Don't forget that women often voice little boys - not just in Japan, but America as well. Goku in the original Dragon Ball and Pidge in Voltron were both originally voiced in Japanese by a woman (Masako Nozawa). Jean's voice is Noriko Hidaka (probably best known as "Akane Tendo") and I think she did a great job. The English dub gets points, though, for casting Nadia and Jean with actual children! I actually quite liked Meg Bauman (14 when she recorded the part) as Nadia.
It's quite gratifying to hear that there are people who are speaking out in favor of this dub. In my opinion, it has been one of the most underrated dub tracks I've heard in years; for a while I felt I was the only one who loved it, but I'm glad I was proved wrong. Meg, Nathan Parsons (Jean) and Margaret Cassidy (also a child, who voiced Marie) all were perfectly cast and did wonderful jobs (Jean's accent took some getting used to, but now I adore it). Show could be shorter by 12 eps, though.
@IRUKANJI That's right. I personally felt those episodes didn't belong in the show at all, period. I felt that nobody involved with them knew where they wanted to go with the story, not to mention that they were quite badly animated. What really bothered me was that the so-called "character development" felt more like derailment to me; they totally destroyed the characters and their relationships IMO. Even Hideaki Anno has said that the only episode he would've saved was the 31st.
@IRUKANJI The singing episode was not bad per say, but again, I felt it was out of place with the rest of the show. The characters were still OoC and the animation was quite bad.
Anno actually made a shorter version of this show called "The Nautilus Story", making the story tighter and getting rid of all those episodes, leaving in about 15 minutes of eps 23, 28, 30, and 31. After that it jumps to ep 35. AFAIK, that's how Gainax intended for the story to go.
@Turnajon If they cut the first island stuff with jean and nadia coming closer and of course the kiss scene, then thats a bad decision. I agree most of the island episodes were boring and too long, but this certain development between nadia and jean should have been left in. Wasnt that what we were all waiting for? "kiss her already, damn frenchman" ^^
@Rendarg The biggest problem I had with the whole Lincoln Island arc was that it felt very out of character and more like a case of random plotting. Yes, I agree that the point of that may have been for Nadia to come out of her shell and acknowledge her feelings for Jean instead of surviving on natural instinct, but too many pointless moments: the dream sequence and King's antics plus the bad animation killed it for me. Plus the handling of said development was handled very poorly IMO.
@Rendarg And what I meant by poorly is that I feel that neither Jean nor Nadia nor even Marie were acting like themselves. The whole setup felt very rushed and even offensive, not only in having hallucinogetic mushrooms and stupidity on Nadia's part being the cause, but for immediately pressing reset after the kiss. It felt like a very cruel tease instead of a genuine development on the writers' part. (continued)
(continued) In short, the Lincoln Island arc really should have been chopped down to at least one episode, because it not only dragged too long, it didn't feel like genuine advancement, but more like character derailment. Instead of having Nadia get stupid (I'm not talking about her "living with nature"), they could have just had her explaining her past to J & M, and then have the kiss without any mushrooms or dreams or tantrums involved. That would have made it so much better IMO.
@Turnajon oh haha yes the pointless dream sequence, i first thought "oh... great... he ate the mushrooms... again! o.O" but then it went on and on and on, half of the episode i think, to the point i allmost thought they take this for real, which would have taken every bit of seriousness away, and then they finally end it, pointless 10 minutes, great.
@Turnajon And those bad animations, i was really suprised when i first noticed it, the first minute i thought my video file was corrupt, they moved like they had 3 frames per second, but then i was like "ah... ok... so studio gainax ran out of money again..."
Totally agree with you on lincoln island arc being just one episode, would have been enough. There was definitly a need of a situation for J & N being on their own again, but the realization was indeed disappointing.
@Rendarg and btw, did you also wonder why in the world she tried to open tin cans with a freaking rock, right after Jean showed her on the nautilus how the blue water can even cut through metal armor o.O
@Rendarg There were SO many problems with those episodes in general; I feel that the writers really didn't know what they were doing when they wrote them. Even Hideaki Anno thought they were awful. While it IS important for Jean & Nadia's friendship to turn romantic, I personally think they should have treated it as a genuine moment, not a buildup to a nasty reset pressing moment.
faggot. Just because I said I liked Nadia in the english dubbed version doesn't mean that I like all english dubbed anime. What the hell are you talkin about? Ask questions first before you assume. And also, re-read what I said. I said: I prefer IT in their english voices. That I prefer THIS ANIME IN THEIR ENGLISH DUBBED VOICES!!!!!!!! HOW CLEARER CAN I MAKE MYSELF?!?!?! YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE WHO DIDN'T GET IT.
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nickstout513 2 months ago
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It's sad that this is the only animation in the entire series in which Nadia doesn't act like a spoiled bitch...
nilihelm 2 years ago
Don't forget that women often voice little boys - not just in Japan, but America as well. Goku in the original Dragon Ball and Pidge in Voltron were both originally voiced in Japanese by a woman (Masako Nozawa). Jean's voice is Noriko Hidaka (probably best known as "Akane Tendo") and I think she did a great job. The English dub gets points, though, for casting Nadia and Jean with actual children! I actually quite liked Meg Bauman (14 when she recorded the part) as Nadia.
