ok so far what can be determined Tony Pope was Harlock, BJ Ward was Tetsuro and Emeraldas and Corey Burton was the Conductor. www.behindthevoiceactors.com/movies/Galaxy-Express-999/voice-credits/
Funny, now that you say it, I can totally hear that Joey and Emeraldas had the same voice. I doubt I'd have ever noticed on my own, though. Corey Burton as the conductor was, on the other hand, pretty obvious.
I knew BJ ward was Tetsuro because he sounded like a younger Allura from Voltron. and the Conductor sounded like Hook who Burton voices. Though Burton has such a range he would've been hard to spot.
This anime was shown as a series on Italian TV in the 80's. It had much better dubbing as Italians dubbers had a lot of practice with American productions. We watched many Japanese anime in Italian. Some of them weren't really made for children but we still watched them. That's how a generation of Maltese children learned Italian actually and at the same time fell in love with Japan and anime characters.
Awesome video! I saw this version on HBO one morning and loved it (I was 6 or 7?). Later I found it in a video store and rented it way too many times (probably 25-30 times). I’ll always love this version- warts and all. Thank you for the ride down memory lane!
+CplEthane Well, this is actually probably the last one. There's little else to say on the subject of Harlock, at least. The later dubs just tended to be bland, not humourously incompetent.
+Nolan Baucom I may do a bit on that one, but it's rather a different subject-i.e. it's nothing to do with the dubbing quality or any other mishaps involved in stateside exhibition, but rather would be just about how badly that film handled the character of Harlock, who is no longer any kind of a hero.
Nolan Baucom I would have to see it again to be certain, as the version I saw had some rather iffy subtitles, but it gave the distinct impression that after accidentally destroying the Earth, Harlock's grand plan was to then destroy the universe and let it start over again, which would make good ole' Captain Harlock the greatest mass-murderer in the history of fiction. That's not the character that made such an impression on me in my youth.
Huh. Did NOT know that this film got a theatrical release so long ago...OR that Maetel's name should be Maeter. I always assumed it was Maetel because she's made of metal and I think a combination of the words "Metal" and "Maeter" would be clever if it was at all intentional. Also now we have a more well known rusty truck named Mater so...yeah habits are hard to change.
Just thinking of this again after watching the English dub of Fantastic Planet, another New World Pictures release from a few years before this film. A shame New World simply didn't leave the story/editing alone like they had on Fantastic Planet, though perhaps that film's uniqueness is why they didn't change much in that script.
Man I love the dedication you guys have to harlock and for me personally I have only ever seen galaxy express in this dub and I loved it same with the uncut dub of Arcadia of my youth which has the defentive harlock voice by Lanny broyle you should cover the dub of arcadia in detail I would love to see that
If you're talking about the dub that was the uncut version of the Vengeance of the Space Pirate dub by Peregrine Films, I'm not sure what I'd really say about it. It's more or less accurate. The only thing of real note is that weird mumbling you can hear under the audio at times. If there's a newer dub of the film, I'm unaware of it.
I never even knew that had happened. I haven't really followed anime for a very long time. I poked around briefly and have only ascertained that these exist, but not where they can be seen.
@@Corn_Pone_Flicks look em up on internet archive they have harlock saying hogswaggle,matey,shiver me timbers,and Davey Jones locker also emeraldas has a Spanish accent so ...its werid
@@Corn_Pone_Flicks www.reddit.com/r/LEJIVERSE/comments/k6cmm6/space_pirate_captain_harlock_12_william_winckler/? Here have it and please review it you dont have to but your harlock work is the best same with the myers video amazing work
Excellent overview! Over the years I'd sort-of forgotten about this feature, not the least because it was universally panned by the burgeoning fandom of its time, but also owing to its somewhat limited original theatrical release -- only "art house" screens in some cities, as I understand? And out of curiosity, I'm still interested in learning about the backstory with respect to the "Galaxy Express" release date. It was originally planned for a 1980 release, but both Jerry Beck and Fred Patten note a later release date in their books -- August, 1981 and 1982, respectively (imdb lists 1981 as the date which New World Pictures distributed the film). Owing to the large amount of editing and the (hated) John Wayne impression I'd definitely read and heard mention of the theatrical print over the years, but never saw it in the theater. Instead it took years of scouring dodgy video rental shops to find a lone VHS cassette at a place which was going out of business -- long after it was deleted from wholesale catalogs. For me, learning about a later-than-planned release date adds an unanswerable riddle to this infamous dub, which is why I'm naturally curious. ;)
+David Van Cleve You can't see it in the framing I used in the video, but the paper review I excoriate for its comparison of the film to Saturday morning cartoons is right next to a review for The Shining (which the reviewer also hated, the lameass), and that film was released in May of 1980. You CAN see that it's right above a review for The Island, which came out in June 1980. There might have been re-releases in later years, but the presence of the film in theaters as early as summer 1980 is indisputable.
