Video Recs: The I've-Lost-My-Soul-To-Anime-Dubs Edition

[amarissia]

Yes. Back in the day, meaning before now but after I conquered my life-long animephobia (caused by my parents letting me watch this), I was one of those snooty types who rolled my eyes at dubs and haughtily insisted that only the Japanese versions were of any value, and the English dubbers all sound like they've been pulled off the street and handed a cue card. Which is true of many animes, I still think. (Kel_Fish, by the way, watch MoB in Japanese! You cannot get the full effect of Naoe's I-voiced-Muraki creepiness in English.)

What was I...? Oh, right. Alas, I have changed, a bit, thanks to way too much time spent on YouTube watching panel footage of conventions my anxiety will not let me attend. I've gotten attached to a handful of English voice actors and now must watch dubs to hear them. So now I watch anime in two languages, if you don't count that time I watched several Mirage of Blaze episodes with German subs. (Why I did this is not clear to me now that the caffeine has worn off.)

So I thought I'd try to justify this treason of mine with a small sample of what I've been stalking giggling over at YouTube when I really should be reviewing -te verbs or finishing Not Wrath of Gods (or Not Worth A Gil, as Zack has taken to calling it). Behold, video recs, the weird-voice-actor edition! Guaranteed to make you either giggle or go WTF!

First up, Vic Mignogna (Ed from FMA and the bastard who started my downward spiral) tells an amusing story about his pseudo-brother having...technical difficulties during recording.

Next, for those of you familiar with Ouran High School Host Club, just a small selection of its official bloopers.

And now, Greg Ayres tells a lovely story about having to explain yaoi to a not-so-happy fan mother.

...Quinton Flynn and Jeff Nimoy sing the Yaoi Song! (Quinton, anyone who voices Reno the Man-whore is automatically gay. Sorry.)

...Vic Mignogna and Steve Blum (VINNIE!) pay tribute to yaoi-obsessed fangirls everywhere...

...some more FMA! The voice of Roy Mustang dashes the hopes of Roy/Ed fangirls, funny as always...

Chris Patton is the other wanker who made me unwillingly love him. He's dirty-minded and has no attention span and he's even agoraphobic like me! (Note to self: keep Genesis away from this one.)

And let's end with some VAs who are not pros but sure sound like 'em. Courtesy of OrgLIX and a clever fan armed with Kingdom Hearts clips, behold, Xemnas's answering machine!

...should I be learning KH from these people? Probably not.

Comments

[monalovely.livejournal.com]

Hahahahaha "Miss Yaoi-Obsessed fangirrrl!!!" Tres tres epic. XD

[kel-fish.livejournal.com]

*sighs* I wish I could shoot dial-up. I want a connection that is not dial-up so bad. However, I have seen the Yaoi Song when Michelle was still not in fucking Florida, and between voicing Reno and Axel, Quinton singing this song makes me laugh just as hard as the song alone. You've seen the whole Adventures series, right?

[amarissia.livejournal.com]

...I just found and watched the whole Adventure series today. Then I was like "WHERE IS VOLUME 2 YOU MAN-WHORE?!" (Note to self: if I ever meet Quinton Flynn, do not call him that.)

[kel-fish.livejournal.com]

*cracks up.* No, seriously, this is the hardest I've laughed all day. Whew, goddamn. I needed that so bad. *busts up laughing more at the image of Quinton's reaction*

Oh, that aside, how far did you play into each KH game? And did you play Chain of Memories at all? I fully understand if you did not even start it, because unless you have way too much free time on your hands get the hang of the gameplay, it can be a bitch to use the card system. I can figure out how to outline this bitch by how far in you are.

[aidannwn.livejournal.com]

I always get dissapointed when I see the voice actors coz they are nothing like their characters. Apart from the guy who did TRowa Barton and Miroku.

But it\s fun to hear familiar voices from odd ppl.

[amarissia.livejournal.com]

I know not what is Chain of Memories, except I have been told that it is confusing even for people who have played KH.

Okay, lessee...um, I have the first two KHs...I remember...uh, um, damn. I played a little way into each, starting with the second, so you see the confusion. I remember...Jack the Pumpkin king? And Donald always waited till the last second before casting Cure, which really made me anxious. And uh, Sephy told me to tell Cloud...something? I couldn't really hear him over Choir!Cloud bouncing and screeching.

Uh...I remember playing as Roxas and wondering where the hell was this Sora guy I was supposed to know about, and...uh...Mulan? I totally remember Mulan. And Hercules! And Auron! I love Auron!

