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SasukeUT83
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I dont think eds voice was too great but i loved Al's voice i think he did a great job of portraying Al's youth and innocence and his willingness to believe Cornello was a prophet, I have to give props to that kid.
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Izlude
Posts: 323 Location: Wherever The Wind Takes Me |
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You want a 12 year old boy to die? 
Well his voice actor is a 12 year old kid, and his japanese voice was a 30-something japanese chick (who is pretty cute may I add). I think his english VA sounds more natural though. It'll get better in time, the kids gotta settle into his role, even Al's japanese VA didn't sound that great when she first got started. It'll take a good several or so episodes. |
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LordByronius
ANN Columnist
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From what I've heard, the Japanese company required Funimation to record Al's voice using the same method used in Japan: by holding a metal pot over the microphone, or something.
Pretty weird. Also, I sure hope FMA pulls in some Inuyasha-level ratings. It certainly deserves it, and then some. |
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Wyvern
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Al's voice didn't bug me much at all; neither did Ed's. I was a bit more taken aback by Al's voice the first time I heard it on fansub, since you'd expect a big hulking armored thing to sound, well, big and hulking. But I think the contrast provided by such a childish, innocent voice really helps Al stand out.
I was really worried about this dub, not because FUNimation was in charge of it, but because it's one of my favorite anime ever. They really came through though-even my friend the obsessive dub hater liked it (and we can count the dubs she can tolerate on one hand-it's FMA, Fruits Basket and Big O. All others are rejected.) |
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Godaistudios
Posts: 2075 Location: Albuquerque, NM (the land of entrapment) |
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Indeed. I usually prefer the original Japanese, and at the moment, I still do. However, I didn't have any real major issues with this dub. Sure, Ed and Rose sounded a little too old for their parts, but it's not something that completely detracted from my enjoyment. As far as Al's voice, considering they actually got a kid to do it, I'm actually impressed. I hope the dub gets better over time. I want it to have as much of an emotional impact as the original. (for the general audience)
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Zac
ANN Executive Editor
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That is exactly what you're doing. The voice fits the character and sounds remarkably similar to the Japanese. There are somethings that are completely subjective and some that are not; you're looking for things to hate and you found one. Amazing. |
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Godaistudios
Posts: 2075 Location: Albuquerque, NM (the land of entrapment) |
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Wow, for once, Zac and I agree on something. Surely it must be a pending sign of the apocalypse.
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ACDragonMaster
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The biggest complaint I've heard about Al's voice was that the distortion effect made it hard to understand. But there's two points to consider- first that Funi recorded Al's voice using the exact same method as was used for the original Japanese, and second that Al's Japanese voice *wasn't* necessarily perfectly clear. People jsut think that because they were reading the subtitles, not hearing and understanding the actual Japanese dialogue.
That said, in any case I don't think Al's dubbed voice was hard to understand at all, in any case. The dubbing overall was pretty good, and has the potential to get even better. |
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dustopants
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awesome!
uhh... did i miss this already?? -_-'' o well, i can always cath the next episode of FMA... i already got the first dvd of SAC so that's not a problom... |
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Godaistudios
Posts: 2075 Location: Albuquerque, NM (the land of entrapment) |
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There is a repeat showing of the first episode Thursday night. Check your local listings...
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Sabakyuu
 Posts: 47 Location: Canada |
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I'm glad to see atleast one forum where people like the dub.
 I thought it was great personally. Funimation seems to be doing a good job especially after they did fruit baskets.
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Kratos*Aurion
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the show is sweet
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cerealkilllerr
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It seems that many of the people who posted here have had a lot of exposure to FMA. Well, I haven't. This was the first time I had ever seen any FullMetal Alchemist, and I thought it was spectacular.
I thought the voices were fine, and am curious as to why the voice acting is such a big deal to all of you. (killing a 12 year old? Geez) |
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Emerje
 Posts: 7432 Location: Maine |
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Meh, that's nothing, they'll be killing younger soon enough.
Emerje (Pop!) |
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