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indo · 2004-11-15, 17:41

i didn't like it sorry, it's a nice try and all, but american voices just don't sound right for me. i love this show but if it ever gets dubbed i will find it crap, just like with dragonball, loved it but the english version killed it for me

seeing this video and hearing english makes me agressive

Tsukuyomi · 2004-11-16, 02:08

naruto sounds like he should be konohamaru >>;;

Ashi-chan · 2004-11-16, 11:11

zoogderrick2, I commend you for your bravery. Unless you hadn't any idea people would bash you so much here? But really, I had a very short stint at fand dubbing myself--if any of you have ever heard of FET's (really bad) Digimon fandubs, I was Culumon--and it's a tough process, not to mention elitist anime fans would deem you a heretic for trying to redub anything Japanese into a different language.

I know most of the time if anime fans are willing to actually watch anything dubbed, they usually want the dubbed characters to sound almost identical to their original Japanese counterparts. That's really hard, too, though I can't pinpoint why. Perhaps because the Japanese naturally have a higher vocal range than, in my case, Americans. Or maybe it's because Japanese sounds all right high and, at times, squeaky, but English is spoken usually in a lower key? Either way, it's hard to meet the expectation to dub a character as close to the original as possible. I did that with Culumon, and people oddly enough thought I did a good job, but personally I hated it. It was high-pitched and squeaky, which Culumon originally was, but it just didn't sound right in English. X.x;;

But again, I salute you for being brave enough to try this. These days, dub has become synonymous to crap, and even if your voices are awesome, people don't even want to sample fandubs for fear of crappy acting. If you're truly dedicated to this, then keep going. Take some of the comments to heart, though--not the mean, bashing ones, but the really constructive criticisms--so you have a basis to improve your work.

Onward, brave soul!

swerv · 2004-11-16, 15:21

Good bunch of voice talent there, I've heard much worse from professional radio drama studios

I just think some of your actors need to listen to the Naruto anime more to get the pronounciation of names/places/jutsu right.

Good efforts though.

Although from a personal point of view I always prefer original audio tracks.

FireBorn · 2004-11-16, 16:41

To be honest, I didn't really like it.

Sakura's voice sounds too quiet compared to Naruto's in the anime. On top of that, I think she sounded a bit too mature. Also, I believe Naruto sounds a bit too young. I think you need to work on pronounciation, as well.

Work on that stuff and you should do fine. I wish you luck.

UzumakiBatman · 2004-11-16, 17:03

lol im looking foward to the final ersion shud be quite funny lol

HopelessLover · 2004-11-16, 18:47

The only feesable voices were sakura and tsunade. You should work on all the others. And thier are other constructive critisism I have for you:

Your 3 major problems with dubbing naruto and dubbing in general are:

1- You need to make those who voice the characters sound about the same age (sasuke sounded shit loads older then naruto).

2- In any dub, the voices overlap the original sound, and makes it sounds like crap. So you have to add sound effects, music, and other clinks to make it sound close to, if not exsactly like the original score. If you do not do this, you will end up with a half ass dub (your preview clip was a prime example of this). Capturing the music from the orginal episode prior to dubing, will help you turmendously.

3- Lip sync and pronuctiation round up your major concerns. Lic sync is very important because in your preview clip sakura moved her mouth longer then she actually talked. To resolve this, simply time the moment and variation of the lip moving of a character and match it up with voice characters. Pronuctiation will annoy established fans, but not so much new ones. So it's not that much of a problem as Lip Syncing, and is totaly up to you if you want to work on it or not.

muramasa007 · 2004-11-16, 19:18

Quote:

Originally Posted by zoogderrick2

Ok, going against all logic, my friends and I decided to fandub a few episodes of Naruto, we are starting with 107, anyways we are about 65% done with the episode and it should be out the first week of December, because we only work on weekends, due to our busy work/school schedules. Anyways here is our webpage complete with voice samples lol.

http://www.narutotrans.cjb.net

enjoy,

Derrick

umm a little advice...ITS GAY!!!! it doesnt suit anyone if we heard u dubb it becuz we already saw one dubbing group and guess wut? THEY DID HORRIBLE!!!! plus u might hafta freez the frame in order to dubb correctly and the voices dont match jiraiya he sounds like a boogey man muhahahahahha
(seriously!!!)
Tip: quit while ur ahead!!! :fingers:

Kayess · 2004-11-16, 19:21

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Originally Posted by Razer_2mb

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If you don't like it, offer constructive critism, not insulting someone.

