To Aru...Index/Railgun - Voice Actor Appreciation & Discussion [Archive]

xris

2008-11-25, 13:00

The purpose of this thread is to discuss, critique and idolize the Voice Actor cast of To Aru Majutsu no Index. Please remember that the discussion should center on their performances as professional voice actors and not on the show content (which can be discussed in the various Episode threads). Please remember this simple rule when critiquing a VA's performance or reading another forum member's critique:
Don't take it personally.
In other words, you’re free to disagree with another person’s opinion, but don’t flame them if they offer a well written and well thought out analysis that differs from your own opinion. Keep it civil.

Voice Actors are human.
Yes, it’s true. They’re human. Therefore, don’t just indiscriminately rip them and their work apart as if they’re inorganic objects. You don’t have to praise them non-stop, but be thoughtful in your criticism.

This thread might duplicate some discussion in the Episode threads, but it can also serve to demystify various VA roles, disseminate VA information (VA Bios, VA photos, etc) and provide cast information of various types as well as discussion about performances.

blitz1/2

2008-12-22, 17:03

Rina Satou's performance as Mikoto was beautiful in ep 12.

MrTerrorist

2008-12-23, 05:13

Rina Satou's performance as Mikoto was beautiful in ep 12.

Yes indeed. I felt her sadness when she talk about her problems and her willingness to die for a greater cause made me sad for her.

Rina did a good job voicing Mikoto. I hope to see her funny side if they ever decide to animate the Railgun stories.

Midonin

2009-02-15, 20:40

She's still a relative newbie to the voice acting scene, but I thought Rina Hidaka did a nice job as Last Order in all her "Misaka wa Misaka wa"-ness. The last role I heard her in was Kaede in Penguin Musume, so it's a pleasant surprise to see her again here.

Avisch

2009-02-20, 01:50

I'll partially agree with the above.

But who stands out to me particularly is Nobuhiko Okamoto, Accelerator's seiyu. Admittedly Accelerator is my favorite (male) character, but I really like how his seiyu is able to capture the raw attitude of his character.....and also make a voice fitting of those insane expressions :)

MrTerrorist

2009-02-20, 02:47

Tokkan

2009-02-20, 04:59

It's not a surprise, considering he's also the seiyu of Layfon of Chrome Shelled Regios!

I only started watching Regios recently, so I was wondering why Layfon sounded familiar.

Midonin

2009-02-20, 12:19

He's also Yoichi in Asu no Yoichi!, and Goro/Gigolo in Akikan!. Lots of major roles for him this season.

faiz blaster

2009-02-21, 04:18

What really bugs me are Atsushi Abe as Touma and Kisho Taniyama as Stiyl-Magnus. In the case of the latter I am so used to hearing Taniyama make the raw type of voices like the one he did for Kitan from Gurren Lagann that I still don't believe that it is really him. Meanwhile, Atsushi change of styles caught me off guard more than once. It is hard to connect that insane voice that he made during episode 9 and the defiant tone during the final round against Accelerator with that laid-back tone so characteristic of Touma.

Miraluka

2009-12-08, 11:29

First of all...

Thank you J.C.Staff for not using Rie Kumigiya annoying shrilly tone to voice Mikoto, because it doesn't fit her. Good Job!

Nobuhiko Okamoto, he is not a weak seiyuu anymore!!!
Atsushi Abe, hahaha this guy has a impressive tone like the one he used in the ep.9. With Amu and Su in Railgun, we have 3 seiyuus of Shugo Chara! staff :heh:.

MrTerrorist

2009-12-09, 07:09

The main cast of Railgun
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EDIT: Looks like the video got removed. Sorry folks.

Smeghead

2009-12-09, 20:06

Wow Kanae Itō is tiny.

Dark Paladin X

2009-12-16, 01:02

For the most part, I do love Komoe-sensei, Index, and Touma's Japanese voice acting, but it would be nice if Rie Kugimiya voiced Misaka.

As I person who prefers dubs over subs, I was thinking of Monica Rial voicing Index (across from Minamo from Azumanga Daioh, I still need to find more voice acting samples). But I definitely know who should voice Accelerator and Komoe sensei.

For Accelerator:

I, Lelouch vi Britannia (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=1283), commands you... to get To Aru Majutsu no Index dubbed.

Apparently, this voice actor would be my second choice for Touma if James Arnold Taylor can't voice Touma. My second choice for Accelerator would be Spike Spencer.

For Komoe-sensei:

Look no further to the English voice actress of Chiyo-chan (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=7798).

After several discussion in Anime News Network, I admit that my ideas may be legally impossible. But I do strongly feel this anime should get an English dub (although I do find the Japanese voice acting to be good, but not as great as Lucky Star).

MrTerrorist

2009-12-16, 12:45

For the most part, I do love Komoe-sensei, Index, and Touma's Japanese voice acting, but it would be nice if Rie Kugimiya voiced Misaka.
NO just NO! :(
I have enough of Rie Kugiyama voicing Tsundere's. I cannot stand that voice she use every time she played one. And I thankful it was Rina Satou that played Mikoto instead as her voice was definitively suitable for Mikoto's character who's a mature tough 15 year old girl, not some childish whiner.

It's thanks to Rina that it made me fan of Mikoto.

PS:I don't hate Rie, i just feel she should just voice characters that she wouldn't be normally typecasted in.
For Accelerator:

I, Lelouch vi Britannia (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=1283), commands you... to get To Aru Majutsu no Index dubbed.

So you also agree Johnny would make a perfect dub for Accelerator.

Dark Paladin X

2009-12-16, 13:07

So you also agree Johnny would make a perfect dub for Accelerator.

Great minds think alike eh? I also agreed with you earlier about Johnny Yong Bosch as Touma, but as a second choice.

Still, what I like about English VAs is that they tend to have more flexibility than the Japanese VAs. Sorry I being typecasted with Rie.

Now what about having Jessica Boone as Komoe-sensei for the dub (one of my favorite characters, she's so adorable as a teacher, it's even in the name itself).

hinakatbklyn

2009-12-16, 13:52

Dark Paladin X

2009-12-16, 19:25

I already have an idea of who the prospect dubs are for Railgun, but Index could be more troublesome to figure out.

Index (a) Kira Vincent Davis/Brinna Palencia (b) Karen Strausman (AKA Kallen)
Komoe (a) Monica Rial
Touma (a) Chris Patton (b) Yuri (AKA Suzaku)
Mikoto (a) Luci Christian (b) Kate Higgins

Based on the most commonly used Company dubs still active today.

Nice ideas here, I even had some of the similar people here. Except I had Komoe-sensei being voiced by Jessica Boone, Index by Monica Rial, Touma by James Arnold Taylor, Kaori by Kira Vincent Davis, and Pierce Aogami (some minor character with blue hair) by Yuri Lowenthal. Comparing to my ideas, it appears your fantasy dub cast for To Aru Majutsu no Index fits within the legal limits. My ideas tend to be legally impossible, mostly because I thought up of voice actors from California and Texas at the same time while there are some of the voice actors who are union and non-union.

But you still haven't thought about who should voice Accelerator for the English dub. Do you think Johnny Yong Bosch is appropriate for this character?

hinakatbklyn

2009-12-16, 20:02

Dark Paladin X

2009-12-16, 20:25

Couldn't get beyond the first 5 Index episodes. But I did get a good idea of how the original sounded like. I would go with Bosch for accelerator (If california). This may be a long shot since he is likely new to the voice acting scene but after hearing the first episode teaser dub of a new series (Soul Eater) at a recent convention, I came across the texas equivalent of Bosch (sounds almost exactly like him). Micah Solusod. (Soul Eater for example)

If Boone's company decided to make a return or she went with one of the other companies, it would be interesting, although she might not be able to hold her cute voice from years ago. She has used deep voices before, maybe she could try voicing Kaori for a change.

Yea I haven't have enough time to watch the subs of this anime due to college work, but since my winter break is coming, I would have enough time. I think that if Bosch were to voice Accelerator, I was thinking of a blend between Hollow Ichigo and Nero voice.

I really lost faith with Bandai since they screwed up with Hayate the Combat Butler. If I want Funimation to dub this anime, then the voice actors from Texas would work. If Viz Media or Disney picks it up, then I will expect voice actors from California.

hinakatbklyn

2009-12-17, 09:58

For the most part, I do love Komoe-sensei, Index, and Touma's Japanese voice acting, but it would be nice if Rie Kugimiya voiced Misaka.

Kugimiya might have pulled a fast one on me when she voiced Yuuki (Tacos) in Saki, but from the shows I've seen when she voice acts, she used the same 2 voices Childish/squeaky (louise, shana, Nagi) and young soft spoken boy (Hotaru-Gakuen Alice, The lead character in Nabari no ou). If that's the case, I don't think either voice could match Mikoto.

Rina Saitou however has been able to adjust her voice for each role she plays (boyish voice for Negi springfield, snobish princess voice for Lilly-Mana Khemia 2, and of course Misaka Mikoto). Misaka almost sounded realistic with Rina's voice.

I probably would need to check up on more shows she voiced in to see if her voice changed in any of them before I would decide if Kugimiya would have been an alternate Mikoto.

