![]() As for Maika specifically, I thought some of her lines to the patrons in her "sadist" mode were actually pretty funny. Both Dino and Maika have the exasperating tendency to invariably misinterpret each other's words and actions. The two of them should be naturals for each other- she's got a fetish for all things "foreign", and Dino (who's Italian) has a complementary fetish for "black-haired Japanese girls." But he's completely unable to articulate his feelings toward her, while for her part Maika is so innocent (or perhaps just SO dense) that she can't seem to realize how he feels. He's so pathetic that the other staff members actually feel the need to help him try to get through to Maika. "Manager" (as he's invariably called in the show, though the character's name is given in the opening credits as Dino) is hardly a predatory boss demanding quid pro quos his feelings toward Maika are more those of a profoundly addled lovesick puppy, an utter flake, complete with sexual-arousal nosebleeds that occur whenever Maika says or does anything that can be remotely construed as being particularly kind toward him. And yet neither seems to exactly apply here. Coming out of the year of #MeToo, I think we're all pretty aware of the issue of sexual harassment, which is one reason for frowning on this sort of thing on the other hand is the possibility of favoritism, which is also poisonous in the workplace. No, it was NOT the relationship between the manager and Maika. And there was a relationship I was interesting in watching develop, as well. OK, maybe it was just one or two laughs per show, but that's pretty much my quota for an "average" comedy. Granted, maybe it IS a rather middling one, but still, in almost every episode I found something- some random quip, or some clever sight gag- that made me laugh. Take away Blend-S's (actually rather mild) obsession with otaku culture, and its (also rather mild) fanservice, and you've got an almost old-fashioned sort of conventional sitcom. I actually liked this better than I believe some of the other THEM staff did. (The joke here is that none of their real personalities match the ones they're assigned to play Maika's "look" gets her the role of "Sadist", even though her true personality is cheerful (and remarkably naïve.)) Meanwhile the manager has his eyes on Maika for another reason as well. Maika Sakuranomiya finds it difficult to get a job due to the fact that her eyes look sinister, but this is actually an asset for a job at Café Stile, where the staff are all anime/game fans and the manager has all the wait staff act like some anime archetype. Notes: Based on manga by Miyuki Nakayama, published in Houbunsha's Manga Time Kirara Carat. Voice cast I.A.Z.Length: Television series, 12 episodes, 24 minutes eachĭistributor: Currently licensed by Aniplex of America, streaming on Crunchyroll.Ĭontent Rating: 15+ (Fanservice, mature situations, ![]() This also dubbed the OP and ED but with different lyrics compared to the second Aniplex dub. While the two Aniplex dubs were being produced, PPE Entertainment produced their own dub in El Kadsre at Power Network, which has aired on some Animax channels and in El Kadsre. dub, the NYAV Post dub dubbed the OP and ED. dub, Aniplex commissioned a new dub from NYAV Post. having spent "a lot of time" trying to perfect the dub, and the translation was rushed leading to poor translations that couldn't be fixed in time for the recording sessions to commence.īecause of the negative reception of the I.A.Z. According to Maika's voice actress Minny Chui, Aniplex mostly used the first takes of many of the dialogues, despite I.A.Z. The dub was also compared to the Omni Productions dubs of the Transformers anime series. I.A.Z's dub received negative reviews, with fans criticizing the "sub-standard voice acting" and the writing, which contained clumsy English, run-on sentences, non sequitur lines and swears inconsistently being either left intact or replaced with softer words. Productions, based in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada also receiving a Canadian content credit with Creative Saskatchewan (Dino's voice actor Jeffrey Boeken is a regular in theater in Regina and Kōyō's voice actor Ian Austen Zachary is the founder of I.A.Z. ![]() The first dub was commissioned by Aniplex of America in late 2017 and recorded at I.A.Z.
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