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xparrotTo all those watching the Yu-Gi-Oh dub, wondering what you're missing--I can assure you now, it's not just the dub. The show really is that bad. Do I keep watching it? But of course!
That being said, even in the bad little kid shows, in which most of the action is moving mouths and monsters duking it out in recycled footage, the Japanese seiyuu still act their little hearts out. They maybe can't compare to the talent of One Piece, but definitely worth listening to.
Jounouchi's voice (Morikawa Toshiyuki) bugs me a bit, he's a good actor but it's too deep for a 16 year old kid's. On the other hand, his "Shinuna, Yuugi!!" at the end of their Domino port duel is one hell of a scream.
Yugi's voice I didn't care for at first. He wasn't much for acting; as Yami he just sounded permanently pissed off. Some of that could be that Kazama Shunsuke apparently isn't a seiyuu at all, but a J-pop star? Though I can't complain about him not sounding his age, he was 17 at the start of the anime's run! (Ah, nothing like Japanese idols to make you feel like you've done nothing with your life. When Oda-sensei was my age, his single series was well on its way to becoming the most popular in Japan... >_>) Anyway, I don't know if Kazama grew into the role and improved his acting as the show went along, or if I've just gotten used to his voice, but I've gone from disliking it, to tolerating it, to, er, really liking it quite a lot. As Yami he drops his voice significantly to sound different from Yugi, into this sort of raspy forced growl that is really much more appealing than I make it sound. Some of his battles I don't fastforward through just so I can listen to him holler at his cards/opponents.
I don't know why Bakura's voice in the beginning sounded like an evil grandmother's. It's improved. Eh. Bakura bores me. Yami Bakura is marginally more interesting, but I'm watching this show for the cute friendshipping, not cheesy mad villains (...Okay, so I like Malik. Malik is hot. And wears a belly shirt. And is doing the 'mwahaha I know the best way to hurt you is to hurt your friends, so that's just what I'm gonna do!" psychopath routine, which is a personal fave of mine.)
And Kaiba's voice is just the sex. As expected. His is about the only voice that sounded pretty much exactly like I thought it would. (Mokuba's doesn't count, since I knew what to expect of Takeuchi Junko. She doesn't disappoint.) Except in the first ep Seto was using "boku" (maintaining his schoolboy identity, I guess), which was extremely wrong. But it's always "ore" now *phew*. Tsuda Kenjirou isn't a seiyuu I know, he's been in almost nothing - recent guy, or maybe he's got another gig? Don't know. His voice has a slightly stuffy quality that suits Seto's arrogance, and he's good enough at the boasting, though I prefer his more thoughtful internal tone when he's musing in his head. And he has a great mad laugh, which you hear a lot of in Battle City. I wonder if Mokuba is worried to realize his oniisama is clearly losing sanity points every time he plays Obelisk? But my favorite Seto-sound has to be the "hnn," which he makes whenever he's amused by someone foolishly challenging his might. That is to say, all the time. Mmm.
I also just picked up v.6 (or rather v.13. Confusing, much?) Definitely prefer the manga to the show. Not only are the wretched card battles shorter, but the characters have more edge. Yugi's resolution to become stronger than his 'other me' (and Jounouchi offering to beat up the other Yugi, if Yami let his pride get in the way of what Yugi needed to do!), Honda asking Yugi to save the Kaibas because he owes Mokuba - good stuff. It's a shame the anime didn't have Death-T, because it set up a lot of running threads, and the story is weaker without them.
That being said, even in the bad little kid shows, in which most of the action is moving mouths and monsters duking it out in recycled footage, the Japanese seiyuu still act their little hearts out. They maybe can't compare to the talent of One Piece, but definitely worth listening to.
Jounouchi's voice (Morikawa Toshiyuki) bugs me a bit, he's a good actor but it's too deep for a 16 year old kid's. On the other hand, his "Shinuna, Yuugi!!" at the end of their Domino port duel is one hell of a scream.
Yugi's voice I didn't care for at first. He wasn't much for acting; as Yami he just sounded permanently pissed off. Some of that could be that Kazama Shunsuke apparently isn't a seiyuu at all, but a J-pop star? Though I can't complain about him not sounding his age, he was 17 at the start of the anime's run! (Ah, nothing like Japanese idols to make you feel like you've done nothing with your life. When Oda-sensei was my age, his single series was well on its way to becoming the most popular in Japan... >_>) Anyway, I don't know if Kazama grew into the role and improved his acting as the show went along, or if I've just gotten used to his voice, but I've gone from disliking it, to tolerating it, to, er, really liking it quite a lot. As Yami he drops his voice significantly to sound different from Yugi, into this sort of raspy forced growl that is really much more appealing than I make it sound. Some of his battles I don't fastforward through just so I can listen to him holler at his cards/opponents.
I don't know why Bakura's voice in the beginning sounded like an evil grandmother's. It's improved. Eh. Bakura bores me. Yami Bakura is marginally more interesting, but I'm watching this show for the cute friendshipping, not cheesy mad villains (...Okay, so I like Malik. Malik is hot. And wears a belly shirt. And is doing the 'mwahaha I know the best way to hurt you is to hurt your friends, so that's just what I'm gonna do!" psychopath routine, which is a personal fave of mine.)
And Kaiba's voice is just the sex. As expected. His is about the only voice that sounded pretty much exactly like I thought it would. (Mokuba's doesn't count, since I knew what to expect of Takeuchi Junko. She doesn't disappoint.) Except in the first ep Seto was using "boku" (maintaining his schoolboy identity, I guess), which was extremely wrong. But it's always "ore" now *phew*. Tsuda Kenjirou isn't a seiyuu I know, he's been in almost nothing - recent guy, or maybe he's got another gig? Don't know. His voice has a slightly stuffy quality that suits Seto's arrogance, and he's good enough at the boasting, though I prefer his more thoughtful internal tone when he's musing in his head. And he has a great mad laugh, which you hear a lot of in Battle City. I wonder if Mokuba is worried to realize his oniisama is clearly losing sanity points every time he plays Obelisk? But my favorite Seto-sound has to be the "hnn," which he makes whenever he's amused by someone foolishly challenging his might. That is to say, all the time. Mmm.
I also just picked up v.6 (or rather v.13. Confusing, much?) Definitely prefer the manga to the show. Not only are the wretched card battles shorter, but the characters have more edge. Yugi's resolution to become stronger than his 'other me' (and Jounouchi offering to beat up the other Yugi, if Yami let his pride get in the way of what Yugi needed to do!), Honda asking Yugi to save the Kaibas because he owes Mokuba - good stuff. It's a shame the anime didn't have Death-T, because it set up a lot of running threads, and the story is weaker without them.
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Date: 2005-08-17 02:18 pm (UTC)* nod nod nod *
I'm glad to hear I'm not the only one who cannot resist certain seiyuu - actually most of my anime viewing has (much to the amusement of some friends) had me follow the titles that Kaneto Shiozawa voiced - the orginal Vampire Hunter D, the Miyu OVA (Larva), St Seiya (Mu), Ai no Kusabi (Iason), Arislan (Narsus), Basara (Ageha), Dragon Half (Rosario) (g) ... I have Banner of the Stars and Legend of Galactic Heroes in my queue. I think the only title he's done I was "meh" about was Sailor Moon (he was Prince Diamond)
You're friended at Oishii. I'd suggest reading the oldest stories first. I'm not sure you'll like them - now that I look back they seem overly-melodramatic to me, and some of the things I did that were somewhat "fresh" or uncommon three years ago seem to have become stupefyingly frequent in fanon since - but they were well-received at the time.