Yeah the cutscenes are actually well done, but it was a bit jarring to hear voice acting that isn't really voice acting. Not used to that, haven't played a Nintendo game in a while.
Game is damn good. My favorite SRPG is Kartia, which was a PS1 game made by Atlus and had hand drawn portraits from Amano. Game is awesome. If you can track it down you should. It'd play really nice on a CFW PSP.
I actually have a CFW PSP somewhere. Haven't touched it in like 5 years. I was thinking about getting VC2 and playing it, but I realized I really hate portables.