Naruto Dub Impressions

[DubGuy]

Well being a huge fan boy of this series i figured i'd start this topic for the discussion on the Naruto dub. I have seen clips for the dub and it actually sounds pretty good. So make all your thoughts be known here on the dub.

[killer2005]

I just saw the clip on the CN website. The dub sounds pretty impressive. Naruto's voice in the dub is just as good as his japanese voice. It's a good thing the guy directing the dub also did the bebop and FLCL dubs.

[O-chan]

Right now I suffering from "language-lag" where I'm so used to seeing the series in one language that when I hear it in another language it sounds plain awkward until I get used to it. This happened with Inuyasha, BOTH WAYS (got used to it Japanese, then got used to it in English, and when I tried to watch it in Japanese again it sounded weird). Still it sounded decent.

O-chan

[Mr. Pibb]

I guess it sounded ok. I'll have to get used to it though. I knew this going in.

[Merr]

Someone pointed out that Naruto sounds a whole lot like Pepper Ann (it's not the same actress though)

but other than that everything sounded perfectly fine.

[bakafoo]

I'm withholding any opinion or judgements on the series til it passes a few episodes (20 episodes). I want to see how they handle the slightly emotional stuff first.

[battle001]

It all depends on how i first hear it, for EVA i saw the English first and liked it more then the subtitled version, and since i saw NARUTO subtitled first i will probably like it better. From what i heard in the clip Raiden sounds fine

[SwissMiss]

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DubGuy said:
Well being a huge fan boy of this series i figured i'd start this topic for the discussion on the Naruto dub. I have seen clips for the dub and it actually sounds pretty good. So make all your thoughts be known here on the dub.

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Could you post the link that let you watch some clips of the Naruto English dub?
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[dragonclaw]

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DubGuy said:
Well being a huge fan boy of this series i figured i'd start this topic for the discussion on the Naruto dub. I have seen clips for the dub and it actually sounds pretty good. So make all your thoughts be known here on the dub.

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Could you post the link that let you watch some clips of the Naruto English dub?
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CN's Naruto dub clip (http://www.cartoonnetwork.com/tv_shows/video/toonami/index.html)

[dragonclaw]

Something hilarious that I just came across(although I may be behind and someone may have posted it already).

IMDB is really sad when it comes to listing voice actors. If you search for Naruto, it gives you a small list of actors. Check out who they list as playing Orochimaru.

Matt Damon .... Orochimaru

Yeah, that would really fit. /images/graemlins/relief1.gif


I think someone got a little mixed up.

[Fencedude]

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dragonclaw21974 said:
Something hilarious that I just came across(although I may be behind and someone may have posted it already).

IMDB is really sad when it comes to listing voice actors. If you search for Naruto, it gives you a small list of actors. Check out who they list as playing Orochimaru.

Matt Damon .... Orochimaru

Yeah, that would really fit. /images/graemlins/relief1.gif


I think someone got a little mixed up.


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Its a user submission based site.

[bctaris]

Heh, I kind of like how this dub is bringing out some ET lurkers—I guess reflecting the supposed massive undercurrent of Naruto fans. Or should I be worried? /images/graemlins/wink.gif

[Chiyosuke]

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Merr said:
Someone pointed out that Naruto sounds a whole lot like Pepper Ann (it's not the same actress though)

but other than that everything sounded perfectly fine.

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Are you serious!? Disney's PepperAnn? /images/graemlins/sdsmiley.gif Now I have that OP song stuck in my head.

"Pepper Ann, she's like one in a MILLION" /images/graemlins/sdsmiley.gif

Let's see, use that voice as Naruto... /images/graemlins/depresse.gif

[KatsuhikoJinnai]

Clip seems ok... I've heard worse dubbing. I'm curious to hear how they change the names of all the jutsus and such. I'm assuming it'll be similar to Viz's manga adaptations? (Art of... etc.? What I'm afraid of is hearing the English adapt for Ino's jutsu spoken aloud... /images/graemlins/depresse.gif)

[Starwind Amada]

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Battle001 said:
It all depends on how i first hear it, for EVA i saw the English first and liked it more then the subtitled version, and since i saw NARUTO subtitled first i will probably like it better. From what i heard in the clip Raiden sounds fine

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It's Quinton Flynn, FYI. Raiden is the character he played in MGS2.

I liked it. Maile Flanagan sounds a little iffy, though, but she sounds all right. I like Flynn's character. He sounded cool. I really wanna hear some familiar voices, like Steve Blum and Steve Kramer (although I already know Quinton Flynn from MGS2 and Jonny Quest).

[Arxane]

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KatsuhikoJinnai said:
Clip seems ok... I've heard worse dubbing. I'm curious to hear how they change the names of all the jutsus and such. I'm assuming it'll be similar to Viz's manga adaptations? (Art of... etc.? What I'm afraid of is hearing the English adapt for Ino's jutsu spoken aloud... /images/graemlins/depresse.gif)

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Actually, thus far the anime adaptation seems to be different than the manga adaptation, which is surprising since Viz owned both the anime and manga. Viz's manga translators apparently don't have much influence over Studiopolis' scriptwriters, and judging by some of the folks on Toon Zone they're pretty much happy with how Studiopolis is handling the names.

[theworld]

You know, considering my distaste for Naruto, I shocked myself when I said aloud: "Hey, this dub isn't bad."

After hearing the dub clip, I had a pretty good hunch ZRO Limit was behind it. Considering that several actors I know of from ZRO are in the Naruto dub, can anyone clarify this to be true?

Also, Naruto's dub voice is one of the most perfect "female-playing-a-young-boy" roles I've heard since Veronica Taylor played Ash Ketchum XD

[DubGuy]

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You know, considering my distaste for Naruto, I shocked myself when I said aloud: "Hey, this dub isn't bad."

After hearing the dub clip, I had a pretty good hunch ZRO Limit was behind it. Considering that several actors I know of from ZRO are in the Naruto dub, can anyone clarify this to be true?

Also, Naruto's dub voice is one of the most perfect "female-playing-a-young-boy" roles I've heard since Veronica Taylor played Ash Ketchum XD

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Nope its not ZRO Limits, its Studiopolis inc. I am kinda iffy about Naruto's voice, but i will give it about 20-26 episodes to see if she gets into the character a bit better. After all this is Miss Flanagan's first lead role in an anime, so she will just need some time to get into the character and i am sure she will sound great.

I am just wondering who's going to voice Rock Lee, hes one of my favorite characters? /images/graemlins/sdsmiley.gif

[battle001]

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Battle001 said:
From what i heard in the clip Raiden sounds fine

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It's Quinton Flynn, FYI. Raiden is the character he played in MGS2.

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it was a joke, he will always be Raiden to me. it is just like every time i hear Steve Blum, i say hey Spike.

[SwissMiss]

I think it is very cool that Quinton Flynn is voicing Iruka; as far as I know, he does not do much anime work. I know his voice well from video games; I loved him as Raiden in MGS2.

I am really looking forward to watching Naruto.

[bakafoo]

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Because of Raiden's for-the-females-only scene in the game, huh? /images/graemlins/tongue.gif /images/graemlins/tongue.gif

[DanielJr]

I like what I hear. I can't wait to finally see Naruto and see what the fuss is about.

[Animebox]

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DubGuy said:
Well being a huge fan boy of this series i figured i'd start this topic for the discussion on the Naruto dub. I have seen clips for the dub and it actually sounds pretty good. So make all your thoughts be known here on the dub.

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Could you post the link that let you watch some clips of the Naruto English dub?
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CN's Naruto dub clip (http://www.cartoonnetwork.com/tv_shows/video/toonami/index.html)

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If that clip is anything to go by, then it looks like the show will be edited after all for broadcasting. Right after he pulls the knife from his leg, there is supposed to be a close up shot while he is speaking with blood coming from his mouth. On that clip, that shot is not there.

