• sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz
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    it will go out of fashion when there are more than 12 English voice actors. or when they are permitted to do any voice cadence other than Ash Ketchum or Alvin of Alvin and the Chipmunls

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      Yep. I usually prefer original voices, but that’s not out of principle. The Xenoblade series is one where English voice acting is high quality, and is also great for featuring accents from across the Anglosphere, rather than just American accents.

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        Likewise. My personal exceptions are Cowboy Beebop and Helsing OVA even if they also reuse some prominent actors, they get points for trying to sound different.

        I’ve heard Xenoblade has some unusual ones

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      Hey, Frieren wasn’t bad. That’s the only anime besides the Ghost Stories Dub that I’ve seen so far, so it’s probably not representative ot anime as a whole. Ghost Stories did have some… interesting voice acting, so I guess I’ve gotten lucky.

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          Oh, absolutely. That probably wouldn’t have been allowed nowadays, and honestly, that’s probably a good thing. But as a product of its time, it’s pretty entertaining.

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        EDIT: And Erased was also very good English voices!

        Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood has some great English voice acting, and that’s coming from a Japanese voice over lover. :-]