Best dub as of yet for me would be Bleach, one of my friends told me it was horrible but after watching a few episodes I was amazed at how good the voice acting was, hell the even pronounced everything right.
Worst dub for me would have to be RahXephon, at one point they're talking about how they ate shrimp with soy sauce in tokyo vs in how ever they eat it inneo tokyo. The Japanese line went "20 years ago I bet everyone here was doing it too" the english dub went "come on we're japanese too" the line had no emotion in it and was just terrible in general.

I started watching Death Note all I can say is wow, I'm blown away by it and I'm only on episode 3, I can't wait to get further into it and Gendo, you were right L kicks major ass.

At 12/1/06 09:51 PM, I-R-Post-Whore wrote: I remember it, a truly great series with an excellent plot. Great characters as well, I bought it on DVD a few years back.

Jeez, so many DVDs I need to buy now. I'll look it up a few years from now...

At 12/1/06 09:52 PM, Nucksta wrote: I started watching Death Note all I can say is wow, I'm blown away by it and I'm only on episode 3, I can't wait to get further into it and Gendo, you were right L kicks major ass.

Told ya, man. L is God...
Also, 7,000 posts.

At 12/1/06 10:34 PM, I-R-Post-Whore wrote: Hooray for you. I will be up there in about 5 months, which is sad. My entire life seems to be this place, Anime, Coke, my Xbox, and a dangerous mixing of them all.

Thanks. My life is a mix of incessant reading, Death Note fanboyism, drawing, beer-battered chicken, caffeine and movies. Plus all of the time I spend on NG.

Please kill me...

At 12/1/06 10:42 PM, Gendo wrote:

At 12/1/06 10:34 PM, I-R-Post-Whore wrote:

Thanks. My life is a mix of incessant reading, Death Note fanboyism, drawing, beer-battered chicken, caffeine and movies. Plus all of the time I spend on NG.

Please kill me...

add glowstringing in there and you have my life.... pathetic arn't we.

sweet anime roxs.
holy crap thats alot of pages!!!
any ways hellsing one piece and naruto are the best anime ever and if you think you know any good anime tell me!!!!

It's hard for me to say which dubs are the best or worst. Here are my judgements:
Excel Saga doesn't sound as bad as Gendo makes it seem, but it is quite noticable how Excel's voice-actor was changed mid-series. Apparently Jessica Calvetto lost her voice after episode 13, so she was replaced by Larissa Wolcott.
The Dragonball/Z/GT series Japanese opening and ending themes are far better than their US counterparts, but I can't really compare them farther than that. I did see both the US and Japanese version of Dragonball GT, but I've never seen any of the three subbed.
Full Metal Panic is great subbed and dubbed. The US and Japan voice-actors for each character sound pretty close.
The Slayers is a little better subtitled. Gourry's name sounds mispronounced every time in the dubbed version, but otherwise the US version voice-actors are good.
Amazing Nurse Nanako has little difference between the subbed and dubbed versions. It's a good OVA series either way.
I've technically gotten a look at both sides of InuYasha, seeing as how the characters speak Japanese in my video games, but I've only watched it on TV in English.
Pretty much every other anime I've seen was in English only, so I can't draw comparisons until I've heard what the Japanese version sounds like.

At 12/2/06 01:19 PM, MrTrivia wrote: Excel Saga doesn't sound as bad as Gendo makes it seem, but it is quite noticable how Excel's voice-actor was changed mid-series. Apparently Jessica Calvetto lost her voice after episode 13, so she was replaced by Larissa Wolcott.

My main beef with the dub was how it ruined the funny of episode 26, the formerly hysterical "Excel Saga The Musical!" intro was mutiliated, not to mention Excel's horrific shrillness and Hyatt's barely coherent squeaky whispering.

The Slayers is a little better subtitled. Gourry's name sounds mispronounced every time in the dubbed version, but otherwise the US version voice-actors are good.

Agreed. I thought the inability to keep the pronounciation consistent was silly.

Pretty much every other anime I've seen was in English only, so I can't draw comparisons until I've heard what the Japanese version sounds like.

Those are acceptable standards, I don't judge a dub unless I've heard the original as well.

At 11/30/06 09:26 PM, I-R-Post-Whore wrote: At 11/30/06 09:06 PM, Gendo wrote:

At 11/30/06 08:59 PM, psykolord wrote: ***SPOILERS***

Churchill was the First Lord of the Admirality in WWI, so he had quite the rank.

Really? Hm, I couldn't remember. Then again, I can't remember anything after a summer vacation, and I've had two since I last had World History, so guess that's to be expected. My bad. :(

There were some serious bombing raids, but they used planes in WWII.

Yes, but I don't remember there being any bombing raids on Britain that were THAT deadly in world war I. Then again, I can't picture anybody flying a giant blimp when by World War II, the British air force could have just fired one shot and blasted the fucker apart. Maybe I'm giving German zeppelin design too little credit, though.

