Spiral Mangadub Chapter 1 -- Part 2 released

[Refi-chan]

Two years ago, Ayumu Narumi's older brother disappeared with one clue: The Blade Children. Now that one clue surfaces in the investigation of a death at his school...

Red Hair Productions and Dare to Dream Fantasy come together to bring you dub of the first chapter from the manga Spiral: The Bonds of Reasoning by Kyo shirodaira and Eita Mizuno

PART I


PART II *NEW*

Cast (IOA):
Ayumu Narumi: cruc1f1x21
Kiyotaka Narumi: Phoenix27
Kana Munemiya: LittleStar
Mizue Nohara: LittleStar
Wataya Suemaru: Sketch
Madoka Narumi: KimiLynn
Ikuo Tsuji: Toku
Hiyono Yuizaki: YingFaStar
Masaru Sasabe: CountAbyss

Extras: Rashinban, Toku
Walla: Kage-Ichihashi
Opening Title: Kage-Ichihashi

Music:
REM by Nightmare
Monster OST
Majin Tantei Nougami Neuro OST

SFX:
SoundSnap
FreeSoundProject
Kirarin
Ah! My Goddess
VAA
Rashinban

Script & Scans: Refi-chan
Audio Mixing: Kage-Ichihashi
Video Mixing: Autrayue (Part 1) & Refi-chan (Part 2)
Post Production: Refi-chan

This is a non-profit production, please support the official manga release!

[YingFaStar]

Yaay~ It's finally out! But the video is on private.

[Refi-chan]

Yaay~ It's finally out! But the video is on private.

WHOOPS O.O So sorry about that! It's fixed now!

[Mrwest16]

I wondering when this was ever going to come out. Sounds nice so far. It's good to hear my sister's voice on this site again. (Kimilynn)

[Kage-Ichihashi]

Cool deal, it's out. I'm going to kind of provide a critique, mostly towards the video, since it's Autrayue's first time mixing video.

One thing to keep in mind when making a mangadub: the text does not matter. You've already got a mix in with the text with the audio that provides the exact same information, plus the added benefits of it being in audio, so rather than focusing on text bubbles, the focus should be on the images. Having the text show off in the beginning, or zooming in from point of text rather than the image, is unnecessary. Timing is key. While I understand that you only had WMM at hand, there were still steps you could have taken to creating a quality video mix that focuses on the images and not the text bubbles. For instance, going through and erasing the text bubbles to be blank. It's distracting to read the text and then hear an audio with a slightly different take on the dialogue. Cropping the images is also an option, just make sure to keep the focus on the manga-ka's images.

Also, when you have two separate people working on things, it can become difficult to get into the other mixer's head. For example, at around 6:43, Madoka starts fading in, but there's a sound effect that I put in to emphasize the moment where she mentions the gate. It had been intended as a sort of "Aha!" moment, so rather than fading in, it probably would have been better had the picture snapped into place right with the sound effect. Again, focusing on the images rather than the text is absolutely essential.

[Refi-chan]

Part 2 is up and running!
Yeah, sorry it took so long--life changes and all that, but I'm getting caught up now.
Actually, I just got a new video editor that lets me do different things from WMM. The exporting part was a hassle, and I think that threw the timing off when I uploaded it to youtube >.< Sorry about that--it's really only noticible in 2 spots. Anyway, I removed the words from my scans (some were trickier than others) If it's popular enough like that, I can go back and redo part 1 in the same style as part 2 if people want ^^

Anyway, love the cast and audio mixing! Enjoy! :3