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[tammaiya]

Finished watching the Tokyo Babylon movie. Felt mildly cheated that the conclusion of the Bet isn't included, but I suppose X gives us flashbacks anyway. Went to check out the dubbing after, and...

Seriously, I don't know whether to laugh or to cry! *laughs rather hysterically* Oh my GOD, it's AWFUL. SEISHIROU, WHAT HAVE THEY DONE TO YOU? *dies laughing* He sounds like he's off an American sitcom. A BAD American sitcom, with wooden acting. Hokuto's voice is unnatural, and Subaru...

Sounds scarily male. Eeeeeurgh. *shudder*

Anyway, that was so wrong that I thought I'd share. ^~

Comments

[yumeminouta.livejournal.com]

I'd like to watch it!!!

o_O...

[tammaiya.livejournal.com]

Oh, DO, if you get the chance. Just to see how wrong it is. I had to turn it off after about 5 minutes when the twitching pain started to outweigh the funny. *giggle*

[yumeminouta.livejournal.com]

o_o Really? What movie are you talking about exactly? I only heard of a Live Action movie. *thud*

[tammaiya.livejournal.com]

It's the OAV, episodes 1 and 2.

[yumeminouta.livejournal.com]

Oh, really? o_O May I ask how it was funny? I'm guessing I have to watch it for myself to understand. XD

[tammaiya.livejournal.com]

So BAD. Sei-chan's voice did not suit him at ALL and neither did Subaru's. *snigger*

The sub is good, though the animation is a bit dodgy.

[yumeminouta.livejournal.com]

o___________________________________O...

Dubs always scare me. XDD (And I can never think of Seishirou in English. I just can't!!!)

Animation dodgy? Maybe because of the time period it was produced?

[tammaiya.livejournal.com]

I KNOW, me too. And Sei-chan in English is the wrongest wrong thing to ever be wrong. Especially THAT English.

Yeah, that's likely. It's still cute, just jerky in places.

[link621.livejournal.com]

You obviously didn't get very far in the dub-- it gets worse.

Apparently, Hokuto wants to marry Seishirou. Seishirou wants to protect Subaru so Hokuto won't be sad. Subaru wants to marry Seishirou, but Hokuto wonders if she should be condoning "this kind of behavior". It's, on the one hand, unintentionally hilarious.

[tammaiya.livejournal.com]

!

I shall have to brave the pain for long enough to witness the TRUE joy/horror! I had already noticed the dubbing was waaaaaaaay out of whack with the subbing, and I already knew the subbing was accurate because I can speak unfluent Japanese. Hee.

[etrangere.livejournal.com]

*dies*

Poor... Hokuto, Subaru and Seishirou O_O;

[meggu.livejournal.com]

::snerk:: The Tokyo Babylon dub is strangely amusing, although it makes my ears hurt... the voices are so... blah. @_@;

But it's fun to watch when you need a good laugh. XD

[tammaiya.livejournal.com]

Oh, SO very true. Both on the funny and the pain. *giggle*

[graymm.livejournal.com]

And those idiot USMangaCorps people... even the SUBS aren't great. But you get to hear Yamaguchi Kappei (as Subaru) and Takehito Koyasu (as Sei). Which is good.

I so want to just freaking fansub it. Or something. *fuming* We need a good copy of TB, unmangled.

That dub... *shiver* Makes me want to cry.

[graymm.livejournal.com]

OH! And the bet is included in the 2nd OVA. XD

[tammaiya.livejournal.com]

True! Pretty. But not the conclusion. *pout*

[tammaiya.livejournal.com]

! Yes, that was exactly it! Mini Michael Jackson!

I only venture near the dub to see how truly awful it was. I was expecting that. *g*

[tammaiya.livejournal.com]

They ARE. But only for several minutes, because I can't endure the pain any longer than that. *giggle*