Check out the same trailer but in Japanese!
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Foxtrot94
Elite Hunter
I don't recognize any of those... I generally don't watch things in Japanese... and besides, I've always liked the English voice acting in Devil May Cry (except 2, and especially in 3 and 4). For me, DMC is in English, period. I cringed when they added Italian VA in DmC. Not because the actors were bad, just because hearing DMC in any language other than English is weird for me now.
I thought it was a nice touch they called VA's of Dante, Trish and Lady from DMC anime for this, even though only Dante's voice rang a bell in this, and even that barely since he is more cheerful this time. XD
Japanese voice acting will always sound better than any other, except maybe German. They know how to put feeling into it and their language in general serves better for dramatic performance.
Japanese voice acting will always sound better than any other, except maybe German. They know how to put feeling into it and their language in general serves better for dramatic performance.
Chancey289
Fake Geek Girl.
DragonMaster2010
Don't Let the Fall of America be Your Fall
I'd like to call bullshit on that.
Japanese voice acting has a very dated tone to how they go about things. Most of it seems to use the styles of those old 70's and 80's anime and has yet to really grow. In fact, most of Japan seems to not want to move from their nostalgia of 70's and 80's.
But back to the subject matter; no, I don't think Japanese voice acting is better, because unless a Japanese voice actor has a pitch of voice that differentiates themselves from other Japanese VAs, then they'll just be thrown into the "male/female voice #53542" category, which is what Nero and Vergil's voices, to my ears, are.
Yeah, to your ears.
To my ears English voice acting is painful most of the time. In the games it's much better, with certain sad exceptions, but in anime they have a lot of trouble with placing the emphasis on right spot, women most often sound strangely high-pitched and only able to breathe once their part has been said entirely, sometimes I expect the male voice to start talking about this great deal for car insurance, accents are tolerable when anime is set in modern times, but American accent can really kill the feeling when used in feudal Japan...
I don't say Japanese voice acting is perfect, far from it, but it helps me immerse myself into whatever I'm watching or playing much better.
WolfOD64
That Guy Who Hates Fox McCloud
No.
Not then, not now, not ever.
Whatever, dude.
I watched DB and DBZ with German dub, they were quite good. It's why up there I mentioned German voice acting as one that is a perfectly good replacement.
So I have a good opinion on Japanese voice acting and a poor one of English voice acting. The horror. English voice acting sound good in western cartoons, but is it the fact the text is translated from Japanese or what, but they rarely achieve the same quality in anime.
Foxtrot94
Elite Hunter
I'm not into anime so I dunno. But one thing I know: for me, DBZ in English > Japanese. Goku in Japanese, as far as I'm concerned, is a prime example of how bad Jap VA can be even in anime.
I can't find DBZ in Japanese, they are all with English dub, so I'll just have to take your word for it. *shrugs*
I'd still rather pick Japanese voice acting than any other in case of drama and horror, out of experience. The least I deserve is not being screamed at by certain people when I express my opinion as such.
ef9dante_oSsshea
Well-known Member
there you go
Erian1Mortal
Well-known Member
Are you by chance from germany?
I find it weird to listen to german dubs because since the DBZ days the voice acting declined in most shows, besides that nowadays I like to play my games in english most of the time, as the german dub (if there is one) kills my ears. DmC and the DMC Anime are good examples of that. But to each their own I guess.
Chancey289
Fake Geek Girl.
Man, Goku's Japanese voice is so annoying and grating. Sean Schemmel IS Goku.
No, I'm from Croatia, but with my country not being so much into anime, for some time I had to rely on satellite TV and German stations. Haven't watched anything from there for quite a number of years, I must admit though.
Japanese VA for Goku does have a bit weird voice, it's not very manly, I gather it's a bad result of trying to fit to the type of the character (mythological monkey Goku).
But here, this is the version I grew up with...
ef9dante_oSsshea
Well-known Member
Sorry viper but I kinda laughed at this I can't take it seriously in german lmao
and it is a woman who voices goku in japanese
and it is a woman who voices goku in japanese
*shrugs* I speak German, so it's just another language to me. I gather it's funny to you cause without knowledge it's pretty much gibberish.
Women usually voice children in Japan, now I'm curious what the director was thinking.