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[Xenomorphs Are Cute]

But My Instant Death Ability is Overpowered seems a bit cliched. I'll watch episode two just to see what's going on before I delete it tho

Going by the spoilers, it's actually a pretty interesting series, it's just the anime looks a bit bad in some aspects.

I just saw the Konosuba Movie, and my god it was just really fun.

The fact that the movie has a better ending to the arc that it's adapting than the OG LN despite skipping a lot it funny to me.

 

[WelperHelper99]

I'm watching Full Metal Panic. The dub has no fucking chill. Vic is a absolute treasure in this show. The next few days are gonna be pure mecha kino

 

[Kari Kamiya]

The dub has no fucking chill.

That's ADV for you, they knew how to have fun.

 

[WelperHelper99]

That's ADV for you, they knew how to have fun.

I guess that's the best way to describe it; it's incredibly fun and it's clear the actors are being allowed some wiggle room. It also helps the show itself is a bit off the rails

 

[Namekian George Floyd]

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I'm watching Full Metal Panic. The dub has no fucking chill. Vic is a absolute treasure in this show. The next few days are gonna be pure mecha kino

People really sleep on Chris Patton (Sousuke) as a VA because he's not in much anymore but that dude always gave a great performance in like everything he was in too.

 

[Car Won't Crank]

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I'm watching Full Metal Panic. The dub has no fucking chill. Vic is a absolute treasure in this show. The next few days are gonna be pure mecha kino

That's a great series. While you're in that time period, consider checking out Rideback, Blassreiter, Tetsuwan Birdy, and Bio Boosted Armor Guyver.

 

[Kari Kamiya]

I guess that's the best way to describe it; it's incredibly fun and it's clear the actors are being allowed some wiggle room. It also helps the show itself is a bit off the rails

Honestly would recommend ADV dubs if you're looking for off-the-rails fun, they had quite a number of those.

 

[WelperHelper99]

Honestly would recommend ADV dubs if you're looking for off-the-rails fun, they had quite a number of those.

I'll have to look up what they did before they folded, but it sounds like a blast

 

[Kari Kamiya]

I'll have to look up what they did before they folded, but it sounds like a blast

Just off the top of my head:

Golden Boy
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Azumanga Daioh
Excel Saga
Puni Puni☆Poemy
Super Milk-chan (there's two dubs, watch the one where Tetsuko, the robot, sounds like a smoker)
Nerima Daikon Brothers
Blue Seed
Nadia: Secret of Blue Water
Dragon Half
Ushio & Tora (their successor, Sentai, did a dub for the TV series and made sure Brett Weaver returned as Tora)
Ghost Stories
Cromartie High School
Nurse Witch Komugi-chan
Di Gi Charat
Gunsmith Cats
Princess Tutu
Gantz
Shadow Skill
AIR
Kanon
Chrono Crusade
Colorful
New Cutey Honey

Have fun.

 

[Namekian George Floyd]

I'll have to look up what they did before they folded, but it sounds like a blast

I recommend Golden Boy, Cromartie High School and Gantz.
Golden Boy and Cromartie are some of the only comedy anime I actually find funny and that's partially because their dubs are top notch, the line delivery ends up being funnier than the actual joke sometimes. Gantz is a really good survival game/ action anime and the main character is voiced by Chris Ayers who most people know as Freiza from Dragon Ball Kai, he died of COPD a couple years back and it's a real shame because he left behind some great performances, not enough imo.

 

[Space Police]

Golden Boy
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Azumanga Daioh
Excel Saga
Puni Puni☆Poemy
Super Milk-chan (there's two dubs, watch the one where Tetsuko, the robot, sounds like a smoker)
Nerima Daikon Brothers
Blue Seed
Nadia: Secret of Blue Water
Dragon Half
Ushio & Tora (their successor, Sentai, did a dub for the TV series and made sure Brett Weaver returned as Tora)
Ghost Stories
Cromartie High School
Nurse Witch Komugi-chan
Di Gi Charat
Gunsmith Cats
Princess Tutu
Gantz
Shadow Skill
AIR
Kanon
Chrono Crusade
Colorful
New Cutey Honey

I'd also like to add Martian Successor Nadesico (this dub is a must-watch), Aura Battler Dunbine, Sakura Wars, the Sonic OVA, Mighty Space Miners, Gasaraki, Power Dolls, This Ugly yet Beautiful World, Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi, Super Atragon, Kino's Journey, and Macross (both the original series and DYRL, sans Robotech references). I think they may have done Megazone 23, but I'm not sure. The dubs of Nadia and Princess Tutu are both great as well. Some of their dubs I haven't seen yet but would like to see are Zone of the Enders, Rahxephon, SIN: The Movie (apparently the entire movie was commissioned by ADV), Casshan: Robot Hunter, Ganbare Goemon, Hakugei Densetsu, Dai-Guard, Mazinkaiser, Gravion, Neo Ranga, and Kitty's Paradise (the latter two have very short episodes by the way). Other good non-ADV dubs are Samurai Pizza Cats, the Pioneer Tenchi Muyo dubs, and DIC Sailor Moon.

