cringing at the dub
So I talked to Andy today.. ole Andy of ADVfilms fame. I guess he's back at the factory working on new special project like gigs. That's cool.
I bet alot has changed in the anime since. It's been 7..8.? years since my departure from that world. It took 8 years to really see internet video take off and its just now hitting that edge that will soon fold into the masses I think.
Part of me thinks yer anime company is only as good as your core product. Of course I'm always gonna say that the old days of ADV were the best, back when no one really knew anything we made it up as we went along. But is it just me or is the material we had back then better that I see right now?
Seems like alot of what ADV is sportin today is magical girl wonderness type titles. ADV always had a knack for attracting the wonder girl anime fans and features... at least I know Brad would be pleased, he loved that magical girl department.
Personally I'm more of a odd ball left wing mystery devil god vs man inside yer brain cool mecha holy crap kinda anime guy. I like the stuff that screams edit me, or that you can tell it was put together with real passion, passionate enough to kill off main characters early on and stuff. Looks like ADV has a few of those kinds of titles but its clear the bulk of it is leaning toward the magical wonder world.
I still cant my brain past the dub too. I think a dubbed voice, just fits wrong. Maybe ADV just has too many same actor sounding voices. Alot of the trailers all had the same girl sounding voice that just doesnt fit. One thing I dont think ADV has ever tried really but i wonder, is that phoneticly? i would love to use actors that really fit the characters in the film. I mean all you really care about is that you can understand the english right? But why not get a japanese or chinese america actor to do the voice of a animated character of that type in origin? Probably sounds racist but its not.. i mean to me its like - if this guy is a bad guy, lets get a real bad guy to do the voice. Maybe they can bring something to the sound that is different than generic do all voice talent folks.
Not to dis those folks and all but I think studios, especially ones like ADV should push the boundaries on what they can do, cause they can really do anything.
Watching the trailers on the ADV site just sent me going gaga at the voices. And if yer gonna do fast editing videos, slip some sound effects in there. It'd be nice if the japanese would give ADV masters that have effects and music split vs just the language and music+effects tracks. With effects trailer editors could do a much better job in creating trailers that kick ass.
No more era of the do it now folks, its gone!
Anyways... gluck Andy man!