Comparing Every Sailor Moon Dub | Dic VS Viz VS Cloverway セーラームーン
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- Опубликовано: 7 ноя 2020
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Sailor Moon in North America has had it's ups and downs. This review will cover what I think about the DIC, VIZ, and Cloverway versions and their voice actors. Got a fave? Let me know in the comments!
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for some reason luna's old birtish lady voice is like the most nostalgic voice to me from the old dub's
I like how she had that irritating tone whenever she was upset. The British accent added some variety to the dub.
Mine is just a woman holding their nose while voice acting
Same! All the other voices in all the other dubs I can force myself to get used to, but Luna as thus wise old woman is something I can’t unlearn or detach from. She was just so…. Perfect.
I remember someone else saying this, and I agree a lot, the person said that they preferred DIC Luna's voice because she sounded like an old mentor for Usagi rather than a "classmate."
I didn't grow up with any dub, I only read the manga
Linda Ballantine made Serena sound like a yoddling chihuahua a lot of the time, the sad thing is when she calmed down she could be fine in the role like when she had serious moments. Having to put on a weird voice for comedy purposes drove me nuts.
Yodeling Chihuahua is the best description I've ever heard.
She tried and got better over time, but she will never by our Terri Hawkes!!
Cloverway Usagi was the worst and most memorable voice i can recall to this day. How did she yell in that warbled way? YaayaaahhhaaAAHhaaAHhAhhah Tuxedo Mask!
The thing is, she was horrible at the beginning of each season (3 & 4), but as each season progressed towards their end, she did get much better and more tolerable. See if you can find a clip of her as Neo Queen Serenity in the last episode of Season 4. That was good.
Cloverway's dub had practically no real direction. From what I've heard, Linda Ballintyne has shown in various cons she is capable of doing a decent Sailor Moon.
I've always mantained Cloverway Usagi sounds like a 40 yearold chainsmoker (at times). She's the Usagi that sounds the most obviously like an older woman trying to sound like a 14 yearold.
I feel that she still sounded more natural than the Viz dub
Lol my sis and I used to mimic it because we thought of it as the high point of watching the show at the time
Talking about how "Molly" provided a lot of the charm that comes with the Dic dub, I will say that actress did her absolute best work during the Nephrite death scene. It's been some twenty years later and that scream she makes still gives me shivers to think about. It blows the original Japanese version of that scene out of the water.
100% agree!!! I loved the dic version! All the other versions just sucked to me after that and I lost interest in the show 😭
Had to check out the scene after reading this, and I was very pleasantly surprised with how good her work was in that scene.
Nephlite* DiC Dub remember lol
Well, I remember that scene, and I don't see anything that hilarious about it. In the original Japanese version I could feel how sad and heartbroken Naru was, without her screaming at all. And, (get ready to hype), actress who portrayed Naru in VIZ dub totally nailed showing the same sadness and grief.
@@stalinsolano3807of course, the other versions are too mature and inappropriate for little kids😆
The thing with the original dub that I find stands out more, is that you can at least tell everyone apart. Whether you find their voices awesome or annoying, they are all unique voices and had you closed your eyes and listen to them, you can tell who's who. It takes awhile to do that with the VIZ dub.
Agreed! Plus DiC had their transformations and attacks feel serious! Their magic made it feel like you had their powers too...even if it was for a while...
The ONLY Problem The DiC Dub Had Was Censorship
Really because I feel as if it was the other way around. Everyone with the exception of Usagi/Serena sounds like gender fluid tweens. The girls in Viz all have voices that match their look. I feel like there is a huge bias for people who try really hard to claim the DiC version is the best.
@@AnotherOpinion695 almost every line of the Viz dub sounded forced. For example, the “VENUS STAR POWER MAKE UP!” Part. The viz sounded like any other dub in 2020. Meanwhile, Dic felt a lot more powerful. Though the voices weren’t as fitting as their age, they still did a fantastic job. Not to mention, the dic dub music too. It was more fitting. In the Japanese dub, literally someone would say “YOU KILLED MY FRIENDS!! I WILL NEVER FORGIVE YOU!!” with soothing violin and piano music with backup vocals saying “sera mun..”. The DIC dub would basically be powerful music that tells you that a fight will take action. The dic dub would literally get hate just for the censorship..
Personally, I can't tell Raye and Mina apart from the from the old dub, and it doesn't help that the same actress voiced both at different points. Also, some voices are very grating and barely tolerable to me. Maybe it's because I'm familiar with a lot of dub VA's so I can tell the characters apart.
Tracey Moore, for me, was the best English voice of Usagi. She had amazing range, a convincing teenaged voice, and good acting chops. Wish she had been able to stay on for the duration.
Terri Hawkes will always be MY Usagi. God I cried my eyes out at the moment when she cried in the phone booth. I was so excited when I heard her in Bee and Puppycat
For some reason I feel like Terri Hawkes will never be Usagi for me. She's Serena, period.
yes!!! I heard her voice in bee and puppycat and immediately raced to search up the cast because I was 100% sure it was her. Made me so happy
Well now I'll have to watch it
I am not seeing any Robbie Daymond praise in these comments and that is a CRIME! I will admit that he took a bit of time to grow on me but now he’s easily my favourite. So many actors try to make Mamoru a cool guy. But I love that Robbie fully encapsulates the “I’m a huge dork who really loves my girlfriend.” I also want to appreciate how much softer he made Mamoru in season one. Mamoru really is kind of a jerk in season one but something about robbie’s portrayal makes him less one dimensional and a lot more interesting.
I love Robbie's voice as Tuxedo Mask too. I also really love how much Robbie seems to love the character. When he talks about the role and series, you definitely get a sense that he appreciates that Mamoru has depth and is a good role model and that he likes the show and the fandom.
Robbie Daymond is best dub Mamoru. I loved the way he played him.
Sailor Moon is how I'm getting through this pandemic
This comment is 2020 vibes.
Same here, it’s like a feel good relief anime to watch during these times
Same! I've been binge watching and it's distracting me from how bad the world is right now. :3
I finished it all in 2 months. Stayed up until past two in the morning watching it...
