I just think like, for a guy as prideful and like - PRINCE OF THE FUCKING SAIYANS - a raspy little voice, while hilarious, is just... off putting. Somehow. XD
I think - now that I *am* thinking about it - that a lot of the reasons I prefer Japanese voice actors in DBZ to American is in the language and meaning, not so much the actual voices. I like Goku and ChiChi and their thick hick dialects - I like ChiChi's weirdly inappropriate-but-not feminine overtones. I like Freeza (and Trunks) and the super formal language that goes with. I like that Gohan age five uses super masculine pronouns. In those respects, I couldn't care less about the actual *voices*, which does make me wonder a bit as to my motives in saying "Oh, I prefer the Japanese track." XD
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Date: 2008-09-20 05:33 pm (UTC)I think - now that I *am* thinking about it - that a lot of the reasons I prefer Japanese voice actors in DBZ to American is in the language and meaning, not so much the actual voices. I like Goku and ChiChi and their thick hick dialects - I like ChiChi's weirdly inappropriate-but-not feminine overtones. I like Freeza (and Trunks) and the super formal language that goes with. I like that Gohan age five uses super masculine pronouns. In those respects, I couldn't care less about the actual *voices*, which does make me wonder a bit as to my motives in saying "Oh, I prefer the Japanese track." XD