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kitten320 · 2007-08-21, 10:39

What can I say.I never liked dubbling in any kind of anime,but this killed me!Here are some links with some dubblings...
1)It is Shizuru dubbling from Otome(It scares me to imagine HIME 23rd episode an the moment when she calls Kiyohime

)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ekbqAFe_Ug

2)It is Shiho,Nao and Arika dubblings.Well Nao and Arika don't sound very bad,but Shiho

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCiGURKLjug

3)Well I think everybody remember karaoke part from 16tth episode and Akira/Takumi scene.When I saw this part in japanese I thoyght that Nagi can't sing,but here I think Nagi is one of the best singers.
http://www.veoh.com/videos/v7213366DYB84qx

4)And here you can compare Japanese and English voices of Nina,Arika and Mashiro (Well Mashiro doesn;t sound so bad when she is angry)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzJPj...elated&search=

I agree that some voices maybe aren't very bad,but some...

So what do you think?

Atlantis_Lux · 2007-08-21, 13:00

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Originally Posted by kitten320

When I saw this part in japanese I thoyght that Nagi can't sing,but here I think Nagi is one of the best singers.

Actually this guy is better as a singer. But when he speaks normally, I can't truly stand his tone. Too flat.

MidoriHiME · 2007-08-23, 18:37

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Originally Posted by kitten320

3)Well I think everybody remember karaoke part from 16tth episode and Akira/Takumi scene.When I saw this part in japanese I thoyght that Nagi can't sing,but here I think Nagi is one of the best singers.
http://www.veoh.com/videos/v7213366DYB84qx

That's a fandub, for one thing. For another, Natsuki, Midori, Nagi, and Nao were obviously singing badly on purpose xD

AthenAltena · 2007-08-24, 11:13

*shiver* I still don't like Shizuru's southern accent. It just doesn't translate well. Nao actually sounds sort of on part with the Japanese one, but I'm a bit indifferent about Shiho's.

Silvx · 2007-09-05, 19:48

Well my copy of volume 1 finally arrived yesterday, Watched it all once yesterday and once again today. My overall judgment now will be: I actually like it quite a bit. The first episode it seems the VA's are off a little, nina's voice if kind of... flat-ish doesn't have much energy, but it picks up in the next episodes. Shizuru's voice isn't as bad once you listen to it a fair amount and the rest of the cast is quite fitting. Aside from Nagi.. I just don't like his. I can't wait for Volume 2 to come out and even better, when all the drama starts. Tomoe going nuts, Nina yelling at Arika etc ^^

Silvx · 2007-09-20, 03:21

Recieved volume 2, Glad to see they played off Nina's weakness fairly well, VA's seem to be more suiting for the part too, that or I've just grown on them from watching Volume 1, Volume 3 hassss the Hiking trip I think right? so some drama there, then volume 4 will end right before all the real drama bah, How often are DVD volume's released anyway?

Midonin · 2007-09-20, 11:12

There's about a two-month seperation between volumes.

LolitaChan · 2008-02-01, 01:39

Hey aI dont mean ot jump in or am not even sure if any one comes on this forum but I wan tto know how you all think Haruka and Erstin sound in both Hime and Otome.

Also I too am a voice artist for these two cartoons and I unfortunately unlike Morgan know little about anime but I do think that everyone should let up on the English voice actors when it comes to pronouncing words correctly. Most of us are english first language and Japanese is a very HARD Language to learn!!!! I do my very best and I know so does everyone else! Hi Morgan you might not remember me but I see you in the green room all the time! : )

Triple_R · 2008-02-01, 09:53

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Originally Posted by LolitaChan

Hey aI dont mean ot jump in or am not even sure if any one comes on this forum but I wan tto know how you all think Haruka and Erstin sound in both Hime and Otome.

Haruka and Erstin sound pretty good to me. Haruka is a very hard character to capture. My own opinion is that Haruka's voice actress did do a good job of conveying Haruka's confidence and pride and strength.

