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    Lots to think about in this Jonathan Clements blog reviewing a book about the difficulties of subtitle translation

    While slowly working my way through the All The Anime blog since I discovered they had one (why didn't they ever mention new posts on their mailing list??), I came across this excellent 2023 post by Jonathan Clements, aka J-Clo, aka Jimmy Clamms, aka Jeffrey Clementine...
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    UK Anime Distributor Anime Limited Discussion Thread

    I didn't even realise there was a blog. I'm surprised they don't mention it more on the mailing list. I'll read anything that Jonathan Clements is involved with, so it looks like this weekend will be spent going through the archives. Looking forward to it, though a shame if it's come to an end...
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    Your viewing journal

    Boogiepop Phantom, complete eps 1-12 (sub) Creepy, stylish, deep, dark, and weird. Love it! I must say that I found it quite difficult to follow because the story is told out of order, and from the perspective of different characters. It was satisfying to feel the pieces slowly come together...
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    What Music are you listening to? Discussions Welcome!

    Not me replying to 8 month old posts, no way. I really enjoy watching TOTP episodes from the early 90s, because there was such a staggeringly diverse mix of music - and it was all just presented at face value, with no cynicism. It could go from metal to a boyband to eurodance to a balad to...
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    What Music are you listening to? Discussions Welcome!

    Yo I'm half a year late to this, but there's some great stuff on here. Love the new Peter Gabriel album. I'm a huge Genesis fan, and I generally spend more time listening to the Collins era, but I'm definitely an all-eras fan. Some of my absolute favourites are from the Gabriel era (Fountain of...
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    What did you RECEIVE today? PHOTOS EDITION!

    Delighted that I now have all six of the Bobobo-bo Bo-Bobo manga that were released in English. For some reason the first book isn't book 1, and also the first book they released in the West starts halfway through the manga in Japan. Who can say why this one didn't win many fans in the Western...
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    Your viewing journal

    Spy x Family Code: White Omfg incredible. Utterly perfect. I'm going to avoid spoilers, and just say that if you're a fan of the series the it's everything you would want it to be. The action is stylish and gripping, the comedy is laugh-out-loud funny. The story feels like a movie, rather...
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    Please help me to name this (potential) anime theme tune

    I'd not heard of that. Do you mean the song at the end of this? If so, then sadly not. That song has the flute all the way through it, whereas the song I'm trying to find just has a flute for about 10 seconds. It's the same melody repeated a few times through the song, in between male vocals...
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    Please help me to name this (potential) anime theme tune

    I ADORE that Read or Die song! Haha I found it myself while searching for anime songs with a flute. Always a pleasure to listen to it again. Thank you for sharing it! Lol it would be just my luck if it wasn't a flute after all, and instead was some other wind instrument. One problem is that the...
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    Please help me to name this (potential) anime theme tune

    Haha it's a fun mystery, and a maddening one! I've spent so many hours listening to random 90s anime theme tune playlists in the hope that it might come up. Sadly I don't have the mixtape any more - I don't have many of the possessions from my teens and early 20s, thanks to various acts of...
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    An extremely niche thread - Boogiepop Phantom and MPLS

    I've literally just started watching Boogiepop Phantom. I see that the acronym "MPLS" appears in the opening credits. A quick Google tells me they're a type of character in the show. I've not read any more, because I don't want spoilers. Anyway, this made me laugh, because MPLS is also one of a...
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    Please help me to name this (potential) anime theme tune

    I made a reddit post in the hope that someone might recognise this melody As the title says: "It took me about 40 attempts to make even this terrible approximation of an anime song that I'm trying to remember. I'm so deeply sorry to anyone who can actually play an instrument. Anyway, I'm 99%...
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    Your viewing journal

    Spy x Family, Season 1 Eps 1-12 (ie Part 1 on Blu Ray, subtitled) What a joy this show is! Loved it. On paper, the plot sounds ridiculously contrived - and yet it works perfectly. Gorgeous animation, and many episodes that had me laughing out loud. The dodgeball episode was a particular...
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    UK Anime Distributor Anime Limited Discussion Thread

    It's worth dropping them a message, and saying that you heard this was recently fixed for someone else. If anyone from All The Anime is reading: please feel free to send me a £397230583269190647118391097406821919720 gift voucher for helping to get your marketing emails back into people's inboxes.
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    UK Anime Distributor Anime Limited Discussion Thread

    In their initial reply to me, they said that they weren't aware of it happening to anyone else. I told them that some folks on this forum were experiencing the same thing. I'd say definitely contact them to report the problem, and tell them that you're aware that someone else recently mailed in...
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