You know, I had my doubts when I first heard that Naruto was being dubbed. Aside from the crappy intro, this was one of the best dubs I've ever seen.Let's just hope kill-joy soccer moms don't try getting it off the air because of it being "Too inapropriate for kids". But, I doubt that'll happen. Who knows? With a dub this good, Naruto could possibly rival the popularity of Dragonball Z.
Sho Pro's Naruto Dub Discussion
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Well… at least there's no Naruto Ninja Rap! :banghead:
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yeah im very very afaird itll be cancelled, but then if it does itll go on aludt swim for sure…
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I was kinda surprised they didnt have "Shonen Jump's" Plastered above the opening Naruto sign like they do with Shaman king and One piece.
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Well it is an alright dub, once I get used to the voices it will be awesome but after seeing the first 50 episodes of the subs it isn't gonna be the same knowing its not completely uncut but it is a great dub when you think how much they left in tact..if only if only One Piece was kept this way, anyways I'm off to bed seeya.
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So, we know that this version was slightly edited? What exactly did they change? I don't remember the Japanese version that much, except the music, and Iruka's nosebleed.
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I think a lot of the dialogue was similar…no stupid puns like in One Piece.
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maybe we'll have cinder's site of naruto changes :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
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The only things they cut were nosebleeds and profanity. Character voices were spot on, and the dialogue was fit to perfection.
Captain Spazzo was mighty impressed. All dubs should be like this.
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The dub was okay I guess, definately better than the OP dub.
But thing that really bothered me was that sometimes the intensity of the voices didn't match the actions. Like the time when Iruka yells at Naruto, I felt his voice could have used some more volume. Or when he was crying, his voice could have sounded more broken up or emotional.
And who is the company that does the Naruto dub again?
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viz media and shopro. yeah but i think they are doing a good job tho
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It's in the thread title. Sho Pro.
And I kind of liked how Iruka didn't sound really broken up when he cried. Then you come close to over acting, which is almost as bad as flat acting..
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its so funny how narutards react to this dub. at the narutomangareturns site they are all like.
OMFG THEY TOTALY MESSED UP THE SCENCE WHERE BALH BLAH BLAH BLAH. I HATE VIZ THOSE BASTATRDS SHOULD DIE
i mean cmon the dub wasnt really bad at all. seriously quit bitchin narutards u dont get half the edits one piece gets
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This is why I'm glad I don't take anime very seriously.
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seriously quit bitchin narutards u dont get half the edits one piece gets
They don't get a quarter or a tenth even.
Does anyone know a place where I can find Naruto raws of the early episodes? It can be IRC or e-donkey, but I do prefer Bittorrent or direct download (if any exist, but I don't have my hopes up).
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its so funny how narutards react to this dub. at the narutomangareturns site they are all like.
OMFG THEY TOTALY MESSED UP THE SCENCE WHERE BALH BLAH BLAH BLAH. I HATE VIZ THOSE BASTATRDS SHOULD DIE
i mean cmon the dub wasnt really bad at all. seriously quit bitchin narutards u dont get half the edits one piece gets
heh yeahhh i'm reading that too.
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Does anyone know a place where I can find Naruto raws of the early episodes? It can be IRC or e-donkey, but I do prefer Bittorrent or direct download (if any exist, but I don't have my hopes up).
Narutofan may have something.
I'm going to their forums to see what THEY think.
EDIT: Here are some I found
Thank god for the Raws!. One Piece sounds better!
CO sign on that, i saw the intro was turned off, then i heard the voices… double turn off, then i realized theres no blood coming out irukas nose when narutos does his Sexy nu jutsu =/ (already knew they were going to remove the blood) eh
OMG the voices are horid
they must die for this junk they release to the US public
Comedy Gold:
Teh suckage is burning my brain!!! They botched it!!! HOW DARE THEY!!! The animations are slightly better but the voices=teh suxx0rz and the translations=TEH SUXX0RZ!!! They should die in a violent fire and release like ten japanese episodes at once to apologise.
