[EVA] A-Kon 13 & Manga's End of Eva Dub

[Gwen Crossett]

RJN wrote:

> Like the TV, AK's Misato is what makes it worth
> listening to. Amanda
> Winn was good as Rei/Yui though.

Yui had a different English VA in the series than Rei.
 I remember clearly because she was absoultely awful.
:-/


Brendan Jamieson wrote:

> 
> I still hate Spike Spencer.
 
I won't argue there. ^_^ But I did think he was a bit
less painful to listen to than the early ADV episodes.
 More subdued anyways.

> 
> I thought Shinji's screaming sounded more whimpy and
> forced than the
> Japanese rendititon. Which just sounded totally
> desperate.
>  

Both versions made me just wanna turn down the volume.
:-/

> 
> Did you notice the Manga dub says "Eh-va", as
> opposed to the ADV
> "Ay-eva"? :P
> 

Ugh, yes, thanks for reminding me.  That was really
odd.  Wasn't the ADV closer to the original
pronounciation?

> >The VAs for Maya and Fuyitski were noticably
> changed but the acting
> >quality didn't seem any better/worse to me.
> 
> Ugh.. I did not like Fuyutsuki's dub at all.
> But the worst had to be Keel. He sounded like he was
> in a bad sci-fi
> movie. -_-
> 

I tend to give some leeway in "supporting characters"
VAing.  Let U.S. companies worry about how to dub the
MAIN characters correctly FIRST. ;) I didn't think any
of the supporting VAs were really bad enough to
detract from the movie as a whole.

> Conversly, I thought Allison Keith did a fabulous
> job as Misato. I
> always thought she was the most talented of the ADV
> TV dub (despite a
> rocky start), and I was thrilled with how she
> handled the character.
 
Same here...I also thought Amanda Winn Lee did a great
job as Rei, though I think it goes unnoticed
considering she only ever gets about 2 lines an
episode. :( I liked Ritsuku's voice too, until she had
to actually try and show emotion in the later
episodes/movie.

> Incidentally - were there a bunch of awkward silence
> moments in the
> final version? The version I saw was a rough edit,
> and there were
> numerous parts where the dialogue began too early,
> and thus ended too
> early, creating silent breaks that kind of hurt the
> flow of the movie.
 
I didn't hear any timing difficulties when I saw it. 
And hopefully I would have noticed, considering I've
done a fair share of subtitle timing.  Maybe the some
of the slightly edited dialogue was changed to fit the
aforementioned problems.

> Hyuga's new VA is Keith Burgess, co-producer of the
> US release and
> Manga's con PR person.

Is it just me or did he sound sorta African American? 
It just sounded sorta weird coming from Hyoga, a
Japanese guy. ^_^ 



=====
Gwen Crossett 

"We have lingered in the chambers of the sea 
By sea-girls wreathed with seaweed red and brown 
Till human voices wake us, and we drown."

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