[dragonclaw]

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DubGuy said:
Well being a huge fan boy of this series i figured i'd start this topic for the discussion on the Naruto dub. I have seen clips for the dub and it actually sounds pretty good. So make all your thoughts be known here on the dub.

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Could you post the link that let you watch some clips of the Naruto English dub?
-Thanks

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CN's Naruto dub clip (http://www.cartoonnetwork.com/tv_shows/video/toonami/index.html)

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If that clip is anything to go by, then it looks like the show will be edited after all for broadcasting. Right after he pulls the knife from his leg, there is supposed to be a close up shot while he is speaking with blood coming from his mouth. On that clip, that shot is not there.

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It was already said that there would be broadcast edits (blood especially). That's why Viz is gonna release uncut dvds later on.

If they were smart they wouldn't cut out the blood though. I'm guoting what was said by my ten year old niece after watching Rurouni Kenshin first uncut then edited.

"So basically what they're trying to tell us kids is that it is better for us to go around thinking if you stab someone they are not gonna bleed then actually showing us blood. That really makes alot of sense"
Sometimes I think the kids are smarter than the adults;

I told her we would watch tommorrow night just so we could try to pick out the changes.

Sorry for going OT, so I will add that the dub doesn't look to bad, but after watching 150 episode in Japanese it will probably take alot to get me used to the dub.

[Legion]

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Animebox said:
If that clip is anything to go by, then it looks like the show will be edited after all for broadcasting. Right after he pulls the knife from his leg, there is supposed to be a close up shot while he is speaking with blood coming from his mouth. On that clip, that shot is not there.

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Naruto's being dubbed uncut first, then edited. Since it's a CN clip, it only makes sense that it'd be from the edited version.

[DanielJr]

Naruto is reaching the 200 episode count, right? Or has it gone past it yet?

Would kind of suck if Viz gives it an InuYasha release... 3 episodes per DVD. =/

[AbeChinchilla]

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Naruto is reaching the 200 episode count, right? Or has it gone past it yet?

Would kind of suck if Viz gives it an InuYasha release... 3 episodes per DVD. =/

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The uncut versions are being done as 13-ep boxed sets.

I hope the sets are $50 MSRP or under. I wouldn't mind that...
Er... assuming I somehow decide to buy this blasted anime anyways.
(sticks to the manga for now)

[BigPants]

Just a reminder to all of those popping in this thread in case they didn't know, but Naruto premieres on Cartoon Network tonight at 9/8 CST with the first two episodes back-to-back and then immediately reaired.

[AbeChinchilla]

"Jitsu". "Hokage". "Sensei".

"HAHAH! That was my SEXY jitsu!"

HOOOOOOOOLY Crap, this dub is actually good too! /images/graemlins/happy.gif

(Aside from the new OP, not that the Japanese OPs were great anyway...)

[bakedleech]

I'm liking this dub quite a bit. The edits are incredibly minimal, too. Yay. /images/graemlins/happy.gif

[AbeChinchilla]

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I'm liking this dub quite a bit. The edits are incredibly minimal, too. Yay. /images/graemlins/happy.gif

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... A dub that's going to keep me watching this show...

[bakedleech]

chakra! This is really beyond my hopes.

[tstidm1]

There was virtually no edits besides the Blood. The dub is strong probably the best one of the Anime shows on Toonami. VIz did an excellent job on this so far.

[AbeChinchilla]

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There was virtually no edits besides the Blood. The dub is strong probably the best one of the Anime shows on Toonami. VIz did an excellent job on this so far.

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Although I wonder why a lot of blood is painted over (I guess it's good not ALL the blood is gone, Iruka had blood on his leg injury). It's TV-PG rated, I'm sure they can sneak some more blood in next time.

[EmperorBrandon]

Only a little bit from them in the first episode, but Kate Higgins and Stephanie Sheh sounded very cute from what I heard. /images/graemlins/happy.gif

Interesting hearing Steve Kramer in a more serious old man role. So used to hearing playing the goofy types.

All in all, the show seems to be good, so I'll keep checking it out. The dub sounds nice too.

[Huntressfan]

Yeah, I enjoyed the dub as well!! It really captured the spirit of the show!!

Now I want to see the next few episodes because I'm curious as to how they handle the other characters!! (though we did get to hear a bit from Sakura, Ino, Shikamaru and Hinata during the episode!! And we heard a bit from Kakashi during the short commercial clips...)

[DubGuy]

Well so far the i think the dub is pretty good. Not the best, but it has alot of potential to become great. I thought Quinton Flynn did an excellent job as Iruka. Maile Flanagan did a pretty decent job as Naruto. I think she will keep improving episode by episode, considering she's pretty new at anime dubbing. Steve Kramer was excellent as Hokage. Colleen O'Shaughnessey did a great job as Konohamaru.

As far as the edits, they were pretty minimal. They cut out some blood. Plus they added a lil more steam for the "Sexy No Jutsu". The opening and ending songs blew big time, but thats ok, as long as they are left intact on the unedited, uncut 13 episode DVD releases in July.

As i said before the dub so far is pretty good, and i think its only going to get better as the series continues.

[DubGuy]

Also just to let you guys know VIZmedia has launched a pretty cool site for Naruto! Check it out here! Viz's Site (http://www.viz.com/naruto/intro.html)

[shadowspawn]

I was disappointed in this dub, although I did expect to be disappointed, and to be fair my "disappointed thumb down" was pointing to about 8:30, rather than the ultimately bad 6:00.

I thought that some of the voices were pretty good. Unfortunately, I thought that Naruto's voice was just awful. It sounded like what it was: an old person, trying hard to sound like an energetic boy. It really lacked firmness and energy. I rather hated Naruto's voice.

I sure wish that Funimation had gotten this series instead of Viz...

Oh well, again to be fair: I left after the first episode, not being able take any more of it. Those who stayed and watched the second episode told me that they thought that the voices were firming up in the second episode, and that there was some evidence that the voice actors were growing into their roles already.

So perhaps there is hope.

[DubGuy]

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I was disappointed in this dub, although I did expect to be disappointed, and to be fair my "disappointed thumb down" was pointing to about 8:30, rather than the ultimately bad 6:00.

I thought that some of the voices were pretty good. Unfortunately, I thought that Naruto's voice was just awful. It sounded like what it was: an old person, trying hard to sound like an energetic boy. It really lacked firmness and energy. I rather hated Naruto's voice.

I sure wish that Funimation had gotten this series instead of Viz...

Oh well, again to be fair: I left after the first episode, not being able take any more of it. Those who stayed and watched the second episode told me that they thought that the voices were firming up in the second episode, and that there was some evidence that the voice actors were growing into their roles already.

So perhaps there is hope.

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I will admit, i felt the same as you did about Naruto's voice for the first episode. But, she sounded much better in episode two and is getting much better, and i think as the series goes on she will sound just fine.

[Dylonius Funk]

Well as someone who's primarily a viewer of ADV and Funi dubs, i will say that i enjoyed this quite a bit. It sounded pretty close to the origonal but different, if that makes any sense /images/graemlins/sdsmiley.gif. As i said, i don't buy a lot of Viz stuff so i'm not really familiar with the Vancouver studios and the people they hire. Most of the dubs i watch are ADV or Funi in house stuff. But i liked what i heard. The Fourth Hokage sounded great, as did Iruka and Mizuki. I'm still a little unsure of Naruto's VA but she sounded better in the second episode and i think she'll get better later on. I really wanted to hear more supporting cast, particularly Sasuke and Kakashi. There was a bit of Kakashi on one of the comercial bumpers and he sounded pretty good. I liked how it seemed pretty intact. Hated the opening, particualrly since it uses footage from Opening #2 with characters we won't see for another 20 episodes orso. that's going to not matter to people who've seen the show but new viewers might be a little confused. I liked how the names were intacta s well. Jutus, Chakra, Chunnin, not "Middle Ninja", Jonin not "Journeyman". The only bug i got is the pronunctiation of Sasuke. A small thing i admit, but sometimes the little things stand out when everything else is done so well. So voerall, i enjoyed it. I'm going to judge it on it's own merits since as i said, i really can't judge it against anything else due to my lack of familiarity with the involved VA. The only one i might be able to comapre is Steven Blum, where Zabuza comes on the scene. I have seen Bebop and Samurai Champloo so i've heard his work before.

