Message-ID: <42CCDB0E.8080201@ix.netcom.com> Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2005 00:34:38 -0700 From: Alan Zabaro To: tenchi@usagi.org References: <6.2.0.14.2.20050705004736.02c69050@capcorphq.com> In-Reply-To: <6.2.0.14.2.20050705004736.02c69050@capcorphq.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Subject: [tenchi:105959] Re: US version of Tenchi OVA 3 out today Reply-To: tenchi@ml.usagi.org ML-Count: 105959 Precedence: bulk Dr. Briefs wrote: > Well, this is it.. Today is the day that Funimation releases the first > volume of the third Tenchi OVA series. It contains three episodes, and > uses the same front cover art as the Japanese version--the one with > Ryouko on a white background. Also, the cover is reversible, and features the volume 2 and 3 artwork on the inside (Aeka and Sasami). No inserts to speak of, just a Funimation ad. Regarding the dub (and trying to avoid spoilers) - mostly we have the same dub cast we've had on releases just prior to GXP. We already knew that Petrea Burchard wouldn't be back - she's replaced by Mona Marshall, who one Funimation staffer apparently felt was hard to distinguish from Petrea's Ryoko (I have to disagree with this - I don't think she's bad as Ryoko, but she's definitely a change). I think we already knew that Mihoshi would be played by Rebecca Forstadt, and Katsuhito and Nobuyuki by Bob Pappenbrook. At first, I thought that Matt Miller had been replaced as well, but he is back as Tenchi...he just sounds less like Kermit. Now, here's the question: since the new OVA includes flashbacks to the previous OVAs, how do they handle changes in dub voices? As it turns out, they've redubbed (and retranslated) those scenes. > On a somewhat related note, I snapped some pics at AX2005, mostly of > cosplayers. Those of you interested in seeing them can take a look at > http://gblahg.blogspot.com/2005/07/anime-expo.html I'm pretty sure the bike-riding one was Kos-Mos from Xenosaga. I suspect that all the blue-haired cosplayers in that area were portraying variants of Kos-Mos but I could be wrong (I know almost nothing about Xenosaga). One of them had a vulcan cannon type of prop with barrels that actually rotated (albeit slowly). Alan Zabaro