1-5/#comment-26725 ConcreteBadger Sun, 23 Sep 2007 13:38:58 +0000 http://www.concretebadger.net/blog/2007/09/22/beck-mongolian-chop-squad-1-5/#comment-26725 @Kauldron26: I loved Kare Kano, even if the ending sucked (I'm currently working my way through the manga, which is every bit as awesome). I watched a couple of episodes of Honey and Clover but sadly had to give up on it for time constraints. NHK was fun, but I'll have to wait for the DVD release to finish it (I dropped blogging it after it got licenced but I was a few eps behind). I haven't checked out Planetes yet but the second box set hits the UK in December...one for my Christmas list for sure! :) @Orion: Yeah, I loved the swapping of languages (it was apparently a chellenge to translate for the dub!), especially the over-use of the word 'fuck' in early episodes. Thinking about how anime and manga is something of a cultural ambassador, it's interesting to see how things could be reversed: I'm guessing people in Japan judge Western popular culture in a similar way through contemporary music and film, in which rock and movie stars communicate using the f-word at shouting volume for much of the time! Makes you wonder what they think of us English speakers if rock, hip-hop and Hollywood are their main source of exposure to our language and culture... @Kauldron26: I loved Kare Kano, even if the ending sucked (I’m currently working my way through the manga, which is every bit as awesome). I watched a couple of episodes of Honey and Clover but sadly had to give up on it for time constraints. NHK was fun, but I’ll have to wait for the DVD release to finish it (I dropped blogging it after it got licenced but I was a few eps behind).

I haven’t checked out Planetes yet but the second box set hits the UK in December…one for my Christmas list for sure! :)

@Orion: Yeah, I loved the swapping of languages (it was apparently a chellenge to translate for the dub!), especially the over-use of the word ‘fuck’ in early episodes. Thinking about how anime and manga is something of a cultural ambassador, it’s interesting to see how things could be reversed: I’m guessing people in Japan judge Western popular culture in a similar way through contemporary music and film, in which rock and movie stars communicate using the f-word at shouting volume for much of the time! Makes you wonder what they think of us English speakers if rock, hip-hop and Hollywood are their main source of exposure to our language and culture…

]]> By: 0rion http://www.concretebadger.net/blog/2007/09/22/beck-mongolian-chop-squad-1-5/#comment-26711 0rion Sun, 23 Sep 2007 10:02:25 +0000 http://www.concretebadger.net/blog/2007/09/22/beck-mongolian-chop-squad-1-5/#comment-26711 I enjoyed Beck a lot. Good old fashioned rock 'n roll and great characters. And it's in Japan. :D Yeah, I like the English in this series a lot. It's cool that they actually hired *gasp* real foreigners to voice the role of foreigners. Amazing! Plus the English/Japanese code switching some of the characters do is awesome. I can totally relate, when you're with a bunch of bilingual people in a situation where it could be appropriate to use either language, often both end up getting used at the same time. I enjoyed Beck a lot. Good old fashioned rock ‘n roll and great characters. And it’s in Japan. :D

Yeah, I like the English in this series a lot. It’s cool that they actually hired *gasp* real foreigners to voice the role of foreigners. Amazing!

Plus the English/Japanese code switching some of the characters do is awesome. I can totally relate, when you’re with a bunch of bilingual people in a situation where it could be appropriate to use either language, often both end up getting used at the same time.

]]> By: kauldron26 http://www.concretebadger.net/blog/2007/09/22/beck-mongolian-chop-squad-1-5/#comment-26674 kauldron26 Sat, 22 Sep 2007 23:12:37 +0000 http://www.concretebadger.net/blog/2007/09/22/beck-mongolian-chop-squad-1-5/#comment-26674 beck was and is awesome. have u ever seen NANA??? that is even more awesome and realistic as hell. Beck, Nana, honey and clover, Welcome to the NHK and Kare Kano are bar none the best animes about life. all 5 of those shows are ridiculously poignant and powerful in their own way. yet they all manage to show us different aspects about life. what are ur thoughts on those 5 shows. i'd give nana and nhk 9.5/10 while beck, karekano and h&c get 9/10. if u want a masterpiece, be sure to check out planet es. beck was and is awesome. have u ever seen NANA??? that is even more awesome and realistic as hell. Beck, Nana, honey and clover, Welcome to the NHK and Kare Kano are bar none the best animes about life. all 5 of those shows are ridiculously poignant and powerful in their own way. yet they all manage to show us different aspects about life. what are ur thoughts on those 5 shows. i’d give nana and nhk 9.5/10 while beck, karekano and h&c get 9/10. if u want a masterpiece, be sure to check out planet es.

