The Dubbing of Code Geass

[Worriors1]

Originally Posted by morbosfist

They use the DVD versions, so there's a lot of small details. People bleed more, the seduction team in 12 is slightly more naked, etc.

Really? I never noticed the Turn twelve switch. Hm. Anyways, thanks for telling me that, haha~
..Yay, more.. Blood?

[D-KLAC]

well r2-15 just git really complex interesting now with c2's other side is on for now.

[OmegaZEROCustom]

So no new R2 episodes for 7 weeks according to the AS boards. Seems Bandai hasn't sent AS the episodes yet, because I can only guess they aren't done with the dubbing/post-processing.

Gotta admit I'm kinda pissed about it, especially since my guide said that a new ep would air this week. Oh well, at least I have the subs to pass the time...

[snowdevil_crow]

No new ones for awhile? Darn, I was just getting to really enjoy the dubs...

They use the DVD versions, so there's a lot of small details. People bleed more, the seduction team in 12 is slightly more naked, etc.

Really? That's kind of funny... people usually complain about English dubs censoring more than the original. Guess that's the opposite in this case, heh. Yeah, I remember watching S1 ep 19 dubbed and seeing somewhat more of Kallen's chest than I remembered... o_0

Anyway, so for the voice actors' quality...

Lelouch --- English is pretty good, maybe even equal with Japanese, but I still prefer the Japanese (probably just because I heard it first)
Suzaku --- English is great, Japanese is great. They're about equal in my eyes. (Oddly, I like Yuri Lowenthal as Suzaku, but I hate him as Sasuke)
Kallen --- English is okay, Japanese is better.
Nunally --- annoyingly, sickeningly sweet in both versions, IMO, but slightly less so in Japanese.
Euphie --- Mm... Japanese is better, I think, but the English isn't bad.
Tamaki --- Great in both.
CC --- I prefer the Japanese, but the English is pretty good too.
Cornelia --- Great in both the English and the Japanese.

Other characters... meh, I don't really care about. xD

[D-KLAC]

maybe it because R2 was being RUSH-DUB!!!

really it likely reason they put on a break time especially with 10eps left & with the infamous trainwreck 5 on the way.

so it's the RUSH-DUB to blame.

[azul120]

Trainwreck 5?

[Shinn_Kabuto]

Originally Posted by D-KLAC

maybe it because R2 was being RUSH-DUB!!!

really it likely reason they put on a break time especially with 10eps left & with the infamous trainwreck 5 on the way.

so it's the RUSH-DUB to blame.

Epic Fail once again.

*facepalm*

Truth: Code Geass R2 wasn't considered as a trainwreck because Goro Taniguchi saved it, despite the confusion. Gundam SEED is not that bad. Destiny is crap - and that's a FACT. I have this habit of comparing R2 with Destiny.

Gundam SEED and Code Geass were good on their own, but their respective sequels (Destiny and R2) practically destroyed everything that their predecessors have managed to do. It's just that R2 wasn't a total trainwreck, but Destiny was.

Take this analogy I made to compare Destiny with R2:

R2 is like unspoiled food - it was tasty earlier when you were eating it and then you leave it in the refrigerator and it becomes spoiled. You feel bad for not enjoying all of it when it was unspoiled, and now you wish you can eat something better.

Destiny, on the other hand, is like going to a drinking session with your buddies when you have low tolerance for alcohol. You keep on drinking and think that it's good stuff, and then you throw-up. You drink more until the drinking session ends and then you throw-up more. The next day, you get this horrible hangover that lasts for an eternity.

When it comes to sequels, R2 isn't exactly the worst thing ever.

Then you call Kamen Rider Decade a "trainwreck". Epic fail. <_<

[D-KLAC]

Originally Posted by Shinn_Kabuto

Epic Fail once again.

*facepalm*

Truth: Code Geass R2 wasn't considered as a trainwreck because Goro Taniguchi saved it, despite the confusion. Gundam SEED is not that bad. Destiny is crap - and that's a FACT. I have this habit of comparing R2 with Destiny.

Gundam SEED and Code Geass were good on their own, but their respective sequels (Destiny and R2) practically destroyed everything that their predecessors have managed to do. It's just that R2 wasn't a total trainwreck, but Destiny was.

Take this analogy I made to compare Destiny with R2:

R2 is like unspoiled food - it was tasty earlier when you were eating it and then you leave it in the refrigerator and it becomes spoiled. You feel bad for not enjoying all of it when it was unspoiled, and now you wish you can eat something better.

Destiny, on the other hand, is like going to a drinking session with your buddies when you have low tolerance for alcohol. You keep on drinking and think that it's good stuff, and then you throw-up. You drink more until the drinking session ends and then you throw-up more. The next day, you get this horrible hangover that lasts for an eternity.

When it comes to sequels, R2 isn't exactly the worst thing ever.

