Quote Originally Posted by Amariel34 View Post
Starting the MSQ for a third time (I have alts, sue me). The first time I went through as normal and the second was with JP audio. Oddly enough some of it was BETTER with the JP audio because there was actual EMOTION in the voices. The only thing I didn't like was how a lot of the characters, especially the males, tended to sound so similar. Maybe this was just to my American ears though. But the deeper male voices sounded like Anime Villain #1, #2, etc. And the younger voices were Male Anime Protag #1, etc. And I missed the ENG voices that I've heard the past 9 years, or whenever the current VAs took over. So for the third time I'm going back to ENG voices. And I KNOW I am beating a horse that is dead, buried, and turned to dust but the only reason I changed was cause of Wuk Lamat's ENG VA. They just don't emote properly. The normal talking dialogue is fine. And other than the forced accent, it actually fits the character. I don't know what happened with the ENG VAs this expansion, but my tin foil hat theory is they purposely made the veteran VAs sound bad so Wuk Lamat's wouldn't stand out like a sore thumb as much. Or the director/editor/whomever really dropped the ball.

Sorry for the possibly-off-topic rant there. I'm just.....absolutely baffled by what the actual fork happened this expansion. Other that Wuk Lamat's VA and the rushed pacing I didn't mind it much. Oh, and Smile. Dear GOD don't get me started on that song. It sounds like every upbeat pop song that was in animated movies from the early 2000s to the mid-2010s, especially the Dr Seuss movies. What the hell happened to the Amanda Achen song that was in the trailer? Does anyone actually know? Did she fall ill and couldn't sing the whole thing?

P.S. Sorry if this comes off a little disjointed. Sometimes I have trouble getting my thoughts together in a cohesive flow. My apologies.
Yoshida said that they went with a different studio for the EN dub and the VAs chimed in later that they weren't given context, just lines to read. They obviously wanted to go with the cheapest route, and I imagine the localization lead's friend with minimal experience was both easy and cheap to get for the character that the entire expansion revolves around. I do find it kind of funny that you think the male antagonists have generic villain voices given the role Zoraal Ja's JP VA(Daisuke Ono) is probably best known for.