Chapter By Chapter features me reading one chapter of the selected book at the time and reviewing it as if I were reviewing an episode of a TV show or an issue of a comic. There will be spoilers if you haven’t read to the point I have, and if you’ve read further I ask that you don’t spoil anything further into the book. Think of it as read-along book club.
Remember, the book is in public domain. Download or read the ebook online legally and for free at Project Gutenberg, Google Books or the Internet Archive among other sites, or check out the audiobook from LibriVox. You can also use a print copy. In either case my copy may not match up with yours chapter-wise. Follow along with the very-long subtitle. For this chapter:
Part Third
Recounting How Allan A Dale Was Brought to Robin Hood, Who Promised to Help Him in Trouble. Also How Robin Sought the Curtal Friar of Fountain Abbey With That Aim in View. Likewise, How Robin Hood Brought Two True Lovers Together Who Would Else Have Been Made Unhappy All Their Lives
For those of you who haven’t been keeping up, Robin Hood is helping Allan A Dale wed his true love before she’s forced to marry an older man. So far, being a minstrel is the only thing that’s remained of Allan in the various reinterpretations over the centuries. We also met Friar Tuck, being a friar also the only thing that’s remained, as despite being met during a huge feast Tuck can kick butt and let God sort them out. Although being a friar I’m guessing he’s have to assist that anyway. Now Robin has the Friar, and the groom. Can he now get the bride to the right altar in time?
Chapter III: Robin Hood Compasseth The Marriage Of Two True Lovers
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Are English Dubs Censoring Anime?
Japanese animation has come a long way from the days of Gigantor and Speed Racer when it comes to localization. And yet there will always be a debate as to how it should be localized. That’s why I’ve been posting videos from the Cartoon Cypher discussing this topic. While they have discussed this to great detail to post tonight’s video I first wanted to go into their perspectives of a few particular dubs that got brought up in it. Namely the dubs for Cowboy Bebop, Ghost Stories, and FLCL. None of these, nor the videos on translating to English or altering animation for the sake of getting dialog correct should be taken as some slight on subtitles or those who prefer them. I own subtitled anime and live-action productions from Japan, from Super Beastial Machine God Dancougar to Godzilla. I prefer dubbed but I have no animosity to subs or sub preferers. However, some of the criticisms about dubs are either outdated or come from misunderstanding the effort that goes into any translation, subtitled or dubbed.
In the final video I’ll be posting on this series, barring future filler postings, the Cartoon Cypher crew looks at the overall discussion about dubs and their criticisms. Note that this has a lot of F-Bombs dropping like a game of Missile Command and that it leads to an actual article (or I’m thinking V-Log) I plan to make on the topic myself of one particular comment.
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Posted by ShadowWing Tronix on October 15, 2019 in Animation Spotlight, Movie Spotlight, Television Spotlight and tagged anime, commentary, dub vs. sub.
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