Forum:Dub voices

Well, since a bunch of new characters are going to come out for the dub, I thought it'd be a good idea to start this thing up instead of crowding the Talk pages with it. This will probably be used off and on for a long time, considering all of the new roles for Bleach coming up. Arrancar109 06:13, 3 May 2009 (UTC)

Ulquiorra Cifer
Dood sounds more like Liam O' Brien. In any case, they've corrected the pronounciation error in Shattered Blade. Kaihedgie 05:28, 3 May 2009 (UTC)


 * I noticed that as well. To say I'm pissed is an understatement. But yeah, they fixed the pronunciation. I'm not sure who it is. For a moment, I thought it sounded a bit like David Rasner (a la Tosen), but I'm not positive. And the new voice isn't bad, but come on. Blum is pretty good. Arrancar109 05:34, 3 May 2009 (UTC)


 * I find the English dub sad. He sounds like a little boy, rather than the ultra powerful being that he is. Well, at least there's still Blum's dub around for that game. Which, unfortunately, makes this dub all the more lame. Anyone know why Blum didn't come back for the anime? Twocents 05:43, 3 May 2009 (UTC)


 * There are many possible reasons. One might be that it may have conflicted with some of his other dubbing work. Don't forget he's voicing Wolverine in Wolverine and the X-Men which some episodes are already in pre-production, so scheduling conflicts might be one of the reasons. Another possible reason is that studios thought that the voice sounded too much like Noba (hence the debate people are having everywhere) and had to remedy that. Ulquiorra sounds young in the original Japanese version as well, but still, I think Blum was a better choice. At this point, I'm just hoping David Vincent voices Grimmjow. Arrancar109 05:48, 3 May 2009 (UTC)

One of the reasons is that Steve Blum is a Union Actor and Bleach is a Non-Union Dub and if you notice in Shattered Blade no one is credited for Ulquiorra,but David Vincent is. Impling it was a union actor. Yeah, I always had the impression that Ulquiorra would have that young, melancholic voice before Blum dubbed him.--Lemursrule 17:00, 3 May 2009 (UTC)

Speakin' of Vincent, people kinda despise his voice from what I hear, but then again....Kaihedgie 05:52, 3 May 2009 (UTC)

Well, Vincent pulled off his voice well in the game (IMO). Granted, there are some other voice actors who can, but as I said about the Scott McNeil thing, their selection would be limited, since McNeil is a part of Ocean Studios (who are NOT dubbing Bleach). Either way though, I think Vincent can get the work. Besides, he was probably gunning for the role in the series. Not positive if he was, but he doesn't have as much roles as some of the other voice actors in Bleach Arrancar109 05:57, 3 May 2009 (UTC)

On this note, can someone tell me who plays Hiyori? I think she sounded a bit like Jeannie Elias, but I'm not positive about this either. Arrancar109 06:30, 3 May 2009 (UTC)

RE
I like Ulquiorra,Hiyori,and Yammy's eng voices, although Yammy's could be deeper.

gohanRULEZ 07:58, 3 May 2009 (UTC)

Ulquiorra voice Tony Oliver
I happen to like the voice for several reasons. Ulquiorra is implied to be of Spanish(european spain not latin american) decent and and should sound young. Tony Oliver is from Spanish decent(born in Puerico looks spanish real name is Atonio Tony for short) and has the young sounding voice, PLUS HE SAYS KILL AWESOME! As much as I liked Steve Blum he kinda sounded too old and Ulquiorra in the manga physically looks at the most no older than 19. Ulquiorra is a young guy wondering about the currosities of being human, thus why he joined Aizen.--Lemursrule 17:38, 3 May 2009 (UTC)

Sign your comments. And I'm not saying that Tony Oliver sucks. Actually, I was hoping he'd get a better role after the end of the Bount Arc (which he did). It's just that I, like many others who have played Shattered Blade, pictured Blum reprising the role. Still, like I mentioned in one of the above paragraphs, Ulquiorra originally had a higher-pitched voice in the Japanese version, so the fact that he'd also have a young voice in the dub also makes sense. Arrancar109 16:59, 3 May 2009 (UTC)

Thanks I love Hiyori dubbed voice bitchy yet not to bitchy so that you can relate with her. Also with former filler characters getting better parts, I am glad that Troy Baker(Jin Kariya) is the narrator for the series now. He is a great voice actor it just sucks that he sometimes doesn't get the best developed characters. But I am glad he now has a long on going thing since code geass is ending soon --Lemursrule 17:39, 3 May 2009 (UTC)

Acutally, I think Kirk Thornton voices the narrator, but I don't care much about that (even though Bleach needed a narrator at some point). Any guesses who voices Hiyori? I don't think anyone here or on Wikipedia has made any guesses besides myself, and even I bet that I'm wrong. Also, despite what that edit says, I'm not sure it's Laura Bailey either. Arrancar109 17:45, 3 May 2009 (UTC) Sorry you are right it is kirk(though it kinda sounded like troy when I first listened, Troy would make an excelent Stark I think) There are sources saying that Hiyori is played by Laura Baily not sure though. I forget is Laura union or non-union. I am not 100% sure myself.It would be great if it was Bailey(maybe people will stop freakin complaining on every last thing with the dub, though I doubt that) Warner Bros is probably on viz's and studiopolis's backs saying make the dub good. Bleach is not a bad dub, probably one of the better dubs out there. I KNOW WHAT A BAD DUB IS! I LIVED THROUGH SAILOR MOON FOR GOD'S SAKE!--Lemursrule 21:14, 3 May 2009 (UTC)

Man, I couldn't tell at first, and I was skeptical to believe it (since Anime News Network was the source, and they do get baseless information from time to time), but Gina K. Bowes (or G.K. Bowes), the one who plays Senna plays Hiyori. I couldn't tell at first, but after listening to it again, I can definitely tell now. Arrancar109 04:11, 4 May 2009 (UTC)

ARE YOU READY?!?!?
ep 116 and 117 are gonna air on [adult swim] and we get to hear Grimmjow and all and his Fracción's voices i'm happy right now!--Kisukeiscool100396 05:27, 16 May 2009 (UTC)

Personally, I hope they stuck with David Vincent in the dub. He did a decent job for Grimmjow in Shattered Blade. I wouldn't be happy with very many replacements (nor would I be surprised), but if they did, then one of the few people who I would accept to voice Grimmjow is Crispin Freeman. Though, Freeman being in Bleach at all questionable, since I heard that Freeman only does Union-dubs, and Bleach is said to be non-Union. Arrancar109 05:37, 16 May 2009 (UTC)

i'm sorry but what's a union dub?--Kisukeiscool100396 05:52, 16 May 2009 (UTC)

Good question. I'm not sure about that myself, let alone which Anime are or are not Union dubs, but people have been throwing that around when people thought that Kariya was voiced by Freeman during his first appearance in the Bount Arc, since his appearance in that episode was rather brief. Either way though, we'll know tomorrow if Grimmjow retains his Shattered Blade voice actor or not. I'm actually anxious to see the other vizards' voice actors as well. I'd say the other Espada after Grimmjow, but that part might take awhile. Arrancar109 06:01, 16 May 2009 (UTC)