Haruhi is the only decent school anime I've seen.

Yeah, this pretty much. That's one of the only school animes I've actually bothered to watch.

Nice one Aten, I'll be sure to check this out on my other computer later!

There a quite a few points I see here that make alot of sense. All can say is that after picking up the guitar, my musical taste changed drastically (and my interest and attentive listening also spiked) where I started wanting to listen to more complex things and pick them out. That might be why I stopped listening to a lot of current bands. Probably the band that had the largest influence on my taste change was Yes.

It all depends. First off, when it comes to the hammy stuff, just bear in mind that you're using One Piece as an example. Secondly, it all varies from situation to situation as far as that goes. Some of the Japanese Voice actors put in extra emphasis or "emotion", while some don't. Some American VAs sound more mature, while some don't...
Example where Jap>Eng:
Japanese
English
Only issue is the melodramatic dialogue...

Example where Eng>Jap
Comparisons of both...
The dialogue is a little different, but oh well...

These aren't the BEST examples, but they were the first that I could find offhand, and they make my point to an extent. Basically, Japanese VA tends to have more of a dramatic tone, while English VA tends to sound tougher, more gruff, manlier, etc.

Keep in mind these are just generalties, and are just general examples and several exceptions exist.

It really depends mostly on the anime, the characters, and the setting. KOLE is pretty much in the ball park on this one. Some animes sound better subbed, while others sound better dubbed...the main reason I can weigh that is because I speak and come from a mix of both English and Japanese...so...yeah...probably the best example of a situation where dubs were better was DBZ. The voices just fit better in the actiony situations. The characters just sounded more like their age really. I absolutely hated Goku's voice in Japanese *shudders*. If you watch Japanese GT, it's even worse, because he sounds the same before and after he becomes a child again...

Sorry if this is a bit of a necropost, but these are really cool. I can't wait for your next watch Magi! Both are really fresh. I think another good fast-paced track from the midinger one is k_154, which can be looped for a pretty cool battle theme as well. I'm glad you gave those highlights, because those really show the great sound of these tracks. It broke my concept of the limitations of midids! Keep up the good work!

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Yeah, pretty much this. You guys get a little overboard with the spoilers sometimes...
Anyways, I'm glad the focus shifts back from Sasuke/Tobi to Konoha. It'd be interesting to see what the frogs tell Naruto now that Jiraiya's dead. Do you think he'll get any new abilities from the frogs (since he's the "chosen one"-kinda lame...) Or what about that seal and message Jiraiya sent before he died? The manga's getting fairly interesting. Still getting over the Sasuke/Akatsuki Alliance though.