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Yes... when they dub the hentai, they have started using North American porn stars for the voices. With hentai I almost always prefer the original japanese voice actors. I haven't heard any decent dub jobs of hentai.
I don't intend to start another dub vs. sub debate with this statement. It's just that there's something really flat about the porn stars acting, in real life or when dubbing anime.
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Quote:Originally posted by Zagatto
I don't intend to start another dub vs. sub debate with this statement. It's just that there's something really flat about the porn stars acting, in real life or when dubbing anime.
I wasn't trying to start a dub vs. sub debate. I was just wondering since the pornstars do the voice acting for it. Remember, I haven't watched any hentai.
As for the porn stars acting being flat . . . I mean honestly, is anyone watching the porn for the acting? So we wouldn't really expect them to be able to act any better on voiceovers.
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I guess that's the reason that I don't really enjoy live action porn too much. I mean really, it's just flesh pressing flesh.
With hentai, I get more of a sense of emotion or actual arousal from the characters than I do with the live action stuff. It's that sense of excitement and the build up that I really enjoy.
I guess for what I want, it is important for the characters to portray a believable range of emotion for me to even begin to be attached. Even if the situation is outrageous, a well done job of acting (voice or live) is what I really want.
Going back to classic porn like Behind the Green Door and Deepthroat, there was a sense of eroticism. It wasn't just a few people on stage going through the motion of having sex. There was a decent premise to involve the viewer that I find absent from modern live action porn.
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Hentai is great, though i dont own any anime
but i have load of hentai pics of anime character i find alluring!
Rav = anime pervert
yay etchi/hentai action
oh and nice bit of almost psycholgical (v.subtle) debating on this thread
Theres the...
Wrong way
the...
Right way
then the...
Rav way!
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I've been trying to keep my discussion away from the whole sub vs. dub thing by focusing on what it is that I like about voice acting regardless of the language.
I hope I've been doing a good enough job of that.
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Quote:Originally posted by Zagatto
I've been trying to keep my discussion away from the whole sub vs. dub thing by focusing on what it is that I like about voice acting regardless of the language.
I hope I've been doing a good enough job of that.
I'd be the 1st one to defend dubs if you were bashing dubs. so you weren't. But in this case, even I wouldn't defend them. Bash away for all I care. No way am I gonna sit here and defend Janine or Asia Carrerras voice acting skills.
If you were to start criticising Hilary Haag, then we might have a problem on our hands.
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I can dig it at times, but most of the time the dubbing is so poor i don't get much from it. I went through a phase of hentai, but it doesn't interest me anymore. On another note: Anybody ever actually watch an entire episode of Black Bible? It was really humorous.
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Well gee, looks like I'm the pervert in this group... laugh... and yes Vicious, there was plenty of sex in Kite, uncensored, btw... and the ending sucked.. other than that, it was a good anime...
I guess I am the other big perv in this group. I have
Kite
Legend of the Overfiend
La Blue Girl (all)
Cool Devices (all)
Pia Carrot I and II
Akia Perfect Collection
Legend of Lemnear
Rayon
plus lots of fanservice types.
Hand Maid May
Mahoromatic
Amazing Nurse Nanako
Max...
maxwelledison....
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