Anime Worst dubbing ever?

The worst dub ever ive heard is sailor moon and all i hear is this uber squeaky voice saying 'ooooooh dahhhrien!' blech. just the thought of it makes me want to throw up. BLECH.

 

I know this is based on anime but as you move into live action daikiju (gaint monsters Godzilla, Gamera ect.) As the dubs get older they get worse. This is almost true but they you get a few bads newer ones like Godzilla vs. MegaGirius.

One rule goes for almost all Japanese run (love hina, gundam ect.) dubs Sometimes they get annoying like in Godzilla vs. MechaGodzilla II instead of saying Rodan they say Raydon. Some dubs are better than others. The ADV Gamera dubs are ok. As movie go deeper into the past 50 years (The life of Godzilla) thye dubs get worst as well as the speical effects. There are still exceptions like in Godzilla vs. MegaGirius.

I rant about MegaGirus because it is newer from within the last 3 years

 

Speed Racer. Hands down.

 

It's a toss-up between the original English dub of Sailor Moon and Knights of Ramune. The English dub of the latter is so bad that I have owned the thing since the summer but have never finished watching it because I'm afraid ... very afraid.

 

i guess for me itd be sailormoon and card captor sakura. i really hate what they did to the names...and sometimes their voices. imagince the horror! :anger2: :sweat:

 

I hated the Crest of the stars dub x_x;; It made me hate the anime. >_<

 

So far the worse dubs I've seen is Sailor Moon and Gravitation.
Don't watch the dub of Gravitation please.
It was even worse then what I Imagine, and I had
Imagine it being really bad.

 

the worst worst dubbing i've seen so far is the new shonen jump one piece relased on fox, some dubbings u can get use to after u hear it for a bit, but this the voice completely don't match the charater and their personality, and the starting song it's even more horriable, why do they have to remake everything, if ur going to dub a show atleast use some famous voice over actors.

 

Oh, the worst dubbing of anime Ive seen!? After watching the original Japanese Dub of Digimon, I totally loved the series. Then about two years later, I moved into USA and saw the Dubbed version. Ughh......the voice acting is disgusting (especially Mimi and all of the Digimon). Then you have that craptastic soundtrack they gave it. Oh please, that just ruins the series.
No wonder some people hate it.


KaiyonTormentor

 

love hina english dub KILLED me! motoko sounds like a guy, kaolla sounds indian, and kitsune had a southern accemt! :anger2: sailor moon sucked too, usagi's dubbed voice split my ears in two!

 

Just a quick post on info about the Dub voices, for Love Hina (as well as some others). I think we're running out of voice actors. Here's some bios on some people.

Jonny Yong Bosch
Wolf's Rain - Kiba
Cardcaptors - Eriol Hiiragizawa / Eli Moon (2nd movie)
Gatekeepers - Reiji
Akira:The special Edition - Kaneda
Ahh! My goddes: The Movie - additional voices
Power Rangers -Multiple roles over the series

Dorothy Melendrez
Love Hina (Again)- Naru Narusegawa
Saber Marionette J Again - Yumeji
Trigun - Meryl Stryfe
Rurouni Kenshin - Kaoru Kamiya
Rave Master - Rosa
GTO - Various roles (8)
Digimon - Various roles (17)
Fushigi Yugi - Houki

Lia Sargent
.hack//DUSK - Aura
Gate Keepers 21 - Satoka Tachikawae /Yukino Hojo
Kikaider - Mitsuko Komyoji
Trigun - Milly Thompson
Serial Experiments Lain - Chisa Yomoda
Ai yori Aoshi - Miyabi Kagurazaki
Saber Marionette J Again - Marine
X - Arashi Kishuu
Big O - R. Dorothy Wayneright (season 1-2)
Saber Marionette J - Marine (season 2)
Cardcaptors - The Void Card
Cowboy Bebop- Judy

Recognize some voices now!?


