How important is the voice acting in Sailor Moon for you?

A different kind of Being · Post by **A different kind of Being** » Sun Dec 10, 2006 3:22 pm

Personally, It is quite important for me. The main reason (I know there are several other reasons as well) I prefer the original version over the dubbed versions is definitely the original voice acting. After getting used to hear the characters speak in Japanese it is very hard for me to get adjusted to the dub.

Usagi without Kotono Mitsuishi's voice feels very weird

Dr. Casey · Post by **Dr. Casey** » Sun Dec 10, 2006 4:27 pm

I don't place too much emphasis on the voices (it's more important that what they're saying is accurate), but it does bother me when the voices are really off. For instance, Usagi had a great voice originally but her Cloverway voice just... really didn't seem to fit. I don't see how a very sophisticated voice like that suits her.

A different kind of Being · Post by **A different kind of Being** » Sun Dec 10, 2006 4:49 pm

Dr. Casey wrote: Usagi had a great voice originally but her Cloverway voice just... really didn't seem to fit. I don't see how a very sophisticated voice like that suits her.

Good point. I also read that Kotono Mitsuishi thought that Usagi's voice were too deep in the dubbed versions.

Post by **Tiff** » Sun Dec 10, 2006 5:09 pm

Voice acting in any anime is important to me, period. I'm a very sound-oriented person, I pay close attention to things like voices, music, and background noise in a show. That's part of the reason why the dub bothers me..they changed just about all of those, and drastically so (especially the voices).

A different kind of Being · Post by **A different kind of Being** » Sun Dec 10, 2006 5:47 pm

Tiff wrote:Voice acting in any anime is important to me, period. I'm a very sound-oriented person, I pay close attention to things like voices

same here. I even noticed that Usagi's voice was off in the begining in season R, and it was actually Chibiusa's voice (Kae Araki)

_Alexander_ · Post by **_Alexander_** » Mon Dec 11, 2006 11:02 am

A different kind of Being wrote:same here. I even noticed that Usagi's voice was off in the begining in season R, and it was actually Chibiusa's voice (Kae Araki)

That's true. Her "Moon Prism Power Make-Up" sounded really weird and somewhat forced. Although I love her "Nooo!" in episode 47 when her memories are regained. It sends chills down by back every time and I have seen it about 6 times. Although I love Kotono's voice much better.

Anyway, the voices in Sailor Moon are extremely important and I love almost all of them. Mamoru's voice is a little too mature though but I love the rest. Especially Rei and Minako's.

A different kind of Being · Post by **A different kind of Being** » Mon Dec 11, 2006 12:58 pm

_Alexander_ wrote:
A different kind of Being wrote:same here. I even noticed that Usagi's voice was off in the begining in season R, and it was actually Chibiusa's voice (Kae Araki)
That's true. Her "Moon Prism Power Make-Up" sounded really weird and somewhat forced. Although I love her "Nooo!" in episode 47 when her memories are regained. It sends chills down by back every time and I have seen it about 6 times. Although I love Kotono's voice much better.

Anyway, the voices in Sailor Moon are extremely important and I love almost all of them. Mamoru's voice is a little too mature though but I love the rest. Especially Rei and Minako's.

ah hello a fellow swede that is Sailor Moon fan, I guess you don't see that everyday

I agree about her voice in early R. Her "I will punish you" sounded very off. Yeah episode 47 is very good, however my fav episode is probably the one when Usagi and Mamoru reveals their true identities for eachother. It was 35 I think (or 34)

Sailormars Obsessed fan · Post by **Sailormars Obsessed fan** » Mon Dec 11, 2006 3:01 pm

Voice acting is important not just in sailormoon but in anything really.

You gotta believe the voice as well as be able to listen to it without bleeding from the ears.

This is why I dislike excel saga dubbed

_Alexander_ · Post by **_Alexander_** » Mon Dec 11, 2006 4:09 pm

A different kind of Being wrote:
_Alexander_ wrote:
A different kind of Being wrote:same here. I even noticed that Usagi's voice was off in the begining in season R, and it was actually Chibiusa's voice (Kae Araki)
That's true. Her "Moon Prism Power Make-Up" sounded really weird and somewhat forced. Although I love her "Nooo!" in episode 47 when her memories are regained. It sends chills down by back every time and I have seen it about 6 times. Although I love Kotono's voice much better.

Anyway, the voices in Sailor Moon are extremely important and I love almost all of them. Mamoru's voice is a little too mature though but I love the rest. Especially Rei and Minako's.
ah hello a fellow swede that is Sailor Moon fan, I guess you don't see that everyday

I agree about her voice in early R. Her "I will punish you" sounded very off. Yeah episode 47 is very good, however my fav episode is probably the one when Usagi and Mamoru reveals their true identities for eachother. It was 35 I think (or 34)

Oh, I didn't even notice that when I quoted you.

There are many Swedish Sailor Moon fans but not many is talking about it anymore, too bad since we got a great dub.
Speciellt Annies och Rais första röst.

