MY DUB RANT (Sailor Moon mostly, but other dubs a little)

kthulhu · Post by **kthulhu** » Tue Jul 30, 2002 2:24 am

Dubs I like:

Perfect Blue
Jin-Roh(at least the one I saw in the theaters)
Evangelion(first series,what can I say?)
Goldenboy
Original Akira,for some reason.Haven't heard the new one yet,though.
Ranma,surprisingly enough.I think the English VAs do a more interesting job with the characters.

UncleMilo · Post by **UncleMilo** » Tue Jul 30, 2002 2:35 am

Dubs I like:

Ranma 1/2 - Though I am very upset that Teryl Rothery (the Voice for Kodachi) left... the replacement was quite poor in comparison... and Kodachi was one of my favorite characters...

The first dub of Arislan - The first few eps were dubbed in England. The voices suited the characters quite well. Then some other company started to dub the episodes and it was razors to the eardrums.

Cowboy Bebop - The best dub I have ever heard, hands down.

NieA_7 - Very good dub, and I'm not saying that just because I'm in it.

Star Blazers - I have no excuse for liking this dub other than it's what I watched as a kid and it's what got me into anime and so I like it mostly for nostalgic reasons.

With the exception of NieA, these are the only titles I watch in English anyway. When I see something from another country, be it a film or an anime, I like to hear it in its original language anyway.

-Uncle Milo

Sierra Lorna · Post by **Sierra Lorna** » Wed Jul 31, 2002 1:31 am

The reason the Sailor Moon dub is so bad is because they completely kid-ified it. They probably thought a cartoon would be more popular among five-year-olds than among teens or adults. And I'm not even going to try to deny that the dub is horrible. The name thing doesn't bother me too much, just their voices and the dialogue. Usagi sounds like a blonde bimbette.
But "chibi" does actually mean "small" or "mini" in English. All they did was translate Chibi-Moon's name to Mini-Moon.

In Trigun, the dub wasn't really bad at all, but it bothered me how Milly called Meryl just "Meryl" rather than "Ma'am (Sempai)" like in the subbed. That was important to the plot! It makes sense though: "Meryl" has 2 syllables while "Ma'am" only has 1. At least they had a reason for doing that.

Rozard · Post by **Rozard** » Wed Jul 31, 2002 1:36 am

Sierra Lorna wrote:The reason the Sailor Moon dub is so bad is because they completely kid-ified it. They probably thought a cartoon would be more popular among five-year-olds than among teens or adults. And I'm not even going to try to deny that the dub is horrible. The name thing doesn't bother me too much, just their voices and the dialogue. Usagi sounds like a blonde bimbette.
But "chibi" does actually mean "small" or "mini" in English. All they did was translate Chibi-Moon's name to Mini-Moon.

Another reason it was so bad was that there were about 5 different VAs for Sailor Moon.

kthulhu · Post by **kthulhu** » Wed Jul 31, 2002 2:28 am

Rozard wrote: Another reason it was so bad was that there were about 5 different VAs for Sailor Moon.

Including Bruno Polowski,usually credited as "Grunting Sex FX Man" in hentai movies.

I think he did a great job as the head Moon*sniff*. Too bad he's dead now(he got the Vegetable AIDS,very rare disease).

TekkaRepliroid Zero · Post by **TekkaRepliroid Zero** » Wed Jul 31, 2002 11:13 am

Sierra Lorna wrote:"Meryl" has 2 syllables while "Ma'am" only has 1. At least they had a reason for doing that.

Don't mean to be a jbone here, but that's false, ma'am is 2 sylables.

TheRealNeoHentaiMaster · Post by **TheRealNeoHentaiMaster** » Wed Jul 31, 2002 3:08 pm

TekkaRepliroid Zero wrote:
Sierra Lorna wrote:"Meryl" has 2 syllables while "Ma'am" only has 1. At least they had a reason for doing that.
Don't mean to be a jbone here, but that's false, ma'am is 2 sylables.

Ok buddy, say the word "ma'am" out loud to yourself and tell me how many times your mouth opens and closes. Now say the word "Sempia" amd tell me how many times it opens and closes. Notice a difference? Well there ya go. I supose if you put a really awkward unnatural accent on it you could say ma'am in two mouth movements, but then people would complain about how the VA says it all retarded.

Garylisk · Post by **Garylisk** » Wed Jul 31, 2002 5:17 pm

Ma'am is two syllables, thus the apostrophie. A syllable does not mean how many times you open your mouth. In its proper and actual pronunciation, ma'am is two syllables. I imagine you pronounce it "mam"

afleetinghope · Post by **afleetinghope** » Wed Jul 31, 2002 5:40 pm

[quote="UncleMilo]In fact, many of the industry voice directors I know are equally impressed with how good the Cowboty Bebop dub is.
[/quote]

Guess we found why dubs suck.

artfreak13 · Post by **artfreak13** » Wed Jul 31, 2002 8:56 pm

some dubs , believe it or not, are good. some are also bad

cowboy bebop is the best example of dub
it usually is the effort put into it that counts, though i prefer not hear the sissy dub voice of shinji