KaiyonTormentor

 

inuyasha and dbz voice actors they are pretty good

Richard Cox:
Bit Cloud - Zoids
Bit Cloud - ZOIDS: New Century ZERO
Cacao - Trouble Chocolate
Gran McDaniel - Infinite Ryvius (U.S)
Inu Yasha -Inu Yasha
Kai -Mobile Suit Gundam (First Gundam)
Kai Shiden -Mobile Suit Gundam (2001)
Kipp -Hamtaro Courageous, Cappy
Kyosuke - The Soul Taker All
Maduin - Signum Porta
Orestes -Silverwing
Pietro/Quicksilver -Xmen:Evolution
Ranma Saotome (male)- Ranma 1/2 the "Outta Control" season
Sanzoh - Monkey Magic
Tolle -Gundam SEED
Tolle Koening - Gundam SEED (U.S)
Zonker Harris - Doonesbury Special

Moneca Stori:
Gundam SEED (2004) - Miriallia Haw
Sabrina's Secret Life (2003) - Aunt Hilda
Inuyasha (2002) - Kagome (Eng. Dub)
Hamtaro (2002) - Laura Haruna
X-Men: Evolution (2000) - Amanda Sefton
Gundam Wing (2000) - Catherine, Sally Po(first 13 episodes only)
Dragonball Z (1996) - Voice of Vydel
X-Men: Evolution - guest role
Hollywood Off Ramp - guest role
The Outer Limits- guest role

David kaye:
Gundam SEED (2004) - Rau Le Creuset (English Dub)
Transformers Energon (2004) - Megatron/Galvatron, Unicron
SoulTaker (2003) - Zabo
MegaMan: NT Warrior (2003) - ProtoMan
The Cramp Twins (2003) - News Anchor
Inuyasha (2002) - Sesshomaru (Eng. Dub)
Transformers: Armada (2002) - Megatron/Galvatron
Mobile Suit Gundam (2001) - Char Aznable / Caspar Zeon Daikun
Kong (2001) - Prof. Ramon De La Porta
X-Men: Evolution (2000) - Prof.Charles F. Xavier
D'Myna Leagues (2000) - Various
Fat Dog Mendoza (2000) - Additional Voices
Gundam Wing (2000) - Treize Khushrenada
Kong: The Animated Series (2000) - Voice of Professor Ramon De La Porta
Beast Machines (1999) - Megatron
Monster Rancher (1999) - Mono the Monolith
Kleo the Misfit Unicorn (1997) - Slim, various
Mummies Alive! (1997) - Talos/Additional Voices
The Wacky World Of Tex Avery (1997) - Narrator
Dragonball Z (1996) - Recoome/Burter (1998)
Beast Wars (1996) - Megatron
Skysurfer Strike Force (1995) - the voice of Jack "Skysurfer 1" Hollister / Noxious [ 2 ]
Ronin Warriors (1995) - Narrator
Ranma ½ (1989) - Soun Tendo
Eat-Man '98 - Bolt Clank
the rest are guest roles
MegaMan: NT Warrior - ThunderMan, Volt: Mayor Daryl's Advisor - MegaMan, Stolen (2004)
MegaMan: NT Warrior - ThunderMan - The VirusBeast! (2004)
X-Men: Evolution - Apocalypse - Ascension (2) (2003)
X-Men: Evolution - Apocalypse - Ascension (1) (2003)
MegaMan: NT Warrior - PickMan - The Solo NetNavis! (2003)
Dead Like Me - Brad - Pilot (2 hours) (2003)
Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law - Announcer, Officer - Deadomutt (2) (2003)
Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law - Officer - Deadomutt (1) (2003)
Jackie Chan Adventures - Santa / Elvin Elf - A Jolly J-Team Xmas (2002)
The Twilight Zone (2002) - Mr. Cromwell - Future Trade (2002)
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction - - Episode 41 (2002)
The Lone Gunmen - Pilot - Pilot (2001)
X-Men: Evolution - Sgt. Hawk - Survival of the Fittest (2001)
The Outer Limits - - Down to Earth (2000)
Monster Rancher - Monolith - Moo Revealed (1999)
So Weird - Kevin Barret - Nightmare (1999)
Ranma ½ - Gambling King - The Dumbest Bet in History! (1999)
ReBoot - Head Spectrol (voice) - Where No Sprite Has Gone Before (1999)
Viper - Mayor Tillman - Seminar from Hell (1999)
Dead Man's Gun - Prof. James Bevington - The Collector (1998)
Viper - John Gibson - What Makes Sammy Chun (1998)
The Sentinel - Agent Danforth - Red Ice (1997)
The Outer Limits - News Anchor - Music of the Spheres (1997)
The X-Files - The Doctor - Apocrypha (2) (1996)
Strange Luck - Sanders - Last Chance (1995)
Sliders - Reporter #1 - The Prince Of Wails (1995)
Street Sharks - Ripster's Dad - Family Reunion (1995)
The X-Files - Reporter - Firewalker (1994)
M.A.N.T.I.S. - Brandon Murphey - Tango Blue (1994)
Ranma ½ - Gambling King - Tendo Family Christmas Scramble (1993)
Breaking News - Rick Feldman [Darci's agent] - I24gate (0)
MegaMan: NT Warrior - ThunderMan
MegaMan: NT Warrior - PickMan
MegaMan: NT Warrior - ThunderMan

 

You don't live in the Netherlands or Belgium, do you? Because it's the exact same way here. There is ONE freaking studio doing ALL the cartoon dubbing into Dutch..

