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If we’re completely honest here, that translation had issues. You should be half-expecting their removal for the exact same reason.Īnother big change people have noticed is that the script has been completely revised to the point of it essentially having no traces of Amaterasu’s fantranslation. Then you have that pastiche of Buster Machine March and the other examples. One of its more iconic songs, Assault Landing, is similarly a direct homage to Basil Poledouris’ Kledanthu Drop from Starship Troopers. This issue extend to Muv-Luv Alternative. It was probably the best for ixtl to replace the songs rather than risk accusations and possible lawsuit. They have a distinctly different sound to them from the rest of the soundtrack, but like with most things, it’s really up to taste if you like them. It and the other additional song are most likely leftovers from Schwarzesmarken‘s development, as both of them were composed by Evan Call. That said, while わるだくみ/Warudakumi had its own fans, Drama Bomb! isn’t really bad by any means. They’ve dealt enough with plagiarism claims as is. Just like how Metal Gear Solid’s theme was essentially dropped after it was accused of plagiarism, and ixtl wants to avoid such controversies at all costs. Metal Gear Solid‘s theme is reminiscent to The Winter Road, and âge is known for their musical homages. Sometimes music pays homage to other songs, and hits a bit close home. This is because a single show can include music from various different rights holders, and some may want their music be licensed episode-by-episode, which is why sometimes opening songs are replaced with instrumental versions in Western releases, like The Skull Man‘s or Mobile Suit Z Gundam.

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The most clear cut changes are the new songs in the soundtrack, and music is almost always the hardest thing to license when it comes to Japanese products, especially TV-shows and movies. Other languages seem to mainly use Sado, thou I admit Isla Sado sounds awesome. Even on modern maps, like the one Google uses, lists it as Sado Island. To be fair again, Sadogashima too is used (sometimes as Sado-ga-shima to boot), albeit not as common worldwide. Give me a moment, and I’ll take it!, Suuri Karttakirja, based on Reader’s Digest Atlas of the World, 1970 I can even pick up my 1970 World Atlas and take a photo of the page where Japan and its islands are showcased. I don’t know how the hell Amaterasu missed this one, it’s not even an obscure tourist location.

Hell, it’s even on the island’s own official tourist brochure. I’m half expecting something along the lines of not using the official English title of Sado Island. You can probably expect some bullshit things left in along the line anyway. a translation title, Degica’s translation staff got nothing to say to it, unless they can provide some hefty evidence, as you may have noticed that both Takimekazuchi and Chizuru are properly romanised instead of using the more archaic forms Takemikaduchi and Chiduru. Both âge and ixtl are under Acid Company Limited.ĭegica may be the one in charge of the translation and publishing part, but whatever changes they do ultimately has to go through ixtl. âge’s the developer, and ixtl was put up to manage their IPs. Degica is the company localising, they are in charge of translation and publishing, while ixtl is the rights holder and makes the final decisions what’s in and what’s out. Most changes have been for the better, some out of necessity.īefore we go on, let’s re-iterate how the companies are related to each other. By now those of you who’ve got the Steam release of Muv-Luv have most likely noticed changes in there.

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