This is a static copy of In the Rose Garden, which existed as the center of the western Utena fandom for years. Enjoy. :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZzzeY8msyQ
HOLY CRAP, we've got an Abridged series of our own!
I particularly like the Anthy VA. "I like Master and all he does to me."
The VA choices were excellent. Saionji-sama, what have they done to you?!
Funny as hell.
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*Shrugs* It's okay. The upside-down Disney Castle a the beginning was the funniest part. I still prefer Naji's dubs, though. The voice actors in this one were terrible (bad acting) and a very retarded voice for Saionji. I'm sorry, funny is one thing, but his parodied voice was so annoying it almost made me want to stop watching and it made no sense. Make him sound gay...okay, I see the joke...make him sound like a cartoonish 1920's gangster? What does that have to do with anything? Except for it maybe being a shallow version of Naji's pimp!Saionji. (Not to mention the Kill Bill joke was there too. )
It's shame too. I was all excited since KaiserNeko was playing Touga.
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I agree it was only so-so in the humor (coulda been alot snappier and funnier). However it er told the story in an abridged way (which I guess was the point), and I actually liked Saionji's ridiculous voice (although I thought he coulda said funnier stuff). It reminded me bigtime of the villain's voice in Kung Pow that old Hong Kong action flick parody.
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The most tactful thing I can say is; nice editing and the most of the voices well well done, but it really would really, REALLY benefit from a good dialogue writer because if you aimming for funny or just witty, it just didn't hit the mark.
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Haha, found this a while a go and loved it to bits. The Saionji voice just cracks me up (I though he was meant to be like a hick or something, hence the wife (bride?) beating). Maybe I just have a weird sense of humour, but still.
If anything, I thought this version of the prince version was funnier than 'the prince as micheal jackson' one. But maybe that was just me
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onsenmark wrote:
It has its moments, but it's not quite as good as SM Abridged, IMO.
SM abridged is sooo funny
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IceQueenChigusa wrote:
onsenmark wrote:
It has its moments, but it's not quite as good as SM Abridged, IMO.
SM abridged is sooo funny
YES YES YES
Goddamn I wish they would update that. The first time I heard Ray speak was just pure lulz.
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Miss Bluesky wrote:
IceQueenChigusa wrote:
onsenmark wrote:
It has its moments, but it's not quite as good as SM Abridged, IMO.
SM abridged is sooo funny
YES YES YES
Goddamn I wish they would update that. The first time I heard Ray speak was just pure lulz.
Agreed. The video where they do "The Twelve Days of Christmas" was gold.
"THREE GOOD REASONS TO CUT MYSELF. Well, it's probably more than that."
Priceless.
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onsenmark wrote:
It has its moments, but it's not quite as good as SM Abridged, IMO.
Strangely enough, I believe the people that did this SKU Abridged are part of the same group that does SM Abridged. And both of them are affiliated with the Yu-Gi-Oh Abridged group.
I think the difference between this and the other two is that SMA and YGOA both make fun of the dub moreso than the series itself. The SKU dub, while rife with horrid pronunciation and poorly matched voice actors, was a freaking masterpiece in comparison to the other two.
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I think it was half incredibly hilarious and half incredibly stupid.
I thought the parts with Dios were hilarious, and some other lines were really funny. So it wasn't a total waste of time, I think....
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It's cute to see that the people who made this had so much fun with it, but I can't say that the humor is really my bag.
With more than one person working on this series, they'll probably be able to continue with it easily. That's my main difficulty.
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It's sort of funny, but the problem I have with this type of thing is they're never abridged enough for me! I have tried watching others like the Salior moon ones....if its on ep one and is ten minutes, that's not that abridged! That's half the length of the original episode! I think it would be funnier to boil each ep down to their essential five minutes, and focus on some really punchy dialogue for that. Then maybe they would be more consistently funny.
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onsenmark wrote:
Miss Bluesky wrote:
IceQueenChigusa wrote:
SM abridged is sooo funnyYES YES YES
Goddamn I wish they would update that. The first time I heard Ray speak was just pure lulz.
Agreed. The video where they do "The Twelve Days of Christmas" was gold.
"THREE GOOD REASONS TO CUT MYSELF. Well, it's probably more than that."
Priceless.
FIIIIIIVE SEASONS OF PLOOOTHOOOOOLES!
Did you see the one with the cartoon attatched? I lol'd. Hard.
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I've watched this!! Once I get my sound back I'll watch it again. You know I've seen a few paradies now and I've always wondered why no one has just gone for the obvious choice for Dios. Prince, I mean, you could even play the "Kiss" song while he does exactly that to little Utena.
Edit: Also, YGO abridged rocks!
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Miss Bluesky wrote:
onsenmark wrote:
Miss Bluesky wrote:
YES YES YES
Goddamn I wish they would update that. The first time I heard Ray speak was just pure lulz.
Agreed. The video where they do "The Twelve Days of Christmas" was gold.
"THREE GOOD REASONS TO CUT MYSELF. Well, it's probably more than that."
Priceless.FIIIIIIVE SEASONS OF PLOOOTHOOOOOLES!
Did you see the one with the cartoon attatched? I lol'd. Hard.
Yes; that one is pure awesome.
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Oh, I love the abridged series! It's funny.
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I don't know. I can't speak for Naji, but I for one think it's really shitty that this Abridged series is more popular only because of who it's affiliated with, not because it is funnier or better made.
/Naji Fan for Life.
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well i watched it..and i was disappointed.
i thought the funniest part was making fun of the tower, and the funniest part about that is that it stated exactly what was on our minds...
hell, my freddie mercury thread got more laughs than that..lol
(just joking)
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fjy1WoN_iKo
I happened to find this preview for an upcoming Utena Abridged Series. I'm not that sure what to think at this point. It's OK, except the girl play Wakaba is having some mic issues.
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I thought this was okay.
I think the best abridged is the DBZ and Death Note...but oh well
My main problem with this is that it doesn't feel like a real episode in any way/ the DBZ voices are amazing, but these feel like some fans got together and did a dub
Last edited by Setsuna (09-04-2009 09:20:33 PM)
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Eh, not bad. "Abridged series" usually have me rolling my eyes more often than laughing, but this was pretty fun.
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They have uploaded a new episode of Utena The Abridged Series:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEUEnKWrLpc
Not overly funny but it has its moments. I especially like the elephants, both in the real episode and this one.
Here's a list of Whip0fAlchemy's UTAS episodes this far:
Episode 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZzzeY8msyQ
Episode 2+3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCEEFCSgH-w
( the picture at 3:48 has never failed to make me laugh )
Episode 4+5 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dM67sFciWQ
Episode 6, part 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__5WZWkldi4
Episode 6, part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdMG3Qpi2bE
Episode 8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEUEnKWrLpc
( the nonexistence of episode 7 is discussed in the beginning )
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Thanks for informing us~ Wouldn't it be great if they can keep it up until ep. 39~
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