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Bleach English Dub Preview

Yeah, that's what I first thought, but then the rest of the post confused me. I don't remember Urahara ever talking effeminately.

I have to agree with the youtube people the dub sound different

You know, I'd just like to take this moment to point out the irony of the people who're complaining about the dubs and the perversion of the Japanese language right now are also probably enjoying the recent release of the full version of the 4th Bleach opening, which is by the band Beat Crusaders. Just thought I would point that out (Beck fans'll probably get it =P)...

By the way, Michelle Ruff in Eureka Seven? I don't seem to recall her... Which character is she in Eureka Seven? Or has her character not debuted yet?

I actually have some video game stuff coming out. Rogue Galaxy, Eureka Seven.

So...did anyone catch the YTV airing?

Hagakure|Returns wrote:

NezuChiza wrote: The person who wrote the article needs to be a bit more careful with what they say. The sentence "Viz's smash hit supernatural action series has become an international phenomenon since its debut in the pages of Shonen Jump back in 2002." implies that Viz created the series, rather than just licensing it once they caught on to how popular it was becoming. Viz had nothing to do with creating the series, they merely picked it up. To imply otherwise is just wrong, and belittles those who actually MADE the anime. Next time give credit where credit is due rather than passing the buck onto someone who merely bought something others made. You can't be serious right. It's simply implying that Viz own the right to the series that was a smash hit back in 2002.

So, can we also say, "ADV's hit series Neon Genesis: Evangelion has generated controversy ever since it hit the airwaves in 1996? I wouldn't think so. It is a hit series now, but the context of its creation, ADV wasn't involved. I'm not trying to make a big deal about this, but considering how people on this site are oh-so-quick to criticize fansub groups for putting "AnimeGroupies Presents Strawberry Panic" in files, I think it's something that needs to be said.

Hagakure|Returns wrote:

But it's very hypocritical to call out American VA mispronouncing Japanese term when the majority of Japanese VA misprounce simple English term. Such as watching Hoop Day when the word "nice shot" becomes Nice Shoto. Saber becomes Say-BAA. Well it's just their natural way of speaking so they have tend to Japanize American term and I'm not gonna fully blame them for the terrible engrish they put in japanese dub.

This issue often comes up in sub/dub discussions, and I respond the same way every time. I don't think it's too hypocritical. Why? Because as I'm sure we all know, Japanese and English are different. I don't want to over-simplify, but getting Japanese pronunciations right is largely a matter of using sounds that we English speakers already have in our phonetic arsenal, and adjusting the line-readings accordingly. So, if you come across a name like "Hitoshi," you tell the actor, "Hey, say that O like in 'toe,' and say those I's like in 'heat,' not like the I in 'hit'."
But, if you ask a Japanese VA to read off accurate English, you're asking him to produce sounds that don't exist in Japanese, and to string consonants together, to end words with consonants aside from n, and to create emphasis and rhythm with stressed syllables, when none of that stuff occurs in Japanese.
That's why I have different expectations of VAs, not because of blind purist fanboy admiration for the Japanese, but because of tangible differences in the languages and those who speak them. Do I expect perfection from the English VAs? No, but imnsho, errors in short, simple words/names stem from inadequate direction, laziness, or ignorance. I don't expect them to flawlessly nail 5+ syllable names or do the precise toungue-flap for "r" or to execute the teeth-on-lower-lip fu/hu sound as well as a Japanese native speaker.
Take the dub of X TV, for instance. It's a bit older and not the greatest dub ever, but they get most of the names right--Kotori could easily have been "KuhTOHri," but most of the actors get the O sounds right, and some even do the flapped R. It would have been easy to pronounce Karen as the typical English version of the name, but they said it correctly. (Bandai did this properly with Karen in Please Twins!, though ADV has a track record of changing Karin > [eng]Karen, Kaede > Katie) Some names like Yuzuriha in X are a bit off the mark, but I can forgive them for that.