Japanese? or rather English?

February 20, 2007, 11:14 AM

today i watched the movie for a small part in Japanese, just to compare it to the english version and i came to the conclusion it SUCKS no seriously, some of the voices were pretty... well cissy like...
but that's my opinion, the lines just weren't enjoyable to listen to, and the voices just didn't fit in with the characters, perhaps because they look western(the characters)? that's what i think, so what do you prefer, Japanese or English?
or something else perhaps?

February 20, 2007, 12:12 PM

I prefered to listin to it in Japanese because I watched in Japanese first so i got very used to it, then when i watched it in English it seemed wierd to me the first time but after i got used to it. I still prefere the Japanese speaking but i watch the English one so i don't have to read the subtitles.

February 20, 2007, 12:25 PM

I prefer Japanese one as well. I just hate some of the voices in english on it. especially Kadaj and Cid. They were just annoying.

February 20, 2007, 7:17 PM

I myself would LOVE to leaern the Japanese language! Oh man, to be able to speak it would be freak'n awesome.

However...I chose English because it's more convenient fo me when watching the movie. I'm not a fan of subtitles in movies because I like to focus my attention on what the action is all about, instead of taking my eyes off of that by reading words at the bottom. That's why I picked English.

February 20, 2007, 8:56 PM

BustaMo, I have been learning Japanese for a year now as a bit of fun. Its easy to get on a course so do it mate. I'm no way fluent but it is fun.

February 20, 2007, 9:06 PM

I prefer to watch it in Japanese because I'm so used to it. No, I am not Japanese.

I'm just so used to watching animes in Japanese and so that's why the language suited me more for FFAC. I thought that the voices were well-matched, actually. Besides, Japanese is such a beautiful language, IMO. I know a few words and phrases, but I'll definitely work more on that.

February 20, 2007, 9:10 PM

Depends on the voices. There are some that I just prefer to listen to in Japanese. Those being Cid, Aeris, Yuffie, Cait Sith, and Vincent.

I really couldn't stand Cid, Cait Sith, and Vincent's english VA's. Yuffie's was alright. Aeris's sounded to sugary.

Cloud, Tifa, Rufus, and Sephiroth had great english VA's and Barret's english voice was actually better than the original VA. Red XIII didn't talk enough so I couldn't compare his.

February 21, 2007, 3:05 AM

I watched it in English the first time through but japanese every since. It's the best language in the world and i'd like to learn it too.

February 21, 2007, 3:15 AM

In my personal opinion, often times, the English voiceovers are worse. You see, the Japanese have a different culture. In their country, voice actors are held in far higher regard than those in America. Here, where they're pretty much inconsequential and unknown, over there, the actors/ actresses have hordes of fans, products, articles and even their own face time. As such, the quality of their work is much greater than that of American actors. The effort they put in alone is much greater that of their American counterparts. There's a whole other variety of factors which contribute to the Japanese superiority over American voice acting, which we will eventually undoubtedly come to discuss in this thread.

For now, that's my two cents.

February 21, 2007, 3:27 AM

I prefer it spoken in Japanese also. Thought the only time I listen to it in English is if I'm like doing homework or cleaning and I have it on for just background noise, because I don't really watch it, I just listen.