Dubbed Anime Discussion

[Tao]

Just thought we could use a thread for discussion of the Dubbed version of the Anime. An episode is currently playing on Adult Swim which made me think to make this thread.

A note to those who choose to discuss the Dubbed Episodes, try to avoid spoilers for Future Episodes on the off chance people haven't seen them. I'm sure most of us have, but there's always those who haven't, so let's be courtesy to them too.

The current Episode on tonight:

Episode # 293: Hitsugaya Enraged, Blade of Hatred!

"The Captains and Visored launch their all out attack against Aizen in hopes of killing him."

[WhiteChocolate]

I hated Tusen's voice change in past episodes. Oh well. He's dead now. But, the old VA would've made his sendoff MUCH better.

Hitsugaya's VA was off in this episode. His screams for Momo sounded like he was half asleep. His VA is great. Just not his best episode.

[Tao]

I hated Tusen's voice change in past episodes. Oh well. He's dead now. But, the old VA owuld've made his sendoff MUCH better.

Hitsugaya's VA was off in this episode. His screams for Momo sounded like he was half asleep. His VA is great. Just not his best episode.

I'm glad someone else noticed that. His scream just lacked any real effort it sounded like. He could've stubbed his toe for all I knew lol. The japanese VA did a much better job on that scene.

I did think Gin did a good job explaining Aizen's "power" though. I could swear he has a different VA from the old one though, he just doesn't sound the same as he did in the earlier episodes.

[Ryoma]

I like the English dub a lot. I'm probably gonna get a lot of shit for this, but I like a lot of the major cast better in English. That includes Ichigo. Before Aizen, I didn't realize Kyle Hebert could pull of such a creepy role like that. Not happy about Zaraki's change though. And they should probably stop reusing Sam Riegal lol.

[Tom2rules]

So did Tousen's VA change in these past episodes or did he just sound different? I can't really tell...still some of the characters do sound like they have had change in their voice actors (Although in my opinion none have been as bad as the new voice they gave Zaraki).

Yeah...Hitsugaya has has some bad luck with his screaming lately, like when he fought Harribel and now...he has had some bad luck in these episodes.

[WhiteChocolate]

I believe Kyle Herbert started doing Tousen's voice. He sounds like Aizen using a raspy whisper voice. But, bleach wii hasn't changed it yet.

David Lodge was perfect for Kenny. His new voice isn't terrible. I guess it'll have to grow more.

I definately love Laura Bailey as Hiyori better than Wendie Lee. Hiyori's 1st voice made me wanna smack her. It was like a girly, bratty, tween, voice. Laura makes her a bit more rough, and just has more character to it.

[Ryoma]

I believe Kyle Herbert started doing Tousen's voice. He sounds like Aizen using a raspy whisper voice. But, bleach wii hasn't changed it yet.

David Lodge was perfect for Kenny. His new voice isn't terrible. I guess it'll have to grow more.

I definately love Laura Bailey as Hiyori better than Wendie Lee. Hiyori's 1st voice made me wanna smack her. It was like a girly, bratty, tween, voice. Laura makes her a bit more rough, and just has more character to it.

Laura Bailey definitely does a good Hiyori. It's kinda odd though, with her playing two vizoreds and then of course Harribel. Kinda like how in DBZ, Christopher Sabat played half the cast on Namek lol.

I'm so glad they got Staley for Hitsugaya. He sounds awesome, even if sometimes his screams don't go over perfectly.

[AizenLoyalist1991]

I dont think he does Tousen. I've gone to Kyles live streams,got asked that question and said. ''What ever is in my credits is who I've ever voiced.''

Tousen's now voice is from the flash back and TBTP- Anime pay kinda sucks as they say. Which is why Kenny is not the same. Money,money,money.
It is possible Hitsugayas voice got shot dureing recording.If you noticed in the Sajin fight, his voice had a substitute until the next episode. Kyle is doing a awesome job :) You keep at it you bald man you :D (Sorry if this posts twice. I'm on the ps3)

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I dont think he does Tousen. I've gone to Kyles live streams,got asked that question and said. ''What ever is in my credits is who I've ever voiced.''