It was the best thing ever and it will forever be the number one thing in my life. If you hate anime, especially Sailor Moon, I hate you :)
jk
same
Give the DiC dub this. Everyone sounds like they’re having fun. Even when the material is pretty silly sometimes, they’re still doing their best to make it sound genuine. The Cloverway dub sounds like almost everyone is recording it while half asleep. Especially Sailor Uranus.
I have such a special place in my heart for the original DiC dubs. Everyone’s voice was so memorable.
Terri Hawkes as Sailor Moon might be my favorite anime dub performance of all time. I still laugh when I see those old episodes.
Yesssss she was the best! So sad they replaced her :(
She sounds so awkward and bad in the clip here...
Where can you find the old episodes? I’m trying to introduce my daughter to the DiC dub versions
@@olandomartinez5231 there's a profile on Esty that makes and sells the DVDs. They are pricey but worth it.
@@zekegonzalez1845 What’s the profile?
Terri Hawkes will always be the Serena I remember. She gave her emotion, strength, and personality
The Viz dub is my favorite because it's mostly faithful to the original Japanese version, but the Dic and Cloverway dubs have a special place in my heart. I still remember laying on the floor at my babysitter's house early in the morning, before the sun was even up, watching Sailor Moon.
Literally couldn't watch past the first episode of the viz dub. As soon as Usagi/Serena says Luna has a bald spot instead of a crescent moon on her head, I was DONE 💀
Terri Hawkes was my favorite sailor moon! I’m glad they used her voice in all the movies. I actually liked ami’s voice (Karen Bernstein) for some reason lol. Hopefully you can do a review on the movies I just love the hearts in ice because all the scouts together.
Same! I think her voice has the most emotion 🖤
Terri Hawkes is my fav
Terri Hawkes will always be Serena, nobody can top her.
For me she is Sailor Moon.
Her princess voice for Serena was incredible and always gives me chills! Sorry, but she is definitely my favorite Sailor Moon! Stephanie Shea is passable in the Viz Media dub, but she should have made her voice sound more regal when Usagi was Princess Serenity. One thing I'll say for the Vis Media version is ... at least everyone's voices stayed the same throughout the entirety of the series!
I really liked the voice of Terri Hawkes as Serina in the original DIC dub because I thought she added a lot of emotion and power to Usagi. I remember crying so much at the scenes with her and Darien (Mamoru) when they broke up in the show. She really had an ability to make me believe and feel what the character was feeling. While I really like the VIZ dub because it is more accurate to the original Japanese I will always be nostalgic for the original English dub. For some reason those scenes didn't have the same emotional impact on me when I watched them again in the VIZ dub. However, I think the music score is a big thing in driving emotion into a scene and I would argue that DIC had an amazing sound track; I wish it would be released as a remaster. I would love to see you talk about the DIC music and maybe compare it to the original sound track.
I agree! Terri Hawkes was the best. Andi there were so many times the show made me cry. I LOVE the scene where darien dumps her, and she's crying in the phone booth. Ugh. So good!
Yes yes and yes! It's all about the emotional connection for me as well. Thanks for the great idea, I think I would enjoy talking about the DIC music!
The phone booth KILLS ME!
Yes! I think Terri did some absolutely wonderful acting in the role. She could bounce between funnily clumsy and terjerkingly dramatic. A underrated example is in the S movie when she finds Luna, heartbroken, spying on Kekeru and she comforts Luna for a change. She brought on a very mature, compassionate demeanor in that scene
Terri is forever my favorite english Usagi voice, her emotional delivery brought me to tears so much as a child.
I love Stephanie Beard as Chibiusa/Rini she pretty much sounds exactly like her Japanese voice tone wise which I appreciate.
Same
Me too but the voice actor I actually liked the best is Sandy Fox who played as her in the viz redub. I don’t know how she pulled this off voicing as a little girl, it was so perfect.
I think my experience with her was flavored by watching Sailor Moon on YTV hosted by Stephanie "Sugar" Beard and I'd watched plenty o f YTV and I had never been fond of her voice and I just knew her as Sugar, she was not Rini to me.
She sounds so... Seducing, for a child. But the dialogue they gave her is so disturbing in the Cloverway Dub.
*Judging a dub VA by how close they sound to the Japanese counterpart is generally a poor way of judging them, but yes, Stephanie Beard was good, as was Tracey Hoyt.*
I really like Stephanie Sheh as Usagi, she had that clumsy, crybaby, teenager voice. And I like that from her, and I admit, sometimes her voice was annoying, but only sometimes. Mostly on the screams. But she's really good! Plus, we get Stars dubbed so yeaaaaaahhhh.
I agree ☝️ I love Stephanie sheh voice it’s what I grew up 👂 hearing for the English dub and it’s a addiction
The circumstances behind the Cloverway dub are WILD. I can't imagine any dub being produced like that sounding decent. Linda Ballantyne has been a really good sport about the reception to her performance, and has been openly critical of how she was handled herself: she was sick when she auditioned, which made her voice higher, and was told to do that voice even though it was impossible after she got better, AND she was initially supposed to imitate Terri Hawkes.
I had the same issue with the new dub I felt like everyone sounded too similar lol the 90s dub isn't perfect but at least everyone had personality in their voices.
also love fushigi yuugi too! my friend in middle school was obsessed with it and then we got into all of yuu watases stuff lol
*Yes, a problem with the VIZ voices is, if you close your eyes, you couldn't tell whose voice was whose, but the DIC voices were distinct.*
Yess periodt
I grew up with the Spanish dub and the only voices that sound similar to me in English are Rei and Luna, the rest have their unique tone, especially Makoto and Minako, they sound perfect on the Viz dub.
DiC dub were the best voices !!
Stephanie bard as chibiusa makes me laugh. Years back, there was a meme on a page called “you’re the man now dawg” where it repeated a pink gif of a little girl. Over the top it ran a track of Stephanie singing “suga baby, the real suga baby” a parody of “the real slim shady” it makes chibiusa sound like a pimpin rapper! 🤣 I can’t find the original file but I can definitely find the song!
OMG I used to love WTMND.
omg, i remember that. it had slipped my mind. i need to go listen to that. i think she was a host on YTV at one point too.
