Bleach Promo

[Zach Logan]

Check it. check it.

Cool character narration and a cool logo to top it off. Talkback and more.

[v1cious]

about freaking time

[Zach Logan]

Just merged the two threads.

[Fresh V]

HOLY CRAP FRIGGIN' AWESOME!!!!!!!!:D

Ichigo's voice not really what I thought he'd sound like, but it's still cool. And Rukia's voice is perfect! That promo's kickass! Thank god I felt like watching the Shin Chan rerun today.

[Levon]

So cool to see a promo & hear the dub. The dub sounds great, I'm a fan of Johnny Yong Bosch & Michelle Ruff. Although as great as Johnny Yong Bosch is I'm a much bigger fan of Michelle Ruff.

When I first heard that Viz licensed this I said I wasn't gonna watch the dub, because most of the time they used the Canadian groups which most of the time I don't like. But Vix has changed.

[Zach Logan]

I'm hoping for a longer promo, since we haven't had one since Wolf's Rain, FLCL, and The Big O.

[Hyper Shadow X]

What was the wuote said at the end of the promo

[Timmay]

Maybe this will make the "TECHNO-PROMOS R TEH SUX" people quiet down.

[Don_East]

How about that, they didn't make the promo have nothing but mindless fight scenes & background music with no description about the show except what it's called. Now if they remove a certain vice-president from the block. We could be in for a good future.

[Duke]

As long as a show has narration in the first few episodes, Adult Swim'll use it in the promos. No narration = techno promo.

JYB sounds NOTHING like how I pictured Ichigo in my head, and neither does Michelle Ruff. I dunno how long I'm gonna get used to this...

[Katsumara]

Gonna need a link to see the promo again. >.>; I wasn't paying attention.

[Kazamuki]

glad to hear that the English voices are all right...well if I watched the promo. (hint: what is the link? I checked AS.com, but it was not there.)

[Nin-Nin69]

link plz.

[Sketch]

Pretty good promo. Not as thrilling as the Trinity Blood one but it managed to get the plot across without sounding cheesy which is a feat in itself. I think Johnny is going to nail it with Ichigo but I to believe it isn't quite what I'd expect. But what annoys me at this point is that hollow sounded way to well... not creepy despite saying "eat your soul".

Blanket ratings of TV-14-LV. Sounds about right. Well good luck Bleach, you're going to need it.

And there's still no clear indication which will air at 12:30AM or Midnight but whatever...

[Tenku]

The one time I had to sleep early. And to think, if I stayed up 30 minutes later, I would've saw it... >_<;

[Arxane]

link plz.

YouTube strikes again! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65lg2h58Qe8)

And it seems the dub haters are out in full-force in the comments, with their usual, "OMG I watched a 30-second clip of the dub and it sucks just like Naruto and One Piece OMG!!!11!1"

[EscaflownePilot]

Sorry, but I don't get how that's any better than what Eureka got.

Okay, so it's got Ichigo's introduction narration for a short spurt at the beginning, which is rather vague and meaningless. And then the promo goes into... well, random action scenes with screaming and techno music. How is that any better than what Eureka got?

[Blue]

Didn't think JYB would go with that type of voice for Ichigo, but now that I think about it, I can see it fitting pretty well. Rukia's voice was spot in, the only think I didn't like was the hollow voice, but that's probably because it was in the middle of an attack.

And it's always fun(annoying) to read all the "omg lik lolz this dub suks cuz i watcch subs!!11" comments.

[Tenku]

Hmm. I didn't expect Ichigo to sound like that. It fits. Rukia is spot on. o_o

[Rolling Cloud]

Eh, nice promo. It didn't energize me like the Trinity Blood one did. But, it was still good!

TIME TO EAT YOUR SOUL!!! :evil:

[William C. Maune]

Okay, so it's got Ichigo's introduction narration for a short spurt at the beginning, which is rather vague and meaningless. And then the promo goes into... well, random action scenes with screaming and techno music. How is that any better than what Eureka got?

There is pretty much narration throughout. We hear Ichigo at the beginning talk about himself, then the smaller person talks about that soul-things, then we hear one of the soul-things, and then we hear from the smaller person again.

It seems like a pretty solid promo to me.

[Nin-Nin69]

The voices sound fine to me. I was afraid we would get a Richard Cox sounding Ichigo. :p

[Conan-san]

I can see why this took a solid three weeks after the tapes showed up.

I meen even using the bumper from the orgional JP run (with Kon's paw and everything).

I sence good things with this one.

[William C. Maune]

The voice sort of reminds me of Yusuke.

[EscaflownePilot]

There is pretty much narration throughout. We hear Ichigo at the beginning talk about himself, then the smaller person talks about that soul-things, then we hear one of the soul-things, and then we hear from the smaller person again.

It seems like a pretty solid promo to me.Yeah, upon second viewing, I think I have to give the promo more credit than I originally did, although it still has a certain "omg lookitda tekno ACTION!!11" feel to it.

It's a notch above Eureka 7's promos, but several notches below Trinity Blood's promo, which is, to me, the epitome of what an AS action promo should be to try to capture new viewers.

