I pretty much feel the complete opposite of you. I think their voices sound fine, and it's probably one of the only English dubs that I'm happy with. The only one in the English dub that bothers me right now is Ling. The little I've heard on Adult Swim episodes didn't really impress me. I expected his voice to be deeper? I only heard his voice while he was being generally goofy, though, so I haven't listened to him when he had to get down to serious business. I definitely dread hearing him as Greed, though. :/
I totally understand your feelings about Vic Mignogna. He is a bit of a distraction when you realize his reputation IRL. At first I gave him the benefit of the doubt, because dealing with slash fans (especially Roy/Ed fans or Ed/Al fans) has to be annoying on some level, but...yeah, some of the things he said and did in response to it just wasn't cool.
Also, my problem with him outside of his role as Edward Elric is that he has one of those voices that's limited to one character. To me, he's Edward Elric, and anything else he tries to pick up, he's still Edward Elric. I don't think it's so much his fault as it is Funimation for failing to realize he isn't going to fit every character they pick for him. (Like, when he was cast as Tamaki. That was just awful. Couldn't they find somebody else?)
I guess the assumption is that people don't want to have to relive stuff that happened in the first anime, but since the manga handles those things in a different way because it is a different story I don't really understand why they needed to.
That's what I was guessing the problem was, and yeah, I don't understand their choice either. I watched the first anime, but I wouldn't have minded sitting through everything as long as they followed the manga's pace. It doesn't make much sense, because Brotherhood is just as likely to pick up new fans as they would the older fanbase.
I'm glad to hear it doe flow better later on, and I'm familiar with some of the small additions so I'm really looking forward to it! (The manga will always be better, though. I'm still in the process of purchasing as many books as I can on my crappy salary. I need so much more.)
I totally understand your feelings about Vic Mignogna. He is a bit of a distraction when you realize his reputation IRL. At first I gave him the benefit of the doubt, because dealing with slash fans (especially Roy/Ed fans or Ed/Al fans) has to be annoying on some level, but...yeah, some of the things he said and did in response to it just wasn't cool.
Also, my problem with him outside of his role as Edward Elric is that he has one of those voices that's limited to one character. To me, he's Edward Elric, and anything else he tries to pick up, he's still Edward Elric. I don't think it's so much his fault as it is Funimation for failing to realize he isn't going to fit every character they pick for him. (Like, when he was cast as Tamaki. That was just awful. Couldn't they find somebody else?)
I guess the assumption is that people don't want to have to relive stuff that happened in the first anime, but since the manga handles those things in a different way because it is a different story I don't really understand why they needed to.
That's what I was guessing the problem was, and yeah, I don't understand their choice either. I watched the first anime, but I wouldn't have minded sitting through everything as long as they followed the manga's pace. It doesn't make much sense, because Brotherhood is just as likely to pick up new fans as they would the older fanbase.
I'm glad to hear it doe flow better later on, and I'm familiar with some of the small additions so I'm really looking forward to it! (The manga will always be better, though. I'm still in the process of purchasing as many books as I can on my crappy salary. I need so much more.)
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