SnowWolf
Adventurer
What do the Japanese think of our dubs?
The only conclusion we can really come to is that some love them, some hate them, some think they're ok and others are completely indifferent to them: just like us.
Why do I bring this up? Because Bandai recently put episode 1 of Tiger and Bunny's Ebglish dub on their site and below is the Japanese fans reaction to it.
http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2 ... nglish-dub
There also a forum thread on mania.co that addresses this and has some interesting tidbits.
http://www.mania.com/aodvb/showthread.php?t=81967
Here's some cliff notes from that forum:
-Kunihiko Ikuhara liked Rachael Lillis' performance as Utena in the movie, at least enough to name his car "Rachael".
-Hiroshi Nagahama "enthusiastically approved" of the English dub for Mushishi when he heard it.
-Vic Mignogna was recognized at a Japanese restaurant as the voice of Ed from some obscure show () when he paid with his credit card.
-Before we knew the initial release for Clannad would be sub-only, some members of a Japanese forum made some apparently well-informed English cast guesses.
-There have been episodes of the Lucky Star dub uploaded to Nico Nico Douga (Japanese YouTube) with a lot of positive, albeit surprised, comments. These uploaded episodes probably aren't still around.
-There's a couple interesting VA compilation vids on NND; one for Kari Wahlgren and another for Crispin Freeman. The vids include clips from various shows the actors have been in with Japanese fan subtitles. I don't know if those videos are still on there (EDIT: They are, and there's even new ones. So far I've found an interview with Wendee Lee [not subtitled] and a couple compilation vids for Michelle Ruff [subtitled].
-A group of Japanese anime fans interested in learning English have a wiki page (http://www1.atwiki.com/animetranscripts/) where users can upload transcripts of English dubs to help people with their English. The community still seems to be active, too.
What do you guys think?
I find it very uplifting, especially when I read through that forum thread, even if somethings may only be rumors.
The only conclusion we can really come to is that some love them, some hate them, some think they're ok and others are completely indifferent to them: just like us.
Why do I bring this up? Because Bandai recently put episode 1 of Tiger and Bunny's Ebglish dub on their site and below is the Japanese fans reaction to it.
http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2 ... nglish-dub
There also a forum thread on mania.co that addresses this and has some interesting tidbits.
http://www.mania.com/aodvb/showthread.php?t=81967
Here's some cliff notes from that forum:
-Kunihiko Ikuhara liked Rachael Lillis' performance as Utena in the movie, at least enough to name his car "Rachael".
-Hiroshi Nagahama "enthusiastically approved" of the English dub for Mushishi when he heard it.
-Vic Mignogna was recognized at a Japanese restaurant as the voice of Ed from some obscure show () when he paid with his credit card.
-Before we knew the initial release for Clannad would be sub-only, some members of a Japanese forum made some apparently well-informed English cast guesses.
-There have been episodes of the Lucky Star dub uploaded to Nico Nico Douga (Japanese YouTube) with a lot of positive, albeit surprised, comments. These uploaded episodes probably aren't still around.
-There's a couple interesting VA compilation vids on NND; one for Kari Wahlgren and another for Crispin Freeman. The vids include clips from various shows the actors have been in with Japanese fan subtitles. I don't know if those videos are still on there (EDIT: They are, and there's even new ones. So far I've found an interview with Wendee Lee [not subtitled] and a couple compilation vids for Michelle Ruff [subtitled].
-A group of Japanese anime fans interested in learning English have a wiki page (http://www1.atwiki.com/animetranscripts/) where users can upload transcripts of English dubs to help people with their English. The community still seems to be active, too.
What do you guys think?
I find it very uplifting, especially when I read through that forum thread, even if somethings may only be rumors.