@Cap'n:
Well, I know I wouldn't have sex with anything that sounded like her.
God.. that's be weird.
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OH DEAR GOD AND ALL THAT HAS MERCY!
Maybe that's just a character voice? Like Gilbert Godfried? Or Jerry Lewis?
@Cap'n:
Well, I know I wouldn't have sex with anything that sounded like her.
God.. that's be weird.
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OH DEAR GOD AND ALL THAT HAS MERCY!
Maybe that's just a character voice? Like Gilbert Godfried? Or Jerry Lewis?
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OH DEAR GOD AND ALL THAT HAS MERCY!
Maybe that's just a character voice? Like Gilbert Godfried? Or Jerry Lewis?
Or Dub Usopp….
Cause I sure as hell know Jason Griff does not sound like that.
Maybe that's just a character voice? Like Gilbert Godfried? Or Jerry Lewis?
As far as I can tell, Ohtani-san's "Chopper" voice is only slightly higher then her normal voice, but to be fair she does sound like a fairly normal woman when she is not exaggerating her pitch.
As to the whole confusion about whether or not she is pregnant, I would think the fact that she is 40 would not matter to much in this case. Japan has one of the lowest birth rates in the world due in part because couples often wait longer to have kids, so it would not be suprising if she wanted to start a family now. Of course I am simply surprised that Ohtani-san is married/in a relationship in the first place, I just assumed she was single, many female seiyuu seem to be (a stupid assumption in hindsight). Anyway, best of luck to her!
Well looks like we wont know the truth for awhile, lets just kick back and wait for god to make his move. PS: God thinks alot before he moves, takes a frickin year to play chess with this guy.
You know what, I feel the same way.
Except I think it would be worse with Orochimaru's voice actress…...
… Thinks about it. Thinks about Ursela and Ella's Japanese Voices as well. Shivers
Just in case anyone was wondering how Ikura Kazue's Chopper turned out, without downloading the #254 raw.
Here's two short clips:
Wow that first clip sounds like Kazue is the one giving birth…
Haha… I was going to say it sounded orgasmic....
Hm, not a bad voice, but it certainly makes me appreciate Ikue more and wish her a speedy return. It's just not the same without Ohtoni-san. =( I at least hope she gets back before Chopper meets Sogeking.
@Battle:
Just in case anyone was wondering how Ikura Kazue's Chopper turned out, without downloading the #254 raw.
Here's two short clips:
Ikura Kazue makes Chopper sound like Ling Ling from Drawn Together.
I just watched the Raw. it was ok, but something was Definately Missing. Her Signature "Chopper is scared out of his mind" yells weren't emulated well, but all-in-all it was ok.
@Senshi:
Ikura Kazue makes Chopper sound like Ling Ling from Drawn Together.
Yeah, I'm right with you on that one.
I listen to that and I just don't picture Chopper. I'll have to watch the raw before I decide how bad it hurts.
I don't think it sounds bad at all from what I heard. Although you could kinda tell that its a replacement voice.<_<
Chopper sounded bad in Walking Point.. but good in Brain
He shouldn't sound any different in any point. Or is this replacement taking aristic license with the character?
Chopper sounded bad in Walking Point.. but good in Brain
His voice changes during points now?
listen to the files.. It changes a bit
The original VA sort of changes her voice between brain and walking, especially in the transition from growing big from small.
Yeah, but you can tell it's the same VA… US's sounds like different actors...
Just watched 254 from ADC to see how different Chopper's voice was.I was surprised. When I hear that voice, I don't picture Chopper at all…it's just...not him...>_>
okay seriously, I didn't even notice. and I'd be willing to bet half you guys didn't notice either, unless you were expecting it. I kept thinking that I'd have to look out for the new VA when watching the subs… but I didn't even realize it was THIS episode. His voice is a tad deeper but other than that, she does just fine.
I honestly can't understand why people are complaining about it.
Though I think I know why, one person says it's bad then everyone has to jump on the bandwagon... well... I don't think you should this time, it's definatly not that noticable.