[DubGuy]

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Dylonius Funk said:
Well as someone who's primarily a viewer of ADV and Funi dubs, i will say that i enjoyed this quite a bit. It sounded pretty close to the origonal but different, if that makes any sense /images/graemlins/sdsmiley.gif. As i said, i don't buy a lot of Viz stuff so i'm not really familiar with the Vancouver studios and the people they hire. Most of the dubs i watch are ADV or Funi in house stuff. But i liked what i heard. The Fourth Hokage sounded great, as did Iruka and Mizuki. I'm still a little unsure of Naruto's VA but she sounded better in the second episode and i think she'll get better later on. I really wanted to hear more supporting cast, particularly Sasuke and Kakashi. There was a bit of Kakashi on one of the comercial bumpers and he sounded pretty good. I liked how it seemed pretty intact. Hated the opening, particualrly since it uses footage from Opening #2 with characters we won't see for another 20 episodes orso. that's going to not matter to people who've seen the show but new viewers might be a little confused. I liked how the names were intacta s well. Jutus, Chakra, Chunnin, not "Middle Ninja", Jonin not "Journeyman". The only bug i got is the pronunctiation of Sasuke. A small thing i admit, but sometimes the little things stand out when everything else is done so well. So voerall, i enjoyed it. I'm going to judge it on it's own merits since as i said, i really can't judge it against anything else due to my lack of familiarity with the involved VA. The only one i might be able to comapre is Steven Blum, where Zabuza comes on the scene. I have seen Bebop and Samurai Champloo so i've heard his work before.

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They pronounced Sasuke's name right. They didn't say "SaSukay".

[DKL]

Wait, I'm curious, so when this comes to DVD, will the dub be any different?

I haven't watched *can't use the TV*, but I'm curious

[Dylonius Funk]

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Wait, I'm curious, so when this comes to DVD, will the dub be any different?

I haven't watched *can't use the TV*, but I'm curious

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There's no reason it would be different. There aren't two InuYasha dubs for example. The first DVDS will be the 4 disc edited for Tv dub only release, then sometime in July we'll get the first 13 episode boxset wioth unedit episodes, dub and Japanese with English Subs

[DubGuy]

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Wait, I'm curious, so when this comes to DVD, will the dub be any different?

I haven't watched *can't use the TV*, but I'm curious

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For the most part not really. They will probably have an occasional "hell" or "damn" and other words CN thought may be too risque for T.V. But other than that i believe the dub will be the same, but i am not 100% sure they haven't talked much about what been changed for the dialouge.

[bctaris]

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Well as someone who's primarily a viewer of ADV and Funi dubs, i will say that i enjoyed this quite a bit. It sounded pretty close to the origonal but different, if that makes any sense /images/graemlins/sdsmiley.gif. As i said, i don't buy a lot of Viz stuff so i'm not really familiar with the Vancouver studios and the people they hire.

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Except Naruto is a Studiopolis job, remember, out of LA. /images/graemlins/wink.gif So think what you would hear from most Geneon or Bandai dubs, like Samurai Champloo which you mentioned.

[Mr. Nail Bat]

I enjoyed the dub for the first two episodes quite a lot. This dub is off to a very good start, IMHO.

It was especially fun hearing Stephanie Sheh in numerous roles... particularly as the "Sexy Jutsu" girls. /images/graemlins/catgirl0.gif

[Dylonius Funk]

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Well as someone who's primarily a viewer of ADV and Funi dubs, i will say that i enjoyed this quite a bit. It sounded pretty close to the origonal but different, if that makes any sense /images/graemlins/sdsmiley.gif. As i said, i don't buy a lot of Viz stuff so i'm not really familiar with the Vancouver studios and the people they hire.

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Except Naruto is a Studiopolis job, remember, out of LA. /images/graemlins/wink.gif So think what you would hear from most Geneon or Bandai dubs, like Samurai Champloo which you mentioned.

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DOH!! /images/graemlins/sdsmiley.gif. See i can't even keep the two cities seperated, I guess i was thinking of InuYasha being a Viz dub and it 's dubbed in Canada. And this is also Viz, etc etc. Anyway if it's anything like Champloo i would be happy. I've only seen the first two volumes but i've liked what i've heard. I really want to see hwo'll be doing Garra's dub, he's one of my favorite characters.

[DanielJr]

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Naruto is reaching the 200 episode count, right? Or has it gone past it yet?

Would kind of suck if Viz gives it an InuYasha release... 3 episodes per DVD. =/

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The uncut versions are being done as 13-ep boxed sets.

I hope the sets are $50 MSRP or under. I wouldn't mind that...
Er... assuming I somehow decide to buy this blasted anime anyways.
(sticks to the manga for now)

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AWEHEHEHSOME!! /images/graemlins/cool.gif

[bakafoo]

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Also just to let you guys know VIZmedia has launched a pretty cool site for Naruto! Check it out here! Viz's Site (http://www.viz.com/naruto/intro.html)

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Wow.. That one looks much much cooler than the JP's own one.

[michaelwb]

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I enjoyed the dub for the first two episodes quite a lot. This dub is off to a very good start, IMHO.

It was especially fun hearing Stephanie Sheh in numerous roles... particularly as the "Sexy Jutsu" girls. /images/graemlins/catgirl0.gif

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Agreed on both counts. I enjoyed it a lot. I'll definitely keep watching. I'll be very curious about the ratings for it's premiere.

[machineger4]

So far, the dub is pretty good, it has a good amount of upside potential. I only had a few problems with it, like the inconsistent pronunciation of Naruto, but that's something that will be taken care of as more work is done. I watched it with a few friends and we all agreed that Crispin Freeman needs to do more characters on this show, since Ebisu only appears in like one other episode. He had us all cracking up when he spoke. All in all, I'm quite pleased with the results thus far, considering how it potentially could have ended up.

[O-chan]

Sorry, I posted this in the General Discussion as well but I decided to post my opinion here on the dub since it was more appropriate:

Okay, so I gradually became a Naruto fan over the last year and thanks to friend (who IS a Naruto fanboy, while I’m a One Piece fanboy and guess what series I got him watching?). Seeing well over 130 odd episodes in Japanese I was really hyped to see how the dub would turn out. First I want to cover the pros and cons and give my overall opinion:

The Pros:
-Like someone mentioned they’re keeping the attacks closer to the Japanese version as opposed to the manga. Now I personally had no MAJOR issue with how they were translated in the manga but this was a nice surprise.

-Unedited Sexy no Jutsu. Nuff’ said. I surprised they kept a lot of the perverse humor.

-Original BGM intact. Hey I think this was a smart move, especially with them going on about making some alterations to the music. I guess they meant the OP/ED themes.

-The good voice actors: The third Hokage, Kohamaru, Ebisu (Crispin Freeman, YEAH!!!!!), and Mizuki all had very good voice actors and really matched the charaters. Everyone else sounded okay but since they really don’t come into the forefront until later episodes it’s too early to judge them here.

-The translation pretty much followed the manga very closely.