[Romanesque]

Ichigo's voice is better than expected; I was anticipating far worse. If JYB tries to aim a little deeper and slightly more breath-y as the show goes on, this might just be more than tolerable. I'm curious how well his screaming will keep up. :p

Rukia's voice is again closer than expected, but something about it annoys me - not completely sure why. Like Ichigo, she could go a little deeper, but she's too breath-y. If her vocalization were more throaty, that'd be a big improvement. Personally, I'd have preferred that someone else be cast as Rukia, some actress with a good voice for generic young males...

Overall, it's probably unfair to judge from such a short clip, but so far my dub rating shall be: reasonably tolerable, subject to improvement. I'm eager to hear more, at least.

--Romey

[Kazuya Prower]

Let's hope adult swim airs the japanese openings & endings this time and not shorten them.

[Riza Hawkeye]

Let's hope adult swim airs the japanese openings & endings this time and not shorten them.That's impossible due the running time shows have in the US being slightly shorter than in Japan. The only way for them to show the full openings and endings is to take out stuff from the actually show and that's stupid to do just to show them.

On another note, I thought the promo was good, although Trinity Blood's was better.

[William C. Maune]

Let's hope adult swim airs the japanese openings & endings this time and not shorten them.

It is more than likely out of Adult Swim's hands. They'll likely just be airing whatever Viz sends them. Considering Naruto, Zatch Bell, and Prince of Tennis, I wouldn't get your hopes up.

[EscaflownePilot]

Aside from the first Zatch Bell! theme, I don't think there's anything wrong with Viz's themes. They could stand to be a tad bit catchier, but they certainly don't stand out as bad.

[Conan-san]

I would sleap more soundly with a shortened Astrix rather than some random Saturday Monring nonsence like for Viz's less adult properites.

[ChibiGoku]

Actually, as far as I know, the first 30 or so episodes could air both the opening and endings, along with next episode previews without going over the time. (If I recall, it totals about 23 minutes.) The later episodes, though, probably won't be able to, due to the runtime is increased.

[Conan-san]

There's a joke about Namak and the effects of time in there, but I can't be arsed to find it.

[Zero Kagayaki]

it pretty okay to me

[Wolfie~Giri]

Good job on Ichigo and Rukia. (Even if it was only a 30 second vid.) I won't critic the promo being it's just a promo but I still would like to see a longer version. Besides that, I look foward to Sept 9th.

"I want to eat...YOUR SOUL." lol.

[Mugen]

The voice sort of reminds me of Yusuke.

As you will see, there are other similarities to YYH and a little bit of Inuyasha.

[Emcee]

Very nice and solid, I can't wait for this and ateast the voices aren't like the ones on eureka seven.
Fun Fact:Ichigo's VA was born in the same city as me

[AkirQueen]

Never heard Michelle Ruff speak that low; almost didn't recognize it was her, even tho I knew she was being Rukia. Bravo to her!

Johnny sounded a little gruff which was good. If he sounded casual and rather content like Vash or Kiba, I don't think it would work as well. Yeah, a small thing to note, but hey, it works ^^;

[Taylor Karras]

Wow, TV-14-V, They definetly made it Adult Swim material, Who thinks this should be on Toonami?... No one, That's who.

[EscaflownePilot]

Who thinks this should be on Toonami?...*raises hand* Ooh! Ooh! Me! I do! I do!

[Funkatron]

Wow, TV-14-V, They definetly made it Adult Swim material, Who thinks this should be on Toonami?... No one, That's who.

Agreed. Prefer a TV-14 cut vs PG. Even if Toonami is my first love, it just fits better on AS

[Fresh V]

Wow, TV-14-V, They definetly made it Adult Swim material, Who thinks this should be on Toonami?... No one, That's who.
I do. Because it does belong on Toonami.

[Funkatron]

Did anyone notice: they are using the term "Soul Reaper" as apposed to "Death God" or the untranslated "Shinigami"

[William C. Maune]

To me at least, "Soul Reaper" sounds cooler, although I don't know much about the translation in this particular case. How close of a translation of Shinigami is Soul Reaper?

[Tenku]

How close of a translation of Shinigami is Soul Reaper?

Well... Shinigami is a Death god. And who reaps souls? Grim Reaper.

Soul Reaper sounds about right, imo.

[Fresh V]

Did anyone notice: they are using the term "Soul Reaper" as apposed to "Death God" or the untranslated "Shinigami" We knew that already when Viz gave the press release. I don't really mind, since casual viewers would think "Shinigami" is a weird name anway. And Soul Reaper sounds better than Death God, IMO, even though Death God's the more faithful translation.

However, I think they're leaving the Soul Reapers' swords as "Zanpaku-tos", rather than the manga's "Soul Slayers." I'm not sure, though.

[Funkatron]

Soul Reaper fits better, imho. I know some people prefer "death god", but soul reaper fits more with the grim reaper motif.

Here is aquestion: should they give Chad any accent? and if they do, how heavy should it be?

[Fresh V]

Here is aquestion: should they give Chad any accent? and if they do, how heavy should it be? Oh god, no. That just wouldn't sound right. He should just have very, very deep voice like in the Japanese version, which fits him perfectly.

[Funkatron]

Oh god, no. That just wouldn't sound right. He should just have very, very deep voice like in the Japanese version, which fits him perfectly.

I'm only asking cause he is technically Mexican

[Romanesque]

We knew that already when Viz gave the press release. I don't really mind, since casual viewers would think "Shinigami" is a weird name anway. And Soul Reaper sounds better than Death God, IMO, even though Death God's the more faithful translation.

