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I don’t know if anyone knows but i hate, HATE WITH A PASSION, Johnny Yong Bosh. He sounds the same in every damn thing he does and this dub of Code Geass is just the same as all his other roles. I just saw the first episode of Code Geass online at AdultSwim.com and i have to admit, i hated every minute of it. Kallen sounds like a whinny bitch, C.C. Sounds too monotone, Lelouch sounds just… TERRIBLE! Rival sounds like he’s trying to be too damn cool. Shirley sounds like a dingbat (oh wait she is) but worse in this dub, Milly sounds like she’s in love with Lelouch. Orange-kun sounds like your generic bad guy, Suzaku sounds like a sissy. it’s easy to say that I don’t like dubs, if you honestly love anime why not watch it in its original form.
What made Code Geass worthy for me in reality was the seiyuu performances, Fukuyama Jun’s performance was what made me keep watching Code Geass. He is Lelouch! His performance embodied the character so well, it’s impossible for me to imagine anyone else playing this role as well as he does. You don’t go see a foreign film dubbed do you? You watch it in it’s original language! You can’t watch Life is Beautiful in English and not expect it to lose it’s charm and flavor! You can’t see Pan’s Labyrinth and hope that the story still makes sense in english! Why should anime be any different! Would you appreciate going to another country and seeing Gone with the Wind in Dutch or German or any other language? Would Rhett Butler sound the same? Would “Frankly i don’t give a damn” sound the same? It won’t, so if you love anime so much why watch it butchered in this fashion.
You can see this horrible dub in action here, but i won’t recommend it.
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Johnny Yong Bosch is overrated as hell. The two guys above me are pretty butthurt.
i think gsbr is pretty butthurt cuz no one cares if he doesnt like bosch :/
You cared to respond, nice going.
I very much agree with you. In Japan voice work for animation is a highly sought after and respected field. It is still not so here.
I watched Code Geass season 1 subbed and after hearing what you said, very glad I did. Plus I do not like editing for TV. Not that there was a lot to edit, but who knows what is taken out?
I just finished writing up my take on season 1 (with pics) if you are interested.
http://fortresstakes.wordpress.com/2009/04/12/code-geass-lelouch-of-the-rebellion-2006-2007-season-1-25-episodes/
Fortress Guys last blog post..Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion [2006-2007] Season 1. 25 Episodes
YOUR TERRIBLE!! go up dub haters- they do a good job and you know it- your rants are pathetic and a waste of time (skips the whole fucking article)
first of all it isn’t bad i don’t see what is so bad with it i mean it isn’t like they changed the words and i personaly cant stand it in its original i can stand reading the whole flipin thing i mean whats the point of watching it why not just read the book of it…. i liked how the voice artists made them come to life it wasn’t butchered your probably not use to hearing normal sounding people from america and i bet you prob learned the languge they speak in the films idk what one because there are like 1000 types and im not a huge anime fan i have only watched 5 animes and one thing i like about animes is over use in experssions makes me laugh like when they dress up for the celebration of arthour and they all dressed up in cat outfits and they have that teary momment that is way over expessed (but i loved it and i love animes and the awnser to your question about why not watching them in the original form is 1. im not reading it or i would buy books .> then it annoys me later and lastly watching it in dub is just suspensful i mean you have to wait for the next season to be changed into english and to me how c2 says in the wall of eternity i am completly and utterly alone and lulush says you are not alone we are acomplacis if yo uare a witch then perhaps i should be a demon awsome part did it for me and also the part when they kiss is awsome i hope they in the end they stay togather even if they die i personaly think there a perfect match anyways i liked some of the artical im not much of johhny young boshes fans eather ( just my ideas here not telling you to think diffrent or anything) and comment 55 come on be nice X} deamons never fall is outa here X]
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I love this show how could you hate it? You belong in a mental hospital….maybe we could be roomies XD jk
The first dubbed episode of Code Geass was a joke! None of the VA’s sounded like they were serious about their acting. The Japanese voice acting is just SO much better I immediately stopped watching after the first episode.
Lelouche’s english VA did a terrible job of trying to play the part. As soon as I heard his voice I knew the rest of the season would be terrible so I’ll stick with subs for CG.
Woo. I agree.
After playing Devil May Cry 4 and watching some english dubbed Bleach episodes, I couldn’t shake the feeling that I was listening to Nero/Ichigo while I was watching the eng dub. JYB’s voice wasn’t pompous enough either. In spite of this, I still think he did an above-average job.
….It’s just that the Jap seiyuu performances were much better! (In reference to CG people, not a general statement.)
well I am currently watching it in english and personally I like it better that way ’cause I don’t have to read the subs and I can actually enjoy what’s happening in the anime
but anyway, everyone has their own opinion
I don’t know how you can tell a Japanese voice does good voice acting, that is unless you understand Japanese yourself. I actually believe the dub is spectacular. Lloyd in particular has a superior dubbed voice.
”I like it better that way ’cause I don’t have to read the subs and I can actually enjoy what’s happening in the anime”
that’s pretty much why anyone would watch Dubs.
But some people need to stop hating on Dubs. if they’re so terrible just don’t care about them. but appearently you made a whole article just so you can tell people you dislike something. Why?!
I dislike many things, do I put them on the internet? NO because everybody dislikes things. and nobody gives a damn about anything anybody dislikes.
Japaneese version exist for those who like watching that, Dubs exist for that same reason. don’t watch things you don’t like, don’t eat food you don’t like, don’t do games you don’t like ect. ect. it’s not rocket science.
Also: A true Anime fan can accept his fellow fans. they can accept dubs. they care about the characters, and not the real human behind them. Japaneese, French, Afrikan, Dutch, Deutsch, English; Lelouch is Lelouch no matter what language he speaks.
Well, I loved the Dubbed Version. I think Johnny’s voice is amazing. He does a great job as Lelouch, Ichigo, and I heard he was Vash, but I never saw that so…no comment on that show. Anyway, I don’t get the disappointment because Bosch sounds the same in every anime….well…he’s only got one voice. Besides, I remember seeing CG in the sub version with that voice actor and then I saw an Anime “Special A” with that same actor and their voices were exactly the same. Point being, everyone’s voices sound the same, it’s just a matter of what you do with it and Bosch has the creative talent to do a good job in my opinion.
Anyway, I enjoy the dubbed voices much more. I think because I can decipher their characters/personalities much better than I could in japanese versions because in subs, their voices all run the same for me because it’s not easy for me to see. They did an excellent job with the dub. But we’re all going to be bias because whatever we naturally grew up with watching first, we’re likely going to appreciate that version more than the one we’re not used to, such is the case with subs and dubs all the time.
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I would just like to add I think it is wrong to say that it was terrible and that JOhnny has the same voice and so on.
It’s the exact same with the Japanese version.
Don’t get me wrong I love both versions because I love the story and enjoy from both subbed/dubbed version of it.
I really get that it is best in Japanese becouse it’s the original but I think it’s up for the person to deceide.
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