I do not know how this came up but I was listening to the end of thought from tales of symphonia and saw a picture of Kratos and it just hit me he is voiced by Cam Clarke and with the red hair I was thinking man he would be an awesome older simon red hair or not (he also voiced he-man right?).
Dracula = Christopher Goddamn Lee.
Dracula = Christopher Goddamn Lee.
Why not bring back Caspin Freeman. He was great as Mathias in LoI and as Hector in CoD. Ok, those games weren't that good, but he did a great job with voice acting. Plus, he is the voice of Alucard in both Hellsing animes.
How about NONE. Voice acting is one of the worst things that ever happened to gaming.(http://lolwut.com/layout/lolwut.jpg)
It so rarely works that I think they should just leave it alone.
How about NONE. Voice acting is one of the worst things that ever happened to gaming.
It so rarely works that I think they should just leave it alone.
silent film stuffs
That's too high-brow for this forum. :-X
How about NONE. Voice acting is one of the worst things that ever happened to gaming.
It so rarely works that I think they should just leave it alone.
Yeah the guy that did Alucard's voice in Sotn, also did "Harry" in the original Silent Hill.Close. The voice actor for Richter did Harry's voice. Michael Gough. (I had to look it up, but Al and Harry sound nothing alike.)
Yeah the guy that did Alucard's voice in Sotn, also did "Harry" in the original Silent Hill.
I liked Chris Sabbat as Trevor though. Something about Raditz Belmont just kinda worked for me.
This guy just needs to be there too:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Templeman (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Templeman)
The voice of kain.
"I don't think Sabat EVER voiced Trev" - CH
Really? I have the sound files. They sounded similar to me. Ah well, guess I stand corrected.
Capcom's logo uses the same font as the questions on the "Jeopardy" wall.
; P ;D
Nope. Unless it was in something that wasn't a CV game, Sabat never voiced Trevor. The only English actors he's ever had were Steve Staley (CoD), David Vincent (Fake Trevor in PoR), and Gideon Emery (Judgment).
Staley he voiced Neji in naruto right that's who he sounded like to me right off the bat sort of how like Leon was voiced by kakashi or however you spell his name.
Trevor Belmont = Neji
Leon Belmont = Kakashi
Mathias Cronqvist + Hector = Itachi
Alucard = Sasuke
Julius Belmont = Jiraiya
Medusa = Tsunade
Soma Cruz = Suigetsu
Joachim Armster + Isaac + Jonathan Morris = Gaara
Shaft = Minato
Charlotte Aulin = Hinata
There are many Naruto actors in Castlevania. I might have missed a few, but whatevs.
Wow more than I thought :o
Funny thing just hit my mind there is only one bleach actor and that is Michelle Ruff, Rukia
She has dat voice 8)
WAKAMOTO!
...and the guy who voiced Dracula in Ooe's english dub
Patrick Seitz
Yessir, also MK '11 Scorpion.
Wait a minute Ragna the bloodedge?
Or rather modern Scorpion. Seitz also provided Scorp's voice in MK vs. DC. He also would happen to be Freddy Krueger in MK '11.
Jeez, I just gotta spout out VA trivia wherever I go... >_>
John Fitzgerald for the Role of Dracula
He did Nobunaga fro Sengoku Basara: Samurai Heroes and is perfect for the character in general.
It's hard to find videos with those voice clips as everyone keeps using the Japanese version for all their videos. It's as if gamers are obsessed with Japanese versions of everything.
People don't give English dubs enough credit. One thing people fail to notice is how flat the Japanese language is (meaning it lacks the emotion people think it has), and how much better voice acting has gotten since the motherfuckin' TurboGrafx/PS1/Dreamcast days (NIER, Resident Evil 4 and onwards, Warriors: Legends of Troy, etc.)
Cuz "English dubs are the worst things that have ever happened to Japanese games. Games made in Japan should stay having a Japanese dub, etc."
People don't give English dubs enough credit. One thing people fail to notice is how flat the Japanese language is (meaning it lacks the emotion people think it has), and how much better voice acting has gotten since the motherfuckin' TurboGrafx/PS1/Dreamcast days (NIER, Resident Evil 4 and onwards, Warriors: Legends of Troy, etc.)
