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NEWS: Ushio & Tora English Dub Cast, Clip Revealed

How do you think the show compares to the manga then? Is it worth the hefty price tag?

Sir Daniel Fortesque wrote:

I loved the manga, I'm a bit skeptical on this since it somehow covered 300+ chapters in just 39 episodes..

I've heard from manga readers that a lot of the monster of the week chapters from early on were removed and one story arc was removed. I don't know how important it was.

The truth is that they were not really important arcs, it just helped make Ushio's journey longer and harder. He made friends that never appeared in the show, but they were not really important.
Except for one,spoiler[ the "Western Bakemono War". It introduced some characters that appear in episode 27 of the show without proper introduction and brings several characters back.]

Here a list I made of manga chapters that were not adapted into anime:
spoiler[Chapters 35 to 74
*35 to 38 : "The Houriki Heretic" arc, a crazy monk story (some pages of chapter 35 were adapted. Appearance of Kyoura, the crazy monk)
*54 to 58 : "You'll be dry arc", an oni story (introduction of Katayama and Kagami, two musicians buddies)
*58 to 63 : "The Warped Night" arc, a vampire story (introduction of Ayumi, a girl Ushio, Katayama and Kagami meet in a ferry; Hyou reappears)
*64 to 68: "The guardian god of the lake", a demon like story (Ushio is still hanging with Katayama, Kagami and Ayumi)
*69 to 74 : "The mist comes" arc a mist demon story (Ushio meetsTokuno, a former yakuza)

These stories were enjoyable, with some scary ones.

*82 to 84 : "Beastly Karakuri" arc, a scary doll story (centered on Asuko and Mayuko)

Chapters 116 to 138
*116 to 121 : "The Snow doesn't vanish at dawn" arc, a yuki onna story
*122 : a funny transition chapter (no real plot there)
*123 to 132 : "Countdown railroad" arc, a giant monster story (Ushio travels with his father in a train to come back to Tokyo; Kyoura the crazy monk reappears)
*133 to 138 : "High Speed Eater" arc, a motorcycles illegal competitions story (more development betweek Ushio and Asuko)

*166 : a sports competition at school

Chapters 175 to 219
*175 to 179 : "The day I swang the swing" arc (introduction of Minoru, a boy turned blind after a plane crash)
*180 : A new year chapter
*181 to 191 : "The Seal of Gedou" arc (introduction of Minoo, a transfer student girl, who must retrieve a powerful demon to her village)
*192 to 218 : "The Western Bakemono War", a battle between the demons of the East and the demon of the West (introduction of Shinno, Ibuki and You, Kyou and Nao 3 western Kamataichi who didn't appear in the anime; Hitotsuki, the osa of Tonno, Raishin and Kagari come back; first appearance of Ushio's mother; first fight against the Hakumen no Mono)
*219 : "Full Moon", a 1-chapter story

Chapters 231-238
*231-234 : " , mandrill-like demons story (centered on Kirio, and how he went to live with Mayuko)
*235-236 : "Gouki arc" (Hyou comes back)
*237 : chapter centered on journalist Moriya,who follows Ushio's steps (more like a recap chapter)

246 : a transition, high school story]


Well that'd be (roughly) all.

About the anime, I honestly think it's a very good adaptation, The story goes to the point but they managed to adapt the most important stories (except for the western warn).

However, I recommand you to read the manga: it feels more like a journey full of adventures, you really enter in Ushio and Tora's universe. And the 80s feels are just too good.

MarshalBanana wrote:

The only thing I don't understand is, why is Hakumen no Mono being voiced by a man, when it was voiced by a women in the original?

Probably because it's genderless. I wonder, though, if John Swasey can do that kind of ambiguous voice or they're just going to have him go with his usual manly voice like he did for Kumatetsu. I think Chris Ayres would have been a solid choice given how brilliantly he voices Frieza.

My problem with this is that some of Hakumen's avatars are obviously women and are all voiced by Hayashibara in Japanese. They're gonna have to have different VA's in the dub.

I think Chris Ayres would have been a solid choice given how brilliantly he voices Frieza.

belvadeer wrote:

I think Chris Ayres would have been a solid choice given how brilliantly he voices Frieza.

Chris Ayers is on an indefinite hiatus due to medical reasons. He's been in the hospital and in and out of ICU for over three months now waiting for a double lung transplant and a double heart bypass. He's remaining typically upbeat and keeping busy on Twitter and Facebook.

Why this hasn't been news on ANN I don't know, I emailed his Facebook post to the news room. I guess deathly ill English VAs and staff aren't news worthy, but every Japanese VA with a cold is big news. I also tipped them off that the original English ADR director for Akira and the '80s Transformers cartoon and movie recently passed away, but that, too, wasn't news worthy.

Emerje

Chris Ayers is on an indefinite hiatus due to medical reasons. He's been in the hospital and in and out of ICU for over three months now waiting for a double lung transplant and a double heart bypass. He's remaining typically upbeat and keeping busy on Twitter and Facebook.

Why this hasn't been news on ANN I don't know, I emailed his Facebook post to the news room. I guess deathly ill English VAs and staff aren't news worthy, but every Japanese VA with a cold is big news. I also tipped them off that the original English ADR director for Akira and the '80s Transformers cartoon and movie recently passed away, but that, too, wasn't news worthy.

Emerje wrote:

belvadeer wrote: I think Chris Ayres would have been a solid choice given how brilliantly he voices Frieza. Chris Ayers is on an indefinite hiatus due to medical reasons. He's been in the hospital and in and out of ICU for over three months now waiting for a double lung transplant and a double heart bypass. He's remaining typically upbeat and keeping busy on Twitter and Facebook. Why this hasn't been news on ANN I don't know, I emailed his Facebook post to the news room. I guess deathly ill English VAs and staff aren't news worthy, but every Japanese VA with a cold is big news. I also tipped them off that the original English ADR director for Akira and the '80s Transformers cartoon and movie recently passed away, but that, too, wasn't news worthy. Emerje

also strange because when his brother Greg had that heart attack back in 09 ANN reported it.

it's funny when people bash on sentai's dubs yet this sounded pretty good.