The Cons:
-I’ve heard varying opinion on this but I’m going to make my stance here. NARUTO’S VOICE. This is the main attraction of the dub and I have extremely mixed feelings about the voice. I can see the actress is trying her best to “imitate� the Japanese actress but unfortunately she hasn’t quite got the pitch and delivery correct. Now I must admit when I read the Naruo manga I always imagined Naruto had a “Greg Ayers/Goku� type voice. He just seemed like that type of character. So I was really surprised when Junko Takeuchi vocals came out of the Japanese voice. I will admit that it took me quite some time (like about 20-30 episodes) before the voice really clicked with me. But now I can hear no other voice come out of Naruto. That being said, everytime Naruto spoke Maile Flanagan has not won me over or convinced me that she’s the English equivalent of Naruto. It seems like she’s restraining herself and not shouting and having the intensity that it needed in some scenes. She also still sounds very girly and this affects the believability that this is a BOY talking. I will give her some credit though. In the scene when Iruka was attacked and she threatened Mizuki she did see to play angry Naruto well, and in some scenes when a Naruto was at lower registers she could pull off. But being the main character she needs to improve on the things I stated above because it CAN and WILL the affect overall dub.

-Iruka CAN�T ACT. I’m sorry. I felt the voice was fitting but the delivery was extremely dead pan and stilted. This seriously affected the first episode. Where it really got to me was when Naruto and Iruka were in the ramen shop. The delivery of both characters just came off as wooden and underacted and really sucked any believability out of the scene. There are many times during the first episode where everytime Iruka spoke I was just like “EMOTE DAMN YOU!� Luckily even if the voice actor doesn’t improve he doesn’t have too many key moments in the series so…meh.

-Unusual pronounciations and script pauses. I don’t know but it always seemed whenever a character pronounced a Japanese name they kinda sounded like a robot. Something about it just seem awkward. I think this will probably go away after a the series finds it’s grounding. Hopefully.

-Lack of OP/ED. I was hoping with all the hype in this show CN would give us a little extra “treat� and give us at least one of the Japanese OP/ED. Ah well. The music they did use was appropriate enough and not distracting like SOME other shows *coughonepiececough*.

Overall:
Not since when Inuyasha started airing on Adult Swim has there been such anticipation. The reason why I bring Inuyasha up is because I had a very similar experience with this show. Basically I watched the premiere with a bunch of friend who all saw the good chunk of the Japanese version (including myself) so when it premiered on Cartoon Network where I saw potential a lot of my friends where very disappointed. Mostly it was with the translation (hey those early episodes did have a more “Americanized� feel) and Kagome’s voice acting (a lot of them felt Monica Stori’s performance was very inappropriate for the character). But here we are years later I think the dub improved buttloads (it wasn’t that bad to begin with, but like this dub some things did rub me the wrong way) and all the problems it had in the beginning are pretty much non-existant now. Another case in point is when CN started airing the Cake Mix dubbed episodes of DBZ. Now THOSE made me cringe something fierce, but these days a lot of these same actors are regarded as the canon voices for the chracters (and granted DB/DBZ/DBGT isn’t the best dub around but the quality of the performances did improve tremendously compared to those Ginyu/Frieza episodes). The point I’m making is when money and time is put into a dub is does improve over time. I do see a lot of potential for the dub and it could easily be an excellent dub but obviously some voice actors still need to get the hang of the characters (Naruto). I think where we should come in is since some of us are fans of the show maybe a little input from us can help the dub to improve. I’m not saying let’s swamp CN/Viz/Studiopolis with hate mail saying things like “OMFG! YOU RUINED NARUTO! U GUYZ SUK!� but find ways of getting into touch with those who help produce the dub a giving our praises and criticisms pretty much like I did hear. Now none of us have to do this, this is just a suggestion and an idea I wanted to put out there.

I also want to end this in saying I don’t think this is a great dub. It’s watchable, and it’s not bad. But it is STILL years ahead the travesty the One Piece dubbed turned into and even if Naruto’s dub actor does not improve I can still deal with 150 plus episodes of THAT then one more episode of One Piece of crap. I’ll watch this dub in anticipation and wish luck to all those involved in it.

O-chan

[ic14]

They kept Sexy jitsu?!?!

Wow.

*is amazed they didnt change the name of it*

[Muzukashi]

Yep, The sexy JUTSU is intact. It just surprizes me how they could keep that in, but not have the bleeding noses? It not like they got stabed or anything lol.

As for those who try to persuade red necks from mis pronouncing words, It's futile. I live in Hawaii. They can never prononce any of our street names right. So I let them slide for mispronouncing Jutsu as Jitsu /images/graemlins/wink.gif.

But at least practice these before you vist, to prevent from looking like a hick.

Likelike Hwy is Li-K-Li-K not Like-Like
Waikele is Why-K-Lay not Way-Key-Lee
Alamoana is Ala-mo-On-Ah not Alla-moanna

[AbeChinchilla]

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Muzukashi said:
As for those who try to persuade red necks from mis pronouncing words, It's futile. I live in Hawaii. They can never prononce any of our street names right. So I let them slide for mispronouncing Jutsu as Jitsu /images/graemlins/wink.gif.

[/ QUOTE ]

Just cause I'm from Texas don't make me no red neck.
I've never seen "jutsu" spelt out ANYWHERE before.
I'd only heard of "jitsu", which is why I typed it like that.

[bakedleech]

I think half the reason they took out the nosebleeds is because it doesn't make sense to the average American. You should have seen my husband's face when I was explaining it to him.

[AbeChinchilla]

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bakedleech said:
I think half the reason they took out the nosebleeds is because it doesn't make sense to the average American. You should have seen my husband's face when I was explaining it to him.

[/ QUOTE ]

Well, Tenchi was left with a few nosebleeds (but they didn't cartoonishly splashes out into twin waterfalls like in Naruto).

Aren't nosebleeds in anime suppose to represent ejaculations?

[covnam]

This was definately a decent dub, though the VAs should come together and agree on how they are all going to pronounce the names to at least sound consistant.

I also don't really understand why they are using "jutsu" instead of an english equivalent like technique. If they are already translating pretty much everything but the names, then they might as well translate that too. It reminds me of when an english word gets tossed into japanese, except this word is a bit more limited. Maybe they just thought technique was too much to say quickly /images/graemlins/wink.gif

[Legion]

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AbeChinchilla said:
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Muzukashi said:
As for those who try to persuade red necks from mis pronouncing words, It's futile. I live in Hawaii. They can never prononce any of our street names right. So I let them slide for mispronouncing Jutsu as Jitsu /images/graemlins/wink.gif.

[/ QUOTE ]

Just cause I'm from Texas don't make me no red neck.
I've never seen "jutsu" spelt out ANYWHERE before.
I'd only heard of "jitsu", which is why I typed it like that.

[/ QUOTE ]

For other people, it might be as simple as a typo: the 'u' and 'i' are right next to each other on the keyboard after all..

[Mr. Pibb]

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covnam said:
I also don't really understand why they are using "jutsu" instead of an english equivalent like technique. If they are already translating pretty much everything but the names, then they might as well translate that too. It reminds me of when an english word gets tossed into japanese, except this word is a bit more limited. Maybe they just thought technique was too much to say quickly /images/graemlins/wink.gif

[/ QUOTE ]

Maybe Studio Pierrot/Aniplex/Shueisha wouldn't let them? It's been reported that they had to approve EVERY change for the dub, and that's why Sexy Jutsu was still the same. Apparently they wouldn't budge on that name for the technique and quite a few other things, which explains why so much made it through unaltered in the dub.

I only wish Toei cared as much about their shows.

[Synn]

I thought they did pretty good on the dub. Now, I only know of Naruto 'cuz of the manga, I haven't seen the Japanese version of the anime so I can't say things like "this voice actor was better than this one".

At least the names they pronounced CORRECTLY so far which can be rare in TV anime. The editing was kept to a minimal, such as the Sexy No Jutsu making it, (which surprised me...) and the blood not being completely taken out.

