Voices from other language versions

*Sewer Bull* · 04-01-2005, 08:57 AM

Voices from other TMNT language versions - anyone possess such files? I'd be glad to hear them speaking in different languages...

Best wishes,

Robweiller

P.S. The title is my AFD prank, hope no one will be upset.

Tigerfog · 04-03-2005, 11:49 PM

Hehe, I don't think you'd want that. At least for the french voices.
Because... the french voices are horrible. All the turtles sound alike and gone is the uniqueness of each of them. Imagine all of them speaking with Leo's voice... there you have it. Even Raph! I could barely believe my ears when I heard Raphael's french voice! I'm too used to the brooklin voice, I guess.
And Raph's slangs don't carry over in french. They all speak the same way. O_o

*Zachatello00* · 04-04-2005, 12:05 AM

isn't a torrent site illegal, and thus against the rules here?

Tigerfog · 04-04-2005, 12:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zachatello00

isn't a torrent site illegal, and thus against the rules here?

Robweiller said it was just an April's fool joke.
Since he started a discission about the TMNT's voices in other languages, I decided to reply. It is perhaps time to change the topic to 'Voices in other languages' or something...

*That Matt Guy* · 04-04-2005, 05:54 AM

Listen to the foreign themes on this site. (click here)

It's pretty bizarre getting yelled at in German about the TMNT.

*Mecha Cow* · 04-04-2005, 07:49 AM

The Dutch dub is horrible. Nearly all of the jokes and expressions are lost in translation, and a lot of the voices (Michelangelo's in particular) are very annoying.

And for some reason they added some kind of 'metallic' effect to Shredder's voice, so you can barely understand a word he says. His accent doesn't help either. x_X

*Sewer Bull* · 04-04-2005, 01:22 PM

@ Zachatello - title was an April joke and I'm glad someone has changed it.

@ Tigerfog - as long as I adore French language, I loathe films and cartoons dubbed in French. They always use very childish and conventional voices and my head aches when I listen to them. I reckon French directors choose voice actors BEFORE watching the original show, just by judging by the appearance. And all characters from one group always receive very similar voices, like little boys always get the voices of little histeric idiots screaming their stupid heads off. I was startled last summer in Belgium when I discovered TV in my room had French CN - and watched few episodes of "Dexter's Laboratory" in French. French Dexter was yelling with an irritating high-pitched voice all the time idiotic phrases like "Ouais, Ouais, Dee-Dee qu'est-ce que tu fabriques aie aie aie aie ouais" - and because I knew these episodes earlier, I was adversely shocked. The same with other toons or dubbed films. So I can imagine what French did to TMNT

@ Matthew - German theme is my favourite. Not as funny as Russian one but much darker than English version. That should be the theme of the new show. I just don't understand why in this theme Raphael and Michaelangelo's descriptions comes before Leonardo and Donatello, instead of "Splinter taught him to be ninja teens". Quite a secret for me. The whole song complements well with the intro - without this strange swap of lines.

I found samples of Russian dubs at www.ninjaturtles.ru - this page was mentioned earlier in Foreign Logo thread. Don't know if I can post here direct links to them or not. They are just 30 or 40-second fragments of Russian dubbed episodes and not entire ones but I don't know if it's still against the rules. I found them quite funny, cause turtles sound there like typical old Russian men.

Donny · 04-04-2005, 02:19 PM

Cant psot them at the moment, but the danish voices actually sounds pretty good most of the times. The voices of the main charaters is a lot like the original.

Tigerfog · 04-04-2005, 02:38 PM

From what I've heard in the japanese opening song of the old cartoon. it seems Leo and (huh?) Don have very low-pitched/adult voices in japanese. Quite interesting, given the fact that the exclusive TMNT japanese anime ('Super Turtles') have Leo and Don with voices that fit their american counterpart better than the classic cartoon dubbed in japanese...