Dic dub is my favorite voice cast wise. The voices were more distinct and the over-the-top acting in some scenes of the dub is something that the Viz dub lacks. Viz dub has the characters sound the same and sometimes the acting can be dry. I’ll give it credit for being close to the original, but voice cast wise I wish the characters in the Viz dub sounded more distinct than sounding like typical English dub characters.
👏🏾THIS! My feelings exactly
Feelings mutual.
I lost interest when dic stopped dubbing because the transformation songs along with their voices were just not the same
Agree! The viz voices all sound the same, high pitched and annoying. Also it sounds like they are reading of a page. If it sounds dubbed then that's a fail. The dic dub was so natural sounding with distinct voices, I would not guess it was dubbed if I didn’t know any better.
I totally disagree, I grew up with the Spanish dub, so I don't have any nostalgia for English dubs, but when I heard both, the Viz dub was the best for me. The Dic dub is too cartoony and corny, the voices are so different from the original.
I'm actually a fan of the viz dub myself. I really liked Sailor Uranus' voice actress and I think they did an amazing job with the Sailor Starlights. And I love Johnny Yong Bosch as Artemis. I think a lot people's issue with the viz dub is that it's pretty much the standard as far as dubs go if that makes sense. I think people were just expecting a lot more out of it. But i found it perfectly serviceable and I appreciate how it wrote all the wrongs of older dubs. Now if only they would give Cardcaptor Sakura the same treatment lol.
Funimation currently has Cardcaptor Sakura after NIS America's license lapsed. I doubt they'll re-dub it, like using the same cast as Clear Card.
What about shepine sheglam
If I’m honest, I think a lot of the hatred towards the old dub is just biased and unfounded. DiC and Cloverway had to dub a very controversial anime for a North American audience that would have to pass the FCC to air on television. And DiC worked their butts off on Sailor Moon and don’t get enough credit for that. The songs and background music DiC created for their dub forever live in my heart as the best of Sailor Moon and the voice actors were absolutely amazing in the DiC dub for Terri Hawkes will forever be Sailor Moon. I remember watching an interview where she said she took actually food and ate it to record some of her lines when Usagi/Serena was eating and I find that to be true dedication to the character that she did that and she was absolutely the best. As for the rest, the DiC cast was Sailor Moon and her friends, even Jill. People can hate on British Luna but I loved her and I bought it and honestly, I find Jill’s Luna to be a better mentor for Usagi/Serena then a cat her own age (as I’m pretty sure if I remember correctly Luna is technically in “teenage years” as a cat if there is such a thing) and for her to nag Usagi when she’s not much older I just don’t buy as I do Jill’s Luna. But that’s me. I will forever be a fan of the DiC dub as it was my childhood and I praise them for all the work they did to make it suitable to pass the FCC so it could air.
Love our DiC dub, Terri Hawkes, Karen Bernstein, Stephanie Morgenstern, Katie Griffin, Susan Roman!!!
Yes, SuperS is r*pey and weird... but since I watched it all the way through for the first time as an adult, that honestly came off as *the whole point* to me. The villains are predators who use numerous tactics to lure in r*pe victims, such that the episodes all serve as warning stories on how to spot (so as to avoid) real-life predators. Maybe the way it was portrayed was bit heavy-handed and uncomfortable to watch... but doesn't that just make it a more effective message for children?
viz dub is definitely my favorite but i did enjoy some of the voices in the dic dub, tracey moore was definitely my favorite usagi regardless
I understand why Viz went the direction it did because it seemed at the time that the majority of the community just lambasted the original dub on the internet. Now it seems that the nostalgia of the original dub is tainting a lot of people’s views of the original.
Tracy Moore was the best usagi IMO because she was the most natural sounding. But Stephanie puts on a gods performance, I also really really like the viz voice for Venus, I think it fits her perfectly
Terri is my fav. Thats the American voice that stuck with me forever Stephanie is good but at times her voice seems very much one toned and only puts out 1 emotion.
She fits Hinata lol.
The voice actors are Canadian
I love the Viz dub. I do prefer Rini’s voice in The Dic voice tho!
Same
I feel like Viz did an amazing job with the voice cast and script whilst also keeping the iconic soundtrack from the original Japanese dub. One thing that I really appreciate from Viz is the addition of some minor script changes (wherever it came off redundant to repeat what was said) such as when Usagi and Rei first meet Eudial. In the Japanese dub usagi says " Witches 5? " and Rei says " Eudial? " However, in the Viz version Rei says " Never heard of them " with an inflection that works really well at giving more depth to her character and makes me wonder just what else they've changed. I still appreciate the dic/cwi dubs too and completely agree that we all should love whichever dub and respect other people's opinions. 😊
Literally couldn't watch past the first episode of the viz dub. As soon as Usagi/Serena says Luna has a bald spot instead of a crescent moon on her head, I was DONE 💀
I would spend a grand to buy the whole dic and cloverway collection of sailor moon. I appreciate that Viz stayed a lot truer to the series than DiC and cloverway, but I much much much much more prefer the voice actors of DiC and cloverway.
Maybe it’s because I grew up as them, but the VA’s hold such a special place in my heart. Especially Sugar as chibiusa. Literally outstanding
One of the reasons the Cloverway dub sounds so bad is because the voice director (who was the line producer during the DiC days) apparently hated doing multiple takes because time=money. The voice of Melvin who voice directed most of the DiC dub said she physically squirmed when Tracey Moore (first Serena and the voice director for like the first 10 episodes) kept wanting the voice actors to do multiple takes to get it right
I’m glad to hear you loved Stephanie Morgenstern as the original Venus dub! I love Cherami Leigh’s portrayal too, but Stephanie has always been my favorite.
I'll say on the Linda Ballantyne front, I think she was dealt a really bad hand. She had to do a Terri Hawkes impression on top of acting, and it sounds like she's really straining her voice early on in S to do both. Even as a kid I noticed that. But eventually I think she got a handle on it, and she does a great job by the finale of S. Does she sound like a teenager when that happens? No. But she does get to a point where she sounds natural and loses the strain, which I really enjoyed once it happened. She got to focus on the acting, so the funny scenes were funny and the dramatic scenes were dramatic, as long as you don't think about whether she sounds 15 or not. And since most kid characters in cartoons don't actually sound like kids to me, I was able to enjoy her when she got to that point. But I will always have a special nostalgia for the way Terri Hawkes did hero speeches above Linda, maybe because Terri got to voice Sailor Moon in the 3 movies and the stakes were higher there than a typical episode. And side note, you rightfully mentioned how amazing the song "Carry On" was. You should check out Cristina Vee's (no H, btw) RUclips channel, she just did a cover of that song and it's absolutely wonderful!
