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Worse Anime character in English dub

.Azelf

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    There's been alot of characters who suck in English but sound better in Japanese.

    Who's the most hated anime character with an annoying Englsh voice?
     
    The one I can recall who has had a really hated role in recent times is Jason Anthony Griffith's take on Usopp in the 4Kids dub of One Piece. Thankfully, his new voice is muuuuch better.
     
    To be perfectly honest… all the Japanese voice actors are better than the English dubbed
    … it's like they put more energy into their roles.
     
    That sounds really ignorant of the great acting in the English side of things. The Japanese seiyuu are by no means infallible. Just because it's the original language doesn't mean that the voices are good. There are plenty of horrible seiyuu out there and there are plenty of series (Samurai Champloo, Cowboy Bebop, Fruit's Basket, Full Metal Alchemist, Blood + to name a few) that I think are way above their Japanese counterparts.

    I thought we were at a point in the anime fandom where we could actually take an objective look at acting and not just base our opinions on what came first or what we think has more energy and emotion based on a language that most people can't even muster five words out of.
     
    Ok, maybe I should've put most… since I don't have a big knowledge of anime… But from your list I actually preferred the Japanese voice actors for Samurai Champloo and Cowboy Bebop… And I guess you are right about the words thing to I can only do a 4 word sentence … and those are lines from anime anyway xD
     
    Ryoutarou said:
    That sounds really ignorant of the great acting in the English side of things. The Japanese seiyuu are by no means infallible. Just because it's the original language doesn't mean that the voices are good. There are plenty of horrible seiyuu out there and there are plenty of series (Samurai Champloo, Cowboy Bebop, Fruit's Basket, Full Metal Alchemist, Blood + to name a few) that I think are way above their Japanese counterparts.

    I thought we were at a point in the anime fandom where we could actually take an objective look at acting and not just base our opinions on what came first or what we think has more energy and emotion based on a language that most people can't even muster five words out of.
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    I liked Yuki from Fruits Basket voice better in english because he sounds WAY too girly in japanese. (Because he was voiced by a girl, obviously) >_< So I agree with you on that. :D

    Anywho, even though I don't hate this character and he's actually one of my favourites; Susumu Yamazaki from Peacemaker Kurogane, he sounds so awesome in his japanese voice, but then when I watched it in english, his voice really sucked. D:

    It kept changing from a normal accent, to a texan kind of accent. I was like.. What?
     
    Hey girl hey!! Hmm.. Kari from Digimon Adventure 01 and 02, but I really hate her character anyways.... Hmmm....
    Yuna from FF X voice actor was horrible in english. >.<
     
    The Pokemon cast used to sound great, but when the voices changed; they just didn't suit the characters at all.

    Ash sounds like the English version Sailor Jupiter now, and Brock sounds like Adult Simba from Disney's The Lion King, to name a couple.
     
    Well the worst one I have to say was Sanji from the 4Kids dub One Piece. :3
     
    Luffy, Usopp, and Sanji all sound horrible in the 4Kids One Piece dub. In FUNimation's dub, Luffy and Usopp still sound bad, but joining them in the ranks of irritating voices are Zoro, Nami, and Buggy. Sanji sounds all right in the FUNimation dub, though.

    Pharaoh Atem/Yami no Yuugi from Yu-Gi-Oh! sounds terrible in the dub. I also was not fond of Mai's voice in the dubbed version of the Doma saga. She sounded like a middle aged prostitute.

    In PUSA's Pokemon dub, I hate all of the voices that I have heard save for Gary's and Professor Oak's. Of all of them, I would say the worst of the bunch are Ash's, James', and Meowth's.

    Additionally, Usagi/Serena's voice in the dubbed version of Sailor Moon has always made my ears bleed.
     
    Clown Mage said:
    Luffy, Usopp, and Sanji all sound horrible in the 4Kids One Piece dub. In FUNimation's dub, Luffy and Usopp still sound bad, but joining them in the ranks of irritating voices are Zoro, Nami, and Buggy. Sanji sounds all right in the FUNimation dub, though.

    Pharaoh Atem/Yami no Yuugi from Yu-Gi-Oh! sounds terrible in the dub. I also was not fond of Mai's voice in the dubbed version of the Doma saga. She sounded like a middle aged prostitute.

    In PUSA's Pokemon dub, I hate all of the voices that I have heard save for Gary's and Professor Oak's. Of all of them, I would say the worst of the bunch are Ash's, James', and Meowth's.

    Additionally, Usagi/Serena's voice in the dubbed version of Sailor Moon has always made my ears bleed.
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    Usagi/Serena's voice did suck in English.

    All of the voices in pokemon sounded alright. All of the Sailor Scouts voices in Japanese was a bit better.
     
    i think the main thing that happens with the older english dubs and the 4kids dubs is that they try to put some sort of stereotype on everything they can. I'm not sure how this makes stuff child-friendly, but it's had a reputation of producing some pretty horrible dub voices

    and ya, Nayuki(Kanon) voice acting did suck pretty badly
     
    There are only two English voices I can't stand: Hinata Hyuuga from Naruto and Yuki Sohma from Fruits Basket ._.

    Hinata is whiny and annoying ;;
    Yuki sounds demented...
     
    I think both Téa (Anzu Mazaki) and Joey (Katsuya Jonouchi) from Yuugiou have terrible English voice actors. Anyone who thought a Boston accent sounded good on Jonouchi was... just not thinking at all. D:

    On that note, Yami Yugi in the English dub sounds like a forty-year-old man. o_o

    Also on my list are Serena (Usagi) from Sailor Moon and most of the characters from Sonic X. XD;
     
    Scarlet Lynn said:
    On that note, Yami Yugi in the English dub sounds like a forty-year-old man. o_o
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    Lol, he does! xD

    And, to make this post relevant... I don't like Ryuk from Death Note's English voice. I read the manga first, and imagined him more scary sounding.
     
    ~Koneko said:
    There are only two English voices I can't stand: Hinata Hyuuga from Naruto and Yuki Sohma from Fruits Basket ._.

    Hinata is whiny and annoying ;;
    Yuki sounds demented...
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    ~Koneko said:
    And, to make this post relevant... I don't like Ryuk from Death Note's English voice. I read the manga first, and imagined him more scary sounding.
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    In their defense, Hinata was already whiny and annoying in the original Japanese; Stephanie Sheh was just trying to emulate Nana Mizuki's example there. Also, Yuki Sohma was voiced by a female in the original Japanese, which in and of itself is a rather demented casting choice on their part considering the fact that he's supposedly an adolescent male; Eric Vale was several steps up from the original seiyuu in terms of general quality.

    For the record, Brian Drummond was excellent as Ryuk.
     
    I got to say the new voice cast for Pokemon, they really messed up their characters. Like for example, Ash and James. That is it. I really miss the old voices. I got used to Meowth, Jessie, May, and Max, Professor Oak, and Gary. But not Ash and James...I just can't do it.
    I stopped watching Pokemon about year and half ago(no, the reason is not because of the new voices). But I did hear Dawn's and Paul's voice...they are alright. But still I got to hear Ash's and James'. Can't do it.

    And 4Kids version of One Piece...omg. My ears were bleeding when I heard Luffy's voice. His voice was so annoying. Usopp's and Sanji's were pretty bad too. Now their voices are excellent. ^^ Thanks Funi!

    So in conclusion, Ash, James, Luffy, Usopp, and Sanji had the worst dub voices in history.
     
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