English voice actors

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Originally Posted by Big D

Maybe it's just me, but I've long imagined Barret with a deeper, rougher voice - more like Mr T or Michael Dorn.

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Mr. T "Believe in the ball and throw yourself!" :p

You canNOT compare Mr. T's voice to Michael Dorn's. Just to make sure you know.

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I don't watch a lot of anime, but there are some shows that I just like the English acting better. Such as Cowboy Bebop (though both are fine) and Rurouni Kenshin. I highly dislike Kenshin's Japanese voice. *shrugs* To me, his English voice sounds more realistic.

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Funny, I always thought English Kenshin sounded like a rapist or a cult leader. I HATE Rurouni Kenshin english voices.

Another thing to remember with subtitles is that since lip synchronization isn't as big a concern, especially given the size of Japanese words vs. their English equivalent, you can generally do a better, more precise translation with subtitling.

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I agree though that there can be better dubbing both ways. Again, there are plenty of anime/video games that the Japanese is better, IMO. But it seems like some fans like the Japanese voice acting better JUST BECAUSE IT'S JAPANESE (cough otaku cough) and that seems a bit biased to me.

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You've made this statement several times yet I've not seen any evidence at all in this thread to support it. Obviously there are people like that, but as nobody in this thread is saying that, it's mighty irrelevant, is it not?

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Originally Posted by Mercen-X

You canNOT compare Mr. T's voice to Michael Dorn's. Just to make sure you know.

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I know they sound different, but they both have voices that can be big and powerful - Barret-esque, you might say. While they're different from each other, they could both suit Barret.

Yada.

And Void, have you ever heard the Japanese version of Saiyuki? Nails on a chalkboard.

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Originally Posted by nihowma buffet

steve burton plays jason morgan on general hospital.

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first I hear the N'sync stuff and now the soap stuff what is it coming to! If they mess up sephiroths voice they know the consicounces. Attack of the fangirls

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Originally Posted by TheAbominatrix

It's highly unlikely the KH voice actors for Cloud, Aerith, and Yuffie will be returning to do AC.

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I agree with abominatrix, the only reason they were able to get celebrity voices for kingdom hearts was bc of the pull of disney in america....square enix could have never done it alone.

i think getting the VAs from kingdom hearts to do the voice for FFAC is reasonable
since the english voices in KH are great~!
just hope Steve Burton will do Cloud again in AC, coz he's also doing the VA for the Cloud in KH2

I'd like some decent VA all the Japanese VA is perfect except for Barret and Cid IMO.

It'd be funny if Spehiroth or Vincent got bad VAs heh Fangirls will pummel SE to shreads