However, I think they're leaving the Soul Reapers' swords as "Zanpaku-tos", rather than the manga's "Soul Slayers." I'm not sure, though.If they keep Zanpaku-to, it'd be an odd choice. Personally, I'd have preferred keeping Shinigami as it is while translating "Soul Slayer"... but that's me. Then again, the manga translation went with "Soul Reaper" and Zanpaku-to, so I guess their choice is consistent. I just hope they don't follow the manga in leaving random terms untranslated for what seemed to be the sake of leaving random terms untranslated.

--Romey

[Duke]

Here is aquestion: should they give Chad any accent? and if they do, how heavy should it be?Eh, I wouldn't mind a slight accent. Maybe about Osaka-level.

[Sketch]

Wow, TV-14-V, They definetly made it Adult Swim material, Who thinks this should be on Toonami?... No one, That's who.

Yo






With that said. You have to remember AS ratings are a blanket rating. In the promo for E7 they rated it TV-14-V. It's only been that a few episodes so far and there is more to come but that fact of the matter is it isn't all TV-14.

If Bleach is TV-14 all the time then they've been ratings FMA and Inuyasha wrong or something. Judging by them it'll be TV-PG-LV most of the time if Viz has a lot of swearing. But I imagine it wont have the kind of swearing Champloo does so no bleeps here. The DVDs are rated 13 and up afterall. But the very fact that it doesn't have a blanket rating of TV-MA tells me it could be edited for Toonami. TV-14 to TV-PG is easily done. I think maybe the first episode of Bleach will be TV-14 or push PG to it's limits but until Soul Society it should be mostly TV-PG-LV. Which is basically Naruto with IGPX language. So yeah... Content is no reason for this show to be on Adult Swim.

But you can bet I'll be laughing my arse off if it scores in the top 30 for 9-14. I'm pretty dang sure 12-17 will be a given though. As it is with Inuyasha and Bleach is a more less complicated Inuyasha in a way.

[Duke]

OK people, I do NOT want this thread delving into yet ANOTHER "Bleach should be on Toonami!" thread. We've had enough, everyone knows everyone else's opinions, and the arguement is tired and stale. Just drop it right here, right now.

[Brent Long]

Eh, I wouldn't mind a slight accent. Maybe about Osaka-level.

Does he have a Kansai accent in the original?

[Jedah Dohma]

The promo was good. Nice little narration by Ichigo and Rukia.

I thought the voices sounded just fine to me. Looking forward to September 9th.

[Captain Highwind]

So glad I'm not hearing Roo-ke-ya (Rukia) in this series. Don't need no El-hleck-a Seven name mispronounciations for this show, thanks.

Granted, it was an irrational fear, but a fear nonetheless.

[Kat Pryde]

Wooh, I'm happy with both Ichigo and Rukia's voices! Though I did recognize Ichigo calling them ghosts as the "dearly departed", which is out of character. But who am I to judge now on this promo, I say it was well done.


Does he have a Kansai accent in the original?

Nah, Kansai accent is more like American Southerner, wherein Chad is coming from Mexico.

Personally, I don't want him to have an accent, having his voice nice and low is fine with me.

[Arxane]

If they keep Zanpaku-to, it'd be an odd choice. Personally, I'd have preferred keeping Shinigami as it is while translating "Soul Slayer"... but that's me. Then again, the manga translation went with "Soul Reaper" and Zanpaku-to, so I guess their choice is consistent. I just hope they don't follow the manga in leaving random terms untranslated for what seemed to be the sake of leaving random terms untranslated.

--Romey

One thing I like about Viz's translation of Bleach is how they treat the translation of important items and attack names. When an item or attack is first introduced, they give both its Japanese name and a translation in the same speech bubble, and then use the Japanese name throughout the rest of the series. I'm hoping they do something similar to the anime.

[Ryan227]

I thought the promo was really cool! Still no time though? That's really confusing...

I don't think Chad should have an accent. It's a good question though, either way they'll be some group that hates it... heh if they don't a bunch of people will be like "Ahhh they made Chad sound white!!! This sux!" and if they do "Ahhh they gave Chad an accent!! This sux!" :shrug:

[Freedom Fighter]

You know, it doesn't make me wanna watch the show as much as Trinity Blood's promo did. Then again, I know what Bleach is about (I'm an enthusiastic follower of the manga) but not Trinity Blood, so the latter series needed to impress me more out of the gate to get my attention.

I like how the logo they used for the promo matches the one you usually see on the inside title page of the manga. Very cool indeed.

[j_bwoy]

thanks for link just happend to see this at 5am it looks good looks like it was dubbed well.

[anime_guru]

hm...wow...what else can I say? I think Michelle Ruff will do a great job given the promo (I actually can't wait to hear her in episode 10-a la kanonji episode that should be fun) and actually last summer, when I was having a discussion with a lot of my anime confidants about the dub voicing in bleach, I chose michelle ruff to be rukia, points for me!!!
But...
to be fairly honest, I actually would've preferred Mark Gatha of G-Gundam to be Ichigo, not JYB. In all fairness, if his voice doesn't sound well, hurried, he could do a pretty good Ichigo, just didn't place him as Ichigo. We'll see, as I think it'll work for him, at least in episode 1 because there are a lot of zany events between Ichigo Kurosake and his father, which should be hysterical...
hm...I wish they would air the openings, I think I would cry if they did...even if we didn't get the endings...I would like to hear the openings

[Katsumara]

Now that I hear it more and more.. Ichigo sounds like a wacked version of Joey from YGO. >.>

[livingfruitvirus]

If anyone still didn't see it, the promo is displayed on AdultSwim.com's front page in the upper left corner.

