30kyu
Little Detective
..||Kazuha's Charm||..
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Post by 30kyu on Jul 4, 2007 16:56:46 GMT -5
It's pretty good, though, since they're determined to not keep the names... the logic is similar and solid. It's fine with me.
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Post by cashman11 on Jul 6, 2007 1:07:39 GMT -5
Well, now that we know Ai = Anita Hailey, we can Assume Kazuha = Katie Thompson.
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viridian
New Detective
see those teeth sparkle :P
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Post by viridian on Jul 12, 2007 15:16:53 GMT -5
yeah...it actually makes less sense for the ameri versions to keep the original names, seeing as they went and changed em all from the beginning...
I'm wondering- don't the translators read the rest (or some more) of the manga they translate? because by changing the codenames into actual western sounding 'code names' that have no link to anything (that I know of) you lose all those cool little apple jokes and conversations about alcohol. I mean, why bother talk about vermouth and that guy with her who killed himself (I can't remember his name right now), saying stuff about liquor- and it either being a totally wierd out of place convo, or they 2 being the only ones named after alcohol...niether situation makes sense!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2007 19:12:43 GMT -5
Well as they didn't change "Sherry" I think they've recognized their mistake.
Though really we should realize that Anita Hailey as her disguise name means little. Her real name is still Shiho Miyano as far as we can guess - because they didn't change Akemi's name.
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Post by cashman11 on Jul 14, 2007 1:29:42 GMT -5
Yean, When they get to Vol 27? I think it is anyway, how will Vermouth make her Martini joke with Kasper and Melkor?
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Post by KnightusMaximus on Jul 14, 2007 6:05:26 GMT -5
Well as they didn't change "Sherry" I think they've recognized their mistake. Though really we should realize that Anita Hailey as her disguise name means little. Her real name is still Shiho Miyano as far as we can guess - because they didn't change Akemi's name. Heh, wouldn't half-Japanese looks, combined with being the only student with a foreign last name, now make her even easier for Vermouth to locate? Ugh, I guess it's best not to think about it. To me, I don't really care about what names sound 'better' or 'worse'... I dislike these names in the manga because now the universe they live in no longer makes any sense. Anyone just picking up the series will wonder why on earth only a small portion of the cast has foreign names. At least the anime did a thorough job changing things... I don't agree with that, of course, but it was clear they put a lot of work Americanizing the series and most of the episodes made proper sense from that perspective. I'm buying each volume though. Buying a single raw file costs just as much, and I usually like most of the underlying translations. But it's still sad that no one can pick up CC manga and see the series presented in a way that makes sense, or the way it's supposed to be. |
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Post by Akai Shuichi on Jul 14, 2007 19:31:02 GMT -5
The Anime can't really be helped as they have to localize it like this due to TMS.
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del
New Detective
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Post by del on Aug 14, 2007 9:14:46 GMT -5
Not clear.I don't think they'll change it.
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Post by hyperailover on Aug 26, 2007 6:31:03 GMT -5
woah!...i suddenly remembered a site with their names ....i saw it from nowhere...but....forgot it...what was heiji's changed name?all i know is !awww!i like their original names.......its cooler(i think....) why do they have to change it....WHYYYYYYYYYYY?
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yoshio
Detective
Solving murders, so easy a child could do it.
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Post by yoshio on Aug 26, 2007 16:29:13 GMT -5
I just read Vol. 18, so I finally know the whole story about Ai/Anita. The name doesn't bother me. i like it even though it reminds me of 101 dalmations. BTW, hyperailover, Heiji's English name is Harley.
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Post by cashman11 on Oct 6, 2007 0:30:57 GMT -5
UPDATE: Kazuha = Kazuha in the english magna! I picked up a copy recently and they left her name the same.
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Post by Sabrina on Oct 9, 2007 13:08:17 GMT -5
I seriously doubt they're going to change Jodie's name. Jodie is an American name anyway.
...Kaspar and Melkior, though. WHAT WERE THEY THINKING?!
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Post by Tive on Oct 9, 2007 17:09:33 GMT -5
Maybe they watched too much NGE... And like AIs too much... ;-)
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yoshio
Detective
Solving murders, so easy a child could do it.
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Post by yoshio on Oct 20, 2007 4:16:54 GMT -5
there is an error in the Viz translation of 18 they refer to one of the men in black as Vodka, instead of his already established english translation name  it really confused me! LOL |
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Post by Jon Lamparda on Dec 5, 2012 5:26:08 GMT -5
I don't know should they could keep Kazuha as well as not. I understand a place that will from the CLOSED CIRCUIT exchanging greeting card game, that will your ex identify seemed to be Katie Thompson. Yet, exactly who is aware of, preferably it will not become transformed.
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