Tousen's now voice is from the flash back and TBTP- Anime pay kinda sucks as they say. Which is why Kenny is not the same. Money,money,money.
It is possible Hitsugayas voice got shot dureing recording.If you noticed in the Sajin fight, his voice had a substitute until the next episode. Kyle is doing a awesome job :) You keep at it you bald man you :D (Sorry if this posts twice. I'm on the ps3)

[Bala de Impacto]

Ah, I was wondering why there wasn't a thread for this yet. What can we say, hmm, Steve Staley, excellent VA, can't power up/despair yell for beans. He's best suited for calm/serious roles, anything else seems lackluster, and trust me, he's done every single role you can think of, even, THOSE roles from the unmentionable sections. LAURA BAILEY DOES PART TIME AS A SIREN! Why do you think her voice is so alluring no matter which role she takes? YOU HEARD IT HERE FIRST! I wonder which VA will take the record as the VA with most roles in one show over at viz, because it seems like a tie between Patrick Seitz and Sam Riegel^^;;. David Lodge, we miss you buddy, and if you even see this post, GO TO FUNIMATION OR OCEAN STUDIOS! YOU'RE TOO GOOD TO NOT BE HEARD ANYMORE!

[WhiteChocolate]

Laura Bailey definitely does a good Hiyori. It's kinda odd though, with her playing two vizoreds and then of course Harribel. Kinda like how in DBZ, Christopher Sabat played half the cast on Namek lol.

I'm so glad they got Staley for Hitsugaya. He sounds awesome, even if sometimes his screams don't go over perfectly.

Laura has great range though. She may do her similar voices from other anime roles. But, she at least has a few, unlike Kate Higgins who sounds the same in all of her roles, which is fine until she plays more than one character in an anime.

Unohana
Nanao
Karin
Lillinette

And every last one of them sounds the same. I know a certain purple-haired, ponytailed chaacter she'll probably play in upcoming arc.

Stephanie Sheh is pretty good too. She did great as the lesbian Bount Rukia faught, and had a totoally different voice from Orihime.

Neliel's VA, same as Loly, wasn't too good with anger. Whenever she had to fight, her grunts, and screams were lazy-sounding, like Steve's Hitsugaya. Look at her fight with Nnoitra when she found her Fraccion. The way she says "how dare you" sounded bad. Like she wasn't angry.

Karen Strassman is great as well. Playing Sui Feng, and Momo, Dalk (bount doll), and Sung-Sun

The episode where Sui Feng loses her arm, her scream was wonderful. Better than the Jap version I think.

[Ice_Peach_Blossom]

I love Steve Staley he's my favorite anime voice actor and I thought he did a great job during the past episode, but I will agree that "famous scream" was kind of weak. Though to be fair I think we all knew when we heard Romi Park originally do that scream it was going to be hard for him to compare. Still I love him as Hitsugaya and to me he does a great job.

I also loved Kyle Hebert as Aizen in this episode. So creepy, I got the chills when he said. "So here's a question for you. Now consider this, at what time did you think I wasn't using my Kyōka Suigetsu?"

[Ryoma]

Steve Staley did some great yelling as Neji in Naruto. Not sure what's up with him.

Oh, btw, Byakuya's voice is absolutely perfect IMO. When he fought Zommarri, that performance was so good.

[WhiteChocolate]

His yelling as Shuuhei when Allon was squeezing him was good too.

He may just be having some problems with his voice when that was recording. So, he couldn't do a really good scream. Wishful thinking.

[Ryoma]

I think it's likely tbh. I know he has the capacity for much more: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9x5hSE1lwg&feature=player_detailpage#t=205s

Skip to 3:25 if it doesn't automatically put you there.

[Ichigo]

I love Aizen's VA in the dub and he nailed his part in this episode. They did a great job with episode except for Hitsuguya's scream after Aizen trolled everyone. No idea what happened there....

[AizenLoyalist1991]

Just I guess his voice was shot.I watch SS arc a couple times over and over again when I am bored. I skip all the Ichigo crap and go straight to the Hitsugaya things. He does do some good yells just I guess this time it did not exactly work out?

Kyle does an awesome job :D When ever I go to his chats most people know of him from Bleach and DBZ. Cant wait for old man yama to talk tho.His voice actor is pretty epic ^__^~ I really liked Starrks and lily's voice actors too,made me feel like they are really a team.

[IchigoKurosaki]

I honestly don't like the dubbed voices very much.

