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Offline Prometheus

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Re: Sword Art Online, first impressions.
« Reply #15 on: October 21, 2014, 09:49:19 pm »
Pretty much. The series format is a little odd. Sword Art Online II is a sequel series, but it behaves more like a season two, and contains plot arcs 3 and 4, from the third and fourth books. Personally, I'm just going to refer to the show by plot arc as opposed to season, for clarity.

Now is a good time to watch the Gun Gale arc, since it just finished. The new arc just started 3 days ago, and so far I'm not blown away. It broke the pattern of starting a new arc with dropping a bomb at the end of the first episode.
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Re: Sword Art Online, first impressions.
« Reply #16 on: October 21, 2014, 10:27:34 pm »
IS there anywhere I can find the Gun Gale arch? dubbed in English...beside the bay...
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« Reply #17 on: October 21, 2014, 10:29:27 pm »
Oh and totally off topic but that made the 100th post! yay...Now I guess its 101! :)
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« Reply #18 on: October 21, 2014, 10:58:11 pm »
Sorry, can't help you there. I actually tend to prefer subs. I didn't even see dubs on the bay earlier. Maybe there's somewhere you can get just dub tracks. Googled around really quick, but nothing jumped out.
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Re: Sword Art Online, first impressions.
« Reply #19 on: October 22, 2014, 06:05:52 pm »
Oh that fine.. yea I looked at the bay also and they didn't even have ones with good subs is what it said. I should actually try to watch more anime with subs because I've been told that when they get dubbed that sometimes its different then the originals. Not a lot just a few words or so. Thanks for looking around though I will just have to keep an eye out for it.
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Re: Sword Art Online, first impressions.
« Reply #20 on: October 23, 2014, 12:57:16 am »
From what I've heard, professional dubbing is pretty good now, not like it used to be. Sometimes even contributes to the cultural translation.  I don't have the background to evaluate those claims though. I've picked up enough Japanese to notice that subbers shuffle syntax quite a bit into a more english friendly format. They almost always leave off the honorifics as well. Just something I noticed, doubt it's actually important.
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Re: Sword Art Online, first impressions.
« Reply #21 on: October 23, 2014, 07:39:45 pm »
Yea I think the only amine I watched with subs was some of Kaze No Stigma....
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Re: Sword Art Online, first impressions.
« Reply #22 on: October 25, 2014, 06:19:58 am »
Quote from: AstralPlane on October 21, 2014, 09:39:14 pm
Quote from: Prometheus on October 21, 2014, 08:33:16 pm
I guess they were stockpiling the awesome for the Gun Gale Online arc, because it was pretty good.

IS this kinda like a second season of SAO...
*sighs* Yes...
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Re: Sword Art Online, first impressions.
« Reply #23 on: October 25, 2014, 06:23:10 am »
A good site for watching the subbed episodes is www.swordartonlineepisodes.org well, that's where I went.
For the dub: http://www.dubbedepisodes.org/watch/sword-art-online-dubbed gives you Ep 1-25 of subs AND dubs
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Re: Sword Art Online, first impressions.
« Reply #24 on: October 25, 2014, 10:11:53 pm »
New episode today. Again disappointed with the lack of a meaningful struggle. Got a good laugh over "it's a trap." I am very concerned that the current storyline will be worse than the Alfheim one.
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Re: Sword Art Online, first impressions.
« Reply #25 on: October 26, 2014, 09:39:13 pm »
Quote from: BallsDeep69 on October 25, 2014, 06:23:10 am
A good site for watching the subbed episodes is www.swordartonlineepisodes.org well, that's where I went.
For the dub: http://www.dubbedepisodes.org/watch/sword-art-online-dubbed gives you Ep 1-25 of subs AND dubs
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Re: Sword Art Online, first impressions.
« Reply #26 on: October 27, 2014, 04:51:41 am »
Quote from: AstralPlane on October 26, 2014, 09:39:13 pm
Quote from: BallsDeep69 on October 25, 2014, 06:23:10 am
A good site for watching the subbed episodes is www.swordartonlineepisodes.org well, that's where I went.
For the dub: http://www.dubbedepisodes.org/watch/sword-art-online-dubbed gives you Ep 1-25 of subs AND dubs
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Re: Sword Art Online, first impressions.
« Reply #27 on: October 27, 2014, 04:52:46 am »
Quote from: AstralPlane on October 21, 2014, 10:27:34 pm
IS there anywhere I can find the Gun Gale arch? dubbed in English...beside the bay...
Gun Gale hasn't been dubbed yet. Expect to wait 2-4 more months.
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Re: Sword Art Online, first impressions.
« Reply #28 on: November 24, 2014, 07:07:14 am »
Well, it seems my guess was right. The Excalibur story arc was significantly worse than the Fairy Dance one. Luckily, it was also significantly shorter. The new story, with the Sleeping Knights, is gearing up to be pretty good drama and tragedy though. I like seeing Asuna in the spotlight for a change.

I am not super looking forward to the next few episodes. I already know what the deal with the Sleeping Knights is (thanks to tvtropes), and it's fucking SAD.
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Re: Sword Art Online, first impressions.
« Reply #29 on: December 01, 2014, 03:20:22 pm »
Quote from: Prometheus on November 24, 2014, 07:07:14 am
Well, it seems my guess was right. The Excalibur story arc was significantly worse than the Fairy Dance one. Luckily, it was also significantly shorter. The new story, with the Sleeping Knights, is gearing up to be pretty good drama and tragedy though. I like seeing Asuna in the spotlight for a change.

I am not super looking forward to the next few episodes. I already know what the deal with the Sleeping Knights is (thanks to tvtropes), and it's fucking SAD.
Why?
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