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  • @lewsTT1887
    @lewsTT1887 ปีที่แล้ว +611

    I dont know who needs these but here are time stamps for every edition (language)
    3:30 Japanese (Yasushi Suzuki)
    28:25 Japanese (Ken Sugawara)
    38:00 Superchats
    42:59 English (Bantam Paperbacks)
    49:49 English (Folio)
    1:02:30 English (Hardcover Steven Youll)
    1:06:25 Chinese (Taiwan Sitak)
    1:24:57 Croatia (Algoritam)
    1:30:35 Czech (Talpress)
    1:36:53 Dutch
    1:38:05 English Voyager (Jim Burns)
    1:42:43 French (J‘ai Lu)
    1:53:20 German (Blanvalet)
    2:00:00 Dutch (again)
    2:01:02 English (2005 Paperbacks)
    2:01:59 English (HarperCollins-Voyager)
    2:04:52 English (Hbo Tie-in)
    2:08:10 English (Illustrated)
    2:08:46 Estonian (Varrak)
    2:10:45 Finnish (Kirjvara)
    2:13:22 French (again)
    2:16:05 Superchats
    2:29:10 Bulgarian (Bard)
    2:30:49 Chinese (Chongqing)
    2:31:36 Fancover (Bogna Gawronska)
    2:32:03 English (Behance)
    2:33:13 German (German Goldmann)
    2:36:30 German (Penhaligon)
    2:37:26 German (Phoenix)
    2:40:13 Greek (Anubis)
    2:41:10 Hebrew (Opus)
    2:41:27 Romanian (Nemira)
    2:43:07 Italian (Monadori)
    2:44:40 Italian (Monadori Original)
    2:45:14 Italian (Monadori Reprint)
    2:46:21 Korean (Eunhaengnamu + Shinwon)
    2:47:34 Norwegian
    2:50:50 Polish
    2:54:56 Portuguese (Brazil)
    2:58:56 more Portuguese
    3:02:21 Romanian
    3:04:46 Russian
    3:11:05 Serbian
    3:11:41 Slowenian
    3:12:36 Spanish (Argentina)
    3:13:10 more Spanish
    3:17:45 Swedish
    3:20:00 Graphic Novel Speedround
    3:22:42 Favourites
    3:25:00 Superchats

    • @witchboy44
      @witchboy44 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Seven blessings for this friend!

    • @HyTricksyy
      @HyTricksyy ปีที่แล้ว +4

      the GOAT, ty

    • @KlikiDemon
      @KlikiDemon ปีที่แล้ว +13

      2:41:27 they say it is hungarian but it is not. It is romanian

    • @baelorbreakstuff
      @baelorbreakstuff ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I needed this thank you

    • @malicewonder8345
      @malicewonder8345 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@KlikiDemon exactly. They show the same covers later at 3:04:38

  • @Little-Dude
    @Little-Dude ปีที่แล้ว +483

    I think the next person to interview GRRM should print some of these out and get his opinion on them. It would be more interesting than the same 5,000 questions he always gets.

    • @Ballin4Vengeance
      @Ballin4Vengeance ปีที่แล้ว +48

      So what do you think the Winds of Winter cover will look like George!?

  • @amerikatt
    @amerikatt ปีที่แล้ว +224

    The dice in the norweigan ones are review scores, the letters under them mark which newspaper reviewed them. Its common in Sweden and norway for newspapers to review not out of five stars but out of six points on a dice 😊

  • @Skwadley
    @Skwadley ปีที่แล้ว +507

    I like how it sounds like ASX is just standing behind Glidus. Like to imagine they’re in the same room and ASX is just chilling in the back

    • @CoRLex-jh5vx
      @CoRLex-jh5vx ปีที่แล้ว +58

      You mean that's not what this is??

  • @KaritKtana
    @KaritKtana ปีที่แล้ว +244

    The Japanese Tyrion cover is mesmerizing, but I think people's problem with it is that he looks like a baby!!
    The artist got the individual attributes in the hair, eyes, etc. But Tyrion is well into his 20's, not a toddler

    • @JJJJJVVVVVLLLLL
      @JJJJJVVVVVLLLLL ปีที่แล้ว +42

      I do agree… especially his tiny, soft right baby hand

    • @phnargg
      @phnargg ปีที่แล้ว +39

      Yeah, I think it’s a really cool artwork, but what throws me is the grey skin tone. It makes Tyrion look more like a fantasy creature/alien baby, when he’s supposed to be just a weird looking human man. Having a babyish look doesn’t really fit Tyrion’s personality, either.
      Also, this is one of the few depictions I’ve seen that have his right eye as the black one, which is interesting!