For some reason it wants me to type 20 characters, so here they are!
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@Cap'n:
It's in the thread title. Sho Pro.
And I kind of liked how Iruka didn't sound really broken up when he cried. Then you come close to over acting, which is almost as bad as flat acting..
Sorry, I was a little caught up in the discussion, if ya know what I mean. =)
Hm, I wouldn't call it over acting. I mean, isn't it natural for the voice to sound slightly broken up when you talk and cry at the same time? In combination with the pain and talking about bad memories, I thought a broken up voice would've been appropriate.
But what can I say, I like it more sentimental in the powerful scenes.
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I'm going to their forums to see what THEY think.
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Narutards truly deserve their name…
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heh i was just about to post the same thing battle franky.
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Some random narutard on narutofan. Too funny XP
@Soljafejah:you all are so stupid it sucked they messed up the V.A BIG TIME if they distroy ep 16 when naruto first shows off his 9 tail deamon power i will storm viz and punch everyone who was asociated with the english dub of naruto
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Well the premeire FINALLY started where I live and it is at first break.
I thought it was weird that they didn't cut the sexy no jutsu, but did cut Ikura's nosebleed. WTF is up with that? If they were going to cut it they should of at least cut the blandage thingy in his nose afterwards. XD I love the voices though! Much more pleasant compared to OP. It is even possible to adjust to Naruto's. I think his voice is actually quite good, it just wasn't as good in the particular clip they used as a premiere.
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I actually had the opportunity to speak to Maile Flanagan (the VA for Naruto) about a week ago. She seems very nice, and hoped I liked the show.
But, yeah, I watched the episodes, and aside from the dub openings, I enjoyed it alot. Most of the voices fit the characters well, and the minimal edits are a definite plus.
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@SuNa:
I actually had the opportunity to speak to Maile Flanagan (the VA for Naruto) about a week ago. She seems very nice, and hoped I liked the show.
But, yeah, I watched the episodes, and aside from the dub openings, I enjoyed it alot. Most of the voices fit the characters well, and the minimal edits are a definite plus.
Yeah, the edits wern't bad at all. Even after Ikura took the hit to the back blood was still showing when he took it out, which impressed me. The opening did suck, but I don't really care. Better mess up the opening than the story/episode content. I was over all very pleased with the voices. Even Sakura's voice was not that bad. I thought her inner thoughts version was good. They didn't edit out the Hokage's pipe for a lolipop (XD) thank god.
Naruto's voice kinda grew on me. I think it actually suites him pretty good. This dub was overall well done. I'll probably concider buying the dvds later.
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I had to miss it for a FB game, but I'm gonna catch it tomorrow. :P Sounds like it was fairly decent! It tears my heart that One Piece got what it did when it could have been like this… :(
My narutard quote of the day. :3
the voice is the worst ive heard in ages.. this anime officially suck cause americans have no talent!
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Wow… one of the better dubs I've seen recently. Not up to the level of FMA's dub but still DAMN good. What would make it up to FMA's level?
PUT ROCKS AND WIND BACK IN!
Ahem
Anyway, if the DVDs are uncut like they're supposed to be, then I will be one pleased fan. Well done, Viz/ShoPro. Well done.
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I like the dub, very good, ALOT ALOT ALOOOOOOOOTTTT!!!!! better then the One Piece dub. It sucks they took out the opening and ending though, and I find it hard to like Naruto dub voice, i really like the Japanese version. Overall though, REALLY GOOD!!
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Thats what I want to know..
YTV is getting the first episode of this on monday, but I want to see both.. NOW XD >__>; -
Narutards are so ungrateful…they deserved a 4kids dub IMO
The dub ruled, the only thing I didn't like was Iruka's VA who could get better in the acting department. Other than that, it was great.