+xerxestireirondada Thank you! I didn't view it full-screen the first time, and definitely missed the titles of the other films reviewed. In re-visiting Mr. Patten's book, I see that Jerry Beck offered a -1981- correction to Patten's date of 1982, while Patten's entry for 1982 (c.f. "Watching Anime, Reading Manga") leads me down an interesting rabbit hole: "July: Galaxy Express is released theatrically by New World Pictures (following a two-year postponement of its originally publicized release in May 1980)." Way back, there had been an initiative by Toei (offices in L.A.!) -with the help of the C/FO- to bring Galaxy Express 999 to the attention of a larger, established studio. This old fan lore is touched upon here: groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/classes/6.805/student-papers/fall03-papers/Progress_Against_the_Law.html But surely can't be what Patten is referring to by a postponement. I -definitely- recall hearing (many years ago) that the New World "Galaxy Express" screened at one local theater on occasions other than during its initial 1980 run, with the impression being that it was screened fairly regularly. This had me wondering whether a print was available into the late 1980s, or if that particular theater owned a print? If only! Thanks again for helping me to jog my memory, and also for the correction. :)
David Van Cleve I'm really not sure what Patten is talking about regarding a postponement, but the newspaper article deeming the film "so-so" notes that the film is in its third week (and notes the previous week's grosses), while above it can be seen that Empire Strikes Back is in its sixth week of release, following its premiere date in June of 1980. So whatever Fred meant, it's still definitely true that the film was actually in theaters and making money in 1980. Of course, the lack of anything like the internet back then made such research much more difficult, so I'll cut him some slack.
+xerxestireirondada It wouldn't surprise me (given how films were distributed back then) if it took a while for the film to be shown at selected markets if it was simply being played from market to market and not all at once.
+David Van Cleve Noticed the one newspaper ad that showed the film was pared with Bakshi's Wizards at one theater, it reminded me of a similar ad that showed up in Trish Ledoux's "The Computer Anime Guide" where a different theater paired this with Heavy Metal, but the ad showed a scene from the sequel "Adieu, Galaxy Express 999".
As bad as this was, i was happy to get my hands on this in the eighties. I was a huge Harlock fan with no way to get a hold of his adventures. I came across this in a video rental store "Hollywood Video". It was the only rental store in town that carried it. Luckily no one ever rented it so it was always in. This was early in my anime collecting years so i was more tolerant of the changes mainly because the choice was this or nothing. I still kinda wish a had a copy of this. As you said some of the music was pretty good. This never got a dvd release that i know of. I don't think we'll ever see a digital pirate version either since not many people actually got a copy of this. I think i'm actually experiencing nostalgia for this. LOL!
+TVOR There's definitely no DVD release of this version. IMDb doesn't even acknowledge its existence; it lists the cast of the Japanese version and for the Viz Media version, but there's no mention of this one at all.
+xerxestireirondada B.J. Ward also voiced Scarlett from 'G.I. Joe', Princess Allura from 'Voltron', and even Velma Dinkly in the first few 'Scooby-Doo' OVAs. Corey Burton's credits include Spike Witwicky from 'Transformers', Dale from 'Rescue Rangers', Ludwig Von Drake, and Brainiac from 'Superman:TAS'. Not only did 'Galaxy Express' pioneered the 'space western' genre, Lou Scheimer also took a stab at it with 'Bravestarr'.
+Marc Baker I expect that it wouldn't take too much looking to find an even earlier example of a space western. The notion of space exploration being akin to expanding into "the frontier" isn't exactly an ultra-cerebral stretch of the imagination.
yeah roger corman didnt understand what he had in his hands same could be said when he made shogun assassin but that worked better new world was alot of wasted potential and could have been great and still around inf different decisions were made
A friend had a copy of that, and sent me a clip of the part I needed (I don't have a copy of the whole thing). I also covered the video with a good copy of the episode for the sake of picture quality.
