Forum - View topicNEWS: Josh Grelle to Voice Maou/Satan in The Devil is a Part-timer! English Dub
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Roxas4ever
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Ughhh
I'm not one to quickly dismiss dubs, and Funimation has put out a lot of good dubs, but this one...hurts. The characters don't even sound remotely the same. |
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Sobe
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Oh damn. This looks really good. Can't wait for Toradora AND this. Oh yeah. I personally like it. Yeah, Emilia was very well done by the Japanese voice actress but I know this will definitely live up to my expectations given Maou and Alsiel.
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MarthKoopa
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ThatGuyWhoLikesThings
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Yeah, because having the characters sound exactly the same in English as they do in Japanese is totally the point of a dub. Anyway, I'm glad that Grelle is Satan, but I'm a little disappointed they didn't go with someone else. Weird, I know. |
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Angel M Cazares
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Not terrible impressed by the trailer, but I expect this Funimation dub to be strong, as usual. I am still a bit surprised that Funimation is not doing a premium edition, a la Kamisama Kiss or Psycho-Pass, for The Devil is a Part-Timer! According to them, it had great streaming numbers.
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Animegomaniac
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Some people really think that. I don't get it myself but people like to complain about something. I laughed at "black pepper fries .. Heyahh!" so point of the dub achieved. My complaint is that Josh Grelle is also headlining Date a Live. Different directors, different casting calls, same result. I don't doubt he can do it but good male leads is the one obvious thing Funimation has over Sentai {the unobvious one? Retakes} and t's a shame not to use it. |
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king 47
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The synopsis for this show is really stupid, but the show turned out to be quite good and enjoyable. It was one of the best in its season.
I don't know if I'd want to watch it again though, and the dub doesn't seem to work for me. |
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SouthPacific
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Well, changing the voices of characters can also lead to changing how the original creator(s) intended the characters to be/act. That's pretty much a personality change, and yeah, that's not a good thing.
I'm not saying dubs should be 100% faithful (let's be real here, dubs exist mostly because some people want their foreign media americanized), but I still think that changing characters is a very bad thing to do. I could list some really good examples of how changing voices can lead to changing the character from the recent Attack on Titan, but if I do I just know i'm going to have some butthurt guy so far up my behind that he can see the sun through my northern opening. Edit: Everything is not about the voice (of course), someone who has a slightly unfitting voice for a character, but has enough voice acting skill can make up for the bad parts. But someone who has the perfect voice but lacks enough voice acting skill will not be able to make up for bad acting. Somone who has an unfitting voice & is not a very good actor... Yeah... 
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Vata Raven
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Don't lump all Sentai dubs together...as most everyone likes to think Sentai dubs are all crap No.6, the dub is really good and they're using someone new for Rat tsuritama also has a really enjoyable dub And even I won't buy Kids on the Slope (I watched a few episodes dubbed of it) Andrew Love does a really good job And are people forgetting...that Josh Grelle also does dubs for Sentai??? |
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rheiders
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The trailer sounds good! I'm excited to hear the rest of the dub.
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Asrialys
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Americanized? What? No. |
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SouthPacific
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"No." Very argument. Quick example; one thing I often see (certain) people complain about is how they don't get the comedy in the original Japanese, and/or that the comedy in the US dub is much better. US dubs tend to change jokes to be more relatable for american audiences. Need I say more? "No" 
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Raebo101
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Josh Grelle as Satan? WIN!
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YesNoMaybe
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MAN! I'm glad this got dub! I heard good reviews about this show.
I don't watch shows unless their dub; All I care about is if the voice acting is at least solid and I'm entertained. Now if a show is a historical type, maybe I would care. Americanized? If I was the licensee and I had a show I thought would make money in different Countries, I'd have multiple dubs not just here in america. |
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Roxas4ever
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Yes! This is why I was disappointed with the trailer. Characters don't need to sound EXACTLY the same, but, as mentioned, certain personality traits come across in the voice, and, when the voice is changed, so is the character. Occasionally shows benefit from this (Baccano!), and some, although different, bring a new aspect to the characters that was not there in the original but still feels faithful to the source material (Ouran). However, if a company is not careful, the English adaptation can change the characters to the extent that they no longer resemble the characters we fell in love with. While I'm disappointed with the two voices we heard in the trailer, I am looking forward to hearing Aaron Dismuke as Lucifer. His voice could fit very well with everyone's favorite demonic NEET. |
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