Omg! So sorry about the typo. I totally understand what you mean here :) And yes I really enjoyed that new cover she did!
Your opinions are pretty spot on!
I feel like one thing the old dub doesn’t get enough credit for is the casting for the villains. IMO, they almost always sound unique and properly cast (for the most part) and are some of my favorite.
Cloverway dub may not have not gone for accuracy all the time when choosing voice actors but their picks for villains in S and SuperS were memorable to me. An example for me would be Mistress 9. She definitely had more raspy and witch-like voice in the dub, not at all like her Japanese counterpart, but her voice always kind of haunted me as a kid. Maybe it’s my bias, but Christine Cabanos performance really fell flat for me...
Thanks so much, MetalAluminum. I have to go back and listen to Mistress 9! I did really enjoy Professor Tomoe's VA as well but it's almost HARD to do a bad Tomoe I think, they're been great so far.
Do you remember some of the villain's sassy comebacks? I immediately think of a few I'd love to use IRL!
@@SailorTortilla Ron Rubin also voice Morph in the X-men the animated series as a matter of fact most of the Sailor Moon cast are from the X-men.
...I thought the villains just sound stupid in the old English dub...
There is no such thing as a spot on opinion... did you go to school?
@@chiakinanami4170 I’d much prefer “stupid” sounding voices than the remarkably uninspired and boring voices of the Viz dub LOL but go off...
I would LOVE part 2 of this! Honestly I was hoping for deep dives into the remaining dubs too (Outer senshi, Villains, Melvin, etc.)
I'll be doing my best to get part 2 out at a reasonable amount of time this time hahaha.
@@SailorTortilla Awesome! :)
I love how early dubs decided anyone with an Osaka accent needed to have some kind of regional American accent but couldn't agree if it was Brooklyn, Jersey, Boston, or the Southeast.
I like the regional accents. Made it more interesting and was a close to how the original Japanese wanted it.
I originally loved the Dic version, but honestly, i like the Viz version better. The voices really don’t bother me and i love that the viz version is a direct translation from the Japanese version and with the uncut version it’s kinda like watching a new anime. In my opinion the Japanese version is best but when I’m lazy to read subtitles, viz is my go to
Gosh the songs in Dic gosh feels nostalgic
The DiC and Cloverway dub is as "perfect" as the standards and practices would let them. Remember that we are stuck up on "cartoons are for kids". And we kinda care for what they see and don't care at the same time because "it's for the kids".
Ok. I agree, Cloverway was like "it's for kids, so who cares"...
I think if you're doing a censored dub you either have to go all in like DiC or a Samurai Pizza Cats or not do it at all. Since they dubbed it for dual audio DVD with TV airings in mind you had all this stuff they were trying to over compensate for in script, terrrrrrrrrrrrrribly, because they couldn't take care of it in editing like Chibi-Usa and that pervert child. That's probably what hurt that run the most IMO.
@@someguy3583 The pervert child is Shin from Crayon Shin-Chan. The idea was that both shows are from the same studio and started at the same time, so they decided to have a special event to celebrate the 100 episode of each show. Sailor Moon's part was that camilo (and yes Shin does an "elephant impersonate" in his own show). For Shin-Chan's part, they did a parody of Sailor Moon.
Could Cloverway get away from cutting that part? Yes. Did they? No, because why when it is not necessary to do so. Standards And Practices is different between Broadcast and Cable. At the time the show was being done for Cable.
Besides, now days Standards And Practices for Broadcast and Cable are mostly the same.
Cloverway kept the general plots the same and was pretty accurate. If not for the "cousins" nonsense their dub would actually hold up as a very accurate one storywise. By comparison, DiC pointlessly cut apart episodes and removed episodes and botched the ending to the first season.
Linda Ballantyne absolutely slaughtered Serena/Usagi, honestly made seasons 3/4 so hard to watch. I love the Viz dub so much. Robbie Daymond - Flawless. I think the other voice actors are all spot on too. DiC dub will always hold a special place in my heart for nostalgia, but again they changed the voice actors so many times that it made it hard to form any real attachment to any particular voice actor.
NOTE: On the viz dub of Mamoru I put Cloverway again. Robbie is from Viz!
Funny story, but when I learned that Sailor Moon was getting a new dub, I remember immediately thinking that Lucy from Fairy Tail would be AMAZINGLY perfect for Minako, since she's my fav character, and for Robbie, I was watching a cartoon on YTV called Breadwinners and loved his voice, thinking he'd be a really nice fit for Mamoru! I was definitely shocked and super excited when I learned they were actually cast!
Btw, I really do love the Dic dub, especially since it comes from Canada, but when I learned about all the censorship and cuts they did, it really broke my heart, so the Viz dub let me enjoy a whole new anime in English! With all the episodes! Nothing cut! I really do like all the new voices and yes Mars and Luna can get confusing sometimes, but I've learned to hear the differences, so it's fine. I do like Stephanie a lot, but sometimes when she screams her signature season attack, I tend to skip forward since it can be a bit much XD
I feel like in the early episodes she was a good fit but as the character grew having a more mature tone would have suited her better. Even Susan Roman adapted so go with the journey of the character.
When I think of the Sailor Moon dub, I always think of Terri Hawks as Sailor Moon. There is no competition.
Regardless of what version you watch it in, sailor moon is pure magic
I personally prefer the Viz dub, which probably has a lot to do with truly getting into Sailor Moon as an adult who doesn't like the culture scrubbing practices of the 90's, but I completely understand why people love the old dub.
Yeah. I hated the 90's culture scrubbing practices which really pissed me off. What are the 90's culture scrubbing practices you are talking about? Let me guess, heavy censorship and social norms localization. People must have been misunderstood and didn't know much about anime when it was first localized in America and they censored it so hard just because we couldn't understand Japanese culture at the time.
