[EVA] English version

[Greg Muir]

> > The EVA dubbing overall is eh, ok. There are a few miscastings,
> though, that
> > brutally ruin the drama. Maya and Ritsuko are two that stand
> out as poorly
> > cast.
>
> You mean you don't include Asuka cursing in German in that
> cathegory? Shinji
> yelling out when he first sees Eva-01? Misato using "Vato"? Gendo
> sounding like
> he's grinding teeth all the time?

I only saw a couple parts that were dubbed, that was enough for me. :) The
others didn't strike me as terribly wrong so much as just eh. For instance,
Gendo, he just didn't seem Gendoy enough. The original actor had that deep
voice, conveyed the bastard very well. The newer one had a lighter voice,
still obviously male but just not carrying the same sense of menace. He had
what I would consider to be an assistant's voice, not suitable for being the
Big Bad himself. ;)

And speaking of bastards, we musn't forget the new dubbing for Bastard! We
take a rockstar sort of wizard and give him the sort of voice we'd expect to
belong to a 40-something English tough. ?! <sigh>
>
> > I would like to be able to pay more attention to the pictures than the
> > words when I'm watching EVA but given a choice between an eh dub and the
> > original voices, I'll settle for the original. :/
>
> I agree, a good dub brings joy- er, well, you know what I mean...^^;

Good dubs bring happiness in mouth . . . wait, that's wrong, too.
>
> > Now when you are japanese and can already understand the
> language . . . I
> > just don't see the reason to check out english dubs except to
> laugh at the
> > mistranslations and the like. ;)
>
> Curiosity?

Masochism?