Anyway, since we don't get much English cartoons aired, I have to go with uhmm... well hentai can have shitty dubs too, such as Immoral Sisters... Aweful!
Oh, and Record of Lodoss War, some characters could sound rather preachy... there where good ones among them, but the cleric boy was too preachy for my likings..

 

*goes off yet again to hunt down Kendra Masonchuk, Mariette Sluyter, and all the rest of the english cast to Saber Marionette J for reasons obvious to anyone*

Kendra Masonchuk especially. I've put aside some very special things for her.

 

*KaiyonTormentor looks at Shinryu, but looks away after a second*
"Hmm...the SMJ cast, eh!?"
*KaiyonTormentor decides he has better things to do and walks away mumbling*
"Off to the Love Hina Dubbing studios, especially Derek Stephen Prince (Keitaros dub voice)."



KaiyonTormentor

 

Most dubs don't bother me. As long as I can watch the series

But you know the dubbing of YGO has annoyed me. Not with the dub voices (Eric Stuart makes a kickin' Kaiba XD of course, i prefer the original voices. Anzu's english really annoys me tho...grr...) but with the actual things 4kids changed. i dunno, but when you change something in the artwork (i.e. erasing guns out of hands, getting rid of all kanji, giving Harpie Lady more 'coverage' and erasing the spikes on her breasts...) I think that's just completly wrong. It's like you're violating the work. it's just not right.
And I didn't like the names either! Normally dubbers choose pretty decent names (they have similar meanings to the original names) but I can't figure it out. How'd they Tristan Taylor out of Hiroto Honda? Oo

Btw, Kaiyon Tormentor why do you think we're running out of voice actors? What's so wrong with these voice actors doing roles in other animes and shows? Have you seen the way seiyuu in Japan arde? Megumi Hayashibara, Aya Hisakawa and Tomokazu Seki have like a 100+ roles!

 

Well, as many of you may or may not know, my anime collection is strictly limited (as well as my downloading) so im not all up for all the goodies in animes. I havent heard all of it yet. But recognizable voices for me are kind of nerve racking. I heard the same voice in RK, Love Hina, Trigun, GTO and a few others.
The reason i stated that we're running out of actors is because i believe the old ones are getting kind of worn out (ex: the english dubbers i stated or the japanese voices you stated as well). I think its time for maybe a new generation of voice actors is needed. Maybe some new voices for the newer animes (who have not been made or dubbed). All the same, English Dubbers really kill some of the series and yet they get hired for some other series. Its like hiring a hitman to kill an anime series. They just hire voice actors because of their experience and previous work (and because there isnt that many variety of people). While i strongly agree we should get some new ones, some of the old voices never really grow old! So, yeah! We may be running low on some good voices, but I should have written this before, there are still good ones out there. (Read PS message to FR)


PS: I love Kaiba's Dub voice too! Thats the one out of the only few english I preffer! He cracks me up. Him, and i think i like Pegasus too! Heh!

-KaiyonTormentor

 

Well you know...the dubbers actually hold auditions. ^^ the same with the creators in Japan. I remember watching the Nurse Witch Komugi-chan dub commentary, and the voice actor for Komugi was tlaking about how odd the audition was. They choose these people out of several others and how they think they fit the characters.
So they on't choose the voice actors merely for 'status' or 'experience'. Voice actors have demo tapes too they have to send in. it is NOT an easy job.

 

Even so, dont you at least think some of the chosen voices for any disparticular anime are a little out of place.
Just an example out of the ball park: In Love Hina, why does the Kitsune dub voice have a southern accent. I loved here Japanese voice, why not choose a more suitable one!? Some of the voice roles are perfect for them (ex:Kaiba or Wolfwood) but some are just plain poor (Kitsune or Mimi from digimon).
Talent is out there, i think that a part of it hasnt been found yet!


KaiyonTormentor