[Vermunium]

I've seen the first couple of episodes of Bleach in Japanese. After seeing the opening and hearing some of the voices. I'm not too sure if I like Ichigo's English voice. Ah well, I've bene reading the manga anyways, I'll come around and eventually like it.

I just hope they don't butcher the opening for the show. I really liked the original.

[Fresh V]

I just hope they don't butcher the opening for the show. I really liked the original. Well, except for a few, they show all their anime openings unshortened, and I don't see why they wouldn't for Bleach as well. However, the ending will still have to be shortened. That can't be helped.

[Jin]

I just hope they don't create some corny English song like with Zatch Bell, unless the words "Time to eat... YOUR SOUL!" are included in the lyrics. :D

[FlyByNite77]

Well as for soul reaper vs death god or grim reaper.

I believe Kubo Tite said he preferred Soul Reaper as the english version of Shinigami and that's why Viz went with it for the manga.

[purplehairedwonder]

JYB is definitely not what I had imagined Ichigo's voice to be like... but after watching the promo, I think it'll work pretty well. I'm looking forward to seeing what he does with it. Should be interesting.

Rukia's voice was spot on, IMO.

Can't wait :anime:

[Youko Recca]

Hope they treat this like any other anime, in terms of openings.

I don't want no corny Viz crap taking it's place this time.

[Katsumara]

Please GOD give us Asterisk. I beg of you. T_T

[KuwabaraTheMan]

Terrible voices so far. JYB sounds nothing like Ichigo. Too old, too cynical, too rough.

Michelle Ruff sounds way too young for Rukia. And Rukia is supposed to sound like a man.

Please save this dub, Stephanie Sheh!

[Jin]

American VAs aren't supposed to match the Japanese voices, they're just supposed to find one that fits.

I saw some comments on another upload of the promo and people were complaining about how they say Ichigo's given name first. Because, you know, Americans are supposed to speak like the Japanese. Some purists are just total morons.

Oh, and some idiot complained about how 4Kids supposedly "ass-raped" this show, even though Viz has the anime, it's TV-14-LV, it hasn't even premiered yet and all he saw was a 30-second promo. Boy, is his dumbass in for a surprise.

[KuwabaraTheMan]

And those voices don't fit at all.

Plus most good dub voices do match the Japanese voices, at least thematically. I mean, almost all the voices in Naruto's dub match the Japanese voices.

I don't expect them to sound exactly the same, but both voices sound like utter crap. They better improve a lot, as those voices fit about as much as Luffy and Usopp's voices in One Piece's dub.

[Mugen]

I don't expect them to sound exactly the same, but both voices sound like utter crap.


...based off a 30 second clip.

[Majin_Megabyte]

Just as long they keep my favorite opening, Ichirin no Hana when they get to it, I'll be happy. Because that song is so addicted that I listen to it almost once a day. But for me, I like the voices so for Ichigo, and Rukia. I just can't to wait to hear the voices for the other main character of Uhara, Chad, Ishida,Ohirime,Kon, Renji, the other Soul Society characters, and of course The Don himself (BOhahahahahahahahaha!)

[Mugen]

It's amazing that the Bleach promo has garnered over 91,000 views at Youtube. Of course, reading the comments section for the promo is bad for your health.

[Ryan227]

Michelle Ruff sounds way too young for Rukia. And Rukia is supposed to sound like a man.

HA since when is Rukia supposed to sound like a MAN? She's mistaken for a boy in the beginning but that's pretty much it. That voice was plenty deep enough to be mistaken for a boy (in an anime...)

While I don't think that JYB is perfect for Ichigo, to say he sounds too old is just silly.

[Funkatron]

Updated Promo says 12:30 next saturday

[Speedy Boris]

I've never seen the show but the promo got me interested.

[KuwabaraTheMan]

...based off a 30 second clip.

Yes. And I said I would approach the show with an open mind, but if they sound like that in the show, and don't improve quickly, I'll stick to the Japanese version, because the voices don't fit at all for either character.

[Fresh V]

Updated Promo says 12:30 next saturday
Crap.

[Sketch]

And so we have a schedule that gets progressively uh... tamer?

Boondocks - MA: crude language and racial taboos

RC - MA: crude language and extreme violence

Dethklock - MA: extreme violence quite a bit of cursing

Trinity Blood - MA (probably some 14 as well): heavy to extreme violence (?) and probably a bit of cursing

Bleach - 14-LV max (probably a lot of PG-V): lots of blood but not very heavey violence and I imagine a lot of cursing

Eureka seveN - 14-V max (I think) - mostly PG-V: some heavy violence but mostly tame with some language

Inuyasha - 14 max - mostly PG-V: about as violent as Bleach but with less blood and maybe less cursing

You know what I have to say about 12:30-1AM's shows of course. And it seems fairly obvious they put the heavy stuff on there to keep kids, tweens and younger teens from sticking around for Bleach, E7 and Inuyasha.

[Sketch]

Yes. And I said I would approach the show with an open mind, but if they sound like that in the show, and don't improve quickly, I'll stick to the Japanese version, because the voices don't fit at all for either character.