]]> By: Jayme http://www.concretebadger.net/blog/2007/09/22/beck-mongolian-chop-squad-1-5/#comment-26711 0rion Sun, 23 Sep 2007 10:02:25 +0000 http://www.concretebadger.net/blog/2007/09/22/beck-mongolian-chop-squad-1-5/#comment-26711 I enjoyed Beck a lot. Good old fashioned rock 'n roll and great characters. And it's in Japan. :D Yeah, I like the English in this series a lot. It's cool that they actually hired *gasp* real foreigners to voice the role of foreigners. Amazing! Plus the English/Japanese code switching some of the characters do is awesome. I can totally relate, when you're with a bunch of bilingual people in a situation where it could be appropriate to use either language, often both end up getting used at the same time. I enjoyed Beck a lot. Good old fashioned rock ‘n roll and great characters. And it’s in Japan. :D

Yeah, I like the English in this series a lot. It’s cool that they actually hired *gasp* real foreigners to voice the role of foreigners. Amazing!

Plus the English/Japanese code switching some of the characters do is awesome. I can totally relate, when you’re with a bunch of bilingual people in a situation where it could be appropriate to use either language, often both end up getting used at the same time.

]]> Comments on: Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad 1-5 http://www.concretebadger.net/blog/2007/09/22/beck-mongolian-chop-squad-1-5/ Get decultured Mon, 21 May 2012 11:36:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: ConcreteBadger http://www.concretebadger.net/blog/2007/09/22/beck-mongolian-chop-squad-1-5/#comment-26725 ConcreteBadger Sun, 23 Sep 2007 13:38:58 +0000 http://www.concretebadger.net/blog/2007/09/22/beck-mongolian-chop-squad-1-5/#comment-26725 @Kauldron26: I loved Kare Kano, even if the ending sucked (I'm currently working my way through the manga, which is every bit as awesome). I watched a couple of episodes of Honey and Clover but sadly had to give up on it for time constraints. NHK was fun, but I'll have to wait for the DVD release to finish it (I dropped blogging it after it got licenced but I was a few eps behind). I haven't checked out Planetes yet but the second box set hits the UK in December...one for my Christmas list for sure! :) @Orion: Yeah, I loved the swapping of languages (it was apparently a chellenge to translate for the dub!), especially the over-use of the word 'fuck' in early episodes. Thinking about how anime and manga is something of a cultural ambassador, it's interesting to see how things could be reversed: I'm guessing people in Japan judge Western popular culture in a similar way through contemporary music and film, in which rock and movie stars communicate using the f-word at shouting volume for much of the time! Makes you wonder what they think of us English speakers if rock, hip-hop and Hollywood are their main source of exposure to our language and culture... @Kauldron26: I loved Kare Kano, even if the ending sucked (I’m currently working my way through the manga, which is every bit as awesome). I watched a couple of episodes of Honey and Clover but sadly had to give up on it for time constraints. NHK was fun, but I’ll have to wait for the DVD release to finish it (I dropped blogging it after it got licenced but I was a few eps behind).

I haven’t checked out Planetes yet but the second box set hits the UK in December…one for my Christmas list for sure! :)

@Orion: Yeah, I loved the swapping of languages (it was apparently a chellenge to translate for the dub!), especially the over-use of the word ‘fuck’ in early episodes. Thinking about how anime and manga is something of a cultural ambassador, it’s interesting to see how things could be reversed: I’m guessing people in Japan judge Western popular culture in a similar way through contemporary music and film, in which rock and movie stars communicate using the f-word at shouting volume for much of the time! Makes you wonder what they think of us English speakers if rock, hip-hop and Hollywood are their main source of exposure to our language and culture…

]]> By: 0rion http://www.concretebadger.net/blog/2007/09/22/beck-mongolian-chop-squad-1-5/#comment-26711 0rion Sun, 23 Sep 2007 10:02:25 +0000 http://www.concretebadger.net/blog/2007/09/22/beck-mongolian-chop-squad-1-5/#comment-26711 I enjoyed Beck a lot. Good old fashioned rock 'n roll and great characters. And it's in Japan. :D Yeah, I like the English in this series a lot. It's cool that they actually hired *gasp* real foreigners to voice the role of foreigners. Amazing! Plus the English/Japanese code switching some of the characters do is awesome. I can totally relate, when you're with a bunch of bilingual people in a situation where it could be appropriate to use either language, often both end up getting used at the same time. I enjoyed Beck a lot. Good old fashioned rock ‘n roll and great characters. And it’s in Japan. :D

Yeah, I like the English in this series a lot. It’s cool that they actually hired *gasp* real foreigners to voice the role of foreigners. Amazing!