I don't think the English voice actors can really capture the emotions that Japanese voice actors can. To me, Ichigo just isn't Ichigo unless he's speaking Japanese. We all have preferences, mine are that I can't stand English dubbed anime.

[Bala de Impacto]

It's understandable I.K., question though, do you hate ALL dubs or are there some that catch your attention?

[Ryoma]

Well, Japanese and English are definitely totally different languages when it comes to how things are pronounced, how people sound when they enunciate, etc. But IMO the burden is not on the English dub to capture the Japanese emotions. They just have to get the character emotions correctly, which generally speaking they do, including in Bleach. I'm not really bashing people who don't like English dubs, but I know a lot of English haters have these blanket statements which are completely untrue (not accusing anyone here either).

The worst one is that english actors don't put any emotion in their acting. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=N5rheoSsfBU#t=26s)

[Ryoma]

Kinda off-topic: Seeing Ryoma's avi reminded me of how happy I was that they got Kirk Thornton to play Shadow.

Damn skippy. I was ecstatic when the 4kids actors minus Pollack got the boot.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RewGlxH_gc4


On topic: I wonder who will play the Xcution cast in the dubbed. Any guesses, anyone?

[WhiteChocolate]

I am leaning that Steven Blum will be Ginjou
And Kate Higgins will be Riruka

[Bala de Impacto]

If Kate Higgins plays Riruka, I'm gonna call her, Nopan Sakura!

[Griffith]

I can't stand the english dub in Bleach.. holy mother of god.. i think its terrible in my opinion. I think Aizen's and Ikkaku's voice actors are the only ones that really fit them. Yea sure the english voice actors show emotion but they just never seem to get it quite as right as the japanese.. in english it's always too dramatic to the point of soap opera cheesiness or too mellow to the point of being dull.

When the english VA has to translate a scene in english a lot of times they have to add in or take out words to match the lip flaps and i just dont like that. I think another reason why it just doesn't sound quite right is because there's a lot of japanese words in Bleach and the japanese words flow soooooo much better with the actual japanese language (duh lol) and those words feel so separate when mixed in with english sentences in my opinion.

It also doesn't help when Ichigo has the worst english VA EVERRRR and he's the guy i have to listen to the most.. oh my god.. there's no emotion in his voice at all.. everything sounds so flat.. ugh..

[Jayss123]

I can't stand the english dub in Bleach.. holy mother of god.. i think its terrible in my opinion. I think Aizen's and Ikkaku's voice actors are the only ones that really fit them. Yea sure the english voice actors show emotion but they just never seem to get it quite as right as the japanese.. in english it's always too dramatic to the point of soap opera cheesiness or too mellow to the point of being dull.

When the english VA has to translate a scene in english a lot of times they have to add in or take out words to match the lip flaps and i just dont like that. I think another reason why it just doesn't sound quite right is because there's a lot of japanese words in Bleach and the japanese words flow soooooo much better with the actual japanese language (duh lol) and those words feel so separate when mixed in with english sentences in my opinion.

It also doesn't help when Ichigo has the worst english VA EVERRRR and he's the guy i have to listen to the most.. oh my god.. there's no emotion in his voice at all.. everything sounds so flat.. ugh..

Yet another person that just doesn't get it, first of all ITS FROM JAPAN PEOPLE of corse the people in Japan are going to get it right jesus how many times to I have to read and hear about HOW bad the dubs are so bad IF you don't like it DON'T watch. I think they are fine for what they are given if you can do better get off your butt and go do it yourself, ok rant off, anyways I respect these people for the effort they put in other wise we wouldn't have a dub to begin with so remember that people.

[AizenLoyalist1991]

There isnt a need for flaming guys. It's a discussion,you have an ability to not see somes post or ignore it. K?
Anyway I hope Michelle Rough gets to be some on in the X group. She really hasnt been heard for a while :p

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There isnt a need for flaming guys. It's a discussion,you have an ability to not see somes post or ignore it. K?
Anyway I hope Michelle Rough gets to be some on in the X group. She really hasnt been heard for a while :p

[Ichigo]

All hate aside I actually really like Bleach's English Dub. I didn't start getting into the series until the first season aired on Adult Swim. My big issue with it is the reused voices that many characters have. However, it all comes down to money so I'm not going to fault the team for that.

[Griffith]

Yet another person that just doesn't get it, first of all ITS FROM JAPAN PEOPLE of corse the people in Japan are going to get it right jesus how many times to I have to read and hear about HOW bad the dubs are so bad IF you don't like it DON'T watch. I think they are fine for what they are given if you can do better get off your butt and go do it yourself, ok rant off, anyways I respect these people for the effort they put in other wise we wouldn't have a dub to begin with so remember that people. Oh i totally understand your aggravation.. but hey i didnt say that i think EVERY english dub is bad and this is a discussion about only the Bleach dub and sure i'll give them a pat on the back for trying but that doesn't mean they did a good job.. at all, in my opinion.

[Bala de Impacto]

There isnt a need for flaming guys. It's a discussion,you have an ability to not see somes post or ignore it. K?
Anyway I hope Michelle Rough gets to be some on in the X group. She really hasnt been heard for a while :p

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There isnt a need for flaming guys. It's a discussion,you have an ability to not see somes post or ignore it. K?
Anyway I hope Michelle Rough gets to be some on in the X group. She really hasnt been heard for a while :p
I know you meant for Michelle Ruff to be part of the Xcution cast, but the way you wrote it down, it kinda sounded like you wished that she would be one of the VAs that did X scenes in the past^^;;.

[Tom2rules]

I am leaning that Steven Blum will be Ginjou
And Kate Higgins will be Riruka

Oh god Steve Blum as Ginjou...there very idea is both fantastic and yet it is frightening.

He has done so many great voices that I have loved (such as BlackWarGreymon from Digimon, TOM from Toonami, Jamie Megas XLR), but the ones I know the best are from characters I REALLY HATE (Orochimaru from Naruto and Sergei from Asura's Wrath)...so seeing him be Ginjou would be a bit fantastic and a bit terrifying for me personally

As for the dub in general, I quite like it. Sure there are a few characters that could have had better VAs (the newer voice for Zaraki is one of them, although this may be due to the fact that I loved his original VA), then again there are characters that I can't imagine without their current VAs, such as Ichigo's.

Heh, speaking of Ichigo's Va, I can't help but mention the whole Devil May Cry 4 thing. Does anyone else find it funny that the main Character (Neo) had Ichigo's voice and his love interest (Kyrie) had Orihime's voice actor as well...with that and the character's personalities (along with a few things...that game borrowed alot of things from Bleach..

[Bala de Impacto]

Oh god Steve Blum as Ginjou...there very idea is both fantastic and yet it is frightening.

He has done so many great voices that I have loved (such as BlackWarGreymon from Digimon, TOM from Toonami, Jamie Megas XLR), but the ones I know the best are from characters I REALLY HATE (Orochimaru from Naruto and Sergei from Asura's Wrath)...so seeing him be Ginjou would be a bit fantastic and a bit terrifying for me personally

As for the dub in general, I quite like it. Sure there are a few characters that could have had better VAs (the newer voice for Zaraki is one of them, although this may be due to the fact that I loved his original VA), then again there are characters that I can't imagine without their current VAs, such as Ichigo's.

Heh, speaking of Ichigo's Va, I can't help but mention the whole Devil May Cry 4 thing. Does anyone else find it funny that the main Character (Neo) had Ichigo's voice and his love interest (Kyrie) had Orihime's voice actor as well...with that and the character's personalities (along with a few things...that game borrowed alot of things from Bleach..You ain't kidding, the only thing that was missing was the old priest dude being voiced by Tony Oliver or Kyle Hebert instead of Jushiro's VA and we would've had a perfect re-enactment. Which reminds me, they should put Reuben Langdon's Dante into the Bleach series, for no reason whatsoever, because he's THAT awesome.

[WhiteChocolate]

Oh god Steve Blum as Ginjou...there very idea is both fantastic and yet it is frightening.

He has done so many great voices that I have loved (such as BlackWarGreymon from Digimon, TOM from Toonami, Jamie Megas XLR), but the ones I know the best are from characters I REALLY HATE (Orochimaru from Naruto and Sergei from Asura's Wrath)...so seeing him be Ginjou would be a bit fantastic and a bit terrifying for me personally

I heard him as Orochimaru, Guilmon, Zabuza, Spike, and Magnemon.

