English or Japanese?

[Ultima Star]

Ok so how do you prefer AC? I really prefer seeing it in japanese..I was so excited when I was about to watch it in English the first time..but after some minutes...I didn't like it too much..what about you guys?

[DragonFly]

My friend forced me to watch it in English (I have the Japanese version B) ) There was a part where Cloud sounded like a caveman, the voices were really annoying in English.

Original Voices ftw (though the Quebec vers. of the Simpsons can be an exception, lol off-topic)

[Desi]

I saw it in JP first then in English. Didn't care for either but there were some voices I preferred in either language. Kadaj=english only, the voice actor pulled off the crazed child much better then the JP voice over, same with Cait Sith and making me laugh. Aeris=japanese only, sadly they used the KHII girl and not the KHI girl (which was very good). Another JP only voice was Tifa I guess, her english voice sounded as if it was cracking. Loz, Yazoo, Vincent, and Sephiroth fall into the doesn't matter group, each had their faults (JP Sephiroth using the stereotype villian voice) and bonus' (JP Yazoo sounded like he was horny half the time). English Loz pulled off the crybaby better and Red XIII had that great deep voice that they described in the game.

[Ultima Star]

Ok well for me it's like this:

-Cloud: I love his japanese voice, I think it suits him more than the english voice, but I can't deny that Steve Burton made a very good job being Cloud's voice it was also cool.

-Aeris: Japanese! I don't like her english voice at all, it shows no emotion! perhaps if the voice actress had been her KH1 voice then it would have been better but..

-Tifa: I really prefer her japanese voice, I just don't like how her English voice sounds..for me her english voice makes her sound older but her japanese voice sounds better and like her age:nod:

-Kadaj:....japanese, his english voice is a little childish XD I really prefer the japanese one

-Sephiroth: both, it doesn't matter if it's english or japanese he still sounds like the villian of the movie

-Reno: what can I say about him, his voice was cool in both japanese and english

-Rude: same

-Vincent: PERFECT! in both english and japanese

-Rufus/Loz/Yazoo:...japanese, but I like Rufus' voice in english too^^

-Marlene: japanese cos her english voice..it doesn't sound like if she was a little girl >.<

[Desi]

Kadaj is supposed to be childish they make clues throughout and even calls him that when referring to him. How can you not like the English voice more? I mean come on, his lines are even better. "Glad you could make it" "Once upon a time..."

Marlene is like 12-14 now, her english voice isn't so bad. It does sound somewhat older but her JP voice is even worst because it sounds 8. They both are so-so and I am more used to her JP voice but I can't choose neither.

edit: Oh and please stop making threads like this. State your opinions in your opening post. Don't wait for people to post before you say anything.

[Hitoshura]

edit: Oh and please stop making threads like this. State your opinions in your opening post. Don't wait for people to post before you say anything.

XD Owned

Anyway, I prefer Japanese over English, the same thing goes for anime. But it depends on what the voice acing is like. I'm too lazy to post more. :/

[Flint]

I generally prefer the English voices in Advent Children, but the Japanese version has the advantage of far better lip-synching due to the mouth animations being based on the Japanese dialogue.

[Desi]

XD Owned

It is the truth though and you know from looking at your post in the FFVIII thread. She made around 20 threads and never stated her opinion in the first post but instead waited for someone else.

[Ultima Star]

1) I did say that I didn't like their english voices too much.
2) I just made 3 threads in the FF VIII section and I did post my opinion..and in the only thread I didn't post my opinion first was in the one I made yesterday
3) You said Marlene is 12-14 now..things that is not true because in the game she was like 4 years old and AC is two years after FF VII so that means she is 6 or 7 as a maximum.

[Desi]

1) I did say that I didn't like their english voices too much.
2) I just made 3 threads in the FF VIII section and I did post my opinion..and in the only thread I didn't post my opinion first was in the one I made yesterday
3) You said Marlene is 12-14 now..things that is not true because in the game she was like 4 years old and AC is two years after FF VII so that means she is 6 or 7 as a maximum.Nah you made around 20 threads in four days, I didn't even say which sections. With little opinion in any still. "Lets talk about this game I brought", "Cards!", "Monkies are great ninjas. Are they?".