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Not Cowboy Bebop quality but I dug it. Though Naruto voice for some reason reminded me of Samatha from Medabot, just not as gravely. Eh. Anyway great music, all the voices fitted perfectly, and what this? Barely any edits (Some blood, nakedness, the words "kill" and "Death" kept in. Yowza!). Gotta say, the show off to a good start. Take notes 4KIDs, THIS is how you dub a show.
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(Some blood, nakedness, the words "kill" and "Death" kept in. Yowza!)
Um, no "nakedness" was censored. The only thing that was censored to my recollection is the nose splurts and some blood during episode one.
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i laughed so much at the dub. they gave it a crappy rock intro like they did to DBZ when they brought it over. that & sakura's voice just got under my skin…
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Overall, I thought it was a solid dub, exceeding my expectations in a few places. Though, I had some minor gripes here & there, I think Sho Pro has definitely done well here. I congratulate them!
Believe it-bayo!!! XD
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It was good, really really good. Everyone's VA did an excellent job. My only two gripes are Naruto's laugh, it was a bit annoying, and the rock opening. Everything else was good.
Those narutards should just shut up and be grateful.
It's really a shame that One Piece didn't turn out like this.
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I didn't mind the opening that much, seems like a mish-mash of OP 1, 2 & various clips from the first 20 or so episodes. But the ED is just an instrumental version of the OP song, with a little sub box playing random clips of stuff on the left & the credits rolling on the right.
Dunno, it just seems like a total waste, when they could've so easily tuned up Wind & used it. :glare:
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YEAH! THE DUBS ROCK! I WATCHED IT TOO YESTERDAY!
I'm suprised they left all that blood in, the "sexy jutsu" XD and when Naruto said "this sucks you losers"
OMG, lol this is awsome :D
Zatchbell dub was alright too.
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Very good dub.
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I've seen 14 Japanese episodes. In every one I watched, except 20 seconds of the first, I've skipped over "Rocks." I just withstood the crazy Engrish of "Wind." So ya know, I don't mind the generic rock. I even thought the intro animation was cool.
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The voices were all good, especially Konohamaru. If they mangled the names, I wouldn't have really cared, but they didn't.
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The edits are reasonable so far. I dunno who expected them to keep in the nosebleeds.
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I rilli like the Opening that is awsome lol :P
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Okay, so I gradually became a Naruto fan over the last year and thanks to friend (who IS a Naruto fanboy, while Iâ€m a One Piece fanboy and guess what series I got him watching?). Seeing well over 130 odd episodes in Japanese I was really hyped to see how the dub would turn out. First I want to cover the pros and cons and give my overall opinion:
The Pros:
-Like someone mentioned theyâ€re keeping the attacks closer to the Japanese version as opposed to the manga. Now I personally had no MAJOR issue with how they were translated in the manga but this was a nice surprise.-Unedited Sexy no Jutsu. Nuff†said. I surprised they kept a lot of the perverse humor.
-Original BGM intact. Hey I think this was a smart move, especially with them going on about making some alterations to the music. I guess they meant the OP/ED themes.
-The good voice actors: The third Hokage, Kohamaru, Ebisu (Crispin Freeman, YEAH!!!!!), and Mizuki all had very good voice actors and really matched the charaters. Everyone else sounded okay but since they really donâ€t come into the forefront until later episodes itâ€s too early to judge them here.
-The translation pretty much followed the manga very closely.
