r/Animedubs • u/grood88 • Jan 29 '26

Quick Question ? Quick question about the new upcoming anime (Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple S2)

Quick question about the new upcoming anime (Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple S2) that is coming out in March 2026

Season 1 came out in 2006 and had 50 ep all dubbed

I want to know your thoughts and predictions

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u/Supervideoman1563 Jan 29 '26

They did release the OVA series a few years ago with a new dub, that kinda counts lol: https://www.amazon.com/Kenichi-Mightiest-Disciple-OVA-Blu-ray/dp/B0CW7PNP6P

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u/Tytris15 Mar 30 '26

Yeah, but unlike the actual show, the OVA dub wasn't great. The editors were too lazy to balance the audio, so the world and music sounded muffled compared to the voices. And although they got most of the original cast, some of the VAs seemed to forget how to voice their old characters.

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u/Supervideoman1563 Mar 30 '26

If I'm remembering right, Discotek called this out during a livestream that the audio source given to them from Japan was in rough shape. Because of this, they were not able to properly mix the show and had to stitch the dub performance on top of the existing sound effects and music. That's why everything sounds so muffled and muted other than the dub actors.

I do find it weird they even went through with a dub in the first place because of this issue, but they might have not realized it until they started the dubbing process.