I had an interesting discussion with a friend of mine and I wanted to see what the AP community thinks. We were going back and forth about favorite Anime openers and I brought up the old 4kids "Pirate Rap", for OP. I loathe the heavy editing, butchered script, and Americanized voice acting done by 4kids, but I really do enjoy that song. Personally, I like that song over the Funimation "We Are" dubbed track, and I feel they should of left in the original version. In most causes if not in all, especially for the people who hate change, the original Japanese dubbing is always better than the English dubs.
- Does anyone feel otherwise with certain One Piece characters or songs? As in do you feel certain American voice actors might have done a better job then certain Japanese voice actors? This can go for the crappy 4kids dubbing and the well-done Funimation work.
I feel the original voice acting for One Piece is outstanding. Funimation did a great job of replicating the characters by great choice of voice workers, but I feel certain characters didn't come through as well. For instance Luffy, I favor Funimation's Colleen Clinkenbeard and even 4kids Bella Hudson, but the voicing by Mayumi Tanaka completely outshines them.
–->Mayumi ver. insert<--- AWESOME!!
I think they all just have their unique voice qualities and I enjoy hearing them but if I have to choose I usually go for the original.So what do you guys think? This could even go for if you feel the American dubbing is better than the original.. If you dare! :getlost:
-mvrva