Bandai Entertainment's English dub for Mai HiME/Otome

When you're under contract to any major company, you become their bitch. I won't turn people off from becoming ADR directors and script writers since there's a possibility that, in time, they will be able to call the shots and properly subtitle and dub anime. Same goes for the manga industry, a lot of the changes by Tokyopop in many favorites of mine are unnecessary.

Luu Sky Sapphire wrote:When you're under contract to any major company, you become their bitch. I won't turn people off from becoming ADR directors and script writers since there's a possibility that, in time, they will be able to call the shots and properly subtitle and dub anime. Same goes for the manga industry, a lot of the changes by Tokyopop in many favorites of mine are unnecessary.

Most changes I find in subs/dubs are unnecessary. I don't see the issue in translating the text/dialogue as it was meant to be read, then adding translation notes later if something might not be clear to English speaking readers. When they do that, they are essentially changing the artists original intention and that makes me a saaaad panda.

SpiderNeKoHiME wrote:i have another request if that's okay my prince. :3
can we see a comparison vid with midori's drunkness?
add Nao's bashing of Tokiha-san too :3

I'm afraid to see how terrible drunken Midori is, but I kinda really wanna see it. It'll make me cry, won't it?

Midori Sugiura99 wrote:I'm afraid to see how terrible drunken Midori is, but I kinda really wanna see it. It'll make me cry, won't it?

Prepare to spend the rest of your days as a brained damaged patient at some smelly psychiatric ward in Chicago:

Mai HiME Sub/Dub Comparisons Part XI: Nao rips Mai and Midori drunkness!



Nao tearing down Mai's reputation (or least, trying to...) and Midori does her best Sailor Moon impersonation. :3

Ai Shimizu and Caitlynne Medrek as Mikoto Minagi
Mai Nakahara and Carol-Anne Day as Mai Tokiha
Saeko Chiba and Cheryl McMaster as Natsuki Kuga
Yukari Tamura and Mariette Sluyter as Midori Sugiura
Yuuka Nanri and Marcy Lannan as Nao Yuuki

That about sums it up...

Hahaha, Natsuki's laugh is just....HAHAHAHA! WHY?! WHY BANDAI?!

My favorite part:

Nao: I hear so much from O-EE, it feels like my ears are gonna burst.

Maybe that's the right way to pronounce Aoi. *shrugs* Sounds off to me.

No, its not the right way to pronounce it. I didn't even realize that's what she was saying.... *facepalms epically* Weren't they trying to give Nao's name like multiple syllables too? XDDD Na-oh. NUUUU!! *points finger of wrongness* Aoi should be like "Ow-ee" with kinda short on the ee, doesn't need to be held out forever. O-EE. X______X And now Nao should sound like now. Like Megan wants Nao right... now. XD :D

Midori Sugiura99 wrote:Aoi should be like "Ow-ee" with kinda short on the ee, doesn't need to be held out forever. O-EE. X______X

Aoi is pronounced like "yaoi" basically. I never actually ventured into the history behind yaoi, but when "Ow-ee" comes to mind, you think of butt-secks between dudes.

Thank whatever God exists that I'm straight. ^^;;;

Pretty much! You take the y off of yaoi and you've got Aoi!

One thing that gets me is, I don't understand how they can get names wrong. Don't they watch the original works and hear how the names are pronounced? It just seems silly.

Now things get REALLY bad. ^_^



Mai Otome Sub/Dub Comparisons Part II: Arika vs. Tomoe

The ant and the bitch have a confrontation and it gets quite ugly. Especially when the dub shows it's face.

Angie Beers as Arika Yumemiya
Tracy Sutton as Tomoe Marguerite

I HAVE ALWAYS HATED YOU!!!

Mai HiME Sub/Dub Comparisons Part XII: How about a RIDE?



O_O; Mommy, please make the dyke go away.

I'm going to skip over the Otome one since I don't want to be spoiled X3 But dyke!Natsuki =



This image is really coming in handy for my thoughts on the dub XD

I don't think Peter can handle that much epic fail. XD

Seriously, how awful is that? When dubbed Natsuki says "How. About. A RIIIIIIIIIIDE" it sounds sooooooo bad. And her scream at the end? x_x I did laugh at Midori's "Whoo-hoo! Nice moves!" though. XD

Oh well, listening to dubbed Natsuki is at least better than watching Vampires Suck.

Her scream sounds like someone's strangling a cow. If someone heard that form another room, they'd think I was watching animal planet in here.

Oh well, listening to dubbed Natsuki is at least better than watching Vampires Suck.

I actually was just watching the dub-and Natsuki's voice...dear god. xD It sounds like me in the morning when my voice is super low and gritty. Really-Natsuki Doesn't sound like that. The only part that made her sound somehwat girly was when she had her pantsu moment.

'The How about a ride?' makes me laugh-it really does. It's so...terrible, but I can't hold it in that it is hilarious because of that.

Hahaha. I like your picture thing, Kona. (That's right, Reito did not screw Natsuki, Shizuru would've killed him....that's her man. lmfao)

Hahaha. I like your picture thing, Kona. (That's right, Reito did not screw Natsuki, Shizuru would've killed him....that's her man. lmfao)

Thank you. I'm actually not sure where it came from-though I suspect a sneak Luu had something to do with it-since we had a discussion about this. xD
If Reito had touched Natsuki...well-Mai wouldn't have had to defeat him-Shizuru would have taken care of it. xD

Kona wrote:though I suspect a sneak Luu had something to do with it-since we had a discussion about this. xD

You are gravely mistaken.

Everyone knows Natsuki only screws on person and she's looking at her right in the mirror. ^_~ If you guys have any other dubbed scenes from Mai-HiME/Otome that you wanna see, PM me anytime.

Mai-HiME Karaoke Party! DUBBED



Episode 25 ShizNat battle aside, this is the greatest moment in Mai-HiME history. When Midori Sugiura, the champion of justice (lol), assembles the HiME together so they can form the HiME Rangers. In case enemies like the Searrs Foundation rise again. To celebrate their recent victory, Midori sets up a karaoke party for everyone.

The dub of this iconic scene is beyond hilarious, just listen to Natsuki's singing and laughing...

Caitlynne Medrek as Mikoto Minagi
Carol-Anne Day as Mai Tokiha
Cheryl McMaster as Natsuki Kuga
Allyson June Smith as Yukariko Sanada
Annika Odegard as Akira Okuzaki
Cole Howard as Takumi Tokiha
Graham Ko as Nagi Homura
Lori Barnes-Smith as Haruka Suzuhiro
Marcy Lannan as Nao Yuuki
Mariette Sluyter as Midori Sugiura
Morgan Partridge as Yukino Kikukawa

ALL RIGHT! LET NATSUKI SHOW YOU HOW IT'S DONE!!! GRRR!!!

I LIKE STARING AT THE WATER! XD That's what I heard anyway lmao!

THAT'S WHAT I HEARD TOO! LOL Followed by:

BY THE FLOWERS NODDING (?) BY THE....SHOOOOOOORE BY THE SEEEEEEEA!!!!!!!

*has to catch my breath* holy shitt that's so funny, what was Bandai THINKING!?