Quote Originally Posted by Tabris View Post
Yes, I've heard that the American actor for Tidus's voice deliberatly made him into this Californian surfer-dude. Blasphemic, if you ask me.
Sadly, giving us a voice to relate to tends to be essential because of the ratio of keen linguists to ignorant monoglots around the world. But hey, at least the Brooklyn accent given to Joey (Jounochi) in Yu-Gi-Oh! had novelty value and a tinge of relevance... he was an ex-gangster apparently.

On the other hand there's some of the voices they changed for Pokemon... Meowth's Japanese voice was a heck of a lot more comical and his American one was just nothing special. Using Ootani's voice for Pikachu (along with all the other ones whose didn't change for whichever reason) was a nice touch for authenticity though.