[Suzu]

It's basically them trying to make it sound more natural word-wise, which is why they sometimes let subtile parts of the original dialogue out (as in, the Japanese choice of words is a bit more "flowery"), but so far, I didn't find any glaring mistakes or anything.

[Guyver Spawn]

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I hear Japan is strict on what is and isn't allowed on TV and judging from the western world, we're the same.

From what I know and been told that Japan is less strict compare to the US. Shin Chan is a show market to kids in Japan and it has some pretty dirty jokes. Compare to kids shows in the US like Regular Show, Shin Chan is way more inappropriate.

Even anime market to kids in Japan like Dragon Ball Z, Sailor Moon, Yu-Gi-Oh and Go Lion (Voltron) still had make many edits to be approve for US kids networks. Even MMPR had to remove references to death from what I can remember.

[Fish Sandwich]

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Originally Posted by Suzu

It's basically them trying to make it sound more natural word-wise, which is why they sometimes let subtile parts of the original dialogue out (as in, the Japanese choice of words is a bit more "flowery"), but so far, I didn't find any glaring mistakes or anything.

Oh absolutely no actual mistakes (that my amateur skills would catch). I just feel in their attempt to make it sound natural they've neutered some of the "voice" of the dialogue. It's a little pedestrian is all. Like I said, once the show gets into the swing of things the subtitles probably will too.

"When it comes to games, I'm your guy!" is genuinely great though. That's just one little line but they really nailed it.

[Aoi Kurenai]

There are a few lines that gave me pause. There were a small few lines changed in meaning. (the kid didn't ask if he's dying, he asked if he was really sick) I think those are stylistic choices that people won't always agree with but as of the first episode I didn't notice any actual mistakes that would lead me against recommending them.

That said, their stylistic choice is something they need to keep in check so as to ensure it never messes with the actual plot of the show.

[DecadeW Climax]

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It's the same "flavor" as Over-Time (i.e. no honorifics, no fancy fonts), but the translation itself seems about on the same level as TV-N's recent stuff (as in it's basically good). They'll probably improve as the show moves along, I'd imagine. Judging them by one episode is maybe a bit unfair.

Agreed. It's quality is surprising for a new sub group with only two people working full season.

[Fish Sandwich]

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There are a few lines that gave me pause. There were a small few lines changed in meaning. (the kid didn't ask if he's dying, he asked if he was really sick) I think those are stylistic choices that people won't always agree with but as of the first episode I didn't notice any actual mistakes that would lead me against recommending them.

That said, their stylistic choice is something they need to keep in check so as to ensure it never messes with the actual plot of the show.

That "am I dying?" bit instantly jumped out to me in a bad way too. It was clearly a deliberate thing and not a mistranslation though. I imagine it was a matter of the translator not being able to think of the right way to phrase it and just kind of going with an option. Keep in mind they said they're going to aim for Wednesdays from here on out so it was almost certainly as simple as "we're rushing this one out so people can see it right away".

I actually have high hopes for these guys. Looking at it as being the first ever release from a group, and not as "discount Over-Time", it's really pretty impressive.

Oh, and translating "dai-henshin" as "transformation plus" is actually really cute in my book. It's properly video gamey sounding.

[henshinzero]

What if there was a new rider who is like Light Yagami/Kira from Death Note? In the new series Ex-Aid, Snipe is like Black Jack.

[GoseiWonder]

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What if there was a new rider who is like Light Yagami/Kira from Death Note? In the new series Ex-Aid, Snipe is like Black Jack.

I'm pretty sure there are quite a few of those already.

[Powerman293]

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What if there was a new rider who is like Light Yagami/Kira from Death Note? In the new series Ex-Aid, Snipe is like Black Jack.

Just someone who's super psychotic? We've had tons of those since Ryuki.

Someone who has that same sort of power, I don't think we've had that in Rider. Off the top of my head, I can't think of any character that could completely hide and singlehandedly cause mass chaos. The clsoest I can think of is Kanzaki Shiro from Ryuki? He grants the people the decks to see who's the strongest so Yui could survive. He is the reason why the conflict of that show happens, and he manipulates events, but the main enemies are Riders.

[MarsHottentot]

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What if there was a new rider who is like Light Yagami/Kira from Death Note? In the new series Ex-Aid, Snipe is like Black Jack.

Well, seeing as Death Note is hugely popular, it would be a fairly bad idea to have a remote Rider as everyone will go "Oh, that's just a Kira rip off" and tune out.

Better to avoid those blockbuster plots!