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Rain:156: Adaptation

Synopsis

Fara asks Colin about his job. Colin explains he works for an anime translator, and that he is working on the upcoming anime adaption of Black Wings, Kaminari

Author Notes

We slow things down for a moment to catch up with Fara and her date, Colin. It’s worth noting that when I was scripting this, I had about four or five different possible occupations for Colin. The one I went along with is probably the most unusual one, but hey, it works.

There are LOTS of references here. The “pretty major projects” he mentions are all spoofs on real titles. I had a bunch more, but these were the ones I liked the sound of best. Furthermore, Colin’s job itself is a little more subtle of a reference. CFX Video is a shout out to an older anime distributor from the late 90s to early 2000 called ADV Films (the name comes from moving every letter forward twice). I will be amazed if anyone caught that one before I mentioned it though. 

But thumbs up and a pat on the back if you did catch it on your own.

Transcript

So, what did you say you do again?
I'm a translator. I didn't go into much detail before, but I work for a company called CFX Video.
The anime distributor?
You've heard of us?
My neice is a big anime and manga nut. So, by extension, I know my stuff.
I've been involved with a number of pretty major projects over the years; some I'm sure you've heard of if your neice is such a fan. Like "Kill Book", "Dragon Cube A" and "Hardsteel Physicist".
And if we can acquire the rights to it, I may even be leading the project for this new one called "Black Wings, Kaminari".
Oh, so they're finally doing an animated version?
You're familiar with it then?
Ha! Are you kidding? My neice would disown me if I wasn't.

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