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what really happened with Kenshin on CN

Good riddance, quite frankly. The dubbing was on the poor side and the editing was very severe. Many of the fight scenes were so cut up you could barely tell what happened, and such important events as spoiler[Shishio's death] were cut almost entirely.

If you want to see Kenshin, I suggest getting it on DVD.

This is a little off topic but oh well... will the Kenshin OVA and/or movies ever be on CN?

I was wondering seeing as i live in Canada i don't know was the series finished or what was the dubbing any good?

most here in Canada are desperately waiting for this series since right now the only Anime series we have is Inu Yasha which is on reruns until who knows when. Especially seeing how everyone ranks it one of the best ever.

Nagisa wrote:

Good riddance, quite frankly. The dubbing was on the poor side and the editing was very severe. Many of the fight scenes were so cut up you could barely tell what happened, and such important events as spoiler[Shishio's death] were cut almost entirely. If you want to see Kenshin, I suggest getting it on DVD.

I'll second that. Although, I haven't read the manga, this show is still my favorite regardless of the whatever minor details were misplaced (though it'd still be some nice reading sometime in the future .)

And yes. The dubbing is atrocious aside from VERY slightly, possibly Kenshin's and Saitou's voices. I give Hayworth some props for just even trying, considering he had to dub a woman's voice. Saitou had the right mentality in his lines, but his voice just wasn't as good as THE Hirotaka Suzuoki.

As for the edits, you can see how silly they are by going here:

animenewsnetwork.com/columns/edit-list.php

EDIT: Ah what the heck, I guess I'll criticize a little more on the dub.

Kaoru sounds too b**chy in comparison to her original voice (has Meryl's voice from Trigun,) which really detracts from how gentle she actually can be at times. I liked Meryl's voice, but it just isn't right for Kaoru's character.

Sanosuke is probably the worst of them all. In Japanese he of course is a young, rebellious, wise-cracking, and nonchalant wildman of a punk, which is perfectly portrayed by Yuuji Ueda. Unfortunately, he was dubbed over by the dull and not-so-talented Lex Lang, who in my opinion, sounds WAY too shallow and unemotional for this kind of role.

I mean, Sano is 19, right? But in English, he sounds like he's in his late 20s or early 30s. And on top of the hollow tone of voice, he doesn't have that growl and grunt in his voice either, which really makes him a bore to listen to.

Yahiko sounds a lot like kid Gohan in the FUNimation dub of DBZ. That is, raspy, annoying, and just plain undisciplined. I don't know what is about dubbing children's voices, but dubs never seem to make a lot of them sound young enough. Instead of a 12 year old, he sounds like a 26 year old being strangled with his throat caved in.

Megumi isn't too bad, but her dub voice lacks that sense of womanly elegance in comparison to the original. I actually thought it was Wendee Lee at first, but it isn't (it's Jane Allen.)

Anyway, I don't think her voice sounds refined enough in English to really give her that title of a "cunning fox," which is about half of her character in terms of comedy.

Ms. Tae like many other characters with Osakan accents was given a southern accent and it's REALLY annoying. It also sounds very fake, but since she's not a major character, it doesn't really matter as much.

Shishio is basically Spike's voice from Bebop. The problem is he sounds JUST like Spike. Sure, Shishio's laid back too, but it's more of an evil "I'll make you into my food and take over Japan" kind of evil. As much of a fan as I am of Steven Blum though, this just wasn't a good role for him.

Ah, there's too many for me to do right now, so I'll just leave it at this. And as you can see, I don't like the dub very much. So whenver you see it, PLEASE do watch it Japanese.

And welcome to the forums!