i dunno.. the show just seemed terrible to me by design as well. I really dislike
shows with 10 year old protagonists, and the guy with the blue hair bugged the crud
outa me. Ya the dialog was terrible, but even the character and mech designs were
god
awful. you cant blame that on translation 

^_^x KD

----- Kuuta Kutani <kutani@castledragmire.com> wrote:
> Gregory Himes wrote:
> > JSYK... Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagaan was better RAW or fansubbed... when it was
translated for broadcast/sale in the US, it lost a lot of it's "edge."  And that edge
was what primarily made the show more than just a stupid bad mecha show.  The
> > translation basically took the Gainax out of it  ^_^ 
> >
> > =====
> >
> > Now, I still only have my Japanese and US Laserdiscs, the original Tenchi DVD
Ultimate Edition (the one with the encyclopedia disc - from 1999) and Japanese DVD
5(!)...
> > Does anybody here have the newer releases (made as a set of 4 DVDs), and know
whether they have corrected the notable English translation errors?
> >
> > --Thanks
> >
> >
> >       
> >
> >   
> *rises from the mists of time*
> 
> I too would like to know this.  Recently gave my OVA DVDs a reviewing, 
> and the translation is so noticeably bad it made me want to rip the 
> video and resubtitle it myself, nevermind the audio error at the 
> beginning of episode six on the Japanese track where it goes out of sync 
> for about a minute.
> 
> -K.T.K
>