The Cons:
-Iâ€ve heard varying opinion on this but Iâ€m going to make my stance here. NARUTOâ€S VOICE. This is the main attraction of the dub and I have extremely mixed feelings about the voice. I can see the actress is trying her best to “imitateâ€? the Japanese actress but unfortunately she hasnâ€t quite got the pitch and delivery correct. Now I must admit when I read the Naruto manga I always imagined Naruto had a “Greg Ayers/Gokuâ€? type voice. He just seemed like that type of character. So I was really surprised when Junko Takeuchi vocals came out of the Japanese voice. I will admit that it took me quite some time (like about 20-30 episodes) before the voice really clicked with me. But now I can hear no other voice come out of Naruto. That being said, everytime Naruto spoke Maile Flanagan has not won me over or convinced me that sheâ€s the English equivalent of Naruto. It seems like sheâ€s restraining herself and not shouting and having the intensity that it needed in some scenes. She also still sounds very girly and this affects the believability that this is a BOY talking. I will give her some credit though. In the scene when Iruka was attacked and she threatened Mizuki she did see to play angry Naruto well, and in some scenes when a Naruto was at lower registers she could pull off. But being the main character she needs to improve on the things I stated above because it CAN and WILL affect the overall dub.-Iruka CANâ€?T ACT. Iâ€m sorry. I felt the voice was fitting but the delivery was extremely dead pan and stilted. This seriously affected the first episode. Where it really got to me was when Naruto and Iruka were in the ramen shop. The delivery of both characters just came off as wooden and underacted and really sucked any believability out of the scene. There are many times during the first episode where everytime Iruka spoke I was just like “EMOTE DAMN YOU!â€? Luckily even if the voice actor doesnâ€t improve he doesnâ€t have too many key moments in the series so…meh.
-Unusual pronounciations and script pauses. I donâ€t know but it always seemed whenever a character pronounced a Japanese name they kinda sounded like a robot. Something about it just seem awkward. I think this will probably go away after a the series finds itâ€s grounding. Hopefully.
-Lack of OP/ED. I was hoping with all the hype in this show CN would give us a little extra “treat� and give us at least one of the Japanese OP/ED. Ah well. The music they did use was appropriate enough and not distracting like SOME other shows coughonepiececough.
Overall:
Not since when Inuyasha started airing on Adult Swim has there been such anticipation. The reason why I bring Inuyasha up is because I had a very similar experience with this show. Basically I watched the premiere with a bunch of friend who all saw the good chunk of the Japanese version (including myself) so when it premiered on Cartoon Network where I saw potential a lot of my friends where very disappointed. Mostly it was with the translation (hey those early episodes did have a more “Americanizedâ€? feel) and Kagomeâ€s voice acting (a lot of them felt Monica Storiâ€s performance was very inappropriate for the character). But here we are years later I think the dub improved buttloads (it wasnâ€t that bad to begin with, but like this dub some things did rub me the wrong way) and all the problems it had in the beginning are pretty much non-existant now. Another case in point is when CN started airing the Cake Mix dubbed episodes of DBZ. Now THOSE made me cringe something fierce, but these days a lot of these same actors are regarded as the canon voices for the chracters (and granted DB/DBZ/DBGT isnâ€t the best dub around but the quality of the performances did improve tremendously compared to those Ginyu/Frieza episodes). The point Iâ€m making is when money and time is put into a dub is does improve over time. I do see a lot of potential for the dub and it could easily be an excellent dub but obviously some voice actors still need to get the hang of the characters (Naruto). I think where we should come in is since some of us are fans of the show maybe a little input from us can help the dub to improve. Iâ€m not saying letâ€s swamp CN/Viz/Studiopolis with hate mail saying things like “OMFG! YOU RUINED NARUTO! U GUYZ SUK!â€? but find ways of getting into touch with those who help produce the dub a giving our praises and criticisms pretty much like I did hear. Now none of us have to do this, this is just a suggestion and an idea I wanted to put out there.I also want to end this in saying I donâ€t think this is a great dub. Itâ€s watchable, and itâ€s not bad. But it is STILL years ahead the travesty the One Piece dubbed turned into and even if Narutoâ€s dub actor does not improve I can still deal with 150 plus episodes of THAT then one more episode of One Piece of crap. Iâ€ll watch this dub in anticipation and wish luck to all those involved in it.
O-chan
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Naruto with a Goku voice? I don't think it would fit him, IMHO.