    • @ccorvid
      @ccorvid ปีที่แล้ว +17

      the hair kinda blends w his skin tone too so he looks bald at first

    • @awldune
      @awldune 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I think that take is inspired by the "elderly children" in Akira, particularly Masaru

  • @efjay3183
    @efjay3183 ปีที่แล้ว +173

    2:37:48. Fun fact: Eisenthron is german for: Iron Throne. The word ”Eisen” was closely related to the old English ”isen” (iron), used by Tolkien in words such as Isengard and Isenmouthe.

    • @twiss9341
      @twiss9341 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Thank you

    • @Aeraleach
      @Aeraleach ปีที่แล้ว +9

      you also find it in german-derived last names such as General Eisenhower which comes from Eisenhauer-Iron"puncher"(worker)

  • @megamovieman101
    @megamovieman101 ปีที่แล้ว +384

    I think the things we learned most from this stream are that:
    1. That image of Stannis on the throne is VERY popular
    2. Schwift has a LOT of bastards running around

    • @maxwellkazemba2299
      @maxwellkazemba2299 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      I thought a sorcerer gelded schwift as a child tho?

    • @menschman1464
      @menschman1464 ปีที่แล้ว

      ⁠@@maxwellkazemba2299the current glimbus regenerated from the originals severed peen

  • @yulibeta
    @yulibeta ปีที่แล้ว +92

    In Japan, ASOIAF switched translators at A Feast for Crows, which is kinda where the different cover art comes from. Initially, the hardcover releases (usually divided into 2~3 books, since you can fit less text on a page than English in Japanese) and the soft cover pocket book (bunko) releasees (usually divided into about 5 books, due to even less text fitting on 1 page) had different cover art, which is the sprawling covers (hardcover)and the framed covers (softcover). Presumably the softcover versions didn't sell too well, and they were discontinued after A Clash of Kings (or, A Storm of Swords didn't sell enough to merit a softcover version). When A Feast for Crows comes along, the translator switches to a different guy, and he made a lot of changes to the names and lingo (basically made them a lot more edgy). Then, during the time while the new guy is translating A Dance with Dragons, the show happens, blows up, and suddenly there's a much bigger demand for the source material (of which most had gone out of print). So, they re-release all the books in softcover pocket books style with the updated edgy lingo, but this time they ,make them big fat chunky books for people with humongous pockets, and released them with the hardcover version cover art. So, no more covers with the frames. They aren't even in circulation.
    So, that picture of Ned definitely predates the show. Actually, the only covers that came after the show started would be the two A Dance with Dragons covers.

  • @Sipu97
    @Sipu97 ปีที่แล้ว +150

    The Finnish ones are so atmospheric. The blackness makes them feel so mysterious and as if danger surrounds the pictures. Especially the first one, it's so striking. They also depict nature more than many others which just emphasises the Finnishness of them.

    • @RayFog1
      @RayFog1 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Finnish him

    • @Max-lf3tx
      @Max-lf3tx ปีที่แล้ว +4

      They're my favourites.

    • @noahmay7708
      @noahmay7708 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      It leaves it up to the imaginaition, which I prefer to the realism angle some others take. An older, more fantastical presentation fits very well with how I like to imagine the books.

  • @peculiarpangolin4638
    @peculiarpangolin4638 ปีที่แล้ว +342

    6:24 Fun fact, Schwift accidentally named the three countries that speak languages from the Uralic family. Hope everyone who reads this has a great day! :)

    • @jordonby
      @jordonby ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Hm.. big vibes thx for knowledge :)

    • @hecticscone
      @hecticscone ปีที่แล้ว +51

      finno-ugric moment

    • @Sipu97
      @Sipu97 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @@hecticscone Finno-Ugrian gang

    • @miketrujillo3677
      @miketrujillo3677 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@hecticscone what the hell is a minnow urea

    • @justinkroboth360
      @justinkroboth360 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      This was so pleasant.

  • @silentbutnedly
    @silentbutnedly ปีที่แล้ว +74

    Ngl with Schwift’s sound problems in the beginning I was picturing them streaming with Glidus in front of the computer and Schwift just shouting from the bathroom as he ate yogurt on the toilet

  • @zoltankoppel7818
    @zoltankoppel7818 ปีที่แล้ว +142

    Just to let you guys know, the book covers at around 2:41:34 are in fact NOT hungarian, because I could not understand any of the words on them as a hungarian :D
    Edit: google translate says it is Romanian

    • @IOddAm
      @IOddAm ปีที่แล้ว +21

      They have the shortcuts labeled as Romanian, seems like somebody realized the mistake

  • @zenebean
    @zenebean ปีที่แล้ว +60

    1:56:58 I think "A griffin, A griffin!" is just stated by Jon Connington to be the battle cry as he has the Golden company shout it. Probably like how "A Lannister always pays their debts" is used way more than their generic words that some ancient lord just thought was rad.
    Also I agree the German does hit different

  • @TheLandauMinimum
    @TheLandauMinimum ปีที่แล้ว +674

    This video really feels like the human heart in conflict with itself

    • @theopenmouth9695
      @theopenmouth9695 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      FAULKNER SAID THAT!!!