I think he'd be a good choice. I definately hope is a versitile VA. One who can do his goofy persona, and also his gruff-ness. Though Nobody'll surpass Hiroki Touchi in that lol

[Tom2rules]

You ain't kidding, the only thing that was missing was the old priest dude being voiced by Tony Oliver or Kyle Hebert instead of Jushiro's VA and we would've had a perfect re-enactment. Which reminds me, they should put Reuben Langdon's Dante into the Bleach series, for no reason whatsoever, because he's THAT awesome.

Heh, Kyle Hebert as the main priest, that would have been priceless. Tony Oliver...maybe he should have been Credo in the game, it would have been quite odd yet antiquate. Its funny thinking about that game and what it would have been like with other Bleach Voice actors.

Reuben Langdon in Bleach. I could see it, just walking around, kicking ass, and annoying the unholy hell out of Ichigo...yeah, that could work.

[AizenLoyalist1991]

Michelle Ruff might have done some X rated voices. As a matter of fact during a Q&A at a con. Steve Blum confirmed he was doing one,then backed away because of something . Anyway look at it this way, Ruff voiced Etna,Rukia, other flat Anime & game characters. I dont think its coincidence :p

If you have the money any VA will pounce at a role. I can see Kyle useing Aizen voice in priest mode.

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Michelle Ruff might have done some X rated voices. As a matter of fact during a Q&A at a con. Steve Blum confirmed he was doing one,then backed away because of something . Anyway look at it this way, Ruff voiced Etna,Rukia, other flat Anime & game characters. I dont think its coincidence :p

If you have the money any VA will pounce at a role. I can see Kyle useing Aizen voice in priest mode.

[Ryoma]

Steve Blum also does Wolverine in many pieces of media.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4vSboO8HDI

You should recognize two other voices there lol.

I agree with Langdon somewhere in Bleach. He does an awesome Dante and Ken.

[Bala de Impacto]

Steve Blum also does Wolverine in many pieces of media.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4vSboO8HDI

You should recognize two other voices there lol.

I agree with Langdon somewhere in Bleach. He does an awesome Dante and Ken.
Dante is Reuben, both Task and Logan are Blum, Zero's JYB (I dare you to not yell getsuga tensho when he does the Genmu Zero level 3-v-), Kyle's Ryu, and Shinji's Chris, which is why I went like, when Shinji got angry in this week's episode, ruh roh, Chris Redfield is pissed! With Michelle, the fact that she played the MC's fiancé in the Catherine game, kinda makes me think they'll never hire her for roles like that^^;;, hell, they got Laura to play the C Catherine, which is oddly coincidental because she's part Siren.

[PedroJose]

I started on the Dub voices on Adult Swim and I quite enjoyed them. Both Spanish and the English dubs work great for Bleach. I don't know why people complain about it. If you don't like it then don't watch it dubbed.
My old grip is the change in voice actors for Kenpachi, his old voice fitted him so much better.

Well that's my two cents

[Ryoma]

Dante is Reuben, both Task and Logan are Blum, Zero's JYB (I dare you to not yell getsuga tensho when he does the Genmu Zero level 3-v-), Kyle's Ryu, and Shinji's Chris, which is why I went like, when Shinji got angry in this week's episode, ruh roh, Chris Redfield is pissed! With Michelle, the fact that she played the MC's fiancé in the Catherine game, kinda makes me think they'll never hire her for roles like that^^;;, hell, they got Laura to play the C Catherine, which is oddly coincidental because she's part Siren.

XDDD Dude I already do yell Getsuga Tensho when he does Genmu Zero. Zero is one of my best characters in UMVC3. Roger Craig Smith also does Ezio Auditore which is a great voice for him.

[Bala de Impacto]

@Ryoma: Although it's a bit off-topic, it's too bad there will probably not be any MvC 4 since most of the Bleach's VA dub cast are doing most of the marvel roles from Earth's Mightiest Heroes.

@Aizen: Well, now you got me curious at how the Bleach chicks would sound with adult scene roles. Maybe they should go to Funimation since they seem to be getting all the pr0n-like titles anyway^^;;

@PedroJose: I agree, the Latin American dub for the show is extremely awesome :).

[Ryoma]

MvC4 is years and years away anyway. UMvC3 is going to last for a while in terms of hype in competition.

On topic: I really love Johnny Yong Bosh as Ichigo. I thought he was absolutely the perfect voice choice for him. Although I can't help but laugh my ass off every time Hollowfied Ichigo starts yelling in the dub. The filter makes him sound quite amusing.