As for zoogderrick2. Don't advertise your fandubs here since it is a promotion for something you are doing, which is against the rules.

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:Sigh: I feel yet another ban coming on for at least one person.

Seriously... get a life. Leave the rule enforcing to the MODs... If people want to flame, LET THEM. They may be banned by the mods. You just quoting the rules is SPAM...not in the sense of linking to non-related site.. but in the sense it is completely moronic to even waste forum space with it.... and I hope they ban you for it.

On topic. The site doesn't work for me either

HopelessLover · 2004-11-16, 19:48

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kayess

Seriously... get a life. Leave the rule enforcing to the MODs... If people want to flame, LET THEM. They may be banned by the mods. You just quoting the rules is SPAM...not in the sense of linking to non-related site.. but in the sense it is completely moronic to even waste forum space with it.... and I hope they ban you for it.

On topic. The site doesn't work for me either

Most people agree that he is a loser. So your not alone.

Anways, some one earlier posted direct links to the voices of the character. I think it was on the first page of this thread.

Lee-pimp · 2004-11-16, 20:59

i found it bad, but hey i find normaly voice acting bad. the actors for english FMA are absolutely horrible. anyway, you need to work on the pronunciation of names and such like people said, and you should try and making the characters sound closer to their age, naruto sounds like he's five. One more thing when the flashback went on and naruto was saying his technique name, if you want to translate it to english its "naruto, 2000 (kick or punch i dont remember) combo", but i recomend if you guys can do it that you leave tech names in japanese it just sounds so much more right.

if you want to keep going good look and by all means post it here, ill download

Nishi`Joichiro · 2004-11-19, 04:13

Quote:

Originally Posted by zoogderrick2

Ok, going against all logic, my friends and I decided to fandub a few episodes of Naruto, we are starting with 107, anyways we are about 65% done with the episode and it should be out the first week of December, because we only work on weekends, due to our busy work/school schedules. Anyways here is our webpage complete with voice samples lol.

http://www.narutotrans.cjb.net

enjoy,

Derrick

I hope that this is just a really bad joke because if not then

MigitAs · 2004-11-19, 04:30

Man, I can't wait to see this fandub, even if it sux, i haven't seen a dub done by amatuers, maybe it won't be so bad.

Disregard what i just said, its gonna suck haha

socomberetta · 2004-11-19, 04:35

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nishi`Joichiro

I hope that this is just a really bad joke because if not then

They seem to be sincere about doing a Naruto fandub, and I say go for it. Even if the end result is horrible(hopefully not

), itll still be intresting to see what a few dedicated Naruto fans can accomplish. Plus, sometimes when something is really, really, really, bad, it ends up being really, really, really, good.

Take Ed Wood for example:

Even if it took a few years after his death for people to recognize the true genius behind his crappy films.

012345789 · 2004-11-19, 23:33

omfg omfg omfg LMAO I THINK IM GONNA DIE LAUGHING HOLY CRAP
HOW OLD IS THE NARUTO ACTOR? 5? SURE SOUNDS LIKE IT HAHAHAHAH
LMAO TSUNADE SAID GUNIN LOLOLOLOL
LOLOLOLOL SAKURA SOUNDS LIKE A RETARD
LOL '' the time has come head to kunhooa now'' in some kind of fucked up voice.
LMAO JIRAIYA SOUNDS LIKE SOME KIND OF WHORE
''SOOOO UR AFTA NEEROOTOH AFTA ALL'' LOLOL
and sasuke is supposed to be calm and cool but here he sounds so PISSED off lolol
gj on shikamaru tho

kiai · 2004-11-20, 00:09

In Japanese there is really no such thing as a long "U" sound
Example, Naruto should NOT be said like Na-roo-toe but should sound a little like the u in Sasuke's name.

In Japanese The "G" sound is never pronounced like a "J"
Example, Genin needs to be pronounced with a soft g instead of a j sound.