Erstin was nice and solid.

Overall, I felt that the Otome voice actors and actresses did a good job, particularly Arika & Nina & Nao/Juliet's voice actresses.

I know that a lot of fans don't like Shizuru having a southern accent, and I myself am not sure if it was the best way to go with her, but Shizuru's voice actress deserves much credit for getting a lot of key things right with the character's voice beyond the accent alone - i.e. making Shizuru sound elegent, almost always cool, calm, and collected, confident, and having a lower tone of voice.

Misunne · 2008-02-02, 18:08

I kinda like the clip with Shiho and Nao. Not awesome, but it's decent to be dubbed. Hmm, but I think Shizuru's voice annoyed me a little to much. The Shizuruness is gone >_<

Keroko · 2008-02-02, 21:22

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Originally Posted by kitten320

What can I say.I never liked dubbling in any kind of anime,but this killed me!Here are some links with some dubblings...
1)It is Shizuru dubbling from Otome(It scares me to imagine HIME 23rd episode an the moment when she calls Kiyohime

)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ekbqAFe_Ug

While I was wincing at Shizuru, Reito had me going "...damn, that actually sounds better then the japanese"

FET-Kun · 2008-02-04, 12:47

Honestly... the voices in the dub, overall, are pretty poor. For most of the actors, HiME/Otome is their first work in an anime or they have very limited experience as is, and it shows. I realize everyone has to start some place.... but it's still unfortunate. I very much respect them as Voice Actors, as I'm an aspiring AVA.

LionsMane · 2008-02-04, 21:23

Well I just watched some of the Otome dub for the first time and I like it better than the HiME dub. The Otome dub is nothing special but, eh, when languages are so different it's hard to find something completely satisfying. I think many dubs get more crap than they deserve because people don't put the differences of the languages into consideration. But I digress..

I still prefer listening to the Japanese with both HiME and Otome. The voice acting was beyond spectacular in both.

MightySpirit · 2008-04-12, 23:25

What can I say.. I almost died when I first heard the dubbing for Mai-HiME/Otome
I clicked on some Natsuki/Shizuru dub on youtube and thought it was fake, and I was shocked to find out it was the actually dubbing

I mean, the voice acting isn't bad, and I was eventually able to get to use to it (sort of..)
But it just has such a different feel then the japanese voices
And alot of japanese terms get screwed up when put into English >.<
Hmm, probably the thing that freaked me out the most was Shizuru's voice..
I understand it has to be different, but I really don't like that accent >_>

Overall, it was nice and some of the character's voices did fit well
But I suppose I have a thing for Japanese voices compared to English
It was just such an odd change when I watched them in Japanese and English

2007-08-21, 10:39	Link #41
kitten320 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007	Mai Hime/Mai Otome dubbed voices What can I say.I never liked dubbling in any kind of anime,but this killed me!Here are some links with some dubblings... 1)It is Shizuru dubbling from Otome(It scares me to imagine HIME 23rd episode an the moment when she calls Kiyohime ) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ekbqAFe_Ug 2)It is Shiho,Nao and Arika dubblings.Well Nao and Arika don't sound very bad,but Shiho http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCiGURKLjug 3)Well I think everybody remember karaoke part from 16tth episode and Akira/Takumi scene.When I saw this part in japanese I thoyght that Nagi can't sing,but here I think Nagi is one of the best singers. http://www.veoh.com/videos/v7213366DYB84qx 4)And here you can compare Japanese and English voices of Nina,Arika and Mashiro (Well Mashiro doesn;t sound so bad when she is angry) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzJPj...elated&search= I agree that some voices maybe aren't very bad,but some... So what do you think?

