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The King of Harts
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I'll repost what I said in the Aniplex Thread:
Madoka and Sayaka are OK, but everyone else is really good; Mami and Homura in particular. I expect this to be a case where, since everyone else around them is really good, Madoka and Sayaka's VA's will get better by the third or fourth episode by virtue of working with good talent. Not to mention Von David has directed some pretty good dubs. I'm so glad I can stop worrying about the quality of the dub now. |
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kakoishii
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Yet another reason for me to buy this one. The dub sounds decent and not littered with the usual subjects which is always a plus. The only thing keeping me from deciding to purchase this now is my very tight budget and Aniplex holding off on releasing the series in a complete box set or at least half box set. Guess I'll be waiting on that.
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Animerican14
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Just copying and pasting some of what I said on another board in reaction to the trailer. There's a bit of pre-emptive "damage"-control that I'm doing below, so if you feel like you're ready to jump the gun on expressing any particularly strong or sharp opinions on the dub, I'd recommend taking a look at this little "disclaimer."
Last edited by Animerican14 on Fri Dec 16, 2011 11:05 pm; edited 3 times in total |
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Tratious
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I'm sorry but that dub sounds horrible. I love my fair share of dubs, maybe this one will get better, but maybe not.
I really want to hear more of it to make a final judgement of it. Last edited by Tratious on Fri Dec 16, 2011 10:37 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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Megiddo
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I like Sayaka, Hitomi, and Homerun. I don't care for Madoka or Mami's voice personally. Though maybe I just need to hear Mami more. Why would they give Hitomi like 3 times more dialogue in the trailer than Mami? o_0
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GATSU
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*sigh* The more I see of this series, the less I'm motivated to continue it. I have a feeling I'm gonna regret pre-ordering the first volume, but I figure it's short, so I got nothing to lose.
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Kougeru
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Animerican14
Posts: 963 Location: Saint Louis, MO |
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That's how it pretty much was in the first long official trailer released for Madoka Magica. As I noted above, with the exception of the Kyouko clip and audio sample, it's essentially an English dubbed trailer/translation of that aforementioned TROLLING Japanese trailer, using the same kinds of dialogue and happy mood and such. ed. note: The above was bolded and underlined for those that might be more misunderstanding where the trailer's coming from in its mood, tonality; the increased emphasizing was meant more for the poster below you, Megiddo. |
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prime_pm
 Posts: 2335 Location: Your Mother's Bedroom |
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I get the same feeling, that the voices are too overly happy and cute. However, this could also easily go either way.
At the start of the story, everything in this story starts out really sugary sweet, it's diabetic. But as most of us should know by now, as the story plays out, this shit gets REAL. The overly cute portrayal in the beginning could evolve into something darker as the story advances. It could show how the sweet and innocence of young girls becomes broken over time. Of course, like I said, this can be a double-edged blade. Remember, George Lucas tried the same thing by making Vader a little boy at first, and we all know how that played out. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOokay Last edited by prime_pm on Fri Dec 16, 2011 10:55 pm; edited 2 times in total |
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Chagen46
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Jesus, the weeaboos are already trashing this with the usual "JAPANESE IS BETTER HUUUUR" crap.
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kakoishii
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what? All animation is dubbed sweetie, the only thing that changes as it travels from one county to another is the language. What they should be emulating is the characterization of each of the characters in the show, not anyone's previous performance. Also correct me if I'm wrong, but most of the scenes that were in that trailer were from very early in the series before shit hits the fan and things got real. I'd be more concerned with the mood being so light if the scenes being shown were from the latter half of the series. Imo, there's nothing disconcerting about this, after all the trailer is like a minute in a half isn't it jumping the gun a bit to say an entire series is ruined based on less than two minutes of sound bites? |
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dtm42
Posts: 14084 Location: currently stalking my waifu |
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From what this trailer is showing me, the dub is nowhere near as good as the Japanese version, but it isn't horrible. I could live with it.
I am however a bit disappointed that Aniplex didn't go all-out on the dub for such a top-tier title like this. Although, I suppose it isn't necessary to have a good dub for a release like this, Aniplex could have made this release sub-only and there still would have been huge interest. So, we're probably lucky to have a dub at all. And yet, if you are going to go for a dub, then at least put a bit of effort into it. Like I said, the dub doesn't sound horrible, it is probably going to be quite passable. But it doesn't do the characters the same sort of justice that the original Seiyuu did, and that is a shame. |
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Chagen46
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>see less than 2-minute trailer
>Judge the dub of ~300~ minute show based on said trailer on .00666667 of the show You have got to be kidding me |
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Splitter
 Posts: 1276 Location: Knockin' on Heaven's Door |
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I like Kyubey and Sayaka. That's about it really. Oh well, I'm not buying it so it doesn't matter.
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TD912
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For everyone who's saying this is "too happy," this trailer is the same "misleading" Japanese trailer with English text and voices. It's supposed to be misleadingly "happy and too cheerful" without all the signature SHAFT visuals.
Aniplex USA is doing the same thing the Japanese did. Take a look at the official English Madoka site. |
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