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They screwed up Levis voice, it's already a travesty.
Ugh, don't tell me about it -.-
Just because he's a badass, it doesn't automatically mean he needs some sort of gruff 'badass' voice.
I still think the guy who did L would have been a better choice. But I suppose funimation avoids him like the plague because he hasn't done anything of note other than Death Note and Battlestar Galactica.
Heard so much bad about what they did to Levis voice that i'm doing everything possible to never hear it. Got to keep the image of him untainted!
If you'd heard the dub before the sub, you'd all shout "the dub is perfect!!".
@sim - do watch Death Note in subs some time in the future. Japanese voice-acting is best voice-acting. They have high-class academies for the profession.
Subs > Dubs. Always.
P.S. 
Romi Park.
Eh depends. I can only watch Persona 4 anime dubbed because I'm not a fan of it subbed, I find the Japanese talent minus the odd one is just horrible and half the time does not fit the character (I'm looking at you Rei) and if P3 movie is not dubbed I will not be watching it for sure. What Aniplex is doing with the dvd/blue ray fort he first film is disgusting. The fact that I can buy AoT on blue ray, with four discs subbed and dubbed for half the price of Persona 3 movie, with only the movie subbed is beyond stupid.
always depends on who they get for me and if they fit he character. Funanimation simply screwed up big time with casting.
So I guess you can put me in the "I don't care if it's subbed or dubbed, I just want high quality voice acting" group 
There are individual cases in which I think an English dub fit a scene or a character better. As a whole it comes down to what Eroeru was saying, voice acting in Japan is just taken more seriously.
After watching AoT, F/Z and KLK, I have definitly fallen in love with subs. I did enjoy the dub for FMA:B, but I don't think I will ever go back to dub again.
Sometimes I find that I wish I could splice up subs and dubs to fit how I like things accordingly. 
Like with NGE, I'd very happily take the subbed version just fine as long as I could splice in Tiffany's work as Asuka. I mean I was super happy with the Rebuilds but the back of my mind kept going 'Waaaah, this isn't Asuka for meeee.' At the same time, I know once the dubs are out I'll miss the Japanese casting for everyone else because they did an amazing job.
And yes, subbed Death Note for sure. As per usual I tried the dub for a few moments years back and then quickly fled back to the subbed.
Tend to find subs in most cases better to my liking than dubs but there are absolutely a few exceptions but they are far and few between
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The dub in Black Lagoon is fantastic IMO.
It seems the board decided to eat my mini rant. >_< I'll just paraphrase it a bit: KlK/PMMM voice acting speech incoming!
Before I sat down to watch KlK, I had that silly creeping worry that Satsuki and or Ryuko were going to have the typical high pitched voice casting and it made me worried. Needless to say after I heard both speak, I was nothing but all over the place. The show's casting is just perfect though, yes we have characters like Nui and Nonon who don't have atypical voices at all but they fit so well. I guess the worry comes from old school series where pretty much every female character had a voice that could split your eardrums unless she was an antagonist.
The very same worry was there for PMMM as well. I mean a cast of 15-17 year old girls, the writing on the wall was totally there. Harhar, ate my hat and my foot on that one cause completely perfecting casting. What amuses me most there is where I did test a tiny bit of the dub. I think I tried to repress those memories so I don't remember exactly what point it was but I know it involved Kyouko speaking and I just nopenopnope'd back to the safety of my subbed corner. I did watch the dub trailers though and got a ton of amusement in that I think Madoka's dub actor does her voice at a higher pitch than Aoi Yuuki does in the original track. There are a handful of scenes in both the series or TRS that I just think I would twitch through if I listened to the dubbed version.
I know, Ani's sounding like a snob right about now but my ears are particular on these things sometimes! I will say though, I do plan to watch Black Lagoon dubbed because I've heard such great things about it.
@mhmba
The Rebellion Story Spoilers below...
It seems the board decided to eat my mini rant. >_< I'll just paraphrase it a bit: KlK/PMMM voice acting speech incoming!
