And its flaws are largely because of this. Boring character design, stingy gacha rates and over-focus on Space China.
I also get a headache from hearing Chinese. That language is the acoustic equivalent of water torture.And its flaws are largely because of this. Boring character design, stingy gacha rates and over-focus on Space China.
That said, it's anime and therefore Japanese. It's influencing the Chinese youth and making them more susceptible to Japanese and Korean influence. A net benefit.
May Hirohito rise from his grave and put every Chinaman in a camp with Star Rail as his only entertainment. Wait. No, Xi already did that with Zero COVID. Never mind.
Generally true, but I feel that the HSR EN VA is actually pretty solid. Hoyo also straightup doesn't hire unionized voice actors, so they avoid a lot of the untalented hacks that just get in because they are agency-recommended. Personally I had no issues with any of the EN VA, even though I definitely prefer JP still. Except for Sparkle, CN Sparkle is just miles better than the other alternatives.
It's ok. I'm not sure they needed to make Aventurine a gigafaggot with a lisp just because he dresses like one. Same with Sampo sounding like a 50s TV commercial when he's more of a shyster.
And yet I bet they all know someone in the industry that got them the gig.
Well yeah, that's typically how many businesses operate. I got my job because people knew me, appreciated my work, and wanted me on their staff, not because I applied for it.
I'm not entirely sure what you mean by corrupt, but it's definitely normal for companies to work with the same VAs for multiple characters across different entries in their franchise if they were professional, did a good job and if the community liked them (which is quite important for games like these). The same applies to the JP VA scene, it's actually a lot more incestuous and star-power based than the western one. Many people's first question to any new character appearing in any game is "what other character did they voice" and having been a part of a very successful and well-liked series or game, typically means anybody who was a part of it gets a lot of credit, even if their individual performance wasn't all that great.
I know this is the codex so you're unlikely to accept this as a response but... Not every flamboyant character is automatically gay. Besides, he acts in a very dramatic and flamboyant way, exactly because that's what his character is supposed to be like. But, as we know after 2.1 now, it's all just for show. Which, again, is the point of the character. If anything, you thinking he acted like a gigafaggot just means he hit the mark with it.
Which is all well and good, except they also keep people out that they don't like.
Like I said: operates on nepotism. You're either part of the group or you aren't. And that includes leftwing politics.
This is nothing strange. Recognizability is part of fame.
Again, nepotism and general leftism. Weird tranny faggots keep getting roles. People who are shit actors keep getting roles. Actors who change lines for politics or just because they can keep getting roles. People who aren't like this don't get roles.
He doesn't sound like a faggot in the Japanese VA.
A coincidence, I'm sure.
Calling someone a "mute" as an insult would be ableistic, we can't have that over here.
If you think this isn't also the case in Japan, then you're just delusional. This level of nepotism exists anywhere on the world, in any business. Untalented people get hired all the time in any company, simply because they know the right people.
And weirdly enough, there were very positive receptions from both the CN and JP fanbase of HSR for the EN VA of the character. Curious, init? If you think gay or sexually ambivalent character's arent the bread and butter of anime/manga/videogame culture in JP, then you're sorely mistaken. There's a reason so few characters sexuality is outright stated, because it allows the fanbase of any media to ship every character with any other character.
We already went over this a few pages back, but if you genuinely think that's the reason, and wasn't just due to bad communication from the CN to the EN voice directors and script writers, then you're just plain retarded.
Show me 2 Leftist VA studios in Japan who do things like change lines for politics and provide evidence of their Leftist nepotism.
More like the demand is smaller because people are tired of the shit localizers have been pulling for decades. Millions of people watch anime. It's not a niche hobby anymore.
That's not the case here. I would prefer an English dub if the dubs were accurate and weren't changed "COINCIDENTALLY" to be more leftist-friendly. Or changed for almost any reason, really.
I showed you the original line and that a rock looks nothing like a mute in Chinese. There is no way to mistake the two. You are just in denial. And possibly a dumb nigger.
