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fausti
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Great to know that Anne Shirley is getting a dub!
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mdo7
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I'm very disappointed with the English dub cast of Anne Shirley.
Crunchyroll had a missed opportunity to had this anime English dub done in Canada, and use the Ocean Group/Blue Water studio for that one. I mean... CR had a missed opportunity to have gotten Megan Fallows to voice Marilla Cuthbert, and it would've been nice to get some of the past actors from past production of Anne of Green Gables to lend their voice for the English dub, this is just I'm not happy with this cast even if they're well known amongst dub listeners. |
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FireChick
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Dude, Megan Follows in an anime is never going to happen. She doesn't even voice act. |
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mdo7
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I can say the same for Dallas Liu and half of the casts of Sakamoto Days, and yet it sounds good. Could Megan Fallows been able to pull off voicing Marilla had CR gave the dubbing job to Canada's Ocean Group/Blue Water studio to have done? Also, if you had looked at Megan's filmography, she has done some form of voice acting beside her on-screen acting. She voiced Clara in the 1990 animated film version of The Nutcracker. So, she could've voice Marilla had CR outsourced the English dub to Canada and not Texas. Having the dub done in Canada would've made sense and probably give our Canadian actors/voice actors a chance to worked on this anime, and CR kind of screwed it up for me. I'll still watched it in English, but there are Canadian anime dub watchers that aren't going to be happy that the English dub didn't have any Canadian actors/voice actors voicing these characters. |
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Eddy2
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Are we really still doing this again? Like genuinely, who gives a shit? Stop making a big deal out of nothing. I'm not saying getting some Canadian VAs on board wouldn't have been fun, but we really don't need more pathetic Twitter mindsets and another Witch from Mercury situation over here. |
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mdo7
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Hm, Canadian anime fans that grew up and loving the book aren't going to be happy with this dub cast announcement, and the fact that the dub could've been done in Canada instead of Texas is going to make it more upsetting to them. I'm not going to make a big deal out of this, but I can imagine how many Canadian anime fans that wanted this dub using Canadian voice actors and on-screen actors that have been involved with past productions adaptation of Anne of Green Gables will be very disappointed by this announcement, I mean I liked the Ocean Group/Blue Water Studio for their anime dub jobs in the past, this would've been a nice opportunity for them to have done the dubbing for the anime if CR had outsource the dub to Canada. But alas, it wasn't meant to be. |
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MFrontier
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Didn't expect Uka Ishimori and Anne Shirley to share a voice, but I'm down.
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OpenYourEels4TheNextFeels
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Hi, actual Canadian fan who grew up watching "Anne of Green Gables: The Animated Series" on TVOkids here. While it would have been nice to get some Canadian VAs involved with this, I am in no way disappointed with this dub cast (at the point of announcement, it is always possible that I may dislike their performances, but that will have nothing to do with whether or not they are Canadian). I'd appreciate if you didn't act like your personal displeasure is actually a mouthpiece speaking for the majority of Canadian fans. Especially since your comments seem to be based purely on you imagining that Canadians agree with you, rather than having actually asked any of them. Side note: I find it weird that you defaulted to the Live-Action actors and/or unconnected Ocean Group/Blue Water Studio VAs, instead of VAs from the "Anne of Green Gables: The Animated Series" cartoon as where to drawn voices from. Bryn McAuley (the Voice of Anne from the animated series, also known as the original voice of "Caillou", and more recently was Mavis in "Hotel Transylvania: The Series") still actively works as a VA for example. |
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tinyirnfist0
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Bryn McAuley has done voice acting for anime. She was the English dub voice of Erika Amakaze (other darrined) for Medabots Spirits and Ren Kurenai in Beyblade: Shogun Steel. |
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Snomaster1
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Well,looks like "Anne Shirley's" getting an English dub. While I'm a little disappointed that a studio like Ocean Studios isn't dubbing it or someone like Megan Follows isn't going to appear in it like people like me and mdo7 would have liked,at least the show's getting a dub. So,thank heavens for that. They may be people I haven't heard of,but hopefully they'll do a good job.
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mdo7
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Well, one you're the exception. I know I don't speak for all Canadians, but here's the thing, Anne of Green Gables is probably the most well-known and beloved story in Canada, and enough to create a tourism attraction in P.E.I. So beside you, if there are any other Canadian anime fans that wants to watch this anime with the English dub, it would've made sense to have Canadian voice actors to have done the English dub. And one more thing, and I like to address Bryn McAuley...
Yep, Bryn McAuley has done some anime voice acting, although it would've been nice to hear her voicing in Anne Shirley probably as another character. I need to mention that The Ocean Group has used well-known actor or even actor that never done anime voice-acting or any form of voice acting in one of their anime dubbing job. I believe The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (the 2006 anime film directed by Mamoru Hosoda), we had Emily Hirst voicing Makoto for the dub, and I believe this is Emily's only voice acting she ever did (she never had any other voice-acting work other than that anime film). So could it have been possible for Ocean Group/Blue Water Studio to have gotten Megan Fallows to voice Marilla Cuthbert for the anime had CR contracted that studio to have done it? I believe they could've done that. As I said, CR had a missed opportunity given that this is an anime based on a beloved Canadian novel and this is the same CR that casted J Balvin for Solo Leveling season 2. So you're telling me that CR was able to get J Balvin for Solo Leveling season 2, but they couldn't get The Ocean Group/Blue Water Studio to do the English dub for Anne Shirley which could've possibly ended up with Megan Fallows being casted as Marilla had they went with this path. You have an anime based on a Canadian novel, and CR couldn't get a Canadian studio like Ocean Group to do it, and pull some "Netflix"-style big name actors lending their voice for this one. |
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Cardcaptor Takato
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While it's disappointing they didn't use any Canadian actors it's not surprising they wouldn't when they don't even use LA actors in their dubs anymore. Crunchyroll made it clear they're never doing remote dubbing again and they're keeping all their shows within their in-house Texas voice talent. Stunt casting instances in Solo Leveling are the exception and not the rule. Past instances like Dead Dead Demon's Destruction are most likely the case the Japanese licensors probably commissioned the dub themselves. Yashahime bringing back the original cast was more on Viz's involvement than on Crunchyroll.
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levonr
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Sakamoto Days is like a big blockbuster and Anne of Green Gables is like an indie, they don't compare. There's no way they'd put that much effort into something like this. Actually I'm surprised Anne of Green Gables is even getting a dub. I really thought it would be sub only because historical drama anime are niche genre, we should be very grateful its even getting a dub. |
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Kusakabe
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Honestly, it is a bummer to have had Crunchyroll get their hands on it because they were never going to go out of their way with their casting. With the treatment Canada is getting from the States, having an iconic Canadian properly have no Canadians involved is a bit icky.
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OpenYourEels4TheNextFeels
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I am well aware of how well-known and beloved the story is Canada, and I am well aware of the fact that Green Gables-related tourism is one of P.E.I.'s bigger industries. But that is a non-sequitur as to whether or not other Canadians will hate the English dub because it does not have Canadian VAs. You can be a proud Canadian who absolutely loves the Green Gables Franchise and still be okay with the English dub of the Japanese anime adaption using American VAs. Unless you can actually provide examples of other Canadians being upset by this, you cannot make generalized statement as to what the overall sentiment from Canadians are. |
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