***END SPOILERS***

he doesn't look one day older or one inch taller. :/

It has been said that he did age, read your wiki's.

Roffle, I will soon. You're probably right, I just get a bit miffed when people say that I'm wrong without offering serious evidence to back up their claim, so yeah. Don't take it personally, it's just a flaw of mine that I'm trying to beat.

He was actually a very high-ranking Admiral at the time, and it is also perfectly logical that Hohenheim had knowledge of the future and wanted to speak with him.

You're right, I think, because now I remember that, in World History, they told us how Churchill had been oin the military for QUITE a while before WWII. I remember him pretty much considering the PM of Britain at the time to be a total retard for believing Hitler, so yeah.

There were bombing runs in both wars, but they only used Zepplins in WW1.

As I said above, makes sense, because even if one shot from a fighter couldn't take the Zepps out, there would have been SOME crazy bastard who would have jumped from his plane and let it crash into the side of a zepp enough times that Germany would have gone "Okay, screw you guys, I'm goin home!"

***END SPOILERS***

Remember, just because it LOOKS like our world, doesn't MAKE it our world.

True, but I believe it is.

It COULD be, it very much could be, but I'm reminded of a Goosebumps book, Welcome to Camp Nightmare, in which we're led to believe we're on Earth and at a summer camp where the counselors are a bit batty, but at the end it's revealed that it was a test for one kid, to see if he was mature enough to go with his parents to visit and explore Planet Earth.
...and I don't know HOW I remember that, it's been over ten years since I saw the televised version of THAT book.

At 12/1/06 10:29 PM, Gendo wrote: Also, 7,000 posts.

HERE COMES A NEW CHALLENGER!

It's hard to decide what the best and worst English dubs are because I hardly watch the mouths. Quite frankly they all look the same to me. But if I had to pick I'd have to say Trinity Blood is the best just because I actually look at their mouths when they talk. I have to agree for the worst, One Piece is definitely the most horrible dub I have EVER seen. I mean, the guy with the power of that smoke fruit, his mouth barely moves when he talks! It's horrible!

I also just want to make this aware to all of you. MY BROTHER IS THE BIGGEST RETARD I HAVE EVER SEEN!!!! HE IS GOING TO BURN $2,000 WORTH OF VIDEO GAMES, COMICS, AND CARDS!! I HATE HIM SO MUCH RIGHT NOW!!! AHHHH!!! He has things I WANT! Why is he burning them!? Please, tell me how retarded you think my brother is! Also he has one of those Laserink drawings of Leon that you only get with the special limited edition of Resident Evil 4! You can't even get these anymore except for on Ebay!

At 12/2/06 04:49 PM, Lopezinator wrote: It's hard to decide what the best and worst English dubs are because I hardly watch the mouths. Quite frankly they all look the same to me. But if I had to pick I'd have to say Trinity Blood is the best just because I actually look at their mouths when they talk. I have to agree for the worst, One Piece is definitely the most horrible dub I have EVER seen. I mean, the guy with the power of that smoke fruit, his mouth barely moves when he talks! It's horrible!

If you want a general view; I believe that releases that come out of ADV are the best among the dubbers.

If you think the Bleach dub is good wait until you hear Ishida's dub voice. I didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

I'd say some of the best I have heard:

- G Gundam
- Outlaw Star
- Dragonball Z

Some of the worst I've heard:

- Naruto
- Ranma 1/2
- Inuyasha

The last two I list is because anything Richard Cox does turn to in tolerable. I almost up and stopped watching both of them but pressed on due to no other sources at the time.

Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone on abcFamily right now. B)

At 12/2/06 05:33 PM, Kisuke wrote: Some of the worst I've heard:
- Ranma 1/2
- Inuyasha

Dead fucking on, man.

The last two I list is because anything Richard Cox does turn to in tolerable. I almost up and stopped watching both of them but pressed on due to no other sources at the time.

The sadder thing in this situation is that I loved thr rest of the Ranma 1/2 voice cast.

On a relevant note, I dropped by the new import shop on Townsend St. today...and I now need $188. They've got both the boy-type AND girl-type Ranma statues, for a mere $94 (WTF?!) a piece.

Damn me for being so broke....

At 12/2/06 05:59 PM, Gendo wrote: On a relevant note, I dropped by the new import shop on Townsend St. today...and I now need $188. They've got both the boy-type AND girl-type Ranma statues, for a mere $94 (WTF?!) a piece.

Get a job. Then you'll be able to get those statues.

At 12/2/06 06:24 PM, Kronik-The-Hedgehog wrote:

At 12/2/06 05:59 PM, Gendo wrote: On a relevant note, I dropped by the new import shop on Townsend St. today...and I now need $188. They've got both the boy-type AND girl-type Ranma statues, for a mere $94 (WTF?!) a piece.

Get a job. Then you'll be able to get those statues.

I'm too lazy, plus I'm a full-time art student.

I found this cool Bleach AMV for anyone who's interested. Note: the song in the AMV is Follow The Hollow by Soilwork.