Of all the ones I listed above, I most highly recommend Gasaraki, Aura Battler Dunbine, Mighty Space Miners, and Super Atragon. Super Atragon is one of my all-time favourite OVAs. It has boring mechanical design, but excellent animation and a very interesting story that I think inspired a few conspiracy theories IRL. It's also one of the few non-pornographic anime done by Phoenix Entertainment, the Giant Robo studio. Mighty Space Miners has incredibly detailed animation and a good main character, but it ends on a cliffhanger because the OVA series was cancelled. Aura Battler Dunbine is a Tomino show, so it can get very dense at times (keep in mind this is the dumbed-down toyetic version of his Wings of Rean novels, so it's still just scratching the surface), but it's thought-provoking and you'll definitely get something out of it. Finally, Gasaraki is another smartly-written mecha anime with elaborate politics, including the elites stoking a race war.

 

[WelperHelper99]

Thank you guys . Holy shit, I'm actually going to be able to enjoy some of those mythical goofy good dubs I've always heard about but just wasn't born in time for.

Also on Full Metal, NEVER have I seen a Chinese cartoon so unapologetic about it's military shit. The guy that wrote this just wanted to see mecha duke it out with old Soviet tech, while having a cute main couple, and I'm all for it

EDIT: Souskue is a military autist. I love this man.

 

[God of Nothing]

That's ADV for you, they knew how to have fun.

remember when dubs were good
unironically
Even the good one these days have that one fucking voice that makes no sense.

 

[WelperHelper99]

remember when dubs were good
unironically
Even the good one these days have that one fucking voice that makes no sense.

It's weird. The dub isn't just serviceable, like todays dubs, but it takes a life of its own without going full abridged. It feels in their efforts to go "professional" they lost the ability to be truly creative

 

[PS1gamenwatch]

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I'm watching Full Metal Panic. The dub has no fucking chill. Vic is a absolute treasure in this show. The next few days are gonna be pure mecha kino

Thank you guys . Holy shit, I'm actually going to be able to enjoy some of those mythical goofy good dubs I've always heard about but just wasn't born in time for.

Also on Full Metal, NEVER have I seen a Chinese cartoon so unapologetic about it's military shit. The guy that wrote this just wanted to see mecha duke it out with old Soviet tech, while having a cute main couple, and I'm all for it

EDIT: Souskue is a military autist. I love this man.

There's more to the lore in the original light novel it is based on, it is an alternate reality where the Cold War never ended, the USSR still exists, China is divided into North and South like the Koreas due to the Tianamen Square incident going too far, and a nuke blew up in Iraq. Also in the LN, Sousuke was raised as a Muslim growing up in Afghanistan.

 

[WelperHelper99]

There's more to the lore in the original light novel it is based on, it is an alternate reality where the Cold War never ended, the USSR still exists, China is divided into North and South like the Koreas due to the Tianamen Square incident going too far, and a nuke blew up in Iraq. Also in the LN, Sousuke was raised as a Muslim growing up in Afghanistan.

Sousuke being a Muslim and knowing Jack shit about how to talk to Chidori, makes too much fucking sense.

 

[Betonhaus]

Hang on, I feel like I was missing something important.

Are the AI translations text only, or are they also doing AI dubs? As if the AI can dub using the same voice as the original voice lines that would be amazing, especially if it can capture the intonations and emotions of that specific moment.

 

[God of Nothing]

Hang on, I feel like I was missing something important.

Are the AI translations text only, or are they also doing AI dubs? As if the AI can dub using the same voice as the original voice lines that would be amazing, especially if it can capture the intonations and emotions of that specific moment.

Pretty sure it's translation texts.
As weird and disjointed as it might be at some points, I would listen to an AI voiced dub. Those X characters sings Y song are weirdly good.

 

[Trollblade69]

remember when dubs were good
unironically
Even the good one these days have that one fucking voice that makes no sense.

Speaking of dubs, I'm a good ways into Gundam 0079. How worthwhile is that dub? I was just planning on watching the sub the whole way through and only watching the dub for highlights.

 

[Lone MacReady II]

Winter Yuki Gal, Superior. Overplayed Shit-skinned Gal, Inferior.