Sergeant Tenny
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Post by Sergeant Tenny on Sept 10, 2005 21:27:42 GMT -5
In the eternal words of Shang Tsung, "It has begun!" So, start the Mortal Kombat... what do you all think of the dub?
I'll reply a little bit later, I want to see your opinions first.
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Post by Kiri on Sept 10, 2005 21:44:44 GMT -5
I already had this conversation with you, but I guess for the sake of everyone else I'll re-post my opinion. Which, mostly is... I don't even know if I have one. I'm not sure what to think yet, but.... I guess it's okay. I was glad they didn't do away with words like "hokage" and "jutsu." That impressed me. No names changed yet... just pronounced a little weird. Or at least sounding weird in American accent. XD Something I didn't understand was doing away with the nosebleeds. They have Sexy no Jutsu, and Iruka with a giant shuriken sticking out of his back, but they cut out the nosebleeds? ..... Meh. I don't know how I'm going to feel about this yet. Suffice it to say I haven't yet decided to jump out of any windows.
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Tensei Kaori
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Post by Tensei Kaori on Sept 11, 2005 15:14:50 GMT -5
I was actually pleased with it. I was probably one of the biggest cynics coming into this, but they've given me faith in the dubbing industry.
.......for now.
1) Naruto: Alot of people don't like his voice, but think back to how he sounded in the early series in the Japanese. He sounded more like a little kid, and the English voice sounded similar. I think his English voice is true to his character and was done well. I was afraid he was gonna be like Tai (or Ty or however you spell that) from Digimon, but he only did when he laughed.
2) Iruka: While cheesy at times, his was one of the better voices. If he didn't over-annunciate certain words ("For His Own Power!") he'd sound better.
3) Mizuki: Probably the worst of the voices, but not bad for a deranged lunatic.
5) Sandaime: AWESOME! But.... WHY does he sound so FAMILIAR?
6) Ebisu: He also sounded awesome.... but kinda like Neo from The Matrix. Funny. XD
7) Konohamaru: Cute voice!
8) Hinata: Cute voice, but she sounds too old. Her Dub voice would be more appropriate after the 2.5 year skip.
9) Shikamaru: Meh.... I don't really like his voice so far, but it's hard to tell since he only said like two words.
10) Ino: DEAD ON. So valley girl-ish.... I think I actually like her Dub voice better than her Japanese voice! XDXDXD
11) Sakura: She sounds too much like Zoe from Digimon.... they could have made her alot cuter sounding.
12) Inner Sakura: Her voice fits much better than normal Sakura's.
I think that's everyone..... Now, other comments:
I was amazed at how well translated it was.... it was almost word for word from the Japanese! Sugoi!
I'm glad they kept most of the original music for the series.
WHAT'S WITH THAT OPENING AND CLOSING? Those are so dumb. Using Haruka Kanata clips for the first episode..... *sigh*
I love how they translated the jutsu. No more "Art of the Shadow Doppleganger"!!! YAAAY! I'm kinda surprised they left Sexy no Jutsu as "Sexy" on Toonami, though. XD
NO ADDED BATHING SUITS!!!! YAAAAAAAAAAY! Though it kinda makes you wonder what they're gonna do when 101 rolls around....
They cut out nosebleeds? That's just weird.....
They didn't cut out blood (from injury). That's cool.
I think that's everything...... at least for now.
All in all, I think they handled our treasure very well. MUCH MUCH MUCH better than they could have done, definitely. Thank you, Viz, for not ruining Naruto. ^^
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Post by JyouNoHaku on Sept 12, 2005 15:19:35 GMT -5
well well well...what to say:
From what I heard, the voices were purdy decent!! Naruto was a wee bit off of what I thought he was going to sound like but other than that they did a great job with the voice acting.
Like K-sama said, they pronounced everything just about dead-on except maybe the accent made it sound a lil bit different. Also, the no bikini thing was awesome! I SAW CLEVAGE PEOPLE!!! XD and as for the blood, they did show some of it on Iruka when he got sabbed in the leg and on the back but they didn't seem to show it when it gushed out at anypoint (nosebleed for example) I would've liked to have seen more blood bwahahahaha
I was rather pleased with it ^^ can't wait to see what gender they make Haku lol
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LastWarrior0
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Post by LastWarrior0 on Sept 12, 2005 15:45:29 GMT -5
I enjoyed it, and watching it with 11 other people made it even more fun, but thats neither here nor there
From watching many many other dubs and seeing how bad they were, I was glad it was still decent and they left many things the way they were.
