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malvarez1



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PostPosted: Wed Oct 15, 2025 10:34 am Reply with quote
More Charles Martinet is always good, but I wish they were dubbing the whole show.
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bluebaron



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PostPosted: Wed Oct 15, 2025 10:39 am Reply with quote
I'm happy Charles is showing up in more projects like this! He's a delight!!
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Greed1914



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PostPosted: Wed Oct 15, 2025 12:13 pm Reply with quote
Looking at the cast, it was pretty obvious it was Okratron, but then there is a wild Charles Martinet in the mix too.
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 15, 2025 12:43 pm Reply with quote
Oh nice to see Charles Martinet getting involved in this one. I'm not against this particular compilation film getting an English dub given that the footage used are from the 1st Ultraman TV series (which is ironic because the 1st Ultraman TV series had the original English dub when broadcasted on US TV back in the 60's). So this might make it awkward toward people that watched the original TV series' original dub whether long time ago or online.

But then again, nowaday, people are used to watching their media even including when the audio dialogue is spoken in English with the CC/SDH subtitles turned on. As I mentioned on another thread, people are turning on CC/SDH more and more for thing even when the spoken audio are in English. They become so used to watching their media with the CC/SDH subtitles turned on that it become 2nd nature or a habit to turned on everything with subtitles on. That extend to foreign-language media (anime included). So I think people may watch this film with the subtitle turned on rather then watching it dubbed (majority of them, save for a few that will watch this film with the new English dub).

Also, I find it interesting that this particular Ultraman compilation film is released in 4K because the original TV series was shot on 16mm film which is made for shooting TV series, or made for TV stuff so getting 4K resolution from a TV show that was shot on 16mm film. Ultra Q, the predecessor to Ultraman was shot on 35mm film hence why it looked good for it's time and that's why Ultra Q has received a 4K UHD BD release in Japan. Even on Ultraman Wiki entry on Ultraman 4K Discovery, I was told that it was shown in 2K and not 4K at a film festival.
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 15, 2025 1:08 pm Reply with quote
And people were saying Charles was retired just because he wasn't voicing Mario Rolling Eyes
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 15, 2025 3:53 pm Reply with quote
Greed1914 wrote:
Looking at the cast, it was pretty obvious it was Okratron, but then there is a wild Charles Martinet in the mix too.


Making it more obvious because he previously worked with Chris Sabat on the Dragon Ball Super Super Hero film so a connection was gained through that.
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MFrontier



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PostPosted: Wed Oct 15, 2025 8:13 pm Reply with quote
The only thing wilder to me than dubbing Showa Ultraman is Charles Martinet in the cast.

Also...is Aaron Dismukes going to voice OG Ultraman in the Zero movies they're going to be dubbing? Since he uses Hayata's voice (and form) in those?
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cyberdraco



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PostPosted: Thu Oct 16, 2025 7:10 am Reply with quote
We just got a few more cast announcements via Ultraman Connection:

Chris Hackney as Zoffy(previously played Shinji Kaminaga in Shin Ultraman)
Jordan Woollenas as Alien Mefilas(previously played Shin Ultraman's Alien Mefilas)
and Kellen Goff as Alien Zarab(previously played Shin Ultraman's Alien Zarab)
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bluebaron



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PostPosted: Thu Oct 16, 2025 12:07 pm Reply with quote
Happy ultraman is continued being dubbed.
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