Dub VS Dub

[Westlo]

Would anyone mind to give a character face off between the oav series dub and the pioneer movie dub. Whose version is better and so on

[Yui_Reborn]

What luck, AB's friendly-neighborhood-dub-o-phile happens to be in the neighborhood.

Belldandy: Original voice Juliette Cesario, Movie voice Ruby Marlowe. I liked the original better, because I found Marlowe made Belldandy less likeable to me for some reason. She matched the original voice really well, but a lot of her altruistic dialogue sounded really forced. Not to say that Cesario gave an Oscar-caliber performance, but I found her to be much more sympathetic and believable.

Keichii: Original voice Scott Simpson, Movie voice unknown to me: I also like the original voice better for this one. I thought Scott Simpsons was PERFECT for Keichii-I found myself hearing his voice as I read the manga. The movie actor certainly wasn't bad, but the dialogue sounded forced to me again.

Urd: Original voice I dunno, Movie voice Melissa Willaimson: Tie. Great in both.

Skuld: don't know either voice actress for this one. I think some people found the childishness in the OVA excessive, but I liked it a lot and I found her acting to be very heartfelt. Skuld didn't have that many lines in the movie so it's not a fair comparison, but the combination of immaturity and vulnerability won me over in the OVA dub.

Megumi: don't know voices again. They actually sounded identical to me, although I know it was a different actress.

Those are the only characters who are shared between the movie and the OVA who have more than a handful of lines. Final tally, counting the ties as .5 for each: OVA 4, Movie 1

This is probably increadibly biased by the fact that I liked the OVA much, much better than the movie. But I believe the original cast was better none the less. The movie cast did a good job, but the performances were uneven in my opinion.

[Westlo]

Thanks for that Yui_Reborn

So they tryed to get similar voices for the characters.
Didn't that chick who did faye valentine in cowboy bebop do urds voice? anyone know


does anyone else want to comment on this dub oav vs movie

[Yui_Reborn]

"The chick who does Faye in Cowboy Bebop" is Wendee Lee. She did not do the voice of Urd in the Oh My Goddess Movie, but she DID do the voice of Urd in the Adventures of the Mini-Goddesses episode that was included as an extra on the Movie DVD. Lee did not do a part in the movie proper as far as I can tell. Urd was voiced by Melissa Williamson.

Lee and Williamson actually sound a lot alike though, I think I had already heard them both in several dubs before I could easily tell them apart. Williamson's voice is deeper.

[Maruten]

I haven't seen the OAVs dubbed, so I have nothing to compare against, but I loved the dub cast for the movie. Keiichi was played by the guy who voiced Rick Hunter in Robotech a billion years ago. Cool. :D

I also thought Movie-Dub Urd was brilliant; however, it was very jarring watching her in the movie and then watching the Mini-Goddesses episode in the extras, and having two different English Urds... -.-

[Fatal Outlaw]

the oav dub i think is better, and i love wendee lee's voice as urd in mini-godess'

[Hyatsu]

:heh:

i think the the dubs werent bad, but i like Keichii's voice better in the movie, in my opinion :D

[Ikari_Asuka_Langley]

Well all I can say is I enjoyed the OVAs alot and I've only seen the movie in Japanese with poorly translated subtitles lol (that's Chinese bootlegs for ya)

Um... odd side note Scott Simpson and his mom are really nice I met them at AWA... no clue what that has to do with anything though :sweatdrop

[cloakactive]

Originally posted by Ikari_Asuka_Langley
Um... odd side note Scott Simpson and his mom are really nice I met them at AWA... no clue what that has to do with anything though :sweatdrop

Juliette C. wasn't with him? :confused2 Also, does anyone know if those 2 are still together?

[Les]

Here's the entire voice actor cast for the English dub of the OAV:

Belldandy: Juliet Cesario
Keiichi: Scott Simpson
Urd: Lanelle Markgraf
Skuld: Pamela Weidner
Megumi: Amanda Spivey
Tamiya: Marc Matney
Ootaki: Sean P. O'Connell
Mishima Sayoko: Belinda Bizic
Aoshima Toshiyuki: Scott Bailey
Guys: Matthew Johnson, Jack Skinner
Announcer: Stephanie Griffin
Hasegawa Sora: Stephanie Griffin
The Lord: Dave Underwood
Newscasters: Jo Ann Luzzatto, Pablo "Doc" Fraga
Yet More Guys: Patrick Humphrey, Scott Bailey

Here's the Japanese version:
Belldandy: Inoue Kikuko
Keiichi: Kikuchi Masami
Urd: Tooma Yumi
Skuld: Hisakawa Aya
Megumi: Fuchizaki Yuriko

Episode 1:
Tamiya: Yanada Kiyoyuki
Ootaki: Futamata Kazunari

Episode 2:
Mishima Sayoko: Asami Junko
Aoshima Toshiyuki: Tobita Nobuo
Man: Makino Yoshiki

Episode 3:
Tamiya: Yanada Kiyoyuki
Ootaki: Futamata Kazunari
Aoshima Toshiyuki: Tobita Nobuo
Announcer: Itoo Miki

Episode 4:
Tamiya: Yanada Kiyoyuki
Ootaki: Futamata Kazunari
Mishima Sayoko: Asami Junko
Hasegawa Sora: Ootani Ikue
Lord: Ogawa Shinji

Episode 5:
Belldandy as Child: Tooma Yumi
Morisato Keiichi as Child: Ogata Megumi (Emi?)
Jewelry Store Attendant: Asami Junko

[WingMan]

Originally posted by Yui_Reborn

Skuld: don't know either voice actress for this one. I think some people found the childishness in the OVA excessive, but I liked it a lot and I found her acting to be very heartfelt. Skuld didn't have that many lines in the movie so it's not a fair comparison, but the combination of immaturity and vulnerability won me over in the OVA dub.



Sherry Lynn voiced Skuld in the English Movie although she must be credited under a different name. Which isn't surprising I've heard rumor that Ms Lynn doesn’t really exist but is a pseudonym for an extremely prolific VA whose initials are WL. If you are a Tenchi Muyo fan though there is no mistaking Skuld’s voice as that of Sasami. It even carries the same tone as Sasami in the OAV series.

I too liked Skuld from the OAV of OMG better. Not to knock the movie performance, but I kept visualizing Sasami the whole time.