Fears for the Dub

[Sailor Yue-chan]

ok, proof that monica rial is not a bad VA is how she voices this girl in AIR (tv) that voice, softish and cute. not nasaly anoying. whn i saw the cast credits my first reactoins was 'what, really?' why couldnt she act thatway for sakura? the personalities of sakura nad this girl are similar too! cute, curious, somewhat clumsy, -sigh- (Vic Mignona is in it too, but the voice he uses is not Fai material, but the matching is definatly good for the character!)

trc dub sounds like its gettingworse and worse =_= they took away hyuu~! and mekyo, no one can ACT except maybe Chris sabat (but then those whove watched DB-whatever complain that he sounds too much like pikilo(sp)  )

and from this point, there doesnt seem to be any hope for the holic dub. mokona will be just as anoying if they use the same VA, and i expect himiwari's voice will be horird, as will zashiki warashi. and im betting that theyll get a VA that gives doumeki emotion. he's not suposed to have "emotion", but no one will tell the VA that >_>

[Arcademan]

To me, it sounds like the English voice actors are not putting any emotions in their voices. It's as though they're reading off a script and that's it.

[Sailor Yue-chan]

h my god. vol 5 is just released, and in it is "afternoon piano" the one where sakura sings. i pity those watching it cuz if they have monica sing, their ears will bleed. (if they havent already)

[Kasawa Lanford]

To me, it sounds like the English voice actors are not putting any emotions in their voices. It's as though they're reading off a script and that's it.

Not that different from CCS's English voice acting

[Sailor Yue-chan]

the VA for Yue was decent in the dub tho (samuel vincent). i liked him.  (as yue more than julien /yukito tho XD)

[Arcademan]

Finished watching the 4th DVD set from Funimation. As with many dubs, it does seem to get better but still, as a whole it's still bad. At least the translations are consistant however the 'CLOW' thing still bugs me, as does the annoying English pet names for Kurogane. Also in the 16th episode, on the English track, the Japanese song version of 'Time Goes By' is only an instrumental. You have to switch to the Japanese version to hear the vocals to it. Lame.

[Sailor Yue-chan]

they one even leave the inserts alone?? eesh. =_=

now i KNOW that "You are my love" will be screwed up

[Arcademan]

h my god. vol 5 is just released, and in it is "afternoon piano" the one where sakura sings. i pity those watching it cuz if they have monica sing, their ears will bleed. (if they havent already)

Finally got and watched Volume 5 and in all fairness, you DID WARN ME but chose to listen. Good GOD man!!! Some people weren't meant to be singers, that's for sure. Funimation butchered both songs in English!!! So glad the Japanese option is available

[Arcademan]

Funimation is getting ready to release the second season of Tsubasa on DVD.

So...anyone going to get this disaster of a series?

[Sandra-chan]

No way I'm buying the 2:nd season. >.< I wonder if anyone who have watched it will...

[Smile_For_Me]

Yeah, I plan on buying. It makes for a nice drinking game.
Dub nolonger sound that bad to me anymore, (But Sakura's VA, that one I will dump on) just got use to it. And I could always go for the Japanese track if I wanted.
Also, don't blame Funi for the Anime, Bee Train is the main killer in that.

[Kasawa Lanford]

As long as it's in Japanese and has subtitles, I'm buying it

[Arcademan]

I'll be buying it...purely for collection purposes though despite the lack of blood, the Kurogane episode was to me the high point of the second season. The final story arc was the definite low of it.

[Kazemon15]

As long as it's in Japanese and has subtitles, I'm buying it

Ditto. Plus, DVD quality goodness is the way to go for AMVs. Nice and shiny.

[Arcademan]

Well, after 11 DVDs released from Funimation and with only one more remaining, I can come to the undenying conclusion...THE ENGLISH DUB SUCKS!!! BIG TIME!!! All of the Japanese songs are now only wordless tunes on the dub version and on the 10th DVD, they couldn't even pronounce KERO correctly, let alone Keroberus. Also they gave him the surfer-dude type voice from the Crapcaptors series for the English dub.

At least you can watch the horror in its original Japanese but we all know by now the final eps of TRC ended horribly so the less said, the better

[D.J.P]

is it worth me buying them then

It was on the plans

[Sailor Yue-chan]

oh god.

both animes are avaiable on funimation on demand...  they suck.
the only thing they got right was Black mokona's voice matching. everything else is down the toilet.

[Arcademan]

is it worth me buying them then

It was on the plans

Depends on whether you're into TRC. The series is 'watered down' from the manga since it was aimed toward a younger audience. The first season is passable and Funimation has a first season DVD set now available for around $50-$60 (compared to $20-$25 per DVD for the 6 that make up the first season). The second season had its moments but toward the end became totally unwatchable as they strayed VERY FAR AWAY from the manga storyline.

It's all up to you but all I'll say...stick with the Japanese audio and sub-titles. Like Homer Simpson once said: "English side ruined!"