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Aug 1, 2013 3:48 PM
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Riki Naoe Shannon Emerick
Rin Natusme Brittney Karbowski
Kyosuke Natsume Blake Shepard
Masato Inohara Greg Ayres
Kengo Miyazawa Leraldo Anzaldua
Komari Kamikita Tia Ballard
Haruka Saigusa Margaret McDonald
Kudryavka Noumi Tiffany Grant
Yuiko Kurugaya Carli Mosier
Mio Nishizono Caitlynn French

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Aug 1, 2013 5:04 PM
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Freeman Crispin (Alucard from Hellsing Ultimate) will voice Kyousuke
Johny Yong Bosch (Renton Thurston from Eureka 7) will voice Riki

Just kidding, I have no clue who's voicing anyone. I can see some potentially good VAs, but I have little faith in Sentai Filmworks. It'll probably be funny to watch anyway.
Aug 1, 2013 7:18 PM
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Vladz0r said:
Freeman Crispin (Alucard from Hellsing Ultimate) will voice Kyousuke
Johny Yong Bosch (Renton Thurston from Eureka 7) will voice Riki

Just kidding, I have no clue who's voicing anyone. I can see some potentially good VAs, but I have little faith in Sentai Filmworks. It'll probably be funny to watch anyway.


Oh god, crispin freeman as kyousuke? i wouldnt be able to take him seriously. i'd get the image of hideki motosuwa in my head too much haha
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Aug 26, 2013 12:09 PM
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This is how i want the dub cast
Caitlin Glass - Riki Naoe
Luci Christian- Rin Natsume
David Matranga- Ryousuke Natsume
Andrew Love- Kengo

Hilary Haag- Kud
Monica Rial- Komari
Shelly Calene-Black- Yuiko Kurugaya
Emily Neves- Mio Nishizono

still working on the rest though
Aug 26, 2013 4:17 PM
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RathanaLak said:
This is how i want the dub cast
Caitlin Glass - Riki Naoe
Luci Christian- Rin Natsume
David Matranga- Ryousuke Natsume
Andrew Love- Kengo

Hilary Haag- Kud
Monica Rial- Komari
Shelly Calene-Black- Yuiko Kurugaya
Emily Neves- Mio Nishizono

still working on the rest though

i was thinking maybe hilary haag for haruka, and luci christian for komari
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Sep 14, 2013 12:45 PM
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Crispin Freeman for Masato

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Sep 14, 2013 9:09 PM
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Crispin voicing anyone in LB would be hilarious.
Sentai Filmworks dubs are notoriously awful, and it will be funny just to see how bad this is done in the first season. I think I'll cry tears of shame if I ever see the Refrain dub...
It would be like watching the horribly dubbed over emotional scenes in Angel Beats and Clannad. They just aren't the same, especially if you've seen the Japanese first.
Sep 14, 2013 10:43 PM
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Vladz0r said:
Crispin voicing anyone in LB would be hilarious.
Sentai Filmworks dubs are notoriously awful, and it will be funny just to see how bad this is done in the first season. I think I'll cry tears of shame if I ever see the Refrain dub...
It would be like watching the horribly dubbed over emotional scenes in Angel Beats and Clannad. They just aren't the same, especially if you've seen the Japanese first.

well, i saw both those dubs first, and thought they were just fine. i'm more of a dub watcher overall, but i've grown emotionally attached to the VA's of LB! (especially after playing refrain), so im actually afraid of who theyd cast (i hope to God they don't cast Shelley Calene-Black as kurugaya). but if anything, i'll just buy the official release and turn the dub off if its bad
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Sep 15, 2013 2:17 AM
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Meh, there's just no comparison to the sincerity in Nagisa and Tomoya's voice acting in the dub vs. the sub.
Clannad super duper spoiler:
http://youtu.be/3ittgv0N63o?t=4m15s
http://youtu.be/n7TcmSr43gU?t=4m10s

That being said, Key's story and themes and the animation are probably good enough for the average watcher. I also don't think Tomoya's Japanese VA Nojima Kenji is an especially GREAT or top tier voice actor, but he conveyed Tomoya's trying to laugh off the situation while choking on tears pretty well.
Very few voice actors could match the dynamic voices of Sugita or Jun Fukuyama, and Kyousuke's scenes and voice acting in Refrain will definitely be downplayed in the dub vs. Midorikawa Hikaru's amazing voice acting.
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Vladz0r said:
Meh, there's just no comparison to the sincerity in Nagisa and Tomoya's voice acting in the dub vs. the sub.
Clannad super duper spoiler:
http://youtu.be/3ittgv0N63o?t=4m15s
http://youtu.be/n7TcmSr43gU?t=4m10s

