What happens if you mix Happy Tree Friends and Power Rangers together? Well, you get Miniforce! I've seen a lot of parents calling this show out on the web for its weird, terrible and nonsensical concept, even trying to get their kids not watching it along with other shows they hate that their children love. I'm not saying that parents should like Miniforce since everyone has different opinions, but if they don't like it then they don't need to watch it with their children if they don't want to. This also goes with other shows and not only Miniforce.
So, Miniforce is an animated series from South Korea animated by SAMG Animation, also known for their work on Ladybug in the west, with co-production by Choirock, another company also from South Korea. It is about four anthropomorphic animals named Volt (a blue squirrel), Sammy (a red owl), Lucy (a pink fox) and Max (a yellow beaver), and they are part of a secret organisation called "Miniforce" which protects small and weak animals from danger by larger and stronger animals. Somehow, they ended up in the house belonging to a good-natured but hideously psychopathic girl named Suzy (best girl anyway), who beats the hell out of the Miniforce with an orange-coloured toy hammer whenever they piss her off. From the looks of it, Miniforce was heavily influenced by tokusatsu shows, especially Power Rangers, and many elements from anime like most Korean and other Asian cartoons outside of Japan.
Personally, I like the Korean version better because the voices have more emotion and life to the characters the actors give them. But, what about the English dub? Well, apparently it turns out to be very, VERY horrendous. The voices are unprofessional, lifeless and painful to listen to, and the lip-syncing almost barely matches with the dialogue which makes this ten times worse. Also, Volt's voice is ear-jarring and annoying to listen to compared to the original Korean dub. The theme song's singer isn't that great either, as it sounds like he was being recorded inside the studio's bathroom trying to take a huge pile of cacca while scream-singing the translated lyrics on a Thursday night, and after that the editors had to edit out the sounds of the excrements coming out of his bootyhole.
However, despite all of this, the English version has slight improvement in the spiritual successor, Miniforce X. Same characters and same concept, but this time they face a new threat coming from outer space, and now the humans are the ones in danger. For whatever reason, everyone knows about the Miniforce (Now Miniforce X), even Suzy (who is around 14-16 now, she was between 11-12 or 13 in the original Miniforce). But still, the English version is crap and so was the quick decision to hire new voice actors.
I give the English dub of Miniforce a 3/10 as a result.
So, Miniforce is an animated series from South Korea animated by SAMG Animation, also known for their work on Ladybug in the west, with co-production by Choirock, another company also from South Korea. It is about four anthropomorphic animals named Volt (a blue squirrel), Sammy (a red owl), Lucy (a pink fox) and Max (a yellow beaver), and they are part of a secret organisation called "Miniforce" which protects small and weak animals from danger by larger and stronger animals. Somehow, they ended up in the house belonging to a good-natured but hideously psychopathic girl named Suzy (best girl anyway), who beats the hell out of the Miniforce with an orange-coloured toy hammer whenever they piss her off. From the looks of it, Miniforce was heavily influenced by tokusatsu shows, especially Power Rangers, and many elements from anime like most Korean and other Asian cartoons outside of Japan.
Personally, I like the Korean version better because the voices have more emotion and life to the characters the actors give them. But, what about the English dub? Well, apparently it turns out to be very, VERY horrendous. The voices are unprofessional, lifeless and painful to listen to, and the lip-syncing almost barely matches with the dialogue which makes this ten times worse. Also, Volt's voice is ear-jarring and annoying to listen to compared to the original Korean dub. The theme song's singer isn't that great either, as it sounds like he was being recorded inside the studio's bathroom trying to take a huge pile of cacca while scream-singing the translated lyrics on a Thursday night, and after that the editors had to edit out the sounds of the excrements coming out of his bootyhole.
However, despite all of this, the English version has slight improvement in the spiritual successor, Miniforce X. Same characters and same concept, but this time they face a new threat coming from outer space, and now the humans are the ones in danger. For whatever reason, everyone knows about the Miniforce (Now Miniforce X), even Suzy (who is around 14-16 now, she was between 11-12 or 13 in the original Miniforce). But still, the English version is crap and so was the quick decision to hire new voice actors.
I give the English dub of Miniforce a 3/10 as a result.