I ask then.. who would be a better Ichigo. JYB was always my first choice. Defient sounding when he needs to be, "just old sounding enough", and he's got the pipes for the screams for sure.

Bleach's dub should be fine. But I will say... Naruto's is notably better casted. And you'd think since this is on Adult Swim it'd be the other way around or something. Then again I hate quite a few of the strait to DVD dubs from Viz so I guess it's not that surprising. But Zatch Bell and Naruto have great dubs IMO (though Zatch could stand to include more of it's OST). I expect good things from Bleach. So far... just kinda meh. Michele Ruff is great but not as Rukia. Prince as Ishida will be nothing but corny. Seguchi as Orohime just seems like an awful fit as well. But I'll wait to see how it turns out before praising it or condemning it.

[Brent Long]

I ask then.. who would be a better Ichigo. JYB was always my first choice. Defient sounding when he needs to be, "just old sounding enough", and he's got the pipes for the screams for sure.

Some people have been behind Liam O'Brien who was their second choice.

Bleach's dub should be fine. But I will say... Naruto's is notably better casted. And you'd think since this is on Adult Swim it'd be the other way around or something.

Since when has the target demographic been the key thought during casting?

Naruto can have a cast consisting of actors who aren't the usual suspects because it's dubbed unionally. Bleach has been billed as the opposite, so come to expect who you've heard before whether that's a good thing for you or not.

[KuwabaraTheMan]

I ask then.. who would be a better Ichigo. JYB was always my first choice. Defient sounding when he needs to be, "just old sounding enough", and he's got the pipes for the screams for sure.
Liam O'Brien, Doug Erholtz, Kyle Hebert, Steve Blum(Kazuma voice), Lex Lang, Crispin Freeman, quite a few others.

Freeman and Blum weren't available due to Union status, but O'Brien was in the freaking running.

[Sketch]

Kyle might have been alright as would Liam, Kazuma voice shouldn't even be considered though I'm dissapointed that you would suggest that. Erholtz might have been interesting. Lex Lang would have sounded flat IMO. I like JYB better than the rest of those for this type of role actually. I'm sure he'll deliver.

But the guy who I wanted to voice Ichigo is in FUNi's staple... and that's be Robert McCollum. He was the perfect choice IMO. Allas FUNi didn't get Bleach and so no go.

Brent, you should know as welll as anyone that some dubs are shall we say... intentionally cheezed up for kids. It's basically 4kids motto but several other companies also give into the thought that you have to tweak shows to make them work here and that usually includes acting that's no where near the level of most of the shows on Adult Swim (not to say AS doesn't have bad dubs as well though).

[Zyzzybalubah]

Not bad. Can't wait for Bleach and Trinity Blood...

[KuwabaraTheMan]

Blum's Kazuma voice would work pretty well for Ichigo, imho. A lot better than Bosch who doesn't quite fit in Ichigo's range. Most of his voices are either too young or too old. And honestly, aside from Vash he hasn't done that much worth writing home about.

McCollum would have been decent, but I would have prefered Jerry Jewel to voice Ichigo in a Funi dub. Justin Cook could have worked, too.

[livingfruitvirus]

Freeman and Blum weren't available due to Union status, but O'Brien was in the freaking running.

Well technically Blum wouldn't have been available, but maybe "Daniel Andrews" would've been.

[Redi]

I'm glad Blum isn't doing any voice work on this show. He was good for the character of Spike but Ichigo needs another type of voice imo. Blum doing his voice would almost be as bad as Blum doing Mugen's.

[Brent Long]

Brent, you should know as welll as anyone that some dubs are shall we say... intentionally cheezed up for kids. It's basically 4kids motto but several other companies also give into the thought that you have to tweak shows to make them work here and that usually includes acting that's no where near the level of most of the shows on Adult Swim (not to say AS doesn't have bad dubs as well though).

I know that, and should have made that aware in my post, bull all the same you seem to be giving off the implication that anything dubbed with a youth audience in mind isn't gonna be well cast.

Sure, you're more likely to get better casting from a straght dub of a title than one that was hacked up, but it doesn't mean they're all are going to suffer from poor casting for that reason alone. They can still suffer from it, don't get me wrong, but it's not always due to an intention to tweak it for the target audience.

For instance, some might not be pleased with The Prince of Tennis's casting. That's fine, but I don't think any poor casting in it would stem from an intention by anyone involved with the dubbing process to alter the performances for the people intended to view it. I'd think it'd stem purely from poor casting.


Oh, and I didn't mean to come off as condescending or anything, and I wasn't implying anything specifically with my Prince of Tennis comparison.

[AkirQueen]

I'm glad Blum isn't doing any voice work on this show. He was good for the character of Spike but Ichigo needs another type of voice imo.
Agreed, as far as not voicing the lead in the show. I can't stand his Kazuma/Mugen voice because its too whiney, imo (yeah going against my own "rule" here) and it sounds too forced, whereas Johnny is just speaking naturally, but with some gruffness to his voice.

[wingdarkness]

Blum's Kazuma voice would work pretty well for Ichigo, imho. A lot better than Bosch who doesn't quite fit in Ichigo's range. Most of his voices are either too young or too old. And honestly, aside from Vash he hasn't done that much worth writing home about.

McCollum would have been decent, but I would have prefered Jerry Jewel to voice Ichigo in a Funi dub. Justin Cook could have worked, too.

