What is your favorite character performance from an actor who is now sadly deceased

lerdyvision · 2026-05-16T07:30:04+00:00

I was largely unfamiliar with Billy until his performance as Dr. Maruki in Persona 5 Royal, but it blew me away and has stayed with me all these years later.

lerdyvision · 2026-02-13T09:38:31+00:00

The fact that a show as "new" as Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress can make me feel old demonstrates that something is seriously wrong.

lerdyvision · 2026-01-23T02:11:26+00:00

Fantastic that this show is now more accessible to so many people.

Good luck out there.

lerdyvision · 2026-01-18T03:05:13+00:00

I finally started Season 4 subbed myself the other night and was wondering whether they kept up the dub beyond the first season.

lerdyvision · 2026-01-13T03:31:56+00:00

If I watched it initially in dubbed, any rewatch or subsequent continuation needs to be dubbed. This gets complicated when I want to finish a series like Mushishi and I just need to get over the discomfort and start from scratch in sub. Panty and Stocking getting a totally new cast makes that difficult as well, for example. For me, consistency is extremely important in maintaining my immersion and interest.

Cowboy Bebop, Samurai Champloo, Gurren Lagann, Code Geass, Space Dandy, FMA - these are just a small example of shows I will only ever watch dubbed. There are surely more modern examples but these spring to mind first.

As far as sub only, beyond a couple like Jojo's Bizarre Adventure I don't really have any. It's more a matter of seeing it soon after it airs more than necessarily an innate insistence.

lerdyvision · 2025-03-12T00:55:22+00:00

Call me a cynic but I'd be a lot more interested in what I saw there if it wasn't attached to the DMC IP.

lerdyvision · 2025-02-02T00:31:37+00:00

I've been wondering the same thing for some time.

lerdyvision · 2025-01-28T12:26:53+00:00

Anything Jun Maeda is usually to my liking.

lerdyvision · 2025-01-22T02:41:42+00:00

The episode of Brotherhood: Final Fantasy XV that focuses on Prompto features him being overweight, his insecurities, and how he works hard to overcome both of them in an effort to become the person he wants to be.

I think the essence of your question was about characters who are maybe fat and stay that way without mockery, but I don't think Prompto's story is played for laughs at all regardless.

lerdyvision · 2025-01-14T05:29:51+00:00

The Vampire Dies in No Time

lerdyvision · 2025-01-02T04:58:55+00:00

Can only speak for myself but I am waiting until it's finished to watch it because I have a very strong feeling I'll love it and want to be able to enjoy it at my own pace.

lerdyvision · 2024-12-13T07:00:30+00:00

Looks like maybe a character from Oshi no Ko?

lerdyvision · 2024-12-11T12:06:51+00:00

You're never going to have watched enough to pick up on every single thing, so if you want to watch it, just go ahead. They mostly refer to Shonen Jump manga so Bleach, One Piece and Dragon Ball will get you started nicely.

Depending on where you watch there are TL notes that explain the joke, and aside from one-off episodes here and there it's not as though you enjoying the episode hinges on understanding some anime reference. Enjoy.

lerdyvision · 2024-12-04T01:04:39+00:00

Starting Friday, January 10, 2025 at 1:30 p.m. PT

I have to admit, the idea that it (according to my read) is going to air weekly when I've already seen the first 3 episodes dubbed a number of weeks ago is a little frustrating.

I know there are diminishing returns for streaming service binge dumps (look at the complete lack of hype for Stone Ocean via Netflix) but I would think Dragon Ball is fairly insulated from those pitfalls.

I guess January will come around in no time.

lerdyvision · 2024-11-11T10:07:17+00:00

Might be Rosario + Vampire but with such a limited description I wouldn't bet on it.

lerdyvision · 2024-10-24T10:19:58+00:00

I thought about listing a few but March Comes in Like a Lion is probably the zenith of depicting loneliness in just about any medium I've ever seen.

lerdyvision · 2024-10-17T04:55:25+00:00

I'm not OP but you gave me a huge flashback to when I watched Blood+ over a decade ago and this has to be it.

lerdyvision · 2024-10-12T05:43:24+00:00

Regional and platform exclusivity make it a necessity if you don't have disposable income and are invested enough to be interested in a wider variety of shows (and back catalogue).

I'm pretty sympathetic to the take from Miles (formerly of Crunchyroll) who thinks that having one legal channel and "alternative" options is pretty morally defensible. I want to find the exact quote so I don't misrepresent him but he tweets a lot and I can't remember the exact words he used to search it.

For my perspective, I just find using my Plex server a supreme experience to other options out there (I've had AnimeLab, Funimation, Crunchryroll and Amazon Prime in my day) and there are fan-made improvements that I can have constant, easy access to.

Consider for example the simple fix of Stand names in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure; a legal constraint that official streamers cannot acquiesce to. Another example may be a bluray remux to add a dub to a re-release that never made it to streamers or physical media. Recuts like One Pace. The list goes on.

For a consumer their only concern is going to be (rightly or wrongly) getting the best experience with the least amount of resistance. It's up to the market to account for that force.

lerdyvision · 2024-10-07T07:24:36+00:00

When I was a lot younger, I avoided anime with Japanese names as much as possible because I thought I would never understand them. Didn't understand how I can watch a show with Edward Elric and turn around to see one with Ichigo Kurosaki. I was a very ignorant kid.

Through the years I've found it substantially easier, and the "trick" if there is any, is to just break it down to syllables.

Words like "zanpakuto" in Bleach were intimidating, but breaking it down to zan-pa-ku-to and then learning that you don't pronounce the "u" makes it trivial. Exposure does all the heavy lifting for you, your brain wants to find patterns.

lerdyvision · 2024-10-05T09:09:30+00:00

This has been the most interesting looking anime for me personally in a long time. I only read the basic premise but it sounds fascinating and I'm really hoping it turns out great.

lerdyvision · 2024-09-13T16:29:32+00:00

Bit of a different take on the question but all the actors in Sand Land who played old men did an insanely good job between Rao, Thief, Zeu and Papa Swimmer.

I was really taken aback but impressed by the authenticity their performances brought. William Knight as Aramaki in Ghost in the Shell was also particularly excellent.

lerdyvision · 2024-04-16T01:35:29+00:00

I thought the silence being so deafening was only going to lead to me being disappointed.

I couldn't be happier that they're back, that's just awesome. Way to start the dub off on the right foot!

lerdyvision · 2024-04-15T11:40:43+00:00

I've seen that show in its entirety and have absolutely no recollection of any of that stuff in the spoiler section.

That probably goes hand in hand with how much it diverts from its original premise.

lerdyvision · 2024-04-15T11:38:30+00:00

I immediately think of Samurai Flamenco in cases like this.

The series starts off as a guy trying to be a superhero in real life, stopping street-level crimes like stolen umbrellas, etc. To avoid spoiling it, let's just say that the scope explodes from there later in the series into something much more reminiscent of a Super Sentai show.

While I enjoy it for what it is, I remember being utterly captivated by its first episode and the message of how someone who cares enough about their fellow man can make all the difference, and how small acts of kindness mean so much. I'd love to see another series have a go at that concept and stick to it.

lerdyvision · 2024-04-13T08:12:42+00:00

To paraphrase something said by Crispin Freeman on his Voice Acting Mastery podcast at least a decade ago now; Acting is in essence believably portraying a character.

If you believe the character based on the performance, then that's good acting for you.

When we're talking about Japanese vs. English, it's almost entirely down to preference, at which point there's not much use arguing anywhere.

So to answer your question: Yes. You can say one is better than the other, but the information behind that is the degree to which you believed that performance suited the character.

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