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Dragon Ball Kai – Episode 71

Episode 71, "Attack the Elusive Cell! Son Goku is Finally Revived!", or "The Reviewer Attempts Not One, But Two Jokes"


*****SPOILERS*****

Synopsis: Vegeta angrily dismisses Piccolo’s desire to stop Cell before he absorbs 17 and 18, insisting he can surpass even his current Super Saiyan level, and flies off. Kuririn suggests that they go destroy the developing Cell from the current timeline, still in the lab. He and Trunks go off to do so while Piccolo and Tenshinhan look for the active Cell. At the cite of Dr. Gero’s lab, Trunks and Kuririn uncover the underground area where the Cell project is developing. They find 17’s blueprints there and take them, in hopes of finding a weak point. The two destroy the basement lab. Trunks gives Kuririn the blueprints and flies off to train with Vegeta. In Nickytown, Cell eludes Piccolo and Tenshinhan while victimizing the citizens. At Capsule Corp, Bulma and her father examine the plans. Cell absorbs more people, chasing down a girl and her young brother at a small airport, but Kuririn saves them. Piccolo and Tenshinhan arrive and Cell flies off. A few days later at Kame House, Goku’s allies watch the news broadcast reporting more victims of Cell. They all take a plane to find him. When Chi-Chi goes to check on Goku, he’s recovered. Goku expresses his desire to surpass his current level. read more

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Voice Actor Comparison: Fullmetal Alchemist – Roy Mustang

Something a bit less controversial:

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My pick: NO PREFERENCE, AS THEY ARE ALL AWESOME
Reasoning: If one bases Travis Willingham’s Roy soley on his performance in Brotherhood (he was okay in the first series, but not great), he surely lives up to either Toru Okawa or Shinichiro Miki in his performance as Roy Mustang. All three are able to keep Roy sounding serious and authoratative, but with a little bit of cockiness, too.
Breakdown: Okawa = Miki = Willingham (Brotherhood) > Willingham (First Series) read more

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Voice Actor Comparison: Fullmetal Alchemist – Greed (EDITED)


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My pick: (TIE) Junichi Suwabe and Yuuichi Nakamura
Reasoning: They both have arresting deep voices and jaunty, snarky, lively deliveries. Baker comes fairly close, but doesn’t quite reach their level. Patton’s is a joke, too subdued and flat.
Breakdown: Suwabe = Nakamura > Baker > Patton (Brotherhood) > Patton (First Series)

NOTE: My samefag sense is tingling. I’m closing the comments. It’s pretty sad that somebody has to post as different people to pretend to be a majority. Especially when they don’t change their rhetoric or writing style. I was born at night, but not last night. read more

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Audio: English – My Philosophy


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.

I’ve done a few of these articles on English dubs for anime, and I’ve discussed at great length specific anime dubs I’ve liked or disliked. However, I haven’t really explained what it is I look for in an anime dub, what I think of English dubs for anime in general, or anything of that sort. Because of this, people may misunderstand some of my views on them. So I’d like to dedicate this particular entry to laying out what it is I expect from the anime dubs I listen to, when I listen to them. read more

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Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood – Episode 28 ENGLISH DUB Review

Episode 28, "Father"

*****SPOILERS*****

Synopsis: Alphonse arrives at Father’s lair, and is surprised by the appearance of the homunculi’s creator. Suddenly, Gluttony bursts, and out of of his fake gate emerges Edward, Ling, and Envy. Father questions the brothers, interested that Hohenheim has sons, and heals the damage to them without so much as bringing his hands together. Ling tells the brothers that he’s not normal, and Father tells Gluttony to eat him, as he is not a sacrifice. Ed and Al try to combat Father, but he disables their alchemy, and they are subdued by Envy. Ling is likewise subdued by Gluttony. Father, seeing Ling’s determination, decides he will use him as a pawn, and, using a bit of Philosopher’s Stone that comes from his body, transforms him into the new Greed. Ling accepts the spirit of Greed for his chance at immortality, and the new Greed inhabits his body. However, the new Greed has no memories of its previous incarnation. Scar and Mei arrive, with Mei and Xaio Mei reuniting. Scar’s destructive alchemy and Mei’s Eastern alchemy somehow remains working, and they attack Father and his minions, however Scar’s destructive arm does no harm to Father himself. Scar, Mei, and Alphonse attempt an escape, and Scar disappears, but Alphonse is taken back into custody. Ed is subdued by the new Greed. Father orders the brothers to be taken to Wrath on the surface. read more

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