...I have totally cleared things up, didn't I?

[kel-fish.livejournal.com]

Lol! Oh, totally. I'm not sure who you know that has been confused by Chain of Memories, but a lot of the time it's because it fucks with fanon. It can be hard to follow at times, I guess, but it's the link between the first and second games. Often forgotten because, you know, Sora forgets what happens while he's there. And yeah, Goofy and Donald tend to put off restoration items/spells until you hear the panicky beeping, and then you have to wait for the spell to kick in while you're running around swearing. And yes, Auron was one of my favorite characters to fight with. And one of my favorite parts in the whole series is when Sora, Donald, and Goofy pull the taunting faces on Cerberus when he's charging the door. The Sephiroth/Cloud fight is fun to watch, but actually fighting Sephiroth as Sora is hilarious because I usually do it around the time I have a giant candy cane for a keyblade, so I'm essentially smacking Sephiroth around in the air with a sugar stick and it seems so wrong.

Even if I now have a pretty good idea where you got to in the game, I'm just going to recap from the top. Because you mentioned nothing of the first game, and if I recap that and Chain of Memories, then jump ahead to the 1,000 Heartless battle, then something's bound to short circuit. *opens up a doc* This will take a bit. I may even get Jer, Casey, and Britt to look it over and add points I miss. *doesn't crack knuckles, because the sound makes me nauseous*

[karadin.livejournal.com]

okay the real fans of genius made me cry with laughter, thanks!

[amarissia.livejournal.com]

From the top is good. *sits* OH, did I tell you I remembered Demyx!? I think. He was whining about not wanting to fight, and then there were...bubbles? And Sephy told me to tell Cloud...something? Yes.

[amarissia.livejournal.com]

*wibble* Uh, I think I was racing Riku for some reason, and then I saw fake Johnny Depp pirates. Uh...Mulan...Jack the Pumpkin King, Hercules, and then it gets fuzzy. I think there was a lab. With dubious science. And a strange little blond girl in white, and I think Kairi got kidnapped or something? I didn't care, to be honest.

[echoalias.livejournal.com]

Ok, so you've probably already found this during your scouring of the web, but!:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdkHS28zxIs
Cracks me up EVERYTIME.
Vincent's too Sexy for his Shirt and Ed's a Barbie girl.
(Thanks for these video, also. God, I love them all! I always thought YAOI was meant to mean “Young Adolescence on Ice"? XD Not looking forward to that conversation with my Mum… Though, she DID insist on watching Brokeback Mountain…hmmm X3)

[x-erava-x.livejournal.com]

OMG VINNY! IT'S YOUR VOICE!

Vincent: "I realize that."

But...but it's YOUR VOICE!

Vincent: "You've said it at least ten times already."

And it's talking to me!

Vincent: "It's talking to yaoi-obsessed fangirls."

I know! It's talking to me!

Vincent: (sigh)...

LOL!

[kel-fish.livejournal.com]

Got it. I'm almost done recapping the first game, so I can send it to you within a day or so. Then you can wonder what the hell I'm talking about and ask me questions and I can answer them until you feel like you're ready to brave CoM. Is your email on your profile page?

[key-of-ra.livejournal.com]

*snickers* See, this is why I love cons. And Quinton Flynn. *dissolves into laughter*

Man I love this shit.

[robonun.livejournal.com]

*waves hi from Florida* Hi Choir! You'd like Florida, it's like Costa del Sol but with way more old people. And Disney World.

I have it on good authority that Quinton Flynn is not gay, as gay men do not generally hit on female jailbait. o.O

Not Worth a Gil, ha! Good one, Zack.

[amarissia.livejournal.com]

Cloud: *bounces, waves* "Amarissia says Florida is evil 'cause it has water and humidity. And Disney is evil."

No, honey, only Michael Eisner was evil.

Cloud: *wide eyes* "Oh."

Female jailbait? Oh, well. He's still a manwhore. How very Reno of him.

Zack: *smirk*

[amarissia.livejournal.com]

...I didn't remember I had a profile page, so probably not. It's amarissia81@hotmail.com.

[amarissia.livejournal.com]

Vinnie, just tell Erava you were talking to her. :)

Vic and Steve don't realize what they've done. Now people will probably walk up them at panels with paddles and say "Someone's been a naughty bishie!"

