At 15:50 97/10/31 -0600, Kevin Lew -- 'The Lai-Lai Boy' wrote:
>> 
>> Is it in English originally? Those are usually alright. Just don't remind
>> me of the 0083 songs dubbed into English... -_x
>
>Michael, I can't believe that you haven't seen Key the Metal Idol.  I 
>figured that all seiyuu fans would like it.  It's got a decent cast.

Never got around to it, and the ads didn't inspire me, so I skipped it. Saw
the sub of episode 1 at the local club (but missed a bit), the one with
several seconds unsubtitled... Hadn't seen such a shoddy sub job since AA. ^_^

>I never watched the Viz dub of Key, but I know somebody who has.  From 
>what I heard about it, it sounds like a total hack job.  Examples 
>provided upon request.

If it's as careless as the sub, I believe you.

>   Also, if you get any Viz subtitled tape past Vol. 1, the OP/ED song 
>lyrics are the "sing-a-long" lyrics.  I'm not even sure if you can call 
>it a "liberal" translation.  It's mostly made up lyrics that look good.  
>This is something that I don't understand.  Why would somebody want to 
>read fake song lyrics?

It's not what fans want, it's what Viz wants to do.


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