Oh, and Robweiller, I agree that most french dubs are not so good. I don't know if you have noticed, but everytime a character speaks in french, it seems the background music is toned down a bit only to revert back to normal when no one's speaking. And yes, I also think Dexter's Lab in french was horrible. But you haven't heard anything yet if you didn't watch a french TMNT episode (new)... talk about conventional voices, they are all conventional!
The only french dub I found superior to the english dub is South Park. Believe it or not, I just love how the South Park kids speak like Parisians with parisian slangs and accent (I LOVE how they pronounce their names with a french touch to it!). They are a lot more vulgar than in english.

TMNTGal · 04-04-2005, 03:40 PM

I saw some eps of the old toon in Spanish. Leo & Donnie have soft, adult voices, they sound very charming. Mike was awful but Raph's was the worst.... imagine a talking donkey with a bad cold.

I have the first 4 episodes of NM in Spanish. Poor Raph suffers yet again, this time with an extremely whiny voice. Venus' sound better in Spanish IMO. Leo sounds OK. Don's is weird, like he's trying to sound seductive but it's creepy at the same time. Mike's is loud & hyper.

marleynaki · 04-04-2005, 04:56 PM

i am from argentina and i saw the old toon and the new in spanish

the old toon in spanish: sucks!!!

but the new is good. is very cool the voice of leo,don,mike

but RAPH is so better in english..

**azure turtle** · 04-04-2005, 05:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Matthew138

Listen to the foreign themes on this site. (click here)

It's pretty bizarre getting yelled at in German about the TMNT.

LOL! I couldn't agree more. The German version is one of my favorite TMNT themes. A couple years ago, Nturtle made a mini flash movie to go along with the German theme... I wonder if he still has it. Funny stuff.

**Nturtle** · 04-05-2005, 05:35 PM

Indeed I do! Click the taojam link in my sig, its under the misc section. It's actually pretty popular on some underground German sites, thanks to Damnhooligan.

*That Matt Guy* · 04-06-2005, 02:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nturtle

Indeed I do! Click the taojam link in my sig, its under the misc section. It's actually pretty popular on some underground German sites, thanks to Damnhooligan.

That flash you made has a special place in my heart.

*damnhooligan* · 04-06-2005, 05:42 AM

Haha, I loved that German TMNT flash movie. And the love needed to be spread around.

I know over at the official Italian Turtles' site they've got a whole load of theme songs and videos, but I don't think any of them actually have any samples of the voices. Though I've been pretty impressed with most Italian dubs. Italian Lenny Briscoe from L&O is surprisingly dead on. As is Italian Will Smith.

*CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy* · 04-06-2005, 07:58 AM

I've saw the TMNT cartoon in German. It had episodes with Dregg in it. The voices weren't memorable and none really sticked out in my mind. I didn't tape them or nothing. I had never saw those episodes before.

**azure turtle** · 04-06-2005, 02:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nturtle

Indeed I do! Click the taojam link in my sig, its under the misc section. It's actually pretty popular on some underground German sites, thanks to Damnhooligan.

Neat! I still laugh every time I see it, especially the "na logo" part and "buy our toys".

You did such a great job, especially with all the animations.

*Kameko* · 04-07-2005, 05:49 PM

I personally like the French version the best out of the foreigns. Mostly because the singer really gets into it. ^^

While we're on the subject, if anyone's got higher quality versions of any of these (the Japanese one, for instance), could you drop me a line? I've got a little project on the backburner, and despite my searching, I haven't had much luck.

**Nturtle** · 04-08-2005, 04:55 PM

Thanks all, I'm glad you still enjoy that old silliness.

aramconbrat · 04-12-2005, 01:04 AM

I have a VHS I purchased in Saudi Arabia of the Original Ninja Turtles in Arabic. The voices and the theme music is quite different but due to it being VHS, it would be difficult to load and share it with everyone. I can make copies of the VHS though!

