I have to say that the american version of ****** is crap the japanese version is way better im up to 104 on the Jap version i just download them on my laptop. The americans have no voice acting talent at all at times ****** sounds like a 20 year old man and also they tryed to make it all "teenage like" if you know what i mean by that and it dose not work at all.
You are a smug [CENSORED] and if you were in the same room as me, man or woman, I'd pop you worse than Anna Coulter.
You obviously don't know how much better ******'s dub job is compared to the likes of a 4Kids dub. Let alone any other dub jobs on a children's centered series. Let me count the butchers: Shaman King, Dragon Ball Z, DiC's televised dubs of Sailor Moon and Saint Seiya, Sonic X, Rave, One Piece, Konjiki no Gash Bell and Rockman EXE. ****** outclasses ALL OF THOSE DUBS in terms of consistency to the Japanese version.
Unless you have any idea about the business behind the anime; what the FCC is, censorship for the US, the difference between translation and localization, licensing issues for music, etc., you have no right to cast stones at the ****** dub, especially since the voice actors are professionals, selected at a wide range (Susan Dalian who acts on MOVIES did Haku's voice), not to mention a great deal of the cast showed up at AX2006, which if you had any gall to tell them off I would have LOVED to see it. Heck,I'd love to see how you'd fair on the mic by the way, take a voiceover class and let's see how great you are... as they say "put up or shut up".
The fact is that the English version tries to make itself accessible for people who don't make it their business to learn Japanese. The fact is that no, you DO NOT use the "no" sentence particle when referring to Tsunade-baachan (anyone who believes it's "Tsunade no Baachan" needs to have their face beaten with a spiked club and have it sprayed with a Super Soaker full of Salt Water)
I'm sick of people like you who swear that either the Japanese voices are Godly or the only way to go.
There are some good English voices. There are bad English voices.
Just the same, there are bad Japanese voices and there are good Japanese voices.
Sakura doesn't sound too young in the Japanese version.
Both Sasuke voices are about equal.
Kakashi sounds a TOO OLD, way older than 26 in the Japanese version. Although to be fair, David's Kakashi is a bit soft when he gets serious.
****** doesn't sound like a 12 year old on either version. It's just that Junko has a better "range" than Maile.
If you hate the English version because not every voice is a carbon copy of the Japanese version, it's not uncensored on CARTOON NETWORK or the fact that ViZ didn't copy and paste everyone of ANBU/Lunar and Dattebayo's scripts you obviously have some growing up to do.
I apologize for belaboring and borderline insulting, but I was just REALLY set off by that post.