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YES!!! More stuff about the student council!!!

SO UNDERRATED!!!

Giving the remaining Danganronpa Side Characters English dub Names.

Danganronpa Zero

Ryoko Otonashi: Faux Sora

Yasuke Matsuda: Nero Hayneedle

Yuto Kamishiro: Ian Herbert

Isshki Madarai: Gambit Medusa

Killer Killer:

Takumi Hijihara: Ted Humpty

Misaki Asano: Nemona Peterson

Mekuro Katsuragi: Somni Verité

Ikue Dogami: Rika Septstick

Monomichi Ito: Vladimir Alucard

Rei Shimizu: Pamela Quisite

Eiichiro Saiyama: Richard Mimicry

Ted Chikatilo: Andre Dynamite

Shuuji Fujigawa: Micky Machii

Student Council:

Aiko Umesawa: Tina Choo

Asukasei Hino: Larry Fidget

Daiki Kubo: Ben Bonk

Karen Kisaragi: Prima Reus

Kiriko Nishizawa: Lana Loah

Kotomi Ikuta: Lisa Viceroy

Ryōta Someya: Kelley Hollywood

Shōji Yokō: Kara Yoyo

Sōshun Murasame: Soeil Notomatch

Sōsuke Ichino: Leonard Qwatt

Suzuko Kashiki: Liah Dover

Tomohiko Gōryoku: Henry Harville

Tsubasa Kamii: Mara Adler

Bonus:

Kyoka: Cora

Kohei Matsudarai: Avery Joey

Yui Samidare: Leonore Loren

Lincorne: Dice

Mikado Shinsen: Kira Oracle

Fuhihito Kirigiri: Samuel Gant

Thoughts on: Japanese vs English Voice for Lunarre (the X)

One big and quite obvious difference between the original and dubbed voice for Lunarre is their tone. Put simply, in my opinion, the original Japanese emphasises Lunarre’s hellion side, while the English voice emphasises the human one. 

To bad the story ensures both end up confusing things even more by the end.

JP

The wildly undulating tone and pitch (with a few rare exceptions) of Takehito Koyasu’s voice constantly signals to the audience that this is a man-turned-hellion, a chaotic madness barely hidden under a veneer of casual yet sinister human facade. He also replaces human grunts and gasps with feral hissing sounds that further dehumanises Lunarre and makes you wonder how much of him is monster and how much is man. 

It fits well with his wild and erratic behaviour, but is let down by the fact that the writers and plot demanded sympathy and a redemption for Lunarre that his actions and behaviour prior just didn’t correlate to. This isn’t Koyasu’s fault, of course, and he did a splendid job. It’s a shame that the story didn’t allow him (or us) to be able to see Lunarre as much else than a dangerously insane creature.

EN

Austin Tindle (unsure whether he was the VA for Lunarre in the games, it sounds quite similar from my memory) takes a more subdued approach. There is still a hint of malice in his speaking voice, and he certainly doesn’t hold back when letting out shrieks of mad laughter (god those laughs are awesome), but a combination of the more wordy English script and a more level tone and pitch of voice makes for a more human hellion. Plus he doesn’t insert creature-like hisses and growls as Koyashu does.

Personally I think this would have suited Lunarre’s journey to redemption perfectly if the script had allowed us more insight into Lunarre and why he felt compelled to follow and even help Alisha. 

I see the potential especially in Episode 20, Season 2, where Lunarre approaches Alisha and the two ‘talk’. (I put the inverted commas there because the way the scene plays out the two characters talk at each other rather than with each other, so it barely counts as a conversation, but I digress.)

Tindle’s voice gives the impression of a Lunarre who is struggling to understand Alisha’s mindset and genuinely curious as to whether she’ll keep going despite everything. It’s more of a test of her resolve, secretly believing he will be proven right because he is projecting his mindset onto her. There’s less malice in his voice as with Koyashu, so there’s less indication that he’s trying to bring out malevolence in her as the original seems to imply. He doesn’t understand her, and he’s frustrated by this, rather than angry he failed to tempt her to the dark side.

Not that his intentions are any more clear thanks to the script and the way the story goes, but again, neither VA can be faulted for this, and it’s beside the point.

Final thoughts:

Between the two VAs there is a Lunarre screaming to get out, a Lunarre the X anime series failed to capture for multiple reasons. They aimed to depict a man who became an insane monster, but through his interactions with a pure and steadfast princess, managed to reclaim his humanity despite his form. 

Unfortunately, the story clearly favoured an insane monster, and so Koyashu in particular thrived in this role and Tindle did well also. But then a sudden, unexplained and woefully underdeveloped redemption was thrown in seemingly at the last minute and Lunarre’s character suddenly had to exude pathos in between his wild shrieks as he becomes a reluctant hero. It’s a role almost completely at odds with Koyashu’s performance thus far and Lunarre’s behaviour to match. It’s practically impossible to take his sacrifice seriously, even though the show really really wants you to.

And though the episode hasn’t been released in English yet, I imagine that though it doesn’t fix how confusing the whole thing is, Tindle would make the scene sound more natural, more like a man sacrificing his life out of a sense og good will than a creature riding on what could just as well be a bought of suicidal madness as recapturing the last shred of human dignity he has left. 

But then that only makes Lunarre’s insane behaviour prior to it all the more confusing. Argh!

But that’s just my opinion, what about you guys? :)

I defy any of you to listen to this and tell me the dub wasn’t leaning towards the idea Lunarre had affection for Alisha. Hell, he even responds with “What, I can’t say hello?” when Alisha asks what he’s doing there. 

Though he is far more grounded in general (speech wise) than his Japanese counterpart in general, it’s particularly noticeable in this scene with Alisha. There’s barely a hint of malice in his voice (whereas in the Japanese version it’s practically dripping off every word) and he overall sounds like he just wants to chat. 

That, and the way he talks sounds as if he is trying to dissuade her to a) help her, in his way, by stopping her from being fucked over by the people she’s compelled by duty to save, and/or b) to confirm his own cynical/self-serving/lonesome worldview is correct. Certainly not to tempt Alisha to the dark side, anyway. That’s how I hear it anyway.

A cover for Unravel, the first tokyo ghoul opening i did for a friend of mine. I hope y’all like it, pardon the phone buzz i didn't notice it till after i had layered the sound files.

when i tell y'all my heart always shatters hearing alu's broken sobs during this scene . . . crispin freeman, you did my baby justice. give this man an oscar.

and the way everyone who is witness to his tears looks on in sadness and disbelief, because tears are the very last thing you would expect from him, especially in the moment of an enemy's defeat. not only does alucard mourn anderson because he always held a significant amount of respect, but anderson's choice of turning his back upon humanity + his death was also a symbol of alucard's dream coming to an end. to be defeated by a human hand. he no longer desired to live an eternal regret, and he saw anderson as one of the main gateways for his curse to finally be put to rest.

alucard versus anderson will always be one of the greatest and most complex rivalries in anime history for me, and this clip alone explains why.

in the name of the moon I will punish you

i think i’m drunk i love you would be such a bigger film if it had an english dub or whatever. great songs, moving story, unrequited love… it had everything to be the favorite of a lot of girlies out there

Detective Conan fans!!!

Guy's this is not a drill! Tubi dubbed episodes 965-1014! It's all free to watch and they're using the Japanese names! I'm so happy right now omg! Why didn't I hear about this sooner!?