Viz: sailor is a teen.
Dic: sailor is a middle aged woman.
I love Veronica Taylor as Setsuna! I think she perfectly encapsulates Setsuna’s mature attitude and how she’s the older, wiser guardian
I had no idea the voice actress for Mars was replaced in the DiC dub, they sound almost identical. That being said, I will only watch the DiC dub and it is 💯 because of nostalgia and I’m not even afraid to admit it. In fact, I think the only reason I like the show in general is because of nostalgia. I tried watching the Viz dub, as well as Sailor Moon Crystal, and once you take away the voice actors and the music the nostalgia just isn’t there for me and neither is my interest. Idk, probably sounds like heresy to the fans lmao but I’m just being honest.
Dic dub is definitely a nostalgia thing. I mean it even had an english version of the op that gets ingrained into a 4th/5th graders head. To the point where no matter how often I hear the original its always"fighting evil by moonlight" in my head xD. The music they used in the last episode in the first season was just amazing as well.
I would say Dic has the best dub. First reason is how they made the music their original and these scores unexpectedly fit so well and memorable. Some of them r better than the Japanese original anime (like the inner senshi transformation theme). So that dub alone has its own originality and individuality as a plus
As an international fan who watched SM when i was just a kid, DiC Dub improved my English vastly and i learned a lot from DiC Dub. Idk if it is intentional, but still kudos to that. There are something about their pronunciation and expression of language that felt natural (not all the time tho). And i like how they speak very slowly without being awkward. I had almost no trouble catching up with their conversation pace.
Cloverway, well...i don't have lots of complaints. Everyone is ok except Usagi. The voice actress of Usagi was terrible and idk how she got the job...
Dic dub is more entertaining in my opinion. You get alot of unintentional comedy and some great voice acting from the girls. Viz is just the same anime voices you've heard a million times in other dubs. The actress for Zoisite really made that character fun so it didn't bother me it was supposed to be a guy.
I didnt realize there was multiple dubs, so started watching it again and everyones voices were wrong and started looking it up to find this, so thanks for making this, really helped me to learn XD
Glad I could help!
Usagi not being irritating is really what determines it for me, that and my desire for things to be consistent. Those two things end up making the Viz dub the most desirable. It has the least mistakes, it has the least unforgivable cuts, and it doesn’t make me gag every time Sailor Moon opens her mouth in the last seasons. And I grew up with the original version!
My fave dub voice actor for Serena was Tracey Moore. Seemed like the voice fit her the best. I completely agree about Linda Ballantyne tho. Part 2 please!
I was not a fan of Usagi in the Viz dub at first, but as she grew as a character, I grew to love her. In season two, Stephanie has some comedic moments with food that made me laugh out loud not to mention her annoyed "FINE" that just sounded so much like an eye roll when she was facing off against Rubeus in the space ship. She had the right kind of softness when she needed to, and her comedic moments were great, though I will always love Terri as Usagi for nostalgic reasons. I also really enjoyed Amanda Miller as Mako- she was always my favourite character so I was happy to hear her sound tough and confident in the Viz dub. And totally agree about DIC Molly. The DIC dub had so much personality.
Linda Ballantyne is definitely my least favorite Usagi/Serena. I don't hate her personally or anything I just think she missed the mark. I grew up on the DiC dub but I really can't enjoy it like I did when I was kid. I really love the Viz dub. I think Stephanie Sheh nailed the part and I felt the quality of voice acting was way more consistent. I'm not in the business of hating on others for enjoying the first dub. I always let people enjoy what they enjoy. It's just not my favorite.
Your opinions were definitely more reasonable, especially with the Viz dub, but I personally enjoyed the Viz dub of Sailor Moon over the original.
I feel like Stephanie Sheh does a really good job at portraying Usagi as a big crybaby teenager who cares about her friends and those she loves, because that's who Usagi always has been for most of the times we've seen her in the show.
Robbie Daymond, oh yeah, it's all coming together with him as Mamoru. -insert Kronk meme here-
I agree with you on Christina Vee and Michelle Ruff for their portrayals as Rei and Luna, even now when I know there are two distinctly different voice actresses voicing both characters, I still can't help but think they sound so much alike.They both do a great job in their roles, I feel like Christina gives Rei a very regal yet haughty vibe to her, which works well considering Rei's personality overall.
Whereas I love Michelle as Luna, granted I love Michelle as a voice actress in general since she's voiced some of my favorite characters but still. She really sells to me that Luna, despite how put together she seems with her mission, is still trying to figure her own shit out too, which I appreciate. But again, her and Christina sound freaking similar that it's hard to tell them apart at times.
Cherami Leigh, also another voice actress whose work I've enjoyed but she really does a good job as Venus. Venus has always kind of given me that silly but well meaning big sister vibe and I feel like she captured that feeling really well. 10/10.
Oh gosh, I've already forgotten who any of Ami's voice actresses are. But her Viz dub does a good job at portraying her as a quiet and shy girl, possibly a bit too well because I can't even remember her voice actresses name so oops.
Last of the Outer Senshi Amanda Miller as Sailor Jupiter, by far my favorite Sailor Scout as a character and honestly I feel like the best voice for her. She walks this fine line of being the super macho tough girl but also is able to show just how actually feminine and sweet Mako is really well. And I already know of her because she portrayed your super stereotypical tough girl in Fire Emblem: Awakening, Sully, as well as someone quite regal and refined in that game, Cherche. So I think that she found the balance for Mako really well and has done a better job than the other portrayals of her throughout the various dubs over the years.
I'm going to cut this comment short and just say that Johnny Yong Bosch is best Artemis and Sandy Fox does a great job of portraying Rini and making me hate the character even more. So, yeah.
i never understood why Molly/Naru had the accent she did; always bothered me for some reason (still cried for her when Nephrite died, though). i also was never really a fan of stuffy british lady Luna, either; it just didn't seem to fit well (no disrespect to Jill Frappier, great actress, i just didn't gel with me but i can appreciate the nostalgia). i have mixed feelings about the voices for Serena/Usagi; i liked Tracey Moore and my heart is always for Terri Hawkes. all the others make her seem too mature (Linda Ballentine).
