Maple Town Dream Dub Cast?

[Ryusui]

I've never been certain just how many English-dubbed episodes of Maple Town there are, but my research generally agrees on two things: we didn't get even close to all of them, and a lot of the localization choices were...questionable, to say the least ("Fannie Fox"? Seriously?).

On occasion, over the past few years, I've ruminated over what would be the perfect English dub cast, in the highly unlikely event someone else picked the show up and gave it a decent treatment. At this point, the odds are, incredibly enough, slightly worse than those of us seeing a U.S. release of Xenoblade or Ace Attorney Investigations 2, but a Drive-Thru Whale can dream, right?

Two things I'm certain about: Kari Wahlgren as Patty, and Melissa Charles as Rolley. Yes, I know that's Palm Town I'm talking about, but her voice as Ed (still a girl) on Cowboy Bebop is just perfect.

Bobby is a hard pick. I don't remember what Susan Roman sounded like as Bobby (my own firsthand memories of the English dub are pretty much nonexistent ^_^, but I have a fundamental issue with it: Yoku Shioya gives Bobby a surprisingly deep male voice, and the usual "woman doing a young boy's voice" you hear in anime dubs (Naruto is a good example) hardly matches. This said, he's hard to cast. Johnny Yong Bosch or Yuri Lowenthal would be the obvious picks, though neither one quite fits; I'd settled on Steve Cannon for a while, but now I'm wondering how Troy Baker would sound in the role. Or Steve Blum, just for kicks.

Dave Wittenberg as Johnny. (Probably not exclusively Johnny. The guy's got range. Same with Kari Wahlgren, come to think of it. Both of them could voice two or three characters and you probably wouldn't notice unless you paid really close attention.)

Mehhh...it's been so long since I gave this any serious thought. It's an impossible dream, I know, but hey: impossible things do happen from time to time, right? :3

[Philip]

I believe the last episode dubbed by Saban was episode 39, but every episode before that point probably wasn't dubbed. Especially not episode 34. I don't think an alcoholic, borderline abusive father who is portrayed as a sympathetic character in a children's show is acceptable in the US. You can't "fix" that episode by cutting stuff out either (I sure hope Saban didn't try to anyway, the result would be devastating).

As for a new English dub, we all know it's gonna happen, but we can still discuss a potential re-dub just for fun. I'm not well-versed in American voice actors. I think most voice actors in the Saban dub (with some exceptions) are pretty good (definitely the only good thing about that dub). It feels strange to hear Bobby being voiced by a female voice actor when you're not used to it, but it's not like the voice doesn't fit the character. Of course, nothing can beat Yoku Shioya's performance.

One thing I do wonder about, if there was a re-dub, would the vocal songs be kept in Japanese or dubbed into English? It would be really interesting to hear good English versions of the opening and ending themes, as well as the few insert songs we hear throughout the series.

[Robert26194]

The best voice of Bobby I ever heared, was the Dutch version. But I don't think a dutch-english accent is a good idea. Here is a Dutch episode: www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_X0NuVEGtg&feature=related

[pampouic]

I prefer french voice because i listen them since i have 3 years...

[Philip]

I think the French voices sound pretty good for the main characters, the guest characters however often have horrible voices. Setale in episode 21 is a prime example.

[pampouic]

Who is Setale ? I don't remember...

[Philip]

Sorry, should have specified better (and maybe replied atleast within a month!). I meant the guest character of Palm Town/Malinplage episode 21. Kind of a love interest to Rolley. He's probably called something else in French, but his name should begin with an S.