[Powerman293]

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Originally Posted by MarsHottentot

I know a fair amount of people who just won't watch anything subtitled - the reasons range from eyesight problems, to reading issues (distressingly common), to thinly veiled xenophobia - it stands a better shot dubbed.

They can't read?

Dubbing it would get more mainstream, I guess. But I can't imagine watching Toku without subtitles. In anime, it's much easier to let the voices not being perfectly synced with the mouths not be an issue. I can't imagine though watching actual live action Japanese people have a completely different voice come out and not match any of their lips moving.

[GoldenXtreme]

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Originally Posted by Powerman293

They can't read?

Dubbing it would get more mainstream, I guess. But I can't imagine watching Toku without subtitles. In anime, it's much easier to let the voices not being perfectly synced with the mouths not be an issue. I can't imagine though watching actual live action Japanese people have a completely different voice come out and not match any of their lips moving.

I've actually heard that it's easier to dub live-action things than animated ones as far as lip synching goes. I would prefer subtitles regardless though, unless they put a lot of effort into the dub.

[Annuga]

I want a dub because that means I can say "We're gonna watch Kamen Rider" to my Friday friends

[Fish Sandwich]

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Originally Posted by Guyver Spawn

They announce the news back in June, things take time. Licensing things are not as easy as they look.

Okay, seriously, am I missing something? We're still just basing this assumption on those two articles that said nothing even remotely concrete about the matter, right? I'm really confused why this is being taken as gospel.

The possibility exists, sure, it would be cool, sure, but I don't think Amazons coming over here is anything more than a hard "maybe" right now.

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Originally Posted by Powerman293

I can't imagine though watching actual live action Japanese people have a completely different voice come out and not match any of their lips moving.

I've always sort of despised dubbed live-action stuff for this exact reason. It's not necessarily that awful, but it always really takes me out of the experience.

It'd be cool if it means a bigger audience though. I don't know about full on xenophobia but I've heard lines like "I'd prefer to watch my TV shows/movies without having to read them too" more than once. As easy as it is to call those people lazy or whatever, I honestly think that's a fair enough point.

[Annuga]

Most memorable mooks in the franchise? For me, those roles go to the porcupine Grongi and Roidmude 072(?). The Grongi for being surprisingly scary and having a memorable beatdown, and 072 for how Drive started ti shift it's tone

[Fish Sandwich]

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Originally Posted by Annuga

Most memorable mooks in the franchise?

Legion from Wizard for having a killer design and being such a threat. The turtle dudes from super early on in Agito for having the completely amazing gimmick of tanking Rider Kicks with their shells. Spider Man (no not that one) for being the OG MotW and a neat suit.

Those are the ones that always jump out to me when I think Rider monsters, for whatever reason. I could definitely come up with ones I like more in terms of design or feel had a great role in the plot or something but since I have to think about it they're sort of literally less memorable to me.

[barnstenchfartface]

Rhino Dump from Skyrider because....Rhino Dump.

Also this one wolf monster from I think Skyrider too. He wasn't that cool but his attacks consisted of literally taking his head off and having it attack the Rider. It was completely amazing.

[GoseiWonder]

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Originally Posted by Powerman293

They can't read?

Dubbing it would get more mainstream, I guess. But I can't imagine watching Toku without subtitles. In anime, it's much easier to let the voices not being perfectly synced with the mouths not be an issue. I can't imagine though watching actual live action Japanese people have a completely different voice come out and not match any of their lips moving.

[Matrixbeast]

Go-Gadoru-Ba (Kabuto beetle Grongi) and Go-Jaraji-Da (Porcupine Grongi) from Kuuga, because they were the only ones to actually interest me from that show.
Pyxis Zodiarts from Fourze, just because he was oddly memorable to me...Dunno why.
Wolf Undead from Blade, because that's one slick bike.
Wolf Imagin from Den-O, because that voice is too recognizable

There are probably a couple others that, when brought up, will likely bring back some nice memories. These are just the ones off the top of my head.

[Annuga]

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Originally Posted by GoseiWonder

To be fair, that's from the Philippines, not America

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Originally Posted by Matrixbeast

Go-Gadoru-Ba (Kabuto beetle Grongi) and Go-Jaraji-Da (Porcupine Grongi) from Kuuga, because they were the only ones to actually interest me from that show.
Pyxis Zodiarts from Fourze, just because he was oddly memorable to me...Dunno why.
Wolf Undead from Blade, because that's one slick bike.
Wolf Imagin from Den-O, because that voice is too recognizable

There are probably a couple others that, when brought up, will likely bring back some nice memories. These are just the ones off the top of my head.

Pyxis was a stalker who then decided to murder all the girls that rejected him. VERY fucked up