| Elfen Lied's dub was pretty meh. I didn't think EVERY character was bad, though--just a handful that made it seem that way. Namely the female cousin. |
| The only dub I think is horrendous is Higurashi's. That is why I read the manga for it. Sort of agreeing with the posts above me, Elfen Lied's had some moments too that kind of made me embarrassed to watch lol. |
| Every ones in a while I run into a dub that sounds so bad I'm thinking it must be a fan dub. but how to tell? I've been looking for Nyan Koi! just came out dub on blu-ray/dvd. but online all the dubs I can find have been up for quite a while and sound awful. Does anyone know if that's because they are indeed fan dubsand not the sentai release? |
CRXTHRASHER said: I looked it up just for this. It was probably the real thing because my God it was awful. Most Sentai dubs are like that.Every ones in a while I run into a dub that sounds so bad I'm thinking it must be a fan dub. but how to tell? I've been looking for Nyan Koi! just came out dub on blu-ray/dvd. but online all the dubs I can find have been up for quite a while and sound awful. Does anyone know if that's because they are indeed fan dubsand not the sentai release? |
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| I think the only ones that have been so incredibly bad in terms of acting that I've thought "is this a fan dub?" were the non-FUNimation dub of the first Yu Yu Hakusho movie and the first-couple-episode dub of Urusei Yatsura. |
| Our only memorable hated dub is GreenGreen, probably the only show we stopped watching on purpose because of it. We can deal with one char or even a few, but everything about that was just stale cheeseballs. 4kids dub of One Piece, ESPECIALLY IN CAPS Sanji...oh my: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z45jE79ExZo We have a love-hate-hate with Greg Ayres's "whiny boy voice" that he often uses that you can spot from a mile away. On Negima it was about...a 70% miss for us, although ofc it fit the character it was just, meh....But then again the same voice minus the British infection for Tomoki Sakurai in Heaven's Lost Property and we're ok with it. |
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| I tried to watch the British English dub of Moomins...and I just didn't like it. Snufkin's voice was high pitched and gruff sometimes, Sniff sounded like a badly voiced Digimon, Moominpappa's voice is too high, Snork sounds like a fat dude, Floren's voice is too low and echo-y, and Little My sounds like a snotty high school drug addict! The only voices that were good were Moominmamma, Mr. Hemulen, and Moomin himself, but the latter's acting is still a little stiff, like his actress is trying too hard to sound like Calumon from Digimon Tamers or Chirin from Ringing Bell. |
| I can stand 4kids dubs I liked When they cry dubbed I adore some of sentai's "weaker" works But i seriously can't stand either of the Akira dubs, be it the 80s one or the more newer one from the 2000s Those dubs are the only ones I could sound like a weeabo on how much I disliked them. |
| I've never heard the first Akira dub, but what was wrong with the second? Sounded like any other anime dub of reasonable quality to me. |
| Highschool of the Dead: After a long search I've been able to confirm that the original script was severely altered, which is why I stay away from Steven Foster shows and I'm always skeptical whenever Sentai Filmworks licenses anything, I'd rather have them do more outsourcing (Examples: Persona 4 The Animation). |
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| High School of the Dead is what we call a "gag dub." It was intentionally altered, like Shin Chan. That alone doesn't necessarily make it a bad dub--there are plenty of people who prefer the English version because the Japanese tried to take itself too seriously in a setting that was just too ridiculous to be taken seriously. |
| ^ I actually enjoyed HotD a lot more in English. I'm fairly tolerant with dubs but I'm watching K-ON!! at the moment in English and it kind of detracts the cute factor from the show. Definitely prefer the Japanese for this one. |
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XTApocalypse said: High School of the Dead is what we call a "gag dub." It was intentionally altered, like Shin Chan. That alone doesn't necessarily make it a bad dub--there are plenty of people who prefer the English version because the Japanese tried to take itself too seriously in a setting that was just too ridiculous to be taken seriously. It doesn't matter, Steven Foster will never equal ADR Directors like Mary E. McGlynn and/or Kevin Seymour. |
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| Haganai's dub sounded pretty weak IMO. I can't stand it every time Rika talks. Talking in the third person sounded so freakin' weird in English. And K-On!. I don't like it when the dub includes honorifics in the script. Whitemanhattan said: But....Mariko was pretty good too. D:Elfen Lied! The only good voices in that were Bando & Lucy (Lucy not Nyu) Every time any other character talked it was just so horrible! Yuka's dub *Shivers* |
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FstSergeant8595 said: Higurashi was actually pretty good in English. I mean honestly, it wasn't that bad. Of course it wasn't that good, but I mean it didn't bother me.The only dub I think is horrendous is Higurashi's. That is why I read the manga for it. Sort of agreeing with the posts above me, Elfen Lied's had some moments too that kind of made me embarrassed to watch lol. |
