Phoenix Wright movie on the docket for February release

@teamsammalone Thankfully there are always fansubs.

@ShadowXIII

I'm surprised they didn't make his eyebrows look like little lightning bolts.

@LaughingTarget
Needs moar spikes. He looks like a bird.

@Vesuvium Count on it being subbed in english as soon as the DVD hits. Hopefully done by a group who doesn't leave in random japanese words and honorifics.

Over-Time would do a good job, I think...

@Vesuvium

To be fair, the director has several of his movies and such released in the US. You can find Ichi the Killer on Netflix, and he has even made a short for "Masters of Horror", which was done in English for... I think HBO hosted it. That is on Netflix as well.

He has some presence outside of Japan, so who knows we might see a US release.

@DevilSei

Not to mention that Sukiyaki Western Django is actually entirely in english... id say its safe to say that this will come out over here, and at the very least someone will fansub it..

@Copybass Ah jeez zombies I would watch a dub of this ONLY if the script was intelligently localized and the cast knew what the hell they were doing.

Most english speakers are trained to respond to OBJECTION!. The same can't be said for IGIARI!

@Tinkus
Definitely. Sadly, there are those who would rather listen to "native language only" even if proper dubbing and script translating were done.

... I'm sorry otakus, Shinesman was better in English than in Japanese. One of those rare cases where the English cultural translating adds more humor.

@Copybass Ah jeez zombies

oh shut up.

@blahblah55
Personally when I watch French films I always watch them in French with subtitles (and I hardly speak any French at all)... Why is this suddenly wrong now?

(Just snobbery against 'otakus'? If so... can we say 'tired'? Picking on an easy target? Shooting fish in a barrel? Insert metaphor for pointless shit right here.)

The Phoenix Wright game translation is really excellent, don't get me wrong. For a game without voice, unless you actually read Japanese - and read it really well, in the case of a game that's entirely based around reading - there is clearly no option but to translate it entirely. Especially with jokes.

But for a film... somehow, I think I'll cope if he says 'Igi ari' or whatever, and the subtitle reads 'Objection!' I learnt to read quite a long time ago.

And (admittedly with the exception of the word 'Objection' and a few others), reading the English text while looking at pictures is the exact same experience you get when you're playing the game. Most of us managed okay with that.

Anyway, I don't have any objection to it being dubbed. Released at all would be a good start. But in the unlikely event I ever watch it (it's a video game movie, it must be shit... but it's by a well-known and high-quality director... so confused) I'll watch it subtitled thanks.

@xxxsam
I was referring to otakus because the ones who claim they are otakus are usually the ones who are against all forms of dubbing.

Read my comment again and you'll find that I have nothing against native languages for films or shows - but you will notice I do have something against those who believe that dubbing is a complete waste of time and shouldn't even be tried.

English dubbing had gone bad in animes, but to say it's a lost art altogether is ignorant.

Sorry if I offended you somehow, just stating that nothing wrong with dubbing. And yes, I took a jab at otakus - specifically, the prideful ones that despise anything non-Japanese. Not taking that back.

@blahblah55
Persona 3's voice acting was pretty awesome.

I think Junpei's voice actor really hit a home run.

@Gibbeynator
It would probably look better if it didnt curl upwards in the back... But even in the game world he's got some weird ass hair compared to everyone else.

@Haizeus

You beat me to it, damn it!

@DirkHammerHulk

OBJECTION!

@Smeghead At this point I really have to wonder if you've actually played a Phoenix Wright game.

Because the stuff they do in the game would make any real lawyer cringe.

@Faceless Troll
The game is supposedly set in a slightly futuristic setting where the laws arent exactly handled the same way (as is obvious from the game). I presume they did this because they knew there'd be things about law that wouldnt fit a game and thus had to create a fake one for the game universe... strangely they did the Harvey Birdman game in a way that better matches current court proceedings, but on the other hand I still wouldnt call that a real court either.

@PN04 Look I'm just saying that if you're going to complain about "realism" or the equivalent hair styles are the least you should be concerned with.

@tepster
Yeah where's his big anime eyes, outline and cellshading!?

@PN04 Even if he had all that...there would be no resemblance.

@PN04
To be fair, the Ace Attorney characters to have proportionate eyes. ...

@tmujir955
Maybe there's more to the story here than we know... either that or they swapped sides for the movie.

@FlameChucks76
You should check his filmography, dude. The man makes films in a variety of genres, including goofy kids movie.

@Vegeta has a ps3

I hear ya man. For me though, Audition was the first film i saw from him, so for me it's more like a first impression kind of thing. Still, should be interesting to see the final product.

@Ericss

Yes, let's demand that everyone be as miserably pretentious about ridiculously stupid fun as you are.

Otherwise you'd be by yourself.