    • @modernnationgame
      @modernnationgame ปีที่แล้ว +5

      My heart exploded

    • @eduardocherry7268
      @eduardocherry7268 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      This video feels like my eyes in conflict with my brain

    • @guymann1660
      @guymann1660 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      the exaggerated swagger of a human heart in conflict with itself

  • @jimmothybiz
    @jimmothybiz ปีที่แล้ว +55

    Hi guys, spaniard here!
    The 3:16:52 cover it's just the "deluxe" hardcover version of the previous Corominas one and the sleeve it's actually just a translucent onionskin paper with all the lettering so that you can pull it away and then it has the full artwork without any titles or anything. It's actually pretty great and it's super sad that those editors lost the rights to the future novels 'cause we won't ever get the full set (even thou we probably won't get the novels anyway, but you know what I mean).

    • @mirayoquese8608
      @mirayoquese8608 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Soy el único que tiene las otras portadas de JDT y CDR de Corominas? Me parecen mil veces mejor que las del vídeo.

    • @jimmothybiz
      @jimmothybiz ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@mirayoquese8608 Si, es verdad, yo tengo las ediciones de bolsillo con las del vídeo pero las de tapa dura son diferentes y bastante mejores, es cierto.

  • @carraegrea9900
    @carraegrea9900 ปีที่แล้ว +253

    Pretty sure the red haired character in the third Japanese cover is Bran right? It looks like Winterfell, the tree looks weir wood-y and it looks almost like he is floating because of the clouds around his legs, connected to Bran and the crows

    • @amiam8998
      @amiam8998 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Could be Jojen Reed too? But with the clothes I would think it's Bran as well

    • @qixec
      @qixec ปีที่แล้ว +27

      I definitely thought bran too. I would guess that he's standing because it's during a vision or something

    • @AmbrosiusIII
      @AmbrosiusIII ปีที่แล้ว +62

      The show made us forget he has red hair and blue eyes like other Tullys

    • @Chaucerettescs
      @Chaucerettescs ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Right, this definitely feels like Bran, Tully red hair and all. I think you're right that he's standing/floating because he's dreaming. The dagger on his belt also feels like an allusion to the catspaw dagger.

    • @a.a677
      @a.a677 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@AmbrosiusIII who's us? lol I easily remember the book looks

  • @Longshanks1690
    @Longshanks1690 ปีที่แล้ว +800

    We should get Glidus to eat the $200 versions on stream.

    • @baelorbreakstuff
      @baelorbreakstuff ปีที่แล้ว +18

      I’d pay him 200 just to stream with ser hunts reviews

    • @incoherentrambling3139
      @incoherentrambling3139 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      If glimbus eats the winds of winter when it comes out I'll donate for the first time in my life

    • @Cbutton
      @Cbutton ปีที่แล้ว +32

      @@incoherentrambling3139 I just want George to send him an alternate copy called the dragon book

    • @jessISaRicePrincess
      @jessISaRicePrincess ปีที่แล้ว

      I would pay him 10 dollars per page eaten

    • @Domefossil
      @Domefossil ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@baelorbreakstuff that stream would have so much ADHD it'd need Adderall

  • @lindsayshelton6311
    @lindsayshelton6311 ปีที่แล้ว +159

    Next livestream should be Glidus and Schwift drawing asoiaf fanart together

    • @elinaw6175
      @elinaw6175 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Omg yes

    • @elinaw6175
      @elinaw6175 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      They should have a AI make prompts for them to draw

    • @roronoalaw7772
      @roronoalaw7772 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Nah next one needs to be them finishing the GoT character alignments

    • @lindsayshelton6311
      @lindsayshelton6311 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@roronoalaw7772 The alignment of Flement Brax is all we need to know

    • @Cobalt360Degrees
      @Cobalt360Degrees ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@elinaw6175 I mean, Schwift already has a random ASoIaF theory generator, so that might still work.

  • @Arkios64
    @Arkios64 ปีที่แล้ว +84

    Elden Ring actually has "seamless" COOP now, thanks to the modding community.
    As in, join once, and as long as the mod doesn't bug or glitch, you can go through the entire game together from that point.