If you're still in touch with him, Discotek is trying to track down a copy of the HG broadcast to include as an extra on the bluray. It would be awesome for the fandom to see it in full.
1:41 The other dub said 'Galaxy Express THREE NINE'. and this is what Leiji Matsumoto himself wanted when this animated movie is exported. 4:49 and Leiji Matsumoto is not credited here!!!
I'm not sure what that has to do with anything I said at 1:41, but in this case I think Matsumoto was wrong. In English, you hear "three nine," you think 39, not 999. It's unnecessarily confusing.
@@Corn_Pone_Flicks It was his 'marketing' method. the more correct should be 'Triple Nine' . but you can't blame him he's Japanese after all, Kyushuan even. He begun his Mangaka career as a kagoshiman speaking dude in Tokyo. (the word 'Oidon' he uses very often is a first person pronoun in Kagoshima dialect)
Not sure if I share your sentiment that ALL Harlock dubs have been bad. Endless Odyssey was pretty good I thought. Also, you fail to mention that Spike Speig--i mean Steve Blum has voiced him in gun Frontier and Cosmo warrior zero (though the latter is a less solemn Harlock that feels weird compared to his inclusion in other stories).
I've never seen those other two dubs you mention, so I can't comment on their quality. It's certainly the case that all the ones I've SEEN have been below par.
@@Corn_Pone_Flicks Gun Frontier is definitely worth a watch if you love Tochiro. The story is centered around him, unlike most Harlock media. Cosmo Warrior Zero is more of a Saturday morning action cartoon (animation quality included), but I still enoy it. Maybe I'm just a Leiji Matsumoto fanboy weeb, tho.
My first encounter with Galaxy Express 999 was the Viz Video dub that played on the Sci-Fi Channel only once and didn't see the Roger Corman dub until years later To me, the Viz dub will always be the better one but I would be lying if I said I didn't chuckle at John Wayne Harlock
Did you see that Discotek Media is looking for the English dub of Can You Live Like a Warrior?, in this video you have a clip from that dub (where Tetsuro calls himself Joey and Maeter calls herself Catherine). If you have a copy of that dub and want to preserve it, please contact them. mobile.twitter.com/discotekmedia/status/1197284125834719232
wait a goddamn minute... there's a harmony gold dub of the series? how far did that go? this is the first I've ever heard of it! I remember reading your CPF editorials etc. on your website long ago. Like this a lot too.
They aren't very easy to find, and you aren't likely to find a copy with a decent picture. For this video, I covered the picture with the same shots from the original version so as not to have a sudden intrusion of massively grainy VHS quality image right in the middle of things.
I believe that was the later dub done by VIZ. His name doesn't appear in the credits for this film. The IMDb page for the film lists the voice actors for both dubs, and he is credited as the voice of Harlock, but all the actors who appeared in this dub are merely credited as "(New World Pictures dub) (voice) ," with no mention of what character they played.
The cat thing was annoying to me to see cut out of the film (I guess Skip had no sense of humor and was like "What the hell is this, none of that nonsense!" after the first cat).
this weird alien cat is Leiji Matsumoto's idea. I don't know its name but possibly based on Borokuro. a potential rival to Miikun (A tiger tabby based on his own pet cats he kept throughout his life).
Listening to some of this dub, am I the only one thinking Maeter(l) is being voiced by a man in a soft voice? Corman, stick to your talent of making bad live-action movies instead of bad dubs.
ok so far what can be determined
Tony Pope was Harlock, BJ Ward was Tetsuro and Emeraldas and Corey Burton was the Conductor.
www.behindthevoiceactors.com/movies/Galaxy-Express-999/voice-credits/
Funny, now that you say it, I can totally hear that Joey and Emeraldas had the same voice. I doubt I'd have ever noticed on my own, though. Corey Burton as the conductor was, on the other hand, pretty obvious.
@@Corn_Pone_Flicks At least it showed BJ Ward had range. That was a good Emeraldas.
I knew BJ ward was Tetsuro because he sounded like a younger Allura from Voltron. and the Conductor sounded like Hook who Burton voices. Though Burton has such a range he would've been hard to spot.
@@MartialartfruituserRecall Burton was Ranger Smith in two cartoons John Kricfalusi made for Cartoon Network 25 years back.