Jeez, I just gotta spout out VA trivia wherever I go... >_>
Yes. Richter would happen to be David Vincent (Jin Kisaragi). Get that.
Though, like I said, there is some major obsession with that language.Probably because foreign languages tend to sound more exotic, and thus, be more appealing. At least that's what I think.
Is it wrong if I found Simon's voice from Judgment appropriate for Simon?
Probably because foreign languages tend to sound more exotic, and thus, be more appealing. At least that's what I think.
Absolutely not! I thought Keith Silverstein was great as Simon in Judgment. By the way, he is yet another actor from Naruto; one of Sasori's underlings named Yura. :)
That's the way I see it as well. Heck, I even watched anime in Japanese a few times and found myself irritated by the high-pitched voices of most of the female characters. Granted, some English voices have annoyed me at times, but I tend to get used to them.
Is it wrong if I found Simon's voice from Judgment appropriate for Simon?
He was not all homicidal so I could not even guess that was him.(click to show/hide)
O. M. G. This here is (one of) the biggest problem fixed by dubs. The outlandishly high voices of females characters is (more often than not) fixed in American dubs, giving them a much more realistic voice to listen to, yet people who prefer the Japanese dubs are always like "Noooooooooo I hate how they always ruin the cute sounding voices of the females uuuuuugh".
Yup. For whatever reason, Jin Kisaragi is the only role that David Vincent doesn't get flak for.
Also, for whatever reason, Richter is credited on some websites as Dave Wittenberg. Vincent and Wittenberg sound nothing alike... >_>
My sentiments exactly. I always found English dubs to be more realistic as the character voices tend to fit more than their Japanese counterparts, especially if they're teenagers. I Probably wouldn't mind the Japanese so much if the high-pitched voices were exclusive to children and not characters of all ages. Even the male voices from time to time sound almost the same, especially when they yell or scream. :/
Which is pretty unfair, seeing as he's a great voice actor. Some people. >__> I thought he was great as Seiji Yagiri in Durarara! (Another great dub, by the way). And I can't believe some websites would actually mix David Vincent with Dave Wittenburg since both have completely different voices. LOL.
how do you describe a language as flat
how do you factor in the range of emotion by linguistics
also, to stay on topic,
david bowie as the goblin king in lords 2
and frank welker as goblins
Though I'm fond of watching Anime in original Japanese, the cultural Japanese fixation with 'cuteness' is so saccharine that at times I switch to Dub just to hear things back in normal voice again.
You would probably die if you overheard my mom's Thai dramas because there is only the extreme of high-pitch.
Speaking of Julius, where did Serio get the English voice samples for Julius? Does HoD have him in English or something?
Yes. In Harmony of Despair, David Lodge provides the voice for Julius.
Tetsu Inada, who did the voice of Julius in DoS, reprises his role in the Japanese dub of HD, who I agree sounds much better for Julius. I dunno if you knew or not, but there IS a Japanese voice selection in the game. If you didn't know, when selecting the color for your character, hold down both triggers (in the Xbox 360 version), or hold down R2 (in the PS3 version).
If you did know, well then that was useless info.
I personally thought David Lodge was NOT a good choice for him. Michael McConnohie (Rinaldo, Barlowe, narrator for LoI and CoD) would have been a much better voice for him.
Believe it or not, I do manage to differentiate Japanese actors. Nobuyuki Hiyama, Ryotaro Okiayu, Takahiro Sakurai, Hikaru Midorikawa, etc. (especially the fourth).
I dunno why. David Vincent is widely hated. He's one of my favorite voice actors, though he does not compare to Roger Craig Smith.
Takahiro Sakurai is one of the few Seiyuus that I'm familiar with, as well as Daisuke Ono and Eri Kitamura.
