"You're just... you're so spare, Cedric! You're so spare!! You're such a spare!!" "KILL THE SPARE."

[arthoniel]

So. I discovered D. Gray Man, the Abridged Series. I have never seen/read D. Gray Man, but a friend reccomended it to me, and... HOLY SHIT IT'S EPIC. And it makes the fact that I actually own a ShamWOW that much funnier. GO WATCH IT. IT'S ON TEH YOUTUBES.

I'm also finally watching the Death Note anime since I NOW HAVE THE INTERNETS WITH WHICH TO WATCH IT. IT'S AMAZING. It's so well animated, and dubbed so well!! (Yes, I am watching the English dub. I know that the Japanese is the original and all, but I like actually understanding what's being said without having to watch the text flying across the screen more than the animation itself.) Only through episode 7 on my computer though... and then I'm recording from episode 8 on on my TiVo!! DVRs are a beautiful thing.

Lastly... I kinda want to do a voice post. No, I don't know why. But... I dunno what I should do. So... any ideas for voice post memes or anything?

Comments

[engelen.livejournal.com]

I always prefer the original version over the dubbed version.

I mean, I used to love dubbed anime, but for some years now, studios have been comissioning south american dubbing houses to do that work, instead of the mexican ones. And, I don't mean to sound racist, but they really suck D:

[arthoniel.livejournal.com]

Really? Maybe it's one of the differences between English and Spanish dubs- for English dubs there are a select few companies that do the dubs for everything, but they're all excellent. A lot of them use the same voice actors over and over and over again, and if one of them refuses to do a certain anime, the others will usually follow so it simply won't get dubbed into English and all... but when they actually do thier dubs, they're always fantastic.

[engelen.livejournal.com]

It's a real pity, because Mexican dubs are some of the best in the world (in my opinion).
Have a couple of examples:
Ranma 1/2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZWDq5A5PxM

Digimon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13UwelvwNW8

Shaman King
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kEJzWAOOFA

and some Hey Arnold
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oxDvjWv898

and The Simpsons
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VR3Fl9tQh4s

Sadly, AVATAR was dubbed in like, Venezuela or something like that. Not only was it horribly dubbed, the translation work was also a disaster T____T

Well, you're young, but IN MY DAYS, it was considered a SIN to even consider watching anime in English.

I do not watch anime in English to this day, it just feels weird to hear all the mispronounced "r"s and the vowels.

[arthoniel.livejournal.com]

Huh... those are really good... personally, I still love my English anime, but... I'm surprised. I should really watch more stuff in Spanish myself- see if I can understand it all and everything... I always feel so American when it comes to other languages and me not really knowing them...

[engelen.livejournal.com]

a good exercise would be to watch stuff that you have already seen in English, that way you already have an idea of what's going on and will not have as much trouble catching a word here and there :D

(I should do that with Japango XD)

[arthoniel.livejournal.com]

Mmm, yeah, that's a good idea- I've actually been meaning to do that for the longest time with my Friends DVDs, and I just haven't gotten around to it... I need to get on that...

[engelen.livejournal.com]

I'd reccomend cartoons... there's something about watching dubbed live action that is just... weird?
I dunno, it always makes me laugh XD

[arthoniel.livejournal.com]

That's true... on the other hand, I mostly only have live action TV show DVDs... the only anime I own is the first half of Fruits Basket and then I have Avatar... and I have the Ouran DVDs that I... *ahem* borrowed from my friend, but honestly, since they were sold in the US, I don't know if any of them have the Spanish dub on them... I think it's all just English and Japanese for Furuba and Ouran, and you said that the Spanish dub of Avatar was terrible...

[engelen.livejournal.com]

I don't think neither Furuba nor Ouran have been dubbed into Spanish

[arthoniel.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I checked- they're not. And it might be because I have the FUNimation release, and I'm pretty sure they only do English dubs, but... either way, even if there is a Spanish dub, I haven't seen it, and I certainly don't have it. :/