SC dub impressions
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moonwiseWell. As threatened, I grabbed the first volume of Samurai Champloo on my way home last night, and since ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
uiggu asked the question and it's a post I wanted to make anyway, here's my thoughts on the dub voices.
A lot of familiar voices here. The cast list has not been released, so all I know for sure is that Steven Jay Blum/David Lucas voices Mugen and Kirk Thornton voices Jin. Kari Wahlgren may be voicing Fuu, because Fuu sounds a lot like Lavie Head from Last Exile.
So.
Jin: Thornton is doing a nice job here so far. Jin's a very quiet character, and Thornton's kept most bombast out of his performance. Thornton also adds a slightly courtly note to his accent, which is in keeping with Jin's more formal speech.
Mugen: Certainly we all have high expectations of Mugen's VA, since Blum voiced Spike Spiegel and Mugen and Spike are so similar. Mugen's Japanese VA is terrific - gets that "obnoxious pain in the ass, but dangerous" note down perfectly. I'd give Blum a B from the two eps I've seen. The performance is a little too Young Knives (in style; Joshua Seth was Young Knives) at present and needs some more Spike Spiegel infused into it.
Fuu: Probably the hardest of the bunch to live up to in terms of Japanese to English VA. Fuu's Japanese VA is great, with the right mix of insecure, whiny, and annoying. Kari Wahlgren is sounding too much like Lavie for my taste - I keep expecting her to yell at Claus or say "Look! There's Nose Hair!" but her performance isn't grating or jarring. Wahlgren does need to inject some more personality into her voice as the series progresses.
There aren't any other recurring major characters, though Dave Wittenberg (Mullen Shetland) does show up as the baddie who gets his arm cut off by Mugen. Certainly we'll be playing Voice Actor Bingo with this series too, as it seems to be the same core of voices who do most anime these days. Kind of like how you'd find the same bunch (Jack Angel, Michael Bell, Peter Cullen, Chris Latta, Neil Ross, Tress MacNeil) doing voices in all the 80's cartoons. Dollars to doughnuts that Crispin Freeman materializes at some point, possibly as the monk during the ep where Mugen gets stoned.
Grade overall: B+
uiggu asked the question and it's a post I wanted to make anyway, here's my thoughts on the dub voices.A lot of familiar voices here. The cast list has not been released, so all I know for sure is that Steven Jay Blum/David Lucas voices Mugen and Kirk Thornton voices Jin. Kari Wahlgren may be voicing Fuu, because Fuu sounds a lot like Lavie Head from Last Exile.
So.
Jin: Thornton is doing a nice job here so far. Jin's a very quiet character, and Thornton's kept most bombast out of his performance. Thornton also adds a slightly courtly note to his accent, which is in keeping with Jin's more formal speech.
Mugen: Certainly we all have high expectations of Mugen's VA, since Blum voiced Spike Spiegel and Mugen and Spike are so similar. Mugen's Japanese VA is terrific - gets that "obnoxious pain in the ass, but dangerous" note down perfectly. I'd give Blum a B from the two eps I've seen. The performance is a little too Young Knives (in style; Joshua Seth was Young Knives) at present and needs some more Spike Spiegel infused into it.
Fuu: Probably the hardest of the bunch to live up to in terms of Japanese to English VA. Fuu's Japanese VA is great, with the right mix of insecure, whiny, and annoying. Kari Wahlgren is sounding too much like Lavie for my taste - I keep expecting her to yell at Claus or say "Look! There's Nose Hair!" but her performance isn't grating or jarring. Wahlgren does need to inject some more personality into her voice as the series progresses.
There aren't any other recurring major characters, though Dave Wittenberg (Mullen Shetland) does show up as the baddie who gets his arm cut off by Mugen. Certainly we'll be playing Voice Actor Bingo with this series too, as it seems to be the same core of voices who do most anime these days. Kind of like how you'd find the same bunch (Jack Angel, Michael Bell, Peter Cullen, Chris Latta, Neil Ross, Tress MacNeil) doing voices in all the 80's cartoons. Dollars to doughnuts that Crispin Freeman materializes at some point, possibly as the monk during the ep where Mugen gets stoned.
Grade overall: B+
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Date: 2005-01-13 07:02 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-01-13 09:07 pm (UTC)I've been told that the first volume in the Box is available at my favourite little anime store in Saskatoon, Amazing Stories. I really ought to go and check it out. I also ordered the boxed set for the first season of Orphen (despite the fact that for some inexplicable reason they saw fit to alter the script for the English dub) I still like it. Maybe that's 'cause I liked the game. **shrugs** Oh well. There's no accounting for my tastes at times.
Anyhoo...as I was saying, I've been curious as to whether or not I should buy the DVD for Samurai Champloo and I have to admit that my curiosity is nearly killing me! **laughs** Perhaps it would be a good investment...is rumored to be around $32, so maybe I'll take a chance next time I can sneak out of town for a road trip.
^_^x
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