*shudders from voices in One Piece* *shudders from the bathing suits in Tenchi*
Nosebleeds being cut out, while HUGE SHURIKENS being left in was weird....
voices were definitly awesome...exactly how I imagined it being in english...
SEXY JUTSU being left as it was (minus the No) instead of Ninja Centerfold....huge plus in my book
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Post by SeraphMazrakiel on Sept 12, 2005 17:46:13 GMT -5
Yeah. It hasn't been too bad, actually.
It hasn't come out over here, but I've gotten some of the video clips of the dub version. And it was a lot better than I thought it was going to be.
I actually liked the voices, even. Sure, they don't compare to the original Japanese... but they're still pretty good. At times Naruto sounds a bit like Stephanie Nadolny. "If you're not comin', then we're gonna come after you!" But it just somehow seemed to fit nicely. Plus, he sounds good, and even how I imagined in some parts: "Hahaha, gotcha! That's my Sexy Jutsu!"
Sakura sounds hot. Lol. Especially Inner Sakura, so full of fire. XD
Iruka's voice was okay. Sometimes it was awesome... but I didn't like how he pronounced names. XD I'm waiting for him to pull out his HF blade and start whoopin' butt... lol
I like Hinata's voice, or at the very least how she pronounced Naruto. Sure, it was pronounced Na-ru-TOE... but she had the hard r sound! Plus she's just so cute. Bonus points to the Hyuuga.
Oh, and Mizuki's funny. Sometimes he sounds good... but at one point he reminded me of Duo or something. lol
If there was anything I'd otherwise complain about, it'd probably be Shadow Clone Jutsu. Sure, it's better than Doppelganger... but it would've been the icing on the cake if it would've been Kage Bunshin no Jutsu (even if they would've mispronounced it, that would've been COOL XD).
That was about all I heard. But... I dunno. I've liked it. XD
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Post by Kiri on Oct 1, 2005 20:34:01 GMT -5
I don't like Sakura's voice at all. @__@ XD I just got through watching yet another episode. Kakashi is pretty... hm... alright, I guess. Not as cool as in the Japanese, but he's still awesome. I'm not sure about some of the tech names. When Sasuke was doing that... blowing fire one.... XD... meh. It seemed weird somehow.
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Post by LordSerlis on Oct 6, 2005 23:19:57 GMT -5
Arghh i dont like the technique names.
oh well i'll live.
better than doppelganger.
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Post by SegatakaiIdaten on Oct 7, 2005 21:46:38 GMT -5
I think they did a pretty good job. If they would stop playing the same episodes like four times a day... that would be cool. Most of the voices are done pretty good. Kakashi was done well, and we really dont know till alittle further into the story.
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Post by Kiel on Oct 9, 2005 0:14:15 GMT -5
1000 Years of DEATH!
Believe it! I'm totally gonna give my opinions of the dub! But first I gotta chow down! Believe it! Lemme put on my ninja "headband" and I'll be all set! Believe it! I think the names of all the joot soos are okay, but they could be better. What's with the censoring of the blood and the kiss? It's shown at 9:00pm! All the little ones have gone to bed! What the hell?! Er, I mean, What is going on here?!
I like the dub...I don't watch it every Friday, and I do have my quibles, but I have this philiosophy on it:
It could have been worse.
Believe it.
PS: Naruto's catchphrase in english is a decent one..."Nindo dattebayo" is a hard one to really get across in english...but it's repetitive the same way it is in the english.
Believe it.
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Post by Kiri on Oct 9, 2005 3:00:44 GMT -5
Yeah. I missed the most recent one, oh well. XD
It struck me odd that they cut out the kiss....
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Tensei Kaori
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Post by Tensei Kaori on Oct 10, 2005 13:00:12 GMT -5
Yeah. That was my favorite part of that episode, too. XP
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Post by SegatakaiIdaten on Oct 10, 2005 15:33:53 GMT -5
Believe it. lol I laugh evertime he says it. But again we truly wont see if they butchered the voices until later in the show. I really hope they do well with Orochimaru, and Garra.
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Post by Kiel on Oct 11, 2005 0:52:34 GMT -5
OMG! Jesus Crap! www.imdb.com/title/tt0409591/check out the cast list... ...there's no way it can be right... ...if it is...Holy Christwagons (pardon my language, it's just that cool)!!! Christopher Walkin as...Jiraiya! Tony Freakin Danza as...(oh lord =_=; Orochimaru William Shatner as...well, an announcer, BUT STILL!
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Tensei Kaori
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Post by Tensei Kaori on Oct 11, 2005 11:02:01 GMT -5
Yeah, I heard about Orochi's voice awhile ago...... it should be.....interesting....
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