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I don't really watch dubs, so I don't have much right to comment here. Other than the dubs I've watched because it's the only language on-disc (like Manga's earliest releases), there are very few anime I've watched all the way through in English. I've seen all four episodes of Ghost in the Shell: Arise dubbed, though.

I really rate John Swasey as Aramaki; he sounds like a perfect fit. I think he's okay as Gendou in the Evangelion Rebuild movies, but his version of that character comes across as too warm for me.

I personally think that Arise dubbed is actually superior to the original; I won't claim to be anywhere near fluent at understanding spoken Japanese, but a lot of the original dialogue seems quite lazy and clichéd. The script and voice performances in the dub are much sharper and more interesting, with great casting choices overall. Hell, the Logicomas even sound just as kawaii (cute) in English! That couldn't have been an easy thing to achieve.

<blockquote data-quote="Neil.T" data-source="post: 458095" data-attributes="member: 4160">I don't really watch dubs, so I don't have much right to comment here. Other than the dubs I've watched because it's the only language on-disc (like Manga's earliest releases), there are very few anime I've watched all the way through in English. I've seen all four episodes of Ghost in the Shell: Arise dubbed, though.I really rate John Swasey as Aramaki; he sounds like a perfect fit. I think he's okay as Gendou in the Evangelion Rebuild movies, but his version of that character comes across as too warm for me.I personally think that Arise dubbed is actually superior to the original; I won't claim to be anywhere near fluent at understanding spoken Japanese, but a lot of the original dialogue seems quite lazy and clichéd. The script and voice performances in the dub are much sharper and more interesting, with great casting choices overall. Hell, the Logicomas even sound just as kawaii (cute) in English! That couldn't have been an easy thing to achieve.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Neil.T, post: 458095, member: 4160"] I don't really watch dubs, so I don't have much right to comment here. Other than the dubs I've watched because it's the only language on-disc (like Manga's earliest releases), there are very few anime I've watched all the way through in English. I've seen all four episodes of [B]Ghost in the Shell: Arise [/B]dubbed, though. I really rate John Swasey as Aramaki; he sounds like a perfect fit. I think he's okay as Gendou in the [B]Evangelion[/B] Rebuild movies, but his version of that character comes across as too warm for me. I personally think that Arise dubbed is actually superior to the original; I won't claim to be anywhere near fluent at understanding spoken Japanese, but a lot of the original dialogue seems quite lazy and clichéd. The script and voice performances in the dub are much sharper and more interesting, with great casting choices overall. Hell, the Logicomas even sound just as [I]kawaii[/I] (cute) in English! That couldn't have been an easy thing to achieve. [/QUOTE]