Miraluka

2009-12-17, 12:05

Kugimiya might have pulled a fast one on me when she voiced Yuuki (Tacos) in Saki, but from the shows I've seen when she voice acts, she used the same 2 voices Childish/squeaky (louise, shana, Nagi) and young soft spoken boy (Hotaru-Gakuen Alice, The lead character in Nabari no ou). If that's the case, I don't think either voice could match Mikoto.

Rina Saitou however has been able to adjust her voice for each role she plays (boyish voice for Negi springfield, snobish princess voice for Lilly-Mana Khemia 2, and of course Misaka Mikoto). Misaka almost sounded realistic with Rina's voice.

I probably would need to check up on more shows she voiced in to see if her voice changed in any of them before I would decide if Kugimiya would have been an alternate Mikoto.

Watch Minami-ke and Umineko no naku koro ni.

stillmissing

2009-12-18, 15:45

I have to agree with Wilfriback.

It's possible that Rie has been unfairly typecast in recent years, but in my honest opinion, she doesn't match Mikoto's character type.

Dark Paladin X

2009-12-24, 14:17

I already finished watching the "Aureolus Izzard" arch of To Aru Majutsu no Index and currently watching the Accelerator arch.

All I can say is the Japanese voice acting of Aureolus Izzard really fits into the character. However, choosing the voice actors for my English dub idea is quite difficult for the next characters I'm going to mention.

For the voice actor for Aureolus Izzard, I would probably would looking for something with "deep and charming" voice. I orginally thought up of Crispin Freeman, but his voice acting is "too deep" for Izzard. I was thinking of Liam O'Brien to voice this character. He's well known to voice evil geniuses or bad guys with some insanity, and his voice acting of Lloyd Asplund from Code Geass impressed me a bit.

For Aisa Himegami, this is also tough one for my choice of voice actress for this character. I kinda stuck between Kari Wahlgren and Stephanie Sheh. I heard some of the voice acting in their own websites, but I can't really make my own clear judgment because I wasn't able to see the video that goes along with the voice acting. I would probably go with Kari Wahlgren to voice Aisa Himegami. Her voice acting of Kagami from Lucky Star and Gwen from Guild Wars impressed me (although the later is from an MMORPG game I own). As for Stephanie Sheh, I think Maika Tsuchimikado would fit well into Sheh's voice acting despite Maika playing a very minor role in the series. Not to mention, I enjoyed Sheh's voice work of Mikuru from Haruhi Suzumiya and Akira from Lucky Star

Now of course, when it comes to choosing voice actor ideas for dubs, there is always second options. As hinakatbklyn mentioned, there is a chance that Jessica Boone may unable to do the cute voice acting for Komoe-sensei. In this case, I would choose Hynden Walch as my second option of Komoe, mainly due to her voice acting of Yutaka from Lucky Star. For Accelerator, I'm keeping Johnny Yong Bosch as my primary option for Acceleartor and second option for Touma. If James Arnold Taylor is unable to voice Touma for whatever reason and Bosch ends up voicing that character, then I would have Spike Spencer to voice Accelerator. Although I do admit, Accelerator's Japanese voice acting sounds quite sinister and Spike Spencer would sound awkward for Accelerator.

hinakatbklyn

2009-12-24, 17:06

This may not apply to every character, but I've heard the same type of voice from both Kari and Stephanie, so whichever voice gets picked for a particular character, if that one is unable to do the job, the other one can easily fill the shoes. Sounds like another pair of voice actors who split 2 different characters. In a way they also sounded alike for a different reason.

Jessica cavello and Larissa Wolcott (Excel Saga and Comic Party).

When it comes to sinister and evil look no further than Liam O'Brien. If not Bosch for Accelerator, I would go with O'Brien.

Miraluka

2009-12-24, 22:21

Can they do the teenager evil laugh of Accelerator???

Dark Paladin X

2009-12-26, 02:53

Can they do the teenager evil laugh of Accelerator???

Well look no further to Johnny Yong Bosch's Hollow Ichigo laugh.

By the way, hinakatbklyn, who do you think would be appropriate for Aureolus Izzard, Stiyl Magnus, Aisa Himegami, and Motoharu and Maika Tsuchimikado for the dub?

I haven't said what I think who should voice Stiyl Magnus and Motoharu Tsuchimikado. However, I would like to see George Newbern (who voice Sephiroth from Final Fantasy VII) to voice Stiyl Magnus while I would like to see Doug Erholtz (who voices Squall Leonhart from Final Fantasy VIII) voice Motoharu.

hinakatbklyn

2009-12-26, 11:27

I had a mostly easier time picking the mostly main cast, but the other cast later on is much tougher to figure out. If I took a particular character you mentioned, took the seiyuu, matched him / her up to another character she voiced, my dub prospects would look like:

Aisa: Either Stephanie or Kari
Izzard: I get it now. The seiyuu who voiced Kyon from another series also voiced Izzard. I admit I would of put Bosch in the role of Kyon rather than Crispin Freeman. If the seiyuu voices are similar, I would perhaps do the same here with Bosch. (But I would have to see that episode or episodes that character was in).
Motoharu and Maika, I would have much more trouble figuring out.

(Edit:) I found Stiyl so I have an idea who I would pick without using the seiyuu as a stepping stool.
(A) Vic Mignogna (If he's serious) (B) Patrick Setz

I'll use the same theory for Accelerator. I went with Bosch first without knowing about what he looked like. Now I have an idea of who to choose:
(A) Jason Liebrecht (B) Steve Saley (Cannon) Both young but energetic

babohtea

2010-01-08, 21:49

I have to say that voice actors significantly affect what characters I like (seeing as the anime is my primary source of Index exposure)

For instance, I like the actors of Touma, Kuroko, Mikoto and Saten, and they are also one of my favorite characters.

Voice actors that didn't really stand out to me (Aisa, Kaori or Kazakiri to name a few), even if they play a large role don't exactly grab my attention.

And now I hate index partially because of her stupid outfit but also because of how annoying she sounds.

Yeah, voice acting definitely affects my opinion of characters. I really don't like the generic "whiny/breathy female voice".

Miraluka

2010-01-08, 22:26

Mmmmm...
Have you ever heard Rie Kumigiya(Aisaka Taiga, Louise de la Valier or Shana)??
Actually I dislike most of her roles because the characters he voiced tend to be repetitive althought that I aprecciate her work case there are exceptions like Momotaro(Zettai Karen Children) and Alphonse Elric(Full Metal Alchemist) that I liked a lot.

I always thought the same things about the voice but the personalities also are important, for example Mikoto and Index both were semi-serious characters but later showed more of them and I lost the interest but not the the point to hate ficitionals characters e_eU.... I like about 90% of characters from Index with few exceptions like some unknown scientists which I dislike cause their doings for the sake of the science.... about Index you really need to hear that the voice actress changes the tone of voice depending the situation like the "evil Index mode" or the one after Touma fight against Accelerator in the hospital, btw the tastes are the important thing because doesn't matter how good can be the work of the seiyuu if you dislike/hate the character.

babohtea

2010-01-08, 23:02

Ehh, I just thought that the Seiyu's (probably partly the director's fault too) tone portrayed Index as being extremely annoying/naggy, an impression I did not get from reading the first volume of the novel. I know she has some habits of eating a lot or biting, but they chose to portray it as funny-annoying rather than funny-cool. I don't know if this makes sense.

Basically, I find her annoying due to the way she was drawn and voiced, not because she bit people and she ate a lot.

On the other hand, I actually really like Misaka's voice =/

Miraluka

2010-01-08, 23:13

For me, Mikoto and Index, both basically are the same, even Mikoto surpassed Index's child factor and her obsession with Touma in Railgun series D: *tears*.

babohtea

2010-01-08, 23:21

I did not understand that sentence at all. Sorry ><. Could you reword without pronouns?

Dark Paladin X

2010-01-09, 15:59

Okay, I finally managed to finish watching the entire To Aru Majutsu no Index series yesterday. Now this time, I've thought up of a dub cast that STRICTLY uses voice actors from California, no voice actors from Texas. This would mean the cast I thought up is possible if either Disney, Viz Media, or (worse yet) Bandai picks this anime up. Although I personally don't think these voice actors are the best choice, I've thought of having several voice actors voicing multiple characters, most cost efficient that way.

James Arnold Taylor-Touma Kamijou
Kate Higgins-Index
Cristina Valenzuela- Mikoto Misaka, MISAKA
Wendee Lee- Kuroko Shirai
Johnny Yong Bosch- Accelerator
Hyden Walch- Komoe-sensei
Kirk Thorton- Heaven Canceler, Stiyl Magnus, Touya Kamijou
Kari Wahlgren- Aisa Himegami, Sherry Cromwell, Kikyou Yoshikawa
Michelle Ruff- Kaori Kanzaki, Aiho Yomikawa
Liam O'Brien- Aureolus Izzard, Ao Amai
Stephanie Sheh- Maika Tsuchimikado, Hyoka Kazakiri, Last Order
Doug Erholtz-Motoharu Tsuchimikado
Crispin Freeman- Mitsuki Unabara, Aleister Crowley
Yuri Lowenthal- Blue haired student with piercing (fannicknamed: Pierce Aogami)

Now, the biggest difference from my previous ideas is that I've thought up of Cristina Valenzuela to voice Mikoto Misaka instead of Tara Strong. I've decided to move Tara Strong as my second option for this character:

I was stuck between Tabitha St. Germain as Shana from Shakugan no Shana and Cristina Valenzuela as Zero from Familar of Zero. After some thought, I considered Cristina Valenzuela sounding more "tsundere" than Germain and find her to be a better choice.

