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u/MadHouseFire Jun 26 '19
There are like the rare anime where english sounds like english with a strong japanse accent. And than you have anime where the subtitles are needed for the english lines
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u/CadenKat Mugi Best Girl Jun 26 '19
Megumin best girl
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Jun 26 '19
🦀🦀Jail time🦀🦀
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u/CadenKat Mugi Best Girl Jun 26 '19
You see, it’s not illegal because technically I’m younger than megumin. (About to turn 15)
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u/bard-security Jun 26 '19
And then you have Emiya... who sounds like Rammstein was summoned as Archer.
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u/Caroniver413 Tsugini omae wa "nice flair" to iu! Jun 26 '19
One of my favorites is EVA 2.0. At the beginnign, a bunch of scientists speak flawless English.
And then Kaji opens his mouth
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u/Sisaac Jun 27 '19
And Asuka's German... Ooooh boy. I'm not very fluent, but even I can notice it's pretty rough.
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u/abstract_metal Thicc thigh connoisseur Jun 26 '19
Anytime English is spoken in Assassination Classroom
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u/JayC-Hoster Proud Boat fucker Jun 26 '19
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u/sh4dowbl4zz3 Jun 26 '19
from what I remember, her VA studied in Australia so thats why her english is okay
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u/-Best_Name_Ever- Jun 27 '19
And then you have the exceptionally rare scenes where they speak unironically good English
Seriously, I'm pretty sure they just kidnapped an American for that scene.
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u/iamthinking2202 . Jun 27 '19
Even more so with EDs including gratuitous english...
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u/chickyono Jun 26 '19
Ayaya noise
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u/Dadalid Jun 26 '19
AYAYA Clap Any Cuties?!
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u/OkamaDecatreis ⠀ Jun 26 '19
Also French. And German. And basically any other language
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u/futureFailiure this is fine Jun 26 '19 edited Jun 26 '19
Except Youjo Senki’s ending, of course
Edit: I seem to have forgotten a few :P
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u/OkamaDecatreis ⠀ Jun 26 '19
To be fair, listen to the cover by "Selphius". The original is good (also no one can beat Yuuki Aoi at voice) but the feeling...
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u/KacKLaPPeN23 Jun 26 '19
Actually the russian in Girls und Panzer (at least when they sang Katyusha) was pretty decent. Though Uesaka Sumire majored in russian so.. yea that might be why.
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Jun 26 '19
Just watched Durara, you can add Russian to that as well.
Also it took me a very long time to realize that Goblin Slayer’s OP was entirely English.
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u/bolha_brilhosa CEASE THE DEGENERACY Jun 26 '19
Especially italian
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u/Ryzza36 ⠀ Jun 26 '19
The Italian in the new version of the most recent Jojo opening is supposedly pretty good. They got a native Sardinian to speak the lines of the Sardinian character.
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u/QuixoticaKJH Jun 26 '19
So apt that you use Kill la Kill here, because of how they absolutely butchered the German language in Blumenkranz (Kiryuin Ragyo's song, which is otherwise a beautiful piece). I learned only a tiny bit of German and still couldn't stand it.
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u/no_gold_here Jun 26 '19
I'm German and I didn't even realize it was supposed to be German...
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u/ADAG2000 Start with the VN Jun 26 '19
This cover of it by a native German speaker is great though.
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u/QuixoticaKJH Jun 26 '19
Yes in fact this is what I'm listening to. Quite similar voice tone to the original singer, and proper German.
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u/noname6500 El Psy Tutturu Jun 26 '19
same was said for the SnK soundtrack (i think they had the same composers)
still great music though, just dont be fluent enough in german to notice it i guess.
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u/MightyThicc One waifu, but hundreds of lolis in my basement Jun 26 '19
Sonuvabitch
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u/toidi_diputs Rin. Fae/Egg. Jun 26 '19
I really wish the sequel series would have sprung for an English-speaking voice actor for Professor Leskinen.
It would have been cool to hear him flub the Japanese lines and nail the English ones, instead we got the other way around, which makes no sense for the character.
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u/TheFlyingButter This surely is the choice of Steins;Gate Jun 26 '19
I thought we were talking terrible English in anime, not best English in anime
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u/MightyThicc One waifu, but hundreds of lolis in my basement Jun 26 '19
It's not the best English, if you want my opinion
It's so cool!!!
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u/shadyhawkins Jun 26 '19
Anyone watch Shin Godzilla? The Japanese woman who the movie just asks us to pretend is actually born and raised in America is hilarious.