Then you call Kamen Rider Decade a "trainwreck". Epic fail. <_<

hoi the decade thing was just parelle different worlds (if ya watch doctor who), as for r2 really those final 5 was too OMFG that the dub is having a challenge to dub.

[Catnips]

The dubs was just fine for me...

[FruitsPunchSamurai]

Good news for dub watchers! Code Geass R2 will return on May 2nd at 2am with two premiere episodes a week instead of one.

[OmegaZEROCustom]

Originally Posted by FruitsPunchSamurai

Good news for dub watchers! Code Geass R2 will return on May 2nd at 2am with two premiere episodes a week instead of one.

That is good news, though I assume the running of 2 episodes a week is because this delay puts them behind schedule to get Geass out of the lineup and replaced with something else...and knowing AS, that something else will be Inuyasha reruns* or some new piece of crap Flash show with a 10 dollar budget.

*Not an Inuyasha hater, just tired of all the reruns they seem to do.

[D-KLAC]

Originally Posted by FruitsPunchSamurai

Good news for dub watchers! Code Geass R2 will return on May 2nd at 2am with two premiere episodes a week instead of one.

if that is true well 5 weeks of back 2 back r2 eps especially final 10 really it must worth the watching.

[Dilla]

Originally Posted by OmegaZEROCustom

That is good news, though I assume the running of 2 episodes a week is because this delay puts them behind schedule to get Geass out of the lineup and replaced with something else...and knowing AS, that something else will be Inuyasha reruns* or some new piece of crap Flash show with a 10 dollar budget.

*Not an Inuyasha hater, just tired of all the reruns they seem to do.

According to one of those commercial bumps they do, they recently said that they sent an employee to the yearly Amine Fair to find new anime to air. So, maybe there is hope for something new.

Edit: I wouldn't mind if they put Moribito back on, they didn't even finish it.

[darenshan54]

Why is it on at such a bad time... I love the english dubbed, but i can't stand Nunnally's voice.

[Princess-Euphemia]

i really like Michelle Ruff she did a good job as Euphemia

[D-KLAC]

Originally Posted by Princess-Euphemia

i really like Michelle Ruff she did a good job as Euphemia

but such as shame she got "shot" by lelouch/ichigo (yea if that happen in bleach blame the dub)

really the dub is really ok but the problem is delay due to being a rush-dub

[haravikk]

I actually really liked the English dubbing for the most part, didn't really ruin my enjoyment of the show at any point. I ended up caving and watching the last-half of R2 in Japanese with subtitles which I don't normally do, as I find it very distracting; I know others will swear by watching it with subtitles in its "pure" format but that's never been for me except when I'm itching to find out what happens!

The only exceptions to the voice-actors were the Chinese Federations High-Eunuchs, who have stupidly annoying voices in the Japanese audio versions too; effeminate male voices is one thing, it's another to just have stupid "I'm a man dressed as a women trying my best to sound like one too" style pantomime voices!
The other was Crispin Freeman, I really liked him as Alucard in Hellsing, and a couple other things he did. But I didn't like him as Jeremiah, though that may have partly been that the character is generally annoying and stupid anyway, especially when he keeps coming back for no reason

But yeah, enjoyed the series and the English dubbing was excellently done on the whole

[D-KLAC]

Originally Posted by haravikk

I actually really liked the English dubbing for the most part, didn't really ruin my enjoyment of the show at any point. I ended up caving and watching the last-half of R2 in Japanese with subtitles which I don't normally do, as I find it very distracting; I know others will swear by watching it with subtitles in its "pure" format but that's never been for me except when I'm itching to find out what happens!

The only exceptions to the voice-actors were the Chinese Federations High-Eunuchs, who have stupidly annoying voices in the Japanese audio versions too; effeminate male voices is one thing, it's another to just have stupid "I'm a man dressed as a women trying my best to sound like one too" style pantomime voices!
The other was Crispin Freeman, I really liked him as Alucard in Hellsing, and a couple other things he did. But I didn't like him as Jeremiah, though that may have partly been that the character is generally annoying and stupid anyway, especially when he keeps coming back for no reason

But yeah, enjoyed the series and the English dubbing was excellently done on the whole

just wait for crispin's version of this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GMWHleu_ZY ya we can imagine it right now.

[haravikk]

Originally Posted by Gebs-

I always thought that Crispin Freeman was the best part of the English dub. Of course, my opinion may be a bit biased considering I've worshiped the guy ever since he portrayed Albedo in Xenosaga and created the greatest villain of all-time.

I'm the same as I say for his portrayal of Alucard in Hellsing, and also remembered it was him that voiced Togusa in Ghost in the Shell which he also did well. I dunno, he just seemed off as Jeremiah.

[D-KLAC]

whoa come geass dub sounk ok really besides really look at it

jyb as lelouch he really can take it to a new level
yuri really 08 was his year besides him suzaku was part it (with simon)
karen strassman really she just got a big push in 08 cause of kallen (& lucky star main 4)

heck most of the dub were ok.