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As some of you may or may not know, Geneon/YKO has confirmed that a new Hellsing OVA is in the works, which promises to be much more faithful to the manga than the original TV series was. Many fans loved the original series, but felt the English dub was rather poorly acted — especially in comparison to the performances of Nakata, Nozawa, and the other Japanese seiyuu — and subsequently ruined many of the series' characters, along with the enjoyment of watching it in English for a lot of us. So, in response to this, an anti-Freeman petition has just been started on behalf of the fans who were dissatisfied with the job that Freeman (among others) did in the previous Hellsing series, and don't wish him to return and ruin Alucard's character again in the forthcoming OVA. I'd encourage all those who want a decent English dub this time, that's on par with the Japanese seiyuu's performances, to sign. Help out and show your support!

The petition can be found here.

Hmm...most people I talk to are of the opinion that the voices were very appropriate and well done for the series originally. The accents were quite appropriate for a series taking place in England, and I personally would look forward to hearing them again.

I agree with WWTK. The English cast did a great job.

Sounds like you are against Crispin Freeman. I liked the dub.

sorry, Id never sign a petition against Crispin Freeman... specially since hes my fav VA... plus I liked the dub

*signs the one for the old VAs* n.n yay

Kyle Bloodheart wrote:Sounds like you are against Crispin Freeman. I liked the dub.

No, actually, I really liked Freeman's creepy tone; it gave Alucard that manic malevolence that fits with his visual character. I put him as the exception regarding the accents. Makes sense: Alucard isn't a Brit.

WhoWantsToKnow wrote:

Kyle Bloodheart wrote:Sounds like you are against Crispin Freeman. I liked the dub.

No, actually, I really liked Freeman's creepy tone; it gave Alucard that manic malevolence that fits with his visual character. I put him as the exception regarding the accents. Makes sense: Alucard isn't a Brit.

True. Alucard, who was originally known as "Vlad the Impaler", was Transelvanian.

Sorry, WhoWantsToKnow, that comment wasn't directed towards you.

sorry, Id never sign a petition against Crispin Freeman... specially since hes my fav VA... plus I liked the dub

yay! he's my fav too!

I really liked the dub. it won't be the same if they bring other people in for the new OVA. just not right. they should leave it the way it is

I agree with most of the people here...i'd love to see Crispin Freeman and all the others back for the new Oav.

The original japanese one was good to dont get me wrong but i would love to see the dub with all the voice actors of the hellsing serise dub

I guess Im a little odd.. but I never thought that Nakata was very good at portraying Alucard.. just didnt have the right feel to his voice o.o; oh well...

You're not that odd. I'm sure at least some of us think Freeman did a better job of Alucard than Nakata (I do, at least).

You can look to the Alucard profile to compare voices, since there's an English and Japanese video clip from a scene in episode 6.

I think so too n.n;

Those clips dont really change my mind though ^ ^: I went through each dvd in dubbed and subtitled and I almost didnt make it through subtitled o.o;

yeah i tried watching the japanses dub on mine and i had to change it back after like five minutes. I just like the english dub so much better...but its neat to hear everyone in different voices...kinda awkward though...*shrugges*