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| Akira is the only anime I would not watch English dub (first watched the Spanish dub which is the one I prefer) Other than that... Well I like almost every dub, but I notice that some of funimations latest works, (psycho pass and robotics;notes) are a little weak compare to like the dub of guilty crown they made and darker than black. But I have good hope for the aot dub judging by the teaser videos. |
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hungergamer012 said: anything done by 4kids Well that's no surprise to me. |
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| Recently re-watched the first episode of Rozen Maiden. The dub is pretty sub-par. |
| I wanted to watch Rozen Maiden subbed for Miyuki Sawashiro so that's a good sign |
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| Agreeing that the Elfen Lied dub could have been better. Worsts for me were Love Hina and Hellsing (besides Alucard). |
| I just saw mushi-shi and tried both the sub and dub and tbh i kinda liked the sub for this one better. Still only 2 anime that i prefer subbed and rest dubbed so no, i don't think I'm switching heh. |
| I didn't like Seras Victoria's accent. I thought it was too strong. Anyone with me here? Anyone? :3 |
Ayanami17 said: I didn't like Seras Victoria's accent. I thought it was too strong. Anyone with me here? Anyone? :3 That's the primary complaint I hear on the rare occasion someone dislikes the Hellsing dub, and it's usually accompanied by the opinion that Gray's accent sounds fake, but... Have you ever heard a born-and-raised British person, who lives in Britain, where the series takes place? That's exactly what they sound like. It's not as if she's a scouser--that would be pretty annoying. (This is directed at no one in particular, not towards you, Aya) |
| Nope I haven't. I guess it falls into the category of I'm not used to, or rarely ever, hear a British accent . I'm planning on re-watching Hellsing since it has been a long time since I finished it so maybe my view will change ;) |
JasonSlater said: Girls und Panzer, from Sentai. The initial voices seem somewhat off, and they even cut out one special musical number in it. One of the uncommon occasions I'll opt for subbed over dubbed. Is it the one with the tanks? Because I've been told there was some licensing issue with that song and it had to be replaced in both the subbed and dubbed audio versions over here, meaning it's only present in fansubs. |
| How does that say otherwise? It's probably a clip from a fansub. |
| I own the BD and the Japanese track has that same issue. Although as much as I want to blame Sentai apparently the track was chosen by the Japanese licencors. On Bandai's K-ON Blu-rays 'Tsubasa wa Kudasai' had to be replaced with another song. Probably has something to do with why the 5th Anniversary Blu-ray has English subtitles but no dub. |
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| Little Busters!. Explanation why I disliked it can be found here. |
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| 4kids dubs get a lot of hate, unsurprisingly, but you guys saying "all" 4kids dubs... c'mon guys, we all know the Yu-Gi-Oh! dub is timeless. "You don't stand a ghost of a chance!" As for the topic, I can't think of any anime where the entire dub has been awful. I have noticed, however, that in anime dubbed in the 90s and maybe early 2000s, a larger number of voice actors seemed more... incompetent. Like, I just watched Outlaw Star, and a few of the voice actors sounded much more stale than in an anime like Clannad. This is also something I noticed watching older episodes of DBZ; I'm currently watching Rurouni Kenshin and notice it a bit too. Not really sure why that's the case. Oh, and I didn't really like the Chrono Crusade dub. Greg Ayres is a fine voice actor (although I get tired of hearing him because he's frichen everywhere), and so is Hilary Haag, but they just didn't fit the voices for Chrono or Rosette at all. Especially Greg. |
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chthonianghost said: 4kids dubs get a lot of hate, unsurprisingly, but you guys saying "all" 4kids dubs... c'mon guys, we all know the Yu-Gi-Oh! dub is timeless. "You don't stand a ghost of a chance!" As for the topic, I can't think of any anime where the entire dub has been awful. I have noticed, however, that in anime dubbed in the 90s and maybe early 2000s, a larger number of voice actors seemed more... incompetent. Like, I just watched Outlaw Star, and a few of the voice actors sounded much more stale than in an anime like Clannad. This is also something I noticed watching older episodes of DBZ; I'm currently watching Rurouni Kenshin and notice it a bit too. Not really sure why that's the case. A lot of 4Kids dubs are certainly nostalgic, but that doesn't really change the quality of the dubs. Though in my case the issue is more with the editing than with poor voice acting. Give me a faithful 4Kids dub (there were a handful of attempts made) and I'm not too nitpicky. Dan Green in particular has a great voice. Still, in terms of acting... they're generally pretty subpar. Not Animax or hentai bad, but you get the idea. As for earlier dubs, you might be surprised to realize how much impact the directing has on the production. You can get two series with almost identical casts of actors with totally different qualities of dubs due to having two different directors (which happens more often than you'd think). It's true that actor inexperience and development enters the equation--I really don't think Vash the Stampede, as Bosch's first role, holds up at all to his later ones--but I think it's more a matter of the evolution of the industry over time. Directors have since stepped up their game and taken productions more seriously. |
