Xenoblade Chronicles 3 - N VA Japanese VS English | PART 1 

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I think you mean voice director not "culture" since at the end of the day its the voice directors job to help get the voice over artist to convey what's on screen so if anything one felt that this aspect was what they wanted to focus on, but at the end of the day tho its interesting to see how different voice direction can impact a scene. Also considering the game is Japanese the JP voice over track would not really be considered a "dub"

@@doniarts No, I mean culture. The director has to be inspired by something, and that often falls on comparable performances of the past. Japanese dubs often have a pleading and shouting tone, while western dubs have a softer, insane tone.

@@theotherjared9824 I see well I don't agree much on that but I see where you are coming from also again Its not a Japanese dub. Cause you would not say look at sponge bob square pants english dub right lol

@@doniarts No one wants to have to type out "original recording" when dub is three letters and everyone knows that that really means. It's like saying "Windex" to refer to any window cleaner, even when "Windex" is not accurate. From context, any normal person would give them the window cleaner, whether it is or is not windex, cause you know they're cleaning a window. In this situation, you know this person is talking about the how, the sound, the direction, and the culture of how people speak. We're talking about audio, it's an anime game, we know it's from Japan, obviously the Japanese audio recording. If you truly wish to be obtuse and pedantic about definitions: a dub comes from double, as in an audio double. So the act of recording a voice and putting it behind an animation, even for the first time, is still considered dubbing. If someone records audio for an anime in Japanese, in Japan, and the quality of one sentence is bad, and they insert a good take, that's a dub. So unless the Japanese game and voices were all done in real time in one take, the Japanese voices are a dub. Even if it was all done in one take, the Japanese dub, is a dub.

Best Xenoblade so far!

Noah’d English voice actor has range

Adam Howden might have some competition.

@@xenokeit Besides the fact that Rex banged every single woman - I agree.

they're both incredible in their field, this was definitely Harry McEntire's breakthrough though, in part due to having 2 years worth of recording under his belt now only for XC3, he was able to put it all in this character of Noah, mixed in with his experience with various different personalities on TV and videogames, he nails at giving Noah's voice a bigger impact Ryohei Arai also just hasn't played as big of a range of characters, they've both got a similar *amount* of characters though, that being said Arai played the character he was given exeptionally, and really gave McEntire a great personality to work with, he's just missing the range, but hopefully XC3 gave him the opportunity to really get that experience he needs to nail his range

Exactly, in that scene was like N's entire "Vergil-like rival" persona shattered before our eyes

An Achille's Heel, if you will. Perfected defense except for one spot. Hit it, and they crumble

understandably so he learned that his wife killed herself, the one he basically gave everything up for just to be together with her. at least if you only view this from N's Point of view

That's not saying much. Japanese voice acting is always good. At least in the eyes of everyone else.. 😑

@@desroytore9054 idk man there is definitely some Japanese vas that don’t quite do it sometimes

@@LeemVonNelly well notice the part where I said in the eyes of everyone else. Cuz I don't 100% agree with that statement

English better

Original always better

If Ryohei Arai did more anime he'd be much more famous but the majority of his voice acting is only in video games unfortunately

Lmao Spanish joak

I was thinking the same thing. Such raw skill from them both. Also both playing hero and villain so well.

@@skywardstudio7269 (Almost like "the antag being a past incarnation of protag" is a Xeno game trope )

He did the McEntire job well

when I heard the scream at the end of chapter 5 my first reaction was "yeah this rivals fiora"

@@4g3nt06 How'd you not have more likes??

It’s an example of a perfect transition between languages, in which they both overlap yet don’t blend too much. The tones are similar yet different, and while I prefer English due to only understanding English, I can see the emotion put into the Japanese voice

A reference?

Only difference I feel in the voices is JA seems more certain while EN the uncertainty and venom seem to just shine out that bit more with him feeling broken. Earlier scenes with N it sounds like it would be near the same voice

This is literally what they did with the original Xenoblade dub. Though in my opinion, Adam Howden blew Shintaro Asanuma's Shulk out of the water

From N/Noah?! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Only main party member who had a worse VO was Sena. Lanz and Mio stole the show by far.