  • @henrikfitch4017
    @henrikfitch4017 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Favourite: Mini Stannis
    Least Favourite: Mini Stannis
    Middling Favourite: Mini Stannis

  • @HeartsinNYC
    @HeartsinNYC ปีที่แล้ว +43

    In the art where Ghost is pooping/has a tree hand, Jon's back foot looks all twisted around because of how they draped the cloak around it. can't stop picturing him tripping over it and careening down the cliff.

    • @PinkyJustice
      @PinkyJustice ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I couldn't not see it. It looks like it's coming out of his tailbone

    • @iainhansen1047
      @iainhansen1047 ปีที่แล้ว

      Time stamp?

    • @FringeSpectre
      @FringeSpectre 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      To me is looked like his whole back was a leg

  • @Cbutton
    @Cbutton ปีที่แล้ว +133

    Glidus ain’t fucking around this week

    • @bonbonvegabon
      @bonbonvegabon ปีที่แล้ว

      But this topic is lame as F

    • @mammamiaculpa
      @mammamiaculpa ปีที่แล้ว +25

      @@bonbonvegabon nahhhhh

    • @a.a677
      @a.a677 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@bonbonvegabon L

    • @jazzycat8917
      @jazzycat8917 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@bonbonvegabon L take

    • @Cbutton
      @Cbutton ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@bonbonvegabon super L take

  • @nasiknosik
    @nasiknosik ปีที่แล้ว +41

    of course twow have been out in taiwan for a while now, where did you think preston jacobs got the material for his fanfiction

  • @Holyhunoli
    @Holyhunoli ปีที่แล้ว +44

    Maybe the purple Jon wears on that Japanese cover is subtly inferring he's royalty, since purple was/is an official royal color

    • @kitcat7457
      @kitcat7457 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      certainly a possibility. But I think it is more likely that the artist uses purple to liven up the black cloth. It is fairly common in art to not use pure black and seeing as purple is a dark color it is often used.

  • @btarczy5067
    @btarczy5067 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    The Japanese Cersei/Jaime cover wins it for me. It might scream corny fantasy art but I‘d still hang it up as a poster.

  • @zrake_7027
    @zrake_7027 ปีที่แล้ว +103

    A new glidus x altschwift stream is a blessing frfr

    • @jordonby
      @jordonby ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Is vibes

  • @violetsapphire952
    @violetsapphire952 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    "Anyone watching a Glidus video does not have a healthy sleep schedule"
    I have been called out. How dare you say something so accusatory and accurate.

  • @angelferreira753
    @angelferreira753 ปีที่แล้ว +122

    Our Brazilian version of The books is absolutely stunning, all 5 have representation of moments of The books with differents color pallets

    • @theguywithpants
      @theguywithpants ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Just googled them. Time to learn Portuguese!

    • @thyagosaints
      @thyagosaints ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Yess, I love our version too, é realmente muito bonita

    • @angelferreira753
      @angelferreira753 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@thyagosaints inclusive as duas versões são bonitas a da leya e da SUMA

    • @ninacaracol
      @ninacaracol ปีที่แล้ว +5

      yesss my favorite is dance, absolutely gorgeous

    • @irasac1
      @irasac1 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yup, Dance with the child's bones reveal and feast with the silence... it's so beautiful

  • @dallayg
    @dallayg ปีที่แล้ว +15

    It really sounds like they were in the same room and I love that energy

  • @sharkape
    @sharkape ปีที่แล้ว +125

    Can't believe you streamed for 4 hours at the precise time I had a 4 hour lecture

    • @SpirusOfH
      @SpirusOfH ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Lmao same. 3 hour lecture, 30 min commute = missed exactly the entirely of this stream.

    • @bonbonvegabon
      @bonbonvegabon ปีที่แล้ว +1

      This streamed 7 hours ago, it was only 4:30am here in eastern Canada when it started lol. I got up 30 mins later at 5 am and still missed it lol

    • @sharkape
      @sharkape ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @ChesterTester The pain I felt walking out of my lecture, checking youtube, and seeing "streamed 1 minute ago" was agonising

  • @jonttopia
    @jonttopia ปีที่แล้ว +16

    The estonia covers look like old computer game covers from like the 90s, I love it.

  • @JackDespero
    @JackDespero ปีที่แล้ว +22

    The "clip art" in the Spanish version is just an onion paper cover. It can be removed and then you have the original cover. I keep them in mine to protect the covers.

  • @adipsous
    @adipsous ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I like the Hodor representation in that Japanese cover. By the cave time in the story, after being mind-invadedly warged by Bran over and over, Hodor is probably just a shell of a human. He wasn't quite much of a person to begin with. By now he's just a tragic soul-ravaged transport slave. If he ever was a sweet boy, that innocence was chewed up and ground into oblivion long ago. He's a mindless automaton vessel, now. That's all.

