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ananda
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| Quote: | | ADV’s English dub also fares much better, though some might quibble about how different some of the key performances are from the originals. Kira Vincent Davis’s rendition of Lucky gives the character a raspy child’s voice compared to the more effeminate voice offered by the seiyuu, but for various reasons this proves to be the right call as the volume wears on. John Swasey portrays Ahab in full-blown stereotypical pirate captain fashion compared to the deeper and more resonating voice of the seiyuu, but the English interpretation feels much more accurate given that the series has gone to great pains to draw and characterize Ahab as a classic Western pirate captain. (And, let’s face it, there’s really no way to do a classic Western pirate captain in Japanese.) Other roles and performance qualities match up reasonably well. |
And yet the English Dub got the SAME score as the Japanese one?!?...
According to what was said in the Review, I think the English Dub should have gotten a much higher score IMO. |
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Key
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| Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2005 6:14 pm |
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| I rated them the same because the looseness of the English script balances out the better performances in a couple of key roles. Were the English script tighter to the original (adjusting the joke and Ahab's speech pattern is acceptable, but it wanders a bit more than that), the dub certainly would have been rated higher. |
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Cloe
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| Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2005 1:41 pm |
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| Quote: | | While Melville’s novel was a serious, very realistic, and often philosophical story replete with exceptional (and sometimes excessive) detail about the practice of whaling... |
Not to mention one of the hardest books to read in the history of English literature. Great review, Key. I was thinking of checking this title out, but I think I'll invest in some other titles first (still haven't seen Saikano...).
By the way, Happy Thanksgiving! I'm thankful every day for ANN reviews! |
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ptrix4u2c
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| Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2009 1:43 am |
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| Animation got a C-? Seriously? |
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