Henry is nerdy

This is my first Anime con so I really didn&#39;t know what to expect. Rather I knew what to expect but I didn&#39;t really KNOW what would really happen and such. Unfortunatly I was only able to stay for the start of Saturday and I only attended one panel which was the One Piece panel.<br /><br />At the start of the day we got straight in line for the Vendor area. We we&#39;re some of the first to get in there and we stumbled upon a screening of Freedom in HD on a 70 some inch Plasma. Considering the amazing animation, visuals, and 3D mastery put into this OVA it was quite a treat to see it in HD.<br /><br />Afterwards mayhem ensued as we basically ran around snapping pictures while checking out anime paraphernalia (note to self: next time bring more money). Afterwards we went up to the third floor for a Panel on One Piece. Expecting a dubbed screening (premier) of some newly dubbed episodes we were disappointed with a very ensightful look at the people behind the American adaptation of One Piece after the 4kids debacle by Funimation.<br /><br />I&#39;m sad to report that despite their apparent attentiveness to fans when it comes to cleaning up the series and releasing uncut DVDs they are still completely clueless as it seems most of the dubbing community is.<br /><br />And now a rant.....<br /><br />You would think it would be required viewing to watch recent episodes as they air of an anime you are actively working on just as a Harry Potter book might be required reading for the same movie but when Brina Palencia was asked about her main character signature move (Rumble Ball transformations) she was at a complete loss. Despite the fact that this technique is basically the corner stone of the character&#39;s fighting power.<br /><br />Clearly the staff at Funimation need to download some fansubs and take a page or two out of their fansubbing communities&#39; book and do their research for once. It took one wikipedia for me to pull up enough information on this one character to blast Ms. Palencia for not knowing. Clearly when Wikipedia knows more about the character you&#39;re trying to portray then you-yourself; there&#39;s something wrong.<br /><br />Ms. Palencia,<br />Like all of your colleagues the one thing you lack is clearly not talent but tact. Yes cute has it&#39;s place and of course has a very large base in many characters; especially Tony Tony Chopper but the fact of the matter is he&#39;s a character who is not only a reindeer but an actual doctor. His hobby is not to play plush toy to fangirls everywhere but to read and study medicine. For this reason please understand the difference between fun and games and serious plot lines and events. If you can&#39;t have a serious discussion using you&#39;re current chopper voice then no matter how many times the Japanese approve your voices and episodes the audience will still not respond for which you have been so vehemently striving: the fan&#39;s dollar.<br /><br />Thanks but no thanks, I&#39;ll stick to my fansubs.<br /><br />~End Rant<br /><br />I had to leave soon after I had the above epiphany but as I went down I saw at least thirty people along the corridors of the Baltimore Convention Center reading Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows while being at an Anime convention. Funny how the dates line up. "These people are lucky I thought", as I observed them reading. Seeing as how most of them were so engrossed in the book it was clear to me that they were reading for the first time. Lucky them.... I think I&#39;ll get back to my second reading right about .... now.

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