Wow, and I bet all that hate is unjustified (which is usually the case for people who hate on English VAs in general). Take Johnny Yong Bosch (a favorite of mine, BTW) for example; as you know, people hate him because he's supposedly "in everything" these days, yet older voice actors like Steve Blum are credited with more roles than him. Heck, Wendee Lee, Kari Walgren, Michelle Ruff and Stephanie Sheh have even more, which therefor renders his haters claims invalid.
Anyway, I also like Roger Craig Smith. He's been in a lot of games recently and I find him to be highly talented. I'd very much like to hear him in a Castlevania game.
Back on topic, I haven't heard Julius in HoD, but I always envisioned him being voiced by Michael McConnohie as well (a recent favorite of mine). And it might seem silly, but knowing that David Lodge provided Julius' voice, it's going be hard trying not to imagine Jiraiya. LOL
Maybe it's just me but I never really saw Dario as bad-ass at all. He struck me as the quintessential punk in every sense of the word. He THINKS's he's bad-ass, so he talks and acts like he's bad-ass. But the moment an actual, competent warrior steps in who isn't severely handicapped (like Julius was with his age and lack of magic seals) Dario falls like a house of cards. And when when Aguni or whatever demon Celia had bound to him is defeated, he runs like a little bitch.
Well, Nobuyuki Hiyama is a very recognizable voice actor, since he provided the voice for Link in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Majora's Mask (Fierce Diety and Zora forms), Super Smash Bros., and Super Smash Bros. Brawl. Oh, and Soulcalibur II. He also voices a couple others in said franchise (Siegfried and Yoshimitsu for example).
Johnny Yong Bosch is definitely one of my favorites, no doubt. He and Yuri Lowenthal are basically brothers-in-arms when it comes to the hate I get. Two other voice actors who are starting to be hated like them are Nolan North and Troy Baker.
And on Julius... Yeah, he sounds EXACTLY like Jiraiya.
Oh yeah. Travis Willingham works in my head for Dario.
It's not like he hasn't played as a flame-wielding badass before.
Wow, Siegfried and Yoshimitsu? That's pretty impressive. I take it he's been in the business for while.
I'll admit at first, I wasn't too fond of Yuri (probably because he voiced Sasuke, who I once hated, but grew indifferent towards), but hearing him some more in Final Fantasy IV as Cecil Harvey, Alucard in Judgment, Shinra Kishitani in Durarara!, Patroklos in Soul Calibur V, and recently Barnaby Brookes Jr. in Tiger & Bunny, I've grown to like and respect him as a voice actor. He's now one of my favorites.
As for Nolan North, I bet people hate him because they think he sounds the same in every role he gets. Obviously this isn't true since he is the voice of Madara in Naruto and sounds absolutely nothing like the Prince, Nathan Drake, Desmond Miles, Deadpool, etc. Troy Baker is godly, so I of course don't understand why he's hated. When I heard him in UMvC3 as Nova, I got pretty excited. LOL.
*facepalm* Really?
Exactly. Heck, I believe he is credited as voicing Death in some of the games; another fire-wielding badass.
Hating the actor for one role doesn't sound very reasonable to me. Anyway, I liked the Naruto series in Japan, but can't stand the US Dub because of Naruto's actor... Awful. But yes, Yuri has been one of my favorite actors for a long time (Tales of the Abyss being the biggest reason).
Personally, I don't see why it matters if someone sounds the same in every role. The reason directors pick that actor is because they believe the voice suits the character. (Troy Baker? Magnificent)
DXC, Judgment and OoE to be exact. Death was recast in HD with, believe it or not, David Lodge.
Troy Baker is godly, so I of course don't understand why he's hated. When I heard him in UMvC3 as Nova, I got pretty excited. LOL.
Just waitin' on Johnny Yong Bosch
This may just sound like crazy talk but I liked how the GBA and DS games had just text and no voice acting. Bad voice acting tends to ruins scripts for me so it just seems better to imagine how the characters should sound. I'm sure that I am in the minority here but that is my two cents.
This may just sound like crazy talk but I liked how the GBA and DS games had just text and no voice acting. Bad voice acting tends to ruins scripts for me so it just seems better to imagine how the characters should sound. I'm sure that I am in the minority here but that is my two cents.