  • @psevdhome
    @psevdhome ปีที่แล้ว +20

    As a Finn I must comment. I loved the covers on the Finnish editions for their style. I read the first novel in Finnish first but then read the rest in English, as the English edition was more easily available. I loved the covers though...
    That having been said, the Finnish edition is quite amateurishly translated, misunderstanding and mangling many frases so that the parallels between things like certain characters become obtuse or undecipherable. There's also some weird translations that persist in translations of other works set in the same Universe (like the HBO show). Like "Hand of the King" isn't translated with the normal word for hand, which would be appropriate, but rather with another word that means "grasper, groper", when referring to the hand. The strange part is Finnish has the same idiom from which the position on the council is derived, i.e. my right hand as in someone who is very helpful to me and in a close position to me. So why use this very uncouth language to translate which takes the reader away from the quite plain and simple meaning of the phrase is anybody's guess.
    Tyrion's sobriquet of "imp" is also translated into a word that means troll or goblin. Although roughly correct, it refers only to his ugliness in the Finnish, and perhaps his mischieviousness, but does not quite grasp at the most obvious insult of Tyrion being considered quite the unnatural and evil creature, that the word imp obviously carries. Although perhaps on accident the translation becomes more appropriate in Clash of Kings when Tyrion abducts Tommen, as Finnish trolls are known for capturing children from their mothers. A bit of unintended irony there.

  • @pigpig252
    @pigpig252 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    dying at the version of Stannis on the throne where he's just photoshopped out and really tiny

  • @sibirianway560
    @sibirianway560 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    Honestly considering that he's somewhat of a minor character (and not a POV one), i'm surprised how often we see Stannis on these covers! Melisandre, too ... this was very interesting, thanks for putting so much work into it!!

    • @noahmay7708
      @noahmay7708 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The people love Stannis

    • @ralcogaming7674
      @ralcogaming7674 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      ​@@noahmay7708 he's the one true king.

  • @albertdrevdal4233
    @albertdrevdal4233 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    The dice on the Norwegian ones are indeed ratings. honestly didn't know it was a norwegian thing, but here media is usually rated from 1 to 6, and the dice became the popular way of conveying that (which is a little wierd now that I think of it)

  • @Xsomono
    @Xsomono ปีที่แล้ว +15

    This was a great idea for a video. It was extremely interesting to these different visions of game of thrones. Especially the Japanese covers are just incredible. The one with Jamie and Cersei *chef's kiss*

  • @laurenbastin8849
    @laurenbastin8849 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    I believe the painting Glidus is thinking of at 2:07:02 is Caspar David Friedrich’s “Wanderer above the sea of fog”

  • @thyagosaints
    @thyagosaints ปีที่แล้ว +43

    Yess My favorite Duo is back again, I will download to ear you in the hospital later today, thanks 🇧🇷

  • @edwardlaham
    @edwardlaham ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I listen to these as I fall asleep and I love them. I probably get through 12 minutes at a time each time, so I can slowly make my way through a 3 hour video over the course of a month watching the videos in their entirety each time plus each auto play video that comes next.
    What I’m getting at is please send me your TH-cam play buttons I have earned them

  • @BananLord
    @BananLord ปีที่แล้ว +15

    The Hungarian ones at 2:41:27 are actually Romanian. I'm happy my country has something better than Germany and France, even if it's just Asoiaf book covers.

  • @lupine.spirit
    @lupine.spirit ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Ghost in the first japanese one is like “didn’t I do it for you?”

  • @MyImaginaryTiger
    @MyImaginaryTiger ปีที่แล้ว +19

    I would love to see videos for all the things you mentioned. (Avatar, Hollow knight, Isaac, etc..) Granted I'd probably listen to you talk about grated cheese for 2 hours.

    • @Glidus
      @Glidus  ปีที่แล้ว +34

      we have discussed a potential “reading the phone book” steam

    • @albertdrevdal4233
      @albertdrevdal4233 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Glidusschwifty glimbus steam😤🤤

    • @Fe22234
      @Fe22234 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Glidus you should do that on April 1st.

    • @Fe22234
      @Fe22234 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Glidus you should do that on April 1st.

  • @MarshallCake
    @MarshallCake 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    When I am feeling sad I always come back to watch the teeny tiny little Stanis part

  • @katalinszabo4145
    @katalinszabo4145 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    As a Hungarian i feel called to point out that the books at 2:41:27 are actually Romanian. Love this video tho!

