Are they rushing them out or something? These problems are sloppy. I understand it's a big arc with a lot of characters, but it's one of the director's main jobs to make sure everyone has the same name pronounciations. Joel does not have the attentiveness to detail to to dub these episodes especially. And, if it's true that Mike is supervising, he's apparently not doing a great job of it (though who knows if a few mispronounciations warrants calling the actors in for corrections; it does to me, but Funimation probably doesn't care that much even if Mike spots them). It's all on the director to catch these things as they're happening. You folks can defend Joel all you want, but he keeps giving us new reasons to think he's not as good as Mike. These problems weren't half as present when Mike was directing.
And I don't even know how lines have gone missing twice within three sets. C'mon.
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I'm also a little confused. Didn't a funi rep confirm that they were dubbing a special a while ago? I don't even remember which special it was. Just started watching Heart of Gold and really impressed with it.
I remember hearing something about a special and i was thinking it was going to be 3D2Y