04-01-2005, 08:57 AM	#1
Sewer Bull Devil's Advocate Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 4,768	Voices from other language versions Voices from other TMNT language versions - anyone possess such files? I'd be glad to hear them speaking in different languages... Best wishes, Robweiller P.S. The title is my AFD prank, hope no one will be upset. Last edited by Sewer Bull; 04-01-2005 at 09:12 AM.

04-03-2005, 11:49 PM	#2
Tigerfog Hench Mutant Join Date: May 2004 Location: Montreal (Quebec, Canada) Posts: 348	Hehe, I don't think you'd want that. At least for the french voices. Because... the french voices are horrible. All the turtles sound alike and gone is the uniqueness of each of them. Imagine all of them speaking with Leo's voice... there you have it. Even Raph! I could barely believe my ears when I heard Raphael's french voice! I'm too used to the brooklin voice, I guess. And Raph's slangs don't carry over in french. They all speak the same way. O_o __________________

04-04-2005, 12:05 AM	#3
Zachatello00 On the beat! Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Hiding behind the phone booth Posts: 2,137	isn't a torrent site illegal, and thus against the rules here? __________________ "You're still news!"

04-04-2005, 07:49 AM	#6
Mecha Cow Gorgeous and modest too Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 3,699	The Dutch dub is horrible. Nearly all of the jokes and expressions are lost in translation, and a lot of the voices (Michelangelo's in particular) are very annoying. And for some reason they added some kind of 'metallic' effect to Shredder's voice, so you can barely understand a word he says. His accent doesn't help either. x_X __________________

04-04-2005, 02:19 PM	#8
Donny Foot Soldier Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Sewers of Denmark Posts: 180	Cant psot them at the moment, but the danish voices actually sounds pretty good most of the times. The voices of the main charaters is a lot like the original. __________________ Mikey: (singing) T-M-N-T! What you get is what you see! (All the turtles look at him) Raph: You know seriously, you're only embarrassing yourself...

04-04-2005, 05:54 AM	#5
That Matt Guy Honey Bunches Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Lone Star State Posts: 5,840	Listen to the foreign themes on this site. (click here) It's pretty bizarre getting yelled at in German about the TMNT.

04-04-2005, 01:22 PM	#7
Sewer Bull Devil's Advocate Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 4,768	@ Zachatello - title was an April joke and I'm glad someone has changed it. @ Tigerfog - as long as I adore French language, I loathe films and cartoons dubbed in French. They always use very childish and conventional voices and my head aches when I listen to them. I reckon French directors choose voice actors BEFORE watching the original show, just by judging by the appearance. And all characters from one group always receive very similar voices, like little boys always get the voices of little histeric idiots screaming their stupid heads off. I was startled last summer in Belgium when I discovered TV in my room had French CN - and watched few episodes of "Dexter's Laboratory" in French. French Dexter was yelling with an irritating high-pitched voice all the time idiotic phrases like "Ouais, Ouais, Dee-Dee qu'est-ce que tu fabriques aie aie aie aie ouais" - and because I knew these episodes earlier, I was adversely shocked. The same with other toons or dubbed films. So I can imagine what French did to TMNT @ Matthew - German theme is my favourite. Not as funny as Russian one but much darker than English version. That should be the theme of the new show. I just don't understand why in this theme Raphael and Michaelangelo's descriptions comes before Leonardo and Donatello, instead of "Splinter taught him to be ninja teens". Quite a secret for me. The whole song complements well with the intro - without this strange swap of lines. I found samples of Russian dubs at www.ninjaturtles.ru - this page was mentioned earlier in Foreign Logo thread. Don't know if I can post here direct links to them or not. They are just 30 or 40-second fragments of Russian dubbed episodes and not entire ones but I don't know if it's still against the rules. I found them quite funny, cause turtles sound there like typical old Russian men.