As for me, I'm planning to watch Lucky Star dubbed (even though I only saw a few clips) or Hayate the Combat Butler subbed. Then I'll get more ideas for Hayate the Combat Butler English dub ideas (not the Animax-Asia version) by watching some Funimation dubs. But as for now, I think I'm fine with the English voice actor ideas for To Aru Majutsu no Index. Although I can't think of a cast using voice actors from Texas for this anime, I think hinakatbklyn's ideas mostly use those from Texas. I might plan to watch To Aru Kagaku no Railgun if I have time and have ideas for a dub of the spinoff.

Miraluka

2010-01-09, 16:18

Oh wow you really made a good cast O_o!!

hinakatbklyn

2010-01-09, 19:29

(1)I could see Valenzuela and Higgins being the dub for either Index and/or Mikoto. (They can both switch between energetic and deep serious at the drop of a hat).

(2)In a way I had a much easier time coming up with Texas dubs since they could be more suitable with both comedy and drama, where as California can be more suited wtih drama (although I have noticed some exceptions).

(3)I stayed away from Ocean studios since I could come up with less options for the Toaru series, although I've seen enough shows with their dubs to come up with ideas for only the main cast.

(4)Hayate is off topic, but a dub for that series, I took one look at each character and without blinking I would give the dub to Texas (although it would have to be former ADV).

MrTerrorist

2010-01-10, 11:01

Dark Paladin X

2010-01-10, 21:36

Wow, thanks for the nice feedback on my dub cast idea. I'm pretty sure MrTerrorist and hinakatbklyn would highly agree with my dub cast using only Californian voice actors with the probable exception of James Arnold Taylor as Touma. The reason I threw him in is because Mr. Taylor have a lot of flexibility in voice actng and I find flexibility to be important for anime dubbing. Here is some of Mr. Taylor's voice work. Sadly, none of them are anime. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5oLAff_oDo)

I really can't think of any good role for Yuri Lowenthal for To Aru Majutsu no Index. I just have him voice the blue haired guy with piercings as an actor allusion that Yuri is good friends with Doug Erholtz (which I have Doug voice Motoharu). May I remind that this minor is often seen together with Motoharu. However, I did thought of a good voice role in Hayate the Combat Butler for Yuri Lowenthal (hint: the title character).

Dark Paladin X

2010-02-25, 19:10

Okay, I revamped the dub cast list to include a few Texan regulars (Travis Willingham, Vic Mignogna, and Laura Bailey). I hope you enjoy the revamped cast (bolded indicates changed):

James Arnold Taylor or Vic Mignogna-Touma Kamijou
Kate Higgins-Index
Cristina Valenzuela- Mikoto Misaka
Wendee Lee- Kuroko Shirai
Johnny Yong Bosch- Accelerator
Hynden Walch- Komoe-sensei
Travis Willingham- Heaven Canceler, Stiyl Magnus
Kari Wahlgren- Aisa Himegami
Michelle Ruff- Kaori Kanzaki, Aiho Yomikawa
Liam O'Brien- Aureolus Izzard, Ao Amai
Stephanie Sheh- Maika Tsuchimikado, Hyoka Kazakiri, Last Order
Doug Erholtz-Motoharu Tsuchimikado
Crispin Freeman- Mitsuki Unabara, Aleister Crowley, Touya Kamijou
Yuri Lowenthal- Pierce Aogami
Laura Bailey- MISAKA, Sherry Cromwell, Kikyou Yoshikawa

Anyways, a bit of a further explanation for having Hynden Walch voicing Komoe-sensei (and possibly my best explanation that justifies my stance), Hynden Walch's voice acting tends to fit more into the "moe" type of characters (although the said voice actor isn't much of a regular in anime).

Walch's voice acting on Yutaka Kobayakawa is so adorable that it makes you want to say: "D'aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawwwwwwwwwwwwww!!!!!"

I've chosen Wendee Lee to voice Kuroko Shirai mainly because her voice acting fits the energy and enthusiasm of this character:

I'd probably refer back to the her roles as Haruhi Suzumiya and Konata Izumi.

But still, there aren't any good roles for Yuri Lowenthal across from Pierce Aogami (while I wait for 4chan for them to start making fun of Yuri's name).

Oh yeah, between James Arnold Taylor and Vic Mignogna, who do you think is more appropriate to voice Touma Kamijou? I think it is possible to still have Bosch voice Accelerator while not having James Arnold Taylor and the labor unions get involved if Vic picks up the role of Touma Kamijou. EDIT: Thus, it makes Vic Mignogna my THIRD option to voice Touma Kamijou.

hinakatbklyn

2010-02-26, 11:00

Haven't reached Kuroko through the index series but through the railgun series, I doubt Wendee Lee can keep up with Kuroko's voice. Britney Karbowski and Laura Bailey on the other hand, I've heard enough from both to say they might do very well with Kuroko.

While Kate Higgins works wonders for Index, maybe an accent would work wonders as well. Someone like Karen Strausman as an alternate.

Michelle Ruff has toned down her pitch lately, which could make her a perfect candidate for Kaori if not, komoe.

Already know about Bosch for Accelerator, although I wouldn't leave out Liam O'Brien as another candidate.

If funimation picked up this series here's why would I pick Chris Patton and Luci Christian to be Touma and Misaka Mikoto:
Souske Sagara and Kaname Chidori

I'll leave the others until I know more about them later on although I do have choices in prior posts.

MrTerrorist

2010-03-06, 12:02

Miraluka

2010-03-07, 09:29

4th Annual Seiyū Award Winners Announced (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-03-06/4th-annual-seiyu-award-winners-announced)

Congratulations to the K-On! cast for winning the Best Singing Award.

Congratulations to Atsushi Abe for winning the Best New Actor Awards for his role as Toma.

And kudos to Kanae Itō & Aki Toyosaki for winning the Best New Actress Awards

Singing? :heh: Oh boy....:heh:

Well, when NobuOka won the last year BNAA in the Index-tan 2 he was.... erm..... amused :heh:

P.S: MrTerrorist, why the double post?

MeisterBabylon

2010-03-07, 09:44

What singing?! XD

Dark Paladin X

2010-05-21, 21:39

Okay, I've made a few finalization for my main dub cast and created a second dub cast if Texas were to pick the series up.

Here is the Californian dub cast if Bandai, NIS America, Dentsu Entertainment, or Viz Media picks it up:
James Arnold Taylor or Vic Mignogna-Touma Kamijou
Kate Higgins-Index
Cristina Valenzuela- Mikoto Misaka
Wendee Lee- Kuroko Shirai
Johnny Yong Bosch- Accelerator
Hynden Walch- Komoe-sensei
Kirk Thornton- Heaven Canceler
Steve Blum- Stiyl Magnus
Kari Wahlgren- Aisa Himegami
Michelle Ruff- Kaori Kanzaki, Aiho Yomikawa
Liam O'Brien- Aureolus Izzard, Ao Amai
Stephanie Sheh- Maika Tsuchimikado, Hyoka Kazakiri, Last Order
Doug Erholtz-Motoharu Tsuchimikado
Crispin Freeman- Mitsuki Unabara, Aleister Crowley, Touya Kamijou
Yuri Lowenthal- Pierce Aogami
Laura Bailey- MISAKA
Karen Strassman-Sherry Cromwell, Kikyou Yoshikawa

Here's the Texan one if Funimation or Section23:
Touma Kamijou- Vic Mignogna (despite working in some Californian dubs recently, it also works with Texas as well) or Chris Patton
Index- Monica Rial
Mikoto Misaka- Luci Christian
Kuroko Shirai- Caitlin Glass
Accelerator- Johnny Yong Bosch
Komoe-sensei- Hillary Haag
Heaven Canceler-
Stiyl Magnus- Travis Willingham or David Mantranga
Kaori Kanzaki- Kira Vincent-Davis
Aisa Himegami- Brittney Karbowski
Aiho Yomikawa-
Aureolus Izzard-
Ao Amai-
Maika Tsuchimikado-
Hyoka Kazakiri-
Last Order- Carrie Savage
Motoharu Tsuchimikado- Todd Haberkorn
Mitsuki Unabara- Jerry Jewell
Aleister Crowley- Jerry Jewell
Touya Kamijou-
Pierce Aogami- Greg Ayres
MISAKA- Laura Bailey
Sherry Cromwell-
Kikyou Yoshikawa-

Vic Mignogna is slowly working on Californian dubs now, but he's still a Texan regular, so it should work if Funimation OR Bandai picks it up. Johnny Yong Bosch would work if Funimation picks it up, as he worked in some Funimation dubs before (i.e. BECK). If Section23 picks it up, then it is a different story.

tsunade666

2010-05-22, 03:04

is their even a confirmation for it? or theirs nothing yet so far.....

Marcus H.

