2012-08-22, 16:49 | Link #661 |
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I can see where this is heading so I'll back out now before anymore flames are produced
Anyway I don't see what's so wrong with the NA dub, "oh the Japanese dub is superior" if that's the case then you shouldn't be reading any translations aside from the original Japanese raw.
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2013-09-07, 15:21 | Link #665 | |
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disclaimer: i'm not anti-english voice casts. i think FMA was spot on for example. point being, i recommend trying the japanese version of bleach |
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2013-10-08, 22:40 | Link #669 |
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Hello AS fellows!! It's been a long time I know ^^;
I've just wanted to post that here (Mr. Kudo, the character designer for the Bleach anime, came to Paris a few days ago, and my friend and I got the chance to greet him ^^) I hope you're all doing well!! See you later~
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2013-10-10, 12:21 | Link #671 | |
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Look, it's simple. Japan's voice acting pool is pretty damn superior compared to North America and the rest of the world and is a legit profession which they actually have schools for. While we do have some damn good voice actors like Steve Blum, Tara Strong, Kevin Conroy, Tim Daily, John DiMaggio, Mark Hamill, and Billy West, the sample pool just doesn't match up even when we have people like DiMaggio who have insane voice range. *steps off soap box* Anyhow, I did feel let down by the voice acting in Bleach because imo, they lacked emotion and the correct tone. |
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2013-10-10, 22:28 | Link #672 |
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^ Agreed. By and large, the quality of the voice acting is inferior in English dubs of anime because the studio tries to do these things on a limited budget. The only time I have ever actually preferred the quality of the English VA to the Japanese VAs was with Full Metal Panic! The "big ones" - Bleach, Naruto, Sailor Moon, Death Note, etc. might have a couple good characters but by and large the voices lack the emotion and correct tone that Mr. DJ mentions above. And in some cases, they are almost unbearably annoying - see: young Naruto, Sailor Moon, and Kagome (from Inuyasha). It's a shame, because it really does ruin the characters.
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2013-10-18, 17:04 | Link #674 | |
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EDIT: Just to clarify it's not a matter of "you're wrong, I'm right"/"it's fact/fiction" it's a matter of convenience and finance, and I think there are plenty of bad VAs who couldn't hold a candle to many of the seiyu out there (the Naruto dub is awful imo) I just don't think it's right to dismiss someone because that's what they choose to watch. Last edited by Vajra; 2013-10-18 at 17:43. |
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2013-10-18, 22:47 | Link #676 |
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actually, it's much better for me to read the english version. the japanese version reads like crap in my opinion. mainly because i only understand bits and pieces, but that's beside the point
also, thanks for saying 'jump the shark'. that's one of the funniest expressions and it's not said often enough |
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2013-11-06, 16:46 | Link #679 |
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I'd say if there's any possibility of Bleach coming back, it'll be after the manga has finished. As much as it pains me to say it, I think a number of fans got turned off to the series for reasons that had nothing to do with filler. Because ratings were already terribly bad even during the final episodes that concluded the entire arrancar saga. So if those episodes (that took years to build up to) couldn't even bring in decent ratings, then I think it was made clear to the powers that be that interest in the anime died down too much. The fillers couldn't have been the main issue. I mean Naruto was probably the very worst offender of using and abusing filler. And not even almost 100 consecutive episodes of filler were able to get that anime cancelled. In hindsight and by comparison, Bleach's fillers were actually kind of cool at points. Hell, sometimes Bleach filler was far more interesting than the manga. That's when we knew Bleach's main plot started hitting all-time lows.
Anyways, my hope is that if this final arc is given a positive reception by fans, then the anime team will be given the greenlight to animate the rest of the series. Assuming the pace is improved and no fillers are added, I think seeing the final arc animated has the potential to be far more enjoyable than keeping up with the manga every week. |
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