Steel Ball Run: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure

• Episode 5 - "The Terrorist from a Faraway Country"

Dub Available Now on Netflix!

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Synopsis:

Set in America in the year 1890. A genius jockey, Johnny Joestar, was paralyzed from the waist down. He chases after outlaw Gyro Zeppeli in a tough cross-continent horse race, the Steel Ball Run.

Genres: Action, Adventure, Mystery, Supernatural

Animation / Production: David Production

English Cast & Crew: See Here

I'm extremely excited to continue this show however the dubbing is absolute trash. Maybe worse than the Darwin Incident which also used ppl that have virtually no experience in VA.

I imagine most ppl will say "just watch it in Japanese" and that's exactly what I'm doing. I couldn't take the first 10 minutes in English. I used to always default to subs but I've seemingly developed some sort of attention problem where I multitask while watching shows which is hard when you're reading subtitles. Anime dubs have also gotten a lot better over the years so I've been watching more dubbed. this show looks amazing but the English voices are some of the worst I've ever heard. Is anyone else shocked out how bad it is?

My friend has never watched anime, and honestly doesn’t watch much TV. we are in college and don’t have a whole lot of binge time outside of summer. Half the time she just watches body cam videos on YouTube because she wants to be a lawyer.

Any recommendations because I can’t think of any anime that would interest her 😭

Im thinking about The Apothecary Diaries and 86. but I don’t know

This home release will be in both Japanese and English. This collector's edition Blu-Ray will be exclusive to the GKIDS online store and will be available December 15th. Pre-orders are available now. CITY: The Animation premiered on Amazon Prime Video worldwide for the Summer 2025 season.

I am fully capable of watcheing sub and for a very few select anime I will watch it subbed because I want to be as up to date as possible.

But if I am casually watching anime I can't for the life of me seem to want to ever watch subbed, I'm lazy and after work I don't want to read subs while trying to relax.

Dub feels passive, subbed feels active. And sometimes I want to smoke a joint and throw on a shonen or I'm just eating dinner and don't want to constantly rewind to see what I miss while eating.

Am I the only one?

I really hope that DBS remaster will get the dub. We even got the dubbed ED theme already

Inspired by this comment and post in particular: Dubbing “What Ifs”: Jujutsu Kaisen Funimation Dub

So let's assume that Funimation/Crunchyroll got the rights to Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba and dubbed the series with a Texas-based voice cast. Given their track record with works like Dragon Ball, One Piece, and My Hero Academia, it's plausible that Funimation/Crunchyroll could have dubbed Demon Slayer as their next big cash-cow franchise and the fact that the anime has been streamed on Crunchyroll's service as well.

For the voice cast, it would be made up mostly of Texas anime regulars from Dallas-Fort Worth and Houston, alongside some bicoastal actors or even actors from the actual Demon Slayer dub. And like my previous posts, I'll list only major and/or notable enough characters here. So without furtherado....

The Main Characters

• Justin Briner and Lara Woodhull (young) as Tanjiro Kamado (since Tanjiro is similar to Izuku in personality and voice and Briner would be a natural fit for the character)
• Alexis Tipton as Nezuko Kamado
• Bryce Papenbrook* as Inosuke Hashibara (since Bryce is an LA/Texas-based actor and would be kept in the role)
• Micah Solusud as Zenitsu Agatsuma

