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

**Ryouko**

Thanks to the splendors of YouTube, LiLAsN has uploaded the first episode of the english Singapore dub of EXE. It really is an interesting feeling to hear all of the original Japanese names in the English language! In case your computer doesn't cooperate with YouTube, I've put many wav sound files into one zip file for you all to download. I'd put up actual video clips, but I'm quite unsure on how to rip video from the site.

Also, special thanks to Mendinso for some of the voice clips, and the heads up for this info. ^^

http://www.rockman-exe.com/misc/singapore_dub.zip
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Kittara.exe

sounds awesome! could you suply us with a link to the episode? i'd really love to watch it!
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X-shunin · Posted: Sat Jul 15, 2006 6:25 am Post subject:

Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
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BluntmanEXE · Posted: Sat Jul 15, 2006 6:27 am Post subject:

Kittara.exe: Here's the direct link to the episode

Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeYo-Lvg9FI

Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdoprr3OOLk

Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3b-2_lgUw0

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Kittara.exe · Posted: Sat Jul 15, 2006 8:00 am Post subject:

cool, thanks you guys.

about the only thing i have to nitpick about is the voices, i don't think they did some of them that well.
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Vpower.exe · Posted: Sat Jul 15, 2006 10:11 am Post subject:

I saw that one some days ago. I thought the voices where good!
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Kaeri · Posted: Sat Jul 15, 2006 2:26 pm Post subject: Ripping help?

Yeah, Ryouko, the ripping part isn't horrible. If you know what format you'd like to have the episode in, I can download it and format it for you, no problem!

The files get downloaded in a format called .flv (or basically Flash Movie Format) and with a special little program I have, I can convert them into .avi, .mpeg, and even more types of file formats!

*Think I'll take a test clip and see what formats seem to work the best on it and let you know.*

AngelfanA16 · Posted: Sat Jul 15, 2006 6:43 pm Post subject:

Voices could be better. But it is cool to hear how the Jappanesse names actually sound in English. Is this an official episode or is it ammature episode? Can't really tell.
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ACME-Rian · Posted: Sat Jul 15, 2006 6:45 pm Post subject:

YES!I've been waiting to see what Singapore has done to the EXE characters.My cousin Samuel saw the series....Must...hear...Enzan...in Singapore...voice...
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Crimson Seiko · Posted: Sat Jul 15, 2006 10:34 pm Post subject:

Masa sounds like friggin Cheech or sumting.
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BluntmanEXE · Posted: Sun Jul 16, 2006 6:35 am Post subject:

Kaeri wrote:

Elementalman.EXE · Posted: Sun Jul 16, 2006 8:05 am Post subject:

Well...I can safely say it's a big improvement over NT Warrior.

And Masa...does sound like Cheech. Does that mean Sharkmen or Higsby is going to sound like Chong?
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mayl · Posted: Sun Jul 16, 2006 12:25 pm Post subject:

I couldn't see the episode, but by hearing how they sound, thanks to Ryouku ^^, I think I agree with Bluntman EXE that they do sound emotionless so I like the KidsWB dubbed better.
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Rock Miyabi · Posted: Sun Jul 16, 2006 3:41 pm Post subject:

Wow, that was interesting. Nice to see they think Dekao has the voice of a 30 year old. I actually kinda liked Netto and Rockman's voices, but I agree that the quality of the voice acting was pretty poor. It showed some improvement as the eppy progressed. But still somewhere in the range of Shaolin Soccer and that Dragonball live action movie kinda bad. Lots of instances of over-pronunciation or just plain boring monotonous voices. Mariko-sensei, you're putting me to sleep!! And you shouldn't be!!! Still a fun watch for those who don't necessarily care for the choices made in the English dub.
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Kirbopher15 · Posted: Sun Jul 16, 2006 6:09 pm Post subject:

I apologize in advance, but it's time for a rant. Move on, purists.

Oh...dear...GOD.

Okay, I WILL give them props for keeping the feeling of the original Japanese version...but if they're gonna go that far, I'd take the Japanese version itself over this. Despite NT Warrior's various down sides, I'll take the Ocean Group over these guys anyday. A good indication that thet were TRYING to get the feel of the Japanese voices, but these people can NOT, ACT. Dekao and Masa grate on my ears any of the "low pitched surfur dude" voices that people were constantly bitching bout when NT Warrior first premiered. Dekao sounds like Count Elec's NT Warrior voice, and Masa...ugh. Netto and Rockman sounded...okay, at the very least, but even they weren't too amazing. Even if some of the characters sounded pretty close to their Japanese counterparts, they sound like they're just reading off of a piece of paper. That, or they're just not saying the line as if a real person would be SPEAKING, like going off into like three different ways of saying the line in one read.

And this is more of a pet peeve, because I'm not a big purist guy (for ANY series really), but it's just a bit grating to hear "Plug In, Rockman.EXE, Transmission" in regularly spoken english, instead of "Jack In, Megaman Power-Up". Yes, I know that sounds like a ridiculously stupid dubby statement, but it's what I've become used to. Same thing goes for hearing "Netto" instead of Lan, and "Meiru"...Hellooooo? The name is SUPPOSED to be a pun on "Mail", genius translators 9.9; That's another thing. When I see shows that are just directly translated, it means they're DEFINTELY not putting enough thought into it. At least the folks at Viz will put some effort into making some of the lines sound like they're regularly speaking the english language, and not something from an old Jackie Chan movie or something. And yeah, Brad Swaile and Andrew Francias sound a LOT older than Lan and Megaman should sound, but at least they can ACT, not to mention have plenty of experience in dubbing to mouth-flap.

I would say that the Singapore version sounds like a fandub, but that would be insulting, since I know some people from the Voice Acting Aliance that could do a job SEVERAL times better than that. I'm gonna have to rake the quality of this in with Megaman 8/X4. I think that speaks for itself.

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Okay I'll start on what I hated. Dex sounds like he's 35 I can imagine him with a Cuban Cigar In his mouth. Now the part when Match was talking to wily it sounded like presidental election. Roll sounds like a S***. Thats what I found from the episode.

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XHunter17 · Posted: Sun Jul 16, 2006 7:48 pm Post subject:

wow that was pretty cool. watching the anime in English but with the Japanese names .... ^.^
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Kirbopher15 · Posted: Sun Jul 16, 2006 8:08 pm Post subject:

Wackoman.EXE · Posted: Sun Jul 16, 2006 9:55 pm Post subject:

Hmmm...while the acting is not so good (better than Kayzie Rogers' dreadful Nefertari Vivi performances *twitch*) the voices are much closer to the original and the dialogue is kept quite well. If the VAs were better actors, it'd be better tahn NT Warrior.

Oh, and why is the Singapore dub in English, shouldn't it be in Malay or Mandarin?
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