QueenZone discussion #1116071

inu-liger wrote: Anime references/tributes to Queen: -Cromartie High School has a silent character who is hugely based off Freddie link -Ranma 1/2's Opening Theme (OP) for the last seaon, "Love Seeker (Can't Stop It)" by Vision, has a lot of Queen elements link (OP - TV Size edit) link (AMV - Full Size version) Can you spot all the Queen references? :) -Big O's OP has more than a passing resemblance to "Flash's Theme" link (OP - TV Size edit) Can't seem to find a full size version on YouTube...will upload an MP3 later on

Saif wrote: Oh damn! How could I forget the Big O one! That one's toooooo obvious. XD Animax India started showing Ranma 1/2 with the original Japanese opening and ending themes very recently so my exposure is limited to the "Love Seeker" song but I didn't notice anything Queen about it. I'll check out your YouTube links.

VisioN sounds a good deal like the English band Queen, especially on their b-side to Love Seeker (Can't Stop It). Any other info on them would be much appreciated.

One more: A dude called Eagle from the Capcom vs. SNK games looks a lot like Freddie in his moustache days and one of his quotes is "The Show Must Go On"...and yeah, he says it EXACTLY like that(with the caps in each word). Never saw Cromartie High, what's it about? I read in a Final Fantasy forum a long time ago, before the release of FFXII that the Beta version of FF8 was originally slated to include a part of "The Millionaire Waltz" during the dance scene at the beginning of the game but it was canceled.

Saif wrote: Love Seeker (Can't Stop It) definitely sounds like Queen. The singer himself sounds kind of like a Japanese Freddie Mercury. One more thing I just remembered. This is true for atleast the Animax English dub for Ranma 1/2. In one episode, Akane's dad sings "Scaramouche, Scaramouche, will you do the fandango" while he was in a bathtub. That was soooooooooooo funny. I don't know if it's the same in the Japanese and North American version. I don't remember the name of the episode because the bathroom singing was the only notable thing about it.

inu-liger wrote:

Saif wrote: Love Seeker (Can't Stop It) definitely sounds like Queen. The singer himself sounds kind of like a Japanese Freddie Mercury. One more thing I just remembered. This is true for atleast the Animax English dub for Ranma 1/2. In one episode, Akane's dad sings "Scaramouche, Scaramouche, will you do the fandango" while he was in a bathtub. That was soooooooooooo funny. I don't know if it's the same in the Japanese and North American version. I don't remember the name of the episode because the bathroom singing was the only notable thing about it.

The Animax dub isn't the same one that is used on Viz Media's R1 DVD's for Ranma 1/2 by any chance, is it? I'd so love to see that dub clip now...

Saif wrote: I don't think so. Sony uses their own set of voice actors. And it's annoying because you hear the SAME voice actors on EVERY show on Animax, save for a few like Fullmetal Alchemist and Cowboy Bebop which were shown in their DVD versions until recently when the original Japanese opening themes and ending themes were used.

BTW, I think the Animax dub of Ranma 1/2 is fairly recent since I remember there was some dumb reference to iPods in an episode, where Nabiki asks for an iPod.

Dan Corson VII: Season Is Over wrote: As a general rule, I hate dubbed anime.

inu-liger wrote:

Saif wrote: I don't think so. Sony uses their own set of voice actors. And it's annoying because you hear the SAME voice actors on EVERY show on Animax, save for a few like Fullmetal Alchemist and Cowboy Bebop which were shown in their DVD versions until recently when the original Japanese opening themes and ending themes were used.

Oh duh. *brain fart* I totally forgot Animax was Sony-run. We don't get that here. Yeah, regarding same voice actors, I've heard a few complaints about that with some US distributors of anime on the fansite message boards.

BTW, I think the Animax dub of Ranma 1/2 is fairly recent since I remember there was some dumb reference to iPods in an episode, where Nabiki asks for an iPod.

LOL. SO wanna see that now. Do they have the series available on DVD there?

Saif wrote:

inu-liger wrote:

Saif wrote: I don't think so. Sony uses their own set of voice actors. And it's annoying because you hear the SAME voice actors on EVERY show on Animax, save for a few like Fullmetal Alchemist and Cowboy Bebop which were shown in their DVD versions until recently when the original Japanese opening themes and ending themes were used.

Oh duh. *brain fart* I totally forgot Animax was Sony-run. We don't get that here. Yeah, regarding same voice actors, I've heard a few complaints about that with some US distributors of anime on the fansite message boards.

BTW, I think the Animax dub of Ranma 1/2 is fairly recent since I remember there was some dumb reference to iPods in an episode, where Nabiki asks for an iPod.

LOL. SO wanna see that now. Do they have the series available on DVD there?

Nope, unfortunately, the Animax dub isn't available on DVD. We have dubs of Ranma 1/2 by two other companies though, but I think they're the same as the North American and Australian ones. Another memorable Ranma 1/2 moment is when when Ukyo and Ranma are practising poker and Ranma says "You have a nice pair, let me show you mine" and Akane thinks they're having lesbian sex in a locked room. To further her suspicion, Ranma keeps yelling "Harder, harder!" when he means "Try harder"...lmao that episode was awesome.

inu-liger wrote: Ahh, "Yakitate!! Japan" I've never seen that series before. I watched the first episode on YouTube. It is funny :D But 69 episodes! It'll take me quite a while to find the one with the Radio Ga Ga parody. The first episode has a piece of background music in the final scene that is a bit reminiscent of We Will Rock You. Seems the staff on that show really like Queen...

henke1980 wrote: I stumbled upon a old SNES emulator with a pack of games and there was one called "Ogre battle - March of the black queen. Does anyone know what the hell this is about? This HAS to be a Queen reference.