At 12/2/06 09:48 PM, Kronik-The-Hedgehog wrote: I found this cool Bleach AMV for anyone who's interested. Note: the song in the AMV is Follow The Hollow by Soilwork.

Pretty damn good song, and as much as I normally hate AMVs other than fandubs/parodies, that one was actually good. Because the song fits the visuals, unlike so many other.

Naruto AMVs featuring Weird Al songs, I'm looking at you!!!

At 12/2/06 09:53 PM, Gendo wrote: Pretty damn good song, and as much as I normally hate AMVs other than fandubs/parodies, that one was actually good. Because the song fits the visuals, unlike so many other.

Naruto AMVs featuring Weird Al songs, I'm looking at you!!!

I also found an AMV of Full Metal Alchemist Featuring The Bringer by Soilwork.

At 12/2/06 10:39 PM, Kronik-The-Hedgehog wrote: I also found an AMV of Full Metal Alchemist Featuring The Bringer by Soilwork.

Cool, I'm now a fan of Soilwork thanks to you.

At 12/2/06 10:46 PM, Gendo wrote:

At 12/2/06 10:39 PM, Kronik-The-Hedgehog wrote: I also found an AMV of Full Metal Alchemist Featuring The Bringer by Soilwork.

Cool, I'm now a fan of Soilwork thanks to you.

Yay for me! Anyway, I'm off to find more AMVs.

Just watched Naruto 211. And FMA: Conqueror of SHamballa.

Seriously, if Naruto gets any worse I'm going to have to kill the filler guys. In comparison to Conqueror of Shamballa (Which was pretty cool, but not amazing), it was crap.

Chapter 333 was pretty kick ass though....I gotta admit, it really was...

At 12/2/06 10:59 PM, Fremen wrote: Just watched Naruto 211. And FMA: Conqueror of SHamballa.

Seriously, if Naruto gets any worse I'm going to have to kill the filler guys. In comparison to Conqueror of Shamballa (Which was pretty cool, but not amazing), it was crap.

Naruto was recently cancelled because of the filler. A new series is gonna start next year and it will follow the manga much closer.
Proof.

I don't think you can truly say the it's getting canceled and replaced since they are the same things.

"And on a final note, just in case there was any doubt, and believe me there was, the official Japanese Naruto anime series website is now reporting that the Naruto anime will be returning to the manga storyline in early 2007, titled as Naruto: Hurricane (Typhoon if you wanted to be technical) Chronicles. So, there you have it, now every single official source that actually matters, has said it will come back. And no matter what your "friend" says, it will. Rejoice (again)!"

Because my computer hates me and it's self thus it won't translate languages other than English.

I understand that distance between the anime and manga is desired but come on, really. It'll take at least one year for the anime to catch up with the manga.

At 12/3/06 03:32 AM, Kisuke wrote: I don't think you can truly say the it's getting canceled and replaced since they are the same things.

Albeit renamed for little to no reason, I've got no idea why they bothered re-titling it.

I understand that distance between the anime and manga is desired but come on, really. It'll take at least one year for the anime to catch up with the manga.

Very true, it's gonna take awhile to get the point in the series the super-whiny fans are clamouring for.

I found a Hellsing AMV. I don't know the name of the song in the AMV. Click Here.

At 12/2/06 11:07 PM, Gendo wrote:

Naruto was recently cancelled because of the filler. A new series is gonna start next year and it will follow the manga much closer.
Proof.

well if it wasn't for the fillers they would have cancel the series a long time ago and would have been left without an ending. example: ranma
also was the inuyasha ending they showed on AS the real ending?

At 12/3/06 02:19 PM, Senor-Chupacabra wrote: well if it wasn't for the fillers they would have cancel the series a long time ago and would have been left without an ending. example: ranma

No, I'm sure continuing the story would have kept the series running, the fillers have no redeeming qualities whatsoever.

also was the inuyasha ending they showed on AS the real ending?

Yes, it is indeed the last episode of the anime, the story's gonna be continued in the manga.
That said, the "true" ending has about a 60% chance of being awful anyway, after all, it's a Rumiko Takahashi series.

At 12/3/06 04:43 PM, Dejanus wrote:

At 12/3/06 03:32 AM, Kisuke wrote:
"And on a final note, just in case there was any doubt, and believe me there was, the official Japanese Naruto anime series website is now reporting that the Naruto anime will be returning to the manga storyline in early 2007, titled as Naruto: Hurricane ...

Fuck, I might actually have to watch it now if they dont screw the voices. I loved the manga.

The dub is gonna be a long ways off, so there's plenty of time for Viz to get smart and change the cast. It seems likely with the time-skip and all that they'll at least recast the main characters.

I just saw Wrath of the Dragon last night on Toonami and the bad guy was kick-ass. And I don't mean the short little red dude. I can't remember his name though. And what I don't get is why did they show this AFTER Fusion Reborn? I mean Janunpa (I think that is how you spell it) could totally annihilate the big dragon dude.