I also think it's hard for a lot of people to appreciate just how hard it is to act for an animated program. Sometimes you get to see a few animatics put together, which allows you to get some sort of feeling for the scene you're portraying. Other times, an actor gets nothing more than a suggestion of emotion and a single still image to look at. Trying to pull out the right intensity and approach with that kind of direction is damn tough!
If you're looking for some fantastic anime dubbing, I'd highly suggest that you check out Spice and Wolf. The two main characters are absolutely fantastic, and they do an amazing job at nailing the right emotions and timing. They really manage to bring the characters to life, and even moreso, they add the right amount of romantic style that the story is trying to bring to its audience.
Hopefully you've experienced some wonderful anime dubs as well. What stand-out performances do you remember? Was it an entire cast of an anime, or one character in particular? Perhaps you like one real-life voice actor in particular, as he/she manages to really sell every role they take on. Let's give these hard-working people the credit they deserve!
I agree with you on Spice and Wolf RMC, I'm picking up season 2 as soon as I can afford to.
ReplyDeleteI think Cowboy Bebop is the best dubbed anime in existance. FLCL was another good one with the decision to leave in honorifics for the crazy fans.
ReplyDeleteAlthough the Tenchi series suffered from mouth movements being off from the voices, the choice of English voice actors was excellent when compared to the Japanese voice actors.
Nothing really stands out, but pretty much everything I've seen dub'd has been good.
ReplyDeleteThough, Blood + wasn't all that good.
I think Baccano had a great dubbing group. Hetalia is not bad either.
ReplyDeleteI think that NANA and Honey & Clover both had amazing dubs. They had a tough comparison since the original was so perfect, but they both flow so naturally.
ReplyDeleteSome of the best dubbing I've heard was in the anime "Battle B-Daman." I watched most of the show in the past year, and I remember thinking that the dubbing was really good, which I think it is. Some people might disagree with me, but I think the dubbing is high quality and well done, at least for the first season. In the second season the quality goes down. It's very noticeable, but not too horrible.
ReplyDeletei think bleach has a good dub cast, but i don't know why some fans of bleach don't like the dub cast?
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