Author Topic: English Dub + Action + Marathonable (interest, not length) (Read 2341 times)

bpfoley89 · « **Reply #20 on:** March 06, 2013, 07:59:11 AM »

So was I right when I said RahXephon is very different from NGE?

dbml · « **Reply #21 on:** March 06, 2013, 08:09:32 AM »

Quote from: Tiffanys on March 06, 2013, 06:36:29 AM

Could anyone that's seen a lot of these help narrow down the choices a bit in some sort of discernible order of which you feel like I'll probably think is the best of the suggested?

I haven't seen the dub of 90% of those, so I'm of no help with that. BUT I can add even more to the list!

Blue Gender - Action on an epic scale. Lots of death, lots of blood, next to no comedy (unless you count some sexual tension as comedic). You'll want to kill the lead male for being such a wuss, but his situation is largely understandable and he'll toughen up over time. Kind of like Berserk with mecha.

Speed Grapher - The series of (and for) deviants. Blood, sex, fetishes... all in spades, similar to Mnemosyne in that respect. A very twisted, yet awesome story. Only weak point is the animation, it's rather rough.

Great Teacher Onizuka - Okay, this isn't an action series, it's a comedy. But damn it, there's enough stuff happening to make it feel like an action series. There's never a dull moment. An ex-biker gang leader decides to become a teacher, partly in hopes of getting some ass and a cute wife. In reality, it's about him being put in charge of a problem class and slowly winning them over, one by one... in the most badass and awesome ways ever.

Also, [C] The Money of Soul and Possibility Control, had a LOT of potential, but blew it. I wouldn't recommend watching that one

Tiffanys · « **Reply #22 on:** March 06, 2013, 08:28:16 AM »

Quote from: bpfoley89 on March 06, 2013, 07:59:11 AM

So was I right when I said RahXephon is very different from NGE?

Yeah, it wasn't really like it at all.

I mean, yeah there was a boy who had to fight alien invaders in a mecha, but not much else was all that similar to it. I hated Evangelion, and RahXephon was very different.

I only gave it a 7, but in comparison I gave Evangelion a 3.

Al_Sleeper · « **Reply #23 on:** March 06, 2013, 08:57:52 AM »

Quote from: dbml on March 06, 2013, 08:09:32 AM

Great Teacher Onizuka - Okay, this isn't an action series, it's a comedy. But damn it, there's enough stuff happening to make it feel like an action series. There's never a dull moment. An ex-biker gang leader decides to become a teacher, partly in hopes of getting some ass and a cute wife. In reality, it's about him being put in charge of a problem class and slowly winning them over, one by one... in the most badass and awesome ways ever.

It occupied the first place in anime charts in Russia for many years for a damned good reason.

P.S.: And it is on the first place yet again: http://www.world-art.ru/animation/

bpfoley89 · « **Reply #24 on:** March 06, 2013, 02:54:20 PM »

Quote from: dbml on March 06, 2013, 08:09:32 AM

Quote from: Tiffanys on March 06, 2013, 06:36:29 AM
Could anyone that's seen a lot of these help narrow down the choices a bit in some sort of discernible order of which you feel like I'll probably think is the best of the suggested?

I haven't seen the dub of 90% of those, so I'm of no help with that. BUT I can add even more to the list!

Blue Gender - Action on an epic scale. Lots of death, lots of blood, next to no comedy (unless you count some sexual tension as comedic). You'll want to kill the lead male for being such a wuss, but his situation is largely understandable and he'll toughen up over time. Kind of like Berserk with mecha.

Speed Grapher - The series of (and for) deviants. Blood, sex, fetishes... all in spades, similar to Mnemosyne in that respect. A very twisted, yet awesome story. Only weak point is the animation, it's rather rough.

Great Teacher Onizuka - Okay, this isn't an action series, it's a comedy. But damn it, there's enough stuff happening to make it feel like an action series. There's never a dull moment. An ex-biker gang leader decides to become a teacher, partly in hopes of getting some ass and a cute wife. In reality, it's about him being put in charge of a problem class and slowly winning them over, one by one... in the most badass and awesome ways ever.

Also, [C] The Money of Soul and Possibility Control, had a LOT of potential, but blew it. I wouldn't recommend watching that one

I thought [C] Control was wonderfully executed. But I guess it boils down to personal preference.

GTO has a few issues, mainly with its dub being terrible, but in large part it was because it takes a specific kind of person to actually enjoy its comedy. I was not one of those people, and the only character I actually liked in it was Kanzaki.