This anime was shown as a series on Italian TV in the 80's. It had much better dubbing as Italians dubbers had a lot of practice with American productions. We watched many Japanese anime in Italian. Some of them weren't really made for children but we still watched them. That's how a generation of Maltese children learned Italian actually and at the same time fell in love with Japan and anime characters.
“Alien ET’s who want to black ball planet earth!” Captain Harlock
Awesome video! I saw this version on HBO one morning and loved it (I was 6 or 7?). Later I found it in a video store and rented it way too many times (probably 25-30 times). I’ll always love this version- warts and all. Thank you for the ride down memory lane!
If I had a time machine I'd give you a second VCR, a macrovision (copy protection) circumvention device, and a blank tape.
That’s how I first saw it too. Early 80s.
I love your series of videos on old shows like these. Don't stop making them
+CplEthane Well, this is actually probably the last one. There's little else to say on the subject of Harlock, at least. The later dubs just tended to be bland, not humourously incompetent.
+Nolan Baucom I may do a bit on that one, but it's rather a different subject-i.e. it's nothing to do with the dubbing quality or any other mishaps involved in stateside exhibition, but rather would be just about how badly that film handled the character of Harlock, who is no longer any kind of a hero.
Nolan Baucom I would have to see it again to be certain, as the version I saw had some rather iffy subtitles, but it gave the distinct impression that after accidentally destroying the Earth, Harlock's grand plan was to then destroy the universe and let it start over again, which would make good ole' Captain Harlock the greatest mass-murderer in the history of fiction. That's not the character that made such an impression on me in my youth.
+xerxestireirondada Oh well, it was nice while it lasted.
+xerxestireirondada I didn't even recognize him as Harlock at all from what I've heard about in in a podcast review.
Huh. Did NOT know that this film got a theatrical release so long ago...OR that Maetel's name should be Maeter. I always assumed it was Maetel because she's made of metal and I think a combination of the words "Metal" and "Maeter" would be clever if it was at all intentional. Also now we have a more well known rusty truck named Mater so...yeah habits are hard to change.
@Goh Mifune I guess it's just one of those things where it's up to you which sounds fine. I'm in the Maetal camp personally.
Just thinking of this again after watching the English dub of Fantastic Planet, another New World Pictures release from a few years before this film. A shame New World simply didn't leave the story/editing alone like they had on Fantastic Planet, though perhaps that film's uniqueness is why they didn't change much in that script.
Man I love the dedication you guys have to harlock and for me personally I have only ever seen galaxy express in this dub and I loved it same with the uncut dub of Arcadia of my youth which has the defentive harlock voice by Lanny broyle you should cover the dub of arcadia in detail I would love to see that
If you're talking about the dub that was the uncut version of the Vengeance of the Space Pirate dub by Peregrine Films, I'm not sure what I'd really say about it. It's more or less accurate. The only thing of real note is that weird mumbling you can hear under the audio at times. If there's a newer dub of the film, I'm unaware of it.
@@Corn_Pone_Flicks oh ok how about the William winckler dub of the OG harlock show edited into 2 movies?
I never even knew that had happened. I haven't really followed anime for a very long time. I poked around briefly and have only ascertained that these exist, but not where they can be seen.
@@Corn_Pone_Flicks look em up on internet archive they have harlock saying hogswaggle,matey,shiver me timbers,and Davey Jones locker also emeraldas has a Spanish accent so ...its werid
@@Corn_Pone_Flicks www.reddit.com/r/LEJIVERSE/comments/k6cmm6/space_pirate_captain_harlock_12_william_winckler/?
Here have it and please review it you dont have to but your harlock work is the best same with the myers video amazing work
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Courey burton actualy being a great actor, spike, sparkplug and shockwave in transformers
He's got a good list of classics under his belt.
Corey Burton is also know for voicing Dale, Ludwig Von Drake, and Brainiac.
Excellent overview!
Over the years I'd sort-of forgotten about this feature, not the least because it was universally panned by the burgeoning fandom of its time, but also owing to its somewhat limited original theatrical release -- only "art house" screens in some cities, as I understand?
And out of curiosity, I'm still interested in learning about the backstory with respect to the "Galaxy Express" release date.
It was originally planned for a 1980 release, but both Jerry Beck and Fred Patten note a later release date in their books -- August, 1981 and 1982, respectively (imdb lists 1981 as the date which New World Pictures distributed the film).
Owing to the large amount of editing and the (hated) John Wayne impression I'd definitely read and heard mention of the theatrical print over the years, but never saw it in the theater. Instead it took years of scouring dodgy video rental shops to find a lone VHS cassette at a place which was going out of business -- long after it was deleted from wholesale catalogs.
For me, learning about a later-than-planned release date adds an unanswerable riddle to this infamous dub, which is why I'm naturally curious. ;)
+David Van Cleve You can't see it in the framing I used in the video, but the paper review I excoriate for its comparison of the film to Saturday morning cartoons is right next to a review for The Shining (which the reviewer also hated, the lameass), and that film was released in May of 1980. You CAN see that it's right above a review for The Island, which came out in June 1980. There might have been re-releases in later years, but the presence of the film in theaters as early as summer 1980 is indisputable.
+xerxestireirondada
Thank you! I didn't view it full-screen the first time, and definitely missed the titles of the other films reviewed.
In re-visiting Mr. Patten's book, I see that Jerry Beck offered a -1981- correction to Patten's date of 1982, while Patten's entry for 1982 (c.f. "Watching Anime, Reading Manga") leads me down an interesting rabbit hole:
"July: Galaxy Express is released theatrically by New World Pictures (following a two-year postponement of its originally publicized release in May 1980)."
Way back, there had been an initiative by Toei (offices in L.A.!) -with the help of the C/FO- to bring Galaxy Express 999 to the attention of a larger, established studio. This old fan lore is touched upon here:
groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/classes/6.805/student-papers/fall03-papers/Progress_Against_the_Law.html
But surely can't be what Patten is referring to by a postponement.
I -definitely- recall hearing (many years ago) that the New World "Galaxy Express" screened at one local theater on occasions other than during its initial 1980 run, with the impression being that it was screened fairly regularly. This had me wondering whether a print was available into the late 1980s, or if that particular theater owned a print? If only!
Thanks again for helping me to jog my memory, and also for the correction. :)
David Van Cleve I'm really not sure what Patten is talking about regarding a postponement, but the newspaper article deeming the film "so-so" notes that the film is in its third week (and notes the previous week's grosses), while above it can be seen that Empire Strikes Back is in its sixth week of release, following its premiere date in June of 1980. So whatever Fred meant, it's still definitely true that the film was actually in theaters and making money in 1980. Of course, the lack of anything like the internet back then made such research much more difficult, so I'll cut him some slack.
+xerxestireirondada It wouldn't surprise me (given how films were distributed back then) if it took a while for the film to be shown at selected markets if it was simply being played from market to market and not all at once.
+David Van Cleve Noticed the one newspaper ad that showed the film was pared with Bakshi's Wizards at one theater, it reminded me of a similar ad that showed up in Trish Ledoux's "The Computer Anime Guide" where a different theater paired this with Heavy Metal, but the ad showed a scene from the sequel "Adieu, Galaxy Express 999".
As bad as this was, i was happy to get my hands on this in the eighties. I was a huge Harlock fan with no way to get a hold of his adventures. I came across this in a video rental store "Hollywood Video". It was the only rental store in town that carried it. Luckily no one ever rented it so it was always in. This was early in my anime collecting years so i was more tolerant of the changes mainly because the choice was this or nothing. I still kinda wish a had a copy of this. As you said some of the music was pretty good. This never got a dvd release that i know of. I don't think we'll ever see a digital pirate version either since not many people actually got a copy of this. I think i'm actually experiencing nostalgia for this. LOL!
+TVOR There's definitely no DVD release of this version. IMDb doesn't even acknowledge its existence; it lists the cast of the Japanese version and for the Viz Media version, but there's no mention of this one at all.
+xerxestireirondada B.J. Ward also voiced Scarlett from 'G.I. Joe', Princess Allura from 'Voltron', and even Velma Dinkly in the first few 'Scooby-Doo' OVAs. Corey Burton's credits include Spike Witwicky from 'Transformers', Dale from 'Rescue Rangers', Ludwig Von Drake, and Brainiac from 'Superman:TAS'. Not only did 'Galaxy Express' pioneered the 'space western' genre, Lou Scheimer also took a stab at it with 'Bravestarr'.
+Marc Baker I expect that it wouldn't take too much looking to find an even earlier example of a space western. The notion of space exploration being akin to expanding into "the frontier" isn't exactly an ultra-cerebral stretch of the imagination.
+xerxestireirondada It wouldn't surprise me if the New World edition simply went on the wayside after the rights lapsed.
