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Audio: English - Exploring the Gundam Dubs

Audio: English
With the Audio:English series, PenguinTruth takes a critical look at the English
dubs which grace some of anime's most defining series in North America.



There isn't a group of animated programs that dominate the world of entertainment for me quite as much as the Gundam franchise. What started as a passing interest in Gundam Wing's hamfisted philosophical debates and cool mecha evolved into an obsession, much as man is meant to evolve into the Newtype. (Or maybe not. Don't even ask Yoshiyuki Tomino about that one. He doesn't know.) What are essentially elaborate (some more than others) robot toy commercials have so my anime fandom that I've forgotten what life was like before Gundam. Did I dream? Did I breathe? Now I have several DVDs of Gundam material and a mind filled with useless trivia. And I'm not even the biggest Gundam geek. I'll save that honor for the guys who can give you the exact specs of the engines of a Zaku II.

Some Thoughts On: Evangelion 2.22 English Dub Cast



Funimation has announced the English dub cast for Rebuild of Evangelion 2.22:

Spike Spencer (still) as Shinji Ikari
Brina Palencia (still) as Rei Ayanami
Allison Keith (still) as Misato Katsuragi
Tiffany Grant (reprises her role) as Asuka Lagely Shikinami
Trina Nishimura as Mari Makinami Illustrious
Colleen Clinkenbeard (still) as Ritsuko Agaki
J. Michael Tatum as Ryoji Kaiji

Great. Tiffany Grant is back as Asuka. Hoy boy, this is going to be rough.

Dragon Ball: Curse of the Blood Rubies Re-Release Cast

Funimation has announced the cast for the new English dub for the new DVD release of Dragon Ball Movie 1, "Curse of the Blood Rubies" (1986):  

SON GOKU ..... Colleen Clinkenbeard BULMA ..... Monica Rial OOLONG ..... Bryan Massey ROSHI ..... Mike McFarland YAMUCHA ..... Chris Sabat PU'AR ..... Brina Palencia PANSY ..... Cherami Leigh GURUMES ..... Jeremy Inman PASTA ..... Kate Oxley BONGO ..... Jonathan Brooks SHENLONG ..... Chris Sabat NARRATOR ..... John Swasey  

This movie is largely a retelling of Goku's first encounters with Bulma, Oolong, Yamucha, and Roshi, with a new context added involving new characters like Pansy, Pasta, and Gurumes, a king who has been transformed into a monster.  

My Thoughts On: The First 14 Minutes of Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn Episode 2

I just watched the first fourteen minutes of Gundam Unicorn's second episode. The first time I watched it, it was RAW, so I couldn't understand much of what the characters were saying. I had to judge some of the interactions based on body language. But then the English dub version came out.

Well, first, the production values are as amazing as the first episode's. The art is excellent, the animation is pretty fluid, especially some of the more subtle gestures of the characters while they're in conversation. Nobody seems to just be standing motionless for no apparent reason. The coloring is such that it looks fairly natural for a show about colorful giant robots. In other words, the shading isn't off and nothing looks too shiny and fake. The music is atmospheric.

Preview of Gundam Double Zeta English Dub

Bandai Entertainment just released this clip! Nah, I'm just kidding. You can pretty clearly see this is an Animax dub. But seriously, the original Mobile Suit Gundam is going to be released in biligual DVDs from Bandai Entertainment sometime soon. ZZ hasn't been licensed, and might not ever be. But then again, Turn A was licensed. Won't be getting a dub, though.

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