Now, the voices...most were alright, some I didn't like. Sakura's voice sounded perfect, IMO. The Hokage's was well-done, as well as Mizuki. Iruka's surprised me because I thought his voice would be deeper, but the overall performance was OK. Naruto's was...well, I still can't get over it...The tone wasn't right, and he sounded soft in areas where he should have sounded confident. The performance did improve slightly with the second episode...I hope it continues to improve. I can't wait to hear more of Kakashi's and Sasuke's - they seemed good from the clips I heard. I also wonder what Gaara will sound like since he's one of my faves (they better do good on his!).

Overall, I did enjoy most of it, and will continue to watch it.

[Grimmjow Jeagerjaques]

It definetely exceeded my expectations. I can deal with Naruto dub voice, I think the actress did a great job, and I LOVED Ebisu's voice. Like I said in the Naruto Ratings thread, the only thing I'm worried about is whether the little skits during the 1 hour eps. are kept. Here's hopin', I don't want Naruto to join my "to buy in R2" list of shows.

[DubGuy]

The new clip over at the Toonami (http://www.cartoonnetwork.com/tv_shows/video/toonami/index.html) website shows a pretty funny scene of episode three featuring Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura, Ino, and some other genin. Though it looks like the kiss has been edited out for the TV version. Still it's pretty damn funny. /images/graemlins/sdsmiley.gif

*EDIT* If for some reason when you click the link and when the movie plays and you see no picture, just hit your refresh button.

[Dragon_Shiryu]

Just watched the dub for the 1st time. I have to say, I'm impressed. I think Naruto's voice nailed the character. I would have been very happy if One Piece and Saint Seiya had gotten a TV dub of this quality.

[theworld]

New episode tongiht /images/graemlins/catgirl0.gif

I wonder if they keep the kiss between Sasuke and Naruto? /images/graemlins/stunned0.gif

[theworld]

CORRECTION: They did NOT keep the kiss between Sasuke and Naruto. Kinda lost some of the visual humor.

[Mr. Pibb]

Yuri Lowenthal NAILED Sasuke. Perfect choice. I'm so happy.

[AbeChinchilla]

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The World said:
CORRECTION: They did NOT keep the kiss between Sasuke and Naruto. Kinda lost some of the visual humor.

[/ QUOTE ]

Bikini girls and nude jutsu, but no kiss?
99% of all the viewers saw it in the manga anyway, and the anime version did it all wrong.
So why cut it, Viz...

[nemesis443]

I think the dub is pretty good so far. I haven't been able to spot any major dialogue edits either.

[Dylonius Funk]

[ QUOTE ]
AbeChinchilla said:
[ QUOTE ]
The World said:
CORRECTION: They did NOT keep the kiss between Sasuke and Naruto. Kinda lost some of the visual humor.

[/ QUOTE ]

Bikini girls and nude jutsu, but no kiss?
99% of all the viewers saw it in the manga anyway, and the anime version did it all wrong.
So why cut it, Viz...

[/ QUOTE ]

It would appear from the previews that they are keeping in the scene where Kakashi sends Naruto flying by.... well you know how. /images/graemlins/shy00000.gif /images/graemlins/sdsmiley.gif I figured that would get cut before the kiss since it's more....i guess explicit is the best way to put it.

[DKL]

Hey, I think TOM ANTHONY is in this... yay!

... well, at least I thought I heard him

[O-chan]

Okay I'll pretty much give a run down of what I think of the voices:

Naruto-Better delivery than in episode 1 but once again Maile Flanagan needs to BEAT the girly out of her voice. Naruto still sounds way too feminine and the voice is a little too scratchy in some parts.

Sakura-MUCH better performance than the two lines in episode 1. Her voice fits. At times I thought Inner Sakura sounded a bit odd but overall Kate Higgins is doing an exceptional job (this was basically HER episode).

Sasuke-Perfect. Dark and angsty. Yuri Lowenthal put in a very good performance as Sasuke and if Maile Flanagan continues to improve as Naruto than these two voices could counter each other perfectly.

Everyone else-Fine, no complaints.

Shikamaru- Yeah, I agree with everyone else. The voice fits but for once maybe it's better if Tom Gibbs put in a more deadpan delivery. Of course, I'm biased. At this point we really don't know much about Shikamaru's true character so they get away with in now but hopefully it will improve by the time the <span style='color:#dddddd;background:#dddddd'>Chunnin Exam </span>starts.

But overall I notice how each epiosde the dub is gradually improving. I'm still getting that Inuyasha "they'll improve as they go along" vibe from this show. I still am a bit bother by everytime they pronounce a Japanese term there's a slight pause or breath before the term is said. It's kind of distracting.


O-chan

[Kevinroc]

[ QUOTE ]
AbeChinchilla said:
[ QUOTE ]
The World said:
CORRECTION: They did NOT keep the kiss between Sasuke and Naruto. Kinda lost some of the visual humor.

[/ QUOTE ]

Bikini girls and nude jutsu, but no kiss?
99% of all the viewers saw it in the manga anyway, and the anime version did it all wrong.
So why cut it, Viz...

[/ QUOTE ]

I'm pretty sure it's CN that cuts it. Viz just hands off the unedited tapes and CN makes cuts from there.

And I'd imagine the number of manga readers watching the dub isn't 99%.

[DubGuy]

Well i finally got around to watching episode 3. The dub was pretty good. Kate Higgins does a good job as Sakura, as does Yuri Lowenthal as Sasuke. Dave Wittenberg sounded pretty good as Kakashi, next episode we'll see more of his personality. As for the other characters as Ino, Shikamaru, Choji, and Hinata their voices sounded pretty good. I only hope Rock Lee gets a really good VA.

I'm fairly certain Viz Media edited this themselves since they are going to be releasing the edited version on DVD starting March 2006 (unedited DVD release starts July 2006).

[eugene_cheng]

[ QUOTE ]
Bikini girls and nude jutsu, but no kiss?
99% of all the viewers saw it in the manga anyway, and the anime version did it all wrong.
So why cut it, Viz...

[/ QUOTE ]

That's Toonami for you... /images/graemlins/happy.gif

[DubGuy]

Check out the new clip posted on Toonami (http://www.cartoonnetwork.com/tv_shows/video/toonami/index.html). Dave Wittenberg sounds like a really good fit for Kakashi. He may give the best performance in the show yet. Which is good seeing as Hatake Kakashi is one of my two favorite characters. /images/graemlins/sdsmiley.gif

[EmperorBrandon]

[ QUOTE ]
DKL said:
Hey, I think TOM ANTHONY is in this... yay!

... well, at least I thought I heard him

[/ QUOTE ]

I'll have to look at the credits again. Haven't heard Tom Anthony yet, but there is another "Tom" already there. Hmm...

[theworld]

I think the overall agreement with the Naruto dub is that it's definitely much better than most of the other dubbed anime airing commercially in America. /images/graemlins/catgirl0.gif

Kudos to Studiopolis.

[theworld]

Looks like they kept the whole "shoot Naruto through the butt" jutsu thing XD

[Dylonius Funk]

[ QUOTE ]
The World said:
Looks like they kept the whole "shoot Naruto through the butt" jutsu thing XD

[/ QUOTE ]
That's been shown in the commercial break bumpers for a while now actually. And i missed this episode because of a game and forgot to tape it. How did Kakashi sound? From the little bit of his dialouge on one of the bumpers he sounded pretty good but it's hard to judge from such a small bit.

[RaeS]

I thought Kakashi sounded great. Its nice to have Dave Wittenberg playing an older character for a change. He came off pretty funny. Honestly, I think this dub is looking to be very good.

[theworld]

True, true. ^^

He came off as sounding very laid back, but at the same time as someone you don't want to cross or mess with.

[DubGuy]

Yeah i agree, Wittenberg gave a great performance. Definetly the best perfomance in the dub thus far.