2010-05-24, 20:48

Should start a discussion for possible voice actors for characters in Index/Railgun that hasn't made their appearances?

Minagi Mikoto

2010-05-25, 05:15

Should start a discussion for possible voice actors for characters in Index/Railgun that hasn't made their appearances?

Hm! It'd be great if there will be polls of their voice actors. The first one is Awaki!

Marcus H.

2010-05-25, 07:51

Good choice, since she has made her appearance in Index before and, unfortunately, hasn't given a single line in her only appearance. :(

Here's the list for the voice actor speculation for Index/Railgun:
• Musujime Awaki
• Mugino Shizuri
• Kinuhata Saiai
• Takitsubo Rikou
• Frenda

*please add up the list!*

I've changed my vote for Hikasa Yoko to go as Awaki's voice. I'm not much familiar with seiyuu, but a seiyuu fit for Awaki's role should be used to roles who are both moe (in a sense, since she would have antics with the other members of GROUP) and should be low enough. I've first thought of Hikasa Yoko because she has a nice low and mature voice and can portray both serious (as Satan in Umineko) and comedy roles (in K-ON!).

If newcomers to the seiyuu industry count, Saito Fuko (Shiina in Angel Beats!) could be a possible candidate, but I think her lines in AB! are too little to judge that. @.@

Mugino Shizuri's seiyuu is easier to describe, as she is very very similar to Telestina: one side is a chic girl who is calm despite oncoming problems, the other is a psychotic sadist who likes to taunt her target with derrogatory remarks. Because of this, and because their common enemy is Misaka Mikoto (also known as Ange Ushiromiya in Umineko), someone from Umineko should be a good seiyuu for Mugino.

Minagi Mikoto

2010-05-25, 12:00

Good choice, since she has made her appearance in Index before and, unfortunately, hasn't given a single line in her only appearance. :(

Here's the list for the voice actor speculation for Index/Railgun:

I've changed my vote for Hikasa Yoko to go as Awaki's voice. I'm not much familiar with seiyuu, but a seiyuu fit for Awaki's role should be used to roles who are both moe (in a sense, since she would have antics with the other members of GROUP) and should be low enough. I've first thought of Hikasa Yoko because she has a nice low and mature voice and can portray both serious (as Satan in Umineko) and comedy roles (in K-ON!).

If newcomers to the seiyuu industry count, Saito Fuko (Shiina in Angel Beats!) could be a possible candidate, but I think her lines in AB! are too little to judge that. @.@

Mugino Shizuri's seiyuu is easier to describe, as she is very very similar to Telestina: one side is a chic girl who is calm despite oncoming problems, the other is a psychotic sadist who likes to taunt her target with derrogatory remarks. Because of this, and because their common enemy is Misaka Mikoto (also known as Ange Ushiromiya in Umineko), someone from Umineko should be a good seiyuu for Mugino.

I just know Awaki from this list :heh: (I don't read manga or light novels).

I haven't heard Saito Fuko's voice. What about Saeko Chiba?

Minagi Mikoto

2010-06-10, 11:47

Again, who do you want to be the seiyuu for Awaki?

Miraluka

2010-06-10, 11:54

Again, who do you want to be the seiyuu for Awaki?

Satsuki Yukino is the first name which comes to my mind.

Gordy Lechance

2010-06-10, 13:32

I bet I'm not the only one who found the Satomi Arai's nasally yet affectionate, mischeivous yet sincere performace of Kuroko-chan absolutely charming. ;)

Her's was also the voice of Sayoko the Ninja Maid of Code Geass and sweet lil Aoba Kozue (AND her five split personalities) of Mahoraba. :)

Chaos2Frozen

2010-06-10, 19:29

Considering Awaki is still only going to play a small role in this season, Here's my suggestions for a few other characters.

Ursula Aquinas = Yukari Fukui

Anieze Sanctis = Rie Kugimiya = Shana
Oriana Thompson = Hitomi Nabatame = Margery Daw
Vent of the Front = Sayaka OHARA = Bel-Peol

See what I did there?

Marcus H.

2010-06-10, 19:33

Hitomi already has a role as the Dorm Manager. o.o
Let's also throw in Dantalion's voice actor as Terra's seiyuu and Sydonay's voice actor as Acqua. :D
It's like Bal Masque all over again. XD

Chaos2Frozen

2010-06-10, 19:45

Hitomi already has a role as the Dorm Manager. o.o

Mah, it's not that a VA can't have two roles, especially if one/both of them minor.

Let's also throw in Dantalion's voice actor as Terra's seiyuu and Sydonay's voice actor as Acqua. :D
It's like Bal Masque all over again. XD

Idea :D

But first things first, any suggestion for Fukiyose Seiri? Considering (Himegami Aisa = Mamiko NOTO = Hecate) is her best friend...

Marcus H.

2010-06-10, 19:50

Hecate haz no bestfriends. D:
I dunno for now. :P

tsunade666

2010-06-10, 23:39

what's this a rerun of shana with different cast?

Miraluka

2010-06-11, 09:25

Let's also throw in Dantalion's voice actor as Terra's seiyuu and Sydonay's voice actor as Acqua. :D
I think Norio Wakamoto for Acqua XD, he reminds me of General Winter Socalo from D.Gray-man.

Gordy Lechance

2010-06-11, 09:48

Hitomi already has a role as the Dorm Manager. o.o

Channelling the epic bad-assness of Kanu Uncho. ;)

Master Assassin

2010-06-11, 09:49

I think Norio Wakamoto for Acqua XD, he reminds me of General Winter Socalo from D.Gray-man.

... If Wakamoto is to be Acqua... instead of causing the drama that's gonna be when Touma gets KO'd by him some Wakamoto worshippers gonna go HELL YEAH!!! when that happens.

... In before anyone reminds me that's still a long way to go.

Marcus H.

2010-06-11, 10:05

Wouldn't his voice be too low for that? I mean, he played as Charles Zi Britannia. o.o

Miraluka

2010-06-11, 10:17

Wouldn't his voice be too low for that? I mean, he played as Charles Zi Britannia. o.o

The pope as better choice? XD

MrTerrorist

2010-06-11, 10:57

The pope as better choice? XD

The Pope. Voiced by Norio Wakamoto.

Well that is an epic and scary voice to hear from the Pope.

Chaos2Frozen

2010-06-11, 11:54

Or maybe Kihara Amata as Norio Wakamoto? That way we can hear him go bat-shit crazy :D

But personally, I just don't think that's a character in INDEX that screams 'Wakamoto!!' just yet.

Miraluka

2010-06-11, 13:11

Or maybe Kihara Amata as Norio Wakamoto? That way we can hear him go bat-shit crazy :D

But personally, I just don't think that's a character in INDEX that screams 'Wakamoto!!' just yet.

I only have heard his voice acotr on Hayate no Gotoku and D.Gray-man so it can fit those characters.

Minagi Mikoto

2010-06-12, 11:11

Satsuki Yukino is the first name which comes to my mind.

I've never heard her voice for a teen character.

Miraluka

2010-06-12, 12:33

I've never heard her voice for a teen character.
D:
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Try Higurashi no naku koro ni.

KiraYamatoFan

2010-06-13, 02:09

I've never heard her voice for a teen character.

Are you kidding me? Yukino Satsuki is also known as Kagome Higurashi in Inuyasha (the character was 15 years old).

tsunade666

2010-06-13, 02:35

and who's character is satsuki supposed to voice with?

KiraYamatoFan

2010-06-13, 03:20

and who's character is satsuki supposed to voice with?

They were talking about Awaki if I'm not mistaken from reading previous posts.

Minagi Mikoto

2010-06-13, 10:31

D:
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Try Higurashi no naku koro ni.

Are you kidding me? Yukino Satsuki is also known as Kagome Higurashi in Inuyasha (the character was 15 years old).

I've only heard her voice for Vanessa Rene of Madlax, Otohime Mutsumi of Love Hina, and Sylia Stingray of Bubblegum crisis: Tokyo 2040 and some other minor rules.
I didn't mean that she hasn't voiced for any teen rules! :heh:

Well, I guess I'll try Higurashi no naku koro ni or Inuyasha since I like her voice.

Marcus H.

2010-06-16, 02:47

By the way, I've noticed that many of the voice actors for Index and Railgun share a new project as seiyuu for Mayoi Neko Overrun!.

Nobuhiko Okamoto (Accelerator) as Takumi Tsuzuki

Ayana Taketatsu (Azu-nyan from K-ON!) as Nozomi Kiriya
Hiroyuki Yoshino as Ieyasu Kikuchi
Junji Majima (Daigo-sensei from Railgun and Takasu Ryuuji from Toradora!) as Daigorō Kōya
Kanae Itō (Saten Ruiko) as Fumino Serizawa
Rina Satou (Misaka Mikoto) as Satou
Satomi Arai (Shirai Kuroko) as Suzuki
Satomi Satou (Edasaki Banri) as Otome Tsuzuki
Yui Horie (Tsubasa Hanekawa from Bakemonogatari) as Kanae Naruko
Yuka Iguchi (Index) as Chise Umenomori
Yukari Tamura (Juufuku Miho) as Kaho Chikumaen

Hisako Kanemoto (Sorami Kanata from So-Ra-No-Wo-To) as Radio (ep 3)
Hitomi Nabatame (Dormitory Manager) as Honoka's mother (ep 10)
Kenji Utsumi (Armstrong from Fullmetal Alchemist :heh:) as Machine Duke (ep 7)
Rina Hidaka (Last Order) as Honoka (ep 10)

There are some unfamiliar seiyuu, but I think there's a high probability that most of the seiyuu not yet included in the Index and Railgun projects that are listed here might be included in the Second Season.

