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Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood - Episode 28 ENGLISH DUB Review

Episode 28, "Father"

"Want to see what's under my robe, little boy?" "I need an adult!"

*****SPOILERS*****

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My Thoughts On: Ballsy Streaming (UPDATED)

Starting tonight, Funimation will be streaming Dragon Ball Z episodes 1-15 on their website. This is just the first step in what they say will be streaming of all Dragon Ball shows, including Dragon Ball Kai, online, for free. This is an unprecedented feat for the company. The DBZ streaming uses the Funimation "Remastered Season Sets" footage. The "orange bricks" as they're often called have video that Funimation remastered on their own, causing the loss of detail. They also blew up the picture and cropped it for widescreen, so there's also missing bits of the picture. They also messed around with the colors so that it's much brighter than intended.

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Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood - Episode 27 ENGLISH DUB Review

Episode 27, Banquet at the Crevice"

"I'll give you a hand job for a quarter!"

*****SPOILERS*****

Synopsis: In a dream, Hohenheim talks to a younger Pinako about his sons, the country, and humans. Another version of him appears and reveals that "Pinako" is really him trying to defend the human race. In the end, he dreams of confirmation of his beliefs by Trisha and the people he knew in Resembool. Waking up, Hohenheim continues on his journey.

Comments:

How does one review the dub of something that is largely a clip episode? The only characters who aren't speaking merely in clips are Hohenheim, Father, a younger Pinako, and Trisha. So, I guess what I'll have to do is, well, just comment on their performances.

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Audio: English - Exploring the Gundam Dubs

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.

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Anime Moment: Dragon Ball Kai - Freeza Transforms To His Second Form

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.

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Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood - Episode 26 ENGLISH DUB Review

Episode 26, "Reunion"

You gonna get Envy'd.

*****SPOILERS*****

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Dragon Ball (Z) Kai English Dub Cast Interview(s)

Chris Sabat... Vegeta isn't Han Solo at all.

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Dragon Ball (Z) Kai - Goku's Super Saiyan Speech (ENGLISH DUB)

Well, they finally got this scene right. Sean Schemmel even sort of nailed this. And "Son Goku" to boot!

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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.