Plus the English/Japanese code switching some of the characters do is awesome. I can totally relate, when you’re with a bunch of bilingual people in a situation where it could be appropriate to use either language, often both end up getting used at the same time.

]]> By: kauldron26 http://www.concretebadger.net/blog/2007/09/22/beck-mongolian-chop-squad-1-5/#comment-26674 kauldron26 Sat, 22 Sep 2007 23:12:37 +0000 http://www.concretebadger.net/blog/2007/09/22/beck-mongolian-chop-squad-1-5/#comment-26674 beck was and is awesome. have u ever seen NANA??? that is even more awesome and realistic as hell. Beck, Nana, honey and clover, Welcome to the NHK and Kare Kano are bar none the best animes about life. all 5 of those shows are ridiculously poignant and powerful in their own way. yet they all manage to show us different aspects about life. what are ur thoughts on those 5 shows. i'd give nana and nhk 9.5/10 while beck, karekano and h&c get 9/10. if u want a masterpiece, be sure to check out planet es. beck was and is awesome. have u ever seen NANA??? that is even more awesome and realistic as hell. Beck, Nana, honey and clover, Welcome to the NHK and Kare Kano are bar none the best animes about life. all 5 of those shows are ridiculously poignant and powerful in their own way. yet they all manage to show us different aspects about life. what are ur thoughts on those 5 shows. i’d give nana and nhk 9.5/10 while beck, karekano and h&c get 9/10. if u want a masterpiece, be sure to check out planet es.

]]> By: Jayme http://www.concretebadger.net/blog/2007/09/22/beck-mongolian-chop-squad-1-5/#comment-26674 kauldron26 Sat, 22 Sep 2007 23:12:37 +0000 http://www.concretebadger.net/blog/2007/09/22/beck-mongolian-chop-squad-1-5/#comment-26674 beck was and is awesome. have u ever seen NANA??? that is even more awesome and realistic as hell. Beck, Nana, honey and clover, Welcome to the NHK and Kare Kano are bar none the best animes about life. all 5 of those shows are ridiculously poignant and powerful in their own way. yet they all manage to show us different aspects about life. what are ur thoughts on those 5 shows. i'd give nana and nhk 9.5/10 while beck, karekano and h&c get 9/10. if u want a masterpiece, be sure to check out planet es. beck was and is awesome. have u ever seen NANA??? that is even more awesome and realistic as hell. Beck, Nana, honey and clover, Welcome to the NHK and Kare Kano are bar none the best animes about life. all 5 of those shows are ridiculously poignant and powerful in their own way. yet they all manage to show us different aspects about life. what are ur thoughts on those 5 shows. i’d give nana and nhk 9.5/10 while beck, karekano and h&c get 9/10. if u want a masterpiece, be sure to check out planet es.

]]> Comments on: Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad 1-5 http://www.concretebadger.net/blog/2007/09/22/beck-mongolian-chop-squad-1-5/ Get decultured Mon, 21 May 2012 11:36:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: ConcreteBadger http://www.concretebadger.net/blog/2007/09/22/beck-mongolian-chop-squad-1-5/#comment-26725 ConcreteBadger Sun, 23 Sep 2007 13:38:58 +0000 http://www.concretebadger.net/blog/2007/09/22/beck-mongolian-chop-squad-1-5/#comment-26725 @Kauldron26: I loved Kare Kano, even if the ending sucked (I'm currently working my way through the manga, which is every bit as awesome). I watched a couple of episodes of Honey and Clover but sadly had to give up on it for time constraints. NHK was fun, but I'll have to wait for the DVD release to finish it (I dropped blogging it after it got licenced but I was a few eps behind). I haven't checked out Planetes yet but the second box set hits the UK in December...one for my Christmas list for sure! :) @Orion: Yeah, I loved the swapping of languages (it was apparently a chellenge to translate for the dub!), especially the over-use of the word 'fuck' in early episodes. Thinking about how anime and manga is something of a cultural ambassador, it's interesting to see how things could be reversed: I'm guessing people in Japan judge Western popular culture in a similar way through contemporary music and film, in which rock and movie stars communicate using the f-word at shouting volume for much of the time! Makes you wonder what they think of us English speakers if rock, hip-hop and Hollywood are their main source of exposure to our language and culture... @Kauldron26: I loved Kare Kano, even if the ending sucked (I’m currently working my way through the manga, which is every bit as awesome). I watched a couple of episodes of Honey and Clover but sadly had to give up on it for time constraints. NHK was fun, but I’ll have to wait for the DVD release to finish it (I dropped blogging it after it got licenced but I was a few eps behind).

