Evangelion 1.11 DUB Comparison - Misato Driving (Amazon Vs. Funimation)

Just a video showing how different the dialog is between these dubs.

[ShockinglyBleh]

Misato sounds like she smokes packs daily on the Amazon dub lol.

[willpoweramv]

It's annoying how this series has so many different dubs.

[rolandkatsuragi]

It feels like they're working off of a very literal script with how formal the dialogue is in Jeffery's version.

[MirandaAndUh]

Lots wrong with the Amazon dub. You can tell these were all recorded in a rush and they work with an almost entirely literal script unless the timing becomes an issue. The recordings seem to've been done remotely with a lot of the VA's sitting down while recording, which throws off their tone and cadence; they're much less physical performances.

They also seem to be single takes due to the amount they had to cover and were trying to get it done in as few sessions as possible, which creates dispassionate performances no matter how passionate the actor is (even Tiffany Grant is under-served by this!). The direction is also an issue along with the script and pacing; I feel like the actors didn't have access to the actual footage available to them for reference, which is an old anime dubbing issue and is by no means professional standard for the industry today. The recording quality also suffers from what I'm almost certain is remote recording, combined with almost no attempt to mix the dialogue with the preexisting soundscape, making the dialogue tracks way too prominent in the mix; again a tragic case of a rushed production.

The worst, however, is that there are multiple issues with the actual editing of the audio that have gone entirely unfixed, proving that nobody watched these from start to finish to quality check it over in earnest. In 3.0+1.0, there are occassions of characters' mouthflaps being woefully mis-timed and even issues where they'll play two recordings of the same line back to back because the editor didn't assemble them on the timeline properly/selected the wrong take files. Just brutal stuff.

These actors deserve better, as does Evangelion in general. This isn't something you just half-ass. My greatest hope is that Funimation secures the rights for physical distribution of 3.0+1.0 and can complete the saga with the cast they originally assembled.

[JryMack]

Funimations version is way smoother and more believable

[TimeTellsNoLies]

Spike Spencer sounds strange, as he did in the Funimation version, when talking normally, but good God almighty, I feel so bad for Allison Keith.

[RabidSonicFan]

Putting aside that Funimation's dialogue is just a lot more natural, Allison just sounds too old to do the voice now. I can see it working in the 3rd and 4th movies, though, what with there being a 14 year time skip.

[guts]

I didn’t watch the new dub for 1.0, 2.0 or 3.0 but just watching this clip it sounds a lot more awkward compared to the funimation dub which sounds more natural. I think it has to do with a few factors, these voice actors are getting old, the translation is way to literal and the director is doing a bad job at directing the voice actors. However, the dub for 3.0+1.0 was actually pretty good and didn’t have the same awkwardness of the new dubs for the previous movies for some reason.

[akiraevangelionultimateali]

Misato sounds like she smokes in the Amazon, but that’s pretty in-line with her character

[r.babylon]

I thought there was something off. I figured I was imagining the dubs being different. G;ad I have the hard copies.

[amtrak_]

The Funimation dub made this so much better

[GNprime]

That is insane how bad the Amazon dub version is! I honestly now attribute the Funimation dubbing to how much I love Misato! I am not too sure I would have been so head over heels if she sounded like an 80 year old chain smoker this whole time.

[sheena]

The Amazon Misato voice actor sounds like she smokes a whole pack of cigarettes a day.

[SnowWolfAlpha]

Funimation's dialogue flows better, but other than that it's basically the same. If we have to put up with an awkward script at least we have the familiar voices to get us through it.

[dastanovich]

Biggest pro of the Amazon dub:

- More faithful script

Biggest con of the Amazon dub:

- It's been a long time since these VAs voiced their respective characters, so unfortunately Allison just doesn't sound that good as Misato as she did in the FUNi dubs

[PokemonBoy-dejd]

Man I wish Funimation didn’t loose their minds and they probably would have gotten 3.0+1.01 because I watched the film today and while I was glad they brought the original cast back some voices were really bad.

[kingofthegundam]

100% accuracy is not the be all and end all of a dub. You need to actually adapt the script so it sounds right in another language, because otherwise you get the Evangelion Amazon Prime dub, where any and all emotion is mangled by overly wordy, awkward and stilted dialogue that reads like an amateur high school essay rather than something human beings would actually say.

[Trapzei]

I didn't even know there was a funimation dub, glad I found this video

[cwooddirector]

I thought something seemed off when I started the Amazon version. I had no idea they redubbed the movies. Guess I'll have to pop in my Blu-Ray copy of 1.11. Hopefully the other movies aren't as awkward as I only have the Blu-Ray for 1.11 and not the other two that apparently got a new dub. Also it's weird going back to the old voices after watching the Netflix dub.

[Victor]

"That big thing back there is a mysterious enemy creature we call an Angel" makes it sounds like Misato is explaining what an Angel is to a ten-year-old. Compared to "That thing we saw back there was a lifeform known as an Angel"