English...Rockman.EXE? Straight from Singapore!

[Enzan Chaud]

I always <3 this episode no matter what version it was in, I don't mind the voices that much really, and I must be a bad actor because the emotion in this dub=the emotion in the american dub= the emotion in the japanese dub. Seriously, I've seen all three first episodes 20 times, and I didn't find much difference other than the voice RANGE. The range of a voice actor can effect how some lines may be spoken, all you have to do is adjust. These people don't have an American accent, it seems much more nuetral, which is why I'd guess someone wouldn't be used to it say, if they lived in America forever. I know Rushpop would agree with me.

o.o so I have no idea why anyone would complain. Dekao sounds 3 years older than he should, kinda... reminded me of Ryoga for some reason, I have no idea why. o.O; He just sounded 16 compared to his age, not too bad... his laugh is perfect though...

Masa sounded okay too, I dunno why he grates at some people, too spoiled with the other versions, I guess D:

Netto and Rockman were okay with me, they sound younger... which suits just fine.

The way they pronounced EXE as "A-eks-ay" kinda annoyed me though... I think it would be better if they just said the actual letters instead of changing the acronym to a word.

Meiru and Roll= their American counterparts, so I can't complain there. They sound a bit older than Netto's mom, though.. XD

Anything else... I never liked the line "Attack mode"/"Battle Chip Attack Mode", it seemed kinda unneeded. XD

That's all I can say about it right now, really... oh...
Hinoken wasn't sexy sounding enough.
And Fireman was a little too android and not enough gruff.
And Wily was okay, I guess..
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[ChibiGoku]

Bah. I'm still not used to not being able to edit. I meant "english in their country"....

[Wackoman.EXE]

Ahhhhh. I looked it up on Wikipedia; English and Malay.

I just got to Hinoken, and his voice is really good! Much better than him being Scottish.
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[Izumi]

[Izumi]

[Nenji]

May I just point out that Meiru was named "Mayl" in the English games? Even though the "ei" in Meiru is an extended e sound, it still is a phonetic atempt at Mail. Also I asked my teacher today in Japanese and he agreed. With characters called "Net" and "Site", "Mail" isn't that much of a push.
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[Ryouko]

True, but you don't see them calling him "Net" instead of "Netto" in the show. The point Izu was trying to make is that "Meiru" was the correct was of pronouncing her name.
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[Ryouko]

True, but you don't see them calling him "Net" instead of "Netto" in the show. The point Izu was trying to make is that "Meiru" was the correct was of pronouncing her name.
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[Haly K]

Aww, I like Mr. Match with the Scottish accent better. But that's just my personal preference.

I'd say that my opinion on this is almost the same as Kirbopher, but a little less. I mean, at least they kept the original names, right? I'm just more use to the American dub, much like how most of you here are more use to raws/subs.
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[Shykid]

Hmmm... well, this was strange, to say the least. I don't remember much of the first season, which I watched subbed anyway, but I remember watching a few dub eps. But I don't remember most of the voices. Except I Mr. Match's Scottish accent (I like that, actually), and Enzan sounding rather old.

For me, though, the problem with the dub wasn't really the voices. It was the massive amounts of edits. Like randomly cutting out scenes, blunting swords (come on, is that really needed?), and didn't they also just plain cut eps for seemingly no reason? Another thing I hated is that they changed some of the names from the game! I mean, the game already changed just about every name from the original and they do ANOTHER name change? I think that's REALLY confusing @_@ And the game names were in most cases, tons better than the dub ones.

I think the dub here was handled horribly, but the problem was much more than the voices. Seems like the Singapore dub doesn't have the same stupid edits, and it has the original names of course. So... that's good. I don't like some of the voices, though. Like Netto's mom and Dekao. But oh well, nothing's perfect. I'd still prefer the subs, in any case.

But hey... when they come out on DVD in Singapore... does that mean you could remove the subtitles? Interesting...

[Haly K]

That's another thing. (Most of) The people around here who watch MegaMan have never see a subbed/raw ep ever ( Like me!) so they don't 'know' how the anime is 'suppose' to be, so that's basically why animes like that do so well here despite their 'horrible' and 'numerous' edits and 'terrible' voice acting/choices.

So, some of us might not exactly... 'like' this version of EXE, but the kids in Singapore most likely won't care since they'll get use to it, like me and so many others who've gotten use to their own dub.

And yeah, nothing's perfect, so you shouldn't have really been expecting something 'good' when EXE came over to America. At least it's decent for some of us.
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[ComicX6]

Well, the voices were okay I suppose. Netto sounded a wee bit high to me, but then again, that's how it should be (never really liked Lan's 2nd voice in the NA dub.). Dekao sounded a bit gruff, Meiru and Roll sounded pretty much the same as in the NA dub, Masa I'm neutral on.

Probably cause I'm used to it, but I too prefer Mr. Match's Scottish accent, because, at least to me, he looks Scottish! *bricked from various directions*
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[Kirbopher]

Forgive me for creating another account. I simply did this to make one last parting word. You may ban this account as well if you wish, but I felt that this was necassary.

First off, I apologize if my critique of the Singapore dub was too harsh. I can see why that would be considered bashing and will accept that. What I'm really here to make one last statement about is this:

[Izumi]

Mm. I was merely saying that was how I'd initially perceived it; it didn't have anything to do with your ban - Planty already laid out in no uncertain terms what that was about. It's just that you seem to have a prejudice against things with too much non-North-American influence; while it's well within your rights to like whichever version of the show you want, a running theme in your posts has been how great the American version is compared to the Japanese one (going so far as to say imply that the Singaporean version should have used American terminology simply because it was in English); as well as implying or stating outright that no thought was put into the .sg production, the actors were talentless hacks, etc. It seemed very much like a superiority complex to me, and while that may not be the case (note how I'm taking you seriously and replying instead of just reaming you for ban evasion), I thought you needed to be warned that people might take you the wrong way when you get up on the soapbox and "rant", as you put it.

No need to apologize to me about it, I probably shouldn't have said so outright, as it was. It was rather early in the morning, and I was in a rush to reply and get out the door. Still, as noted above, you already had your warning about the dub bashing, and this was the final straw. I for one am appreciative that you took the deactivation maturely, and hope there'll be no hard feelings at Otakon.
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[Izumi]

Mm. I was merely saying that was how I'd initially perceived it; it didn't have anything to do with your ban - Planty already laid out in no uncertain terms what that was about. It's just that you seem to have a prejudice against things with too much non-North-American influence; while it's well within your rights to like whichever version of the show you want, a running theme in your posts has been how great the American version is compared to the Japanese one (going so far as to say imply that the Singaporean version should have used American terminology simply because it was in English); as well as implying or stating outright that no thought was put into the .sg production, the actors were talentless hacks, etc. It seemed very much like a superiority complex to me, and while that may not be the case (note how I'm taking you seriously and replying instead of just reaming you for ban evasion), I thought you needed to be warned that people might take you the wrong way when you get up on the soapbox and "rant", as you put it.

No need to apologize to me about it, I probably shouldn't have said so outright, as it was. It was rather early in the morning, and I was in a rush to reply and get out the door. Still, as noted above, you already had your warning about the dub bashing, and this was the final straw. I for one am appreciative that you took the deactivation maturely, and hope there'll be no hard feelings at Otakon.
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[Ryouko]

Since this news post seems to have gone completely off topic, it's probably best for it to just be locked. Sorry, everyone.
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[Ryouko]

Since this news post seems to have gone completely off topic, it's probably best for it to just be locked. Sorry, everyone.
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