womanly figure umm something figure lol if you watch anime alot you would know that doesnt matter look up something called boku no pico and there is always the ever popular bridget from guilty gears
Vandalking said: Naruto was voiced by a woman in the fag American version
Wow Genius. Haku is voiced by a female in Japan too. .Naruto himself is voiced by Women! both versions! he is also voiced by females in French and Spanish! while in Germany he is voiced by a male. in China, half the cast is female! even the characters you would expect to have a deep voice.
Yes, in the US they almost always use women to voice young boys but not as often in Japan which can be evidenced by Naruto and Sasuke.
you are once again incorrect, Japan uses female voice actors A LOT. Kenshin and Goku are voiced by females, while in America/Canada the voices are male. . Sasuke is voiced by Yuri Lowenthal, who is MALE. you are Narutard to the Extreme.
a dub does not RUIN a show, that still has its original track. i am trying really hard not to insult you further. .i fail to see how repeatedly saying "Dattebeyo" is any better than any other catch phrase the character says in other Naruto Dubs.
just because a character is voiced by a female voice actor, it does not mean the character is female. the directors want a younger voice to fit the characters age, female VAs have a way easier time making teen male voices. .Haku is male because thats what he is, not because of his voice.
I admit I was wrong. Damn, I can't believe Naruto is voiced by a woman. It blows my mind. And you guys don't need to be calling me names like you're some genius that knows everything. Only way you could know the gender of the voice actor for so many different versions is if you looked it up, so big whoop. There is no need to be so condenscending. The whole thing is very surprising, I guess I'm jaded after hearing so many horrible American dubs. I mean they edited smoking out of Valkyrie Profile and re-used the voice actors for at least five characters each, while the Japanese version uses unique voice actors for each Einherjar. And whatever, the Naruto English dub is shit. And that is your culture you stuck up condescending pricks.
Vandalking said: ...And that is your culture you stuck up condescending pricks.
First of all, I didn't call you names, I don't watch Naruto and I prefer subs to dubs myself. I was just correcting your fallacious thinking. And before you say your hostility wasn't directed at me, there were only two people responding to your previous post and you specifically say 'pricks' plural. You should probably chill out. It's not like the gender of the voice actor matters that much, and in fact female voice actors actually do voice young males better due to this little thing called puberty.
Yeah your right, sry Shinjidude. I don't know, I guess its just kind of depressing to see a likable male character like Naruto or Ash or whomever turn out to be voiced by a chick. It just takes away from them as a character and makes them so less real. I would rather enjoy the fantasy of space battles and not think about the green screen effects you know?
*sigh* Because for some reason I have a burning need to say these things or I will hurt internally from holding it in -- I will say three things and then move on with my life.
one) American's dubs using the same voices over and over in one show can't technically be called part of the "culture." It's more caused by the limits of the market. Anime cost so much to license, and then translation, and dubbing just p[iles on a bunch more. Using the same voice actors helps them bump down cost. Not to mention, there just aren't that many people out there doing voice acting. It's a small pool to choose from, for a product that will only pull a limited (that is, cash paying) audience.
two) Someone's people will draw male characters as girls because the character design would look hot as a chick. Also chicks are hot -- dudes have penises and that's awkward to jack off to for straight dudes. Why completely waste a good character design on a dude? There's female Bridget art out there, probably for this same reason. Possibly ignorance, too, but does it really matter? Naked girls are hot. Why complain when you could be whacking it?
three) Being voiced by a woman does not necessarily make a character badly voiced. Paku Romi does a ton of male roles and (usually) is almost indistinguishable from the true male voices doing their parts. Sometimes even better. Women doing male voices aren't bad if the voice actor is decent. It's bad voice actors that make the chick-playing-a-dude thing awkward and jar a viewer out of a work.
Well, this wasn't a bad thread. You've kept it civil and people were able to learn something. Keep this up!
Vandalking, you should also consider that a series like Naruto or Dragonball can run for several years. If Naruto were voiced by a boy, and his voice suddenly broke during season 3, you'd find him far less likeable, believe it! Using a professional adult VA who can adjust her voice to sound like a boy (which is far easier for women than for men) just works better.
LaC said: Well, this wasn't a bad thread. You've kept it civil and people were able to learn something. Keep this up!
Vandalking, you should also consider that a series like Naruto or Dragonball can run for several years. If Naruto were voiced by a boy, and his voice suddenly broke during season 3, you'd find him far less likeable, believe it! Using a professional adult VA who can adjust her voice to sound like a boy (which is far easier for women than for men) just works better.
Bart Simpson is voiced by a woman for this very reason.
lol, not trying to argue, i just dont dig Narutard Spaz outs. by this point you would expect some subtitle watchers to be mature about their opinions, or not be so culture obsessed.
i've watched a lot of Animation in many languages over the years, so i just dont seem to hold the anger that a lot of Anime fans seem to posses. if a voice fits the character that is enough for me, i dont look for "they dont sound like the original" only way for that to happen, is if the same person who did the voice in one language, does the same for another.
You shouldn't be watching the subs anyway if you're doing it illegaly. All that's doing is making it harder for anime companies to keep thier doors open. Besides who cares what language it's in? Anime is anime so just be a fan and watch it
Anonymous said: comment #40416 Actualy, only HE said he was a guy, and that is the only evidence that says that he is one. BUT, if she is a girl, that would make much more sence, as he has too much of a womaly figure to be a guy and he also has no adams apple, a thing that only guys have.
You're right, telling Naruto that she was a boy was all a part of her devilish scheme to... um... Ok seriously, why the hell would HE lie about his gender? There was nothing to gain from it at all. The manga said he was a boy, the Eng. anime said he was a boy, and even the Jap. anime said he was a boy! Grow a brain cell people, Haku is Naruto's Bridget!