Before I sat down to watch KlK, I had that silly creeping worry that Satsuki and or Ryuko were going to have the typical high pitched voice casting and it made me worried. Needless to say after I heard both speak, I was nothing but
The very same worry was there for PMMM as well. I mean a cast of 15-17 year old girls, the writing on the wall was totally there. Harhar, ate my hat and my foot on that one cause completely perfecting casting. What amuses me most there is where I did test a tiny bit of the dub. I think I tried to repress those memories so I don't remember exactly what point it was but I know it involved Kyouko speaking and I just nopenopnope'd back to the safety of my subbed corner. I did watch the dub trailers though and got a ton of amusement in that I think Madoka's dub actor does her voice at a higher pitch than Aoi Yuuki does in the original track. There are a handful of scenes in both the series or TRS that I just think I would twitch through if I listened to the dubbed version.
I know, Ani's sounding like a snob right about now but my ears are particular on these things sometimes! I will say though, I do plan to watch Black Lagoon dubbed because I've heard such great things about it.
I clicked on a Madoka dub episode by accident once, I never was able to live down that trauma. That's one series I will avoid the dub at all costs (although admitted that's mostly due to my love for the original VA rather then an issue with the dub)
Btw I should be going over to my friends place for our PMMM marathon today. You would think multiple viewings would make me less excited to see this again, but nope, I still turn into a hardcore fanboy over the thought of binging the whole series 1080p on a 68'' screen TV with a decked out sound system. This is going to sound a little silly but I kind of wish you could watch it with us. I can't think of anyone who would appreciate seeing PMMM like that better then you (other then myself of course 
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Expect nnnnngghghghn gushing to follow.
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I thought Nonon's voice was pretty atypical. Like she had all the trappings of a cutesy loli stereotype and then they throw in the bitter snarker personality with the chain smoker voice.
Incidentally, now that I'm almost done with Black Lagoon, all those anime I previously held pretty low on my list for focusing on the criminal underworld, and me not really being into that, now seem a lot higher on my list.
I thought Nonon's voice was pretty atypical. Like she had all the trappings of a cutesy loli stereotype and then they throw in the bitter snarker personality with the chain smoker voice.
That's a pretty great way of describing it.
You have no idea how happy it would make me to watch it with you and your friend in that setup, Isi. :3 You'd have to excuse all the stupid unnnnghing I do during certain points though, TRS especially. X3 Every time I listen to or rewatch the caught you scene specifically, all I can think of in the back of my mind is how absolutely jawdropping the scene must have been with a proper sound system. I'll be gathering up my headphones then and going to my happy little meguca place at some point today!
Puddikoma: That's a great way of looking at it really. I guess my attitude to her voice came from the points where she drops the almost cutesy bits like we had in her first few appearances and we get the snark. X3 While I haven't moved past 11 yet, that's another reason why Nui is just amazing to me. Ignore my penchant for polite yet condescending villains but the last few moments of episode 11? Unnnnnnngh. Perfect. All the trappings of an almost sing-songy type villain and to see both Satsuki and Ryuko lose their **** for various reasons (and let's not forget amazing character theme!) just made her so much more imposing than voice and character design would initially suggest!
I thought Nonon's voice was pretty atypical. Like she had all the trappings of a cutesy loli stereotype and then they throw in the bitter snarker personality with the chain smoker voice.
Incidentally, now that I'm almost done with Black Lagoon, all those anime I previously held pretty low on my list for focusing on the criminal underworld, and me not really being into that, now seem a lot higher on my list.
Excellent description of Nonon! Expected one thing and got something different that i absolutely loved!
You have no idea how happy it would make me to watch it with you and your friend in that setup, Isi. :3 You'd have to excuse all the stupid unnnnghing I do during certain points though, TRS especially. X3 Every time I listen to or rewatch the caught you scene specifically, all I can think of in the back of my mind is how absolutely jawdropping the scene must have been with a proper sound system.
That's fine, you would have to deal with me constantly pausing scenes to go on about how amazing every individual thing in that scene is 
I'm sorry, you probably really don't want to hear this >_< but seeing the caught you moment in theaters... there was nothing like it. It was seriously the single most intense movie/media experience I've seen (walked into that blind) and the entire theater was full of fans all going batshit crazy at once. I won't be surprised if that moment goes down as the biggest "holy ****" moment I've experienced, and that it was in theaters... oh man so much better. Again I'm sorry for gushing on about that, but with a bit of luck we may eventually get another movie, and you will definitely have to watch that in theaters (I have faith this day will come)
It makes me happy you still intend to re-watch the series as well! in a way, it almost feels like your going to be watching it with us (In spirit at least ) We will certainly make up for it in conversation though! I kind of want to be able to take notes just so I don't forget about anything when I write up my post, but I think I will just try my best to mentally keep track of everything as I watch the movies 
Something you said earlier comes to mind, about how watching TRS messed up (cant remember your exact wording) viewing the original series for you because you knew what was coming. I agree, and I like how even though I've watched the TV series through twice in full already, I still feel like I am going into a new series because of how much the context of each scene will have changed.