Come on, it wasn´t thaaaaat bad ¬¬ Ok, the difference is a bit clear, but it´s not such an terrible replacement(and it´s temporal, come on, just a few episodes and you´ll forget it)
Didn´t like the voice. It just didn´t had the Chopper flair for me. But still it isn´t such a bad glitch as the constantly reappearance of b-team animation. The previous arcs didn´t have as much of those as Water 7 has. It´s somewhat disturbing IMO.
well, if you focus on "it's not chopper's voice" then you won't like it. if you watch the ep as if nothing is different, you'll just notify the change but won't care that much.
i managed to live with the constant change of VAs in the dragon ball z french dub, now i'm ready for anything.
I still say half you people didn't notice
yeah I watched part of the episode again and NOW I really do notice… I thought it sounded different but it wasn't different enough to be a new person. Just keep remembering it's temporary.. but I thought she JUST had the baby... obviously it was a few weeks ago but don't they do the voice recordings months in advance?... im confused.
Finally listened to the voice clips.
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I think the important thing is. Will the casual One Piece viewers recognize the difference?
Now I just imagine Chopper screaming Ling Ling's theme song from DT.
well, if you focus on "it's not chopper's voice" then you won't like it. if you watch the ep as if nothing is different, you'll just notify the change but won't care that much.
You don´t have to focus on it so hear that something is missing. It stands out if your understanding of anime character is based on the voice. I´m not trying to speak negative of the replacement though. I´m just sharing the impression I had.
okay seriously, I didn't even notice. and I'd be willing to bet half you guys didn't notice either
I guess myself, my girlfriend and the Japanese family of 5 I was watching the episode with at the time fall into the other half since not three words left his mouth when they said, What
s wrong with Chopper?`
I noticed a difference mostly in the beginning… Other than that, it simply sounded a tiny bit higher... The... expressions... sounded fine...
I just got the Raw and yeah i noticed it….....to be honest, i kinda liked it more than the orignal at some points probably because i'm so used to Ikune being everywhere (Gash Naruto One piece Conan Pokemon.) So i guess this new voice was a sort of welcome change......its only when Chopper noticed Zoro that i really noticed the change....otherwise it was ok i guess. (Though the absence of Ikune was really felt in Conan.....i haven't seen Gash quite yet so we'll see how it goes there.) Which brings me to my other point....why is it that every show that she does has a different replacement? Lol is she really doing the work of 5 other voice actresses? If so she's freaking amazing.
…b-team animation. The previous arcs didn´t have as much of those as Water 7 has. It´s somewhat disturbing IMO.
Is that just a general term or are there multiple teams? I never think of One Piece having the best animation, but yeah I guess I've been noticing it recently, too.
Seems like the next one is improved a little…....One piece's animation really wasn't its strong point until recently....its not really the animation that sucks more the....character models that do...isn't that more of the Key animator/ Art director's fault though? The animation is kickass...its just that the characters look weird. At least thats what i think.
Is that just a general term or are there multiple teams? I never think of One Piece having the best animation, but yeah I guess I've been noticing it recently, too.
That´s not a general term. I´ve never really heard from an official source that the One Piece anime has multiple teams but in the animation industry many series have such a thing as multiple teams. With cartoons it is the same case.
Knowing that, I was just making the assumption that it might be the same for One Piece. It just sticks out that the characters are drawn completely different sometimes. And when that happens, it doesn´t happen in several scenes but during an entire episode. Just like with the recent one.
It´s actually like Bomber D. Rufi said, it´s not the animation but the way the characters are drawn that is different. They don´t look the same as usual. However next episode seems to have the normal appearances again.
Well, as far as animation goes, it's been pretty crappy since episode 236. I'm an animation student, so I can tell the difference fairly well. The main problem actually is with the animation, they're drawing on 3s (8 frames per sec instead of 12) a lot more and recycling a lot more. The animation for the fights in the mansion was extremely disappointing. I just hope that the A team will be brought on again for Rocketman. As for the next episode, it still looks to be the same team as now (judging by Chopper's running animation).
As for character design, I think they're just trying to match the current Oda style (though they're not doing a very good job).
the Current Look of the Anime Disappoints me as well. I just hope this means they're scrimping and Saving the Animation budget for the Mugiwara VS CP9 Fight ^_^
You can whine about the animation all you like, but don't get your hopes up with words like ''animation budget''. The production values in this episode seemed to actually be pretty damn high. ''A'' class if anything. It's the style that's bugging you people (Though I personally love it.).