[Mr. Pibb]

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DubGuy said:
Yeah i agree, Wittenberg gave a great performance. Definetly the best perfomance in the dub thus far.

[/ QUOTE ]

I have to disagree with that. For the sole reason that none of the cast besides Yuri Lowenthal knows how to say the Japanese words, (and they come off as awkward and stilted, though it's getting better), I have to give the award to him as being the best performance so far. IMO, of course.

[O-chan]

[ QUOTE ]
DubGuy said:
Yeah i agree, Wittenberg gave a great performance. Definetly the best perfomance in the dub thus far.

[/ QUOTE ]

No. The best performance in the dub is the 3rd Hokage. Still, I am fairly impressed with his Kakashi performance enough that I'm no longer disappointed that Steve Blum is not doing him. My friend kept on going on about how it wasn't quite winning him over, and I was beginning to have flashbacks of when my previous set of anime fan friends hated Kagome's voice when Inuyasha first came on CN.

How the hell do you want these people to sound?! (I'm refering to my friends. Not you guys!) /images/graemlins/sweat200.gif

O-chan

[DubGuy]

Well i am biased anyways since Kakashi is one of my fav characters! /images/graemlins/sdsmiley.gif

[porkchopexpress]

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Mr. Pibb said:
[ QUOTE ]
DubGuy said:
Yeah i agree, Wittenberg gave a great performance. Definetly the best perfomance in the dub thus far.

[/ QUOTE ]

I have to disagree with that. For the sole reason that none of the cast besides Yuri Lowenthal knows how to say the Japanese words, (and they come off as awkward and stilted, though it's getting better), I have to give the award to him as being the best performance so far. IMO, of course.

[/ QUOTE ]

I was just watching Episode three, and Sakura says kunoichi. She says "koo-noy-chi" while I though it was "koo-no-ichi". Did they get it wrong, right, or is it just a "po-tay-to" "po-tah-to" thing?

[Legion]

The first one sounds a little more accurate to me, to be honest.

[RabidCoqui]

[ QUOTE ]
Fencedude said:
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dragonclaw21974 said:
Something hilarious that I just came across(although I may be behind and someone may have posted it already).

IMDB is really sad when it comes to listing voice actors. If you search for Naruto, it gives you a small list of actors. Check out who they list as playing Orochimaru.

Matt Damon .... Orochimaru

Yeah, that would really fit. /images/graemlins/relief1.gif


I think someone got a little mixed up.


[/ QUOTE ]

Its a user submission based site.

[/ QUOTE ]

I just ran across another such instance... apparently they now have Tony Danza as Orochimaru...


As far as the dub, I usually avoid dubs like the plague, but I decided to give this one a try. Even though I was disappointed with quite a bit of it, I have to admit that as far as dubs go it wasn't unbearable... mind you this is probably the highest marks I would ever give a dub. The acting of most of the characters is quite good. The only thing that really annoyed me was the constant "Believe it"... everytime I heard it I felt like switching channels. I think the VA's are growing into their characters and I believe that they will only get better as the series continues.

[SwissMiss]

[ QUOTE ]
Mr. Pibb said:
[ QUOTE ]
DubGuy said:
Yeah i agree, Wittenberg gave a great performance. Definetly the best perfomance in the dub thus far.

[/ QUOTE ]

I have to disagree with that. For the sole reason that none of the cast besides Yuri Lowenthal knows how to say the Japanese words, (and they come off as awkward and stilted, though it's getting better), I have to give the award to him as being the best performance so far. IMO, of course.

[/ QUOTE ]
I do not think it is right to dislike or like a performance based on whether or not the actor can pronounce the Japanese words right. You cannot expect someone to pronounce words in a foreign language correctly all the time, especially if that foreign language is Japanese.
(Believe me, having English as a second language, I know how it is /images/graemlins/happy.gif)
I do not believe that Japanese voice actors would be able to pronounce English words right all the time either.

BTW, Yuri Lowenthal actually KNOWS Japanese./images/graemlins/sdsmiley.gif

[Mr. Pibb]

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SwissMiss said:
BTW, Yuri Lowenthal actually KNOWS Japanese./images/graemlins/sdsmiley.gif

[/ QUOTE ]

I'm aware. And I still think he's the best VA in that cast.

[theworld]

Speaking of Yuri, what else has he worked on? His voice sounds awfully familiar to me.

[porkchopexpress]

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The World said:
Speaking of Yuri, what else has he worked on? His voice sounds awfully familiar to me.

[/ QUOTE ]

Yuri's Crystal Acids page. (http://www.crystalacids.com/database/actor/lowenthal_yuri.html)

Yuri's ANN page. (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=25241)

Nice and easy. /images/graemlins/catgirl0.gif

[theworld]

I've only ever heard him elsewhere in SD Gundam and Kyo Kara Maoh. Well, he's definitely a good Sasuke ^^

[bakafoo]

[ QUOTE ]
RabidCoqui said: The only thing that really annoyed me was the constant "Believe it"... everytime I heard it I felt like switching channels.

[/ QUOTE ]

It's similar to Kenshin's dialogue of, "that I do.. that I will.. that you should, etc" -line when translated in English. I think the "..., believe it!" actually fits the English version. Personally, it's much more tolerable to listen to, as Naruto's VA doesn't say it in almost every line, compared to what the Japanese seiyuu does. Believe it.

[theworld]

*cringes* No kidding about the Japanese VA. /images/graemlins/depresse.gif

[Hunter Gren]

I think that might be what they are translating "Dattebayo" naruto adds on to so much of what he says.

Personally, I think it would have been better left off entirely, I find it quite annoyting.

[The Pirate Queen]

[ QUOTE ]
Hunter Gren said:
I think that might be what they are translating "Dattebayo" naruto adds on to so much of what he says.

Personally, I think it would have been better left off entirely, I find it quite annoyting.

[/ QUOTE ]

Then you'd have the crowd screaming about inaccurate translation.

[Mr. Pibb]

[ QUOTE ]
Hunter Gren said:
I think that might be what they are translating "Dattebayo" naruto adds on to so much of what he says.

Personally, I think it would have been better left off entirely, I find it quite annoyting.

[/ QUOTE ]

It's SUPPOSSED to be annoying. Naruto is an annoying little kid.

[Hunter Gren]

Considering that "Dattebayo" is a nonsence word, I doubt there would be much for complaints.

oh well, it could be worse.

[Legion]

[ QUOTE ]
Hunter Gren said:
Considering that "Dattebayo" is a nonsence word, I doubt there would be much for complaints.

[/ QUOTE ]

Believe me, there would be. All kinds of bitching.

[Lovely]

To be fair though, there's lots of bitching by Narutards concerning the dub, ANYWAYS. They just like to bitch in general I think /images/graemlins/catgirl0.gif.

And yeah, from how I understand it, the constant use of that nonsense phrase is INTENDED to be annoying. So I can get past the use of "Believe it" just fine really.

[ZeframMann]

[ QUOTE ]
The World said:
Looks like they kept the whole "shoot Naruto through the butt" jutsu thing XD

[/ QUOTE ]

I can't believe they left that in, but edited out the kiss in ep 3. What the hell? Two guys' faces colliding is worse than a grown man rectally violating a ten-year-old? /images/graemlins/stunned0.gif

In any case, I like Kakashi's VA, but there is some room for improvement. The japanese seiyuu has a very subtle ability to shift gears. He can go from his super laid-back way of talking, to serious mode without you being conciously aware of it. In the dub, the way he spoke when he saw Sasukei pulling off his Grand Fireball no Jutsu, a move that should be impossible for his age, was pretty much the same as when he apologizes for being late.

I wasn't expecting perfection right out the door though, hopefully by the time the wave arc reaches the good parts he'll be more comfortable in the role. (Voicing a character with no lip-flaps to match, he has a lot more freedom than the others so he shoudln't have too much trouble.)

[Legion]

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ZeframMann said:
[ QUOTE ]
The World said:
Looks like they kept the whole "shoot Naruto through the butt" jutsu thing XD

[/ QUOTE ]

I can't believe they left that in, but edited out the kiss in ep 3. What the hell? Two guys' faces colliding is worse than a grown man rectally violating a ten-year-old? /images/graemlins/stunned0.gif

[/ QUOTE ]

Toilet humour always goes over well in the western world, but vague homosexual humour? Nnnnnnot so much. But hey, at least we're getting uncut DVDs.

[porkchopexpress]

[ QUOTE ]
ZeframMann said:
[ QUOTE ]
The World said:
Looks like they kept the whole "shoot Naruto through the butt" jutsu thing XD

[/ QUOTE ]

I can't believe they left that in, but edited out the kiss in ep 3. What the hell? Two guys' faces colliding is worse than a grown man rectally violating a ten-year-old? /images/graemlins/stunned0.gif

In any case, I like Kakashi's VA, but there is some room for improvement. The japanese seiyuu has a very subtle ability to shift gears. He can go from his super laid-back way of talking, to serious mode without you being conciously aware of it. In the dub, the way he spoke when he saw Sasukei pulling off his Grand Fireball no Jutsu, a move that should be impossible for his age, was pretty much the same as when he apologizes for being late.

I wasn't expecting perfection right out the door though, hopefully by the time the wave arc reaches the good parts he'll be more comfortable in the role. (Voicing a character with no lip-flaps to match, he has a lot more freedom than the others so he shoudln't have too much trouble.)

[/ QUOTE ]

I like Dave Wittenberg as Kakashi. This is probably only the second large role of his that I have heard where he acts in his lower register (that being Katana in Gad Guard), other than that he plays alot of kids and teens (Kei in Please Teacher, Kaoru in Ai Yori Aoshi for example). I think the thing that many die hard Naruto fans (Narutards?) need to realize is that it is not the English dub actors sole job to completely reproduce the Japanese VAs work verbatim, in register, inflection, etc. They have to put their own spin on the character. Plus this is only like the fourth or fifth episode out of a loooong show. They have to be given some time to find their characters. That being said I think they are doing fine and expect the show to improve as it goes along.

[porkchopexpress]

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ZeframMann said:
I can't believe they left that in, but edited out the kiss in ep 3. What the hell? Two guys' faces colliding is worse than a grown man rectally violating a ten-year-old? /images/graemlins/stunned0.gif


[/ QUOTE ]

Keep in mind that in this country there is an army of bored self righteous house wives and old ladies out there who do nothing but scan the airwaves looking for what they consider to be "objectionable" and promptly write and call television stations and advertisers to complain. And they are a force to be reckoned with. Consider the edited kiss thing to be Cartoon Network snipping out a possible "wardrobe malfunction" situation.

[Victor Lewandowski]

[ QUOTE ]
porkchopexpress said:
I like Dave Wittenberg as Kakashi. This is probably only the second large role of his that I have heard where he acts in his lower register (that being Katana in Gad Guard), other than that he plays alot of kids and teens (Kei in Please Teacher, Kaoru in Ai Yori Aoshi for example). I think the thing that many die hard Naruto fans (Narutards?) need to realize is that it is not the English dub actors sole job to completely reproduce the Japanese VAs work verbatim, in register, inflection, etc. They have to put their own spin on the character. Plus this is only like the fourth or fifth episode out of a loooong show. They have to be given some time to find their characters. That being said I think they are doing fine and expect the show to improve as it goes along.

[/ QUOTE ]

When I heard Kakashi for the first time, his voice and how his character was portrayed reminded me of Sora from .hack//SIGN.

[treatment]

I caught tonite's ep and man, i tell yah.

Steven Blum (if he's the one credited) just friggin' r0x0r!

His Zabusa-vocal was just damn badass. More badass than his Darcia in Wolf's Rain.

It clearly elevated the english-dub of Naruto to a whole new enjoyable level.

[Starwind Amada]

Heh, Kirk Thornton talking about Gato. And he used to voice someone by that name. /images/graemlins/wink.gif

I like how they let the bridge builder say that Gato sells drugs and not... POPPIES! /images/graemlins/sdsmiley.gif

[DubGuy]

Yeah the dub definetly improves by episode.

[theworld]

David Lucas is excellent as Zabuza. Can't wait to hear who's going to play Haku &lt;3

[Mr. Nail Bat]

In his LiveJournal (http://www.livejournal.com/users/gohanvox/53696.html), Kyle Hebert announced that he will be playing Kiba.

[tstidm1]

I am not big into Naruto. Does Kiba play a big role in the show?

[Dylonius Funk]

[ QUOTE ]
Redneck Otaku said:
I am not big into Naruto. Does Kiba play a big role in the show?

[/ QUOTE ]

Not a huge role, but as a supporting character he get smore screen time than say Shino or TenTen. He's part of Team 8 with Shino and Hinata. We saw him and a bunch of the other characters get thier team assignments in the third episode. RIght now Toonami is showing the arc that takes place in The Land Of The Waves, commonly called "The Zabuza Arc" It's a Naruto and Co. only affair, and runs for 19 episodes. So it'll be a while until we see Kiba, but he and the other supporting characters get a lot of screentime in the next arc which starts at episode 20.

[DubGuy]

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I am not big into Naruto. Does Kiba play a big role in the show?

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Not a huge role, but as a supporting character he get smore screen time than say Shino or TenTen. He's part of Team 8 with Shino and Hinata. We saw him and a bunch of the other characters get thier team assignments in the third episode. RIght now Toonami is showing the arc that takes place in The Land Of The Waves, commonly called "The Zabuza Arc" It's a Naruto and Co. only affair, and runs for 19 episodes. So it'll be a while until we see Kiba, but he and the other supporting characters get a lot of screentime in the next arc which starts at episode 20.

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Yeah Kiba is pretty cool supporting character. Kiba Inuzuka and his trusty lil dog Akamaru. Thats kinda cool that Kyle Hebert is gonna play him.

[Mr. Nail Bat]

I'm thinking that everything after "edit" should be spoiler tagged.

[Legion]

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Geoduck said:
In his LiveJournal (http://www.livejournal.com/users/gohanvox/53696.html), Kyle Hebert announced that he will be playing Kiba.

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Good! I'm glad to hear Kyle's all ready finding work in LA.

[thedigitalsin]

A very well done performance thus far and yet nobody to credit for it. It's driving me up a wall.

[Dylonius Funk]

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Geoduck said:
In his LiveJournal (http://www.livejournal.com/users/gohanvox/53696.html), Kyle Hebert announced that he will be playing Kiba.

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Good! I'm glad to hear Kyle's all ready finding work in LA.

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Goes to show how little i know about the dub world because all this time i was thinking how wierd it was for an L.A. studio to be hiring Fort Worth actors. /images/graemlins/sweat000.gif. Though i'm glad he found work out there.

[DubGuy]

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A very well done performance thus far and yet nobody to credit for it. It's driving me up a wall.

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I haven't been able to figure it out yet either.

[Dylonius Funk]

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thedigitalsin said:
A very well done performance thus far and yet nobody to credit for it. It's driving me up a wall.

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I haven't been able to figure it out yet either.

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Wally Wingert

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Jeff Nimoy is also listed as the ADR Director. So he could be taking Haku since it's a small role, like Justin Cook did by taking Hatsaharu in Fruba, which he was also directing. OTOH, Mr Cook had the role of Yusuke is Yu Yu Hakusho, another show he directed. So Mr Nimoy could be waiting for a larger role to come along, perhaps Garra, Kankurou or Rock Lee. Did Justin Cook get the role of Yusuke before or after he toko the job of ADR Director? I don't know but it would be interesting to find out. In any case, guess all we can do is wait and see.