That being said, Key's story and themes and the animation are probably good enough for the average watcher. I also don't think Tomoya's Japanese VA Nojima Kenji is an especially GREAT or top tier voice actor, but he conveyed Tomoya's trying to laugh off the situation while choking on tears pretty well.
Very few voice actors could match the dynamic voices of Sugita or Jun Fukuyama, and Kyousuke's scenes and voice acting in Refrain will definitely be downplayed in the dub vs. Midorikawa Hikaru's amazing voice acting.

I agree on your points with those after story scenes. i saw after story sub first, then waited for the dub. the big climactic scenes werent as good as the sub, but other than that i enjoyed it (still watch the dub today). I also very much agree, Kyousuke without Midorikawa's voice wouldnt be the same. but like you said earlier, it may just be fun to watch to see how bad the dub is
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Oct 3, 2013 7:50 AM

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Sentai Filmworks official cover for Little Busters

Front: http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/813v-UCQ%2BuL._SL1280_.jpg
Back: http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/81obmO45JGL._SL1280_.jpg

They both look really nice
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Oct 5, 2013 9:23 PM

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That does look pretty nice ;o
I'll probably buy the Complete Collection if they ever do a bundle with Little Busters + Refrain like the one with Clannad+After Story.
It's still kinda expensive, and the first season was meh compared to what they're capable of now :D
Oct 5, 2013 9:30 PM

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Vladz0r said:
That does look pretty nice ;o
I'll probably buy the Complete Collection if they ever do a bundle with Little Busters + Refrain like the one with Clannad+After Story.
It's still kinda expensive, and the first season was meh compared to what they're capable of now :D

i'm gonna buy both regardless, i need to complete my KEY collection
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sanata50lbsb said:
Vladz0r said:
That does look pretty nice ;o
I'll probably buy the Complete Collection if they ever do a bundle with Little Busters + Refrain like the one with Clannad+After Story.
It's still kinda expensive, and the first season was meh compared to what they're capable of now :D

i'm gonna buy both regardless, i need to complete my KEY collection


Ditto. All I need is Little Busters to complete my full collection.
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dub cast was been announced

English Vocal Cast

Riki Naoe Shannon Emerick

Rin Natusme Brittney Karbowski

Kyosuke Natsume Blake Shepard

Masato Inohara Greg Ayres

Kengo Miyazawa Leraldo Anzaldua

Komari Kamikita Tia Ballard

Haruka Saigusa Margaret McDonald

Kudryavka Noumi Tiffany Grant

Yuiko Kurugaya Carli Mosier

Mio Nishizono Caitlynn French



Additional Voices Christopher Ayres

Krystal Laporte

Beth Lazarou

Connor Leach

Brent Marshall

Genevieve Simmons

Juliet Simmons

John Swasey

Allison Sumrall

Tiffany Terrell

Chris Ayres is the director
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I actually just saw that on twitter. I'm surprised at the inclusion of Tia Ballard. I think this is her first work with Sentai. She's been all Funimation till this point right?
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Blake Shepard as Kyousuke?? Brittney Karbowski as Rin? GREG AYRES AS MASATO????? YUCK!!!!
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I never watched this anime,but i am sure of one thing, the dub will make this anime very bad...dubbed version always do that..
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Ulquiorra1923 said:
I never watched this anime,but i am sure of one thing, the dub will make this anime very bad...dubbed version always do that..


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JohnTimbre said:
I actually just saw that on twitter. I'm surprised at the inclusion of Tia Ballard. I think this is her first work with Sentai. She's been all Funimation till this point right?


I think so. I nearly died because of the inclusion of Tia Ballard, so I know how you feel.
Oct 27, 2013 4:23 PM

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The first episode dubbed is up on The Anime Network. I listened to it for a bit and I don't know how I feel about the dub. Typically I like dubs and I was fine with Clannad, Angel Beats, and Kanon but still felt indifferent for Little Busters. Maybe it's because I actually watched the sub this time before the dub.

In any case, I don't fancy Masato's voice. It just doesn't fit. And while I love Brittney Karbowski and have loved all of her dubs, I don't know if she fits the voice for Rin.
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The first episode dubbed is up on The Anime Network. I listened to it for a bit and I don't know how I feel about the dub. Typically I like dubs and I was fine with Clannad, Angel Beats, and Kanon but still felt indifferent for Little Busters. Maybe it's because I actually watched the sub this time before the dub.

