According to her, Akitaro Daichi, the director of the Japanese anime series, was particularly concerned that Tohru's "sweetness and formal nature didn't get lost in translation"; Bailey acknowledged that English does not have the same kind of speech formality as Japanese, but claimed Tohru's "humble nature can still be communicated through inflections and tone."
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In the English version of the anime, the original instrumentals are kept, but translated and sung in English by the English voice actresses of Kagura Sohma and Tohru Honda, Meredith McCoy and Laura Bailey respectively (the English versions of the songs, however, are not included on any of the soundtracks).