The Naruto Dub

[XanBcoo]

Since Naruto's gonna be dubbed pretty soon, I've been wondering about what Voice Actors they'll pick to be our favorite characters. I'll use VAs that I know ShoPro has used, but go ahead and list any voice actors you'd think would be good

Not familiar with a lot of them, but I think David Lucas/Steven Blum (Spike Speigel's English VA) would be good in just about any role. But I think he'd be perfect for Zabuza, Kakashi, or Rock Lee (using a softer voice).

I'll bet Kagome's voice from Inuyasha will be in it (forgot her name), but I can't picture her as anyone.

More thoughts later.

[Serial_Samurai]

I tihk Steven Blum is extremely overused. Id like them start picking the voice for the part as opposed to just using good voice actors in general.

Analogy: Robert Deniro is a great actor, but would he have been just as great playing the role of Jack Nicholson's character in 'A Few Good Men.' Probably not.

Side Note (somewhat off topic): Steven Blum I believe has been cast for the voice of Mugen in the dub of Samurai Champloo, if thats true - does that bother anyone else? (apologies to the moderators for non-Naruto content)

[XanBcoo]

I have yet to hear Blum as Mugen save for the promo on Toonami.
But from what I've heard, it sounds great.

I still stand by Blum being in Naruto. He'd be great.

[Y]

Unless I'm mistaken Viz uses the Ocean group on their anime properties.

[snapcase]

EDIT: nevermind....

And on the note of Champloo they have Daniel Andrews listed as Mugen, which doesn't appear to be a pseudonym of Blum's.

[Kezren]

It sounds like Spike's VA. and they have jett's in there too I think.

[GhostKaGe]

how much ya wanna bet they get the guy who did chibi trunks in dbz to do konohamaru just to piss us off

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[XanBcoo]

Originally posted by: Y The Alien
Unless I'm mistaken Viz uses the Ocean group on their anime properties.

That's right, they do. Most likely the VAs will come out of Ocean Group. But in their most recent release, ShoPro used StudioPolis for the dub (I think), so we really don't know what's gonna happen.

I would rather it not be Ocean Group, as I don't like many of their VAs. Zatch Bell has some quality voice actors in its cast, many of which I wouldn't mind seeing on Naruto.
Examples:
Dave Wittenberg/Dave Lelyveld as Sasuke (using a deepr voice)
Crispin Freeman as any male role
Michelle Ruff as Sakura (perhaps)

As for the Ocean Group I'd like to see Kirby Morrow (Miroku), and Scott McNeil (Koga), as male voices.
Konohamaru would be good voiced by the girl who does Shippo's voice.

[NM]

From NarutoFan:

Steve Blum to work on Dubbed Naruto Anime
Reported by: Tazmo on Saturday, May 14th, 2005 at 05:07PM
Steve Blum, more famously known as Spike Spiegel from the Cowboy Bebop franchise revealed during his panel at ACEN yesterday that he is part of the cast for the Naruto anime series that is set to be coming to Cartoon Networks Toonami this fall. It is unknown what character he will play, or if he will just be doing a script adaptation as he has done for ShoPro Entertainment (now VIZ Media) on the MegaMan NT Warrior series. As of now he is the only member of the Naruto USA team that is known, this should be interesting!

[Mae]

That is interesting. I wonder who he'll voice, Kakashi maybe? Honestly, I didn't relly like him as Spike because he left out a lot of the playfullness and whatever happens, happens attitude that I loved in the character. But he wasn't too bad as an actor.

Also, and sorry if I missed this somewhere else, but Naruto really will be on Toonami? That's the prime-time slot, right? This could be good or bad. Bad, because there will be editing, but good, because there is a better chance of the series catching on and being truly popular in the US. I can just see it... Naurto toys, Naruto lunchboxes, kids dressing up as Naruto characters at Holloween... I would keep a special box of king-sized candybars to give to all the cute little kids dressed up like ninjas... Or maybe not [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif[/img]

[snapcase]

If Blum does do a voice for Naruto I hope it isn't Kakashi. I just don't think his voice fits the part.

[XanBcoo]

Whoever it is he plays let the record show that I called it.
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I think he might play Zabuza, he'd fit well as him. But who I'd really like to see him as is Lee (only using a softer voice, like in Scry-ed and Chobits).