Superbook4Eva 3 years ago 2
It's quite gratifying to hear that there are people who are speaking out in favor of this dub. In my opinion, it has been one of the most underrated dub tracks I've heard in years; for a while I felt I was the only one who loved it, but I'm glad I was proved wrong. Meg, Nathan Parsons (Jean) and Margaret Cassidy (also a child, who voiced Marie) all were perfectly cast and did wonderful jobs (Jean's accent took some getting used to, but now I adore it). Show could be shorter by 12 eps, though.
Turnajon 3 years ago
@Turnajon
Shorter? Are you saying you didn't enjoy the extra time spent on exploring Nadia and Jean's descent into madness on that island?
Or the MUSICAL episode???
IRUKANJI 11 months ago
@IRUKANJI That's right. I personally felt those episodes didn't belong in the show at all, period. I felt that nobody involved with them knew where they wanted to go with the story, not to mention that they were quite badly animated. What really bothered me was that the so-called "character development" felt more like derailment to me; they totally destroyed the characters and their relationships IMO. Even Hideaki Anno has said that the only episode he would've saved was the 31st.
Turnajon 11 months ago
@IRUKANJI The singing episode was not bad per say, but again, I felt it was out of place with the rest of the show. The characters were still OoC and the animation was quite bad.
Anno actually made a shorter version of this show called "The Nautilus Story", making the story tighter and getting rid of all those episodes, leaving in about 15 minutes of eps 23, 28, 30, and 31. After that it jumps to ep 35. AFAIK, that's how Gainax intended for the story to go.
Turnajon 11 months ago
@Turnajon If they cut the first island stuff with jean and nadia coming closer and of course the kiss scene, then thats a bad decision. I agree most of the island episodes were boring and too long, but this certain development between nadia and jean should have been left in. Wasnt that what we were all waiting for? "kiss her already, damn frenchman" ^^
Rendarg 4 months ago
@Rendarg The biggest problem I had with the whole Lincoln Island arc was that it felt very out of character and more like a case of random plotting. Yes, I agree that the point of that may have been for Nadia to come out of her shell and acknowledge her feelings for Jean instead of surviving on natural instinct, but too many pointless moments: the dream sequence and King's antics plus the bad animation killed it for me. Plus the handling of said development was handled very poorly IMO.
Turnajon 4 months ago
@Rendarg And what I meant by poorly is that I feel that neither Jean nor Nadia nor even Marie were acting like themselves. The whole setup felt very rushed and even offensive, not only in having hallucinogetic mushrooms and stupidity on Nadia's part being the cause, but for immediately pressing reset after the kiss. It felt like a very cruel tease instead of a genuine development on the writers' part. (continued)
Turnajon 4 months ago
(continued) In short, the Lincoln Island arc really should have been chopped down to at least one episode, because it not only dragged too long, it didn't feel like genuine advancement, but more like character derailment. Instead of having Nadia get stupid (I'm not talking about her "living with nature"), they could have just had her explaining her past to J & M, and then have the kiss without any mushrooms or dreams or tantrums involved. That would have made it so much better IMO.
Turnajon 4 months ago
@Turnajon oh haha yes the pointless dream sequence, i first thought "oh... great... he ate the mushrooms... again! o.O" but then it went on and on and on, half of the episode i think, to the point i allmost thought they take this for real, which would have taken every bit of seriousness away, and then they finally end it, pointless 10 minutes, great.
Rendarg 4 months ago
@Turnajon And those bad animations, i was really suprised when i first noticed it, the first minute i thought my video file was corrupt, they moved like they had 3 frames per second, but then i was like "ah... ok... so studio gainax ran out of money again..."
Totally agree with you on lincoln island arc being just one episode, would have been enough. There was definitly a need of a situation for J & N being on their own again, but the realization was indeed disappointing.
Rendarg 4 months ago
@Rendarg and btw, did you also wonder why in the world she tried to open tin cans with a freaking rock, right after Jean showed her on the nautilus how the blue water can even cut through metal armor o.O
Rendarg 4 months ago
@Rendarg There were SO many problems with those episodes in general; I feel that the writers really didn't know what they were doing when they wrote them. Even Hideaki Anno thought they were awful. While it IS important for Jean & Nadia's friendship to turn romantic, I personally think they should have treated it as a genuine moment, not a buildup to a nasty reset pressing moment.
Turnajon 4 months ago
OH SNAP! i'm faving these :3
michio 4 years ago 3
Dos any one know where I can wach the actual show?
DarkRebecca 4 years ago 3
you can buy the whole boxset for 60$
fazeshot 4 years ago
go to Veoh(dot)com its free
saturos13 4 years ago 2
Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!
TommyKaktus88 4 years ago
my favorite one is the one with they talk about Nadia is a bitch.
noir123 4 years ago
It was VERY cute but I prefer it in their English voices.
gorillazgurl18 5 years ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
then u shouldnt watch anime because anime is japanese.
fazeshot 4 years ago
faggot. Just because I said I liked Nadia in the english dubbed version doesn't mean that I like all english dubbed anime. What the hell are you talkin about? Ask questions first before you assume. And also, re-read what I said. I said: I prefer IT in their english voices. That I prefer THIS ANIME IN THEIR ENGLISH DUBBED VOICES!!!!!!!! HOW CLEARER CAN I MAKE MYSELF?!?!?! YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE WHO DIDN'T GET IT.
gorillazgurl18 4 years ago 3
I also prefer the english dub.
jonmabec 4 years ago 3
me too. Jean sounds like a girly girl!
Clem999 3 years ago 5