Hmm Jiraiya sounded like he was trying too hard at making his voice sound deep but sounded talented enough otherwise,

I liked the Sakura voice enough and Tsunade's as well.

aznpunk97 · 2004-11-20, 00:40

lol, i'm not gonna insult anybody but i'm just gonna give my takes on the dub.

first of all, the girl pronouciation of naruto is SOOOOOOOOO funny. nadroooooootoe. lol...

and 2ndly, jiraiya sounds like darth vadar... please don't use some kind of program to change the voice. makes darth vader's voice so pleasant.

the rest, i can't really say for sure but kinda get use to it. well sakura's voice is annoying anyways so it fits her perfectly... lol.

other than that, don't count of me buying the dvds from you guys, lol...

edit: i re-listen to sakura it she pronouced it nawrooooodoe... lol...

xLeafsItaChi · 2004-11-20, 15:23

oh man what a great laugh lmfao hahahahaha

Get someone else to do the naruto voice like everyone says he sounds like his 5 or even lower. Also tell the guy doing Jiraiya to not try so hard didnt sound smooth and perverted enough. Other than that GoodLuck id probably give ur first episode a download just to check it out and laugh a bit. =)

kiai · 2004-11-20, 15:28

Quote:

Originally Posted by xLeafsItaChi

oh man what a great laugh lmfao hahahahaha

Get someone else to do the naruto voice like everyone says he sounds like his 5 or even lower. Also tell the guy doing Jiraiya to not try so hard didnt sound smooth and perverted enough. Other than that GoodLuck id probably give ur first episode a download just to check it out and laugh a bit. =)

Sounds like people might actually enjoy this. Regardless I mean if enough people started doing attempts like this and there turned out to be a couple of really good groups in the longrun afterall it might be catchy. All we need do is wait for someone who can do a better job then the professional licenser's idea.

2004-11-16, 15:21	Link #24
swerv Stay Up Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: :noitacoL	Good bunch of voice talent there, I've heard much worse from professional radio drama studios I just think some of your actors need to listen to the Naruto anime more to get the pronounciation of names/places/jutsu right. Good efforts though. Although from a personal point of view I always prefer original audio tracks. __________________

2004-11-15, 17:41	Link #21
indo Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2004	i didn't like it sorry, it's a nice try and all, but american voices just don't sound right for me. i love this show but if it ever gets dubbed i will find it crap, just like with dragonball, loved it but the english version killed it for me seeing this video and hearing english makes me agressive

2004-11-16, 02:08	Link #22
Tsukuyomi Crazed Obsessive Otaku Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Hmm...	naruto sounds like he should be konohamaru >>;;

2004-11-16, 11:11	Link #23
Ashi-chan Resident Asian Nerd Girl Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: That blackish hole-ish thing Age: 37	zoogderrick2, I commend you for your bravery. Unless you hadn't any idea people would bash you so much here? But really, I had a very short stint at fand dubbing myself--if any of you have ever heard of FET's (really bad) Digimon fandubs, I was Culumon--and it's a tough process, not to mention elitist anime fans would deem you a heretic for trying to redub anything Japanese into a different language. I know most of the time if anime fans are willing to actually watch anything dubbed, they usually want the dubbed characters to sound almost identical to their original Japanese counterparts. That's really hard, too, though I can't pinpoint why. Perhaps because the Japanese naturally have a higher vocal range than, in my case, Americans. Or maybe it's because Japanese sounds all right high and, at times, squeaky, but English is spoken usually in a lower key? Either way, it's hard to meet the expectation to dub a character as close to the original as possible. I did that with Culumon, and people oddly enough thought I did a good job, but personally I hated it. It was high-pitched and squeaky, which Culumon originally was, but it just didn't sound right in English. X.x;; But again, I salute you for being brave enough to try this. These days, dub has become synonymous to crap, and even if your voices are awesome, people don't even want to sample fandubs for fear of crappy acting. If you're truly dedicated to this, then keep going. Take some of the comments to heart, though--not the mean, bashing ones, but the really constructive criticisms--so you have a basis to improve your work. Onward, brave soul!

2004-11-16, 16:41	Link #25
FireBorn Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004	To be honest, I didn't really like it. Sakura's voice sounds too quiet compared to Naruto's in the anime. On top of that, I think she sounded a bit too mature. Also, I believe Naruto sounds a bit too young. I think you need to work on pronounciation, as well. Work on that stuff and you should do fine. I wish you luck.