It's similar to a lot of anime, with multiple teams working on it. A lot of you are saying you prefer the way next episode looks, but from the preview I'd say the production values are significantly lower. Less fluid, less detailed, less ''shiny'' looking, etcetera. I'd say it's the inbetween look. Then there's episodes like 246, where the animation reaches all time crappy level, and the very rare episodes like 236, where we get the all time spiffy level.
From the sounds and looks of it, it's just that you guys don't like the style the higher budgeted episodes exhibit… And well, there's no arguing taste in that area. In all fairness, the styles seem to fluctuate quite a bit (It's like they can't make up their minds) so I guess all future episodes are up to chance.
The quality seems to go up and down often, actually. But I like the overal style of Water 7 better than anything before it. Even if they seem to flub it every now and then. I think the animators are not quiet adept enough to handle the change in style. They may get better at it or work out a compromise.
Well, again with Ohtani-san… I watched episode 254 today. I know I'm really late with it =( And I watched it before I read this topic. So, I can tell you, I really noticed that there was something "wrong" with chopper, and my sister noticed it, too. Then I remembered that I saw a title of a topic like "Ikue Ohtani (Chopper) fallen ill!" in the anime section. I read this topic and now I know what's going on with chopper's voice.
Well I want to show you with this, that it's really noticeable! (That's for those, who said it wouldn't be noticeable if you don't know of it) I felt like I had to say this XD
Well the new voice for chopper.. I don't like it that much. Though some scenes are really cute, like the one where chopper's saying that zorro was in a chimney x3~
Maybe I also don't like it that much, because I'm used to hear the voice of Ikue Othani-san when Chopper is speaking. I think I have just to watch a few more episodes with her...
And I really would like to know what's up with Othani-san =( Does anyone of you have new information? If she's really ill, or if she's pregnant.... Or maybe something else? o___ô
man i was watching 253 (the one before ohtani-san leaves) and i reconized "alright you rascals do your best" line said by her then the one . That line is also in the recap for 254 with the new va. Man ohtani-san is so much better then he its unbeleivable(sp).
Well, again with Ohtani-san… I watched episode 254 today. I know I'm really late with it =( And I watched it before I read this topic. So, I can tell you, I really noticed that there was something "wrong" with chopper, and my sister noticed it, too. Then I remembered that I saw a title of a topic like "Ikue Ohtani (Chopper) fallen ill!" in the anime section. I read this topic and now I know what's going on with chopper's voice.
Well I want to show you with this, that it's really noticeable! (That's for those, who said it wouldn't be noticeable if you don't know of it) I felt like I had to say this XD
Okay I said that and I'll be honest, I did notice something "wrong" too, but then I thought the actress was just sick or something because… well it wasn't a BAD HORRIBLE TRAGEDY! like some people said. So I wa like "Well it can't be the new person because it's really not that bad"
so there truth be told, I noticed it but didn't think it was that bad. SHe's trying her best and I think it'd help if the fans were A LITTLE supportive.:mellow:
Sorry to bump but any new news on this? Is she INDEED pregnant? And if thats so then what will it be till she returns? Another year?
I hope she isn't gone for a damn year :| !!!
Sorry to bump but any new news on this? Is she INDEED pregnant? And if thats so then what will it be till she returns? Another year?
At least in the US, typical maternity leave is much shorter than a year. But, given that Ohtani is a successful VA who has been in the industry for a while, its fairly possible that she has the resources to take a year off if she wants to. So its hard to say…and thats only if she is pregnant in the first place, has it been confirmed anywhere?
I don't think it has, I think people are simply THINKING thats the case cause it happened to Nami's voice actor.
With Chopper I can totally tell but I'll admit until like two days ago when EGX told me, I had no clue Nami's voice changed.
yeah same except when this thread came out. Tho i started watching the anime at little garden and nami was sick at drum so….
I personally notice no difference in Choppers voice…so even with me knowing I suspect nothing...
No difference? Are you deaf? :blink: