Voice Actors for Japanese versonFollow

I guess many people do have some bias towards JP voice acting (be it like that because of popularity of anime or whatever) and all things JP anyway.

I've heard some ridiculous JP voice acting aswell as english ones. Still if there is choice between good JP and good english voice acting I think I would go for english (that is if we can assume that lipsynch is perfect for either of these languages, I hate bad lipsynch). The reason I prefer english over japanese is that I can understand all the dialects better which make the game feel more alive for me.

Still, the main reasoning when choosing between english and japanese voice acting in games is the origin of the game basically. Listening english dub on a japanese game is stupid as the lipsynch usually is quite off and it really takes some "reality" away from the game.

You guys remind of this sometimes.

People like you are just proving my point for me. Thank you. If you are so biased that you wish to use some name I never heard of to make a point, you're obviously a JP fanboy and thus your opinion is meaningless.

Shadowedge, have you been spending too much time on the Beta forums?

I know there are plenty of users there that slam the English VA due to the Crystal's Call trailer and are automatically going for Japanese VAs without giving the English VAs a chance, but there hasn't been anyone on this thread that has doing any of the sort.

As for the topic at hand, it's good that they're giving the option. I know a lot of people that just prefer Japanese VAs for multiple reasons, though I prefer to support my English voices, as long as they're good.

Taking what I posted out of context doesn't make you right. I said it was nobody I ever heard of.... so how can I respond to that? How about picking someone like Nolan North, David Hayter, Kevin Conroy, Claudia Black, Dee Bradley Baker, Troy Baker, Tom Kane, Jennifer Hale,Tara Strong, Mark Hamil, Phil LaMarr or the voice God himself Frank Welker? My post had nothing to with being a xenophobe. It's ironic you call me that considering Japan(1% non JP) is the most notorious xenophobe country in the world.

Edited, Jul 29th 2013 11:55am by ShadowedgeFFXI

The version released in 2007 in the Dracula X Chronicles apparently used NA VAs, so I'd actually be interested to find that version to see if there is a difference. Otherwise, my claim was I'd been led to believe back in the day as a cost-saving measure employed by Konami. Nowadays, the career VAs tend to have studios in their own home, but others tend to have to get flown in to various locations. As an example of what I was implying, though, I can't speak Russian. Put someone in front of me who can with enough coaching, however, and I say a few lines, too. SoTN wasn't a line-heavy game, so instead of finding a bunch of NA VAs, they could've just done this for English with the JP VAs they did have. In turn, it could go a long way in explaining why it sounds so bad despite the cult-like adoration of the intro sequence. Personally, I like to think I have a good ear and recognize the more prominent NA VAs even if they use alternate voices. The tells are different for each actor, but in general I haven't recognized the SotN VAs in anything since. So, either they weren't hired for anything mainstream again or there's some merit to the coaching theory.

I'm also reminded of Valkyrie Profile, which does have some hilariously bad acting. What keeps it from SotN's accusation is the presence of VAs who did the early Pokemon. Lenneth was Officer Jenny if I remember right, and I think Brock voiced Lucian. Think Ash's VA did a mermaid or something, but it's been way too long.

You're singling out bad, early generation voice acting and this isn't the example you used?

Better example.

Edited, Jul 29th 2013 2:13pm by lolgaxe

Because you'd be too busy laughing at the comments to listen to the speech.

There was a game called Knight Online many years ago. The English speaking player base refused to play with the Turkish. No different than the Japanese having a tendency to not play with English. It all came down to how one community perceived the other.

Personally, I can't speak a sentence in Japanese and I was in a JPN HNMLS back in FFXI. There is no fanboying here. Inglorious Bastards was a movie I enjoyed, partly because it presented itself with its native language to the region.