I go all SQUEE when I hear Vinnie's voice too. :) I saw one video where he snuck into an FMA panel and asked Vic if it was true that he did recordings without his pants, "because that's my fantasy". Freak. :)

VINNIE! Your evil voice is gonna get you paired with a jailbait alchemist if he keeps this up. Tempted to do it myself.

[amarissia.livejournal.com]

I love that one! Nightmarish, though. :)

[robonun.livejournal.com]

Yes, Cloudy, Florida is hot and humid in the summer, which is why sensible people visit in the winter to escape the cold and snow. Which has dumped on our area like a chili-fed Saint Bernard. I came back from Florida for this? What the hell?

Thank you, Amarissia, for straightening him out on the whole Eisner !== Disney thing. You just barely missed a Level 5 Big Sad Eyes Event. *clutches her new Donald Duck plushie protectively*

[amarissia.livejournal.com]

Ah, you're waist-deep in the white stuff too? (Genesis, I didn't mean...stop giggling, you perv.) Seriously. While I was in California the past few years I started to miss snow, and then this snowstorm thingy plops down on top of everything and gets me into cabin-fever mode, and now I find myself swearing vengeance, very poetically, to random snowdrifts. Which is not going to endear me to the neighbors.

Cloud: *squeak* "Donald! Can I hold him?" *big eyes* "Donald is Sora's friend. Goofy too."

Stupid Donald...always waits till the last second to cast Cure... *glares at plushie*

[robonun.livejournal.com]

Yeah, Donald always has trouble with the spellcasting. He holds back on the Cures yet blows all his MP on Blizzagas and Thundagas, and if you let him he'll guzzle all your Ethers when you're not looking. And Goofy just lets him, the big Goof, because he knows bupkis about spells. Which is why I'm Sora is in charge of the Ethers. Donald will be joining Mickey, Minnie and Goofy on the shelf in the living room as soon as I get unpacked. You can hold him till then, Cloud.

[x-erava-x.livejournal.com]

Vincent: "My voice is a maniac and a pedophile. Joy."

Vincent...and Edward Elric? (contemplates possibilities)

Vincent: (sighs) "Thank you very much, Amarissia. You've given her ideas."

But nah, my favorite is definitely the video where Steve says "I'm too sexy for my shirt" in Vinny's voice. It made me SQUEEE like crazy. I didn't calm down for hours XD I begged Vinny for days to say it for me, but he WOULDN'T! Stupid vampire.

Vincent: "I am NOT a - "

Kay, bye!

[amarissia.livejournal.com]

Aw, Vinnie. *gives him a gingerbread bat*

...it is kind of a tempting pairing, isn't it? I'm not sure how it would work (there would probably be a lot of yelling on one side and a lot of quiet, confused blinking on the other) but it is interesting...

'Tis the season of giving, Vincent! Why don't you just say the line for Erava? Then she'll be too busy squeeing to bother you for a while!

*hugs you both*

[amarissia.livejournal.com]

Cloud: *happily cuddles Donald*

I've got to remember to watch my Ethers next time I play. :)

[x-erava-x.livejournal.com]

Meh, he still won't say it for me. T_T

Vincent: *offers gingerbread to Erava* "He is almost fifty years younger than me. But you don't care."

Of course not, dear. *noms gingerbread*

But I was going through my pictures and was very suddenly reminded that I've actually met Vic. I didn't even know it was him at first, but then there was this girl who walked up to him and was like, "Can you PLEASE say that Roy Mustang is dead sexy in a miniskirt for me?", and he was like, "Seriously?! It's on Youtube everywhere already!" I did not SQUEE very loudly actually, because my fangirliness in RL is minimal compared to online. But I did stalk him around the con for a few minutes. Then I asked him for pictures and hugs. I got both ^ - ^

WHEE! *hugs back*

Vincent: *pats head awkwardly*

[amarissia.livejournal.com]

It is a sign of our fangirlishness that we don't care, Vinnie. Age is just a number. I mean, look at you. How old are you again? And you look amazing!

You met...excuse me while I go curse my social anxiety again. DAMN. :( Of course, if I were to go to a con, my Amarissia persona might burst out past my quiet-outer-self and I might start shrieking. Or take hostages. And the Choir would follow me, and Vic does not want to meet Genesis. He really, really doesn't.

Genesis: *evil grin* "I would wear a Roy costume and bring my whip. Heh."

Vic might like Cloud, though. From what I've seen, he's brilliant with kids. EEE, I recently saw a vid of him at a panel hanging out with Aaron's (Al-voice) little brother, and he got him to say "Brother" into the microphone. *melt*