[bakafoo]

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Dylonius Funk said: Did Justin Cook get the role of Yusuke before or after he took the job of ADR Director? I don't know but it would be interesting to find out. In any case, guess all we can do is wait and see.

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It would be after, according to his interview.

[Ryan227]

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thedigitalsin said:
A very well done performance thus far and yet nobody to credit for it. It's driving me up a wall.

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I'm dying to know who's doing it too! I looked at the credits at the end of the show and either she's not being credited or it's someone who has another part in the show as well... It IS a woman doing his voice right?

[EmperorBrandon]

I don't think it could be any of them, because I'm 99% certain Haku is voiced by a voice actress (if that's a man voicing him, he definitely sounds very feminine /images/graemlins/stunned0.gif)

[Dylonius Funk]

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I don't think it could be any of them, because I'm 99% certain Haku is voiced by a voice actress (if that's a man voicing him, he definitely sounds very feminine /images/graemlins/stunned0.gif)

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Well it's possible. If you've ever seen the character of Gypsy of Mystery Science Theater 3000, you wouldn't belive that was a man doing that voice.

[Mr. Nail Bat]

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Dylonius Funk said:
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EmperorBrandon said:
I don't think it could be any of them, because I'm 99% certain Haku is voiced by a voice actress (if that's a man voicing him, he definitely sounds very feminine /images/graemlins/stunned0.gif)

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Well it's possible. If you've ever seen the character of Gypsy of Mystery Science Theater 3000, you wouldn't belive that was a man doing that voice.

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You're kidding, right? Only a man could sound like Gypsy could.

[Dylonius Funk]

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Dylonius Funk said:
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I don't think it could be any of them, because I'm 99% certain Haku is voiced by a voice actress (if that's a man voicing him, he definitely sounds very feminine /images/graemlins/stunned0.gif)

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Well it's possible. If you've ever seen the character of Gypsy of Mystery Science Theater 3000, you wouldn't belive that was a man doing that voice.

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You're kidding, right? Only a man could sound like Gypsy could.

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From Episode 101-814, Gypsy was controlled and voiced by Best Brains President Jim Mallon, one of the origional co-creators of the show. That was the entire Comedy Central run through the shows 8th season,, the first of three season on The Sci-Fi Channel. His final episode was 8140-Riding With Death. Prop man Patrick Brantseg would take over the control and voice in episode 815-Agent For H.A.R.M., and would provice the voice for the rest of the shows 8th, 9th and 10th seasons. Though it really wasn't noticeable since Gypsy's role in the show diminished greatly in the Sci-Fi years. And that's your MST3K fact for the day.

[Mr. Nail Bat]

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Dylonius Funk said:
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EmperorBrandon said:
I don't think it could be any of them, because I'm 99% certain Haku is voiced by a voice actress (if that's a man voicing him, he definitely sounds very feminine /images/graemlins/stunned0.gif)

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Well it's possible. If you've ever seen the character of Gypsy of Mystery Science Theater 3000, you wouldn't belive that was a man doing that voice.

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You're kidding, right? Only a man could sound like Gypsy could.

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From Episode 101-814, Gypsy was controlled and voiced by Best Brains President Jim Mallon, one of the origional co-creators of the show. That was the entire Comedy Central run through the shows 8th season,, the first of three season on The Sci-Fi Channel. His final episode was 8140-Riding With Death. Prop man Patrick Brantseg would take over the control and voice in episode 815-Agent For H.A.R.M., and would provice the voice for the rest of the shows 8th, 9th and 10th seasons. Though it really wasn't noticeable since Gypsy's role in the show diminished greatly in the Sci-Fi years. And that's your MST3K fact for the day.

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Your point being...?

[Dylonius Funk]

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EmperorBrandon said:
I don't think it could be any of them, because I'm 99% certain Haku is voiced by a voice actress (if that's a man voicing him, he definitely sounds very feminine /images/graemlins/stunned0.gif)

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Well it's possible. If you've ever seen the character of Gypsy of Mystery Science Theater 3000, you wouldn't belive that was a man doing that voice.

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You're kidding, right? Only a man could sound like Gypsy could.

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From Episode 101-814, Gypsy was controlled and voiced by Best Brains President Jim Mallon, one of the origional co-creators of the show. That was the entire Comedy Central run through the shows 8th season,, the first of three season on The Sci-Fi Channel. His final episode was 8140-Riding With Death. Prop man Patrick Brantseg would take over the control and voice in episode 815-Agent For H.A.R.M., and would provice the voice for the rest of the shows 8th, 9th and 10th seasons. Though it really wasn't noticeable since Gypsy's role in the show diminished greatly in the Sci-Fi years. And that's your MST3K fact for the day.

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Your point being...?

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Meh none i suppose. I guess i'm just...

a.Doing my part as a MSTie to spread useless MST3K trivia.

b. Trying to show how a male doing a female voice in English is rare but can be done.

c. Really bored and being bad about derailing threads.

Anyway that's all I have to say on that. Sorry for derailing the thread.

[Mr. Nail Bat]

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b. Trying to show how a male doing a female voice in English is rare but can be done.

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Except that Gypsy's voice, like Miss Piggy's, is obviously a man's voice, and works only for comic purposes.

[DubGuy]

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A very well done performance thus far and yet nobody to credit for it. It's driving me up a wall.

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I'm dying to know who's doing it too! I looked at the credits at the end of the show and either she's not being credited or it's someone who has another part in the show as well... It IS a woman doing his voice right?

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Yeah its definetly a woman.

[dragonclaw]

Well, supposedly Gaara has now been cast.

Liam Obrien is Gaara. It was posted by him at the dub review forum, so I would think it is true.

Hisoka from Yami no Matsuei/Descendants of Darkness as Gaara. Well I guess it's no more surprising then the fact that Gaara's japanese actor was Mizuki in Level C /images/graemlins/sdsmiley.gif

[porkchopexpress]

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Well, supposedly Gaara has now been cast.

Liam Obrien is Gaara. It was posted by him at the dub review forum, so I would think it is true.


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Gaara is the kid with the giant gourd and the eye liner right? Can't wait to hear that.

[EmperorBrandon]

It seems they had Haku's actress credited in the end credits this time, though it scrolled past fast (and wasn't taping), so didn't catch exactly what it was. It was Susan something, pretty sure a name that wasn't familiar to me. I'll need to tape the credits next time Naruto is on.

[dragonclaw]

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It seems they had Haku's actress credited in the end credits this time, though it scrolled past fast (and wasn't taping), so didn't catch exactly what it was. It was Susan something, pretty sure a name that wasn't familiar to me. I'll need to tape the credits next time Naruto is on.

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It has been listed as Susan Dallan on ANN, but it has also been said to be Susan Dalian. If so then this (http://imdb.com/name/nm0197928/) is all that she has done.

I could have sworn that her voice sounded familiar though.

[DubGuy]

Yeah that Gaara!

[Dylonius Funk]

Can anyone tell me if this is good or bad? I honestly haven't heard any of his previous work so i don't know how to react. But i hope it's good because Garra's one my favorite characters and needs a good VA because he has a lot of range throughout the Chunin Exam and beyond. Now all i need is an anouncement for Orochimaru and i'll be a happy camper.
EDIT: Forgot to mention that the ANN English cast list has Haku being voiced by Susan Dalian

[Ben Phillips]

Liam O'Brien getting the part is always good news.

[porkchopexpress]

From what I've read Garra seems like a creepy, low key crazy brooding type. I don't think I've heard Liam O'Brien voice that kind of character before. I'm really looking forward to hearing it.

edit- forgot about that awesome crazy guy from ROD TV. "Why won't you read my novel?!!!". But this character is a kid so it will still be interesting to hear him voice it.