Excel Saga Forum
Excel Saga => Cast and Credits => Topic started by: E-E on January 25, 2005, 07:55:27 AM
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co can post about who voice in the series you love/hate.
my personal favs are:
excel (Jessica Calvello)
and iwata (Mark X. Laskowski)
excels voice just has a manic quality that sell her hyperactive that little more.her voice makes the character, and i think that was a main
reason im drawn to her so much
and iwata is more or less for the same reason,his stupidity is conveyed perfectly.
and also Cynthia Martinez as pomey in puni puni poemy.
she nailed that character,she is a few pegs insaner than excel and at that age... great.
her insane rants and general dumbness are not only shown through her body language but her voice shows great casting,
and just really hit it home for me.
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Sorry, I don't know the names of the voice actresses.
Anyway, I really like the girl who played Excel at first. It's a pity that she had to leave, though I suppose that was better than ruining her voice. I can't stand Excel's second voice, though. I also like Hyatt's voice. And Il Palazzo's voice actor makes him sound sexay :wink:
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Nabeshin's voice actor is cool. Both Jessica Calvello and Larissa Wolcott did a good job in my opinion, as I never noticed the difference and I think Larissa did the last few episodes very well. Monica Rial is also great as Hyatt if a little too quiet sometimes.
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I liked the quietness of Hyatt. I think it added to her character. Though she probably was a little too quiet at times...
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I definitely have to vote for Monica Rial as Hyatt. Yes, she's quiet, but Hyatt is a quiet character, sometimes just a notch above comatose. In person, Ms. Rial is quite energetic, and not exactly quiet. She's pure energy.
As much as I enjoyed Jessica Cavello's performance as Excel, I found Larissa Wolcott to be a more than adequate replacement. The difference between their performances is not all that big.
Let's not forget Rob Mungle as Pedro.
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For some odd reason, kabapu. Otherwise, i find the japanese voice cast much better so I normally watch it in japanese
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Having only ever seen the subbed version of Excel Saga, I shall form now on refrain from posting in this thread until such a time as I have seen the dubbed version.
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Monica Rial has such a sweet, soft-spoken voice for Hyatt.
Dare I say it??!
<3 She makes Hyatt sound truely sexsay! ^______^
Jessica Calvello as Excel was..... a miracle! To speak that fast, I mean... CRIPES! O_O
I remember ADV Films being under fire by the fans for supposedly overworking her vocals and thus, endangering her health.
Jessica pleaded with her fans to please not send hate mail to ADV. Apparently, she's recovered quite well from that.
Now, Larissa Wolcott had some mighty big shoes to fill from Jessica's absence. I think she did a darn fine job in my opinion. Not many voice talents out there can really speak that hyper!
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I've finly started to watch the dubbed version and I can say that it is a change from the subbed version
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Way to go, original version! Yay!! It's always better.
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I think Quiet Hyatt kind of speaks of her reduced role in the anime as opposed to the manga anyway. And it is a perfect fit for the character. As for the english vs the japanses. I allways find english to turn out more 'cartoony' and with Excel saga it's almost a good thing. I still haven't watched the subbed yet but I'll get right on that. As for my fav of the voices. I really don't think you can beat the first excel for sheer guts, however the girl who did Misaki (sp?) was a better voice for the role then i could have imagined while reading the manga. And the puu chuu death voice is classic!
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I like Nabeshin's voice actor. Cocky, wacky, and cool. All at once.
*snaps fingers*
ayyy...
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Sorry, I don't know the names of the voice actresses.
Anyway, I really like the girl who played Excel at first. It's a pity that she had to leave, though I suppose that was better than ruining her voice. I can't stand Excel's second voice, though. I also like Hyatt's voice. And Il Palazzo's voice actor makes him sound sexay :wink:
I hear you on Ilpalazzo's voice (He's voiced by Jason Douglas, by the way). His voice is hella sexy. Must be the accent. :wink:
Not that I don't like his Japanese voice. Koyasu Takehito is a God in my book.
As for Excel's voice. I liked Larissa when she did the more serious secnes near the end. But Jessica had Excel's lunacy down pat.
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haha i agree with all of you. i think the first time i saw the series though, pedro's voice
(rob mungle) was so hilarious that the very fabric of my being was strewn accross the earth
in small bits of miniscule matter.
well maybe that comment was a bit streched but he's hilarious..
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Wow, I didn't even think about how funny I found Pedro's voice until you mentioned that. I think I laughed the first time I heard him speak. Hah.
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out of interest, did they keep the same voice for menchi (satomi koorogi i think) or did they redub that?
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Hilary Haag provided Menchi's voice in the English dub. She also voiced Chloe
in "Noir."
Interesting tidbit- Ms. Haag is not a full time voice actress, her day job is sales
for a printing company.
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You may think I'm insane, but I liked Larissa better than Jessica, Larissa was a lot easier on my ears. Rob Mungle did a great job with Pedro. Jay Hickman with Watanabe was awesome, too.