Excellent description of Nonon! Expected one thing and got something different that i absolutely loved!
What do you expect from Kazuki? He's given us so many colorful characters from not just KLK but also Gurren Lagann.
Got around to Rebellion...
What. The. F*ck.
Best. Movie. Ever.
Isi: Please. Gush away my friend! If there's one thing that makes me incredibly happy in life, it's to see people get equally as excitable about things that mean a lot to me. PMMM's a series that I finally sat down to watch at a time where I really needed it. I know, it probably sounds a bit silly but because I can relate to so many of the girls, it helped me out of such a mental rough spot. Emotionally relating to media is something that has always meant the world to me and I know I get a bit 'can't shut the **** up about it' when it comes to things that touch important parts of my brain (in gaming examples, things like Planescape Torment, KotOR2 and New Vegas' add-on of Dead Money all bring these same feelings out), so finding people that these things mean the same to them is such a cherished thing for me. :3
Sappiness out of the way, ahem. As you know, I got into the series more than likely after Rebellion had been moved out of theaters so those months waiting for the home video release just lead to me rolling around and trying to piece everything together. The fun when we start our rewatch today is going to be finding all the things that paved the way for Rebellion. I did a little bit of reading from Gen and know that initially TRS was going to be season two until they decided they couldn't stretch it out to fit the 12 episode length. That and as you've said before, it was one of his other writers that made some suggestions that eventually came to form of the storyboards of what we got. In saying that, I felt the final piece did touch back on so many things from the series that it really will put things in an entirely different context now.
Long story short, I'm allotting the sixish hours for the movies today but I know it'll probably take so much longer for me to pause and take notes. I can also promise you that if a sequel does come out in movie form, I'll sell some organs if I have to in order to make sure I'm there in theaters! Who needs a spleen anyway?
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Best. Movie. Ever.
I never said that in a bad way.
It's just that...
damn.
Still, the thing with PMMM is that it was one of the first shows I watched after Death Note (I believe it WAS you who pushed me along that path xD.) So my recollection of it was faint.
I liked the movie tons, especially the visuals. But I never quite understood the plot as well as I could have. I mean...
Isi: Please. Gush away my friend!
Sappiness out of the way, ahem. As you know, I got into the series more than likely after Rebellion had been moved out of theaters so those months waiting for the home video release just lead to me rolling around and trying to piece everything together. The fun when we start our rewatch today is going to be finding all the things that paved the way for Rebellion. I did a little bit of reading from Gen and know that initially TRS was going to be season two until they decided they couldn't stretch it out to fit the 12 episode length. That and as you've said before, it was one of his other writers that made some suggestions that eventually came to form of the storyboards of what we got. In saying that, I felt the final piece did touch back on so many things from the series that it really will put things in an entirely different context now.
Long story short, I'm allotting the sixish hours for the movies today but I know it'll probably take so much longer for me to pause and take notes.
It should come as no surprise at this point that I'm the same way. I have always loved stories, and will continue to until the day I die no matter in what form they come in. When I say love I mean that I feel like I have grown a lot as a person and I view them as more then just ways of entertainment to pass the time. I don't see it silly that you can relate to the girls, hell if anything it would be sillier for me, a grown guy, to be relating, but I like to think that sex/race/age does not necessarily have to matter when it comes to what you relate to. Also it's hard not to relate when the characters are just so wonderfully executed.
And yeah, in a sense Shinbo, the director is actually responsible for the ending of TRS since he originally suggested it, although Gen obviously liked the idea as well.
@Sim
Yeah, knowledgeable is one word for it. Obsessive is another XD
Oh and I didn't think you meant it in a bad way. Its a complete mindfuck. I know you probably don't want to re-watch it with how many other show's you have on the list, but it makes much more sense after another viewing I think.
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