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NEWS: Discotek Reveals Gunbuster English Dub Cast

TAJ is gone, DuArt is gone, Animaze is gone, Intersound is gone, Coastal Carolina is gone, New Generation and PCB Productions really only does games now, Ocean hasn't done anime in forever, and Salami only seems to do an anime every few years. The hard truth is that anime dubbing just doesn't make money unless you're doing it on the super cheap.

Honestly, I'm looking forward to this. Hopefully they'll dub Diebuster too.

v_i wrote:

TAJ is gone, DuArt is gone, Animaze is gone, Intersound is gone, Coastal Carolina is gone, New Generation and PCB Productions really only does games now, Ocean hasn't done anime in forever, and Salami only seems to do an anime every few years. The hard truth is that anime dubbing just doesn't make money unless you're doing it on the super cheap.

It's a shame about Animaze, they did some great dubs: Cowboy Bebop, Wolf's Rain, Code Geass, Stand Alone Complex, Big O. And even titles like outlaw Star, Trigun and Ninja Scrolls were better than your average dub of the era.

louis6578 wrote:

Honestly, I'm looking forward to this. Hopefully they'll dub Diebuster too.

I can't see any reason why they couldn't, I've always assumed the only reason it wasn't dubbed was because Gunbuster wasn't.

Animaze shutting down was actually due to Kevin Seymour's passing, and not economic reasons. It's clear they loved dubbing anime, and they were the gold standard for years for a reason.

v_i wrote:

Animaze shutting down was actually due to Kevin Seymour's passing, and not economic reasons. It's clear they loved dubbing anime, and they were the gold standard for years for a reason.

As well as the founder, he was also an ADR Director and worked as a voice actor in a few titles. I guess he was too important to replace.

I don't even know who half of these people are... Shame that Discotek continues to use Sound Cadence. Discotek does great work and the dubs never rise above mediocre IMO.

v_i: FFS, that Chariots cue is Fair Use . Married with Children had that song, and no one lawyered up over it.

Got my copy this afternoon, and I've skimmed through it somewhat, found something interesting too. Remember the R1 song change fiasco from a few years ago? Turns out we aren't the only one's shorted. Now nobody freak out, this isn't a cancel worthy issue since there are two audio streams. The 2.0 has the original song intact, no chagnes, all is good. It's the remastered audio that's got the changed montage song.

It's technically not a remastered track. It's a re-done audio track. I'm not quite sure of the reason - maybe they didn't have all the original audio master tapes necessary to create a proper 5.1 mix anymore - but at any rate they decided to recreate the entire audio track from scratch, dub, SFX, music and all. It sounds very different, and I'm not sure if I like it or not. Right now I'm using headphones so I'll listen to the original mix anyway, but on a proper setup I'd be more like to pick the 5.1 track.

The vocal track is completely new - they really did redub the entire thing from scratch. Some of the BGM is also different, as can be easily evidenced by the opening notes. As for the SFX, it's hard to tell apart, as there are mix volume adjustments and spatial effects added. There are definite differences there too however, such as the background noise while in the mecha while listening to the speech in the first ep.

I stand corrected! My point still stands in that they're doing far, far less anime then they used to.

Animaze shutting down was actually due to Kevin Seymour's passing, and not economic reasons. It's clear they loved dubbing anime, and they were the gold standard for years for a reason.

Your options for dubbing anime right now, assuming you're not Funiroll (In-house, Okatron 5000, Studio Nano), Sentai (Seraphim Productions), or Netflix (VSI) are essentially the following:
NYAV Post (expensive) {Discotek has worked with them on Memories}
Studiopolis (expensive)
Bang Zoom (very expensive)
Kocha Sound (even more greenhorn than Sound Cadence)
Iyuno • SDI (they're infamous for a reason)

Sound Cadence has done a lot of good work recently, so I'm excited to hear what they do with Gunbuster. Marissa Lenti directed the dub of Kageki Shoujo which I just finished (very late) and that dub was excellent. New talent doesn't necessarily mean bad talent.