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NightOption
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Well, Light is a teenager
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LordPrometheus
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Watched the episode online last night, and I was impressed. I haven't read the manga (I'm not really into manga that much), so I had no idea what to expect.
This is definitely a series worth checking out. 
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Fiction Alchemist
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Delete.
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Anime_Freak
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Towards the end of part 3 of DN they play what sounds like a piece of classical music, but neither I or the other person, whpse a friend of mine onine can place it nor find out what it might be. Does anyone know what it is? It sounds familiar to me, but like I stated above, I cannot place it.
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NightOption
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It might be an original composition, I'm sure Death Note has some original music.
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Fallout2man
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The main reason I thought Mark Hildreth was because of how he could seem like a cold disconnected mercenary but then show hints of emotion and compassion; Plus he can still do all those things while sounding like a teenager. Then we have Raito, who, at heart becomes a cold twisted husk of his former self (sort of a reverse Heero transformation), and loses any sort of compassion or emotion felt for anything, and only outwardly pretends to have a care for anything other than his goal. I just can't imagine anyone else voicing Raito/Light when he goes on some of his later, colder inner-monologues like when he's trying to figure out how to kill certain people or avoid suspicion. To everyone else: Who else here thought Brad Swaile didn't quite fit or that Mark Hildreth would've been a better choice for Raito/Light? And did you get into death note first from the Manga? |
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tygerchickchibi
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Well, you have to expect the unexpected, and don't immediately get discouraged because he wasn't "what you expected." =D I personally felt if Mark did the voice for Light, I thought it would be too low...*shrugs.* Dunno why.
 ; I have no complaints for Brad being Light, And I wouldn't really have minded if Mark Hildreth had the role instead. I'm pleased either way.
As for getting into Death Note, I learned of it when I had a subscription to Shonen Jump...which had to have been a few years ago. |
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Fallout2man
Posts: 274 Location: San Diego, CA |
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I'll buy it anyway, while I am dissappointed I'm not heartbroken or enraged over it, mostly because I can tell by his preformance how hard Brad Swaile is trying to work to do it right. That plus I loved the manga way too much. As for being too deep, he can probably raise the pitch/tone of his voice when necessary to appear more light-hearted. In my experience it's much much harder to make your voice sound deeper than it is to sound higher. |
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Super Ska Master
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Light's VA I can live with. It's not HORRIBLE. I kind of wish it sounded a little more mature though. He doesn't sound arrogant enough. He needs to sound less like a nice guy.
I hate Ryuk's VA though. He just is trying too hard to sound like a generic evil scary guy. He sounds like he is straight out of a halloween special. Ryuk needed to sound way more aloof and not have such a deep voice. But now that I think of it, I can't really imagine how Ryuk would sound in english so I guess it's an okay voice. Overall, I give it a C+. |
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MorwenLaicoriel
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Welp, just finished watching the [as] airing of the dub.
Overall: I'm pleased. Light, I think, is so far exactly as he should be. I like how he sounds mostly normal, with some faint stirrings of insanity as the episode goes on. I think it's important for him to seem like a 'normal teen' at first, to make his transformation throughout the series that much more creepy. I think I need to hear Ryuk's voice a bit more before I pass judgment on it. I was a little surprised that it sounded so human...I kinda wanted his voice to sound more otherworldly. But I kinda feel like I need to see a few more episodes to give a better judgment than that. Still, overall, the only times I felt myself not liking the dub were a few of the nameless background voices. Otherwise, everyone seemed spot-on. Looking forward to seeing how the dub goes. ^^ |
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kokuryu
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Overall not bad at all... I would have liked Ryuuk's voice to be a little deeper, but so far, no major complaints. Lets see how his dad and Misa Misa sound like too!
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c.rescentro.ses
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I think it's all right. Light's voice isn't what I really wanted to hear but these things are usually never perfect. It instilled the same suspense and enthusiasm as I felt with the original.
I couldn't watch more than the 27th episode on youtube because they kept deleting the videos (sort of glad because that episode was very high note for me and my love for Light Yagami) but now I'm just grateful to watch the entire series on better-than-internet-video quality, even if it's a dub (I'm a subtitle person all the way). Even if it turns out to be a bad dub, I still have to see what happens in the end. Then I'll watch it in Japanese when the DVD comes out. Go Light! I <3 You! 
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CCSYueh
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The first ep is Light as barely possessed--he's just found the book so he's not as evil as he becomes later. Temper-tantrums later after L shows up & starts interacting with him.
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VEGANDARAE
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DECISION EVER! they shouldve left Bleach on that slot! that infuriated me and a good number of my friends! Death Note LOOKS good, well, saying anything more would be misleading and quite dishonest on my part, and im not one to sully my conscience on such a small sin. i oughta get a statistic together on this someday.[/i] |
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BrothersElric
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Well I'm always pretty tolerant of english dubs, and as much as I love Death Note, considering it's not up there as that big of a favorite in the first place, I guess it's no surprise that I was fairly impressed with this dub!
But whatever the case though, I at the very least think that so far Ryuk's and Light's characters seem to be portrayed the way they're supposed to be. I have to agree with thinking it would have been awesome to hear Mark Hildreth though, he would have been PERFECT!!  But nah, Brad Swaile seems to be doing just fine anyways. And I have to say, Brain Drummond's Ryuk is actually a lot better than I thought it'd be. In fact, I'm actually not sure I could see anyone else doing it. I just love it! 
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