If you have a passion for bad dubs, you probably already know about Pete Meat. This guy was the king of bad hentai dubs and worked for both Central Park Media and Media Blasters during the late 1990s and early 2000s. Despite blowing up as a Youtube meme with videos like "The Greatest Dub Ever!" no voice actor has stepped forward and admitted to the deed.
I've been on a quest for the last 5 years to find the identity of Pete Meat and I STILL don't know the answer! Jacob Chapman of ANN said around 2013 it sounded like Mark Diraison, who played Guts in the original Berserk. However, Mark has been asked in the last few years about this and flatly denied it. This guy isn't still red hot, voice acting royalty in 2020. He hasn't even been invited to an anime convention in over 4 years! If Mark was really Pete, he surely would have fessed up to it by now. The only other options that frequently get brought up are Crispin Freeman and a random unknown who happens to sound weirdly close to Freeman.
I still strongly believe it was Freeman. He does a LOT of cons and makes a pretty penny from autographs. He has a lot of motivation to deny this role, because he has a very clean image and doesn't want to spoil that. Of course, I don't want to defame an actor I have nothing but respect for. I've also only heard positive things about his convention behavior and saintly patience for wild fangirls. I just wish he would fess up already if it was him. John Cena can have a clean image and still admit he was involved in some really stupid and tasteless angles in his early wrestling career.
Anyways, on to the hentai. Black Widow is about a group of 7 college students who go camping and get lost in the woods. The hentai also opens with several jokes being references to the film Stand By Me from 1986. Oh yeah, and you thought Great Teacher Onizuka had outdated references! My favorite was still when it referenced the music video "The Bad Touch" after Onizuka was accused of sexual assault. This dub for Black Widow was by the same translator of Milk Money and Hyakki, so I knew what to expect.
The students discover an evil mansion in the middle of the woods and immediately decide to split up like the Scooby Doo gang. This allows a sadistic woman to pick them off one by one and torture them with some fairly odd bondage.
"Not all girls are into BDSM. How dare you force your sexual preferences on to others." - a very bored and impassionate voice actress
This is NOT a very sexy hentai in my opinion. Everyone finds different stuff arousing, but I fail to see why anyone would find this particular work erotic. This is definitely something you watch for the dub. Sadly, Pete Meat isn't given any of the funniest lines despite having by far the most voice acting talent and comedic timing. Instead, the comedy is primarily derived from cheesy lines being read by actresses who simply couldn't give less of a fuck. The character art is by the guy who designed the characters from Ayane's High Kick, so if you REALLY wanted a porno version of that I guess this scratches that itch.
"Oh no, I've been defiled and raped by a giant caterpillar"
Lines like this are delivered with all the emotion and passion of someone listing off items on a grocery list at 7 AM in the morning.
Like many hentai, this bullshit only makes less sense the longer it goes on. Just random nonsense and rape. The 2nd episode sort of picks up where the first left off, only the dweeby guy is now a sadistic rapist for some reason never explained. I'm going to be honest, very little is explained in this hentai. Oh and one of the girls has a split personality in episode 2 for some reason.
So who was responsible for this masterpiece?! This was created and directed by the main storyboard artist for Hamtaro. Apparently while he was working on everyone's favorite obnoxious Hamster anime, he had this kicking around in the back of his mind. Good to know.
Should you watch Black Widow? Honestly...I can't really give this one a recommendation. There are vastly better hentai dubs like "Sextra Credit", "A Time to Screw", and "Midnight Strike Force". I would personally skip this one.
