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Lucky star dub will premiere at Comic-Con....Ummmmmm
>> Anonymous
Nothing could make Lucky Star worse than it already is.
>> Anonymous
They are taking a gigantic gamble bringing this series over. Unless of course, this series was packaged with another series they licensed.
>> Móci
Lucky Star? Boring shit, i think.
>> Viaggiatore !lDZfmmdTWM
But when are they dubbing it in Spanish, I wonder.
>> Anonymous
>>554675
When the english dub tanks.
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>>554411

Why would it matter if they brought it to the states, if [as] doesn't pick it up, it's not going to get an audience, and the people who would go out of their way to see it, already have, in japanese
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>>554694

I think the only way Adult Swim would even consider picking it up would be to give it the Crayon Shin-Chan treatment and completely rewrite the dub into a parody.

On the other hand, AS has run plenty of Family Guy so I guess being funny isn't really a requirement.
>> Anonymous
>>554943
I think Lucky Star would make a nice way to connect AS's shitty comedy shows to the generic action anime shows.

also, listen to the official LS trailer. and weep
http://youtube.com/watch?v=kKtNTbFTtgM
>> Anonymous
It's really not that bad.
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>>554949
Oh lawd. I hope they aren't scratching their heads when they realize this shit won't sell.
>> Anonymous
>>554955
That's right. I went there.
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>>554957
If all that Haruhi hype didn't tell them anything...
>> Anonymous
this will sell as well as Pani Poni Dash sold
>> vance !YVKonataVQ
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Just posting this because I love Lucky Star : D
I usually dislike dubs for recent anime, and I'm a poorfriend, so I won't/can't be buying it. But I'd love to!
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>>554982
I somehow doubt that
>> Anonymous
ITT: People who really love the show try to be bad and diss the show
>> Anonymous
>>554949


OH GOD WTF

Why are english voice actors so terrible!?!???
why are dubs so badly translated!??? and why do they always westrenize the jokes GOD DAMNIT.
DO NOT WANT.

If I could pay for a license for my subs... at a reasonable price I would...

supporting the industry is good... but there is only so much a sane fan boy/girl can take

/me smashes head into brick wall
>> Anonymous
I'm not happy about this at all.
>> Anonymous
Is the girl that did Haruhi's english voice doing Konata's voice too?
>> Anonymous
sage for Lucky Shit
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>>555145
Wedee Lee, yes.
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>>554949
It's definitely not as bad as I expected. Konata and Kagami are kind of good. I mean, at least they didn't try to force the Konata accent. I mean, it sounds kind of ridiculous in jap, so picture it in english. Oh, thank god they didn't make the Kona's accent...

Now, Miyuki and, my love, Tsukasa, sound like fucking retards, so it sucks.
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>>554949

"I never got into drama cds, so I don't care who's in the cast. If the voices match the characters in the original series, I'm ok."

I lawled, but I am NOT ok. DO NOT WANT. >_<
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>>555089Why are english voice actors so terrible!?!???

Short answer: They're not. Long answer: Japanese sounds incredibly strange to western ears, but when fanboys/fangirls get used to hearing it, they then get pissed when (surprise, surprise) the English voices don't sound like the Japanese ones. They'll complain about the voices being too low/high/whatever and not sounding spot on like the Japanese version, while ignoring that 90% of the time an identical voice would sound retarded in English.

Note that the few English dubs which widely considered good are ones where they didn't try a painful mimic of the Japanese voices. Unfortunately, I think the recent trend is towards mimcry, since that's what the fans say they want. Parroting becomes more important than acting.

tl;dr We should be looking for voices cast to match the characters' personalities, not attempting to mimic voices in other languages. If you want your shows to sound Japanese, just watch the Japanese.
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>>555357

Or the fact that american anime dub actors are pulled from people that couldn't make it into real acting professions (or even real voice acting jobs - go watch Shriek or Toy Story).

Also Wendee Lee is 52 and sounds like it, too. Why the fuck is she voicing 17/18 year old girls?
>> Anonymous
http://youtube.com/watch?v=c92szcywXec
prefer these voices :/
cept kagami..
>> sage sage
Sage for fucking debate that should be fucking dead.

BOTH LANGUAGES ARE ON THE DISC PEOPLE!!!!!

>>555357
Pic quoted for mother-fuckin truth!
>> Anonymous
I've never seen Lucky Star (Except some Lucky Channel clips to see what the hubbub was about). Contemplated watching it just for laughs, but I can live with those english voices if I saw them first.
>> Anonymous
>>555364
You seem to be implying that the japanese voice actor pool doesn't consist of talentless loserfaces.

Newsflash: It does.
>> Anonymous
i like some dubs (NOT ALL DONT FLAME ME) sometimes its just what you heard first

i dunno her name, but whoever does the Majors voice in ghost in the shell, does alot of voice acting in various other animes. She was also a guest of honor at anime expo 2007

also some japanese voice sound weirs ( NOT ALL ) sometimes it seems like ppl just prefer japanese becuase ITS OMG JAPANSESE ^_______^
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Recently I rented the DVDs of ROD the TV. It was refreshing - the English voices didn't sound "cartoony." The voices of the child characters were voiced by actual children, and not talentless Charlie Brown-types, but kids who could actually act. Naturally, they sounded nothing like the "kids" on the Japanese track, but that would have been a huge mistake to try, since kids sound nothing alike in two such different languages. They just went with decent actors and it worked. What a concept!

Of course, now that Geneon's gone belly up, I guess we won't being seeing more of that quality soon...
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They should just leave Konata undubed. It'll be the only way they could pull it off.
And it'll be funny.
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>>555904

I was thinking the other day that if there's any character they successfully can and SHOULD "pull a Pikachu" with, it's Potemayo. She doesn't really talk, so you don't need to change anything. Unfortunately the odds of that show getting a DVD release here are pretty slim, sigh.