  • @yusufdurmus1557
    @yusufdurmus1557 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    As niche as it was, that was the fastest 3 hours and 37 minutes in my entire life. As obscure as it might have been, it was still really interesting and amazing to see all these beautiful (and weird) covers. As an artist, some of these have inspired me so much, especially the Jaime and Cersei one (and I'm talking about the Japanese hardcover for Feast). That one just straight-up looks like something from Final Fantasy.
    BTW, you guys forgot to talk about the Turkish (Epsilon) ones. Not necessarily creative or artistic, but I do still find them eye-catching.

  • @dotsdot5608
    @dotsdot5608 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    The first manga cover has some final fantasy vibe to it.
    Love it!

  • @spencerblake5713
    @spencerblake5713 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    3 glimbus videos in under a week, the seven save us

    • @jordonby
      @jordonby ปีที่แล้ว

      This is a sign of the end of times

    • @spencerblake5713
      @spencerblake5713 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jordonby we're in the darkest timeline now eurons apocalypse has begun

  • @Picking.a.name.is.hard1
    @Picking.a.name.is.hard1 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Ok but props to the german covers for looking really cool, unique and also uniform at the same time.
    And also for coming up with some good House Words for the Conningtons!
    "Ein grimmiger feind, ein treuer freund" (aka a fierce enemy a loyal friend) makes sense for JonCon himself.
    Also its just way better than "A GRIFFIN! A GRIFFIN!" 😂
    Edit: The German cover of WoW about to reveal the Dayne house words 😂

  • @sophie9419
    @sophie9419 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    I like how they swiftly move from trying to guess the characters and symbolism to immediately claiming it's mostly generic fantasy art. 😂

  • @cowsharkdefin6376
    @cowsharkdefin6376 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Some of the generic art the 2:30 mark actually was used for for a series of novels about Irish mythology. The one with the dude on a horse holding a sword is from a book called RIders of the Sidhe by Kenneth C Flint. It's a very good series and I think I still have it somewhere. I'm not sure about the one with the shirtless blond dude but I think it's a cover for a book about Cuchulainn, another legendary Irish hero. In both cases the male protagonists are blond dudes so the covers were appropriate. These books were published in the 80s so the artwork was prolly forgotten by most people but not my nerdy self. The other pictures I don't recognize.

  • @Bioguy5
    @Bioguy5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Okay, wild theory here...
    I'd hazard a guess that for some of these covers, they were painted in larger landscape resolution and the publishers zoomed in and cropped them to fit the portrait view of a book cover.
    You can see that's exactly what they did for the Book #1 cover with Jon at 1:03:09 . It's the same cover as the previous one, but it was zoomed in and cropped to fit the entire height of the book (to what end, I don't know). And probably the later book covers were done the same. Though with..... middling results.
    I have no evidence for this other than #1 I am an artist and #2 I can't fathom some of these compositions.

  • @andromidius
    @andromidius ปีที่แล้ว +8

    The Cersei/Jaime cover is great. Also notice which hand Jaime is holding his sword with.

  • @TraphouseTCG
    @TraphouseTCG ปีที่แล้ว +5

    So many laugh out loud moment this was great. “He’s standing up tho isn’t he? Hmm” 😂😂

  • @SKRRTCOBAIN00
    @SKRRTCOBAIN00 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Just here to remind everybody that Glimbus is eating Winds on release 👌🏼💪🏼
    I would like a proof video in which Schwift is cheering him on from the back 💯

  • @xnina92x
    @xnina92x ปีที่แล้ว +48

    As a german I found both your pronounciation incredibly cute 😍😂 Even though I will never understand how anyone would voluntarily study the german language 😆

    • @StockpileThomas1
      @StockpileThomas1 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Guten Tag 😸

    • @AmbrosiusIII
      @AmbrosiusIII ปีที่แล้ว

      There's something about the clunky practicality of Deutsch that i love so much. Although I will always hate numbers!

  • @lisaweinmann9245
    @lisaweinmann9245 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Woke up a few hours ago, you guys were live! My first time as I’m in New York. Listened, then fell back to sleep. Love you❤

  • @TriuneWorshipper
    @TriuneWorshipper ปีที่แล้ว +6

    The Taiwanese ASoS cover was sick not gonna lie. The foreshadowing is actually awesome

  • @DeLtA8042
    @DeLtA8042 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Bran and summer in the weirwood pool is my favorite

  • @JayTea345
    @JayTea345 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I'd love an Alt Shift X series about Robin Hobb or Joe Abercrombie books.

  • @Keith-n2p
    @Keith-n2p 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I love how the fan made book covers are way better than the official book covers

  • @Sumsar333
    @Sumsar333 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    And just as I was listening to the theory tier list. Good thing I've got a cup of coffee ready

  • @erlkoenig505
    @erlkoenig505 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Regarding the German version: "Pflicht" means duty, "Ehre" means honour. You read the words from top down, so the Greyjoy words in German are "Wir säen nicht" and not "Wir nicht säen"! ;)

  • @biggismalls8660
    @biggismalls8660 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Glidus and ASX joint videos are the best videos 😊

  • @notribadsvault
    @notribadsvault ปีที่แล้ว +11

    The biggest problem with some of the Tyrions on these covers is that they make him look like a child or child-like.

