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| The dub cast is well matched to the sub cast, and Greg Ayres and Monica Rial do a good job as the leads. |
Greg Ayres will NEVER do a good job as a lead. Not to sound picky but the mere sound of his voice will NEVER (to me) sound like "Main Character" quality.
Comedic background character, side character, but NOT the main's best friend or "Bromantic Foil" (Clannad FAILED at this casting him there...) or hey as is common in anime, the annoying pet that can talk.
ALL of those voices fit for him, but a main he will never be, no matter how much he has Sentai's directorial staff wrapped around his finger and lands the majority of their lead roles.
I skip buying every single NA release of every show he's cast as one of the mains or anywhere 'near' one of the mains.
Cast, have yet to get the second, but I read in the credits that he's one of the minor characters, which is fine by me ^ ^
Inb4 "VA's gota take the roles they're offered" - Yes I know this, i've been to a few anime con's myself and the constant question from a person who's attending their first con is "How do I/you get into the VA world"
And the most common answer I hear a variation of is "You take the roles you're gives because they can be few and far between."
But somewhere along those lines... he seems to be getting WAY too many main lead roles... in my mind, he's GOT to be "the president's son" or the "directors favorite" or maybe whoever's in charge of giving him these leads LOVES trolling the fanbase thinking that his voice will make people go "Oh god not this again..."
Well, it's working, the troll is effective, but if that means not getting my $$$ for a NA release set, then that's working as well, sorry but his voice will never sell it for me O_o.
What a letdown, I really loved this show and wanted to show it off to people that don't normally watch anime (Which is one of my main reasons for buying english dubs in the first place aside from others), but I just can't see people taking this tory seriously with a voice like his. Pass on the DUB, worth it for the SUB, make of that what you will.