[AizenLoyalist1991]

I think some one from bleach was maybe in Pantie and Stocking. That was a pretty mature umm anime >.>?
LOL it blew me away when I first saw it, my god...

[ButterflyRose]

I rather enjoy the English dub. I think Kyle Herbert does an excellent job playing Aizen, and Dan Woren's voice for Byakuya is almost perfect.

I enjoy listening to Johnny Yong Bosch voice Ichigo, though I still can't get over the fact that he used to be a Power Ranger XD

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-ET4GTXsxk


But I really, really like what JYB does with Hollow Ichigo's voice. Ah, *swoon*


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

Also, for giggles


http://youtu.be/DxFZJkbQU6Q hopefully it starts in the right place. If not, go to 5:47

[Bala de Impacto]

Seeing Kyle Hebert in that video reminded me of this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2WIiZljam0

[Tao]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxFZJkbQU6Q#t=5m47s hopefully it starts in the right place. If not, go to 5:47

Well, Aizen sure looks different than I expected him to look. Still, funny stuff. I always enjoy seeing the VAs outside of their character.

[ButterflyRose]

Seeing Kyle Hebert in that video reminded me of this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2WIiZljam0

That was probably one of the funniest things I've ever seen. Another Bleach dub VA that I think is hilarious is Vic Mignogna,The man who voices everything who voices Ikkaku. And apparently, he made up the Lucky Dance for the English dub


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDS1YlQA5BE

[IchigoKurosaki]

It's understandable I.K., question though, do you hate ALL dubs or are there some that catch your attention?

I can't say that I hate all dubs, because I haven't seen them all. But as far as Bleach, Naruto, One Piece, Fairy Tail and Dragon Ball/Z go, I haven't liked any of them dubbed. There may be some anime out there that I would like dubbed, but from the ones I've seen, not so much.

[Tao]

New Episode on Tonight:

Episode #294: Impossible to Attack? The Sealed Genryusai!

Head Captain Yamamoto enters the battlefield against Aizen and Wonderweiss.

[Ryoma]

That was probably one of the funniest things I've ever seen. Another Bleach dub VA that I think is hilarious is Vic Mignogna,The man who voices everything who voices Ikkaku. And apparently, he made up the Lucky Dance for the English dub


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDS1YlQA5BE

I actually got to shake Vic's hand when he was off panel one day at Zenkaikon 2011. It was awesome lol.

And yeah that Kyle Hebert thing was f*cking hilarious.


New Episode on Tonight:

Episode #294: Impossible to Attack? The Sealed Genryusai!

Head Captain Yamamoto enters the battlefield against Aizen and Wonderweiss.

Sweet. Can't wait.

[WhiteChocolate]

The episode is already out. Been out for hours now.
http://www.watchcartoononline.com/bleach-episode-294-english-dubbed

[AizenLoyalist1991]

What do you guys think of CC's voice actor? He has the perfect old man voice :3
Also Kyle was pretty smooth in the newest one huh? XD

[Tom2rules]

Honestly, I really like him as Yama. I'm pretty sure his name is Neil Kaplan, he actually hasn't done that much in the world of VA. The only notable role I've seen is Obito/Tobi as 'Mardara' in Naruto Ship (episode 125+). Still, he does do a great Old Man voice, I was said that he didn't call Aizen naive though.

But my god...whoever did Wonderweiess's voice when he attacked drove me nuts, I was so glad when Yama blew him to bits.

[Ichigo]

I can't say that I hate all dubs, because I haven't seen them all. But as far as Bleach, Naruto, One Piece, Fairy Tail and Dragon Ball/Z go, I haven't liked any of them dubbed. There may be some anime out there that I would like dubbed, but from the ones I've seen, not so much.
I actually prefer DB and DBZ dub over the originals. I really cannot stand Goku's voice in Japan.

[Ryoma]

I actually prefer DB and DBZ dub over the originals. I really cannot stand Goku's voice in Japan.

His Japanese voice is abysmal outside of the yelling. Japan really has a fascination for making men sound like girls. Toshiro is an example for Bleach that I'm glad the dub changed.

[WhiteChocolate]

His Japanese voice is abysmal outside of the yelling. Japan really has a fascination for making men sound like girls. Toshiro is an example for Bleach that I'm glad the dub changed.

