TGS 2011 Kingdom Hearts: Dream Drop Distance Trailer [English}

[Tara St. Michel]

KHCRAZY10 PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS



Hi Everyone! If you've been following my Producer blog or saw the audition thread back in November, this may be the moment you've been waiting for, the release of my English fandub of the Tokyo Game Show Kingdom Hearts: Dream Drop Distance trailer. Well, the dub is finally finished as you can see!

In this dub, Braig is voiced, although he was previously left unvoiced in the original Japanese trailer.

This dub DOES NOT feature my voice, but it was mixed by me. The voices were done by some awesome voice actors on the Voice Acting Alliance (http://voiceactingalliance.com).

Stay tuned for a surprise at the end

CAST:

Yen Sid: HeroicRoxas
Sora: BOWIEtheHERO
Riku: Philsterman01
Neku: Shojx
Quasimodo: Ryusuke
Braig: HeroicRoxas

Mixing done in Logic Express (Audio) and iMovie 11 (Video)
Mixed by Tara St. Michel (khcrazy10)
SFX ripped from the trailer, KH 2, and SoundDogs

KHcrazy10 Productions Intro by Tara St. Michel

Music ©2002 - 2012 Square-Enix
Video ©2012 Square-Enix

Please support the official English release that is presumably going to be in Fall 2012.

[Praxis678]

Wow this was really good guys. I don't think I'm a experienced enough voice actor to criticize anyone but I will say this everyone who was in this had a very awesome voice that fit their character fantastically, not necessarily saying they fit the original voice actor's voice but they sounded great for who they played.

[HeroicRoxas]

Oh my god i lost the game. >

[Ryusuke]

Wow, that was quick. o_o Turned out pretty well! Now for my thoughts.

HeroicRoxas :: Braig and Yen Sid
Your Yen Sid voice is good. It was fittingly wise and ancient and you were comfortable with the voice. However, I do think you were a bit too over-dramatic with your reads, and Yen Sid is a little more relaxed than that, especially when he's just instructing Sora and Riku. For Braig, the voice was appropriate. But, you sounded pretty angry on the first line and Braig (from the....really brief shot of him) didn't really give me that impression. But, to be fair, there really isn't much to go by, so meh. >>; So, yeah good job!

BOWIEtheHERO :: Sora
Like I've said to you on Facebook, it was very different from what I'm used to. It was confident and heroic, which suits Sora and it's a great voice for characters like him. But, I won't lie, it was a bit strange hearing him with an accent. However, you had his energy, and the acting was very good. And I ended up warming up to the voice anyway because of that. So yeah, good job man!

Philsterman01 :: Riku
Huh, dunno why but I thought Riku had more lines in this trailer. Ah, well. For those few lines, the delivery was appropriate, and of course the voice was too. So yep, great job, man!

Shojx :: Neku
I kinda feel the voice lacks the heaviness I'm used to hearing from Neku, but you did pretty well. Bonus points for saying his name right.

Me :: Quasimodo
Huh. What do you know? My voice fits. o.o;

Tara :: Mixing
Pretty good, kept the focus to the voices and the music and SFX didn't overpower us. The Dream Eaters appearing sounded a bit too quiet though. It was kinda weird that HJO's and David Gallagher's recordings were in there. But, again, good job. I kinda thought the opening was a biiiit too long, but that's more of a pet peeve.

So, yeah, I enjoyed it. Nice work guys.

Yay bloopers. XD

Is it wrong of me of laughing at the "I can't afford to lose the game" line? XD

[Shojx]

It's up! You sure work efficiently!

I've never given critiques or anything of the sort but seeing as how this is the first group dub I've been a part of, I'll try and share my opinions a bit:

HeroicRoxas -- Yen Sid & Braig
I thought you did a great job on both voices. For Yen Sid, I feel like a narrative voice would be difficult to do but you pulled it off very well.
Some of the lines felt a bit exaggerated, but I don't think it had a negative impact on those lines overall.
I really liked the tone you used, I could feel Yen Sid's wisdom behind it, and I think it was great for capturing the mood of the trailer.

As for Braig, I don't have anything to say other than I thought it was a fantastic portrayal.
I'd say this moment served as the trailer's climax, so the delivery matched perfectly.
I felt the voice suited him really well, so perfect job with that one.


Sora -- BOWIEtheHERO
The accent caught me off guard at first, but looking past that, your voice captured the light-hearted friendliness of Sora very well.
The pronunciation of Neku's last name sounded a little off, though. Regardless, the acting was really good and I thought your portrayal of Sora was great!
It might have been a bit different from what you'd expect from Sora, but it definitely worked and it had the necessary friendliness that I think defines him.


Riku -- Philsterman01
Nice job, I couldn't help but compared your voice to Mamoru Miyano rather than David Gallagher, and it really fit Riku well.
The first line at the beginning sounded a bit lacking in emotion but that might have been because Riku's doubt contrasted with the enthusiastic Sora
who had just spoken. Your second line was perfect, in my opinion. Great job!


Shojx -- Neku
I can't really critique myself, all I can say is I was influenced by Kouki Uchiyama's performance as I've (very unfortunately) never played
the English version of TWEWY. However, after searching and listening to the English dubbed Neku, my performance was definitely too light compared to that.


Ryusuke -- Quasimodo
Wow, really nice job! I couldn't help but think while watching "Wow, that's actually what he sounds like" because it fit perfectly.
You did a great job on your performance. I loved the determination in his last line.


