Topic: Beautiful Dreamer Dubbed

[UruseiNeo]

Hey, I know a lot of people try to avoid the English version of the show but to me, it's like getting to watch it again.

For instance, there were two different dubs for the first episode and both were terrible but I watched them anyway cause I'm that good a fan to put up with the bad voices. One dub did episode 1 and 2, the other one (British) did episodes 1 and 3. That's it for the TV as far as I know.

Anyways, I heard good things about the 2nd movie, Beautiful Dreamer, and its dubbed version. I even found this little clip on youtube: http://youtube.com/watch?v=BwjoSN2zQX8

Does anyone else think the voices here are satisfying? Or at the very least Lum's voice? Personally I found her voice quite cute. 

Also, is there dubs of the other 5 movies? Is there a dub for the ENTIRE TV series?

[veehive]

All six movies are "dubbed & subbed" by the U.S. distributor(s) for the United States market; the TV series & the OVA's here are subbed only.

Movie 2 was my initiation into UruseiYatsura, and it was on a VHS rental with AmericanEnglish-dubbed soundtrack only. Having since acquired several of the TV DVD's (and enjoyed them repetedly and often), I find I've become accustomed to the voices of the originating Japanese actors, and prefer them over any dubbing.

Specifically in the case of Lum: the U.S. voice talent do a good job but, for me, the only voice for Lum is Ms. Hirano.

Having said all that (yeah, I'm long-winded -- go get yourself a sandwich and a Cold One and I'll be done about the time you get back), for Movie 2, I like hearing Megane's soliliquy ("The Prehistory of Tomobiki") in English instead of Japanese, and likewise the conversation between Sakura and Onsen-mark in the cafe. Doubtless that's a product of my extremely limited knowledge of Japanese, and once my Japanese improves I'll probably take a shine to the original versions of each ....

Okay. See? You're back and I'm done. Don't get crumbs all over the keyboard now ....

[sidzero]

Honestly, I dislike the Dubbing. The first time I watched Beautiful Dreamer, I tried watching it in English, but after about 20 minutes I couldn't stand it anymore and switched it to Japanese and started it over. They made Lum sound WAAAY too much like a space cadet for me.

[Kroptik]

The dubbing looks OK, but Mendo's voice just creeps me out. Sounds like a bulky guy talking saying he's afraid of the dark. xD
And I think I've heard Lum's voice somewhere else, and that messes it up for me.

[cata]

In the beggining, Lum voice was cute but then... it was so weird... Ataru looks like he has a cold or something. Mendou's super-weird. Onsen-Mark is fine. To me, there's no better version than Japanese's.

[Shutaro]

I'm normally fine with dubbed stuff. But UY is strictly japanese only for me.

** Shudders at the voice of dubbed Mendou **

[UruseiNeo]

Personally, I would like to watch it dubbed, and they others dubbed, because then it's like watching something new (kinda) and that's awesome!

Of course, I would watched the Japanese version before watching the English version.

Nobody's gonna hate me if I end up liking the voices/ a voice/ some of the voices, will they?

Cause I did like Lum's voice.

I don't know if any one you have seen the 2 TV Dubs on youtube but compared to those, the movie dubs are GREAT!

Tony the tiger: "Their GrrrrrrrrEAT!!!!"

[Shutaro]

Hehe, If you wanna watch the dubbed version, Go for it. The dialogue hasn't changed so it's all good.  :*)

[sidzero]

Nobody's gonna hate me if I end up liking the voices/ a voice/ some of the voices, will they?

Opinions are like assholes, everyone's got one. If you don't, you're a freak and are probably going to be defecating out of your sweat glands, and that's just disgusting. And using someone else's... well, that's just wrong.

[cata]

Ok Sidzero...

[Cosmic King]

Lum`s voice seems fairly good on Movie 2 if we compare it to the first episodes dubbing of USA (where she sounded as a stereotyped asian girl).The other voices were more or less ok

Anyways,as Sir Shutaro already said : UY seems better in Japanese with subs

Opinions are like assholes, everyone's got one. If you don't, you're a freak and are probably going to be defecating out of your sweat glands, and that's just disgusting. And using someone else's... well, that's just wrong.

Offtopic: I am glad to see ya defend UruseiNeo`s ideals,sidzero (you were doing that,right?),but was this flowerish language needed at all?

[UruseiNeo]

I heard that Movies 1, 3, 4, 5, and 6 were dubbed with different voices than movie 2.

I wonder how those voices are... could they be better? I still wanna see the dubbed movies...

[sidzero]

Offtopic: I am glad to see ya defend UruseiNeo`s ideals,sidzero (you were doing that,right?),but was this flowerish language needed at all?

Aye, I was. As far as the words I choose to use... helps the point stick, doesn't it?

[cata]

Well, you could use other terms instead of those...

[UruseiNeo]

Okay, after finding all 6 movies dubbed I have watch Beautiful Dreamer Dubbed just a little while ago.

I think Sakura's voice was good, Lum's was good, Mendou's could have been better, same for Shinobu. I like how Cherry only had like one line and I'm pretty sure that it was the dream maker at that time so it was probably his voice again which reminds me, dream maker's voice was... fitting... for some reason.

Now, I can live with any voice that was bad but... I just hate it when they use a different pronunciation for names... It's Shutaro not Shutaroo.

Over all, I liked it. I can safely say that it's worth watching AFTER watching the japanese version first.

Another point. I found it SO much easier to understand a lot of the stuff they talked about. With the subs I didn't really get the stories they told throughout the movie and basically those tales kinda flew over my head. In the dub, I was able to listen to it clearly and get it immediately. This makes me wonder... does this mean Movie 4, Lum the Forever, will finally make sense??? I'll have to find that out later.