Naruto is licensed!

[_Sin_]

Lalalalalalala:
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/pressrelease.php?id=851

Information acquired from another Anime Forum.

[Debitt]

about time. >>;

[ShiroiHikari]

I was wondering when this was gonna happen.

[Mangafanatic]

Oh, do we even want to know how terrible the VAs for this project will be?

[Mr. SmartyPants]

atleast it's not 4kids

sad, no more bittorrents

*goes to download the last remaining episodes*

[agasfas]

Yep, it's about time... It's been in bidding for a long time. Though, don't be surprised to pay an arm and leg for the dvd's, the bidding price was quite high, plus with a 120+ episodes.... Cha-ching..

[Hitokiri]

cool...I dont think the VA's will be that bad. They wont screw it up with anime like Naruto...still I'd proably still watch it subbed,

[Jeikobu]

As long as the DVDs have a Japanese subbed track, I'm happy, I really do want to try this one.

[Mr. SmartyPants]

and then the narutards invaded the lands and bring forth terror...

9 year old narutard: "OMGZORZ!!!111 naruutoe is a genin!!!11"

me: "omg, naruto became hokage and died for konoha and the series ended"
*didn't really happen*

9 year old narutard: "NUH UH! HE's A GENIN! I SAW EPISODE 2 YESTERDAY!!!!!!!!"

me: "i finished episodes 382-395 yesterday on my computer"

narutard: "NUH UH! ONLY CARTOON NETWORK HAS IT"

...

it's bound to happen

plus. I HATE how they changed stuff into "evil eye, journeyman = chuunun, and valentine technique" in the manga. Bound to appear in the dvds too

[dragonshimmer]

I'm happy for everyone who can't access this via bittorrent, but....

Shimmer is teh sadness right now.

*copies Mr. SP and runs off to download most current episodes*

Now what will I look forward to every week?

[Rev. Doc]

Well, since Viz has the license the dubbing will most likely be done by Ocean Group. I would imagine you will see Richard Cox very high on the cast list, maybe even Naruto. I doubt they will go much higher than the normal 3 episodes per volume that Inu Yasha gets. Viz does the manga for this series so that may be an idication as to how this will be treated.

[Mr. SmartyPants]

I'm happy for everyone who can't access this via bittorrent, but....

Shimmer is teh sadness right now.

*copies Mr. SP and runs off to download most current episodes*

Now what will I look forward to every week?

well i look forward to bleach, monster, and mai-HiME XD

[indyrocker]

Well it is my hope that thay dont butcher the caritures and botch the voices.

[Mangafanatic]

Well, since Viz has the license the dubbing will most likely be done by Ocean Group. I would imagine you will see Richard Cox very high on the cast list, maybe even Naruto. I doubt they will go much higher than the normal 3 episodes per volume that Inu Yasha gets. Viz does the manga for this series so that may be an idication as to how this will be treated.

Let's do the math on this one, shall we? There are 120 episodes fansubbed currently, right? With an obscenely generous FOUR episodes per $25.00 dollar volume, you'll only be shelling out. . . WOW! Only 750 dollars for the whole thing (that's the figure before tax, of course)!

Gee, you'd think the DVDs were made of platinum or something with what they charge. *shakes fist*

[Mr. SmartyPants]

*hugs bittorrent*

[Nate]

Let's do the math on this one, shall we? There are 120 episodes fansubbed currently, right? With an obscenely generous FOUR episodes per $25.00 dollar volume, you'll only be shelling out. . . WOW! Only 750 dollars for the whole thing (that's the figure before tax, of course)!

Gee, you'd think the DVDs were made of platinum or something with what they charge. *shakes fist*

Which is probably why, although I hear lots of good things about the series, I'll probably skip it...or borrow the fansubs from a friend. They released Sailor Moon and Sailor Moon R on DVD...almost 90 episodes, and the grand total for both sets was $300. That, I can deal with, but not the insane prices they're charging for three-episode DVDs.

[indyrocker]

well thats whay i love discounted anime stores that have reagon 0 dvds cuz then you don't have to pay the bosses lunch runner.

[agasfas]

well thats whay i love discounted anime stores that have reagon 0 dvds cuz then you don't have to pay the bosses lunch runner.

I agree. <.< II >.>

Far to expensive for the average anime collector. If need be, I'll wait until it's released on CN, because a series that popular and that length usually ends up there anyways *cough*DBZ, FMA, Cowboy bebop*cough*

That's why I'm a really big fan of anime OVA's which only contain 3-13 episodes total.

[shooraijin]

Well, each boxset of Ranma (22-25 episodes), also published by Viz, cost around $100-$110, so you do the math.

[Debitt]

x_X; *holds up sign: Anime took my arm and leg. Read the manga.*

[The Doctor]

I would STRONGLY disagree with Richard Cox being cast. It's far too obvious a move. Bring in someone new.

[Ren_sama]

*cries* T__T They better not have any name changes, or heads will roll~!
And they better not pull another sangi lollipop thing...ergh.

[Sephiroth]

no,this sucks severely. Now i wont be able to see all the rest of the series until it comes out on DVD ,and thats a long wait to get up to ep 120-something!!!!!

[TrigunX89]

Ahh, the link isn't working! But it's awesome news that Naruto has finally been licenced. I've been waiting for this for like 2 years. Still, like everyone else, I'm hoping they don't mess things up too bad.

[uc pseudonym]

Interesting. I will have to see how this is handled. There have been some dubs that have been very good, so I'm not terribly pessimistic, but I'm not familiar with any of this company's work. What I hope is that they get a good Kakashi voice; most of the other Japanese voice actors are nothing exceptional.

and then the narutards invaded the lands and bring forth terror...

9 year old narutard: "OMGZORZ!!!111 naruutoe is a genin!!!11"

me: "omg, naruto became hokage and died for konoha and the series ended"
*didn't really happen*

9 year old narutard: "NUH UH! HE's A GENIN! I SAW EPISODE 2 YESTERDAY!!!!!!!!"

me: "i finished episodes 382-395 yesterday on my computer"

narutard: "NUH UH! ONLY CARTOON NETWORK HAS IT"

Keep in mind that it is likewise annoying when someone who has seen an entire series talks about the ending while you're only watching in English.

[Cap'n Nick]

Naruto is licensed! Yay?

Question for the Japanese inclined: I've heard some complaints about the English manga translations of the attack names. I agree that the Japanese names sound more serious and exotic to my foreign ears, but I've also heard that the names are not nearly as esoteric in Japanese and actually contain a few tongue-in-cheek cultural references much in the spirit of the English translations. I can see this in "byakugan" -- is "white eyes" really that much more cool than "evil eye?" As for cultural references, isn't "Ino-Shika-Chou" a reference to an old folk tale or something? I've also heard that "shintenshin no jutsu" was translated as "Valentine attack" or something like that because something about the Japanese name links it to a playing card with a heart on it. I guess what I'm really asking is, how serious were these names intended to be?

[Ichigo_89]

Too expensive for the real DVDs. Go for the imports! http://www.discountanimedvd.com search there and find Naruto at a much more pleasing price. ^_^

[Ren_sama]

Well, I google searched it, and it seems that ShoPro and Viz combined (or one took over the other). I looked on their site, and they dubbed anime such as Inuyasha, Hamaro and Megaman GT...

[kaji]

I just hope this brings about the North American Release (and english translations) of Naruto video Games. ^_^

-kaji

[Ren_sama]

I hear there were already working on bringing the Naruto games to the US before the anime was licenced.