Sword of the Stranger
Speaking of Bones, Sword of the Stranger is having its US run at the ImagiAsian in LA and NY this week. I think he nails it, but I also think he wouldn’t pay for this movie despite his claim of its worth :D
Personally, Sword is perfectly in line with a solid Hollywood blockbuster kind of thinking. Let’s just say despite how gorgeous this film looks in theaters (and it’s really, really gorgeous; probably the best looking anime I’ve seen on 35mm this year so far), I probably will pass on buying it. However, if you dig samurai era pieces and anime, then you at least owe it a watch. It’s a very solid combination of the two. Maybe I’ll get it on Blu-Ray if it becomes available? Not sure.
And Naoki Sato is always good for it.
When I saw it yesterday at the NY ImagiAsian, the movie was actually dubbed. I guess they are still doing that west-coast-sub east-coast-dub thing? I think there were a total of two people in the theater for the 6pm showing, so if that other guy is reading this, he’d know who I am :o
Just curious, but how was the dubbing? I remember the original had some pretty clumsy mandarin mixed in there (most of which belonged to the tall blondie). I wonder if that was left in the english-dubbing, since it’s actually meant to be a foreign language ‘n all.
From what I recall watching the DVD rip, the mandarin parts are from the original Japanese dub. They didn’t try to dub the mandarin parts. Only just the Japanese lines were translated.
For the theatrical showing, they kept the Japanese subs during the Chinese lines, and had English subs on the top of the screen.
I won’t buy it immediately just because I don’t usually buy movies and I’ve already seen it twice, but when it gets cheaper, on sale, or if I’ve got nothing else on my plate, I’ll definitely go for it.
So I guess you saw Sub then?
That is entirely possible !
But I suspect there may be more than one showing with two people in the audience.
Yeah, he said the other person at his showing was a cute girl so I guess that’s not you
I guess I got no luck with cute girls.