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Hello I’m the Nostalgic Critic, I’ll remember it so you don’t have to… wait, wrong series. Anyways, I am finally done with the English dub of Future GPX Cyber Formula and it’s about time I talk about it In it’s entirety. Like I said in my previous Journal, I pretty much covered most of the main characters except for Kaga, Randoll and others so I’ll get to them now. Bleed Kaga, who is Japanese, has a very thick Australian accent which didn’t fit him at all in the slightest, but for Randoll, he had a very deep and yet royal voice that actually fits him ironically. With that out of the way, let’s get to the few good stuff before I tear this thing to shreds. Checker Sugimoto is very entertaining, especially with his English VA, Randoll was actually more of a threat because of his voice being more calm and that slight British accent was so good, and everything from the Japanese Dub, from the soundtrack and sfx, are good, and when the main three (Hayato, Naoki and Karl) yell their boosters, it gave me goosebumps. With that out of the way, let’s tear this thing limb from limb. Like I said before, Hayato’s voice is so wrong on so many levels that it doesn’t match what the Japanese VA had accomplished, the lip syncing is wickedly out of place in some episodes and that infamous scene when Hayato, Shinjyo and Ohtomo were eating together in Germany, Shinjyo’s voice went to a different voice for one scene and that was it. As a fan for well made English Dub anime, I can’t honestly defend this show and I won’t give it the benefit of being from a different country and lost to time. Anyway, I do have my own fan idea of what the English Dub of Cyber Formula would be if the show came to the west in the future and that would also include the OVAs as well


Sugo GIO Grand Prix English Cast


Hayato Kazami: Yuri Lowenthal

Asuka Sugo: Christina Vee

Osamu Sugo: Chris Sabat

Ryohei “Pei” Suomi: Brad Swaile

Shinsuke Maki: Andrew Francis

Claire Fortran: Michelle Ruff

Kuramada: Patrick Seitz

Daisuke Amagi: Richard Ian Cox

Henri Claytor: Bryce Papenbrock

Megumi: Cherami Leigh

Satsuki: Britney Karbowski

Asurada: Troy Baker


Aoi ZIP Formula English Cast


Naoki Shinjyo: Matthew Mercer

Jotaro “Bleed” Kaga: Johnny Young Bosch

Phil Fritz: Todd Haberkorn

Kyorshiro Nagumo: J. Michael Tatum

Kyoko Aoi: Monica Rial


Union Savior English Voice Cast


Karl Lichter Randoll: Mona Marshall

George Grayson: David Kaye


Stormzender English Cast


Jackie Gudelhian: Sonny Strait

Franz Heinel: Travis Willingham


Missing Link English Cast


Edheli Bootsvorz: Doug Eholtz

Leon Earnhardt: Aleks Le


Others


Johji Ohtomo: Todd Haberkorn



I made this list a long time ago but I was able to revise it with a friend and I could see this cast happening if they would actually consider airing Cyber Formula in the West, but it’s only a dream. Will It happen? If there’s a lot of support to get this series to the west, then it could be possible, but a man can dream, can he? I’m the Nostalgic Critic, I’ll remember so you don’t have to… Crap I did it again

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So this is my review of the Dreaded, yet long lost English Dub of Cyber Formula. From the outset, the dub of the first episode wasn’t too bad to be considered, some of the voices were somewhat decent from the first couple of minuets, until the title card in which Hayato Kazami spoke. For those who don’t know, Hayato Kazami is voiced by (in the Japanese Dub), Jun’ichi Kanemaru, aka the voice of Sonic the Hedgehog. Before I get sidetracked, the voice for Pei is actually alright in my opinion, but Miki, the Chief Mechanic for the Sugo team, has a very thick Southern American accent, and that’s not uncommon for most English Dub type shows that have characters that grew up near farms in Japan and have that stereotype. Asuka does have a very decent voice and I’ll give that a pass, and now for Hayato himself. His voice is wickedly out of place, and should’ve went with a VA that has a much younger sounding in my opinion. For Kyoko Aoi, the Team Principal for Aoi Formula, she has a British Accent and I somewhat don’t mind it but for Naoki Shinjyo, his voice will be inconsistent, that I can tell. The one last thing that I can really appreciate, is that V-8 (the husky that Asuka has), didn’t change because it was perfect considering that Kanemaru voiced her, yes her (because in CF Zero, it was confirmed that V-8 is a female and had puppies). Asurada in the meantime was… ok? So that is my first review of the Cyber Formula English Dub, but more will be on the way. I still got 36 episodes left so, I guess I’ll write the entire experience in a separate Journal that way I don’t have to write individual ones. That’s all for now

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To my followers, you may have noticed that my deviations are being updated. That because is that the site that make them has updated to now have 25 frames which means that the GIF's are now faster and make it look like it's from the anime itself, which is cool, but there is one minor thing though, as I recreate these, the file size won't fit the requirement. So you may see the GIF's smaller than the originals so I hope you guys understand that and may see new Original Gifs from this new process as well. Now on to a different subject, I need an anime artist who can do a manga for free/ and or I can pay them later on Pay-Pal when the time comes. Most of my OC's have been created by another artist :iconmyheartisanopenbook: ask her for the rough sketches for the inspirations and ask me for the descriptions of some of the characters as well. 
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After coming up many ideas with Cyber Formula, Speed Racer, NASCAR Racers and Hot Wheels fan fictions combined into one, I already thought up my OC's and returning characters from their proper series. I'm looking for an artist who does anime style art. I'll provide with the necessary details of the characters and their vehicles. I'm hoping that anyone could do this for me because I'm horrible at drawing.     
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Hey guys it's me, I thought to do a Cyber Formula fan fiction. The characters will be of my idea. But some of the other characters from the original will also be included. I hope this goes well guys.
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