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bleachj0j
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I quite enjoyed this series and hope the ova's get licensed. Gon, killua, Kurpica, Lerio were well liked from the begining. This set was great. The villians were evil and didn't hesitate to kill and they weren't completly one-sided.
I really never thought the dub was dub was bad. It gets better over time. Hisoka still is the best in the dub. |
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Fireline
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Man, the "+" section could use an editor. I like seeing so much insight into HxH, but that's a ridiculous wall of text.
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Fronzel
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A shame things crash terribly after this arc is over.
That's actually the review's main text repeated. |
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John Casey
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Error? |
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Uppa
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I so wanted this set to get an 'A', but I can't fault the review at all, and completely concur with its direction.
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Reibooi
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I am really starting to wonder what's up with how things are rated on ANN when it comes to dubs.
If the dub is really bad it should be lower then a B- To me anything B- and up is good and then it gets better as it gets closer to A+ I have even seen reviews for things that had incredible dubs but were otherwise pretty weak and the dub was bashed along with the rest of the show. Strait Jacket is a good example of that. I will admit the OVA was weak however it had a great dub yet it was bashed along with the rest of the show. I think the reviewers are to an extent letting how they feel about other aspects influence what they rate others. In this case it seems the reviewer likes the show so they hesitate to give the dub a lower score. And in Strait Jackets it was the opposite. They hate the show and hence didn't want to give any aspect of it any praise. |
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Mad_Scientist
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I don't think you understand the way ANN's reviews work. From the review: Overall (dub) : B- Overall (sub) : B+ I bolded the important parts. That B- score is not just the score for the dub, it's the score for the overall impression the show gives while watching it dubbed. Thus, you are correct that the reviewer is letting aspects of the show other than the dub influence that rating: he's supposed to. Hence the "overall" part. Regarding Straight Jacket, it's clear the reviewer did not share your opinion of the dub, and thought it was a bad dub of a mediocre show. Hence why the "Overall (dub)" waiting was so low for it. |
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504NOSON2
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I'm actually JUST about to watch episode 47. What a coincidence. I'm confident I'll enjoy the remainder of this shonen classic up untill the finale.
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Reibooi
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Well thank you for clearing that up. It does make a bit more sense however I still think the whole thing is broken in a way. If the Dub and Sub section is about Overall then I don't see the point of having scores for things so specific as Story and things like that if the dub and sub section is a overall score. Again it just doesn't make much sense to me that the review has very few kind things to say about the dub and then gives it a B- which is only SLIGHTLY lower then what was given to the sub which is supposed to be MUCH better. Personally I always thought the "Overall" Part of what was scored on dub and sub was everything relating to it. I.E Acting, Casting, Accuracy, Translation and so on. It would obviously be more difficult to rate each of those by themselves so I thought that's why it was put as "Overall" It makes sense how you explain the way the system works but if it does indeed work that way I think it's in a way broken. |
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Kid Ryan
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I'll be watching this soon, but maybe I should wait first until Viz dubs the OVAs?!
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bleachj0j
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No because there is no gurrantee that they will dub it. |
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russ869
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My thoughts on the dub haven't changed. Hisoka and Killua have excellent voices, but Kurapica's is not nearly as good as his Japanese voice. The voices for some of the Phantom Troupe members were also pretty bad, but general through-away characters like random mafia goons were generally well-acted, and the script is very well written.
That is correct. Although the TV series ending is sort of an unresolved cliffhanger without the first 8 episode OVA. |
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mrsticky005
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In my own opinion I don't think there's anything wrong with the dub
that wasn't a problem in the original Japanese sub. In fact I think the sub has MORE problems. The dub is superior to the sub. Naruto and Death Note are two anime that I think have a better dub than Hunter x Hunter does. But they also have a much better sub version. Hunter x Hunter is probably one of the worst subbed voice acting I've heard (though granted I don't watch much anime.) While the English dub of Hunter x Hunter is uninspiring. The Japanese sub is just plain annoying. I like how Gon in the English dub actually sounds closer to his age than sounded like a 4 year old. Killua was even worse. I don't even know how to describe the awfulness that was Killua in the sub. Anyone who thinks that sounded like a kid needs their ears checked. English dub of Killua may not be the best work and it's not too difficult to know that Killua is NOT voiced by a 12 year old boy but at least it's easier pretending that he was. The three voices that I disliked the most in either version are 1. Kurapica 2. Machi 3. Feitan Kurapica I got used to. But he was still bad in either version. It's simple why. It's because they are picking a woman to voice a 17 year old male. I'm not against female voice actors voicing males but they should be doing 7 year old males. Kurapica does NOT sound like a 17 year old male in either version. He sounds like a bored female actresses with zero emotion trying to act more excited than she really is. In both versions. Machi had a good voice but was a bad actress. Feitan was just down right horrible. The guy needs a creepy voice. Of course the "good" voices in the sub like Hisoka are vastly superior in the dub. Illumi though I think is the most vastly improved. He went from ear-cringing to brilliant. The dub may be worth a C+ but it gets that + because of guys like Illumi and Hisoka who added their own flavor to spice it up. |
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MetatronM
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If you think Gon sounds like a 4 year old kid in the Japanese version, then you've clearly never actually heard what a 4 year old Japanese kid sounds like. On the other hand, Gon in the dub sounds like a middle aged woman. Not even a middle aged woman trying and failing to sound like a teen/pre-teen boy like, say, Naruto's dub VA. Just a middle aged woman, period.
Also, Kurapica is supposed to be intentionally androgynous and is treated as such...pretty much everywhere. He's extremely feminine to the point that the topic of whether or not he's actually male is something that seems to come up pretty much any time anybody ever mentions the series. I'm...not really sure how you could have seen so much of the series and not known this. Simply put, HXH is an objectively awful dub. It's a bottom of the barrel, bare minimum production based out of Edmonton (because Edmonton is certainly known for its deep vocal talent pool) done as absolutely cheaply as humanly possible. It's a good step or two above Odex Singapore dubs for sure, and it still beats a lot of New York dubs from the 90s, but I'm pretty sure even Viz would acknowledge that it's not what anybody in their right mind would call a "good" dub. |
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population_tire
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I agree the reviews are sometimes flawed. What would be wrong with users posting their own reviews as well? - that way we get more than one person's opinion on something.
Odds are it wont happen but there's nothing stopping you from replying to a talkback page with your own review. |
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