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I'd rather they release a bilingual version of the movie. Not that the voice acting is that much better in Japanese. I think D and his left hand are great in English, but everyone else just ranges from bad to meh. Meier Link in particular sounds like a wannabe Paul Dobson.

I saw a little behind the scenes feature where they showed the recording process and the voice actors looked funny doing their lines. It was real easy to see Meier's actor fake his accent, but intersting to see Borgoff's actor use a pencil in his mouth to replicate the cigar in the anime. Still not that a great a performance, though.

And why is it that all English VAs do their parts one at a time as opposed to how Japanese seiyuu always record in groups? I think that would make for much better chemistry.

Anyway, I started reading the novels and have to say the original VHD anime is crap compared to what I've read in the first story and from the pictures I saw. At least Bloodlust's art is closer to Amano's designs (haven't read the novel, so I'm not sure about content).

Ah you may want to do some research a lot of Japanese seiyuu do not record in groups. They have lots of schelduing issues so they have to come in when they can. Same with the American and every other country that has people that do ADR. Even Pixar has each actor record sepearetly. Hollywood movies that are live action often have the actors come in and redub a line after the filming is completed. Japanese VA work often isn't any better then American VA work. They don't make the dubs suck oftne the dub captures the Japanese VA performance to a T. Japanese anime fans would rather listen to the American VA performances then their own.

Even the simpsons, family guy and other shows that have been on for years do not have their VA record together.

toomanyalts wrote:

Ah you may want to do some research a lot of Japanese seiyuu do not record in groups. They have lots of schelduing issues so they have to come in when they can. Same with the American and every other country that has people that do ADR. Even Pixar has each actor record sepearetly. Hollywood movies that are live action often have the actors come in and redub a line after the filming is completed. Japanese VA work often isn't any better then American VA work. They don't make the dubs suck oftne the dub captures the Japanese VA performance to a T. Japanese anime fans would rather listen to the American VA performances then their own.

Well from all the extra features I keep seeing on DVDs, every time I see the voice acting sessions, the Japanese have always been in groups of at least two people or more.

And I never said dubs suck. I just said I don't like Bloodlust's. Please don't misinterpret me and escalate this into a sub/dub debate.

toomanyalts wrote:

Even the simpsons, family guy and other shows that have been on for years do not have their VA record together.

My reference was only for anime ADR. I just think if you're going to basically record from scratch, it'd be better to try and have everyone together to possibly understand the roles, and thus give better performances.

Although, all the English ADR sessions I see on video usually have the VAs standing their with those giant headphones, so maybe they've got prerecorded lines from other actors and such. But still, there's nothing better to initiate emotion than a live "conversation" in front of a living, breathing person instead of some sound bytes.

Just my opinion, though.

Hmm, I wonder if this artbook is preliminary gearing up towards a new VHD OVA/movie/series.

Regarding the novels, I was desperately hoping they'd be good, but it's basically pulp fiction. If I had to read "buxom girl" (or whatever that inane catchphrase was for Doris) one more time, I'd have thrown up.

I thought the novels were very good. My dad liked them as well which is odd since such source material is something he has never shown an interest in. Plus the translation work is top notch.

I do believe a new dvd version of Bloodlust is coming with the Japanese dub on it. It should be noted the English language version was recorded first. Also wasn't there talk of a live action Hollywood version?

I do believe a new dvd version of Bloodlust is coming with the Japanese dub on it. It should be noted the English language version was recorded first.

Also wasn't there talk of a live action Hollywood version?

toomanyalts wrote:

I thought the novels were very good. My dad liked them as well which is odd since such source material is something he has never shown an interest in. Plus the translation work is top notch. I do believe a new dvd version of Bloodlust is coming with the Japanese dub on it. It should be noted the English language version was recorded first. Also wasn't there talk of a live action Hollywood version?

Sorry, the VHD novels just seemed really poorly written. The idea behind them looks so much better on screen, which hides a lot of flaws. And I felt like screaming every time I ran across Doris' buxom state...perhaps it was the translation, I don't know, but it's a fairly standard rule in writing of any kind that you do not keep referring to something in the same way over and over and over again. UGH!

There was talk of a live action, that makes me cringe, too. Visions of a "Spawn-Van Helsing-Blade-Matrix" abomination keep running through my head. Hollywood: keep your ugly mitts off D!