Blue Gender is another one that's for a very specific crowd. The art style can gnaw at the back of your mind, and the pacing switch once they escape Earth feels rather dramatic. Its really a love it or hate it anime.

HeartVivian · « **Reply #25 on:** March 06, 2013, 02:59:52 PM »

Darker Than Black is dubbed and it's not too bad. I actually watched Darker Than Black on Netflix before I watched the subbed version.

Besides the ones that have been mentioned. I cannot think of anything else that has been decently dubbed.

Edit: Oh Fullmetal Alchemist is in English as well, although I am not sure if Brotherhood is completely in English.

dbml · « **Reply #26 on:** March 06, 2013, 05:22:22 PM »

Quote from: bpfoley89 on March 06, 2013, 02:54:20 PM

I thought [C] Control was wonderfully executed. But I guess it boils down to personal preference.

Well, outside of the battling that was as pitiful as Yu-Gi-Oh's and plot holes the size of Texas... yeah, C was just fine.

The recommendations I made for Tiffanys were made based on what she's watched that have an acceptable dub. It's not as though I'd recommend series with fetishes and blood and gore, or a comedy if I didn't think it fit their tastes.

jandrood · « **Reply #27 on:** March 10, 2013, 07:40:52 AM »

You should really watch Ttrigun; the dub is better that the sub(imho and alot of other peoples). It has great action and story and it definitely on my top 10 of best animes ever.

hybridial · « **Reply #28 on:** March 10, 2013, 10:22:27 PM »

Hm, I can name a few.

Dirty Pair Flash
Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040
Martian Successor Nadesico
009-1
Sorcerer Hunters
Grenadier
Blue Gender
Gungrave
Gun X Sword
Escaflowne
Full Metal Panic!
Hyper Police
Burn Up Excess
Miami Guns
Record of Lodoss War
Rune Soldier
Master Keaton
Neo Ranga
Outlaw Star
Read or Die
Godannar
Chrono Crusade
The Guyver

I liked all of these to a good extent (barring a couple I still need to watch) and had no major problems with their dubs

Tiffanys · « **Reply #29 on:** March 11, 2013, 09:28:27 AM »

The next three I'll watch are going to be...

Outlaw Star, Speed Grapher, and Blue Gender

dakarv · « **Reply #30 on:** March 11, 2013, 10:07:08 AM »

based on your top 3 I would watch new hunter x hunter and one piece next
they are the only ones with lots of episodes that have the same level of action/epicness

I didn't watch one piece for ages either as pirates sound pretty lame but its now my fav, just after naruto maybe

not anime but avatar the last airbender is the only other one I've enjoyed as much, and don't need to worry about if the dub is good:)

for shorter stand alone series try sword art online and its worth watching fate/stay just for the film and prequal series after which are both outstanding

+1 for FMA also, the english dub for original is supposed to be pretty good I seem to remember

Tiffanys · « **Reply #31 on:** March 11, 2013, 10:39:13 AM »

Just to get this out of the way since it's coming up a lot...

I've seen FMA: Brotherhood and don't intend to go back and bother watching an alternate retelling of it.
And I've seen Full Metal Panic... all of it.

Aaand I'd prefer things that aren't slapstick meaning that something like Trigun or Grenadier are out of the picture (I've actually started and stalled both at some point). So, I probably won't watch Great Teacher Onizuka either, since it looks like it's pretty much a comedy and that's not what I'm looking for right now.

hybridial · « **Reply #32 on:** March 11, 2013, 10:49:34 AM »

Quote from: Tiffanys on March 11, 2013, 10:39:13 AM

Just to get this out of the way since it's coming up a lot...

I've seen FMA: Brotherhood and don't intend to go back and bother watching an alternate retelling of it.

Yeah, I'd say don't bother. I watched the original anime first and the story is amazing... until the last two episodes wreck everything. Absolutely everything. The Conqueror of Shamballah is comically bad.

Tiffanys · « **Reply #33 on:** March 17, 2013, 04:27:50 PM »

I watched the first episode of Blue Gender... it was godawful. Worst I've seen in a long time...

...not sure if I even want to trust the Speed Grapher recommendation now. >_>

dbml · « **Reply #34 on:** March 17, 2013, 04:48:45 PM »

Quote from: Tiffanys on March 17, 2013, 04:27:50 PM

I watched the first episode of Blue Gender... it was godawful. Worst I've seen in a long time...