*Molly/Naru had the accent because that was how they culturally translated her rural/working-class background.*
My favorite Serena was Tracey Moore. I think hers was the sweetest, most melodic sounding of the bunch and she nailed sounding young without sounding like a toddler. Several of her lines in those first couple of episodes are ones I think of on a regular basis. Terri Hawkes is the one I remember most however because her episodes were the ones I caught the most - I had four siblings to fight with for tv time so getting to catch an episode of Sailor Moon before DVR and streaming was a challenge. I would definitely put her second. She's very pleasant sounding - she just doesn't pass for a young teenager. Linda and Stephanie tie for last. I don't like either to be honest - though I do like other work they've done. Linda sounded too rough, a mix of too nasally and raspy. To me, she sounds like a chain smoking 50 year old. And I don't like Stephanie's very, very young inflection. She sounds like a very young child - you could easily switch her to Chibiusa and it would work perfectly. And she does this squeaky, high-pitched yelling that hurts my ears a bit.
I love Karen B as Ami. I enjoyed her take - she has this academic, rich girl voice that I think fits her background and upbringing. And her transformation and power vocals had this powerful flair I always loved. I think with Ami, she was always trying to be older than she actually was, like that was part of her character, and I heard that in her voice. Liza, not memorable. Listening to that little clip.. too high. Kate for me is the same as many of the other Viz actors... she sounds too old - a grown woman instead of a girl in her early teens.
Kate Griffin is my preferred Rae. She sounded so good alongside Tracey's Serena. To me, she sounds like a teenager. Emilie is fine. I don't really like or dislike her portrayal. Middle road for me. Christina Vee again suffers from that too old sound. I never got over that in Crystal. The entire time, I thought she sounded like a grown woman.. a woman in her prime, even. Late 30s early 40s at her peak. There's a strength and maturity in the inflection and tone. She's got a great voice, but the entire time I'm thinking in my head "this is not a teenager" and it takes me out.
I think I'm probably the only one who strongly prefers the old Luna. I KNOW! No one seems to like her but other than a few episodes and a couple of the movies, I think Jill did fantastically. I like the older sounding Luna and Artemis. I think the two actors sound great together - that older posh Luna and older surfer-dude Artemis are a great balance and juxtaposition of one another that I appreciate. I buy them and their backstory and their history - which is also why I like that they sound a little older - because they remember their original selves more than the Sailors do, so they remember being attendants to the queen, In my mind, that ages them up. Michelle is fine. I think like Jill and Ron sounded amazing together and fit, Michelle and Johnny also match up perfectly, imo. And no complaints on Johnny Yong Bosch - I could never.
Susan Roman as Lita is great. I think she did really well at sounding like a strong, kinda tom-boyish, but still girly teen. Amanda Miller, another one that sounds too old for the character.
Stephanie M as Mina is another top fav. Great voice, very pleasant, and sounds like a teen. Emilie, again, was fine. No complaints, but not the Mina I prefer. Cherami I think is great! Stephanie beats her out as my fav Mina, but she still does a stellar job - but then, I love everything she does, she's one of my favorite voice actresses. I think she nails sounding young without sounding too young. Shes very even toned, there's no moments that I want to plug my ears (like with Stephanie's Usagi) and its a strong performance. But she is a strong performer, so. And I think she's got a bit of that Valley-Girl sound as well.
Tracey H as Rini was not great. Kinda forgettable for me. Stephanie Beard is *chefs kiss* Primo. Love her, love everything she does. And without her, The Real Sugar Baby" wouldn't exist - which would be a crime against humanity: ruclips.net/video/QNaiscbIaoI/видео.html
It shocks me that people dislike her! Sandy F, agree, she's doing a great job. I think shes was probably influenced by Stephanie B's performance, but she doesn't try too hard to imitate it - she does her own thing, which I appreciate.
I actually do remember Rino Romano as Darien, probably because I've rewatched the first episode so, so many times. Toby Proctor is definitely the Darien I fell in love with as a kid. I thought he had such a romantic inflection in his voice that I appreciated even as a child. Vince Corazza is def the one I remember most though, again, because I was able to catch more of his episodes. But also just because I was most familiar with his voice given the sheer volume of voice acting and live action work he's done. He was pretty much in everything in the mid and late 90s and into the early 00s. Bride of Chucky, Jett Jackson, Cheetah Girls, Braceface, Scooby, etc, etc. I like Robbie as well. He's far less goofy than the others, has a more serious take on the character, and it works. Good voice. Sounds like a young man in his late teens.
Watching your review just made me want to rewatch Sailor moon!
Good! I always feel like I'm getting a warm hug when I watch OG Sailor Moon :)
Note: Moly's Brooklyn accent is supposed to mimic the Osaka accent. You mentioned it.
There is nothing wrong with Dic, the only reason why I like Stephanie a lot more is because she sounds like 14 year old girl. Linda kind of made her voice wavy and she sounded a bit older than 14. Honestly Terri wasn’t bad either, but Tracey and Stephanie are definitely the ones who I think stood out the most. Also can I just say, when people say they think the English Dub sucks, they don’t specify which one. I used to be like this too, but I’ve now figured it out. There is Viz, Cloverway, and Dic. Usually, when people talk smack abt the eng dub they talk about Cloverway, but people who like the eng dub and know a lot abt the dubs talk abt Dic. So when someone says “the eng dub sucks” you need to ask them to specificy, is it Dic or Cloverway they are talking about. Cloverway in my opinion did suck so yeah. I just am more fond of the VIZ dub because I also grew up with it. I was only 6-7 while watching this and it’s just memories. I loved this show and finished it in one year (would’ve finished it faster but I kept taking long pauses while watching season 3 even tho it was so good). I remember sitting on the couch upside down
I liked DIC's version the best. As you stated, every character sounded different (I'm looking at you VIZ). The songs and background music were hand down better than in the Cloverway dub.
Yeees, give us a part two, please!
I'll try my best!
Thankful for fans and youtube channels like you, dont ever change!
Love the part where you talk about dic dub songs. You sadly didn't mention "my only love" though when Serena/usasgi finds out she's the moon princess and the silver crystal comes back to her
I was too scared of copyright strikes haha, My Only Love is my fav song for that scene! IMO the Japanese version is too cutesey for the DRAMA.
