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Seeing as how KS is an OELVN and I wouldn't want to hear some terrible Engrish here, shouldn't these be English VAs you're listing?

Csihar wrote:Shizune should be voiced by Aya Hirano.

If you get that joke, congratulations! You're a huge weeaboo.

Why's that...?

EternalLurker wrote:Seeing as how KS is an OELVN and I wouldn't want to hear some terrible Engrish here, shouldn't these be English VAs you're listing?

Sorry... I'm used to playing Japanese games, since it's so rare to find good visual novels in English, and the quality of anime/game dubbing in English isn't very high, so I prefer to list the Japanese.

If you want, though, I could find someone in English...

Hiems wrote:the quality of anime/game dubbing in English isn't very high

Lies.
Complete lies.

>_>
<_<

Still, there are tons of great English voice actors. It's just that most of 'em do bigscreen movies and such, not cartoons.

Hiems wrote:

Csihar wrote:Shizune should be voiced by Aya Hirano.

If you get that joke, congratulations! You're a huge weeaboo.

Why's that...?

Well, besides the fact that Shizune would totally sound like Haruhi if she could talk, Aya Hirano was credited as the voice of a character in Bakemonogatari that never spoke.

EternalLurker wrote:Seeing as how KS is an OELVN and I wouldn't want to hear some terrible Engrish here, shouldn't these be English VAs you're listing?

If I'm reading a manga or something I always imagine the dialogue being in the Japanese VA's voices, but yeah, in English. How does that work? Beats me.

Csihar wrote: Well, besides the fact that Shizune would totally sound like Haruhi if she could talk, Aya Hirano was credited as the voice of a character in Bakemonogatari that never spoke.

The 'flag blowing in gale force winds' made me think you were referring to how all her fans have started hating her and sending her death threats... Or something. I'm glad I got here after the explanation...

Csihar wrote:If I'm reading a manga or something I always imagine the dialogue being in the Japanese VA's voices, but yeah, in English. How does that work? Beats me.

I understand what you mean.

Also, though it's hard for me to imagine these characters with either Japanese or English voices. It's hard to imagine them with Japanese voices because it's not a stereotypical Japanese work (because it's made by an international team), and English because it's a bit too Japanese-ish. And I generally hate watching English dubs so I never connect English voices with Japanese-ish work. I really don't know what I'm talking about, by the way.

Scarlet Fox wrote:Also, though it's hard for me to imagine these characters with either Japanese or English voices. It's hard to imagine them with Japanese voices because it's not a stereotypical Japanese work (because it's made by an international team), and English because it's a bit too Japanese-ish. And I generally hate watching English dubs so I never connect English voices with Japanese-ish work. I really don't know what I'm talking about, by the way.

Have you seen Beck? If you want to meet halfway, you could just imagine the KS girls speaking hilarious Engrish like they do in that. Although that wouldn't be much better than the April Fools voices... (I am in no way, shape, or form ripping on Beck btw)

...Having people speak Engrish would be the equivalent of changing all the Ls in KS' text into Rs, among other things. The text is assumed to have been translated. Why would you not assume the same for the voices?

I imagine Shizune would sound like the English dub version of Revy from Black Lagoon.




Queue rimshot.

Csihar wrote:Well, besides the fact that Shizune would totally sound like Haruhi if she could talk, Aya Hirano was credited as the voice of a character in Bakemonogatari that never spoke.

Oh, her. I knew about Bakemonogatari, but I wouldn't think that would make anyone a weeaboo. I thought that was when people wore Naruto headbands everywhere and shouted "KAWAII DESU DESU NEEEEE".

EternalLurker wrote:Still, there are tons of great English voice actors. It's just that most of 'em do bigscreen movies and such, not cartoons.

Oh, that's a good point! Animated movies like Toy Story and such. I hadn't thought of that, ahah.

Obviously they'd all be voiced by Jackie Chan.

"I THINK YOU HAVE BIG PROBLEM IN PANTS"

I DISAGREE.



I imagine all the women, every single one of them, voiced by the only person whose acting power transcends personality, physicality and gender: Norio Wakamoto.

EternalLurker wrote:...Having people speak Engrish would be the equivalent of changing all the Ls in KS' text into Rs, among other things. The text is assumed to have been translated. Why would you not assume the same for the voices?

Rule of Funny?

Ai do notto no watto yuu meen. Ai habu no aidee-a wurai yuu wuudo sei dissu tsu mi.

Engrish is fun.

Csihar wrote: Well, besides the fact that Shizune would totally sound like Haruhi if she could talk, Aya Hirano was credited as the voice of a character in Bakemonogatari that never spoke.

I thought it was because Aya Hirano put out a statement saying she would stop work as a Seiyuu. D:

DemonOfRandgris wrote:I thought it was because Aya Hirano put out a statement saying she would stop work as a Seiyuu. D:

Oooooooh, she did? How unfortunate.