The dub kinda changes the plite with Shiro as well, and I like it better.

In the Jap version, he has a boy voice. I mean, he sounds like a little kid, maybe 10-12. And everyone thinks he's so cute, they baby him, and he hates it. A kid wanting to grow up.

Steve gives him a really deep voice, where he sounds like he could be around 16, or older, but he's just short. So, he's mistaken for an Elementary school kid.

[jtshiro]

I actually prefer DB and DBZ dub over the originals. I really cannot stand Goku's voice in Japan.

I agree, the first time I watched the DBZ anime in Japanese his voice stood out in the worst way possible. That is the one anime series (meaning DB/DBZ/GT) I can definitively say the dub is better in my opinion. Bleach's dub is fine, but I prefer the Japanese voices

[Tao]

Another episode was on last night:

Episode 295 - It's All A Trap...Engineered Bonds!
Aizen reveals that everything that happened to Ichigo was all part of his plan. Lots of Flashbacks to his past Battles.

[Ichigo]

I hated this episode when it aired in Japan... Its basically a few panels made into an entire episode with 95% of the episode being dedicated towards flashbacks. I was kinda shocked that the dub opted on using the new VA's over the old ones. I was hoping to hear Urahara and Kenpachi's original voice actors once more but was really disappointed.

None of the less I enjoyed the English dub. I'm looking forward to the next 2-3 episodes.

[AizenLoyalist1991]

The flash back episode was kinda meh :P
What I really liked is how Aizen has a huge friggin gash on his shoulder and chest and does not even care. That is hard assing at its best.
Yep cant wait for the big battle of Isshin,Hat and Clogs and whats her butt going one on one with my man :D

[Tom2rules]

Eh, for a flashback episode it was kind of nice. Although the fact that the entire episode was pretty much that once chapter is kind of sad, along with the new voice actors in the old scenes was disappointing.

Although I am looking forward to next week as Isshin should arrive next time and the battle should began soon.

Also, If I remember correctly then the two episodes that focus on the Hell Verse Movie should be coming soon as well.

[Tao]

Newest episode is out, still playing Flashbacks and then catches up to the present again. Isshin finally makes his appearance and reveals what everyone else already knew.

Episode # 296: The Mysterious Power Within Ichigo
Ichigo is shocked to learn that he is Aizen's greatest research subject; an un-expected person arrives

[Tom2rules]

So, new episode tonight. Ichigo and Gin face off while Isshin goes head to head with Aizen.
#297:"The Extending Blade?! Ichigo vs. Gin!"

I found Ichigo short battle with Gin quite nice, although they did overuse the high speed sword fight animation a bit too much, still it was a nice fight in my opinion. Heh, the bit with Isshin flicking Aizen through the building will never get old :D.

My favorite bit personally was Ichigo's and Isshin's argument once the Hoygoku started to transform Aizen and they both had no idea what the hell was going on, makes me glad that Isshin's voice actor hadn't changed at all.

[NakeBenihime]

Well, I think the English dub is excellent for the most part. Perhaps not every single character is amazingly done, but there are so many characters and a few being a bit off isn't a big deal for me.

Also, I love these episodes airing on Toonami right now because they coincide with the Japanese Bleach chapters coming out at this time. The flashback arc with Isshin telling Ichigo his history just goes to show that Aizen wasn't trolling when he told Ichigo he knew about him every since he was born and that he had always thought he'd be a great research specimen. It makes perfect sense now. :o

[Ichigo]

I'm crossing my fingers that the Original VA for Urahara comes back when this battle continues... I don't wanna hear Gin's VA doing Gin then cut back to Urahara with the same VA.

My only sliver of hope is the flashbacks from 2 and 3 episodes ago were revoiced (at least 3 episodes ago it was). Meaning 2 episodes ago they used Urahara's original dub voice actor. Otherwise, I'm really enjoying the dub version. Unfortunately we have a bunch of filler episodes in between canon coming up.

[Tom2rules]

So, tonight's episode:
#298: "Film! Festival! Shinigami Film Festival!"

Well, that was a goofy episode...goes to show that the Gotei 13...really shouldn't try their hands at making movies anytime soon, I kind of felt bad for Ichigo throughout this entire thing, he got dragged into alot of shit this episode.

Of well, I am looking forward to the next filler, I think its the Hell Verse related episode with Shreaker returning as a Sinner.