CAA: Christian Anime Alliance

Celty: Kari Wahlgren
Mikado: Darrel Guilbeau
Shizuo: Crispin Freeman

Aniplex USA intends to reveal more of the cast on their website, DurararaUSA.com & on their Youtube Channel.


[font="Book Antiqua"][color="Red"]Col. Roy Mustang[/color][/font]

I JUST saw this right before I saw your thread, Roy, and I am stoked.! I've met Darrel Guilbeau and I'm sure he will be awesome as Mikado.
Kari Wahlgren is an interesting choice, but I can imagine her as a good Celty.
Also, Crispin Freeman as Shizuo makes me smile. :3

Though, from the article on ANN (here: http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-07-30/aniplex-announces-part-of-durarara-english-dub-cast) this part makes me a bit disappointed:

Aniplex added that it will not be using the English Baccano! voice actors for the same characters in Durarara!!.

Which is not terrible, but oh well. ^_^;

I've never heard Darrel Guilbeau before, so I'm not sure how he'll do with my favorite character. I wasn't sure how I'd feel about Crispin Freeman at first, but now that I think about it I think he's probably the best choice. Kari Wahlgren, while none of the roles she's had(that I've heard) really seem to fit Celty, they're diverse enough that I have confidence in her ability to do this.

Shizzy voiced by Alucard and Kyon? Gonna be awesome I bet...hopefully. Well, Baccano had an excellent dub, hopefully the same for Drrr.

Roy Mustang (post: 1413177) wrote:Celty: Kari Wahlgren
Mikado: Darrel Guilbeau
Shizuo: Crispin Freeman

Aniplex USA intends to reveal more of the cast on their website, DurararaUSA.com & on their Youtube Channel.


[font="Book Antiqua"][color="Red"]Col. Roy Mustang[/color][/font]

I'll watch this just for that particular voice right there...

Also, it will be nice to hear Kari again! I missed her voice in anime!

Roy Mustang (post: 1413177) wrote:Shizuo: Crispin Freeman

This is acceptable.

Fish and Chips (post: 1413937) wrote:This is acceptable.

more than that...

So the second batch of announcements is out.

Anri-Michelle Ruff
Kida-Bryce Papenbrook
Izaya-Johnny Yong Bosch

Mr. Hat'n'Clogs (post: 1421075) wrote:Anri-Michelle Ruff

Not sure how I feel about this.

Mr. Hat'n'Clogs (post: 1421075) wrote:Izaya-Johnny Yong Bosch

Now that right there is some beautiful casting.

Yay, more of the cast!

Michelle Ruff as Anri? I mean, she's a great VA, but still, I never really imagined her as Anri...
And I haven't heard enough from Bryce Papenbrook to know how he will do. I could always check out the dub of Vampire Knight to hear him, but eeehh...>_>;

Hat wrote: Izaya-Johnny Yong Bosch

My reason for buying the dubbed boxset is complete.

[quote="goldenspines (post: 1421186)"]
And I haven't heard enough from Bryce Papenbrook to know how he will do. I could always check out the dub of Vampire Knight to hear him, but eeehh...>_>]

I've heard him in a few shows/games...Eh, we'll so how he does with this...

Yo dawg we heard you like Johnny Yong Bosch so we put him in every anime ever made.

Nate (post: 1421210) wrote:Yo dawg we heard you like Johnny Yong Bosch so we put him in every anime ever made.

D8 he's not in... a lot actually.
And they use popular actors all the time in Japan. XD

But he is in A LOT of stuff...and because he is in a lot of stuff, that means that fans like him...and if fans like him...guess what?
The Product sells a little better

Aniplex, I see what you did thar.

I am beginning to think I am the only one who is NOT a fan of Johnny Young Bosch....so I am hesitant about him playing Izaya, who I love. Having difficulty seeing it...but Crispin Freeman as Shizuou is perfect-o.

I could always check out the dub of Vampire Knight to hear him, but eeehh...>_>;

Ehh...I wouldn't do that. xD It might destroy any bit of hope you have. I don't remember who Papenbrook did in VK, I just know the dub as overall was pretty embarrassing. ANN summed it up nicely: "The English cast is too professional to actually sound embarrassed when speaking, but they're obviously aware of how silly it all looks and sounds from the outside and it affects their performances."

Yeah. Avoid VK if you want hope... xD

MightiMidget (post: 1421362) wrote:I am beginning to think I am the only one who is NOT a fan of Johnny Young Bosch....so I am hesitant about him playing Izaya, who I love. Having difficulty seeing it

If you've played Persona 4 you wouldn't have any difficulty seeing it at all.

MightiMidget (post: 1421362) wrote:Yeah. Avoid VK if you want hope... xD

This. This. This.

Maybe it's just because I've rewatched the Japanese Durarara!! almost twice/some eps multiple times but...the English dub is terrible based on the promo. It's so...so...FLAT! And Mikado sounds super super super wimpy. When before I thought he just sounded shy, but in this more wimpy.

Promo of Clips eps 1-9

I will say that I think Izaya, Shizuo and Shinra are portrayed alright. Shizuo is definitely the best in my opinion.

Nate (post: 1421210) wrote:Yo dawg we heard you like Johnny Yong Bosch so we put him in every anime ever made.

Hey guys they just announced the dub cast of Recent Popular Anime. Brad Swaile as Whiny Young Main Character, Steven Blum as Cool Masked Guy, and Johnny Young Bosch as Everyone Else. Man, I don't wanna miss this one!

Why would any of the characters have the same actors as Baccano! ?
I don't know much about either of these series. Are they related somehow? They seem to be completely different.

Shizuo- sounds like Dynasty Warriors 5 Guan Yu and at other times Kyon.

So speaking as a guy who never saw the original series and knowing full well that everyone will disagree with me I'll still say it, because I just watched the promo MightiMidget linked.

Whoever voiced that blonde guy SUCKS. Okay, it's not so much that the guy voicing him sucks...he's an okay voice actor but what I'm saying is that that kind of voice for that guy sucks. Worst casting EVER.

Fish and Chips (post: 1413937) wrote:This is acceptable.

2nd, 3nd, and 4th ^O^

I recall some others talking about this in a chat ^__^

Nate (post: 1421210) wrote:Yo dawg we heard you like Johnny Yong Bosch so we put him in every anime ever made.

This.

Personally, ever since the awfulness that was the Bleach dub, I haven't been able to really like Johnny Yong Bosch. It's not that I think he's bad or anything; I just hated the dub so much that everyone involved with it was tainted in my eyes.

He did a decent job with Wolf's Rain, though. Anyway, at least I agree that Crispin Freeman is good casting.

Not that I'll be watching the dub, though. I usually hate dubs.

Wolf-man (post: 1454032) wrote:Why would any of the characters have the same actors as Baccano! ?
I don't know much about either of these series. Are they related somehow? They seem to be completely different.

They take place in the same universe.

They're only mildly related though, for instance, it never comes up in the series but Celty from Durarara!! was once friends with Ronnie from Baccano!, and in one of the later light novels a character is mentioned as looking like the descendant of two Baccano! characters(and a character himself(or her, I can't remember), but not in the anime).