In any case, I don't fancy Masato's voice. It just doesn't fit. And while I love Brittney Karbowski and have loved all of her dubs, I don't know if she fits the voice for Rin.

I watched it too, wasnt as bad as i thought it was gonna be. Riki is good, Rin is okay too, the bros are mehh. Komari was spot on i think though. im curious as to how the other girls sound. hopefully the other eps will be up sometime soon
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sanata50lbsb said:
dchoy said:
The first episode dubbed is up on The Anime Network. I listened to it for a bit and I don't know how I feel about the dub. Typically I like dubs and I was fine with Clannad, Angel Beats, and Kanon but still felt indifferent for Little Busters. Maybe it's because I actually watched the sub this time before the dub.

In any case, I don't fancy Masato's voice. It just doesn't fit. And while I love Brittney Karbowski and have loved all of her dubs, I don't know if she fits the voice for Rin.

I watched it too, wasnt as bad as i thought it was gonna be. Riki is good, Rin is okay too, the bros are mehh. Komari was spot on i think though. im curious as to how the other girls sound. hopefully the other eps will be up sometime soon

I agree I was shocked at how good riki and komari's voices sounded, with masato his voice just sounds too young and immature but it might grown on me, I Think rin will probably end up being okay, brittney is one of my favorites but shes a bit too outgoing to play rin whos really shy, but she'll be fine i think, Kyousuke is going to take some getting used to as well.
But not as bad as i thought it woud be :)
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I only just started watching this series subbed and so far I the voice acting is great. Judging from the cast list I predict that the english dub will be quite bad in comparison
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I only just started watching this series subbed and so far I the voice acting is great. Judging from the cast list I predict that the english dub will be quite bad in comparison

i'd say just go with the sub because the rest of the dub wont be out for awhile
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I've recently watched the dub (episodes 1-13) and I can say that its good enough for me.
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Also, I can confirm that Kud Noumi is given a cute Russian accent in the dub (cute is a VERY subjective word), someone even gave me an audio clip of it (audio clip only, no video whatsoever). I wanted to post here, but I afraid I might cause copyright infringement (on the other hand, I was thinking of posting it in Tiffany Grant's BTVA page).

Across from that, I'm planning to buy the Little Busters anime in Blu-ray.
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Also, I can confirm that Kud Noumi is given a cute Russian accent in the dub (cute is a VERY subjective word), someone even gave me an audio clip of it (audio clip only, no video whatsoever). I wanted to post here, but I afraid I might cause copyright infringement (on the other hand, I was thinking of posting it in Tiffany Grant's BTVA page).

Across from that, I'm planning to buy the Little Busters anime in Blu-ray.

FUUUU man.. i wanna watch it.
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You could tell greg was just shoe-horned into his role and didn't even audition properly for it as any normal voice director could tell his voice doesn't even remotely fit Masato. Don't get me wrong, greg is a good actor but his voice just doesn't fit certain characters. Especially not this solid snake voice he's trying to put on to make his voice lower.

Though the weakest link is Riki, no questions asked. Probably trying too hard to put on the boy voice so all the character and acting is lost.

This dub makes me feel so sad just like the kanon dub. And this is coming from someone who liked the Clannad dub alright.
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This dub... it's just painful to listen to. Komari is the only one who doesn't sound completely out of place. And I guess Mio was kinda ok...
Kud's voice acting takes the cake for being the most messed up -_-

I never realized that a dub can mess up an anime this much...
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This dub leaves a sour taste in my mouth... The actors are all bad, Kud's 'russian accent' is beyond terrible and Riki... dear god... I understand he's meant to sound kind of feminine, but it's just... blegh. It made me realise how absolutely amazing Yui Horie is for the role. She's sounds feminine and masculine at the same time with that voice. In the dub, he just sounds like he's eleven.
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This dub leaves a sour taste in my mouth... The actors are all bad, Kud's 'russian accent' is beyond terrible and Riki... dear god... I understand he's meant to sound kind of feminine, but it's just... blegh. It made me realise how absolutely amazing Yui Horie is for the role. She's sounds feminine and masculine at the same time with that voice. In the dub, he just sounds like he's eleven.


