Quote Originally Posted by Willemdarke View Post
Maybe I'm deaf, or ignorant, or whatever, but in the Japanese original, all the VA seem to be talking in the same/similar accent, well, with a lack of any accent to be precise.
I think I've read that the dub JP relies on different regional dialects and accents, and those levels of formality. Which is also what I remember people say they do in anime. It's hard to really pick up unless you know the language really well, because I sure as heck can't. British and American are crazy different; JP might also be more conservative in its linguistic development, IIRC. I think Mancunian is more different from Californian, more than Kansai is different from Tokyo, as an example. Plus I think there's a cultural angle that should be considered. Everyone is exposed to Tokyo dialect in the news and stuff, but if all Americans ever hear is British, I could understand feeling alienated after some time.