I agree, that's a great episode, that whole episode was just great, filled with action and sorrow. Usagi's "Moon Prism Power Make-Up" was really great there. My fave episodes acting-wise is 34, 42, 45, 125 and 195. At least those were the ones that came to mind immediately.

Cardcaptor Takato · Post by **Cardcaptor Takato** » Mon Dec 11, 2006 4:30 pm

Anime is not just a visual art. It's also an audio art. Choosing the right voices is extremely important because even if the lines are all the same, if the voice doesn't nail the role perfectly, it can convey a different feeling than what's supposed to be intended and the entire emotion of the scene will be ruined. If the quality of the voices was unimportant to anime, then you might as well just stick to reading the manga.

Neon Heart · Post by **Neon Heart** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 7:23 pm

Very important. When the voice acting studio decides to make the Sailor Moon characters' voice a certain way, then I think their also trying to change their personalities. I know that's weird, but everytime I watch the English dub of SM, I think of Luna as a stuffy, old British nanny, and not as a youthful trainer. So when their voices are weird, their personality is weird, and it doesn't seem like the same Sailor Moon to me. Hence why I prefer the subbed Japanese.

Plus the English dub just makes my ears bleed.

the*blue*girl · Post by **the*blue*girl** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 8:44 pm

Neon Heart wrote: Plus the English dub just makes my ears bleed.

Amen.

Yasha Kodachi · Post by **Yasha Kodachi** » Mon Dec 18, 2006 7:27 pm

The reason I hated Sailor Moon when it was on: Serena's voice. WHO sounds like that? Seriously. I remember one episode in particular; she made Darien cookies, and burnt them. This is what I remember of the sound: "I BURnt them, but it doesn't mAtter because Imadethem with LUH-uv!" Ugh. Ugh. Ugh.

For me, voice acting is important. I like it when the characters sound as if they could actually make their voice naturally. I think Minako's English voice was the only one of the Inners I could actually tolerate for some reason, but I've seen very little of the dub, so I might have caught her on a good day. It was like they had a four-second sound clip of each character, listened to it once while heavily drinking, and chose random people to do them. Also, giving people random ethnicities/accents they shouldnt have= no. Molly. Lita. Ami. Luna.

Don't like the English voices at all. Love the Japanese....and the German. I like the German voices for some reason.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JI0R-YNMpns <- German Outers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmPZsTelMQE <- Sailor Moon and Chibi Moon

Post by **Tiff** » Mon Dec 18, 2006 7:52 pm

Yasha Kodachi wrote:
Don't like the English voices at all. Love the Japanese....and the German. I like the German voices for some reason.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JI0R-YNMpns <- German Outers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmPZsTelMQE <- Sailor Moon and Chibi Moon

I cannot STAND the german voices, with the exception of maybe one or two. They all sound the same to me, every one of them.

Fruityla · Post by **Fruityla** » Mon Dec 18, 2006 8:23 pm

Voice acting can make or break a character, and even set the general tone for a situation. Thus, it's pretty important. I don't think I need to say much more xp since a lot's been said for me already.

Although, I will confess that I started noticing a lot more since I found SMU x_x

Raven Sana · Post by **Raven Sana** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 9:09 am

To me, voice acting is important. I always thought of their voices as part of their personality. For example, if it was a really hyperactive character, a monotone voice just can't do.

As for the actual voice (and not the tone), the more natural it sounds, the better.

Yasha Kodachi wrote:: "I BURnt them, but it doesn't mAtter because Imadethem with LUH-uv!"

That's what I mean.

Yasha Kodachi wrote:Also, giving people random ethnicities/accents they shouldnt have= no. Molly. Lita. Ami. Luna.

I agree. (But I don't recall the type of accent that Lita had. I mean, it always sounded like the other characters you didn't list.)

Cardcaptor Takato · Post by **Cardcaptor Takato** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 9:16 am

Yasha Kodachi wrote:Also, giving people random ethnicities/accents they shouldnt have= no. Molly. Lita. Ami. Luna.

To be fair, didn't Naru have an Osaka accent in the Japanese version?

Crecent beam · Post by **Crecent beam** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 9:39 am

That's pretty understandable because her surname is Osaka.

A different kind of Being · Post by **A different kind of Being** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 2:26 pm

Tiff wrote:
Yasha Kodachi wrote:
Don't like the English voices at all. Love the Japanese....and the German. I like the German voices for some reason.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JI0R-YNMpns <- German Outers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmPZsTelMQE <- Sailor Moon and Chibi Moon
I cannot STAND the german voices, with the exception of maybe one or two. They all sound the same to me, every one of them.

you should hear the swedish version then. Sounds really awful. No dub is basically worth watching.

Neon Heart · Post by **Neon Heart** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 3:16 pm

Cardcaptor Takato wrote:To be fair, didn't Naru have an Osaka accent in the Japanese version?

Ok, I'm going to sound like a complete idiot here in a minute. But what's the difference between a Tokyo and Osaka accent? All Japanese people sound the same to me, for some reason.