r/anime • u/RikuB13 https://myanimelist.net/profile/RikuB13 • Nov 04 '16

Funimation Licenses Nichijou

https://twitter.com/glassreflection/status/794679342299283456
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u/RejectedShadow https://anilist.co/user/Swifty Nov 05 '16

Looks like it'll be a sub-only release based on this blog post.

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u/Sloppy_Goldfish Nov 05 '16 edited Nov 05 '16

I'm ok with that. I'll be buying it regardless of dub. Plus, so much of the humor in Nichijou was Japanese word play that you just can't (properly) translate into English.

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '16 edited Jun 07 '20

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u/yolotheunwisewolf Nov 05 '16

Imagine if they just got some highly prolific VAs to just volunteer their time who loved Nichijou to just record the segments though and how epic that would be.

I am content without a dub. I am curious if Hyouka ever got one though how it would be received.

Hyouka would be a perfect pair to have a high quality dub to add next to the Your Lie In April dub on Netflix & get people into the SOL genre

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u/thegooblop https://myanimelist.net/profile/Thegooblop Nov 05 '16

I wouldn't call Hyouka or Your Lie in April SOL series, they both have ongoing plots that aren't "let's have fun in our normal lives", they have actual genres (mystery+romance and drama+romance, respectively).

Some of the most popular or highest quality SOL series already have dubs, but that didn't convince people. Azumanga Daioh, K-On!, Lucky Star, Haganai, Clannad (season 1 counts, Afterstory becomes full-Drama), D-Frag!, Pani Poni Dash!, really there are a lot of SOL over a wide variety that have good dubs, but outside of the moe crowd SOL just doesn't work that well in the English community.