(Yeah, derail, I don't care).
>> VZ
I'm buying it when it comes out, so there.
>> Anonymous
>>555357
No, it's because the Japanese voiceover artists can _act_ - and the English dubbers seem to think being squeaky-voiced is 'acting'.
>> Hyper Cutter !XQ6W0CNp/o
>>If I could pay for a license for my subs... at a reasonable price I would...
Good thing almost all anime has a Japanese track and subs these days. And we pay a hell of a lot less for it than the Japanese, to boot...
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>>556350
>>555357

its always been to me that english actors 'over' act too much, japanese acting always comes of mild and calm to me, nothing seems cheezy or over done like it does 9/10 situations in english. english acting has this problem with wanting to Flare up any and everything. and it just comes off lame and over done.
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the actors are fine, but they are not suited for these roles.
>> Rock
>>556410
How bout with animes like Higarashi and Black Lagoon? The American voices fit the situations pretty damn well I'd say...But with the slice of life stuff, ya usually it's overdone...Though I've found some that I've liked...Azu wasn't over the top with it's dubbing...
>> Anonymous
>>556422
Konata and Kagami are.
Miyuki just sounds ridiculous.
>> Anonymous
>>556350

How much Japanese have you taken?
>> Anonymous
i think part of it is that there's a lot of exaggerated expressions that sound natural with japanese voices, but when an american tries to reproduce them it just sounds annoying. especially if they try too hard.

also, the people who license anime rarely have the funds to hire good voice talent. look at a lot of the dubs that are actually good- they're high budget.

i've noticed in real life that people who LUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUURRRRRVVEE!!! anime have annoying voices. if this is the pool english voice actors come from, it's no surprise that most dubs are horrible.
>> Anonymous
>>556471

ouch. But yeah i can see where you're coming from
>> Anonymous
Oh yeah because this is the 1990s and we only get one language with our anime, and have to pay a mint to get the subtitled version.

As I said in>>555422, this is a goddamn debate that should be dead with every DVD having both versions on the same disc. But subfags always need to keep saying "OMG English BAADDDD!"

You know what, if the English version annoys you, easy change, just listen to the motherfuckin japanese version and never touch the dub and let this godforsaken debate die.

This is one of the reasons the industry in America is floundering because we have these idiots thinking they can do a better job than the guys working, if you so think that, send a goddamn resume to these people.

Let the people who want to watch it in English enjoy it without making them feel like shit.
>> Anonymous
Agreed. Oh well, it's Lucky Star...
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Lucky Star english dub... Odds are it won't be as good as these Fan dubs

http://youtube.com/watch?v=z14HoOKAuJ4
http://youtube.com/watch?v=zU82PR2xlYc

and just for fun, this too
http://youtube.com/watch?v=W5XFCbZmDtA

Why exactly DO official english dubs suck? I've seen a lot of fan dubs where the voices are 10x better.
>> Anonymous
>>557502Why exactly DO official english dubs suck? I've seen a lot of fan dubs where the voices are 10x better.

Really? I've never heard one that was even passable, it's always crap like this:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=EhUP1ZmMRc0

A bunch of kids who can't act doing bad impressions of the Japanese voices.
>> Anonymous
>>557506
Oh sure, majority of fan dubs do suck over all. But there are those few people who can make dubs that rival the professional dubs. I guess my point is... if some guy on the internet can make a damn good dub of his own, then shouldn't the actual professionals be doing better then they are now?

I'm not saying official english dubs all suck... just it seems like most don't even take the time to properly cast at all, and I don't mean just in voice, but acting.
>> Anonymous
>>556964

QFT.
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I'll buy the DVDs, but I won't watch the dub.
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Also, gb2 /a/.
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idk, i have seen the preview, they could have done better on some of the voices, u guys be the judge

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKtNTbFTtgM
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>>556964
The debate isn't which you prefer. That is just a matter of personal preference.

No, the real issue here is why are these degenerates even trying to capture the essence of the show with these half-assed english "actors"?

It used to be a case of matching the Japanese tone -or- using the actors and scripts to relate to a more western audience besides just dubbing a show in english, but it just seems like ADV is just rushing to put this shit out.
>> Anonymous
>>558472

i thought bandai was making it not ADV
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>>558472

With ADV though, it's usually very obvious which shows (Princess Tutu, Chrono Crusade) are their pet projects, getting their best scripting, best actors and tons of DVD extras. It's equally obvious which shows are the "shit" they don't care about, lacking the star treatment and tossed off to the newb actors (This Ugly Yet Beautiful World).

I think it's obvious which category Lucky Star falls into, I'm tempted to say deservingly...
>> Anonymous
>>558472

Fail for not looking the facts up. This IS a Bandai product which completely nullifies the point you were trying to make.

And you know something, enough of the bashing of American voice actors, they are no different than any other person trying to make a living, not only that, they don't primarily do this to support themselves 100%
>> Anonymous
KILL THE DUBBS WITH FIRE!!!!
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KILL THE DUBS WITH FIRE!!!!
>> Anonymous
>>558526
HEEEY! I like the English dub of "This Ugly yet Beautiful World."
>> Anonymous
>>558671
You know how the kids love that Johnny Bosch!
>> Rock
>>558671
Exactly, they often do the voice overs for tv ads...So it's not like they go "Oh, I'll be _____ (insert character name) and be good for a few years if it lasts only a season"
>> Anonymous
>>558947
More like kill the shitty MS Paint job with fire, amirite?
Anyway, not all dubs are necessarily bad. Older ones and those that air on TV usually are, but there've been a few that were fantastic.