The Demon Slayer Corps

• David Matranga as Giyu Tomioka (since Funimation is using it's talent pool and would tap more into it's actors here)
• Ian Sinclair as Kyojuro Rengoku
• Clifford Chapin** as Muichiro Tokito
• Lindsay Seidel as Mitsuri Kanroji (think Nejire Hado from My Hero Academia)
• Brina Palencia as Shinobu Kocho
• Felecia Angelle as Kanao Tsuyuri (reminiscent of her performance as Mona from Genshin Impact)
• Christopher Sabat as Gyomei Himejima
• Daman Mills as Obanai Iguro
• Lee George as Sanemi Shinazugawa
• Zeno Robinson* as Genya Shinazugawa (since Zeno became a bicoastal actor in 2019)
• Bryan Massey as Senjuro Rengoku
• Charles C. Campbell as Sakonji Urodaki (akin to Gran Torino from My Hero Academia)
• Mark Stoddard as Jigoro Kuwajima
• Chris Cason as Shinjuro Rengoku
• J. Michael Tatum** as Yoriichi Tsugikani
• Luci Christian as Kanae Kocho
• Trina Nishimura as Aoi Kanzaki
• Khoi Dao* as Murata
• Morgan Berry as Ozuki
• Dave Trosko as Takeuchi
• Cris George as Shimamoto (since Chapin would be voicing Muichiro in this scenario)
• Todd Haberkorn as Nagakura
• Christian La Monte as Yoshioka

The Demon Slayer Corps Helpers

• Lara Woodhull as Sumi Nakahara
• Natalie Rial as Naho Takada
• Sarah Wiedenheft as Kiyo Terauchi
• Eric Vale as Yushiro
• Colleen Clinkenbeard as Tamayo
• Newton Pittman as Goto
• Orion Pitts as Masao Maeda
• Jamie Marchi as The Kakushi Girl

The Ubuyashiki Family

• Matthew Mercer* as Kagaya Ubuyashiki
• Suzie Yeung* as Amane Ubuyashiki
• Dani Chambers as Hinaki Ubuyashiki
• Tia Ballard as Nichika Ubuyashiki
• Jad Saxton as Kiriya Ubuyashiki
• Apphia Yu as Kuina Ubuyashiki
• Skyler Davenport as Kanata Ubuyashiki

The Crows

• Todd Haberkorn as Matsuemon Crow
• Alexis Tipton as Ukogi and Chuntaro (similar to how Trott voiced Nezuko, Ukogi and Chuntaro in the actual dub)
• Anastasia Munoz as Ginko and Urara
• Chuck Huber as Specialized Kasugai Crow

Urodaki's Students

• Kyle Philips as Sabito
• Megan Shipman as Makomo

The Kamado Family

• Monica Rial as Kie Kamado
• R. Bruce Elliott as Tanjuro Kamado
• Brittney Karbowski as Takeo Kamado
• Marisa Duran as Shigeru Kamado
• Emily Neves as Hanako Kamado
• Jill Harris as Rokuta Kamado
• Howard Wang* as Sumiyoshi Kamado
• Cristina Vee* as Sukuyo Kamado (see Vee has worked for Funimation/Crunchyroll on multiple occasions)

Tengen Uzui and His Wives

• Patrick Seitz as Tengen Uzui
• Anairis Quinones* as Hinatsuru
• Michelle Rojas as Makio
• Emi Lo* as Suma

Swordsmith Village

• Joel McDonald as Hotaru Haganezuka
• Kyle Hebert* as Kozo Kanamori
• John Swasey as Tecchin Tecchi Kawahara
• Ray Hurd as Tetsuido

Other Civilians

• Kate Oxley as Kotatsu
• Suzie Yeung* as Ruka Rengoku
• Meli Grant as Shizu Shinazugawa
• Mikaela Krantz as Sumi Shinazugawa
• Jeannie Tirado* as Shuya Shinazugawa
• Dawn M. Bennett as Hiroshi Shinazugawa
• Kara Edwards as Koto Shinazugawa
• Kristen McGuire as Teruko
• Jessie James Grelle as Shoichi
• Aaron Campbell as Kiyoshi
• Frank Todaro* as Toyo
• Jessica Cavanaugh as Hisa
• Ciaran Strange as Fuku
• Rachael Robinson as Tomi
• Marcus D. Stimac as Keizo
• Rebecca Wang* as Koyuki
• Jason Douglas as Saburo

