Index s1 and Railgun License Discussion

[Master_Yoma]

I cant wait for this

[Dark Paladin X]

Originally Posted by Yui Is My Wife

For all we know they would just go for Crispin Freeman in "Vash-The-Stampeede" high pitch mode, minus the "nice-guy" aspects.

And of course, it would be very difficult to nail Kuroko's voice without making her sound like an old lady in English... She would easily be the most difficult one to cast.

Wendee Lee has voiced characters that have a lot of enthusiasm (and those who are a bit jealous), so I think she's the best choice to voice Kuroko (aside from Caitlin Glass).

And BTW, Vash the Stampede is voiced by Johnny Yong Bosch, not Crispin Freeman. And I'm pretty sure that Johnny Yong Bosch can pull off Accelerator's voice:

Spoiler:

I'm looking around the lines between Hollow Ichigo and Sasori as well as a slight Renton Thurston.

P.S. He did state in his Myspace blog in an FAQ entry that anti-heroes is his personal preference.

What is your favorite type of character to play?..
I love the anti-hero - ICHIGO, KANEDA but I'm not too picky about it. Basically, it's always nice to be working.

[hinakatbklyn]

Originally Posted by Dark Paladin X

Wendee Lee has voiced characters that have a lot of enthusiasm (and those who are a bit jealous), so I think she's the best choice to voice Kuroko (aside from Caitlin Glass).

And BTW, Vash the Stampede is voiced by Johnny Yong Bosch, not Crispin Freeman. And I'm pretty sure that Johnny Yong Bosch can pull off Accelerator's voice:

The closest voice over I can think of that could possibly fit Kuroko based on a prior role would be Britney Karbowski. My example...

Spoiler for Prior comedic role:

Himeko from Pani Poni Dash

If Bosch gets the role of Accelerator great. If not I know of someone who I thought had a similar voice, Micah Solusod. My example...

Spoiler for prior role:

Soul Eater Evans from Soul Eater

[Dark Paladin X]

Here's my somewhat finalized dub cast list, using a mix of Californian and Texan VA and not having any VA having more than one role (except the one for Chris Patton, mainly because the Japanese dub using the same VA for Quetzal and Mitsuki Unabara):

Touma Kamijou- Vic Mignogna
Misaka Mikoto- Cristina Valenzuela
Index- Monica Rial
Kuroko Shirai- Caitlin Glass
Ruiko Saten- Lara Jill Miller
Kazari Uiharu- Stephanie Sheh
Accelerator- Johnny Yong Bosch
MISAKA- Laura Bailey
Last Order- Hillary Haag
Komoe-sensei- Hynden Walch
Stiyl Magnus- Steve Blum
Kaori Kanzaki- Kira Vincent Davis
Aureolus Izzard- J. Michael Tatum
Aisa Himegami- Kari Wahlgren
Aiho Yomikawa- Michelle Ruff
Motoharu Tsuchimikado- Doug Erholtz
Pierce Aogami- Todd Haberkorn
Mitsuki Unabara/Quetzal- Chris Patton
Aleister Crowley- Crispin Freeman
Ao Amai- Christopher Bevins
Sherry Cromwell- Luci Christian
Misha Kreuzhev- Karen Strassman

[MrTerrorist]

My wish who will do the dub.

Touma - Johnny Yong Bosch or Yuri Lowenthal
Mikoto - Cristina Valenzuela or Julie Ann Taylor
Accelerator - Nolan North or Johnny Yong Bosch
Stiyl, Index, Laura, Sherry, Aureolus, Aleister & Misha - Anyone who can speak a very good accent for their respective characters.

[ellifeedn]

Any new news such as when it's coming out?

[RPG_Fanatic]

Originally Posted by ellifeedn

Any new news such as when it's coming out?

I hope you're happy you just broke my illusion.

To answer your question, from what Ive read from the Funimation forums, its in the we would like to release it in 2011, but there are issue with the Japanese distributors.

[Keroko]

So, now that 2011 has passed, what's the news on the front?

[djmaca]

Originally Posted by RPG_Fanatic

I hope you're happy you just broke my illusion.

To answer your question, from what Ive read from the Funimation forums, its in the we would like to release it in 2011, but there are issue with the Japanese distributors.

That is because the Japs know: Funimation removes the "fun" out of everything....

But I got my earplugs ready, just in case.

[Chaos2Frozen]

Originally Posted by Keroko

So, now that 2011 has passed, what's the news on the front?

Zero

Not even any news of a controversial religious outrage at the inaccurate depiction of Christianity as an excuse, or any indignation at the many depicted child abuse scenes including mass mutilation and human experimentation to call off the project... I mean, what does an Anime have to do to get some attention around here?

[RPG_Fanatic]

Originally Posted by Keroko

So, now that 2011 has passed, what's the news on the front?

Why do I get my hopes up when I see this thread bumped.

According to the Funimation forum the delays seem to be caused by Geneon licensing issues due to the merger with Universal Pictures Japan. Last time I checked the forum, it said that most of the material had been received at the end of September 2011, but they were still waiting for some other material before starting dubbing.

At this point it is hard to say how much longer we with have to wait.

[ellifeedn]

Originally Posted by Chaos2Frozen

Zero

Not even any news of a controversial religious outrage at the inaccurate depiction of Christianity as an excuse, or any indignation at the many depicted child abuse scenes including mass mutilation and human experimentation to call off the project... I mean, what does an Anime have to do to get some attention around here?

I'm still surprised Evangelion got through when it did. And believe you me there are dark depths a series will go to to get attention.

[Keroko]

Originally Posted by RPG_Fanatic

Why do I get my hopes up when I see this thread bumped.

According to the Funimation forum the delays seem to be caused by Geneon licensing issues due to the merger with Universal Pictures Japan. Last time I checked the forum, it said that most of the material had been received at the end of September 2011, but they were still waiting for some other material before starting dubbing.

At this point it is hard to say how much longer we with have to wait.

Blar, seriously? That's some serious screwup there.

[HighGuard]

in the latest lighting Q&A from funi they said they were still waiting on materials on index

[Chaos2Frozen]

I don't get it, materials meaning what ?

[Knowledgeseeker01]

Originally Posted by Chaos2Frozen

I don't get it, materials meaning what ?

It most likely means having the rights to the episodes or the series so they can translate and dub it. However, they are being a little too vague on that subject.

[HighGuard]

Originally Posted by Knowledgeseeker01

It most likely means having the rights to the episodes or the series so they can translate and dub it. However, they are being a little too vague on that subject.

I would guess it would mean the original copies of the episodes and scripts

[Knowledgeseeker01]

Originally Posted by MarineCorps

I would guess it would mean the original copies of the episodes and scripts

Most likely. Either way, as of their previous Q&A, they aren't in a position to dub the series. Hopefully, this delay won't lead them to abandoning the license altogether. I really want to see the franchise dubbed.

[ellifeedn]

I guess that now that Funimation made the website a dub is expected to come. I'm going to guess new news around July, if only because that's when the story starts, idk.

[Kenju of the Right]

Yes! Index is on the Funimation website!