And as a result of this one dub, director Steven Foster kept getting dub work, and he proved so lazy and uncaring that the actors themselves stopped putting effort into their lines--because they knew he would never check them.
This wound up ruining every other dub he worked on, such as Penguindrum.
Look up clips of a show called Guin Saga, especially near the end. That was a Steven Foster dub, and it was clear that the actors had mentally checked out--because so had Foster. And those lazy-sounding takes made it into the final show.
Steven Foster eventually got BLACKLISTED from the entire business because nobody wanted to work with him anymore.
A bad director can get bad performances out of good actors.
A good director can get good performances out of weak actors.
Fuck Steven Foster.
If you want an anime dub like this that was done by people who cared? Three words: Samurai Pizza Cats.
And as a result of this one dub, director Steven Foster kept getting dub work, and he proved so lazy and uncaring that the actors themselves stopped putting effort into their lines--because they knew he would never check them.
This wound up ruining every other dub he worked on, such as Penguindrum.
Look up clips of a show called Guin Saga, especially near the end. That was a Steven Foster dub, and it was clear that the actors had mentally checked out--because so had Foster. And those lazy-sounding takes made it into the final show.
Steven Foster eventually got BLACKLISTED from the entire business because nobody wanted to work with him anymore.
A bad director can get bad performances out of good actors.
A good director can get good performances out of weak actors.
Fuck Steven Foster.
If you want an anime dub like this that was done by people who cared? Three words: Samurai Pizza Cats.