@@Akihito_Kanbara they were all good in my opinion

@@aylinilya. Sena was terrible. But not the VO's fault really since her only lines were, "Mimi!", "Yeah...", and "Ugh I'm so pathetic." Noah, like Shulk, was all over the place. Oftentimes his VO didn't correlate to the scene.

@@Akihito_Kanbara Bruh do you seriously like looking Goofy on the internet. Mfkers sees perfectly fine Voice acting and starts nitpicking

@@meto9552 "nitpicking" sure, whatever you say, kiddo.

Well. Actually I must've listened to the XC1 scene with Shulk being electrocuted and screaming in agony dozens of times. There's just something about the raw pain in the voice-acting that sounds so real. I find myself really enjoying screams of pain. I don't know how to describe it, it really hurts me, but I keep going back. It's some kind of emotional masochism I guess.

@@corruptedteka maybe is the good acting and story I think

I believe that's catharsis.

Yeah, that's pretty fxxked up. Ngl (not that I do). You might just be a psycho or an NPD.

The lip synching only appears to match for regular scenes, the ones with way less animation / no mo-cap. For this specific video, the lip synching is matching the japanese dub. It's very easy to see. Just pause the video every time N is talking and you can see his mouth animation is always identical on both sides. Also, when he laughes at 7:36, the animation is identical on both sides but it matches the faster laugh of the japanese dub.

Yeah. That does hit pretty hard . I would've been great if he could rewind back to the start. That said the outtro him and M got (reunited) was a pretty based ending and way to go out. They make a sweet couple.

it took us near close to 20 years, but i think we got some of the most greatest English voice acting feats for gaming. i used to always go for JP dub and sub, but some of the mixing and direction they take for EN dub these last few years (since demon's souls) is so genuinely amazing , that its either on par or in specific cases even better than the JP dub.

He got Uno reverse. From wanting making Noah suffer from losing Mio into getting crazy due to the one who died was M

Moebius N (TR'd)

N tried to give himself psychological trauma only to give himself psychological trauma

Funny cuz M wasn't an off seer even the boss fight music foreshadowed this

The ol' switcheroo 😈

X was very good in English too.

Rex was pretty solid aside from the screaming imo. If 2 ever gets a definitive edition at some point I’d love for a redub with the original cast

Yeah the only cases I don't like is in the first few cutscenes and the gameplay remarks like "got a rare dooda right here" and "I was the MVP, you were all thinking it" But everywhere else it's pretty great

@@dugtrioramen Well, you can dislike the gameplay dialogue but I think they still sell the characters really well, which is what it's there for.

@@dugtrioramen that's not really different between languages

Feel kinda bad. After N relentlessly taunted Noah ESPECIALLY after the flute bit, all I could say was "HAHA SUCKS TO BE YOU" in the moment.

I also realised. Each one of these pairs is a red/gold counterpart.

Thanks to you for the view and the positive vibes!

In this case the english one burst through the japanese one's ceiling.

@@kaz7886 that’s what xenoblade is always like

@@airrider-jk9ik I mean.. xenoblade 2 is the unwanted child. But i don't really hate the character's voices. I just don't like the quality of the voice acting.

@@kaz7886 WDYM unwanted child Xenoblade 2 is a masterpiece

Redemption arc for the voice director in 2, as he was also involved in the voice work for 3

i think they have the same voice actor, at least in english

i honestly cried.... N backstory broke me, when he hugged his son i died inside....

For real. His VA lands it so well

Yeah. It's just as good as the Japanese voice.

100% this.i havent cried this much in a video game ever.im on chapter 6 now.like wtf.i love this game.i can't belive its a love story.im shocked at how good the voice acting in English is because 2....was horrible for me.theres something about the Japanese version that gets me.i just be smoking, Weed and don't wanna read lmao

Malos was just a smug sadistic prick. He had no depth to his character, nor any real motivation to his whole arc. All he wanted to do was cause genocide for the lulz.