Well if you've seen Mars Daybreak you'll see JYB does a good job as Ghram and if you've ever seen Heatguy J he does an awesomely sublime voice over for the young Boss Leonelli....Kiba from Wolf's Rain wasn't too shabby either...Haven't heard him as Ichigo yet and I agree he wouldn't have been my first choice for that role, but if he can somehow change it up a bit it might grow on me...As for Steven Blum I wouldn't have minded him as Ichigo...His voice would fit better than about 90% of the industry...No voice comes to mind when I think about Ichigo but Blum (not because his voice fits, just that it's better than most)...Honestly I really thought hard and can't come up with one VA that I think would have been perfect for Ichigo so that's why I'm not too upset...because if an animefreak like me can't think of one imagine the VIZ people...Blum is always a good default-voice IMO...Eventhough I get sick of him too sometimes, there's a reason he gets more work than anyone else...

edit: Just caught the Bleach promo commercial on [as] (a couple of minutes after I posted this) and from the few seconds JYB talked it seems he has changed his voice inflexion more than he ever has before in any role to try and fit Ichigo...Now when he finishes off sentences it reverts back to his Renton (eureka 7) voice, but at the start his voice inflexions are totally different and not that bad actually...Didn't even really notice it was him until the end...It seems like it may grow on me...Need to hear more though...

[livingfruitvirus]

AS's Bleach page is up:

http://www.adultswim.com/shows/bleach/index.html

[Demonic Raven]

AS's Bleach page is up:

http://www.adultswim.com/shows/bleach/index.html It seems AS got the real intro and ending. What a relief....

[Rolling Cloud]

AS's Bleach page is up:

http://www.adultswim.com/shows/bleach/index.html

1. Sounds like the Openings and Endings were done really good!

2. I found this during the ending:

Cast:
Johnny Young Bosch
Michelle Ruff
Kate Higgins
Stephanie Sheh
Wendee Lee
Patrick Seitz
Derek Stephen Prince

[Sketch]

Why on earth is the Shonen Jump monicre on there? They don't even have that on Naruto and One Piece's title cards that CN uses.

Interesting for Peirrot, TV Tokyo and Dentsu's logos to show up in the OP and ED. And boy do those credits fly by fast.

It should be an interesting presentation on Saturday.

[Funkatron]

Looks like the site has b een updated: Character Bios, Episode guide up to ep 9(spoilers!) and wallpapers

[ChibiGoku]

Looks like we'll be getting the full opening and ending... Also, I really like how ViZ handeled the opening credits.

[Sketch]

Yeah the text placement in the opening is very well done and suits the show (or at least the style of the opening).

[KaidoYuji8Adam]

:)
The AS.com website main splash is BLEACH..sweetness

[RiverWalker]

geeze, how did I miss this til now?

well I'm unimpressed with the intro, but at least they kept the opener and ending themes,

I think "Soul Reaper" has an evil sound/baggage thats kinda funky.
IMO calling it Soul Slayers instead of Zanpaktou would have been ok, but IMO they should have stuck to Shinigami, and had some little aside or on-screen thing explaining what Shinigami means. (I am not suprised at all they didn't go with "Death God")

"souls of the dearly departed"? wtf? he wouldn't say that? whats wrong with saying "ghosts" or "the dead" or something like that. I think for him to be saying "dearly departed" it needs to have more sarcasm in the tone, or it just sounds too mushy.

and doesn't telling that hollows were formerly humans in the trailer kinda spoil that? it only comes out within the show in the third episode, but doesn't it kinda ruin the suprise for the viewer?

[Rocketboy]

Bleach is now the splash page on Adult Swim saying it will premiere at Midnight.

[Ryan227]

Wow, the splash page looks cool... but would they make up their minds already? I can't wait till the premiere though!

[Beat]

A splash page? This can't be right. Aren't they supposed to dust it underneath a bin till the release?

[Nin-Nin69]

Now it's been confirmed indefinitely that Bleach is starting at Midnight.

http://i.adultswim.com/adultswim/tools/img/cards/home/090406/090406_COVERS_03.jpg

[Rocketboy]

Nah, it just confirms that AS can't make up their minds.

[KuwabaraTheMan]

Rukia and Orihime are on there, but Chad and Ishida(both far more important to the story of Bleach) aren't?

Wha Huh?

[Duke]

Chad and Uryu don't have big swords, nor do they have short skirts. So they wouldn't fit the advertising theme.

As for Kon, he's a cute stuffed animal, so he's exempt. Or else he's a goofy monster.

[KuwabaraTheMan]

How about MEXCICANS! And Guys with cool Arrows!

And Big Swords doesn't work with just Ichigo. Put Renji on somewhere.

[Funkatron]

Then you have a case of overcrowding the page

[KuwabaraTheMan]

But they have freaking Kon on there. Kon. Why advertize a show with 2nd string characters? And half of it was empty space anyways.

Whatever, I'm glad they're at least advertizing at all.

[Sketch]

Kon is very marketable to teenage girls that's why there's so many dang plushies of him. As for adult males... uh... yeah... we all know why Orohime and Rukia are on there. Sorry to say Chad and Ishida just don't sell Bleach and you should have figured that one out by now.

[KuwabaraTheMan]

Kon is very marketable to teenage girls that's why there's so many dang plushies of him. As for adult males... uh... yeah... we all know why Orohime and Rukia are on there. Sorry to say Chad and Ishida just don't sell Bleach and you should have figured that one out by now.