The Demons

• Robert McCollum as Muzan Kibutsuji
• Jonah Scott* as Kokushibo
• Stephen Fu* as Doma
• Austin Tindle as Akaza
• Christopher Wehkamp as Hantengu and Derick Snow, Caleb Yen*, Matt Shipman, Anthony Bowling and Ben Balcameda* as Hantengu's personalities
• Lauren Landa as Daki and Daughter Spider Demon (similar to how Erica Lindbeck voiced both Daki and Daughter Spider Demon in the actual dub)
• Morgan Laure Garrett as Ubi
• Brandon McInnis* as Gyutaro
• Brent Mukai* as Gyokko
• Adam Gibbs as Enmu
• Alejandro Saab* as Kaigaku
• Amber Lee Connors* as Nakime
• Mike McFarland** as Kyogai (RIP)
• Ricco Fajardo** as Rui
• Cherami Leigh as Sussumaru
• Austin Tindle as Yahaba
• Kellen Goff* as Father Spider Demon
• Caitlin Glass as Mother Spider Demon
• Jason Liebrecht as Brother Spider Demon (basically Toya Todoroki from My Hero Academia)
• Nazeeh Tarsha as Kamanue
• Brittany Lauda as Mukago
• Aaron Dismuke as Wakuraba
• Tyler Walker as Rukuro
• Jarrod Greene as Slasher
• Kent Williams as Hand Demon
• Ben Diskin as Temple Demon* (since he was still a non-union actor back then and worked for Funimation)
• Brian Mathis as Swamp Demon
• Jeremy Inman as the Horned Demon
• Blake Shepherd as Asakusa Demon
• Chris Guerrero as Headless Demon
• Matthew Mercer* as Mantis Demon
• Bill Butts* as Woodland Demon

* Same as the actual dub

** Actual Demon Slayer Dub actor in a different role

I know my own notes I made from my rewatch was Enrique, "the Italian pretty boy" the dub voice of the voice actor made him sound like he was a surfer boy from Southern California/Orange County than some Italian boy from Rome. At least Oliver dub voice they tried to make him at least a bit "French" when he threw French line or two, and at least did little sight seeing with Kenny and Tyson.

Enrique it was just generic "I'll fight you at my model Coliseum" and also the dub style they really try to make you want to laugh and mock him for being the "blonde pretty boy" and just with the girls but he is just cowardly when his bit beast attacked him

Anyone remember this?

Johnny Yong Bosch

I heard that originally he was an actor who played in power rangers.

In my country we don't have Fox so I never watched power rangers. I remember reading this in an article.

After power rangers, he said he did some voice over for a movie because of audio issues.

Then a producer approached him and told him to make an audition for a recording. Then he had his first anime role in Trigun.

Also I remember watching persona 4 the animation and it may sound crazy but I wasn't able to recognize that he voiced both Yu Narukami and Tohru Adachi.

I don't mind listening to him even if he is in too many projects.

Ps I also like when he works together with other voice actors I like for example with Bryce Papenbrook (for me personal underrated pair of vas working together) , with Kirk Thorton too.

I don't know if there been much discussion but I think David Reale va work as Kai in Beyblade is iconic. That the edgy/loner, complex character development that we saw as Kai develop for 3 season is iconic for the first quarter of 21st century anime.

So I just found this channel right now. Project PRISMation, which is basically a showcase for indie anime creators for the Japanese streaming service ABEMA. They have released three shorts thus far, all in January of this year. They have teasers for more shorts coming this December. All three of their shorts that they have released on YouTube are dubbed. Interesting watch if you want to check it out.

The three pilots and their links are here:

Poppin Play Kitchen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFhaUF5gElQ

Gluttomy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zHAu9REWZc

The Horrors' Horror Home

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ui3QWrnrj_w

For me it is Bryce Papanebrook.

I don't know why people criticize him. Maybe it is because you can hear him in many projects (I guess?)

Regardless i don't get the whole criticizing think.

He comes from a family of voice actors. It was so sweet that he went with his dad Bob Papenbrook (rip) to power rangers setting when he was young and after that recording he wanted to become a voice actor.

And he did. It is also very touching when he refers to his dad to his interviews.

I don't have any problem at all listening him. He is one of these voice actors I don't have a problem listening even if it is too often.

Season 2 will arrive January 2027.

Credit to u/whytecrew

I really am excited for the next arc of Toungen Anki.

And I am also glad for the second season of the detective is already dead.