2004-11-16, 17:03	Link #26
UzumakiBatman Me for teh pwnage :P Join Date: Apr 2004 Age: 37	lol im looking foward to the final ersion shud be quite funny lol

2004-11-16, 18:47	Link #27
HopelessLover Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2004	The only feesable voices were sakura and tsunade. You should work on all the others. And thier are other constructive critisism I have for you: Your 3 major problems with dubbing naruto and dubbing in general are: 1- You need to make those who voice the characters sound about the same age (sasuke sounded shit loads older then naruto). 2- In any dub, the voices overlap the original sound, and makes it sounds like crap. So you have to add sound effects, music, and other clinks to make it sound close to, if not exsactly like the original score. If you do not do this, you will end up with a half ass dub (your preview clip was a prime example of this). Capturing the music from the orginal episode prior to dubing, will help you turmendously. 3- Lip sync and pronuctiation round up your major concerns. Lic sync is very important because in your preview clip sakura moved her mouth longer then she actually talked. To resolve this, simply time the moment and variation of the lip moving of a character and match it up with voice characters. Pronuctiation will annoy established fans, but not so much new ones. So it's not that much of a problem as Lip Syncing, and is totaly up to you if you want to work on it or not.

2004-11-16, 20:59	Link #31
Lee-pimp A.S.S. Vice President Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: i dont know can you help me Age: 34	i found it bad, but hey i find normaly voice acting bad. the actors for english FMA are absolutely horrible. anyway, you need to work on the pronunciation of names and such like people said, and you should try and making the characters sound closer to their age, naruto sounds like he's five. One more thing when the flashback went on and naruto was saying his technique name, if you want to translate it to english its "naruto, 2000 (kick or punch i dont remember) combo", but i recomend if you guys can do it that you leave tech names in japanese it just sounds so much more right. if you want to keep going good look and by all means post it here, ill download

2004-11-19, 04:30	Link #33
MigitAs General of the Go-Reds Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Nanaimo,B.C.,Canada Age: 36	Man, I can't wait to see this fandub, even if it sux, i haven't seen a dub done by amatuers, maybe it won't be so bad. Disregard what i just said, its gonna suck haha

2004-11-19, 23:33	Link #35
012345789 Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2004	omfg omfg omfg LMAO I THINK IM GONNA DIE LAUGHING HOLY CRAP HOW OLD IS THE NARUTO ACTOR? 5? SURE SOUNDS LIKE IT HAHAHAHAH LMAO TSUNADE SAID GUNIN LOLOLOLOL LOLOLOLOL SAKURA SOUNDS LIKE A RETARD LOL '' the time has come head to kunhooa now'' in some kind of fucked up voice. LMAO JIRAIYA SOUNDS LIKE SOME KIND OF WHORE ''SOOOO UR AFTA NEEROOTOH AFTA ALL'' LOLOL and sasuke is supposed to be calm and cool but here he sounds so PISSED off lolol gj on shikamaru tho

2004-11-20, 00:09	Link #36
kiai Wa-Gati-Mashita Join Date: Oct 2004 Age: 24	In Japanese there is really no such thing as a long "U" sound Example, Naruto should NOT be said like Na-roo-toe but should sound a little like the u in Sasuke's name. In Japanese The "G" sound is never pronounced like a "J" Example, Genin needs to be pronounced with a soft g instead of a j sound. Hmm Jiraiya sounded like he was trying too hard at making his voice sound deep but sounded talented enough otherwise, I liked the Sakura voice enough and Tsunade's as well.

2004-11-20, 00:40	Link #37
aznpunk97 Member Join Date: Jan 2004	lol, i'm not gonna insult anybody but i'm just gonna give my takes on the dub. first of all, the girl pronouciation of naruto is SOOOOOOOOO funny. nadroooooootoe. lol... and 2ndly, jiraiya sounds like darth vadar... please don't use some kind of program to change the voice. makes darth vader's voice so pleasant. the rest, i can't really say for sure but kinda get use to it. well sakura's voice is annoying anyways so it fits her perfectly... lol. other than that, don't count of me buying the dvds from you guys, lol... edit: i re-listen to sakura it she pronouced it nawrooooodoe... lol...

2004-11-20, 15:23	Link #38
xLeafsItaChi Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Hiding Out in Some Cave with my AkatSuki Pals Age: 38	oh man what a great laugh lmfao hahahahaha Get someone else to do the naruto voice like everyone says he sounds like his 5 or even lower. Also tell the guy doing Jiraiya to not try so hard didnt sound smooth and perverted enough. Other than that GoodLuck id probably give ur first episode a download just to check it out and laugh a bit. =)