Chad true. Ishida is pretty popular though, more then Orihime. And everyone pales in popularity to Ichigo and Hitsugaya, but you knew that already.

Doesn't change that Chad is the 4th best character in Bleach.

[Sketch]

I do hope they do a gentlemen's spread for at least a wallpaper but we'll just have to wait and see.

But no worries buddy I'm sure you'll be able to get a Chad and/or Ishida shirt at Hot Topic in due time.

[wingdarkness]

Man they should really air BLEACH more than once a week...Like back in the days when CN would always air shows like that...I would much rather watch new dubbed Bleach for a couple months then it goes on hiatus then waiting 2 years to get to the point the anime is now...C'mon swim air it 3 times a week, sheeesh...

[Duke]

But they have freaking Kon on there. Kon. Why advertize a show with 2nd string characters? And half of it was empty space anyways.

Whatever, I'm glad they're at least advertizing at all.
Kon's the goofy monster. Personally, I think the splash works well. There's little wasted space, it's not too busy, and it's eyecatching. It does everything an advertising splash page is supposed to do. The graphic's purpose isn't to show off every little character on Bleach, it's to advertise "Big Swords. Short Skirts. Goofy Monsters." Chad and Uryu have no place in that ad, so they're not there.

Honestly, I think this is one of the best AS splash pages and I think it'd be awesome-looking in a magazine.

[Nin-Nin69]

I'm fearing what Chad, Kon, and Renji's voices will sound like. We've possibly got a mexican impersination and two goofy voices which could make your ears bleed. :ack:

Yet I want to hear someone do a southern accent. Me and my friends keep doing that when we say "Bankai" and it sounds hilarious. :anime:

How about MEXCICANS! And Guys with cool Arrows!

And Big Swords doesn't work with just Ichigo. Put Renji on somewhere.
Replace Renji for Kuchiki Byakuya and we've got a better cover.

[Vermunium]

I want to see how far they go with that one girl that's always all over Orihime. Will they air the fact that she has the hots for Orihime, or will they change her dialouge?

[Mugen]

I want to see how far they go with that one girl that's always all over Orihime. Will they air the fact that she has the hots for Orihime, or will they change her dialouge?

Well, this is AS, not Toonami.

[Youko Recca]

Not to mention the lesbian isn't all that important. She's more like a running joke.

[Nin-Nin69]

If they can let Miroku work his perverted magic with underage girls, then she should pass.

[KuwabaraTheMan]

Replace Renji for Kuchiki Byakuya and we've got a better cover.

Byakuya doesn't have a big sword though. Well Senbonzakura Kageyoshi, but that'd be a rather sizable spoiler

Plus Renji is cooler.

[Katsumara]

THANK GOD they kept Asterisk. I didn't want some random created crap or cut intros. >.>

[v1cious]

does anyone know why Bleach isn't on The Fix?

[Katsumara]

Iunno. New series.. hide it from the public until Saturday for the hype?

[Quincy Archer]

does anyone know why Bleach isn't on The Fix?



It's not friday yet

[Malex]

Well, E7 and Trinity Blood get/got Fix premieres before the television premieres, but it could just because it's Bleach.

After watching the promo a couple of times, I have gotten accustomed to Johnny's Ichigo, but there is still something about Michelle's Rukia. I'll give her a few episodes since I do like to hear her acting as "human Rukia." As long as they don't do something that Vice Captain/Captain fandub especially to Renji, I'll be fine with the voices.

Asterisk looks good as does the ending. Maybe we can get all the versions of the 3rd ending. -keeping fingers crossed-

[Fresh V]

HELL YEAH 12:00!!
Well, E7 and Trinity Blood get/got Fix premieres before the television premieres, but it could just because it's Bleach. Uh... Trinity Blood?

[Sketch]

I want to see how far they go with that one girl that's always all over Orihime. Will they air the fact that she has the hots for Orihime, or will they change her dialouge?

"LESBIANS!!!"

I don't suspect that'd be a problem for Adult Swim.

[RiverWalker]

"Goofy monsters" worries me.

I mean Kon isn't quite the most serious... but hes not really a monster per se.

and hollows definitely aren't supposed to be goofy... at least I don't see it that way.

and I agree, Renji w/ Zabimiru is far cooler in an outward sorta way than Byakuya.

the lecher lesbian girl... I expect they might tone it down slightly in the translation, but still enough left to get the point across.

another thing that might be interesting would be how they portray Demon Magic, or what they call it.

I wonder if they'll simply have Yachiru using her cutesy nicknames and japanese names without translating the names... I mean how the hell can you have all there is to her "ken chaaaannnnn!" in english?

[Rocketboy]

In the manga, they have her call him Kenny, so I assume that's what they're going to do.

By the way, ANN has their impression on the dub. (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature.php?id=260)

[Malex]

HELL YEAH 12:00!!
Uh... Trinity Blood?

I meant "will get" since they is an ad for it on the fix.

[chris3116]

Johnny Yong Bosch as Ichigo is very good. I smell a successor to Steve Blum. For those who know he is, we was a Power Rangers. He played Adam on MMPR and Zeo.

So Canada will air Bleach 1 day before you. It will air tonight at 10:30 Pm on the Bionix block at YTV.

