Oddly enough, I was thinking of Excel Saga the other day, and realized that in my head, Sumiyoshi has a voice. Scratchy, sort of deep, but nasal.
Anyone else have a clear voice in their head for Sumiyoshi? Just curious.
I always figured he might be a whisperer. Kinda like mumbling, but not really. The strong dialect in his speech may have a lot to do with it.
Either that, or he speaks telepathically.... which is a VERY strange thought. lol!
I imagine it like a middle-deep voice, with an accent...
even though this might be to do with the manga but I think of him speaking with a strong glaswegian accent (sort of like Billy Connelly)
No, Sumiyoshi does not have a voice, he has lines, lines of text, even in the manga and if people want to talk with him they have to read it... simple as that.
Quote from: "excel-kleinwald"No, Sumiyoshi does not have a voice, he has lines, lines of text, even in the manga and if people want to talk with him they have to read it... simple as that.
Simply put and straight to the point.
I like it!! :lol: :lol: :lol:
If he had an actual voice, I'd picture it pretty deep...but he also has an accent, and I'm having a hard time compiling the two. Also the actual accent I'm not sure about. Southern + Deep doesn't sound right to me, maybe a brooklyn accent?
Quote from: "HA1L ILPALLAZZO"even though this might be to do with the manga but I think of him speaking with a strong glaswegian accent (sort of like Billy Connelly)
He's got a Newcastle accent, according to the manga. Just as clear, though :D
Yeah, I hear the Newcastle accent in my head, but not with a terribly deep voice, just a normal tenor with that accent, but I have imagined it slightly nasally.
his accent his southern Japaneses. I think its call kesan or something. i read that in the manga somewhere
Quote from: gothmetalneck on September 03, 2007, 11:34:21 AM
his accent his southern Japaneses. I think its call kesan or something. i read that in the manga somewhere
Sumiyoshi is from Okayama. The most famous Japanese accent is Kansai-ben, which people from Osaka (such as in
Azumanga Daioh and
Abenobashi) speak, but there are several other accents as well in Japan, including Okayama and Tohoku (a more "country" accent). Even though Japan isn't a very big country, it's kept a lot of different accents, just as England has. Interestingly, there's a Fukuoka accent as well, but it's almost never used in
Excel Saga--the characters tend to speak "normal" (i.e., educated Tokyo) Japanese.
Apart from his dialect though, how would you imagine his voice to sound like, i mean, if there was actually a sound..? Like deep, grumpy, young guy, typical grown man...
Well hmm....kinda young i guess
hmm... Sumiyoshi doesn't strike me as being "young".
In fact, his character could be seen (by me!) as possibly being someone in his late twenties.
Don' believe he'd 'ave muchuva young-ish voice, ah'd reckin.
well true..but fat people sometimes sound high penched.
Im not flamming fat people!! im kinda fat too
I imagine Sumiyoshi's voice (apart from his accent) sounding more "respectable" than "funny." He seems to be the most stable and realistic of the three guys. Although the otaku in him is fascinated by some of the advanced technology that Kabapu and Shiouji possess, he's also disturbed by both of them and you get the strong feeling in Vol. 16 he'd like to somehow escape and get back to a "normal" life. Iwata is the one I imagine sounding kind of goofy, as he's over-enthusiastic about everything and childishly accepting about being a cyborg and an action hero.
Well, i must agree, that i don't imagine him sounding "respectable" as you put it...
You're right, that his attitude in Vol 16 seems to change a little, as if he would indeed let go of all this "madness" (if that's how you can put it..?)... But, well, he seemed concerned for his fellow workers... i mean, he didn't seem to want to leave the others with the job, guess he felt a little too attached to them, and don't feel alright to just leave them for his own good
That said, i couldn't imagine him with this serious tone, with some kind of wacky voice, hehe
Iwata though, i think they did an outstanding job with him in the Anime version of the series...
I feel the manga is in every way superior content wise and story wise compared to the anime, but Iwata's voice seemed to fit just fine into the manga as well... one of the few things i think is equal to the manga
His voice simply didn't sound TOO goofy, and still had that similar attitude as we know him from the manga (well, somtimes it got a little exaggerated to my tastes, when comparing to the manga, but his voice still fit) Note that i liked the original japanese, as well as the english version, this whole opinion might as well count in both these voices...
Uhm, but, it's about Sumiyoshi... so, maybe i shouldn't make any big deal of Iwata's voice
As a geordie myself, I just imagine him speaking like me. :P
A strong accent with a quite lazy and low tone. It's mentioned a few times that Sumiyoshi acts beyond his years, so it makes sense that he'd sound quite grown-up, never really getting excited.
Two words: Groundskeeper Willie.
Nooo! Not Willie! He's ULTRA Scottish!
Think more, Auf Wiedersehen, Pet. :)
interesting note Willie sound like he comes from Inverness
also Sumiyoshi's accent is easy to get mixed up with scottish
As WastefullyCheerful says, Sumiyoshi is meant in "real life" to sound like these guys (that is, the three who enter the bar, not the blond guy in the leather jacket who comes up to meet them)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiLPZBpzmZQ
When you write out his accent phonetically, it does sound a bit Scottish (not too surprising, as Newcastle is close to the border), but when you actually hear it, it's definitely not Willie. ^_^
ai ah forgot Auf Wiedersehen Pet was da best example o a geordie accent
And here I thought I settled this, if he were to have a voice (WHICH HE DOES NOT!) then I hear in my head a pretty low pitched one, with a kind of dull almost monotone voice like he has to constantly give a lecture to college students every day.