Well, to be fair, Riki actually suppose to look younger despite being about the same age as Kyousuke, Kengo, and Masato because he has narcolepsy (which makes it incredibly difficult for Riki to be physically fit). I know Riki is supposed to be a bit androgynous but I have to agree Shannon's voice acting as Riki isn't really that great (she actually made Riki sound too feminine if you ask me) Personally, I would have casted a male voice actor like Clint Bickham for Riki Naoe, but I say Greg Ayres as Masato IMHO, is a biggest miscast.

Also, I happen to like the Russian accent given to Kud Noumi since it fits into the "Russian" part of her. The matter of cuteness is YMMV, but I think Tiffany Grant pulled off the cuteness AND the Russian accent off on the character at the same really well.

Then again, I'm not accusing you of being a dub hater or anything.
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Also, I happen to like the Russian accent given to Kud Noumi since it fits into the "Russian" part of her. The matter of cuteness is YMMV, but I think Tiffany Grant pulled off the cuteness AND the Russian accent off on the character at the same really well.

Then again, I'm not accusing you of being a dub hater or anything.


That russian accent is a giant disservice. They gave Kud a character trait that she originally didn't have. I realize that they can't pull of Kud's engrish gags properly cause the dub IS spoken in english but that's not a reason to apply unneeded changes to the character. It's like the dub Kud is a whole different character entirely now.
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So here's the voices I have problems with... Masato (Though to his credit, Greg Ayers is at least trying), Kurugaya (Can't quite put my finger on it, but the voice is off), Kengo (Voice isn't deep enough), Kanata (Haruka is okay though) and Midori (Mio is a perfect fit though) Yeah... other then that I am fine with everybody else. Riki, Kyousuke, Sasami, A-chan and Haruka are okay, Komari is way way way more better (The biggest problem was that Yanase could not do the serious parts well at all, so this was great.) Mio is a perfect fit, Rin is perfectly fine (I quite like Karbowski) and as for Kud, while I admit her voice will take some more getting use to, I thought it was just fine. Different, but it worked for me. So five bad and nine good so to speak.

Oh and no "One frame Rin falls down in episode 9" anymore!
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That russian accent is a giant disservice. They gave Kud a character trait that she originally didn't have. I realize that they can't pull of Kud's engrish gags properly cause the dub IS spoken in english but that's not a reason to apply unneeded changes to the character. It's like the dub Kud is a whole different character entirely now.


Kud is still Kud, The dub gives her a Russian accent to fully highlight her "foreigner" status, which I think is a compensation for the difficulty for the Engrish scenes. This is a similar reason why I trying to push for a KINMOZA! dub (a completely different anime that Sentai Filmworks licensed) where two particular British girls in the main cast are given British accents.

Of course, if you are still bothered with the Russian accent on Kud, there is still the original Japanese audio where they didn't even bother with the accent. You have the right express your distastes, but there is always the original Japanese audio that you can enjoy if you don't like the dub. Just don't go bashing others for other people's anime watching preferences. Dubs don't "ruin" shows because there is always the original audio. It's just there for people who prefer watching anime dubbed (like me).

Note that everything is subjective here and is YMMV. I find the accent to be cute, you may not.

The only voices I have problems with is Riki Naoe and Masato Inohara. I'm planning to buy the Blu-Ray for Christmas gift and I'll give my full opinion on the dub next month or two.
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I like the dub but what's the point of adding kun, san and chan? It's making me cringe at times. But so far the only thing that i'm not liking is Kanata's english VA(Although i'm sure it's the same VA with Haruka). It's sounds too deep for my taste.


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If anyone wants to see episodes 1 through 13 dubbed go to http://www.cartoon-world.tv/little-busters
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If anyone wants to see episodes 1 through 13 dubbed go to http://www.cartoon-world.tv/little-busters
:)


welp, i started watching the first episode of the dub and as soon as i heard, "Kyousuke has returned!" i just couldn't go on (sounded horrible lol)....but later checked out other parts, some voices are alright, but in all, its good for a laugh.
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Kyousuke has re-tuuuuuuuuuuuunnnnnnned. Couldn't help it xD
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SakurasouBusters said:
If anyone wants to see episodes 1 through 13 dubbed go to http://www.cartoon-world.tv/little-busters
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thanks, but i dont think this is allowed on MAL
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HEY is the entirety of the series dubbed yet?! I was planning to start watching this series sometime soon.
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HEY is the entirety of the series dubbed yet?! I was planning to start watching this series sometime soon.

Sentai Filmworks is releasing collection two in april
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