@@SailorTortilla ok that makes sense and yeah I agree about Japanese version
I agree with basically everything you said. I'm so happy to hear there are people who love DiC and think "modern" dub VAs are too affected. They all sound the same nowadays. Seeing interviews/panels of Linda Ballantyne speak about her love for the role really makes me have a fondness for her.
I love all of the different dubs. While there are a lot of people that don't like the DiC and Cloverway dubs for a number of genuinely good reasons I still like them, especially the DiC dub. I just look at it as if it's an alternate universe. What if all of the characters had different names and were probably/maybe American? What if Ami and Luna were British and better than everyone else? What if they were called scouts instead of soldiers? There are tons of questions that I never asked that I now have answers to and for some odd reason I kind of appreciate it. I mean, I've spent countless hours watching the dubs, I wouldn't do it if I didn't like them on some level. Also, why does Minako's original English voice always remind me of Jennifer Hale?
Its unbelievable how literally yesterday i fell upon your article, and now you make this! wth?? amazing
You know what, you make a good point about modern dubs. I know when I do voice acting I tend to go high pitched when I voice cute characters even if it sounds annoying. I would like to make it sound more natural.
This is like the whole Dub vs Dub vs Sub of Cardcaptor Sakura
True! When I was a kid I hated the changes in the Nelvana dub so much but the Animax dub has no soul at all! What do you think?
@@SailorTortilla Sadly, the Animax dub (produced by Omni Productions in Hong Kong) is more faithful to the original. It's currently on Funimation and Netflix (in my region).
@@twistedgaming9185 I WAS WATCHING AN ANIMAX DUB!!?
@@CosmicSponge2004 Animax hires dubbing studios, including Omni Productions, to dub various anime into English for broadcast in their Southeast Asia and South Asia channels.
@@twistedgaming9185 Could They Make 'em Less crappy? Card captor sakura semmed fine & the lost kurochan dub aint too bad BUT besides that ew!
This was fun for me to stumble across! I only saw the DIC dub as a teen but now I've started watching the VIZ dub as an adult. It's been interesting! I definitely miss the songs, so I'll need to dig up the cd. 😆
I have to say thank you so much for making this video! I've tried to figure out over the years which dubs are which (because I had wanted to find the DiC version I had watched during my childhood but I never knew the name for it) but it was never really clear until until I saw your video. Thanks so much
I’m really glad I could help you! I know how hard it can be sometimes with different dubs over many years.
Loved this video!!! I loved your humor. You gained a subscriber!
Terri Hawkes is my favorite old English dub voice of Sailor Moon! Stephanie Sheh is my favorite English voice for Usagi tho!
The DiC dub and Viz dub equally hold a special place within me. The DiC dub captures my childhood and exhibits Sailor Moon as the superhero cartoon I love. I watched the whole Viz dub during quarantine and I was able to understand the story beyond a superhero since there was no censorship. It made me fall in love with Sailor Moon all over again. It was like a personal character development for me.
I like to think that Terri Hawkes captures the essence of Serena and and Stephanie Shes captures the essence of Usagi. If that makes sense? I refuse to acknowledge Cloverway in all it's entirely, especially Linda Ballantyne - sorrynotsorry. The Cloverway dub came off as lazy.
I also agree with you that Sailor Stars is hard to get though. The dream snatchers arc was probably the hardest one to get through for me. It dragged way too long and I didn't enjoy the story. The majority of the episodes were the 10 minute power up scenes.
"Please Pegasus, protect everyone's dreams....Twinkle Yell.....Moon...Gorgeous..Medication...."
I enjoyed the DiC music way more. Even at the ripe age of 26, the song Carry On makes me emotional. I plan on watching Crystal and then going back to watch the DiC dub before the year ends.
Terri Hawkes is the best voice for sailor moon ever. It’s the whole reason other than the obvious that I fell in love with this cartoon. She has such a sing song quality to her voice, and she really brings the comedy. Absolute queen energy! 💖
Linda Ballantyne's sailor moon sounded like a 40 year old woman. Just straight up 40 years old. Not like a teenager at all. Terri Hawkes has always been my favourite, mostly out of nostalgia, but also she gave so much life and emotion to Serena/Usagi. Roland Parliament really did an amazing job with the directing for the DiC dub. If you haven't read his book (Sailor Moon Reflections), it's a great insight into behind-the-scenes of the DiC dub, and a must have for anyone who's a fan of the DiC dub.
EDIT: Just wanted to add that the MUSIC in the DiC dub is a huge part of the nostalgia for me. But even taking off those nostalgia-tinted glasses, the DiC soundtrack and score absolutely BLEW the original Japanese score, in my opinion.
ALL OF THIS. YES.
@@SailorTortilla I'm so glad someone agrees with me 🤗 Loved your video.
I've love to see a part two for this video! Honestly, I love Linda Ballantyne and I fully admit that it's largely nostalgia because I didn't watch Sailor Moon until the SuperS dub. Her Sailor Moon is the voice of my childhood and I absolutely love it, weird goofy sounds and all
With Cloverway, it sounds really rushed due to the fact that Cartoon Network forced them to dub S and SuperS in about 6 months. That’s why a lot wasn’t censored visual wise in those season because they didn’t have enough time to fix anything.
Same thing happened to Transformers Armada and Energon.
Personally I adore every part of the DiC dub (aside from Linda Ballantyne and the mass censorship). I thought the goofy but not too goofy voices were cute and pretty realistic. It makes the DiC anime different from other dubs, especially these days, as most anime prefer to have the female characters sounding super kawaii with an innocent and child like voice, while trying to have them also be relatable like for example being late for school or tripping over, it comes off as more cutesy than the relatable and goofy vibe that Serena (Usagi) gives off. Like in the original animation as a whole, her cuteness doesn't feel forced imo.
And then Luna having a mature british voice and Artemis having that deep tone works for them being the senshis advisors. Like at first, it comes off like they have it all figured out but then it flips and you see them struggle just as much as the senshi do, and it especially works for the goofy scenes. But the mature voices can give you the feel that they're adults with an important role, and even they don't have it all figured out, but that's ok because they always figure it out in the end.
I feel like each senshis voice fits them perfectly.
