Villianous English Dub Review
The plot of the episode was already perfect so Iām just gonna talk about the voice acting and how the English dub handled.
All and all, pretty dang good for a pilot!
Black Hat had a bit of an accent and was as menacing, as always.
Flug had a cute little lisp and showed good emotion and panic.
Demencia was a bit high voiced, but I liked it a lot and she was still very funny.
5.0.5 was perfect (as usual).
Penumbraās voice grew on me after awhile, but sheās still amazing.
Sunblast... it was rough at first and wasnāt too emotion filled at the end (but the actor did his best and itās not like weāll ever see him again)
Golden Heart sounds like a decent human being and like a brotherly type of person....hmmm....
Sadly, they did miss quite a few good jokes such as, (and bear with me, I donāt remember the ACTUAL quotes), āyou canāt just bend the rules like... MY BACKā or āthe suns going DOWNā or āTeam Black Hat is defeated again!ā or āWhatās for breakfast?ā or āOh, heās sleepingā. I mean I get it! Things get lost in translation, the line was so small they missed it, etc. etc. They also cleaned up the cuss words, but hey. Whatācha gonna do? (Edit: I was just informed that some of the jokes were not in the original script. They were ablibbed mostly by Flugās Spanish VA, therefore they would not be in the English dub).
But hey! Itās the first full length English dub for the pilot episode. Non-animated pilots have been even worse, leading to complete character, name, plot, and/or actor change, and yet the shows turn out to be a hit! They just need to find their footing and delve deeper into the characters, and theyāve got it! And the translation could be better, but I was worried that more things would be lost so Iām very pleased.
So please, Please, PLEASE stop shitting on the English dub! So it wasnāt perfect? Big fucking whoop! Nothing and nobody is perfect! Complaining isnāt going to make it any better. Itās just gonna make the studios and actors involved feel bad about themselves and you seem to be shitty human being.
Focus on the good stuff like the cute lisp! Build this dub up, not down. Be proud of the people who made this possible. Weāre fortunate that they even made an English version in the first place!
Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk.