User blog comment:FangzV/FUNi Post No. 920803980-32934-583=432904328=-49509458-0238904a49034980dg9340850fug9dlisfd304398/@comment-1271618-20100114215145

Wow, you certainly outdid yourself with the title and length here (I think this has gotta be one of the longer blog entries here). Nice to see such in-depth blogging, though.

I was expecting the Livejournal reaction to be MUCH worse than it turned out to be. There were still some facepalm-worthy comments though, and then the Tokyopop thing kind of killed my happy moment for a bit (even worse was when someone defended the poll on the site and implied only Americans would dare get offended at TP asking which Axis country you'd support, 'cause oh no, only Americans would find the Axis "awful" apparently?).

My opinion on Vic Mignogna: He does get kind of overused, especially for certain roles that seem to...not fit. Like, they cast him more because he's a popular VA. His range works for certain characters like Edward Elric and Junpei Iori, but for characters like Fai, not so much. Which is why I can't really hear him as an "Italy" (though he apparently really wants that role) and more of an America, though some of the America fans would tar and feather you if you suggested that. He could also theoretically work for France or Prussia, but I think he'd be awesome as Switzerland! Kyle Hebert would really be the best for America, IMO. So if they could get him, that'd be quite cool.

I think if they were to use a "known" VA, Greg Ayres would fit more for Italy. And if they were to keep the "Italies share a VA" theme, he could voice Romano well enough too (though I've thought it would be funny if they had both Ayres brothers cast as the Italies, since you rarely hear both of them in the same dub).

As for the anime itself: I agree that it seems that they mismatched the MKCs. And it's like they keep telling Konishi to go higher and higher for America D:. I was listening to some earlier episodes a while back and found it funny how "normal" he sounded as America. Then suddenly: HELIUM. And then his character songs were just plain scary.