Miraluka

2010-07-03, 12:10

Should this thread be merged with the Licensed series?

Marcus H.

2010-07-03, 19:00

Nah, i don't think it's needed to do so since this thread has lived longer than the newly-created Licensing thread.

Master Assassin

2010-07-03, 20:21

Well, we can always discuss the English VAs here. Discussions about them here is also appropiate, looking at the thread title. At least I think so.

Dark Paladin X

2010-07-16, 16:13

Oh yeah, since Index and Railgun has been licensed by Funimation:

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

Miraluka

2010-07-16, 22:09

Are those the official voice actors??

Not Random

2010-07-16, 22:23

Are those the official voice actors??

No, but that would be the ideal cast.

Dark Paladin X

2010-07-17, 14:34

No, but that would be the ideal cast.

I forgot to mention that it's supposed to be speculation.

Yui Is My Wife

2010-07-19, 02:24

Incidentally, who else is watching Ookami-san and her friends mainly for Arai Staomi/Kuroko-chan's charmingly wicked narration? ;)

Ashaman

2010-07-19, 03:21

Incidentally, who else is watching Ookami-san and her friends mainly for Arai Staomi/Kuroko-chan's charmingly wicked narration? ;)

I don't think we should really be talking about this here, but i'm convinced that narrarter really is Kuroko, and not just having the same voice actor.:p

Yui Is My Wife

2010-07-19, 03:28

Kuroko-chan is a teleporter after all... maybe Ookami-san takes place in an alternative universe where she has reached Level 6 and can jump between dimensions.... :heh:

SuzushinaYuriko

2010-07-19, 12:27

I keep expecting her to go ONEE-SAMAAAA when she narrates. Disappointed that it hasn't happened yet.

Yui Is My Wife

2010-07-19, 18:59

Coolest thing about Kuroko-chan (and Arai Satomi) is that she shows you don't always need a high pitched and sweet voice to be an absolutely adorable and huggable little cutie. ;)

(Aww, don't cry, Yui-chan (hugs) I love your voice still all the same) :heh:

Minagi Mikoto

2011-02-26, 08:52

Chaos2Frozen

2011-02-26, 10:03

It seems that Koshimizu Ami is going to voice for Mugino. That made me very happy since she is one of my favorite seiyuus.

I don't really know Mugino, but since she is apperantly a sadist which looks very kind :heh:, I think Ami can do a very great job for voicing her. What does anyone think?

'kind' isn't the right word, but she's like a rich ojousama I believe so it's 'classy'? I guess?

Anyway, I heard her in one of the Index PSP's in game clips, her trash talking with Accelerator was absolutely perfect.

MrTerrorist

2011-02-26, 10:06

It seems that Koshimizu Ami is going to voice for Mugino. That made me very happy since she is one of my favorite seiyuus.

I don't really know Mugino, but since she is apperantly a sadist which looks very kind :heh:, I think Ami can do a very great job for voicing her. What does anyone think?

If your wondering how she sounds like, here's a preview of her character from the Toaru Majutsu no Index PSP fighting game.

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Minagi Mikoto

2011-02-26, 13:16

If your wondering how she sounds like, here's a preview of her character from the Toaru Majutsu no Index PSP fighting game.

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Thanks for the vid! Yeah, good as usual. But after all I must wait for the series to see

if her performance catches up to that of "Nina Wang" from Mai-Otome or not. Looking
forward to it! :)

By the way I posted in the psp thread as well, but is there a good psp emulator for pc which can play that game? I don't have a psp! :(

judasmartel

2011-03-27, 05:13

Mugino's got a nice voice, I see. She must be the Esper equivalent of Vento of the Front!

SuzushinaYuriko

2011-03-27, 12:36

You could call her that, yeah. :heh: Only with 100% more beamspam.

Karna

2011-03-28, 01:47

Mugino's voice fits her perfectly. She sounds completely sadistic, which is perfect:heh:

judasmartel

2011-03-31, 00:20

Then how about Fiamma of the Right? Any VA ideas?

I'm thinking of Prince of Tennis's Seiichi Yukimura's VA as an option for Fiamma.

Chaos2Frozen

2011-03-31, 00:27

Then how about Fiamma of the Right? Any VA ideas?

I'm thinking of Prince of Tennis's Seiichi Yukimura's VA as an option for Fiamma.

Orihara Izaya.

End of discussion :eyespin:.

judasmartel

2011-03-31, 00:29

Hmm. Okay.

tsunade666

2011-03-31, 05:45

Then how about Fiamma of the Right? Any VA ideas?

It might be crazy but I want to hear Fiamma voiced by lelouch of code geass :heh: :heh:

Chaos2Frozen

2011-03-31, 05:55

MrTerrorist

2011-03-31, 06:06

It might be crazy but I want to hear Fiamma voiced by lelouch of code geass :heh: :heh:

You mean standing high above his enemies in a giant floating fortress, holding the key conditions for absolute victory and controlling the ultimate weapon of mass destruction at the palm of his hands?

Yeah, I guess I could see the resemblance.

I can see it right now.

"I, Fiamma of the Right, one of God's chosen within His Right Seat, commands you my fellow Catholics, to hunt down the Heretic known as Touma Kamijou!"

"YES MY LORD!!"

Chaos2Frozen

2011-03-31, 06:12

Don't forget the waving of his right hand...

I_am_Kami

2011-03-31, 15:06

Then how about Fiamma of the Right? Any VA ideas?

I'm thinking of Prince of Tennis's Seiichi Yukimura's VA as an option for Fiamma.

I always think about Aleisters VA when thinking of Fiamma. We have to have someone who is pompous because he is strong which he is.

judasmartel

2011-03-31, 21:47

I find Aleister's voice a bit deeper for Fiamma, though.

Chaos2Frozen

2011-04-01, 13:02

...And the Shana comparison is now complete with Satoshi Hino joing the cast as Hamazura Shiage! I've always secretly wanted him to appear in this series to see him work together with Atsushi Abe and Nobuhiko Okamoto but I didn't dare hope for a main Character role (for next season)! Too bad Kugimiya already has a role... Double role then!

Now all three of my favorite JC Staff protagonist-VAs are in one show (two if you count Bakuman), It's like Christmas for VA parodies come early for me :eyespin: !

I_am_Kami

2011-04-01, 17:51

I did like hamazuras VA

judasmartel

2011-04-01, 20:38

Yeah, me too. Komaba's voice sounded badass as well.

KyriaL

2011-04-03, 05:11

Aleister has one of the most promising ' Try-me-if-you-dare ' kind of voice i've heard so far. Smooth yet cunning and manipulative.

Zakoo

2011-04-03, 06:43

Suits the personnality's caracter heh.

For Fiamma, I would love Archer's VA, that would be heaven.

I_am_Kami

2011-04-03, 08:05

Index series seems to be able to get many good VAs since its so long

judasmartel

2011-04-03, 23:52

Suits the personnality's caracter heh.

For Fiamma, I would love Archer's VA, that would be heaven.

Archer from where?

Chaos2Frozen

2011-04-04, 00:00

Aleister has one of the most promising ' Try-me-if-you-dare ' kind of voice i've heard so far. Smooth yet cunning and manipulative.

I will always remember him as 'Genjo Sanzo', the badass, blond hair, chain smoking, gun wielding Monk from Saiyuki :D

That said, how much of Aleister's voice is his, and how much is altered?

Zakoo

2011-04-04, 06:08

Archer from where?

I don't know is there's another archer aside the one of Fate Stay Night

Seihai

2011-04-04, 07:02

I don't know is there's another archer aside the one of Fate Stay Night

Gilgamesh is Archer in Fate / Zero

judasmartel

2011-04-20, 05:26

I keep expecting her to go ONEE-SAMAAAA when she narrates. Disappointed that it hasn't happened yet.

Oh yeah, the ONEE-SAMA part of Kuroko's dialogue. Anyone has an idea how would it be handled in the dubs?

judasmartel

2011-05-02, 02:33

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These are not the official Funimation dubs, but I feel that everyone should hear these! Also, FUNI NEEDS TO HEAR THESE!

Chaos2Frozen

2011-08-01, 08:05

I suppose as this has to do with the VAs themselves, this would be the logical place to post this....

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Miraluka

2011-08-01, 09:26

Oh, is that pillow... again :heh:.

Chaos2Frozen

2011-08-01, 09:58

My favorites are when the VAs talk about their favorite scenes... Or at least that's what it looks like when Iguchi and Satou were bringing up the Index-tan moments, their emotional crying scenes, their interaction with Touma scene (debatable), and something in the end that I can't make out :heh:

It'll be nice to get a translated summary of the 'interview'... My skills after 5 years of watching Animes only amounts to understanding 15% of everything.

