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#1 Oct 21 2007 at 7:39 AM Rating: Decent
Pardon me whilst I nerd the hell out, but I'm a bit pissed at the casting...

Now - what I've seen on TV so far was ok...

I REALLY don't like Brad Swail cast as Yagami Light...as Light is what I would consider "a bad guy" and Swail typically plays "hero" types (Amuro Ray, Quatre Winner, Kyosuke Date) - BUT at least he's a veteran voice actor instead of some unknown.

I'm pretty happy with Brian Drummond taking on the role of Ryuk, though - I do typically like him better as a hero. However, Drummond is pretty good at pulling off "evil" characters. You may know him as Zechs Marquis from Gundam Wing, or Alan Schezar from Vision of Escaflowne.

My biggest problems are as follows:

Alissandro Juliani was cast as L.
Some/Most people might not have a clue who he is - the only one of his credits I recognize was.... Nightscream from beast Machines?!

This might not mean much, nay - anything - to many of you. Nightscream was a really terrible sounding bat robot... to any deathnote or anime fans who have a few minutes and want to hear the abomination which will be voicing L...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mEC73GjQAk - watch a bit of that, near the beginning the character called Nightscream will say something along the lines of "I am transformed"

Anyways, sorry for mucking up the OoT
#2 Oct 21 2007 at 7:52 AM Rating: Decent
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I watched the first episode last night on adultswimfix.com

I thought it was a great concept but I really didn't like the voice actor for Yagami Light either. It just didn't seem to fit. Ryuk's voice actor on the other hand seemed to fit perfectly.

The voices can make all the difference. I'll still watch the show but was sort of disappointed.
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#3 Oct 21 2007 at 9:01 AM Rating: Decent
The voice of Ryuk was slightly alright. Could've been better but o well. Light's VA I was disappointed in. He didn't handle the switches between normal Light and Kira Light that well. I'm afraid to find out what Misa is going to sound like on the dubs as there is no English VA like Aya Hirano.
#4 Oct 21 2007 at 9:25 AM Rating: Decent
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Solution: act all stuck up and do the whole "I watch fan-sub onry" thing.
#5 Oct 21 2007 at 9:36 AM Rating: Decent
Japan is called Japan in Japan.
#6 Oct 21 2007 at 9:42 AM Rating: Decent
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LobsterJohnson the Sly wrote:
Japan is called Japan in Japan.
It's actually called Nihon, Hellboi.
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#7 Oct 21 2007 at 10:01 AM Rating: Good
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I thought it was Nippon.
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#8 Oct 21 2007 at 10:04 AM Rating: Decent
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Shaowstrike wrote:
I thought it was Nippon.


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#9 Oct 21 2007 at 10:22 AM Rating: Default
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I thought it was Nissan.
#10 Oct 21 2007 at 10:59 AM Rating: Decent
It can't be as bad as Bleach dubbed episodes Smiley: nod
#11 Oct 21 2007 at 11:01 AM Rating: Default
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I thought it was Nissan.


No, I think it's Mitsubishi....
#12 Oct 21 2007 at 11:28 AM Rating: Good
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Shaowstrike wrote:
I thought it was Nippon.
Nihon (Or Nihongo.) is used when referring to someone who is from Japan, or referring to it as a place and not a country.

Both are right, though.

Edited, Oct 21st 2007 3:28pm by Zackary
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#13 Oct 21 2007 at 12:02 PM Rating: Decent
In regards to Misa's voice - she will apparently be played by someone I've never really heard of named "Shannon Chan-Kent" ? Apparently she does the voice of "Chief" on some show called Pucca.
#14 Oct 22 2007 at 5:22 AM Rating: Decent
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It can't be as bad as One Piece dubbed episodes Smiley: nod


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