[Rhanfahl]

Fucking VIZ.... I can see it now... Naruto or Sasuke sounding like Inuyasha.... ::sigh:: It would just be better if they had it on Adult Swim and didn't fucking Dub it at all. I mean some anime can be good in English, like Cowboy Bebop for instance cause it didn't specifically involve Japan or Japanese culture, so English was a totally viable language for that series, including the characters in it which weren't necessarilly Asian at all. But Naruto... I don't know... it would be like watching a Miyazaki movie in English.... sure hire big name actors to do the roles....but it still fucking sucks anyways cause of the poor translation (Phil Hartman in Kiki excluded...Phil you kick ass and I know I miss you...). Actually I think the bigger problem is in the translation and not necessarilly the voice acting. But I agree that new talent needs to be acquired, I'm really tired of hearing the same actors over and over and over again. Cause most of the anime voice actors only have "one voice" anyways and sound the same in all the different shows they do! Get a real voice actor like Billy West or Dan Castellaneta who can actually manipulate their voices and not sound like the same freaking person in every project they work on.... ::sigh:: but I guess that's asking for something logical and fresh, and as we know from Network Television and Family Guy's small cutaway about the monotony of network TV, freshness is discouraged, and sometimes met with death by a painting for the mere mentioning of it....

[XanBcoo]

Rhanfahl:
Choosing Richard Cox for Naruto or Sasuke would be a bad dubbing choice. I agree with that. But I don't think they're gonna do it. Despite what you think, anime dubbing studios aren't total idiots. They're not gonna cast a voice without considering the characters (I'm talking about good dubbing studios, we don't know about Viz just yet...).
Also, what do you mean by "Translation"? Most dubbed anime don't have huge translation errors that would ruin the whole show. If anything, they're gonna have to mess with the dialogue a little, but only to synch with the mouths.
I would personally hate to hear Billy West's voice coming out of ANY anime character. And I'd rather have Steve Blum than Homer Simpson (or Principal Skinner, Krusty, etc, if you wanna be technical). I can name quite a few different anime voice actors who use a different tone in their voice for different shows, but that doesn't matter, becuase their voices often fit the characters anyway. And I hope they pick some good ones for Naruto...

[LobsterMagnet]

I wonder if that guy who does yugi's voice in the american version will do any of the naruto voices. All I know is that when ever I try and watch any saturday morning cartoons I hear his fricking voice everywhere. It's kinda scary. Although I'm guessing he probably won't considering that he's prbably with another studio.

[XanBcoo]

Originally posted by: LobsterMagnet
I wonder if that guy who does yugi's voice in the american version will do any of the naruto voices. All I know is that when ever I try and watch any saturday morning cartoons I hear his fricking voice everywhere. It's kinda scary. Although I'm guessing he probably won't considering that he's prbably with another studio.

He's with 4Kids, so I'm pretty sure he won't be in Naruto.

[ZakuHan]

I don't know any of the voice actors by name or rep or anything, I just know most of what I've heard of dubbed anime sounds bland, emotionless (or worse, over-embellished emotion) and generally pretty bad. I might watch an ep or two when it comes out, just to see what they do to it, but seeing as we're a couple years ahead in the story... And know the current Japanese VA's are wonderful at what they do... I see no reason to keep up with it on TV. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]

[NM]

More news from Narutofan!

Naruto Anime Dub, Cuts and Edits
Reported by: Tazmo on Friday, May 20th, 2005 at 08:44PM
The Naruto anime series that is set to air this September on Cartoon Network's Toonami block will supposedly see its first DVD home video release in December of this year, possibly before Christmas. Of course everyone knows that there will be edits made to the series which potentially would not have been made had the series aired at a later time on Adult Swim, which was decided to boost ratings among all ages, but Naruto fans should be happy to note that DVD releases will be uncut. You should also be happy to know that we are hearing technique names will stay true to the original Japanese series such as Kage Bunshin no Jutsu and of course the names of characters will remain unchanged.

What will be editted? Any blood that flows out of characters and could be viewed as a graphic scene, Any battle scenes which could be viewed as graphic such as the battle on the bridge with Haku & Zabuza where Uchiha Sasuke has needles through his throat, Any ulta-graphic death scenes such as the exploding Zaku Abumi, Any "bad word". What won't be editted? Blood that does not flow out of characters in a graphic way, Naruto stabbing his hand in an early episode, The Sexy no Jutsu. It's worth it to note this is all preliminary information which could change at any time, infact it could be not true at all, but it doesn't seem like the series will stray too far away from the point we enjoy it at now.

Well, at least we won't have to hear "Art of the Doppelganger" [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img].

[XanBcoo]

This info's all ready been posted in the "Naruto Premeire" topic.
It's still awesome though (the technique's not being translated, I mean)

[ilovegregayres]

i personally would like to see greg ayres, Chris Patton, Jason Douglas, Andy McAvin, Jessica Boone, Monica Rial, Luci Christian, and pretty much anyone that does a VA job on any anime with them. I'm prolly going to be dissapointed with the dubbed orochimaru because the japanese VA rulleesss!!! Plus...they had better not change the beginning or ending themes! (janaito naichau kara!!!! *or else I will cry* Haruka Kanata, Harmonia, Go!! Rocks...well pretty much all of them are great. ive only seen to episode 99 tho