Sunday, November 19, 2006

Roots dub: Episode 2!

Okay, I know you must all be shaking your heads, for my post is yet another .hack-themed one. This time, I'm going to give a quick impression of what I thought of the Roots dub, second ep (I'll make it shorter this time, promise). I'll give them by name, and try to keep it down to a couple sentences. Shino - She's actually not bad. I'll even say she's one of the better voice-overs in the whole show. It's still that Kelly Sheridan (or SANGO) thing. XP Even my sister thought the same thing as me this time when she heard it. (So it's not just me! YAY!) Ovan - THE best voice-over in the whole show! I have to say, I think I'm liking Ovan's English VA better than his Japanese! Shocker... Haseo - He was actually worse in this one. Instead of giving his voice more of an annoyed tone, he sounds extremely bored with everything. I don't think that's quite right; he sounded very off for me in this ep. Sakisaka - Still bad. That's all I gotta say. Tabby - Well, she got down the annoying feeling. lol I suppose I could get used to hers, but I'm still on the fence with this VA. Naobi - Okay, just to mention something, Paul Dobson (Naraku, Myoga) is doing the voice for Naobi. It's not bad in this ep either, but I still keep getting the Naraku vibe from him. Ender - Still perfect, also one of the better ones. Tawaraya - Better in this ep, but also on the fence with his VA. I'll probably end up getting used to it. Just as long as he doesn't play Touta later on. Phyllo - I'm still not completely accepting of his voice, but at least he doesn't sound awkward when he talks, which most of the characters have a hard time with. So, also on the fence still with Phyllo. B-set - She's horrible too! Man, all the somewhat minor characters are getting the worse voice-overs! She's as bad as Sakisaka... *crosses fingers* PLEASE get better, B-set! You don't got the looks goin' for ya, so you gotta have something! Gord - As I was watching the part where Gord comes in, I kept thinking I recognized his voice from somewhere... then it hit me; Miroku! Yes, Kirby Morrow is the English VA for Gord. It's not terrible. Again, it's the whole "I keep thinking of this character when I hear that voice!" thing, like with Shino. We'll see how I like his as the series progresses. And that's about it. So, all in all, the dubbing isn't bad, I just have high expectations. A lot of the VAs from InuYasha are appearing in the series; Kirby Morrow, Paul Dobson, Kelly Sheridan. Wonder how many more there'll be. Roots is being dubbed at Ocean Studios, same place as IY. I think the main problem I have with the dubbing is how awkwardly they seem to talk, not necessarily the voices themselves. Haseo's would've been better this episode if he had sounded natural. But NO! Apparently sounding off is considered a good thing! Bah! That's it, I'm shutting myself up. I've given a good enough review of the VAs for episode 2, so I shall end the post now. I had other stuff I wanted to say, but I'll just include that in my next post, if I don't forget. Ta! God Bless

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