Cheesy voice acting: Japanese vs English dubs
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Piccolo Daimaoh
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Re: Cheesy voice acting: Japanese vs English dubs
Same here. The voice Mr. Armstrong used for the narration is very close to his actual speaking voice. He didn't try to dramatize it or anything like that.
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penguintruth
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Re: Cheesy voice acting: Japanese vs English dubs
I wished that he could have served as the voice of Kaio AND the narrator in Kai. Sadly, he retired. FMA: B's dub suffers a little from it, too. I don't much like the new Marcoh.
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Re: Cheesy voice acting: Japanese vs English dubs
Agreed on all counts. The new Marcoh has no personality to me, Mr. Armstrong brought such depth to the role.penguintruth wrote:I wished that he could have served as the voice of Kaio AND the narrator in Kai. Sadly, he retired. FMA: B's dub suffers a little from it, too. I don't much like the new Marcoh.
He would have been the perfect Narrator for Kai. Doc Morgan is pretty good on his own count. But there's really no comparison IMO.