And that's the best I can do with critiques!

The mixing was very well done, and even more points to you Tara for organizing this entire project and getting it out so quickly!

Great job everyone on your performances and making this dub fantastic!
I really like how this turned out.

Oh, and also, congratulations everyone on losing the game!

[BOWIEtheHERO]

Is my accent really that distinct? It's a hard voice type to put an American accent on, that's for sure As for Neku's surname, I was a little reluctant to don a Japanese pronunciation style. But enough me trying to cover my arse, a critique is critique, always good to learn!

Ciritques -

Heroic Roxas
Yen Sid - I am very much of the same opinion as Ryusuke on this one. You're voice is great, but there's a little over dramatisation, for me, most notably on 'Dreeeeam Eaters' The character is right though. It was a surprising performance. Didn't know you could get your voice that low!
Braig - Personally, I thought it sounded great. Had no qualms with it whatsoever!

Philsterman01
Riku - I liked this performance very much. You fit him very nicely. And that exchange with Quas was just G! Could've been in the game and I wouldn't have batted an eyelid. Well done

Shojx
Neku - Your tone is lovely. I really enjoyed your line "You must be Sora", sounded perfect. Having never played TWEWY, I have only soundfiles to go on and the Japanese Voice Actor for his voice, but i can say it really suited him. Could've had a little more urgency and/or surprise when the Dream Eaters popped up, because he was startled and the line sounded a little played down.

Ryusuke
Quasimodo - Short but sweet. You got his determination right, and there was a lovely hint of trust in Riku, that makes him want to fight. Well played, sir!

Tara
Mixing - I thought this was mixed nicely, again as Ryusuke said, the voices weren't drowned out by the music and SFX, but the Dream Eater apparition could have been louder. That iconic noise when Heartless, Nobodies and those ones from BBS... Can't remember their names O_O would have been a nice touch.
Sorry my files a little louder than the others!

Altogether a great little piece, i've been posting it around asking for feedback for the whole cast, so any i get i'll post here for you!

[Tara St. Michel]

Thanks for the critique on my mixing you guys! I don't know about quick tho. If I hadn't been playing Skyward Sword all through break I probably would have had this out sooner lol (I still have my own record to beat for fastest collaborative dub XD).

@Ryusuke: your comment about HJO and David Gallagher's voices... the secret is David Gallagher isn't actually in there lol. I used Roxas's clips for a little bit of vocal difference in the gameplay scenes. I could have asked for battle grunts, but those are really hard to mix and make sfx like 20 times harder to find and mix so yeah. Btw, thanks for the awesome yelling/determined line XD. I was sooooo not prepared for that when I got your lines in my inbox!

But yeah, thanks guys! I'm glad you all enjoyed the dub and you guys did a great job with the voices!

[AnathJackson]

Overall I enjoyed this dub, there were a fair few things that reminded me it was a fandub though.

Yen Sid: Was pretty hit and miss. The voice was there, but the actual lines felt awkward at times. Too often were lines to theatrical. Yen Sid though this trailer was meant to be used as a narrator and Heroic Roxas, by trying to bring more life to the role was more of a distraction. If he didn't suddenly pick up in energy for one word per sentence or try to make certain words stick out so much it would have been a much stronger performance.

Sora: BOWIEtheHero as Sora isn't bad, not at all. The voice doesn't quite seem appropriate; too old for the character. That said his acting made up for it. Good to see him get loud when he deeded to as well. With a lighter voice it would have been much better.

Riku: I'm not sure how to feel back Philsterman as Riku. His acting was there, but something just seemed off. Its probably just a voice I have to get used to on the character.

Neku: Shojx was a good Neku, but the writing for his intro betrayed him. That aside he was about as aloof and distant as was called for and his voice was age appropriate.

Quasimodo: I thought Ryusuke did very well. There's not too much to go on, but it was excellent outing.

Braig: HeroicRoxas had a much less awkward outing with Braig, though there is only so much you can do with one line. From that one line though, it was very character appropriate.

[Ryusuke]

@Ryusuke: your comment about HJO and David Gallagher's voices... the secret is David Gallagher isn't actually in there lol. I used Roxas's clips for a little bit of vocal difference in the gameplay scenes. I could have asked for battle grunts, but those are really hard to mix and make sfx like 20 times harder to find and mix so yeah. Btw, thanks for the awesome yelling/determined line XD. I was sooooo not prepared for that when I got your lines in my inbox!

MY EARS DECEIVE ME! XD But, yeah, I see what you mean. I kinda had to go on a scavenger hunt for mine. XD; But, it turned out alright for me at least. And, no problem, it was my pleasure.

Ryusuke
Quasimodo - Short but sweet. You got his determination right, and there was a lovely hint of trust in Riku, that makes him want to fight. Well played, sir!

Ryusuke -- Quasimodo
Wow, really nice job! I couldn't help but think while watching "Wow, that's actually what he sounds like" because it fit perfectly.
You did a great job on your performance. I loved the determination in his last line.

Quasimodo: I thought Ryusuke did very well. There's not too much to go on, but it was excellent outing.

It's comments like that make overcoming that fear of recording with my family at home even more worth it. Thanks guys.

[NemesisPrime]

Everyone was awesome expect for Briag.

NOT BASHING! You sounded bored and uninterested.

Other than that, I loved it!

In that case I will open the keyhole of sleep and that was my phone.

LOL.