I haven’t checked out Planetes yet but the second box set hits the UK in December…one for my Christmas list for sure! :)

@Orion: Yeah, I loved the swapping of languages (it was apparently a chellenge to translate for the dub!), especially the over-use of the word ‘fuck’ in early episodes. Thinking about how anime and manga is something of a cultural ambassador, it’s interesting to see how things could be reversed: I’m guessing people in Japan judge Western popular culture in a similar way through contemporary music and film, in which rock and movie stars communicate using the f-word at shouting volume for much of the time! Makes you wonder what they think of us English speakers if rock, hip-hop and Hollywood are their main source of exposure to our language and culture…

]]> By: 0rion http://www.concretebadger.net/blog/2007/09/22/beck-mongolian-chop-squad-1-5/#comment-26711 0rion Sun, 23 Sep 2007 10:02:25 +0000 http://www.concretebadger.net/blog/2007/09/22/beck-mongolian-chop-squad-1-5/#comment-26711 I enjoyed Beck a lot. Good old fashioned rock 'n roll and great characters. And it's in Japan. :D Yeah, I like the English in this series a lot. It's cool that they actually hired *gasp* real foreigners to voice the role of foreigners. Amazing! Plus the English/Japanese code switching some of the characters do is awesome. I can totally relate, when you're with a bunch of bilingual people in a situation where it could be appropriate to use either language, often both end up getting used at the same time. I enjoyed Beck a lot. Good old fashioned rock ‘n roll and great characters. And it’s in Japan. :D

Yeah, I like the English in this series a lot. It’s cool that they actually hired *gasp* real foreigners to voice the role of foreigners. Amazing!

Plus the English/Japanese code switching some of the characters do is awesome. I can totally relate, when you’re with a bunch of bilingual people in a situation where it could be appropriate to use either language, often both end up getting used at the same time.

]]> By: kauldron26 http://www.concretebadger.net/blog/2007/09/22/beck-mongolian-chop-squad-1-5/#comment-26674 kauldron26 Sat, 22 Sep 2007 23:12:37 +0000 http://www.concretebadger.net/blog/2007/09/22/beck-mongolian-chop-squad-1-5/#comment-26674 beck was and is awesome. have u ever seen NANA??? that is even more awesome and realistic as hell. Beck, Nana, honey and clover, Welcome to the NHK and Kare Kano are bar none the best animes about life. all 5 of those shows are ridiculously poignant and powerful in their own way. yet they all manage to show us different aspects about life. what are ur thoughts on those 5 shows. i'd give nana and nhk 9.5/10 while beck, karekano and h&c get 9/10. if u want a masterpiece, be sure to check out planet es. beck was and is awesome. have u ever seen NANA??? that is even more awesome and realistic as hell. Beck, Nana, honey and clover, Welcome to the NHK and Kare Kano are bar none the best animes about life. all 5 of those shows are ridiculously poignant and powerful in their own way. yet they all manage to show us different aspects about life. what are ur thoughts on those 5 shows. i’d give nana and nhk 9.5/10 while beck, karekano and h&c get 9/10. if u want a masterpiece, be sure to check out planet es.

]]> By: Jayme http://www.concretebadger.net/blog/2007/09/22/beck-mongolian-chop-squad-1-5/#comment-26653 Jayme Sat, 22 Sep 2007 19:10:33 +0000 http://www.concretebadger.net/blog/2007/09/22/beck-mongolian-chop-squad-1-5/#comment-26653 I've been leaning ever so much to buy this. But I think you have just pushed me over the edge now. I'm going to get a hold of this ASAP. :D I’ve been leaning ever so much to buy this. But I think you have just pushed me over the edge now.

I’m going to get a hold of this ASAP. :D

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