» Tue Feb 05, 2013 3:34 am 1. This is for the discussion of all things anime and manga. Naturally this allows for discussion of related topics, but discussion is primarily about Japanese animation and manga. If you are not a fan of it, then this is not the place for you.
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~Anime Resources~
Simulcast:
http://www.vizanime.com/accel-world | http://www.crunchyroll.com/bleach | http://www.crunchyroll.com/bodacious-space-pirates | http://www.crunchyroll.com/dusk-maiden-of-amnesia | http://www.funimation.com/eureka-seven-astral-ocean | http://www.crunchyroll.com/Fairy-Tail | http://www.crunchyroll.com/fate-zero | http://www.crunchyroll.com/folktales-from-japan | http://www.crunchyroll.com/hiiro-no-kakera | http://www.crunchyroll.com/hunter-x-hunter | http://www.funimation.com/jormungand | http://www.crunchyroll.com/kids-on-the-slope | http://www.funimation.com/kingdom | http://www.funimation.com/is-this-a-zombie | http://www.crunchyroll.com/kurokos-basketball | http://www.crunchyroll.com/leiji-matsumotos-ozma | http://www.funimation.com/lupin-the-third-fujiko-mine | http://www.crunchyroll.com/medaka-box | http://www.crunchyroll.com/mysterious-girlfriend-x | http://naruto.viz.com/ | http://www.crunchyroll.com/naruto-spin-off-rock-lee-his-ninja-pals | http://www.onepieceofficial.com/videos.aspx | http://www.crunchyroll.com/nyarko-san-another-crawling-chaos | http://www.crunchyroll.com/phi-brain | http://www.crunchyroll.com/polar-bear-cafe | http://www.crunchyroll.com/poyopoyo | http://www.crunchyroll.com/queens-blade-rebellion | http://www.crunchyroll.com/recorder-and-randsell | http://www.crunchyroll.com/saint-seiya-omega | http://www.crunchyroll.com/saki-episode-of-side-a | http://www.funimation.com/sankarea | http://www.crunchyroll.com/sengoku-collection-parallel-world-samurai | http://www.crunchyroll.com/sket-dance | http://www.crunchyroll.com/space-brothers | http://www.crunchyroll.com/the-knight-in-the-area | http://www.funimation.com/toriko | http://www.crunchyroll.com/tsuritama | http://www.crunchyroll.com/upotte | http://www.crunchyroll.com/you-and-me-2 | http://www.crunchyroll.com/yurumate3dei | http://www.vizanime.com/zetman
General legal online anime:
http://www.anhymanwsnetwork.com/video/anime | http://www4.funimation.com/video/ | http://www.crunchyroll.com/ | http://www.hulu.com/genres/Animation-and-Cartoons/Anime?type=tv | http://www.theanhymantwork.com/ | http://www.vizanime.com/ | http://www.youtube.com/user/bandaientertainment | http://www.youtube.com/user/funimation | http://www.youtube.com/user/MediaB | http://www.youtube.com/user/anhymantwork | http://www.madman.com.au/actions/video.do?method=home&webChannelId=1: For our Australian and New Zealand friends
Legal online manga:
http://www.randomhouse.com/delrey/manga/previews.html | http://www.shojobeat.com/downloads/ | http://shonenjump.viz.com/onlinemanga/onlinemanga.php | http://www.tokyopop.com/ | http://www.sigikki.com/
http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1413301-unofficial-anime-thread-xiv/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWuArMj0Hgk. Maki-chan's my favorite so far. So tsundere. Watch here: http://www.crunchyroll.com/love-live-school-idol-project
The first 280 are dubbed, so I will watch them for sure. Not sure what grudge people have against dubbing? Can someone explain? I understand the voice-acting isn't always great, but sometimes I just want to be lazy when watching any kind of television show and dubbing lets you do that.
1. Less accurate translation than subtitles due to flap matching
2. The voices usually aren't ones the original director envisioned for a character
3. The English dubbing voice acting market is really small, so you hear the same 5 voices over and over and over and over again for a million characters. There's much more general variety of voices in the original language.
4. Dubs are generally very low budget, so there are a lot of bad dubs.
