I don't know why people always take it personally whenever the localizations of Final Fantasy have been criticized. The fact of the matter is that SE's efforts in that department have been subpar to average at its best, and when you would think they would be pulling out all the stops for what is probably their biggest production ever, they went ahead and regressed from their previous installment in 12.
If you think about it, Sakamoto Maaya alone probably has a larger fanbase in ENGLISH SPEAKING TERRITORIES than the entire cast of the English dub combined. That says something about how much SE cares for the quality of their localizations considering how big the production of the game is. Stop defending their bullshit, English-language FF fans deserve better. They really ought to take a page out of the book of the guys doing the new Castlevania. Get some damn talent for your multi-million unit selling franchise.