Yeah it totally has nothing to do with the fact that there's thousands of anime releasing in JP every month that all need to be voiced, which naturally means you need a much bigger VA scene with everything that entails than you have in the west, which had orders of magnitude fewer animated series 10-20 years ago, and still does. It very much still is a niche hobby, albeit growing of course, and the community as a whole is more than fine not listening to EN dubs, because most of them are awful. Them being awful isn't a political issue or even anime-eclusive, dubs have sucked everywhere all over the world, even with english media that is being translated into other languages. Their dubs are just as bad, if not worse, due to lack of variety in VA, bad translations or bad direction. Typically a combination of these.
It's not any reason, its because Hoyo writes many parts of their game in literary language, referencing classical chinese themes, memes and pop-culture references that would not be understood by the western audience. Some changes could be conisdered to be more leftist-leaning, whatever the fuck that means, while others go the other direction. That's the very nature of trying to translate from a different language and culture.
Weird. You didn't answer this.
And yet they change things for politics all the time.
You know exactly what it means. It's a specific brand of woke that everyone knows by now. You don't even need to see an example. Just put libshit keywords on a board and throw a dart at it and chances are you'll hit something that's been localized woke in an anime.
As I said before when you tried this argument, they changed what they thought they could get away with. What the company they were hired by let them get away with. I don't know what else they wanted to change, but I do know what they did change. And that it fits a greater patter of woke leftist changes in localization.
It's my fault for noticing when localizers change things. It's my fault for listening to the interviews where they brag about changing them. It's never the VA's fault. The localizer translating. The studio oking it all and continuing to hire these people and their friends.
Oh, fuck you. "Just fuck off and stop posting itt" is what you're really saying. Same to you, asshole.
Neither did you when I asked you shit prior, like whether you actually speak japanese/chinese to understand the original text and why changes were made, or if you're just talking out of your ass based off of some cringe reddit-posts you read that complained about it initially. Weird. You didn't answer this.
Actually, no, that's what you're doing. It's the same "libtards ruined everything" whining that you find in almost every thread these days. I just reacted to it, because I think that in this specific case, it doesn't actually apply. It's not my fault you get a conniption over seeing a reddit post titled "THEY CHANGED SPARKLES LINES OMG" and immediately go full retard mode in yet another thread. So yeah, I'm gonna point out the ridiculousness of your statements for as long as I like. Deal with it.
The premise of my argument wasn't based on whether or not I speak Japanese or Chinese. Your premise was that Japanese studios are just as bad and then you refused to provide evidence.
Look at this wall of text and tell me more about how you're not whining, you unhinged loser.
Me (and others) have pointed out to you before that this change made sense in the context of being used as an insult. You're just too dumb to accept that, and instead blame libtards. You do you.
Common sense would dictate that if corruption, nepotism and politics affect businesses globally, that would indeed include asian companies as well. The only difference here is that China and Japan don't really have an issue with leftist agendas being pushed, but many studios have been accused of catering to the CCCP in China, for example. Japan on the other hand has a general racism issue with westerners, and a serious problem with sexual violence. These issues seep into company culture and work relationships just as much as the liberal agenda does in the west, and corruption and nepotism (which was your initial argument, that western VA industry is corrupt while the JP one isn't) is just as prevalent, it just has a different flavor. People still get cancelled in Japan, it just tends to happen over other issues (as examples, the attempts the cancel Ai Kayano or Yuichi Nakamura).
I find it interesting that you somehow manage to not only assume what I'm thinking, but also assess my emotional state. That's an incredible skill. I'm glad you think I'm seething and mad and whining, when all I'm actually doing is responding to your messages. But hey, if it makes you feel better to think that you're really owning me, enjoy.Look at this wall of text and tell me more about how you're not whining, you unhinged loser.
Go "make friends with a rock" then, you ridiculous, whiny nigger.
So you admit that I was right and that they don't change dialog to be more leftist. Cool. That was my initial point: use JAP VAs and not English ones. Done.
Ai just had her voice changed in Chinese products, not in Japan itself. YN's cancelation attempt was just a tabloid article that failed.
I never said you were.
