Kill la Kill English Dub Trailer

Well folks since the first episode of Kill la Kill dubbed is being shown at Anime Expo 2014, the English trailer is out today and here it is for you to watch.

It may just be me, but I don't like it for a lot of reasons. Though they may be shallow for some. The four who I don't like in the dub are Gamagoori, Senketsu, Satsuki, and Ryuko.

Now for Gamagoori and Senketsu it is more of a fact that they're a tough act to follow. I mean we're talking about the same guys who do vocals in Tokusatsu shows. Especially Tetsu Inada (Gamagoori's voice actor). But with that said they mainly do voices for the suit actors and are never really on screen. So I feel as I'm used to these overtly raspy vastly expressive male voices which the English dub kinda fell flat on.

Toshihiko Seki voiced Momotaros in "Kamen Rider Den-O" Plays the voice of Senketsu

As for the girls; Satsuki and Ryuko, I feel the problem is they're not as deep as I thought. What was interesting about Kill la Kill for me was the tone of voice these girls spoke in. They spoke more like men than women in the show, and their tone of voice and rather deep voices expressed quite well they were more masculine representations of women then feminine.

I feel as if the acting for the dub with these four just lay flat because of it. But a dub will do what it does; more exposure and more money for Studio Trigger.

Even though I have the entire Japanese version preorded on Blu-ray I'll still buy the English version to show my support for Studio Trigger and Kill la Kill.

Sailor Moon Remaster and Streaming; Viz liscences Original Sailor Moon Anime in Completion

When you ask people about anime you always have a few titles brought up; Dragon Ball, Miyazaki movies (commonly Spirited Away or Ponyo from my experience), or the classical magical girl anime, Sailor Moon.

Well it seems that Viz Media has announced today that they've acquired the licensing rights to the entire Sailor Moon series, including all the movies and more importantly, Sailor Moon Sailor Stars. Also what is great is we're for sure getting it subbed and uncut, but also there is going to be an all new English dub as well. So let's hope that Viz picks out a good one for the dubbing.

Now along the Blu-ray/DVD portion of it I have a little blub from Anime News Network for that:

"Viz aims to release the franchise digitally with English subtitles starting this summer, followed by the English dub starting in late 2014. It also plans DVD and Blu-ray/DVD combo releases in half-season sets starting this fall."

Currently pricing for it hasn't been released but I would expect that it would be around the price of the Ranma 1/2 season box sets at their manufacture suggested retail price:$54.97 for BD/$44.82 for DVD.

As for the actual show itself, it starts Monday May 19th; streaming on Neon Alley(Viz's own streaming) and Hulu.com so hopefully you live in a country where either of those are an option or just waiting till the eventual rips come onto more popular places.

For more information please check here.