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although they sound alike my fav is also larissa
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to be honest I liked both Jessica and Lorissa. Jessica had the insanity covered very well and Larissa equally matched up plus they both were good when they sounded serious (episode 3 when excels talking about war)
also I found Brett Weaver the best person possible to do Nabeshin (he also did my other favourite anime character the Great Damu Ramu)
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Ye I liked them both, but Larissa was easier to listen to.
Brett Weaver is a legend!
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female-Tamara Lo...she did a breathtaking izumi maki in nadesico.
male-thpike thpenther...sorry, i mean spike spencer (i got that from an easter egg on an orphen dvd) anyone who can claim to his credits both shinji ikari and akito tenkawa rates aces in my book (he did shiouji in es):lol:
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however the girl who did Misaki (sp?) was a better voice for the role then i could have imagined while reading the manga.
Tiffany Grant! She is legendary. She also did Sandora, and the Puchuus. Her performance as Asuka in Evangelion is landmark. She was also Kaorin in Azumanga Daioh, and Ryoko in Nadesico. Way to play totally different roles and be awesome in all of them.
As for other ADV actors, I also really have a thing for the voice of Mandy Clark, who was Cosette in ES, and more memorably, Tomo in Azumanga Daioh.
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Tiffany grant did Ryoko in Nadesico? wow i didn't know that
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Cynthia Martinez (pad) - cause she was awsome as poemi and some how pulled off mikako in voices of a different star. surprised the hell out of me when i found out it was the same actress.
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Hilary Haag was good as menchi (did I spell her name right there ?)
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^Yup. You spelled it right.
I've already mentioned this a few times already, but if a new Excel Saga anime ever becomes reality,
I want Hilary Haag to do Elgala's voice!!!!
It would be perfection.
I keep mentioning this in hopes that the right people will read this and follow through with it. :wink: Ya just never know.
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Didn't Tiffany Grant also do Bubbles in the power puff girls and Cosette in Tales of Symphonia?
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is it true I just heard from a friend the Actress who does Ropponmatsu 2's voice also does Ruris out of Nadesico? how is that possible?
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Monica rial, Chris patton and the guy who's name I forgot who did illi's voice and luis's from ruin soldier were the voices I liked and the other one I tend to forget who does good bad guy voices and the slimey bastard ones.
I did not like tiffany Grants voice and watchiing evangellion truly proved that point.
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I think like Excel's first voice actress the best (Changed around episode 13, right?)
My second favorite would be Il Palazzo, the voice fits the character very well.
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My second favorite would be Il Palazzo, the voice fits the character very well.
Uncreativity will kill you for that :icon_lol:
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One thing though I have wonder about why did they change excels voice actress in the english dub?
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sigh here we go again. Jessica damaged here vocals while doing her voice she couldn't continue. so they got lorissa walcott to do excel's voice
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Sorry mate, didn't know that
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Hence why on the side of the DVD box, it says in that list of contents "overworked voice actors". lol
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Hence why on the side of the DVD box, it says in that list of contents "overworked voice actors". lol
*checks* Interestingly enough, I hadn't noticed that on the box. ^^;
While that was wrote on there somewhat jokingly, it does show ADV's acknowledgement of their mistake - Something Jessica Calvello fans would know only too well.
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I LOVED Iwata's voice, played by Mark Laskowski...
Seemed to fit the character perfectly, and i really do imagine that voive in the manga in my head... I just like it too much...
If a second season is to come, i'd vote him for being the returning guy to cast Iwata's voice...
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I quite lied Monica Rail (think thats the name) who was the voice of hyatt, but then again I have seen other anime and she does a good voice for the characters she portraits
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well here goes the same old discussion again :ehail:
don't you guys listen to the original japanese soundtrack? I tried the english dub, but i just can't stand it. the VA's try hard, I'll give them that, especially excel, but still... english just doesn't suit anime, and the heavy american accent when it comes to names and japanese terms makes me go into convulsions.
only the bigger budget productions like Street Fighter, Macross plus, Ghost in the Shell and Samurai X (barf...original title: Rurouni kenshin trust and betrayal) are acceptable but i still prefer the original soundtrack. Too bad most productions have English in DD5.1, and japanese in Stereo.
Why is that? do the majority of the americans prefer the english soundtrack?
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do the majority of the americans prefer the english soundtrack?
It tends to be split. There are plenty of people that go by subs only, but I hardly ever hear of fans going dub only. Really it just depends on the two casts for each series.
I'm usually swayed by 1)which language I hear it in first, 2)cultural setting of the show, and if one cast just seems leaps and bounds better than the other.
Examples:
-Samurai Champloo I ought to watch in Japanese due to rule 2, but I saw it on the air first in English and grew too attached to the main cast. (Plus I avoid the copious amounts of Engrish present in the show).
-Black Lagoon is set in Thailand, and while the male lead is Japanese, the rest of the main cast are American, (and extended cast of characters are largely not Japanese speakers), so English makes much more sense.
Anyway, to keep it on topic:
Brett Weaver (Nabeshin) and Jessica Calvello (Excel) are my favorite from the cast :ehail: I could listen to both of them all day.