Alright time for another rant/hot take.
I consider myself pretty lenient whether dub or sub. Sometimes I prefer dub, sometimes I prefer sub.
For example, I like Assassination Classroomās dub more because itās easier to hear each individual student.
I absolutely CANNOT stand Mairimashita, Iruma-Kunās english dub.
And it is for one reason specifically.
This is a scene with his sub voice.
And this is a scene with his dub voice.
Everyone elseās voices are⦠fine, mostly. Some fit better than others.
But Allocerās voice in the dub just⦠feels so wrong. It feels like heās lost the intelligent charm that the sub created. He sounds silly, and it drives me up the wall!!
And I know his voice actor is capable of playing an intelligent character because of THIS.
It is the SAME VOICE ACTOR.
And even disregarding that, there are several other voice actors that I think couldāve fit Allocer more.
The resident āintelligent manā voice actor, J. Michael Tatum, the One Winged Angelās voice actor, Tyler Hoechlin, or hell even Matt fucking Mercer, the voice of resident sleepy vampire man Vincent.
It feels like they didnāt give the Landon McDonald (the VA) a clear direction for Allocer and let him make the voice based on his appearance.
Like I physically cringe every time I hear Allocerās English voice. I love Allocer, I love his character, I love his arc, I love his relationship with Jazz. But the voice⦠I just canāt man. I just canāt.
Edit: So I just realized that Allocerās VA, Landon McDonald, ALSO voices Baraki (broadcast battler leader), and the New Magic Battler leader. And whatās worse is neither of them sound as ridiculous as Allocer. So I am even more mad now.