I was led to believe Marlene was at the very least 8 in VII. Never had reason to believe otherwise. I mean she could look out a window.

edit: oh snap I found them
http://forums.finalfantasy-xiii.net/showthread.php?t=1577,http://forums.finalfantasy-xiii.net/showthread.php?t=1581, http://forums.finalfantasy-xiii.net/showthread.php?t=1552,
http://forums.finalfantasy-xiii.net/showthread.php?t=1556,
http://forums.finalfantasy-xiii.net/showthread.php?t=1534,
http://forums.finalfantasy-xiii.net/showthread.php?t=1557,
http://forums.finalfantasy-xiii.net/showthread.php?t=1548,
http://forums.finalfantasy-xiii.net/showthread.php?t=1555,
http://forums.finalfantasy-xiii.net/showthread.php?t=1551,
http://forums.finalfantasy-xiii.net/showthread.php?t=1536,
http://forums.finalfantasy-xiii.net/showthread.php?t=1546,
http://forums.finalfantasy-xiii.net/showthread.php?t=1553,
http://forums.finalfantasy-xiii.net/showthread.php?t=1572,
http://forums.finalfantasy-xiii.net/showthread.php?t=1579,
http://forums.finalfantasy-xiii.net/showthread.php?t=1580

[Ultima Star]

OH! I thought you were takling abou the number of threads I made in the FF VIII section XD

I know about that! But what can I say it was the game that said she was 4 not me :rolleyes: XD

[Desi]

So she is four in VII? And six or whatever in AC. My bad though my cousin sounds older then her by a mile.

[Ultima Star]

Yeah in the game they said their age, when Barret was talking to Dyne he said something like "Marlene's four now" or something like that.

[Alphonse]

I only watched it in English because I dont understand Japanese.lol

[Hitoshura]

O RLY ?!

Ever heard of a thing called SUBTITLES?

[Alphonse]

Ever heard of DONT WANT TO READ A LOT?

[Desi]

I don't blame you. Since the Japanese have a thing about talking while fighting. You miss out on some of the action because of that horrible narrative technique.

[Alphonse]

Ooh well. I guess ill watch it sometime in Japanese but not anytime soon.

[Ultima Star]

Well for me it's easy to watch it in Japanese, it's not that hard after you get used to it..and if you have some experience on watching things in Japanese it's a whole lot easier:nod:

[XxFeaRLeSsxX]

I agree with Ultima... Japanese is better for me, I thought the english voice was fake-ish ;)

[Alphonse]

LOL Well Ill try it like I said.

[Ultima Star]

I agree with Ultima... Japanese is better for me, I thought the english voice was fake-ish ;)

And I agree with fearless. Yes it didn't sound natural :'(

[Alphonse]

No its not! Some of them but not all of them. The one that sounds feakest is Yuffies voice.

[XxFeaRLeSsxX]

lol I like Vincent's voice :rolleyes: It's so deep you can't even hear the unnatural-ness in his voice :D

[Ultima Star]

Vincent's voice rocks!!:D
And the other one that didn't sound too unnatural was Cloud's voice:nod:

[Desi]

Kadaj english voice shits on the JP voice. Makes the japanese one feel "unnatural" since it doesn't even fit the character.

[Ultima Star]

You think so? Well..I guess that is because I'm more used to the japanese than to the english one:D

[Desi]

I seen the Japanese version tons of times compared to the twice I watched the english but just studying his voice. The childlike excitement and psycho style of the english voice came off much better then the tame mid-teen sounding of the japanese one. Same with Loz english voice catching the whininess and baby side of Loz especially when he says "I'm not crying" while crying but in the japanese one he sounded more angry.

[Ultima Star]

Oh yeah good point, he did sound like if he was crying..I don't know well I think that Yazoo's english voice was a little better than the japanese one

[Lucrecia]

I prefer the English version because I can understand it and plus I don't want to read subtitles the whole time. Some of the voices also suite the characters good as well, although some don't. Ex: Yazoo sounds like Michael Jackson. :blink:

[Desi]

In English or Japanese? Haha. He pretty much sounds like some weird sex addict in both. Just in japanese during a couple lines he sounds extremely horny like right when he and loz fight reno and rude.

[Alphonse]

What?! I take it back! Their both good!

[Ringlets]

The japanese voice overs suit the characters much better. Specially Sephiroths. Super evil awesome voice.

Fun fact: Sephirot are the 10 attributes of God in Judaism.

[Alphonse]

I dont know. Thier both good.

[Ultima Star]

But he sounds more evil in the japanese one:D

[MaoraTezuka]

I like the Japanese one... besides it's more understanding for me than English... *my English is bad (__ __)lll*

Yazoo sounds like Jacko??? u think so??

but I love Tifa's voice, it's so what... sweet???

[Desi]

The japanese voice overs suit the characters much better. Specially Sephiroths. Super evil awesome voice.His Japanese voice is alright. It is way to overused with villains though. I mean same dude is during the villain in that recent PS2 mana game. He just does villains so they all sound very similar. At least the NA actor had some strange ways to pronounce things and you can make Dis Pear jokes.

[Lucrecia]

In English or Japanese? Haha. He pretty much sounds like some weird sex addict in both. Just in japanese during a couple lines he sounds extremely horny like right when he and loz fight reno and rude.


The english one. For some reason he just reminds me of him. Well...after seeing some video on youtube where people had Michael Jackson's voice as Yazoo's, I guess that doesn't help too. :rolleyes:


Yeah. I can understand what you're saying right when he was about to fight Reno and Rude. I even saw a slow motion clip of it and he sounds he even more weird. :blink:

[Alphonse]

No! He sounds more evil in Spanish! J/K Well Japanese is sometimes better.

[Ultima Star]

I would really like to see this movie in Spanish:( well anyway I think that Yazoo sounds weird..in Japanese and in English too:blink:

[Alphonse]

Yeah. Never seen it in Spanish. Well I dont know about that.

[Ultima Star]

...it doesn't have a spanish version:blink:
It would be cool if it had one:D

[Alphonse]

Yeah. Ive heard his voice in a Spanish KH2 game! Sounds stupid.

[Ultima Star]

whose voice? KH2 in Spanish..but that doesn't exist!...or does it?:blink:

[Flint]

whose voice? KH2 in Spanish..but that doesn't exist!...or does it?:blink:


Actually, a Spanish version of KH2 does exist... here's a video of part of the ending sequence from the Spanish version:

ENDING SPOILERS, OBVIOUSLY

http://youtube.com/watch?v=dPqHFZF0LCI

[Flint]

Cloud versus Sephiroth in the Spanish version of Advent Children....

http://youtube.com/watch?v=VZy9m6JEeKQ


And some other scenes, featuring Tifa, Marlene, Kadaj etc....

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Jh2c8rIzapU

[Desi]

Spanish Sephiroth sound rocking. Just whispers to much, I guess because Sephiroth doesn't really raise his voice. Cloud was good too. Didn't like Rufus' voice and Kadaj has the same whispering problem but at least does keep some of the crazy the English voice has. Marlene was fine but Tifa had that weird battle cry after all her attacks. Sounded kind of creepy.

[Ultima Star]

I've seen them..I didn't like it..or at least I didn't like the voices:rolleyes: I don't like the way Spain translates things, it doesn't sound natural, I don't really like Spanish voices I really prefer Mexican ones:nod: they sound more natural:nod: really!

[Alphonse]

Spanish doesent fit Sephi to me. Doesent sound cool to me.

[Ultima Star]

Well...for me it sounds..more or less XD and I don't like Cloud's voice:(

[XwingsofaresX]

i like the japanese and english versions. no comment on the spanish version^_^

[Ultima Star]

The spanish version kinda sucks..it doesn't sound natural<_<

[Cloud Strife]

Yeah... I like it in Japanese better.

[Desi]

The spanish version kinda sucks..it doesn't sound natural<_<
Sure it does. Other then the whispering. Marlene was even spot on since you love her Japanese voice so much.

[XxFeaRLeSsxX]

The spanish version kinda sucks..it doesn't sound natural<_<

There's a spanish version? :blink:

[S-r-ex]

Japanese. No doubt.

[Lucrecia]

Yeah I prefer the English and Japanese version. Although, the spanish Sephiroth and Cloud does sound pretty good.

[Ultima Star]

Yeah I prefer the English and Japanese version. Although, the spanish Sephiroth and Cloud does sound pretty good.

...Sephiroth's voice is..let's say..so-so...but Cloud's voice is:'(.....I don't like it

[Cloud Strife]

There is a Spanish version?? Wow...

[Ultima Star]

Yep there is..look at page 5:nod:
There are some videos of AC in spanish^_^ c'mon take a look^^

[Lucrecia]

I just rememberd, I think they have a chinese version too. I remember watching a clip a while back. I'll go see if I can find it.

[MaoraTezuka]

chinese version??? that will be GREAT!!!

[XxFeaRLeSsxX]

Chinese version?!! :ohmy:

[Cloud Strife]

Chinese??? -_- wow.. dudes. How about making one in German

[Lucrecia]

There is a German fandub and I did find a clip of a Chinese one, but it wasn't the one I saw. I also found a bunch of french ones too. I'll post the chinese one up though and the other ones later because the other ones don't want to come up for me at the moment.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUlysNtBkvM

[Ultima Star]

WOW:ohmy: now AC is international XD let's count:
-Japanese
-English
-Spanish
-Chinese
-German
-French

We're missing Italian and Portuguese:P

[Lucrecia]

Here's Tifa's fight in French.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyFvts-xzSw

[Lucrecia]

Oh and here is part of the german fandub.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3NGEiG3900

[MaoraTezuka]

wow. I don't understand :o

[Cloud Strife]

wow, I can unmderstand alittle bit of German. Shit man... so.. exactly.. how many versions are there??