Inept Forum User

2011-08-01, 16:02

I was just wondering about possible seiyuus for either Fiamma or the Knight Leader, that haven't already been mentioned - I know this might be a bit (what's the word? over-used?) but how about Sho Hayami or Takehito Koyasu for one of them?

Also, who do you think might be suited to voicing Aiwass?

judasmartel

2011-08-01, 19:21

I was also wondering if how the English dubs will handle the Misaka clones' verbal tics (yes, including LO), well, you know.

judasmartel

2011-08-19, 04:07

I just heard Satoshi Hino voicing Saito in ZnT, and I thought, "Wow! Shiage's going to be this badass in the next season of ToAru!"

julioalqae

2011-08-19, 22:42

what do you think about kakine's VA???

i think orihara izaya is pretty suit for his "nice" sadistic voice....

Chaos2Frozen

2011-08-20, 00:39

what do you think about kakine's VA???

i think orihara izaya is pretty suit for his "nice" sadistic voice....

I was hoping they would save him for Fiamma of the Right.

Personally, I think Kakine should be voiced by Tetsuya Kakihara :D

judasmartel

2011-08-20, 05:43

Oh. How about Lelouch as Fiamma? I mean, just for the VA connection with Mugino, you know.

Chaos2Frozen

2011-08-20, 07:00

Oh. How about Lelouch as Fiamma? I mean, just for the VA connection with Mugino, you know.

It's not impossible, but it's kinda pointless to make a connection with those two right :heh: ?

julioalqae

2011-08-20, 08:06

I was hoping they would save him for Fiamma of the Right.

Personally, I think Kakine should be voiced by Tetsuya Kakihara :D

well....i never hear his voice before....but who knows:)

but i don't deny that hiroshi kamiya will be good in fiamma....although i prefer the charismatic VA like Lelouch's VA....,

Chaos2Frozen

2011-08-20, 08:13

well....i never hear his voice before....but who knows:)

To give you an idea- He voiced Kisaragi Jin from Blazblue.

Gundam Meister

2011-08-20, 12:08

This are the Voice Actor i believed would fit this characters

Knight Leader : Takehito Koyasu

Fiamma of the Right : Hiroshi Kamiya

i wondering which VA's would fit

Queen Elizard
Princess Rimea
Princess Carrisa
Princess Villian
Takitsubo Rikou
Kinuhata Saiai
Frenda Seivelun
Aiwass

Ilidsor

2011-08-20, 12:31

I've always thought that Aiwass should be a computer generated voice, because he (it?) isn't human.

Mr.Kyon

2011-08-20, 12:55

I've always thought that Aiwass should be a computer generated voice, because he (it?) isn't human.
Make it a mix of Aleister's voice and computer generated -- like GLaDOS in Portal.

judasmartel

2011-08-26, 06:06

It's not impossible, but it's kinda pointless to make a connection with those two right :heh: ?

Oh, yeah. If we REALLY WANT to have that VA Relation up, we might as well root for Jun Fukuyama as Kakine. Or we could just remember the KugiRie x Hino Satoshi VA Relationship which TAMNI has pretty much cleaved away, with KugiRie voicing a mage, while Satoshi voicing another Badass Normal.

This are the Voice Actor i believed would fit this characters

Knight Leader : Takehito Koyasu

Fiamma of the Right : Hiroshi Kamiya

i wondering which VA's would fit

Queen Elizard
Princess Rimea
Princess Carrisa
Princess Villian
Takitsubo Rikou
Kinuhata Saiai
Frenda Seivelun
Aiwass

Fiamma - Jun Fukuyama OR Kenichi Suzumura
Kakine - Kamiya Hiroshi
Misaki - Chiwa Saito OR Saori Hayami
Gunha - Kentaro Itou
Ollerus - Katsuyuki Konishi (Viktor from Suikoden 1 and 2)
Silvia - How about Romi Park? Though she already had a role in Index or Railgun AFAIK.

Queen Elizard - Kaori Nakamura (the Principal from Baka Test) OR Fuyumi Shiraishi
Princess Carrisa - How about Megumi Hayashibara?
Knight Leader - How about Sho Hayami, guys?

Takitsubo Rikou - Yoko Hikasa
Kinuhata Saiai - Yuki Matsuoka (Osaka, nyoro!)
Frenda Seivelun - Yu Kobayashi

And you forgot the new characters, guys.

Fremea Seivelun - Ryo Hirohashi
Lessar - Yuuko Minaguchi (PURIITSUUU!!!)
Bayloupe - Asami Sanada
Leivinia Birdway - Eri Kitamura
Kuroyoru Umidori - Kumiko Watanabe

judasmartel

2011-09-07, 09:45

And considering there are a lot of Index/Railgun VA's involved in Ro-Kyu-Bu, which has Yuuki Kaji as the protagonist's VA, who knows one would vouch for him as the VA of a new anime character in Index 3?

Yuuki Kaji as Gunha or Ollerus, anyone?

And heck, even as Knight Leader or Mark Space.

BakaOnna

2011-09-07, 10:17

Personally think Junichi Suwabe would make a wonderful Fiamma. He has a certain smoothness in his voice which I think will match Fiamma's personality really well. Plus, he has done many bishonen-type magnificent bastard type characters so it isn't as if it's out of his range.

I also think Hiroshi Kamiya would make a better Kakine than Fiamma.

Chaos2Frozen

2011-09-07, 10:21

Miraluka

2011-09-07, 10:32

I also think Hiroshi Kamiya would make a better Kakine than Fiamma.
The moment I read that my mind is full of Kakine saying "Zetsubou shita! Being second to a lolicon albino with father complex has left me in despair!"

rubix22

2011-09-07, 10:51

The moment I read that my mind is full of Kakine saying "Zetsubou shita! Being second to a lolicon albino with father complex has left me in despair!"

So... Nonaka Ai as the girl in the red dress then?

Miraluka

2011-09-07, 11:16

So... Nonaka Ai as the girl in the red dress then?
Sayoing something like "Its impossible Kakine was teared apart and then put inside a fridge, he only there because he wants to be as cool as Accelerator".

Mr.Kyon

2011-09-07, 20:35

Sayoing something like "Its impossible Kakine was teared apart and then put inside a fridge, he only there because he wants to be as cool as Accelerator".
That explains so much yet so little.

rubix22

2011-09-07, 20:56

any suitable voices for Worst...?

Chiwa Saito, maybe? (Imagining Senjougahara as Worst)

Mr.Kyon

2011-09-07, 20:59

Well the actress has to be able to give Worst-chan an underlying childish sadism and a teasing come-hither tone at the same time.

rubix22

2011-09-07, 21:06

So... did I hit the bull's eye then...?

Say 'ah' (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1wkkcts2k4)

Mr.Kyon

2011-09-07, 21:25

So... did I hit the bull's eye then...?

Say 'ah' (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1wkkcts2k4)
It needs to be slightly more gruff. But otherwise, I'd hit that.

judasmartel

2011-09-11, 08:28

any suitable voices for Worst...?

Chiwa Saito, maybe? (Imagining Senjougahara as Worst)

Actually, I was imagining Hitagi as Hamazura's waifu.

It needs to be slightly more gruff. But otherwise, I'd hit that.

So is it a bull's eye for Yuuko Minaguchi or one of the two Inoue's (Marina or Kikuko) as WORST?

Marcus H.

2011-09-11, 09:18

^ Rikou's very different from Senjougahara, though.

I recommend Tabitha from Zero no Tsukaima (Yuka Inokuchi) as Rikou.

judasmartel

2011-09-11, 09:22

^
So, WORST = Chiwa Saito then?

And I thought Chiwa Saito could make a good Only Sane Man Yandere.

I would love to see Index make break-out roles for relatively new VAs, especially those most of the fandom don't know about yet.

A memorable one was when Satomi Arai won the best VA award for playing Kuroko!~

And now, when I hear her voice, it seems like she has Kuroko's voice by default. Awesome!

judasmartel

2011-09-12, 00:05

Updated VA Speculation Fun:

Misaka WORST = Chiwa Saito
Takitsubo Rikou = Yuka Inokuchi (Tabitha, Zero No Tsukaima)
Fiamma = Hiroshi Kamiya
Kakine = Jun Fukuyama
Queen Elizarina = Kaori Nakamura (School Principal, Baka Test)
Carissa = Michiko Neya (Agnes, ZnT)

Wanna see a Large Ham battle between Nobuhiko Okamoto and Jun Fukuyama, that's why.

MrTerrorist

2012-03-30, 10:11

Hell_ping

2012-03-30, 10:57

What the?

Voice Actress Satomi Arai Reveals Marriage, Son (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2012-03-30/voice-actress-satomi-arai-reveals-marriage-son)

Kuroko is married? To a man!? And they have a son?!? Mindscrew!

Jokes aside, i wish Satomi, her husband and their son well.

Sure do, cause fanatics over at Japan are going to cry heresy and go outrage again (most of the time anyway)...there's a reason why seiyuus end up revealing the relationships only after some time passed.

Chaos2Frozen

2012-03-30, 11:26

It's not like she's a K-On girl :heh: So I don't think it would be as bad as the time where Taketatsu Ayana got herself a boyfriend... Probably...

