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Why did ADV have to throw out the original dub?


I am a big fan of Chris Patton, Jason Douglas, Hilary Haag, Luci Christian, and quite a few of the other voice actors used in the ADV dub. And I think they did a great job of dubbing it. Still, I'm upset because they got rid of the other dub done by Central Park Media.

I mean, a dub itself is a work of art. By getting rid of the original dub, ADV made it so people like myself who saw the old US Manga Corps dub can no longer watch it the way we used to, which I think really blows.

I wouldn't mind at all if ADV had made a three-audio track DVD, where you could choose between either the Japanese, the original US Manga Corps dub, or the ADV dub, or if AREA 88 had never been dubbed before, but for them to simply throw out an already existing dub I think...well, you know.

I for one would rather they never made a new dub at all if it really meant having to get rid of the old one. From a business stand-point it would also make more sense, since re-dubbing an anime costs money and AREA 88 already had an English language track.

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I agree. Both dubs had their own unique qualities that made them great.

The original dub was great for the voice actors. Each one managed to pretty much nail their respective character. And based on the sub track, the dialogue was pretty close to the original Japanese.

The new dub, from what I can tell, is even MORE accurate, but the new voice actors all sound too much alike and none of them really seems "into it."

I agree, both dubs should have been included.

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Just want to say thanks for responding!

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I assume ADV didn't have the rights to the previous dub track.

I'm glad I read this thread, I was about to post a review and if you hadn't spoken of a redub I wouldn't have checked the date so would have posted a review of the 2004 series here

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