  • @tunguskalumberjack9987
    @tunguskalumberjack9987 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    This is such a great surprise! Just last night I got the urge to listen to a bit of Glidustopheles and popped on the “Every GOT episode ranked” video, only intending to do so for a short time while doing some housework. I ended up listening to the whole thing (for probably the 3rd or 4th time) and it had me laughing as much as it always has. I found myself wishing for a new long form Khal Glimbo video, and well, looky here! Thanks, you two- you just made my day👍🏻

  • @dinos119
    @dinos119 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    2:46:37 Hello. I am korean. Text on the bottom said 'suggestion'. It has been rated 5 stars from readers around the world(black color words), suggested as a must read fantasy novel book from korean fantasy novel writer(white color worlds), chosen as a fantasy novel of the year by new York times(red circle). So it's like 'Hey, it's a great book. You should read this.'

    • @iancasleton6356
      @iancasleton6356 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you random korean- you guys have been killing it with your TV and movies. Gotta say keep it up.

  • @darkjannn
    @darkjannn ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This was unexpectedly entertaining. Thanks guys!

  • @odinlinga
    @odinlinga ปีที่แล้ว +11

    For the norwegian ones: In norway dice are used to represent review scores

    • @odinlinga
      @odinlinga ปีที่แล้ว

      BT and BA are newspapers. Bergens Tidende and Bergensavisen

  • @TrissTess
    @TrissTess 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    "Cause crow's are cool" Hell yeah! 🖤

  • @andymonserud9029
    @andymonserud9029 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    "Roman" is "novel" in French, but I'm not sure why they felt the need to tell you that right in the middle of the pictures

    • @andymonserud9029
      @andymonserud9029 ปีที่แล้ว

      Actually they have some pretty wild titles there, too. My fave is probably "the law of regicide."

    • @andymonserud9029
      @andymonserud9029 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Oh and "le trone de fer" means "the iron throne."

  • @katiegrace9036
    @katiegrace9036 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    i love these livestreams

  • @otterlover3399
    @otterlover3399 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    In the Russian books Jon Snow (lovingly known as Dzhon Snou) is dark haired just like English. I read it in English but asked a friend and also you can read online. When you asked what the title in the bottom right says, it said A Storm of Swords.

  • @TheHonoredMadman
    @TheHonoredMadman 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    1:04:02 i think theyre a depiction of a manticore but without the scorpion tale

  • @blepblops
    @blepblops ปีที่แล้ว +10

    the fish with antlers is actually the heraldry of Inari municipality in Finland

    • @iancasleton6356
      @iancasleton6356 ปีที่แล้ว

      What does that have to do with Portugal? Not being an ass just really curious.

  • @brdywatson1282
    @brdywatson1282 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    *growls while drooling* HODDOOOOOOORRR!!

  • @clamagi04_ofc
    @clamagi04_ofc ปีที่แล้ว +6

    After watching these, I'm actually really proud of having the pretty ilustrated spanish versions. Shame that they are discontinued and that this year the series has been re-published with new covers.
    PD: The new covers are actually really pretty, so I'm a little bit jealous.

  • @OneEyedWilliam
    @OneEyedWilliam ปีที่แล้ว +3

    More glischty content is what I always want

  • @officerkaiser9100
    @officerkaiser9100 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I love listening to you guys when I am playing something like Battlefield One or Skyrim. Its nice.

  • @misstrin5066
    @misstrin5066 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    glidus is spoiling us with all of these uploads!!!

  • @tazter
    @tazter ปีที่แล้ว +3

    can't wait for the food description ranking stream

  • @lewsTT1887
    @lewsTT1887 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Im from Germany and in possession of the Blanvalet versions and the heraldry drives me crazy everytime I read the books. Your german sounds quite amazing except for the „ch“ but i guess thats on the german language because even I hate it. Luckily as a set in the shelf they look amazing and they are numbered on the side that is facing away from the shelf. Sorry for my bad english but you are my two favourite streamers and the perfect duo. I hope you will have even more success in the future.
    Your new album is amazing Glidus!!

    • @waffelmeister9477
      @waffelmeister9477 ปีที่แล้ว

      Another self hating German. Many such cases

    • @craigsmith3741
      @craigsmith3741 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Your English looks great to me. I have college students in my classes that can't write English that well....and they are from England!

