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Kougeru
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This. It's not a phase at all. After watching both dubbed anime and subbed anime for over a decade I can say for a fact that dubs acting quality is subpar compared to the Japanese. A lot of this has to do with the fact that the Japanese have entire schools for Voice Acting while American voice actors are generally just stage actors or failed actors that couldnt make it to/in hollywood. The pure acting ability is what makes Subs better than dubs. They capture the emotion so much better in MOST shows. Some older dubs like Bebop, GITS:SAC, FMA (both versions) had excellent dubs that I found better than the subs but these are very rare. All that said, both versions of of AoT are extremely overrated and lacking of real substance. |
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jmfsilenthill
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God the Finebros are just. F*cking. Awful.
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the-antihero
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It sure is. But the subbies are the ones who have already crossed over to the dark side of the fandom. |
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Kadmos1
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There's a character in the Japanese that really I felt was subpar: Armin. It's because of the following: Unless the lead guy gets turned into a girl, is very effeminate, or regularly cross-dresses (Baka and Test's Hideyoshi is good example of a woman-voiced boy), I don't think any boy 13+ should be given a woman's voice (This applies to both Eng. and Japanese. What I've seen of the Japanese version of Mirai Nikki, Yukii was especially guilty of this). It's seem especially out of place to me when it's a harem/fan service heavy show. Heck, if I knew enough Japanese, I'd tell said voice actress and the people that cast her that it was big mistake to cast her because there are male seiyuu out there that can pull off a teen boy voice (Tetsuya Kakihara is a very good example). For me, the most appropriate sounding woman-voiced boy I've seen in dub/sub is both versions of teenage Naruto. |
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SouthPacific
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Following your way of thinking, I guess you'd be considered a dubbie, correct? |
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TopGunman
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Goku, Himura Kenshin and Edward Elric are the best examples of bad gender mismatch VA choices. EDIT: Not to mention Suguru from Mahoromatic. I don't care if Toriyama himself picked Goku's VA, it still is a crappy decision he's made even as the original creator. Last edited by TopGunman on Mon May 19, 2014 6:02 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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SouthPacific
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Well, i'm pretty sure they chose a female VA for Yukiteru to emphasize his character, and what a insecure weakling he was. Oh, and look at FMA:B. Both leads are voiced by females, and they're utterly amazing at bringing the characters to life. One of them is even the Queen of Tsundere, yet she's able to pull it off. Many Japanese voice actors have great range, and I think the females are the ones who can really do both genders well. E: Derp'd, forgot to add that I think the casting choice with Armin was similiar to that of Yukiteru's VA. They both come off as insecure & weak characters. Making them have more feminine voices will further reduce their "manliness" so to speak. Last edited by SouthPacific on Mon May 19, 2014 6:06 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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penguintruth
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Masako Nozawa and Romi Paku absolutely dominate as Son Goku and Edward Elric, respectively. There's nobody that can even touch them. Nozawa radiates a charming, quirky spirit, and Paku already sounds kind of masculine IRL (no offense intended to her), so her being a teen boy works out better than a 45 year old man without much acting talent. I'm not familiar with the Japanese version of AoT, but I have heard the English dub, and the male main characters both sound like VAs doing their best Vic Mignogna impressions. Too bad Vic Mignogna isn't a very good VA, either. As for Kenshin, the whole point is that he's feminine-looking at first glance, and his opponents might consider him frail if they didn't know who he was, so a female voice is perfect. Last edited by penguintruth on Mon May 19, 2014 6:11 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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Raebo101
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Geez, does no one say "in my opinion" anymore? Because I disagree with you. |
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Kadmos1
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The dub vs. sub question had to be inevitable. The dub preference is understandable in not wanting to read a show. I disagree about Rae's sub preference statement because fansubs might not necessarily capture a faithful translation and a fan like her might be aware how the Japanese approved of the cast list.
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penguintruth
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If you really need to see the phrase "in my opinion" to help you differentiate between a person's opinions and facts, maybe you have bigger problems than can be solved with my acquiescing. |
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Raebo101
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The Japanese approved the cast list? That's cool! 
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SouthPacific
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I've never understood this "reading" a show thing. Is it really that hard for Americans to read subtitles? I guess not being exposed to foreign media makes many things difficult ;O. And who is "the Japanese" in this case? Just curious~ |
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getchman
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cant speak for anyone else, but I can read just fine, I'm watching 30 shows this season. But, sometimes I just don't want to read, so I watch a show in English, assuming it has a dub.
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grooven
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Thanks for the laugh of the day bro 
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