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NEWS: Sword Oratoria Anime's English-Dubbed Clip, Dub Cast Revealed

About as much as Id expect from a Sentai dub

Is Natalie Rial a full time VA or does she just do other things? Because I've only seen her in a hand full of small roles over the last few years

What I can say about Monica's sister is this: even if Natalie is a full-time VA, it could take her years of auditioning before landing a major character (a main supporting character or even 1 of the leads). Prior to getting the lead in "MMO Junkie", Terri Doty hardly had any lead roles.

After watching full episodes of the dub I can certainly say for sure that I really couldnt have expected anything else from a Sentai dub but damn Kelley Peters as Lefiya sounded really off IMO. Lefiya is supposed to be 15 with a soft voice befitting her age but here she sounds like she's 20.

Natalie is good too she's certainly Monica's sister but I think she'll gain more experience with Funi since they release more dubbed shows than Sentai she'll have more chances to land roles

While I would like to hear Natalie in some Funi dubs (Adam Gibbs has started to thrive there, as well as Margaret McDonald and Katelyn Barr) I fear that people will only say she's landing the roles she has because she's Monica's sister. I mean there's nothing stopping people from saying it now, but since Monica is tied much more to Funi these days then Sentai it's a little bit harder to make stick.

There's a person that pretty much started the trend of former ADV and current Sentai Filmworks VA going to the DFW area to work on a Funi title: Vic Mignogna ("Vic Mignogna Effect" is what I call it) as he was the first to do that when he got the role of Broly. We get the occasional vice versa (a Funi VA going to Houston to work on a Sentai Filmworks title). As such, do you see that as a reason why some Sentai Filmworks VA might choose to move to the DFW area? I am merely assuming here, but I could see some applying this quote, "Considering that the former company is a lot smaller and more selective on their Eng. dubs dubs, I have starting to work on Funi projects. I might even move to the DFW area in a few months".

Considering that the former company is a lot smaller and more selective on their Eng. dubs, might that have been factor why you moved from Houston to the Dallas-Fort Worth area back in December?

My reason for moving was because Hurricane Harvey pretty much wiped me out and it was easier to find decent, inexpensive accommodations in Dallas. I can’t speak for others, but I surmise that, rather than being a contest of volume between those two specific studios, Dallas has a draw because there’s more industry here related to our work. There are multiple anime and games studios here. There’s at least as much commercial and industrial VO and a comparable theatrical presence. It’s not about Sentai vs Funi at all. There’s far more to consider. I love both studios and hope to spend as much time as humanly possible at both of them.

I still plan to buy the BD release and rewatch with the English dub, but this trailer left me more doubts about Kelley Peters as Lefiya. Peters was cast as Lefiya since season one, but she spoke like one line. I hope things work out because Lefiya is the de facto main protagonist in Sword Oratoria.

angelmcazares wrote:

I still plan to buy the BD release and rewatch with the English dub, but this trailer left me more doubts about Kelley Peters as Lefiya. Peters was cast as Lefiya since season one, but she spoke like one line. I hope things work out because Lefiya is the de facto main protagonist in Sword Oratoria.

that will depend on whether or not there is a season two for the series in the first place! she definitely wont have a part for the original danmachi series until like when the anime series eventually reaches parts of chapter 10,11 and 12 of the light novels!

which is the reason why i have stated on previous posts on the comparison between her and kuroko shirai (other than their similar over the top disdain for the MCs of the original series and obsession of their main female interests which made them annoying as hell!)

they have little to no relevance in their original series, but in the spinoff series like sword oratoria and railgun, their de facto characters!

which is why the episode reviewer's article for the final ep wont come to pass cause if there is a season two of sword oratoria, while there will indeed be more on aiz, there is going to be a lot of lefiya and her annoying man hating lesbian like (specifically bell hating) personality all over the place!