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NEWS: Naruto Shippūden's Main English Dubbing Cast Announced

ani12 wrote:

Well, I hope it manages to get on some TV channel, preferably Cartoon Network, again. (Yes, I know some of you people are going to b*tch about the censorship, but just so you all know, it could be much, much worse. )

Couldn't agree with you more, ani. Even if CN has had issues and is far from a "perfect" means to showcase some more graphic anime or scenes therein, it's certainly done a bang-up job over the years as far as I'm concerned.

sanosuke32 wrote:

Why don't they just put the cast is returning Its funny that they don't put Yuri Lowenthal on there since Sasuke doesn't appear for so freakin' long. One of the reasons shonen pisses me off so much, yet I keep watching it, lol.

Err, spoiler[in the manga, yeah, it takes a long time, but in the anime he appears in the opening sequence of the first episode before they even roll the credits thanks to a quick leap forward in time.]

Emerje

MetatronM wrote:

If by matured you mean she now does every line AS IF HE'S YELLING LIKE THIS. ALL THE TIME. CONSTANTLY. NO MATTER WHAT KIND OF MOOD OR STATE OF MIND THE CHARACTER IS SUPPOSED TO BE IN then yes, she sure has matured a lot. Maile Flanagan pretty much single-handedly ruins what is an otherwise excellent dub for a series of Naruto's type.

here we go

So, he has like a few lines, that hardly counts as him being on the show. Even in Ultimate Ninja 4 they didn't include his new self because he was only on for 2 seconds.

bleachj0j wrote:

MetatronM wrote: If by matured you mean she now does every line AS IF HE'S YELLING LIKE THIS. ALL THE TIME. CONSTANTLY. NO MATTER WHAT KIND OF MOOD OR STATE OF MIND THE CHARACTER IS SUPPOSED TO BE IN then yes, she sure has matured a lot. Maile Flanagan pretty much single-handedly ruins what is an otherwise excellent dub for a series of Naruto's type. here we go

That sounds more like a description for 4Kids' Luffy from One Piece. Maile's Naruto definitely does not sound like he's yelling all the time, and the dub's "Sasuke!!!" yell does not make my ears bleed at least like the sub's version does.

I have to agree with the few of you that say that Maile Flannigan is just not suited to voice an older Naruto. They recast characters once they hit puberty for a reason. The Dragon Ball trilogy of dubs are three notable examples. The kid versions Goku and Gohan were voiced by Stephanie Nadolny until they grew up and they were voiced by Sean Schemmel and Kyle Hebert, respectively. Eric Vale voiced the teenage/adult version of Trunks while Laura Bailey voiced the younger. It's another move by Viz that makes little to no sense to me.

Let's recap:
Strike one: Viz leaves the title untranslated.
Strike two: Maile Flannigan returns to voice teenage Naruto? (Once I actually get a chance to listen to the older Naruto, this one may come off the board.)
Strike three: Who really knows?

MetatronM wrote:

If by matured you mean she now does every line AS IF HE'S YELLING LIKE THIS. ALL THE TIME. CONSTANTLY. NO MATTER WHAT KIND OF MOOD OR STATE OF MIND THE CHARACTER IS SUPPOSED TO BE IN then yes, she sure has matured a lot. Maile Flanagan pretty much single-handedly ruins what is an otherwise excellent dub for a series of Naruto's type.

here we go :roll:

2)Well, it makes his voice sound consistent(spellcheck), plus, throwing a new voice actor into the role may cause him to sound very akward since he/she would not be used to voicing the character like she is.

She doesn't have to. The English dub isn't supposed to mirror the Japanese in every way, and not every 13 year old sounds drastically different at 16.