Mr.Kyon

2012-03-30, 12:33

Sure do, cause fanatics over at Japan are going to cry heresy and go outrage again (most of the time anyway)...there's a reason why seiyuus end up revealing the relationships only after some time passed.
Straight men furiously jerking off to the thought of a 13 year old lesbian.

lolk

Miraluka

2012-03-30, 14:31

But isn't her voice like that of the granny? Japanesse otaku must have creepy fetishes.:uhoh:.

faiz blaster

2012-03-30, 14:31

Sure do, cause fanatics over at Japan are going to cry heresy and go outrage again (most of the time anyway)...there's a reason why seiyuus end up revealing the relationships only after some time passed.

It kind of became something like a regular event, really...:heh:

By the way Kyon... what the heck is with that new avatar?!:twitch::eyespin:

Miraluka

2012-03-30, 14:35

It kind of became something like a regular event, really...:heh:
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That may explain why their birthrate is that low...:heh: they should at least give their thanks to Arai for having an actual family and aiding to preserve Japan's births.

By the way Kyon... what the heck is with that new avatar?!:twitch::eyespin:
Sheen of the Right, the true holder of the Holy Crack.

Mr.Kyon

2012-03-30, 14:50

Sheen of the Right, the true holder of the Holy Crack.
No, he's the Son of Crack which my Holy Crack allows me to replicate, but I have yet to refine my power.

Chaos2Frozen

2012-03-31, 00:11

But isn't her voice like that of the granny? Japanesse otaku must have creepy fetishes.:uhoh:.

Satomi Arai is a decently attractive woman.

Dark Paladin X

2012-04-02, 00:00

With Funimation FINALLY set up A Certain Magical Index website up (http://www.funimation.com/a-certain-magical-index) (good indicator that the Geneon Universal merger thing was settled), the first two subbed episodes up for EVS, and Anime Boston coming up (which might be a bit too early to call for the dub), let's start guessing on the English dub cast for this.

I've took my original dub cast and made a lot of revisions based on the Okami-san dub. Keep in note that these are ideas and it's not the official dub cast. I'll post the official dub cast once Funimation announces it.

Touma Kamijou - Joel McDonald
Index - Alexis Tipton
Mikoto Misaka - Cristina Vee or Brina Palencia
Accelerator- Johnny Yong Bosch
Kuroko Shirai - Luci Christian
Kazari Uihara - Stephanie Sheh
Ruiko Saten - Lara Jill Miller

Komoe Tsukiyomi - Monica Rial
Aiho Yomikawa - Colleen Clinkenbeard
Stiyl Magnus - Steve Blum
Kaori Kanzaki - Michelle Ruff
Aisa Himegami - Stephanie Young
Aureolus Izzard - J. Michael Tatum
MISAKA - Laura Bailey
Last Order - Sandy Fox. PERFECT LOLI VOICE
Heaven Canceler - R Bruce Elliott
Ao Amai - Jerry Jewell
Kikyou Yoshikawa - Clarine Harp
Hyoka Kazakiri - Terri Doty
Sherry Cromwell -Lydia Mackay
Motoharu Tsuchimikado - Micah Solusod
Pierce Aogami - Todd Haberkorn
Laura Stuart - Cherami Leigh
Aleister Crowley - Troy Baker

judasmartel

2012-04-02, 00:06

Luci Christian as Kuroko? Man, love to see that. I almost always hear of Caitlin Glass everytime Kuroko is mentioned!

What? No Crispin Freeman? Oh well, your cast must be from the same area, so I could see why the likes of him and Yuri Lowenthal aren't there.

Dark Paladin X

2012-04-02, 01:09

What? No Crispin Freeman? Oh well, your cast must be from the same area, so I could see why the likes of him and Yuri Lowenthal aren't there.

Well, I originally did thought about Crispin Freeman as Alestier Crowley, but Troy Baker seems to be the guy who has the knack playing as British characters.

My cast here is a little more of a mix of Funimation and Bang Zoom! regulars here.

Oh yeah, if anyone's curious with Sandy Fox as Last Order, here's a great reference for her loli voice:

Marona from Phantom Brave and Flonne from Disgaea

Chaos2Frozen

2012-04-02, 02:02

I am extremely unfamiliar with English voice actors, theres only a handful of names that Ive heard of and those were from their video game roles. Outside of them, the only quality English VAs are their movie stars :eyespin: thats how high up the food chain youll need to go...

judasmartel

2012-04-02, 12:42

Speaking of Japanese VAs, anyone else here are convinced that FukuJun must do Kakine?

Chaos2Frozen

2012-04-02, 16:25

No... Not really, I'm convinced he must do Ollerus though...

judasmartel

2012-04-02, 21:47

I just thought, if he used that voice from Working...

Ashaman

2012-04-03, 03:53

playing as British characters

I wonder if they'll give Styl a British accent?

judasmartel

2012-04-03, 06:06

When was the last time we have seen anime that gives accents to foreign nationalities, though?

Chaos2Frozen

2012-04-03, 06:28

When was the last time we have seen anime that gives accents to foreign nationalities, though?

I remember 4kids gave a Chinese character in Shaman King a British accent :p

judasmartel

2012-04-03, 07:35

I remember 4kids gave a Chinese character in Shaman King a British accent :p

What.

But given Index's number of British characters, I'm not sure if they're going to give them accents, and even if they do, it might come out awkward.

Dark Paladin X

2012-04-03, 20:01

What.

But given Index's number of British characters, I'm not sure if they're going to give them accents, and even if they do, it might come out awkward.

Mostly likely some of the characters (like Index) will be given British accents in the dub. Since we're talking about Funimation, they like to play around with accents a lot like Hetalia, Black Butler, and Baccano!, which is why some Los Angeles based voice actors who once worked with Funimation (Vic Mignogna, Laura Bailey, Kyle Hebert, and Troy Baker) have wide vocal ranges. Thus being said, it would really interesting to try to pull a British accent and be cutesy at the same time for Index (if it's too difficult for the accent, Funimation may go for the emotional appeal of the character instead).

I wonder if they'll give Styl a British accent?

If you know my choice, Steve Blum, he IS the man of a thousand voices in anime. If they want Stiyl to have a British accent AND baritone at the same time, he can do it.

judasmartel

2012-04-03, 20:27

Given that the Anime only covers material up to the AC Invasion Arc, I can imagine Funi giving Index, Stiyl, and Laura Stuart British accents since they're the only British characters up to that arc IIRC. The bulk of Brits in the series only comes in by the English Civil War Arc, which has not yet been animated.

But yes, I agree that Index would be nigh-difficult to give her an accent while still making her cutesy. Jessie Cave's performance in the Harry Potter films comes into mind.

Chaos2Frozen

2012-04-03, 21:07

Erm, I thought only the first season was licensed? So thats only up to the Imaginary Number.

British characters - Index, Stiyl, Aleister, Sherry, Laura only appeared for 10seconds at the end though.

Then there's also one Russian character, and I think the Alchemist was Italian.

judasmartel

2012-04-03, 22:26

But Sherry is part-Jewish, yeah? Oh, never mind.

Though Misha was actually possessed by Archangel Gabriel.

Erm, I actually thought both seasons were licensed, but then I remembered it was actually Railgun that was licensed. Not that I'm interested with the Railgun Anime, anyways, unless Mikoto POV!Sisters Arc and the Queen comes out animated.

I'm more interested at how they are going to handle Kuroko and Accelerator, though. Unless JYB is casted as Accel, that is.

Dark Paladin X

2012-04-03, 23:07

But yes, I agree that Index would be nigh-difficult to give her an accent while still making her cutesy. Jessie Cave's performance in the Harry Potter films comes into mind.

It actually took me several revisions to land with Alexis Tipton because she's kind of the person who is typecast into cutesy and badass type characters. I'm pretty sure she voiced a character with a British accent, but can't remember.

Speaking of which, I did thought up of Aaron Dismuke voicing Touma, would you guys suggest him, Joel McDonald, or someone else?

judasmartel

2012-04-03, 23:22

How about Julie Lemieux (Runo Misaki, Bakugan) as Index? Touma, I really can't think of anyone else but Vic Mignogna, Yuri Lowenthal, or JYB (though most people would agree JYB should be Accelerator).

hao-sama

2012-04-04, 12:15

been thinking about which seiyuu i want to play which roles, and here's what i got so far:

Suwabe Junichi - Kakine Teitoku (i totally thought of his voice when i was reading volume 15 for the first time, i only just realized which seiyuu he was lol)
Horie Yui - Lessar
Sawashiro Miyuki - Misaka Worst
Ono Daisuke - Fiamma of the Right

anyway, thoughts?

hinakatbklyn

2012-04-04, 13:23

While waiting for Index/Railgun to be released with a dub, here's my latest attempt at dub predictions, (at least those who worked on a funimation dub in the past with previous roles as reference for some):