The Bionix block will be like that:

09:00 Inuyasha (a good home for Gundam Seed Destiny since it's officialy announced after Inuyasha will end.)
09:30 Eureka 7
10:00 Full metal Alchemist
10:30 Bleach
11:00 Monster Warrior (can-con filler)
11:30 Dark Orracle (can-con filler)
12:00 Invader Zim
12:30 Justice League Unlimited
01:00 Fullmetal Alchemist
01:30 Ghost in the Shell

[Funkatron]

All I ask from Viz and AS:

When the show hits the 20's and they start the special endings(I think 13 in all), please show them all.... in order.

My favorite part of the show were those custom endings. That and Kon's guess who shorts

[AkirQueen]

Hmm...I do believe that's Quinton Flynn as Kon, if my ears aren't deceiving me.

[Rocketboy]

Sounds more like Micheal Lindsay to me.

[v1cious]

i have to say so far i'm not liking Michelle Ruff as Rukia. her voice has no emotion to it all.

[NahMan85]

Everything is fine to me. The series looks great. But I only have one question (this is going to sound stupid)...where did the name Bleach come from for the show?

[Dark Fact]

Everything is fine to me. The series looks great. But I only have one question (this is going to sound stupid)...where did the name Bleach come from for the show?
http://img.epinions.com/images/opti/a3/c2/Clorox_Regular-Bleach-resized200.gif
:)

[Brent Long]

Hmm...I do believe that's Quinton Flynn as Kon, if my ears aren't deceiving me.

I agree that it sounds like him, but I very highly doubt it actually is.

Flynn's never done non-union dub work to my knowledge. It is possible he's just been going under a pseudonym and no one's noticed it til now, but I doubt that too.

Flynn's pretty high-up in the original animation/union video game circle, so him taking non-union work in general would be pretty strange, and he doesn't appear to be financial core; where he's allowed to do both union & non-union projects at the expense of not being allowed to hold a SAG position or vote in any of their elections.

Besides, the Bleach cast doesn't take me as being particularly ambitious, so them going out of their way to get Flynn for Kon, but only the usual suspects for everybody else would be a bit odd.

Personally, I'm thinking it's Jack Bauer (http://www.crystalacids.com/database/person/7436/jack-bauer/) going with a different voice than his typical roles.

Sounds more like Micheal Lindsay to me.

No, I can assure you it's not Lindsay.

I should take this opportunity to compliment Viz & Studiopolis for including such comprehensive cast credits. I'm sure there will never be any question as to who played any character outside the main cast.

[Malex]

Everything is fine to me. The series looks great. But I only have one question (this is going to sound stupid)...where did the name Bleach come from for the show?

The name "Bleach" comes from the coloring of Ichigo's hair. His orange hair is really black hair that's been bleached.

[Grenzer]

The name "Bleach" comes from the coloring of Ichigo's hair. His orange hair is really black hair that's been bleached.

What? That's not it. The series' name refers to the duty of the Soul Reapers, purifying, "Bleaching Clean" if you will, the sins of the Hollows.

Ichigo has naturally light hair by the way, a fact which comes up at certain points in the story.

[NahMan85]

The name "Bleach" comes from the coloring of Ichigo's hair. His orange hair is really black hair that's been bleached.I actually believed that....until I read *points down*. Unless he's wrong also. :D
What? That's not it. The series' name refers to the duty of the Soul Reapers, purifying, "Bleaching Clean" if you will, the sins of the Hollows.

Ichigo has naturally light hair by the way, a fact which comes up at certain points in the story.

http://img.epinions.com/images/opti/a3/c2/Clorox_Regular-Bleach-resized200.gifWhy am I not surprised. That's what I get for asking a stupid question, you get a stupid answer. :sad:

[Grenzer]

I actually believed that....until I read *points down*. Unless he's wrong also. :D


Why am I not surprised. That's what I get for asking a stupid question, you get a stupid answer. :sad:

I believe this was mentioned in an interview with Kubo Tite (Bleach's Mangaka) sometime ago, I know it is real if that is what you are asking.

Of course the series' plot changes at a certain point and the name "Bleach" seems to become irrelevant to the story, but it is still a cool name for a show.

[RiverWalker]

well, I'm glad they used Zanpaktou,...

but I'm not real happy with Rukia's voice so far, I'm not real particular or experienced on critiquing such things, so I'm not sure exactly how to describe what I don't like about it. it just seemed a bit off. particularly when saying things like "Kidou" and "Zanpaktou"

but on the other hand, when she did the binding spell, IMO that was pretty much perfect.

[Brent Long]

Not to act like I'm a mod or anything, but we really should stop the discussion of things that better fit the talkback thread.

[Malex]

What? That's not it. The series' name refers to the duty of the Soul Reapers, purifying, "Bleaching Clean" if you will, the sins of the Hollows.

Ichigo has naturally light hair by the way, a fact which comes up at certain points in the story.

I do believe that Bleach can mean purifying hollows and such, which was what I at first believe to be the only reason. However, I believe it was mentioned somewhere that Bleach was also for the hair since there is a little bit in the beginning about hair (Orihime and Ichigo). I'll concede if Kubo says that's the ONLY reason.

[Nin-Nin69]

It's was named after something fans consumed while sitting through Leprechaun In the Hood. :p

[Zach Logan]

As interesting as the origin of the name of the series is, it probably is a better idea to get back on topic. Thanks.