What are your thoughts on the voice acting?

[Vilhem]

Anime is localized... perhaps some dub jobs are shit, but the vast majority is localized. One of the best examples I watched recently is the Steins;Gate series, where they localized it to the point where even the jokes and references were adapted to make sense to a western audience, it was very well done.

I guess I should have clarified that by "translation" I was referring to those sub-only releases, since dubs are becoming rarer anyway. Most weebs prefer subs anyway because "omg original" etc >_>

[Nikita]

1.0 voice acting for as little as there was seemed much more professional in my opinion. I miss the old voices, especially the old character voices. Why did they have to get rid of those instead keeping them and adding more?

[Vilhem]

1.0 voice acting for as little as there was seemed much more professional in my opinion. I miss the old voices, especially the old character voices. Why did they have to get rid of those instead keeping them and adding more?

I wondered that myself, but perhaps it was contract related, or they couldn't book them anytime soon to do the recordings

The 1.0 cutscenes WERE more professional: you could tell the audio was recorded first, then the characters animated to match it. Even the lip movements matched (though in 1.0, the only audio was English, even for JP client. The subs are the only thing that changed)


A curious fun fact though: Back when you could browse the 1.0 dats, there were some audio files of the 1.0 cutscenes, which sounded like "rough takes" or demo recordings, they used the SAME cast as ARR. I was confused by it at first when I started playing ARR, and I heard Yda and Thancred and was like "where have I heard those voices before?" lol

So it sounds like our current cast was much more accessible than say.. Crispin Freeman (Thancred's 1.0 VA)

[ruinedmirage]

There are so many negative thoughts on the voice acting, which are pretty well justified, imo. MY thoughts are, would there be anyone willing to prove their own VA talents (or of anyone you know) to make a fan-based editted version of voice acting for all characters over as many cutscenes as possible, to show SE what fans would REALLY like in terms of VA?

Yes, it would be fan-made, time consuming, and probably break ToS if posted....... but if it turns out truly epic, how many people would follow through with it? The fans know what they want, right? We don't just post demands, do we?

[Vilhem]

There are so many negative thoughts on the voice acting, which are pretty well justified, imo. MY thoughts are, would there be anyone willing to prove their own VA talents (or of anyone you know) to make a fan-based editted version of voice acting for all characters over as many cutscenes as possible, to show SE what fans would REALLY like in terms of VA?

Yes, it would be fan-made, time consuming, and probably break ToS if posted....... but if it turns out truly epic, how many people would follow through with it? The fans know what they want, right? We don't just post demands, do we?

https://www.youtube.com/user/Vagrant4dead

The end-production is pretty much how the ARR cutscenes turned out: mostly reading with acting limited by already animated characters. The voice actors themselves, though fans they may be, sound so much better when you just hear the demos they submitted for the project (I was/am still a part of this project so I get to hear that stuff <_<) They're all really talented people!

Ninja edit: I wanted to add that this fandub was produced before ARR even released