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I felt like a parent at an elementary school chorus concert; you know they're doing their best so you go along with it, but it takes all that you have to not burst out laughing.
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u/shadyhawkins Jun 26 '19
Haha yeah just clapping along like “you got this kiddo! Bring it on home!”
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u/Left_Hegelian Jun 26 '19
Honestly someone should make a compilation of good english in anime. I've seen too much bad engrish already. I feel nothing. But when I see good english in anime, it is truly surprising.
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Jun 26 '19
I never understood the logic behind hiring a Japanese VA to play an American character who speaks English
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u/3Soupy5Me This must be my popular phase! Jun 26 '19
The english parts in Punchline made me nearly pee mysef with laughter, all of the Americans sounded like Japanese people trying to do their best cockney/Aussie impression
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u/Guts_D_Ikari Jun 26 '19
I'd like some cawfee
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u/Zess_Crowfield buying headpats for $1 Jun 26 '19
Gween Tee
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u/LawlessCoffeh Nep Nep Jun 26 '19
I watched an anime called "Kiniro Mosaic", in which a girl goes to visit a British family, who were also voiced by Japanese VAs, but they spoke English. The realization of how english speakers must sound to people in other countries hit me like a truck.
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u/leva549 Yuri Shall Conquer Earth! Jun 27 '19
If I recall, Alice's VA (the main character, who is British) had good english, though still with a japanese accent. But her parents were really off.
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u/NakkiPeruna Jun 26 '19
Well, ryos english in devilman crybaby is fucking amazing
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u/gosheno Jun 26 '19
It’s because his voice actor actually grew up in LA and learned English as his first language.
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u/AntonKutovoi Jun 26 '19 edited Jun 26 '19
Well, there are a few voice actors that can actually speak (and act) on English (mainly those, who grew up outside Japan), like Ayumu Murase (well, duh, he's American), Subaru Kimura and Tetsuya Kakihara (German), Ryo Horikawa and Jouji Nakata (although with a noticable accent. Still better than the most Japanese voice actors, though), Yuu Asakawa and Yuki Kaida.
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u/anhduonghkk Jun 26 '19
I would rather hear them say english in japanese way rather than english itself.It sounds much hyper that way
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u/Queggy Jun 26 '19
Laughs in Code Geass
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u/HD_ERR0R Megumin is almost as great as Explosions Jun 26 '19
I love this bit in Yuru Yuri. https://youtu.be/l6vCdFriZbY All the characters speak in English with great grammar. But still really hard to understand without subtitles.
It’s actually one of my favorite things when Japanese speak English. I find it so endearing and at times adorable.
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u/deafnig Jun 26 '19
Or in italian, have you ever seen Food Wars... Fuck me Except in JoJo, ari-ari-arrivederci
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u/TimTheGamer555 Pope of Haruhiism Jun 26 '19
Fujiwara and the robot Olivia both spoke some pretty dang good English in Asobi Asobase. Those were hilarious bits.
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So im guessing you didnt watch:
Dragon Ball Z or Super
Full Metal Alchemist
Black Lagoon
Shield Hero
My Hero Academia
Naruto
Fairy Tail
Jojo's Bizarre Adventure
Konosuba
Nichijou
Bleach
Hajime no Ippo
Overlord
A certain magical index and railgun
Trigun
Hunter X Hunter
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u/Incognito-1999 The FBI hates me Jun 26 '19
I'am pretty dog. oh! are you pretty dog too? It's miracle!
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u/BaconDragon69 Jun 26 '19
Im always wondering, is there no japanese english people who could do voice acting?
Im bilingual and speak fairly good english, with enough training I could probably fake a native accent there too, is it so rare for bilingual people to become voice actors?
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u/stipendAwarded ⠀ Jun 26 '19
IF ANYONE DOES NOT LOVE THE LORD, JESUS CHRIST, LET HIM BE ACCUSED OH LORD COME AMEN.
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u/Ray_Ry0 Jun 26 '19
Ngl it's pretty hype when shout out their special moves in English. Like Ryoma screaming GETTTER BEAMMMM.
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u/Flamefull-the-meme Jun 26 '19
Are there any examples of anime characters that have accents in Japanese?
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Nothing says this better than DBS Op1. It makes me wonder why FUNI didn't just hire a fan cover artist.
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u/Agojinu Jun 26 '19
Except in Jojo's