At least Naruto's voice is adjustable to. It is not way overly annoying like other voices in anime shows. (like One Piece) I disliked it the first time I heard it, but I grew adjusted to it after watching both episdoes. (Yes, I have heard the Japanese voices for all the episodes currently released)
As for the nose bleeds, I never really expected them to be kept in either, but I thought it was silly that they would edit it in the begining with ikura and keep the tissue crammed in his nose afterwards. I really liked how they kept a LOT of Japanese terms. 'Charka' wasn't replaced with 'energy', 'sensei' wasn't taken out, 'hokage' was still in there. Hey, for an English dub on TOONAMI, I was impressed.
Overall, the dub was decent, and I have no place to complain.
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Yes when I first heard Naruto say "Sensai" my mouth dropped all the way through my floor into the apartment below me and I know I said this but I'm still shocked with the entire Sexy no Jutsu stay uncut (hell to me it looks like they even removed some smoke XD).
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The Naruto dub is just a collective uber-Paris Hilton bitch slap to the face of the One Piece dub.
I hate 4Kids.
Maybe if DBZ got a uncut version, the One Piece dub could get the same from Viz? This dub should open a few eyes there at 4Kids, because they'll make more money if they please the fans.
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The Naruto dub is just a collective uber-Paris Hilton bitch slap to the face of the One Piece dub.
I hate 4Kids.
Maybe if DBZ got a uncut version, the One Piece dub could get the same from Viz? This dub should open a few eyes there at 4Kids, because they'll make more money if they please the fans.
I can see the reasoning behind your statment, but being I have younger siblings, this is what I have to say.
My younger sister LOVES dubbed One Piece. She is 10 years old. She is one of many 'little' kids that watch the show, and will be likley to buy the merchandise such as DVDs, video games, etc that are released and dubbed by 4 Kids. 4 Kids is exactly what they say they are, 4 KIDS. Their dub is directed at children ages of 13 or so and under, and is generally pathetic and hated by older fans.
4 Kids doesn't give a shit if we don't like the show, all they care is that they hyptnotize younger children into their show. I admit, when I was younger, I liked junk just like the 4 kids dub.
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@Forbidden:
Naruto with a Goku voice? I don't think it would fit him, IMHO.
Um…wrong Goku.
Sorry. I wrote that with the assumption some people have heard of an anime called SAIYUKI. There's a character called Goku that has a very "boy going through puberty" voice that I thought would fit Naruto.O-chan
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Yes, they left some blood in!! I practically shit my pants when they left Naruto calling Iruka sensei. Sexy No Jutsu still left in, and gasp a TV show oriented in kids block talks about death again?! Good damn job Viz!! Hopefully, Bobobo-Bo-Bo-Bobo gets just as good a job as Naruto has. Two episodes and I can already say that this is definately Viz's best dub yet. Viz has already liscensed 2 more SJ animes (other than Naruto and Bobobo) so i'd epect to see them on Toonami as well. Aside from Naruto and Bobobo, Viz also has Black Cat and Hikaru No Go, so hopefully they get good dubs as well.
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Um…wrong Goku.
Sorry. I wrote that with the assumption some people have heard of an anime called SAIYUKI. There's a character called Goku that has a very "boy going through puberty" voice that I thought would fit Naruto.O-chan
Nothing is wrong with Goku at all. I just don't think it would fit Naruto. It is just my opinion though. ^_^
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The Naruto dub is just a collective uber-Paris Hilton bitch slap to the face of the One Piece dub.
I hate 4Kids.
Maybe if DBZ got a uncut version, the One Piece dub could get the same from Viz? This dub should open a few eyes there at 4Kids, because they'll make more money if they please the fans.
I can tell you that 4Kids will NEVER release an uncut version of One Piece for two reasons…
#1:Well... They're FOR KIDS.
#2:They have skipped WAY to much. They'll have to dub alot of missing footage and even dub over some of the bullshit they've said in the dub. 4Kids will just not do that. And Viz can't do uncut DVD's either because they need 4Kids actors and permision.
So once again... One Piece is screwed in America.
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Alright.. I watched the first two dub episodes…
This is actually looking very promising..
I just wish that One Piece got the good treatment.Its kind of funny that they replaced Naruto's "Dattebayo!" saying with "Believe it!"