Brina Palencia and J. Michael Tatum return

Expected, but still very welcomed! While I don't mind the sub, Holo's voice just never matched the type of smug, mature yet playful drama queen Holo could be. For both the OG anime and the reboot her voice was just too high pitched and child like, never liked it but that's just me!

Also surprised that for the dub, they did the OP in English, it was a real joy to listen to!

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I am so HYPED that they are returning!!! Brina was a big reason I enjoyed the original so much because of how well she portrayed Holo's personality and quirks. And that's not to say the Japanese actors didn't kill it, but I just personally enjoyed the English version better (for once). It could be because of the European setting, my personal taste, or just because Brina killed the role so hard. Anyway, I'm just super happy and the wait for all the episodes to come out is gonna suck 😂

@Beppyicx It's weird to compare how the JP VA doesn't match the dubbed feel, when it's the dub that put a spin on it. That's backwards.

J. Miecheal Tatum is my favourite anime voice actor, and Kevin penkin is my favourite composer.


I had never seen spice and wolf, but these 2 alone would more than sell me on it.

But then i watched the first episode and realized the writing is also EXTREMELY solid. so now I think it very well could make it to my top 20 if not top 10.

@LostSpectre I don't think either is trying to replicate the other one.

Most great dubs ask themselves the same question the jp voice actors would, which is "how would this character sound like?"

If they tried to replicate sub, it would only end up being a cheap imitation.

@APolygons2 I don't quite see what that has to do with my comment. The point was that they were critical of the JP for not being authentic to the character, when it's obviously the other way around. Of course, the dub doesn't need to be "authentic", but I wouldn't go around saying similar comments about Frieren in the sub, just because I watched the dub. I don't agree at all with your comment about it being an imitation, it's in a completely different language, it wouldn't feel similar enough for that to be an issue whatsoever.

@LostSpectre The point is that the JP isn't any more authetic, it just happens to be the one that comes out first.


Both the dub and the JP choose VAs based on the character, not each other. The authetic voice for the character just doesn't exist, unless the creator made that character with a certain VA in mind.


Both the JP and DUB VA do the same thing.

they voice based the character, neither of them is "the authetic" one.

These days the sub doesn't even come out first all the time. A lot of shows get perfect simulcast meaning the dub and sub come out at the same time.

The dub isn't trying to be the JP and vice versa isn't the case either.

I was calling both of you wrong for talking as if thats the case.

After really loving the dub in E1 (actually tearing up over it) I did not appreciate it this week. For me it felt overcooked like a stage play rehearsal, and I confirmed that feeling by watching E2 of the OG anime. In general quite an unnatural feel and Lawrence often faded to the background because of Holo's overstated portrayal.

Hopefully next week will feel more organic.

@Yorda_trico I wasn't really thinking about it, but I could tell something was off, or less appealing than the first episode. Aside from the final scene (ep 1) where they're departing, and Holo is acting more boisterous, her performance is subdued, befitting the tone of a quiet, moonlight night. In the 2nd episode she's carrying that earlier boisterousness through pretty much the entire episode, as if she's constantly in a state of amusement. I very much preferred the former, and I'll probably just switch back to the sub if this continues.

I checked the sub again, and it's hard to compare JP/EN, but it felt a bit more subdued/less excited than the dub performance.

After feeling frustrated by unnatural performances last week I thought Brina and J.Michael were back on form in Episode 3, really loved it and felt immersed in the conversations/ banter.

Please more of this!