+xerxestireirondada I'm sure it wasn't a stretch.
yeah roger corman didnt understand what he had in his hands same could be said when he made shogun assassin but that worked better new world was alot of wasted potential and could have been great and still around inf different decisions were made
Where did you find that Harmony Gold footage? I've been trying to dig up a copy for ages.
A friend had a copy of that, and sent me a clip of the part I needed (I don't have a copy of the whole thing). I also covered the video with a good copy of the episode for the sake of picture quality.
If you're still in touch with him, Discotek is trying to track down a copy of the HG broadcast to include as an extra on the bluray. It would be awesome for the fandom to see it in full.
1:41 The other dub said 'Galaxy Express THREE NINE'. and this is what Leiji Matsumoto himself wanted when this animated movie is exported.
4:49 and Leiji Matsumoto is not credited here!!!
I'm not sure what that has to do with anything I said at 1:41, but in this case I think Matsumoto was wrong. In English, you hear "three nine," you think 39, not 999. It's unnecessarily confusing.
@@Corn_Pone_Flicks It was his 'marketing' method. the more correct should be 'Triple Nine' . but you can't blame him he's Japanese after all, Kyushuan even. He begun his Mangaka career as a kagoshiman speaking dude in Tokyo. (the word 'Oidon' he uses very often is a first person pronoun in Kagoshima dialect)
Not sure if I share your sentiment that ALL Harlock dubs have been bad. Endless Odyssey was pretty good I thought. Also, you fail to mention that Spike Speig--i mean Steve Blum has voiced him in gun Frontier and Cosmo warrior zero (though the latter is a less solemn Harlock that feels weird compared to his inclusion in other stories).
I've never seen those other two dubs you mention, so I can't comment on their quality. It's certainly the case that all the ones I've SEEN have been below par.
@@Corn_Pone_Flicks Gun Frontier is definitely worth a watch if you love Tochiro. The story is centered around him, unlike most Harlock media. Cosmo Warrior Zero is more of a Saturday morning action cartoon (animation quality included), but I still enoy it. Maybe I'm just a Leiji Matsumoto fanboy weeb, tho.
My first encounter with Galaxy Express 999 was the Viz Video dub that played on the Sci-Fi Channel only once and didn't see the Roger Corman dub until years later
To me, the Viz dub will always be the better one but I would be lying if I said I didn't chuckle at John Wayne Harlock
Did you see that Discotek Media is looking for the English dub of Can You Live Like a Warrior?, in this video you have a clip from that dub (where Tetsuro calls himself Joey and Maeter calls herself Catherine). If you have a copy of that dub and want to preserve it, please contact them.
mobile.twitter.com/discotekmedia/status/1197284125834719232
wait a goddamn minute... there's a harmony gold dub of the series? how far did that go? this is the first I've ever heard of it!
I remember reading your CPF editorials etc. on your website long ago. Like this a lot too.
They did two TV specials, Can you Love Like a Mother, and Can You Live Like A Warrior. They didn't attempt the entire series, though.
thank you! against my better judgment I gotta go check those out.
They aren't very easy to find, and you aren't likely to find a copy with a decent picture. For this video, I covered the picture with the same shots from the original version so as not to have a sudden intrusion of massively grainy VHS quality image right in the middle of things.
Which one had Harlock voiced by Scott McNeil, was it this one?
I believe that was the later dub done by VIZ. His name doesn't appear in the credits for this film. The IMDb page for the film lists the voice actors for both dubs, and he is credited as the voice of Harlock, but all the actors who appeared in this dub are merely credited as "(New World Pictures dub) (voice) ," with no mention of what character they played.
you're right, quite right, Tony Pope plays him here
@@dcb99filmz Tony Pope use to voice Goofy before Bill Farmer took over.
@@Launchpad05 and he played Yamagata, Col. Shikishima and like 15 other characters in the '89 Akira dub
The cat thing was annoying to me to see cut out of the film (I guess Skip had no sense of humor and was like "What the hell is this, none of that nonsense!" after the first cat).
this weird alien cat is Leiji Matsumoto's idea. I don't know its name but possibly based on Borokuro. a potential rival to Miikun (A tiger tabby based on his own pet cats he kept throughout his life).
Listening to some of this dub, am I the only one thinking Maeter(l) is being voiced by a man in a soft voice?
Corman, stick to your talent of making bad live-action movies instead of bad dubs.
It's a really weird voice. It sounds like she had a terrible cold during the recording process.