chthonianghost said: 4kids dubs get a lot of hate, unsurprisingly, but you guys saying "all" 4kids dubs... c'mon guys, we all know the Yu-Gi-Oh! dub is timeless. "You don't stand a ghost of a chance!" As for the topic, I can't think of any anime where the entire dub has been awful. I have noticed, however, that in anime dubbed in the 90s and maybe early 2000s, a larger number of voice actors seemed more... incompetent. Like, I just watched Outlaw Star, and a few of the voice actors sounded much more stale than in an anime like Clannad. This is also something I noticed watching older episodes of DBZ; I'm currently watching Rurouni Kenshin and notice it a bit too. Not really sure why that's the case. Oh, and I didn't really like the Chrono Crusade dub. Greg Ayres is a fine voice actor (although I get tired of hearing him because he's frichen everywhere), and so is Hilary Haag, but they just didn't fit the voices for Chrono or Rosette at all. Especially Greg. 1.It's because 4Kids dubs are heavily edited and take numerous liberties with the original script, just like Dic and Saban. 4Kids hires talented VAs and directs them to deliver terrible punch lines. But like Dic and Saban, 4Kids is dead and buried so there's no need to worry about them. 2.I never was too crazy about Greg Ayres, but Hilary Haag does have some rather fantastic performances such as Nene Romanova from BGC Tokyo 2040, Teletha Testarossa from Full Metal Panic, and Anna Aoi from Godannar. |
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| Checked out the hellsing dub, probably the only person outside of weeabos that prefiers the sub. |
GEO9875 said: Checked out the hellsing dub, probably the only person outside of weeabos that prefiers the sub. Why is that? |
SwatKat1990 said: hungergamer012 said: anything done by 4kids Well that's no surprise to me. LOL |
| Haganai's dub. It's just average. The only reason to watch its dub is Whitney Rodgers Yozora. It looked like she was giving her all in the role and it also sounded like she enjoyed it too. The rest of the cast just sounds half-assed or annoying. Maria can get grating on the ears sometimes, Kobato's doesn't sound that cute, Rika can kinda get annoying talking in third person and Yukimura is just so bland. But the worst voice in the dub is hands down Jerry Jewell as Kodaka. He sounds lame as Kodaka. The role could of been given to a younger and new VA like Clifford Chapin. |
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| Highschool of the Dead OVA: Drifters of the dead- It's basically second verse same as the first. |
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XTApocalypse said: To be honest, i like Crispin Freeman but his voice as alucard sounds monotome to me, like a very forced vampire voice, while i think that Jouji Nakata performance sounded much more menacing and diabolical, but maybe thats just me. I do like the other character voices though, but is just that Alucard english voice just doesnt do it for me.GEO9875 said: Checked out the hellsing dub, probably the only person outside of weeabos that prefiers the sub. Why is that? |
GEO9875 said: XTApocalypse said: To be honest, i like Crispin Freeman but his voice as alucard sounds monotome to me, like a very forced vampire voice, while i think that Jouji Nakata performance sounded much more menacing and diabolical, but maybe thats just me. I do like the other character voices though, but is just that Alucard english voice just doesnt do it for me.Why is that? Freeman is more theatrical than menacing. I would say the same about Alucard, myself. Thus, I think he suits him pretty well. |
XTApocalypse said: A lot of 4Kids dubs are certainly nostalgic, but that doesn't really change the quality of the dubs. Though in my case the issue is more with the editing than with poor voice acting. Give me a faithful 4Kids dub (there were a handful of attempts made) and I'm not too nitpicky. Dan Green in particular has a great voice. Still, in terms of acting... they're generally pretty subpar. Not Animax or hentai bad, but you get the idea. SwatKat1990 said: 1.It's because 4Kids dubs are heavily edited and take numerous liberties with the original script, just like Dic and Saban. 4Kids hires talented VAs and directs them to deliver terrible punch lines. But like Dic and Saban, 4Kids is dead and buried so there's no need to worry about them. I personally believe the only reason 4kids dubs were bad is because of the editing; it has nothing to do with the competency of the voice actors. Most the voice actors were pretty solid. In terms of voice acting, I loved the One Piece dub. It was the editing that made it unwatchable. |
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| Agent Aika.I enjoyed the anime.Not the voice acting. The voices for the supporting characters were sub par.Like the studio just grabbed some schmucks off the street and had them do their impression of crappy children's 80s educational cartoon characters.Especially the characters Gust Turbulence and Michikusa Shuntaro.Where the voice actors who did their voices someone's brother or cousin who needed a job? Where they bums grabbed off the street? |
ezikialrageJul 24, 2014 2:51 PM
| Maze might have the worst dub. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7n_FR6B7EqM&list=PL14CC8BF429686F32#t=924 |
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