Ai: The Somnium Files - English & Japanese Voice Acting Comparison

[@JoloAITSF]

It came to my attention that some of the information in this video is straight up wrong or missing.
I'm talking about Shoko & Mama.
Those two their ENG voices are not confirmed altough it is likely those are their real VAs.
Another thing I need to add is that Falco's JP VA is Tarusuke Shingaki, who I didn't include because he wasn't listed in the credits and I couldn't find him through research.
I apologize for the mistakes and I'm hoping you enjoy the video regardless!!

[@genderenigma8276]

I played in Japanese and then watched a replay in English. I enjoyed both very much. all hail good VAing,

[@Fuzzlekinz]

Both voice casts are great! You can't go wrong either way.

[@notohdev]

That moment when you realize Mama's English VA also has voiced Scorpion.

[@M0rinkashi]

_Wha-?_

[@sanken21]

And Dhaos plus Raoh

[@insertnamehere1398]

and a cookie

[@Stinkfly3]

And Dio.

[@RainbowEssence-c3w]

The woman that voiced Mayumi, Philece Sampler, I've never heard her voice before but she did a fantastic job as Mayumi! During Ota's Route and in the Annihilation Route I could really hear/feel the pain in her voice and the sobs were so heartbreakingly realistic, it caused me to tear up as well. Also I will be forever scarred knowing that the same person that voices Endeavor, Kunikida, and Germany also voices Mama in AISTF. 😂By the way Falco/#89/Hayato Yagyu is voiced by the same voice actor as Date in the Japanese version just so you know. It's so weird lol, his English and Japanese voices are so different!

[@Jimmeeehhh]

She voiced Taokaka in BlazBlue. We won't be getting any more roles from her, since she unfortunately died.

[@RainbowEssence-c3w]

@@Jimmeeehhh Oh no, that's so sad. RIP Philece Sampler. 😢

[@FeenieVonKarma]

kenta miyake being Mama is absolutely KILLING me, blowing my mind I tell you........ mr avdol.......... mr all might..... lol

[@noirlavender6409]

It's impresive how well some of the voices fit, like, I played first in japanese voice of course this being an anime game and stuff. But I'm surprised how well Mizuki, Date, Aiba and Boss sound, Ota doesn't fit at all, he sounds too much like a man

[@knuckles7995]

Honestly as someone who mainly associates Zach’s voice with teenaged characters considering some of the first roles of his I heard, I’d say he still fits as Ota even if not the best

[@seihaiteamfs7333]

Because Ota is a man, he's 20s something in the game. They probably want to bring a little sense of "natural speech" in the localization too because an English Speaker sounds like a shota is kinda... cringed.

[@insertnamehere1398]

I. firmly believe that throughout the whole game somehow... it beats the JP dub I didn't think it was possible and also AINI only improves

[@zephshoir]

Funny becauseI find Iris and Ota JP voices way too childish for my taste

[@YoruMochizuki]

Wait i didnt know kagami was so cute in jpn omg

[@sanken21]

>Date
Yagami from detective into a police
P.s = several of them are cast in SEGA 's open world game and the legend of heroes

[@lorikeet6782]

Great video Jolo!

[@JoloAITSF]

Thanks Lori!^^ I was surprised there wasn't one of these already

[@G3nKai1488]

interesting fact: №89 and Date voiced the same voice actor

[@glydoughnut9432]

For some reason the first copy I got for my ps4 had only JP voices but now I only play the Japanese with Eng sub

[@cachachiloteta]

Mine too, but mine was because I bought it in the HK account, while in Europe version had English VA.

[@melonysnicket]

wataru takagi carries the jp dub so hard

[@happybean9135]

В японской озвучке Date звучит как типичный главный герой японской игры.

[@cameron9087]

cool video :-) are you going to make something similar for aini? i'd love to hear comparisons since imo the english dub's quality is even better in the second game (not that it wasn't already incredible in ai1, of course)

[@JoloAITSF]

I made a video a while ago comparing the Character Trailer VAs but I should definitely update it to include Riichi, Mamoru, etc. And of course, to remove the background music.
th-cam.com/video/CWleWnGSg9o/w-d-xo.html

[@coolguy-rx6qy]

i think overall the japanese dub is better but greg chun and kaiji tang are hard carrying the english dub so hard i still prefer the latter

[@sanken21]

You mean Yagami and Ichiban plus one of trio jerk and eustace in granblue fantasy versus

[@insertnamehere1398]

I am an avid believer this is the best english dub in existence. also they picked bad examples for this vid ngl. AND nirvana initiative gives us even more S+ tier voices like shoma and kizzy

[@styxpieces]

which route is the iris scene from?

[@JoloAITSF]

When she wins at Rock-Paper-Scissors in I believe Iris Route

[@narwoal]

Yeah the English dub def wins for this game

[@anjunxis]

😦😦😦 maybe it’s just a matter of which one you played first bc i think the jpn dub is way better😭

[@narwoal]

@@anjunxis hearing aiba and dates voice here it just doesn't fit at all so ig

[@anjunxis]

@@narwoal honestly i think date’s voices sound pretty similar for most of the game, i feel like this isn’t really representative of it??? and i know so many characters w aiba’s eng voice that i don’t associate that voice with her at all. her jpn voice sounds a lot more ai-like which i love

[@Donirexian]

@@anjunxis nah, I normally play any game that has Japanese voice acting in Japanese, for some reason I just really preferred the English one this time

[@sirmiluch6856]

ROFL. Deaf person spotted.

[@insertnamehere1398]

I didn't think for once an english voice cast could be objectively be better

[@questionmarkquestionmarkques]

xenoblade definitive edition

[@meapppxd2304]

English one sounds like something from Oblivion

[@roxsys358]

The english dub is pretty good

[@muhammedraashid3667]

How!?