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Sailor Moon English dub cast announced
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Yea, that went about as expected.
BassForever
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I thought it sounded good, Usagi sounded exactly as she should in the dub, Mamoru voice could have been a bit deeper but I can't say it's bad.
BassForever
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For giggles here is how the original dub sounded, note this isn't the same clip from that episode above (couldn't find a clip only the entire episode) but I think you'll get the point in about 5 seconds
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0dMd3G9S1E&t=1m00s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0dMd3G9S1E&t=1m00s
Wow, I don't remember it being quite that bad. Usagi (Serena) sounds like a 40 year old woman.
Seriously, I do not remember that at all.
The clip was from S which was when the new voice actress took over, I believe.
bloodyroarxx
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Here's a dialogue comparison:
Viz Media:
Stephanie Sheh: If only, I had studied a little more....I HATE YOU I HATE YOU YOU STUPID TEST!
Robbie Daymond: Watch where you're throwing things bunhead
Stephanie Sheh: Uh, sorry.
Robbie Daymond: 30%? Looks to me you better study harder bunhead.
Stephanie Sheh: Well, that's none of your business.
Stephanie Sheh: Stupid jerk and his purple-pleaded pants, what a weirdo.
Toei Animation:
Kotono Mitsuishi: I should have studied harder Oh, die!
Toru Furuya: Hey, that hurts, Dumpling Head!
Kotono Mitsuishi: What? Oh, I'm sorry....
Toru Furuya: 30%? Study harder, Dumpling Head.
Kotono Mitsuishi: It's none of your business!
Kotono Mitsuishi: What's with him? I can't believe it, what a weirdo.
Viz Media:
Stephanie Sheh: If only, I had studied a little more....I HATE YOU I HATE YOU YOU STUPID TEST!
Robbie Daymond: Watch where you're throwing things bunhead
Stephanie Sheh: Uh, sorry.
Robbie Daymond: 30%? Looks to me you better study harder bunhead.
Stephanie Sheh: Well, that's none of your business.
Stephanie Sheh: Stupid jerk and his purple-pleaded pants, what a weirdo.
Toei Animation:
Kotono Mitsuishi: I should have studied harder Oh, die!
Toru Furuya: Hey, that hurts, Dumpling Head!
Kotono Mitsuishi: What? Oh, I'm sorry....
Toru Furuya: 30%? Study harder, Dumpling Head.
Kotono Mitsuishi: It's none of your business!
Kotono Mitsuishi: What's with him? I can't believe it, what a weirdo.
UberTag
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Linda Ballantyne always came off as too old and doing a bad Terri Hawkes impression. I could never get behind her performance.
Tracey Moore was zany and the closest to Kotono Mitsuishi's delivery but she rubbed a lot of people the wrong way as the dub's original voice director.
Terri Hawkes was the iconic yodeling Serena... and the one I have the most affinity towards.
But I fully expect Stephanie Sheh will put them all to shame when all is said and done.
Tracey Moore was zany and the closest to Kotono Mitsuishi's delivery but she rubbed a lot of people the wrong way as the dub's original voice director.
Terri Hawkes was the iconic yodeling Serena... and the one I have the most affinity towards.
But I fully expect Stephanie Sheh will put them all to shame when all is said and done.
bloodyroarxx
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No doubt, I think my nostalgia is just hitting me wayyy to hard.
I think that both of those qualify as "Viz", technically.
AFAIK, Viz "speedsubbed" the series to get it ready for the stream, and Toei gets to use that, even on Niconico.
Viz is also making a "refined" set of subtitles for the DVD/Bluray. It's unknown if they're going to update Hulu/Crunchyroll/Niconico, but they could.
And then there's the dub, which is willing to sacrifice literal translation in favor of "flow" and how some things sound coming out of someone's mouth compared to how they read in text, along with the possibility for ad-libbing. This is normal for a dub.
The new dub is apparently going to try to be more restrained than the original dub, but seeing as how they're already making fun of Mamoru's purple pants, they're obviously not going to be completely serious.
I despised when they changed to this voice actress
This could have been uploaded and listed as a fandub and I wouldn't have thought twice about it.
UberTag
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Michelle's pretty much just using her normal voice here.
I love her body of work but I'm not feeling this delivery especially given her vocal range. Seems like a waste of her talents.
Here's an example of what Michelle is capable of when she's given some material with teeth to flex her acting muscles.
Conversely, Stephanie is great in that clip.
Not gonna lie... I kind of miss the original Hogwarts Professor Luna.
King Endymion
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I'm really impressed with Usagi's voice actually, Mamoru is fine and Luna, hm, not so much. I would have preferred someone a little bit cuter and youthful.
Regarding the old dub, I hated Linda Ballantyne at first, but she made it her own eventually, and during SuperS she was great, especially as Serenity. She is so proud of her work and she should be, especially after all the crap she has gotten for replacing Terri Hawkes (the worst Serena VA IMO).
Regarding the old dub, I hated Linda Ballantyne at first, but she made it her own eventually, and during SuperS she was great, especially as Serenity. She is so proud of her work and she should be, especially after all the crap she has gotten for replacing Terri Hawkes (the worst Serena VA IMO).
WrenchNinja
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Bunhead? Fuck that. Meatball head forever.
SparksterMeta0
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So do I.
UberTag
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No complaints here. Cindy Robinson's going to make for one heck of a fine Beryl.
radios shipping overview
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News: Anime dub actors to provide voices for anime dub
Wait, why did they make Serena sound like an old hag? :/
Also I'm ok with the new voices. Some will take more time to adjust than others
For people that use Amazon, link is up for the LE blu/DVD: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00M0DTY0W/?tag=neogaf0e-20
Also DVD-only: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00M0DTYUW/?tag=neogaf0e-20
You know, I'm REALLY surprised that Amazon is allowing the crapton of bootlegs to be listed :/ These are much further down the list when searching on there, as compared to the "complete sets".
Also DVD-only: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00M0DTYUW/?tag=neogaf0e-20
You know, I'm REALLY surprised that Amazon is allowing the crapton of bootlegs to be listed :/ These are much further down the list when searching on there, as compared to the "complete sets".
That was the dub that was created when the series came back on Cartoon Network, right? The one done by Cloverway?
No joke, whoever the hell played Serena was one of the two reasons why I stopped watching Sailor Moon entirely. The other was the soundtrack.
I might get beaten for this, but Dic music 4 lyfe!
Yeah, I said it. Wanna fight about it?
Nope, it's always been that bad. And she's always sounded like a 40 year old woman.
Not bad! Mars is great (although I still prefer her original) but Mercury... gets some getting used to. Moon is sounding better and better. I do NOT mind not hearing the fluctuating tone of Serena's old "aaaAAAaaAAAaaahhhH!!!" screams >_>
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