...not sure if I even want to trust the Speed Grapher recommendation now. >_>

May I ask what you didn't like about it? :/

And since you're leery about the Speed Grapher rec, I'll go more in-depth about it with a first episode (or two) spoiler.

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Al_Sleeper · « **Reply #35 on:** March 17, 2013, 05:06:02 PM »

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bpfoley89 · « **Reply #36 on:** March 17, 2013, 06:00:18 PM »

Quote from: Tiffanys on March 17, 2013, 04:27:50 PM

I watched the first episode of Blue Gender... it was godawful. Worst I've seen in a long time...

...not sure if I even want to trust the Speed Grapher recommendation now. >_>

I watched Blue Gender before and the reason I didn't recommend it is because its not marathonable. And the pacing change once they get to the station is pretty bad, like you're watching an entirely different anime.

Tiffanys · « **Reply #37 on:** March 17, 2013, 06:36:50 PM »

Quote from: dbml on March 17, 2013, 04:48:45 PM

Quote from: Tiffanys on March 17, 2013, 04:27:50 PM
I watched the first episode of Blue Gender... it was godawful. Worst I've seen in a long time...

...not sure if I even want to trust the Speed Grapher recommendation now. >_>

May I ask what you didn't like about it? :/

1. the guy is quite literally retarded
2. the quality sucks
3. the show didn't even really come off as likable, the whole thing just felt like a cheap B movie horror flick
4. it didn't help the entire episode consisted of the lead screaming his brain out, running, cowering, and pissing on himself
5. the whole thing was just really poorly executed

The only real redeeming quality it had was that the girl had a cool mask and I liked her English dub VA. Other than that... it was pretty much terrible.

Old shows are one thing, I liked SDF Macross, but old and terrible... nooo. >_<

Quote from: dbml on March 17, 2013, 04:48:45 PM

And since you're leery about the Speed Grapher rec, I'll go more in-depth about it with a first episode (or two) spoiler.
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Speed Grapher is about a photographer. He ended up being a war-time photographer and discovered that seeing bodies get shot all to hell and blown up while looking through the lens of his camera really turned him on. After the war ended, he pretty much became a crime scene photographer.

He hears about a secret organization, where any wish you want can come true. He investigates, sneaks his way in... and sees all the politicians and rich people there, doing some insane stuff. He ends up finding his way to where some ritual is happening, a girl floats down from the ceiling, gives him a bit of tongue... and next thing you know, his greatest desire comes true: whenever he looks through the lens of a camera and takes a picture, he blows shit sky high!

And then everyone is out to kill him.

That..... doesn't even sound like something I'd like. $:-\$

dbml · « **Reply #38 on:** March 17, 2013, 06:57:46 PM »

Quote from: Tiffanys on March 17, 2013, 06:36:50 PM

1. the guy is quite literally retarded
2. the quality sucks
3. the show didn't even really come off as likable, the whole thing just felt like a cheap B movie horror flick
4. it didn't help the entire episode consisted of the lead screaming his brain out, running, cowering, and pissing on himself
5. the whole thing was just really poorly executed

The only real redeeming quality it had was that the girl had a cool mask and I liked her English dub VA. Other than that... it was pretty much terrible.

Old shows are one thing, I liked SDF Macross, but old and terrible... nooo. >_<

I did say you'd hate the main guy for the first few episodes. He grows some balls later on. The series as a whole takes about three or four episodes to really get going. (And really, wouldn't you be freaking the hell out if you got rudely awakened like he did, assuming your "disease" is about to get cured, to see gigantic f'ing bugs eating people? Cut him some slack!)

Quote from: Tiffanys on March 17, 2013, 06:36:50 PM

That..... doesn't even sound like something I'd like. $:-\$

You gave Mnemosyne a 10/10. I view them both as very similar series. But if you don't like bad animation, then you probably won't like it, as the style looks very dated *shrug*

Tiffanys · « **Reply #39 on:** March 17, 2013, 07:12:04 PM »

I just watched the first episode... wow, that was fucked up...

I'll watch a few more, but I think you really have me pegged completely wrong. Because I liked Mnemosyne doesn't mean that I'm a Sadist. That was actually the one thing about Mnemosyne that I didn't like. $:-\$

I have a thing for immortality, and yuri. That, and the action and story was pretty nice. But the sadistic torture part of it, I didn't really enjoy that.