Forum - View topicNEWS: Yet Another Hidden Haruhi Suzumiya VA Poll
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Malintex Terek
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Sadly, I believe you are right. There's always potential to hire an English actress who can sing the Haruhi songs in place of the selected actor; Disney does such almost all the time and it's frequently unnoticeable. Last edited by Malintex Terek on Mon Jan 01, 2007 6:00 am; edited 1 time in total |
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penguintruth
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Dubbed songs in an anime are usually horrible anyway, so whether the actress could possibly sing or not didn't factor into my decision - I'll likely just tune to the Japanese track for the ENOZ songs, or the OP and ED if they get bold enough to dub those, too.
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Malintex Terek
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Is that so? They're rather rare, but all of the examples that come to my mind, even the "weakest" (which I believe to be Kiddy Grade's opening) were rather well done. Even if one considers dub openings to be something found only in history, Higgin's rendition of Denbo-chan's song in Bobobo-bobo-bobo was wonderful, and it rhymed to boot. If something as niche-oriented as Bobobo got a dubbed song, why not something like Haruhi? Arguably, Denbo's song was relevant to Bobobo's plot, but so is the concert in episode twelve. I would be just a tad disappointed at the opening and ending not being dubbed, but something important to the story like the concert is egregiously annoying. |
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EmperorBrandon
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Heh, I had completely forgotten that Kate Higgins could sing, but she was my choice on the poll. All of them are fine here, but I liked the sound of Kate's performance the best here (I also voted for her on Yuki too. Ah well..
 ) Hoping she does get one of the roles she's up for, though, as she's quite talented and one I have not heard much of at this point.
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CGord
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Kate Higgins went to CA to be a singer & wound up voice acting, so I know she could knock Haruhi's songs out of the park, but Kari Wahlgren is the best choice for capturing HS' energy.
So let's call it! Haruhi Suzumiya: Kari Wahlgren Kyon: Crispin Freeman Itsuki: Johnny Yong Bosch Mikuru: Stephanie Sheh Yuki: Kate Higgins (close 2nd: Michelle Ruff) |
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darkchibi07
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Yea, I'm pretty disappointed she isn't one of the choices. 
On another note, if they do plan on dubbing the in-songs (of which I REALLY hope; c'mon I love to hear English VAs sing, why should some of the Japanese seiyuu have all the fun?), maybe they could get Kate Higgins to be Haruhi's "singing voice". |
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ZeroRyoko1974
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LMAO 
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The Seventh Son
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HOW THE HELL DO YOU GO TO THE POLL!?!?!
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Saviour Atrhun Zala
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I like that. they match perfectly. I'd probably keep Kate Higgins for Yuki though. I love Stephanie Sheh's voice 
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rpgmaster1
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Most of the female VAs have to voice children anyway and there's even more of a shortage for boys. I can think of only 3 VAs who are still voicing boys. Mona Marshall is quite obvious to many people (Toboe in Wolf's Rain), Barbara Goodson (makes a great Laharl in the upcoming Disgaea anime), and Wendee Lee (T.K. from DIgimon Season 1 and Yahiko from Ruroni Kenshin). Kadokawa is not going to allow dubbed singing on the opening and ending songs, but may (slim to none chance) on Mikuru's and the concert. I remember Bandai did for GSD and turned out decent (probably worse for Meer's concert).
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MorwenLaicoriel
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Click "by." (It wasn't hidden as well last night, they must've changed it) As for the list....the only one I don't whole-heartedly agree with is JYB, and he's a fine actor so I know he'll do a good job. If that's what the final cast is, I think I"ll really enjoy it. EDIT: Is dubbing songs in the middle of an episode that big of a sin? I can understand having issues with the OP and the ED behind dubbed, but it seems stupid NOT to dub the songs when the characters are actually singing. I can't think of a single anime that hasn't dubbed songs that the characters were sining--from Princess Tutu to Azumanga Daioh to Porco Rosso. |
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The Seventh Son
Posts: 380 Location: Where your missing socks end up. |
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they all cant capture the original japanese voice. only japanese can make it that hyper. but regardless i voted for 5.
this is why i heavily prefer subs. |
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hanachan01
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I chose Kate Higgins. She had the best energy to me, and I liked the way she delivered her lines the best. However, Kari Wahlgreen is a close second.
And while I don't want to see "Bouken Desho Desho" or "Hare Hare Yukai" dubbed, I'd love to see that for "G'd Knows" and "Lost My Music." I think it would sound more natural. Also, if the VA for Haruhi can't sing (which I would doubt), I'm sure one of the other series VAs could sing for her. |
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MorwenLaicoriel
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Maybe it's the dub fan in me, but I don't think dub voices exactly should match the Japanese performance...otherwise it'd just be an impersonation, not a performance, and the acting would come off as not sounding right.
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EmperorBrandon
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Julie Ann Taylor and Philece Sampler have voiced quite a few male characters (and pretty well at that) at this point, so you could add them. New Gen has J.D. Stone who voices a lot of young boys. I don't think Brianne Siddall is gone at this point, though I think she only shows up in union stuff recently. |
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