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    Not sure if you intended for this setup, but your pictures of the anime characters that Romi Paku voices cuts into the navigation bar on the right and off of the "main" text area. If you made a line break after the third one or resized the pics the look wouldn't be as jarring.

    This was an "okay" read, unfortunately though I've also seen FMA, Naruto, and Bleach like you so the only new information was most of the stuff at the bottom. A bit of a gripe here (or constructive criticism, depending on how you look at it) - although I myself think it's a bit unreasonable because of the effort you're putting into doing these articles in the first place - but I don't see the purpose of an article on VAs if the material covered is already known to most of the non-casual anime watchers. FMA, Naruto, and Bleach are three of the most popular shounen animes and anybody who has gone through a VA thread knows that Ed, Temari, and Hitsugaya are voiced by the same person. I think a focus on the lesser-known roles or side facts would boost your article considerably.

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    i do appreciate the feedback augury. i sorta had a feeling this edition wasn't that hot...

    and not knowing Japanese really sets me back a good bit too... I've asked for help before, but nobody seems to want to... I'd much rather do anime reviews, but figure the VAs don't get alot of coverage while anime blogs are everywhere.

    and, once again, if you anyone thinks they could be a help, it'd be great to contact me!

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    Quote Originally Posted by masamuneehs
    and not knowing Japanese really sets me back a good bit too... I've asked for help before, but nobody seems to want to...

    and, once again, if you anyone thinks they could be a help, it'd be great to contact me!
    i sent you a pm like 2 days ago.

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    I went for a different approach for this month's Featured VA...

    This time it's Akira Ishida (Athrun Zala, Gaara, among 100s of others)

    Also has two sound clips of voices from him. Go read it now!

    thanks to AthrunOwnzAll and sheva (Ikari on IRC) for their input.

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    Wow... That was quite an article. Quite a chaotic article... But what it seemed to lack in formality it certainly gained in funniness. Better this way, becaus formal bits of information no doubt are found from many places, whereas articles like this aren't. For sure. And I'm glad you got in a couple of voice samples. That really connects the voice actor in question to the reality, as the faces change from series from series, but the core essence of the voice remains.

    Good work. Probably took more effort than the previous ones, but it was worth it. The only thing that bothered me somewhat was the layout. Or to be blunt the lack of a clear layout...

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    That was an awesome article. Really funny, and I love Akira Ishida. I know he's one of the more prollific and popular VAs out there (the quote in my sig actually refers to him), but I didn't know he played Luke Skywalker in the JP dub. Based on your description, I might have to see some episodes of SEED just to check out how he sounds in that. Judeau is also one of my favorite Ishida roles, so I'm glad he got mention.

    Heh, you happened to pic the most homosexual line in Evangelion for that second voice clip...*shudder*

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    I must wonder how much sleep deprivation played a factor in this one

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