tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506995090336963455.post858082021424225526..comments2023-03-21T05:49:21.694-04:00Comments on Seeking Avalon: Butterflies Opened My EyesAvalon's Willowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07539301720154191607noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506995090336963455.post-26100683408364716062008-05-06T15:55:00.000-04:002008-05-06T15:55:00.000-04:00Ah, Red Garden. The sexual nature of the violence ...Ah, Red Garden. The sexual nature of the violence is definitely there, and if you manage to stick with the series long enough it does tie heavily into the plot.<BR/><BR/>Personally, I loved the series. THe slow burn always made the bits that were violent stand out even stronger. And you have to admit, the characters carry the story. Love 'em or hate 'em, you really want to know what happens to the girls.<BR/><BR/>My interests have mostly been focused on the Lisa-Kate subplot.<BR/><BR/>Lastly, I LIKED the English dubbing on this one. I thought they evoked the appropriate emotional responses without trying to ape the Japanese dub. Few things cause an English dub to fail more than trying to ape the Japanese dub. <BR/><BR/>-OnionAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506995090336963455.post-34012745649276776262008-05-05T21:56:00.000-04:002008-05-05T21:56:00.000-04:00Well, they ARE singing already. ;)~Well, they ARE singing already. ;)~Nenenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08316975578112769459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506995090336963455.post-88257578093556348112008-05-05T18:30:00.000-04:002008-05-05T18:30:00.000-04:00Nenena:Silly? The call of silly from the woman who...<STRONG>Nenena:</STRONG><BR/><BR/>Silly? The call of <EM>silly</EM> from the woman who did a Sakura Taisen Appreciation Retrospective?<BR/><BR/><STRONG><EM>Red Garden</EM></STRONG> must be seriously full of WHOA.Avalon's Willowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07539301720154191607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506995090336963455.post-47877935260530048902008-05-05T07:49:00.000-04:002008-05-05T07:49:00.000-04:00Hmmm, Red Garden is an interesting beast. The Jap...Hmmm, Red Garden is an interesting beast. The Japanese production did something virtually unheard of for anime; they recorded the voices first, then made the animation to fit the voices. The English dub, of course, was constrained by trying to match the voices to already-existing animation, as all dubs are by nature.<BR/><BR/>Mmm, if it gives you any more confidence in the series, I will say this: The sexualization of the violence lessens significantly over time, and some of the pacing issues are resolved later. Basically, the girls stop running around and screaming, and seriously get their act together. The theme of women being victimized doesn't really go away, though. Instead of "attacked by monsters" we get different kinds of victimization, i.e. women at the mercy of doctors and mad scientists. And eventually the story gets kind of, well, silly.Nenenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08316975578112769459noreply@blogger.com