2008-02-01, 01:39	Link #48
LolitaChan Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Canada	Hey aI dont mean ot jump in or am not even sure if any one comes on this forum but I wan tto know how you all think Haruka and Erstin sound in both Hime and Otome. Also I too am a voice artist for these two cartoons and I unfortunately unlike Morgan know little about anime but I do think that everyone should let up on the English voice actors when it comes to pronouncing words correctly. Most of us are english first language and Japanese is a very HARD Language to learn!!!! I do my very best and I know so does everyone else! Hi Morgan you might not remember me but I see you in the green room all the time! : ) Last edited by xris; 2008-02-01 at 03:37.

2008-02-04, 12:47	Link #52
FET-Kun Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Age: 38	Honestly... the voices in the dub, overall, are pretty poor. For most of the actors, HiME/Otome is their first work in an anime or they have very limited experience as is, and it shows. I realize everyone has to start some place.... but it's still unfortunate. I very much respect them as Voice Actors, as I'm an aspiring AVA. Last edited by FET-Kun; 2008-04-11 at 13:40.

2008-02-04, 21:23	Link #53
LionsMane Courageous Guardian Join Date: Dec 2006 Age: 35	Well I just watched some of the Otome dub for the first time and I like it better than the HiME dub. The Otome dub is nothing special but, eh, when languages are so different it's hard to find something completely satisfying. I think many dubs get more crap than they deserve because people don't put the differences of the languages into consideration. But I digress.. I still prefer listening to the Japanese with both HiME and Otome. The voice acting was beyond spectacular in both. __________________

2008-04-12, 23:25	Link #54
MightySpirit Yuri Fanatic Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Amestris Age: 30	What can I say.. I almost died when I first heard the dubbing for Mai-HiME/Otome I clicked on some Natsuki/Shizuru dub on youtube and thought it was fake, and I was shocked to find out it was the actually dubbing I mean, the voice acting isn't bad, and I was eventually able to get to use to it (sort of..) But it just has such a different feel then the japanese voices And alot of japanese terms get screwed up when put into English >.< Hmm, probably the thing that freaked me out the most was Shizuru's voice.. I understand it has to be different, but I really don't like that accent >_> Overall, it was nice and some of the character's voices did fit well But I suppose I have a thing for Japanese voices compared to English It was just such an odd change when I watched them in Japanese and English __________________

2007-08-24, 11:13	Link #44
AthenAltena Sister of the Forks Join Date: May 2006	shiver I still don't like Shizuru's southern accent. It just doesn't translate well. Nao actually sounds sort of on part with the Japanese one, but I'm a bit indifferent about Shiho's.

2007-09-05, 19:48	Link #45
Silvx Member Join Date: Jul 2007	Well my copy of volume 1 finally arrived yesterday, Watched it all once yesterday and once again today. My overall judgment now will be: I actually like it quite a bit. The first episode it seems the VA's are off a little, nina's voice if kind of... flat-ish doesn't have much energy, but it picks up in the next episodes. Shizuru's voice isn't as bad once you listen to it a fair amount and the rest of the cast is quite fitting. Aside from Nagi.. I just don't like his. I can't wait for Volume 2 to come out and even better, when all the drama starts. Tomoe going nuts, Nina yelling at Arika etc ^^

2007-09-20, 03:21	Link #46
Silvx Member Join Date: Jul 2007	Recieved volume 2, Glad to see they played off Nina's weakness fairly well, VA's seem to be more suiting for the part too, that or I've just grown on them from watching Volume 1, Volume 3 hassss the Hiking trip I think right? so some drama there, then volume 4 will end right before all the real drama bah, How often are DVD volume's released anyway?

2007-09-20, 11:12	Link #47
Midonin Last Engage Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Florida	There's about a two-month seperation between volumes.

2008-02-02, 18:08	Link #50
Misunne Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Norway	I kinda like the clip with Shiho and Nao. Not awesome, but it's decent to be dubbed. Hmm, but I think Shizuru's voice annoyed me a little to much. The Shizuruness is gone >_<