Usagi having an extremely goofy voice to fit the goofy animation and her personality works so well, and then even in serious moments, when she's being serious with that same goofy voice but it doesn't come off as goofy when it's not supposed to. It works well.
Ami having a posh voice gives the vibe that she's more mature and more educated than the others.
Mina (Minako) having that type of typical teenage popular girl type of voice gives the vibe that she's the one that every other scout looks up to and wants to be (mainly Serena/Usagi). Her voice kinda gives the chick-flick type of vibe imo. I'm not entirely sure how to explain it lmao.
Lita (Makoto) has an extremely tomboyish voice with a somewhat raspyness to it that fits her perfectly, especially when it comes to her attacks. Her voice fits with the action so much. And then the cute turn around where she actually loves cooking, which is seen as a typically feminine thing to do, but then she is like the least feminine out of the inner senshi. I love that contrast.
Reis voice is super serious and has that tsundere vibe to it without the cute aspect feeling forced. Her voice fits well for when she's arguing with Serena (Usagi) and then being super serious with ritiuals. She has the perfect kind of "mean girl" of the group vibe, without coming off as too unlikeable.
Rini (Chibi-Usa) has one of my fav voices, the perfect bratty yet cute voice for a lovably annoying (but not too annoying) brat. I adore her voice so much and could never truly understand why they was so much hate for her. I thought she was amazing.
Molly (Naru) also has one of my fav voices. I watched Sailor Moon way before my obsession with New York rocketed, so my love for her voice isn't just because she has that Brooklyn accent.
I always felt like it suited her and she completely stole the scenes she was, I just feel like it ABSOLUTELY SUCKS that she wasn't in Sailor Moon more, and I really dislike how she faded out of the show without a real explanation (I have a lil head canon as to why she disappeared, but I'll keep that to myself for now).
Basically, I feel like the unique variety of voices feels so much more perfect, realistic and homey to me. I mean we live in a world where it feels like most anime characters have to have that perfect cute voice and kawaii vibe, especially if they're a kawaii anime girl or a magical girl, so for me, Sailor Moons DiC dub is like the perfect contrast from the other Sailor Moon dubs, and most other anime dubs.
I don't just love it for the nostalgia.💜
I’ll also enjoy the Dic dub because that’s what I watched first, even with the changes made. It’s just got that charm that I can look fondly on.
Love the video! I hope you do another video on your thoughts of the Outers and villains.
I will!
Susan Roman (Makoto/Lita) remained consistent through/including the Cloverway Dub. (I always noticed, and quickly when the other character's voices changed). :) (Sorry, I wrote this before you got to Makoto).
For the VIZ Voice Actress, she tries to emulate both Susan Roman, and aspects of the Japanese voice actress.
Thank you for clarifying Johnny Young Basch was in Power Rangers. (You said the name, and that was my first thought).
Keep up the good work.
Thanks for making this video!!! I'm just getting into Sailor Moon and this really helped me decide which dub to watch!
You’re welcome!
how are you watching?? I can't find a way to watch the old Dic dub :(
In my opinion Terri hawkes is as much Sailor Moon as Kevin Conroy is Batman.
I want to be perfectly honest, I think the DIC dub gets trashed WAY too much(considering the fact that many American actors these days are not that talented). I'm glad I'm not the only one that sees this
Yeah! I'm tired of the DiC vs ViZ heat!! DiC's version was what got us into the series! Their Sailor Moon brought out the magic Naoko was trying to give! ViZ kinda brought out the romance, ya know?
@@Blossom44100 Ikr, I think DiC is amazing because the music captures the emotion, I think ViZ had good voice acting too. I can't tell them apart, they're both good, nothing is really bad about them.
Great video. It explained to me what the deal was with the Dic/cloverway dubs. One transitions into the other.
It's been forever since I have seen Sailor Moon, and when I did, it was the Dic dub. I started rewatching Sailor Moon recently, and it's the Viz dub. Ya, put me in the nostalgia camp. At first, I really didn't like the Viz dub, but a few episodes in, I am digging it.
What I miss from the Dic dub is the title credits and incidental music. But now love the original Japanese opening and closing on the Viz dubs I am streaming here in Canada.
Love this video and also I needed to comment simply to say - I love "Fushigi Yuugi" and the dub brings me the kind of nostalgic comfort that's hard to explain to most people unless you saw that dub in your youth. So bless you for bringing it up
Amazing. Also, when you first mentioned Linda B and had clip, I burst out laughing.
The DIC dub is where I started out but once I had seen the Japanese version I can't ever go back to it or the other English versions. Although I still love the songs from the DIC dub!
I might be biased because I’ve only really seen the viz dub but I think the viz dub is by far the best version. Like you said Mamoru is just so perfect in his role and everyone else does really well too I think
I love your insight! It's down to earth and you seem like a really cool person! Glad I found this video!
Yes I want a part 2 and I agree on all your points in the dub!! Great video by the way!!
Thanks! Will do!
Aw...I love Amanda Miller’s Jupiter. It’s actually my favorite voice in any dub 😭
I have watched so much anime in my lifetime and I have to agree that nowadays English dubs are no longer preferable to me. It’s nice to see someone review the dub from a pretty neutral spot, not blinded by nostalgia but also not completely hating on the original.
Forgive me cause I don’t remember the names of the voice actors as I’m typing this. Personally the voice of Usagi was the same as the voice of Ayu Tateishi from the Ultra Maniac dub so the transition was a bit easier for me having heard her before. I think the the voice of Sakura from Naruto was kind of fitting for Ami since their characters are both the smart type. I didn’t recognize the voice actors for Rei, Mako, or Minako but I definitely think their voices fit the personalities. Honestly speaking the older sounds of the voice actors in the cloverway dub were a bit jarring, even now considering I’m more aware that they’re teens.
i literally cry (a 30 year old man) CRY whenever i listen to rainy day man 🥺😭☔️ and when luna pours out her heart in the sailor moon s movie on the steps...with the instrumental music in the background...the monologue...the snow...the feels 😩😭💙
You should definitely make more of these! Yours and other’s opinions are pretty interesting to read about, and it feels like peaceful vibes. I’m curious about some of your opinions in detail though, what do you not like about Amanda Miller’s portrayal?