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Originally Posted by Ascaloth
...Who's doing the voice work for Sora by the way?....
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Hanazawa Kana (Sora in
Sketchbook, Shiika in
Mushiuta, Ryouko in
Zegapain, etc.)
Kafka says
"I’m also not too sold on Sora’s VA; what is it with the Japanese and their love for squeaky, childish, grating voices? It's neither cute, nor attractive, nor believable; what it is is annoying. This is why rarely do I like Japanese dubs nowadays." I guess I can understand that reaction, but this show is made for Japanese ears, like all anime. They do listen to their own language being spoken a lot more than outsiders do, so perhaps they have a better idea of what sounds good in it.
I think Sora sounds terrific, and is far from the realm of "grating" that some voices enter even for me (e.g., Kaneda Tomoko and Arai Satomi, sometimes). For me, Hanazawa Kana has one of the most
moe voices in anime, when she is trying to be
moe. But she is controlling that aspect here, I think, to create a normal Japanese girl.
I can also understand
kenshinvn's resistance to the new look. I loved the look of
Someday's Dreamers. But a new studio is better to do something different, rather than trying to compete with J.C. Staff on their own ground. It's working for me. But then again, I have liked everything this director has done, including
Paradise Kiss.