@@AlvinEarthworm exactly! malos? What about Jin? N is like Jin on steroids

@@AlvinEarthworm yeah, Malos is thinly developed but his VA completely chews the scenery and I am all for his performance.

​@@AlvinEarthworm Actually Malos was just trying to find his place in the world. His genocidal tendencies were the result of Amaltheus' influence. He was jealous of Pyra/Mythra who had found their place in the world. He never stopped because he knew he was too far gone. yes he was acting like a prick. But you can see he deeply cared for the others in Torna (the organisation). You also have to take note that it could've been Mythra/Pyra in his place had Amaltheus awakened her instead. In the end Malos was a villain of circumstances. Even as he died he was wishing it was Rex who awakened him and not Amaltheus. He's not just a sadistic prick. He's a flamboyant drama queen who was ultimately searching for his place in the world,and helped people who were broken beyond repair by said world.

You said it, Timothy.

Especially ‘Wotah!’ But in all seriousness, I agree 1000% percent

Um, that's only 1 scene that is still better in original, but the dub here isn't THAT bad. Now compare all female characters. The dub becomes is unbearable instantly.

@@michaelhorn21 I have heard both And my take hasn't changed

@@michaelhorn21 "Ummm, atchually" Shut up

@@mimesforcrimes8393 go back to school kid.

@@michaelhorn21 🤓

It's literally the opposite though. But now compare all female voices and try to no throw out.

For me, I cannot handle the british accent seriously

@@edbertextreme never visit the uk, people speak like this all the time

Maybe it's because you're not familiar with Japanese, actually the JP dub has more cracks on his voice and has more emotions. But yes, both VAs are amazing.

@@michaelhorn21 No.

こう言っちゃなんだけどレックスの二の舞にならなくて良かった

@@user-el6pg7or2r ｼﾞｮｰｲﾝ…ﾐｨｨｨｨ!!!

英語版のNの叫び声は悲しんでいる感じがすごい

痛みと悲しみでそれぞれ表現出来てて素晴らしい

Imagine putting the Italian rhoam in there (it only happens the first time he drops in via paraglider). It is a treasure.

I would say that SUPER rare for effin xenoblade, though there are some hiccups on the dub ofc. For those who know-" Go now Oroborous" line

only for n though

I mean this game was all about making the protags overpowered for no reason so was it really that much of a twist?The only reason it’s dire is because characters were suddenly unable to break weak iron bars. Oh and Mio at no point told them anything, even when she could.

@@mrbubbles6468 yes this is absolutely a legit plot twist in the very sense of the word. Because Mio and Noah was linked by fate, they would allways find each other in every live cycle and mio would allways die. This is amazing because Mio survive for the first time by the help of M and finally overcome her fate. Mio and Noah are strong for a very good reason, they are born from feelings of remorse from two very powerful Moebius so its logical that they have the capacity to challange them. Nia the Queen of Agnus created a powerfull weapon named "Oroborus" and its strong for a very good reason, because it has the element of "change" . Moebius made the world stop and the only thing they fear is Oroborus because it can force the world to continue, ergo erasing all moebius because they can not exsist outside of the stasis D; also you are trying to say overpowered characters are something bad?? Because Mio couldnt save them, she had to wait when they come outside for the execution. and if M told them the story it would destroy Noah, he would probably go nuts D; so M and Mio keep a secret..

Hoy

It's good but it didn't hit me quite as hard as the scene with Velvet and Laphicet from Berseria. "Eat my arm, I don't care. Just.. leave me the other one" The music was phenomenal too. I can't get over how good Cristina Vee's performance was in that game. Never seen anything like it

@@Claudekr Berseria has my favorite English voice acting after xenoblade for sure. Velvet at the beginning during the scarlet moon is probably the strongest screaming performance I've ever heard