04-04-2005, 02:38 PM	#9
Tigerfog Hench Mutant Join Date: May 2004 Location: Montreal (Quebec, Canada) Posts: 348	From what I've heard in the japanese opening song of the old cartoon. it seems Leo and (huh?) Don have very low-pitched/adult voices in japanese. Quite interesting, given the fact that the exclusive TMNT japanese anime ('Super Turtles') have Leo and Don with voices that fit their american counterpart better than the classic cartoon dubbed in japanese... Oh, and Robweiller, I agree that most french dubs are not so good. I don't know if you have noticed, but everytime a character speaks in french, it seems the background music is toned down a bit only to revert back to normal when no one's speaking. And yes, I also think Dexter's Lab in french was horrible. But you haven't heard anything yet if you didn't watch a french TMNT episode (new)... talk about conventional voices, they are all conventional! The only french dub I found superior to the english dub is South Park. Believe it or not, I just love how the South Park kids speak like Parisians with parisian slangs and accent (I LOVE how they pronounce their names with a french touch to it!). They are a lot more vulgar than in english. __________________

04-04-2005, 03:40 PM	#10
TMNTGal Mad Scientist Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 1,061	I saw some eps of the old toon in Spanish. Leo & Donnie have soft, adult voices, they sound very charming. Mike was awful but Raph's was the worst.... imagine a talking donkey with a bad cold. I have the first 4 episodes of NM in Spanish. Poor Raph suffers yet again, this time with an extremely whiny voice. Venus' sound better in Spanish IMO. Leo sounds OK. Don's is weird, like he's trying to sound seductive but it's creepy at the same time. Mike's is loud & hyper. __________________

04-04-2005, 04:56 PM	#11
marleynaki Hench Mutant Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 273	i am from argentina and i saw the old toon and the new in spanish the old toon in spanish: sucks!!! but the new is good. is very cool the voice of leo,don,mike but RAPH is so better in english..

04-05-2005, 05:35 PM	#13
Nturtle Ninja Master Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Technodrome Airducts Posts: 5,215	Indeed I do! Click the taojam link in my sig, its under the misc section. It's actually pretty popular on some underground German sites, thanks to Damnhooligan. __________________ Fil rules. If Fil takes your 5 bucks then you should be eternally grateful that Fil would even borrow your money. Fil.

04-06-2005, 05:42 AM	#15
damnhooligan Mad Scientist Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Dorksville, USA Posts: 1,745	Haha, I loved that German TMNT flash movie. And the love needed to be spread around. I know over at the official Italian Turtles' site they've got a whole load of theme songs and videos, but I don't think any of them actually have any samples of the voices. Though I've been pretty impressed with most Italian dubs. Italian Lenny Briscoe from L&O is surprisingly dead on. As is Italian Will Smith. __________________

04-06-2005, 07:58 AM	#16
CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy Annalist Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 16,435	I've saw the TMNT cartoon in German. It had episodes with Dregg in it. The voices weren't memorable and none really sticked out in my mind. I didn't tape them or nothing. I had never saw those episodes before. __________________ *ALL THEIR DAYS ARE NUMBERED*

04-07-2005, 05:49 PM	#18
Kameko Sister to the TMNT Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Los Angeles, California, USA Posts: 2,756	I personally like the French version the best out of the foreigns. Mostly because the singer really gets into it. ^^ While we're on the subject, if anyone's got higher quality versions of any of these (the Japanese one, for instance), could you drop me a line? I've got a little project on the backburner, and despite my searching, I haven't had much luck.

04-08-2005, 04:55 PM	#19
Nturtle Ninja Master Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Technodrome Airducts Posts: 5,215	Thanks all, I'm glad you still enjoy that old silliness. __________________ Fil rules. If Fil takes your 5 bucks then you should be eternally grateful that Fil would even borrow your money. Fil.

04-12-2005, 01:04 AM	#20
aramconbrat Hench Mutant Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Saskatchewan, Canada Posts: 417	I have a VHS I purchased in Saudi Arabia of the Original Ninja Turtles in Arabic. The voices and the theme music is quite different but due to it being VHS, it would be difficult to load and share it with everyone. I can make copies of the VHS though!