- Touma Kamijou - Newton Pittman (Not sure why, but I thought I would refer to Gray from Fairy Tail as a reason for my picking him for Touma)
- Index - Stephanie Sheh
- Mikoto Misaka - Cherami Leigh (alot of lead or semi lead roles lately; Lucy Heartfilia - Fairy Tail for example)
- Accelerator- Johnny Yong Bosch (or Todd Haberkorn)
- Kuroko Shirai - Britney Karbowski (very energetic in some of her roles)
- Kazari Uiharu - Hilary Haag (or Alison Viktorin)
- Ruiko Saten - Leah Clark
- Komoe Tsukiyomi - Alexis Tipton (Mizuki - BakaTest, Moka - Rozario Vampire)
- Stiyl Magnus - Robert McCollum (Mystogan - Fairy Tail)
- Kaori Kanzaki - Jamie Marchi
- Aisa Himegami - Stephanie Young
- Aureolus Izzard - J. Michael Tatum
- MISAKA - Tia Ballard (Mizore - Rosario Vampire)
- Last Order - Luci Christian
(Only referred to characters I'm still familiar with)

Britney Karbowski was more recent with a decent attempt at a british dub as Cecilia in IS - Infinite Stratos. Not sure about her for Index though.

judasmartel

2012-04-04, 14:21

I think I'm sold on Alexis Tipton as Index just in case Monica Rial isn't casted as her.

judasmartel

2012-04-11, 07:07

Say, somebody posted about getting flak for suggesting JYB as Accelerator in another forum, I can't remember who, but why that? Is it because the fans there want JYB to be Touma? But if JYB can't be Accel, then who?

judasmartel

2012-04-26, 03:49

Say, guys, I was watching the Korean dub. My observations:

* Touma was too deep, but HOLY SHIT his laugh vs Aureolus was even scarier than in the original!
* Goodness, they got Mikoto perfectly!

Chaos2Frozen

2012-04-26, 06:14

...There's a Korean dub?

judasmartel

2012-04-26, 06:25

...There's a Korean dub?

Yep. I thought it wasn't true, but MAL posted Korean VA's on TAMNI's character tab, so I checked it out.

The first one I found was the scene depicting Izzard's defeat. Then I found a site called daum.net, then copy-pasted this phrase into the search text box:

어떤 마술의 금서목록 더빙 X화

Replace X with the episode number.

More observations:

* Index seems to be livelier and more mature than the original one.
* Touma sure is a bit deeper, but they got his everyman appeal very well.

Master Assassin

2012-04-26, 10:18

Yep. I thought it wasn't true, but MAL posted Korean VA's on TAMNI's character tab, so I checked it out.

The first one I found was the scene depicting Izzard's defeat. Then I found a site called daum.net, then copy-pasted this phrase into the search text box:

어떤 마술의 금서목록 더빙 X화

Replace X with the episode number.

More observations:

* Index seems to be livelier and more mature than the original one.
* Touma sure is a bit deeper, but they got his everyman appeal very well.

Damn it Koreans stop making things better... or worse ... j/k

Sumeragi

2012-04-26, 10:47

Interestingly enough, Koreans hate the dubs. Probably because the same old voices had been used for so long.

Chaos2Frozen

2012-04-26, 16:33

Nah, it's just human instinct to hate dubs (lol)... Especially if you have been exposed to the original.

Hmmm, makes me interested in looking for a Chinese dub of the series... That's gotten be fun.

leukrota

2012-04-26, 18:56

Well, if you ask me and without trying to offend anyone, I think dubs are almost always inferior.

First, there's always something lost in translation. I know this applies to subs too, but with the audio still there, the audience can get extra info according to the proficiency level that each person has on the original language.

Also, the original director supervises (or at least approves) the acting for the characters, and even when he's not the original author at least he controls the production to fit an unified vision. A second director won't have the same vision and thus will add dissonance through the dubbing, how much or how little will depend on how good he/she understands the source, but there will always be some at least... I sometimes wonder for some dubs if there was even a director supervising the dubbing.

Furthermore, a voice actor will obviously understand their own culture better than other cultures, so said VA will have an advantage dubbing something produced in his/her own country in contrast to something produced elsewhere.

So adding it up, it's a lot harder to make a translation dub than an original one.

I_am_Kami

2012-04-26, 20:16

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judasmartel

2012-11-19, 21:43

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This is from Hero TV in the Philippines, which eventually got to make the Filipino dub of Index and Railgun.

Some things that caught me off-guard:

- Index AND Kuroko are voiced by none other than Ash Ketchum.
- The most WTF one, Accelerator is voiced by freaking Uzumaki Naruto and Soul from Soul Eater.

tsunade666

2012-11-19, 22:24

lol only level 5 on in tokiwadai.... oh please.............. I'm ashamed for being a pilipino for them didn't try to understand more about index.

I wonder if I should try get a cable again just to laugh the hell out of it :heh: :heh: :heh: so fucked up narutard................... >_>_p

I wonder if they will dubbed Index I and II just like their other dubbed anime.

judasmartel

2012-11-19, 23:34

They probably meant that Misaka Mikoto is the only Tokiwadai Level 5 FEATURED in the show, meaning no Mental Out yet. But once Railgun S airs, however...

Wait, my memory is fuzzy, but Mikoto remembered about a certain Tokiwadai student who can modify memories and can help with Touma's memory loss, but she didn't mention her name while thinking about it, right? At least there IS a reference about another Level 5 in Tokiwadai, right?

tsunade666

2012-11-20, 02:13

Wait, my memory is fuzzy, but Mikoto remembered about a certain Tokiwadai student who can modify memories and can help with Touma's memory loss, but she didn't mention her name while thinking about it, right? At least there IS a reference about another Level 5 in Tokiwadai, right?

Your right about this one but it happens in vol 16 and in the case for Misaki. I can't remember her name being mention in index series but her name was mentioned in new testament. In vol 21? or 22? I think she was still mentioned as mental out in the afterword of the author.

Her name was only revealed in the manga and then in new testament.

BUT!!! in railgun it should be already mentioned that there are 2 level 5 in tokiwadai :heh: :heh:

judasmartel

2012-11-20, 03:46

Not that ToAruVerse's newest fans would care about that, though. Unless they actually did some research... yeah.

On the flipside, though, maybe they hid the info about Misaki as some kind of surprise. So that once they get to dub Railgun 2... Or that they simply didn't know that there IS another Level 5 in Tokiwadai.

tsunade666

2012-11-20, 05:45

nope, they probably don't know >_>

The people here in philipines are bunch of narutards and bleach (oh please =_=) I see them so often in cosplay that I just roll my eyes. I prefer the mech cosplay which was done in group.

Index isn't all that popular here in this country. If you even ask them. They probably don't know. heck they know more about sao and dxd which saddens me that they don't know fate/tsukihime or index. Typical shounen story is popular.

judasmartel

2012-11-20, 05:51

Yep, absolutely right. Pretty much the only anime people here know of is one of the Big Three. And Fairy Tail.

Because modern anime are too brutal, too sexy, or have too many religious references to make Padre Damaso's blood boil. /sarcasm

In short, Too Hot for Philippine TV. Thank God for cable and the internet.

tsunade666

2012-11-20, 06:21

yap, thank god indeed for internet and cable but I don't have money to pay for cable and internet and phone alone is too much for a college student wallet :p

Its not really that the blood of padre damaso boils due to anti-religion stuff its just that they stay ignorant about it and watch the stupid drama at tv or the korean, taiwanist or what ever live drama.

Plus the dubbing of anime only dubs select few anime which doesn't help to broaden the horizon of the people watching it.

Chaos2Frozen

2012-11-20, 07:46

Could be worse; I have a feeling my entire Country's supports Railgun over Index.

Nazenara... I find more Railgun merchandise than Index :frustrated:!

Cosmic Eagle

2012-11-20, 08:00

Could be worse; I have a feeling my entire Country's supports Railgun over Index.

Nazenara... I find more Railgun merchandise than Index :frustrated:!

There's even any Index merchandise here?

Chaos2Frozen

2012-11-20, 08:05

There's even any Index merchandise here?

ARRRGGGHHHHHHHH!! Don't say it! Don't say it !!

http://i.imgur.com/XJ1Wl.gif

MrTerrorist

2012-11-20, 08:13

Chaos2Frozen

2012-11-20, 08:18

Ah, so your a Filipino.

Essentially, 3/4 of us are South East Asians.

Coincidentally, I roughly recalled a ISML exhibition match between Accelerator and Kamjou; Accelerator won, but majority of the voters supporting Kamijou came from this region :heh:

Miraluka

2012-11-20, 09:28

There's even any Index merchandise here?
The truth can be painful :uhoh:.
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http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/9061/index1710.jpg

MrTerrorist

2012-11-20, 09:32

Essentially, 3/4 of us are South East Asians.

Coincidentally, I roughly recalled a ISML exhibition match between Accelerator and Kamjou; Accelerator won, but majority of the voters supporting Kamijou came from this region :heh:

I was actually referring of finally figuring out where tsunade666 is from since his unique way of.... talking with us has always puzzled me. The fact he's a Filipino is a surprise since most Filipinos i meet speak normally.

tsunade666

2012-11-20, 10:09

I was actually referring of finally figuring out where tsunade666 is from since his unique way of.... talking with us has always puzzled me. The fact he's a Filipino is a surprise since most Filipinos i meet speak normally.

oi! what do you mean by that! :heh: :twitch: :eyespin: :uhoh: :rolleyes:

hmm if its just index merchandise. There is actually index merchandise in Philippines though its more like railgun characters. so I can't say that they are index merchandise.