    • @nicklagoni7306
      @nicklagoni7306 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Only problem i see with your English is you misspelled Glimbus as glidus

    • @lewsTT1887
      @lewsTT1887 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@nicklagoni7306 silly me

    • @LPVince94
      @LPVince94 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@lewsTT1887
      So gut fand ich die Aussprache jetzt aber nicht.
      Das R in Ehre z.B. haben sie komplett vermurkst. Ist aber auch nicht ihre Schuld, weil das R im Englischen ein ganz anderer Laut ist. Wird icht gerollt wie bei uns.
      Und natürlich das EI als I und wahrscheinlich noch mehr.

  • @TunezCottage
    @TunezCottage ปีที่แล้ว +6

    there are behance covers for feast and ADWD too, the feast one is a kraken and dance is a dragon. They're really dope.

  • @annalisegulyas3059
    @annalisegulyas3059 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    shoutout to glimbo and schwifty's german skills. their pronunciation was actually kind of decent?? i am pleasantly surprised

  • @Gandalfthefluff
    @Gandalfthefluff ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I can’t remember if it’s in AGoT or ACoK, but Tyrion grows a beard that is described as having both blond and black hairs, which may be where that comes from

  • @VianTheGryphon
    @VianTheGryphon ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I'm a bit late to this but I'd just like to say that the Taiwanese Clash of Kings cover at 1:12:25 is definitely reused artwork. The dragon is by Boris Vallejo and was used on the cover of The Dragon and the George by Gordon R Dickinson, which was published in 1976. Though the art is edited, the dragon in the original art is half covered by a knight so it's arms aren't visible, and there's no girl with a spear on that artwork too.
    Edit: The second Taiwanese Clash of Kings cover also has an edited piece of art. The dragon's head looks to be copied from Keith Parkinson's piece called Ice Dragon, though the rest of the cover doesn't appear to be by him.

  • @BramVanhooydonck
    @BramVanhooydonck ปีที่แล้ว +6

    "Dont judge a book by its cover"
    Glidus and schwifty: literally book judge covers, I mean cover judge books, I mean judge book covers.
    PS: The Folio collection is absolutely perfect though but not sure if book covers are worth that much.

  • @yeahey5947
    @yeahey5947 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Jin snowsuke was a banger

  • @Borgcow
    @Borgcow ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The three people behind the rocks must be Osha and the other wildlings, and Bran is that dorky princeling on the horse with the wolf. Definitely ASOIAF-specific!

  • @stumble_arcana
    @stumble_arcana ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Im pretty sure the Iconic “Sword” Cover for A Game Of Thrones is actually the Valerian Steel Knife that belongs to Littlefinger

  • @egggge4752
    @egggge4752 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The pf in german is because around 800 ad continental germans started pronouncing *p
    sounds like ff or f sounds:
    Ship -> Schiff
    But in some cases the p would stay but get and affrucative f sound:
    Pepper -> Pfeffer

  • @TehDia
    @TehDia ปีที่แล้ว +6

    If you guys do decide to co-op Elden Ring, make sure to grab the seamless co-op mod. The multiplayer can be extremely janky without it, and the mod improves it a lot.

  • @phucanhell
    @phucanhell ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Glidus calling Davos Dave gets me everytime.

  • @elisthebirb2357
    @elisthebirb2357 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    2:28:30 as a huge Witcher fan, allow me to present a nifty little alternative. if you don't have the time to go through an entire book series and/or hundreds of hours of just the last game, let alone entire game trilogy, consider checking out Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales.
    it's a unique game, essentially a spinoff to the trilogy, that expands on minor events from the books. it has a charming art style and combat entirely replaced by card matches and puzzles, but its strongest aspect is definitely the story and the way it is written. lots of ole 'choices have consequences', wartime as a backdrop, and different viewpoints on parent-child relationships. which, i think, you guys would enjoy!
    these streams are always a treat

  • @nathanedwards6344
    @nathanedwards6344 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Tell shwift to get on acockabridged and glimbo get on pisstake and got review. I would of said blisstake but you blessed us with 2 brilliant videos this week 👏

  • @sarahschweighofer4458
    @sarahschweighofer4458 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    OMG!!!! I so so so love your german pronunciations - truly magnificent and cute as well, thx very much ;)

  • @MeeraReads
    @MeeraReads ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Just woke up to see that I had missed you by an hour! Still, can’t wait to hear what Glimbus and Schwifto have to say

  • @sarahwbs
    @sarahwbs ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I love how quickly y'all skipped over the cover with Dany dressed in a Qartheen gown, but left it in the recording 😂

  • @basang32
    @basang32 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I read the Russian translation of asoiaf and no, Jon is not blond, that's just the publisher being lazy as usual, they always use those generic images for everything, it even stopped me from buying books from them