It’s time for another one of those “Your favourite X” kind of threads, now focusing on the voice acting of Get Backers. It’s a simple question; which voices did you like the most in the show? Which seiyuu made the most powerful impression on you? Let us hear what you had to say about the cast!
Of course, since we’re no weeabos or sub elitists, the topic will not be limited to the Japanese voices only; if you wish to talk about dub actors/voices, that’s fine too.
Oh, hi Midou.My favourites?
Well, I can start things off by saying that (if you didn’t know this already), the reason I decided to give Get Backers a chance was because I knew one of my favourite seiyuu of all time was cast as a main character –
Canna Nobutoshi as Ban. And naturally, he was perfect for the role. By changing his unique, raspy voice
very little, he can sound deep and bloodthirsty when he’s being badass, but also calm and collected when he’s pro doing business, not to mention squeaky and wailing when he’s being a dork! Ah, he’s just such a fine actor; when he’s acting as our favourite jerkass Ban, he captures every side of his character. He is badass. He is observant. He is arrogant. He is childish. He is dorky. He is, for all his flaws, extremely lovable –
he is Ban-chan!However, he is far from being the only one casted perfectly for his role.
Morikubo Shoutarou as Ginji is just as impressive, and WELL worthy of being a main character of the show. It’s even more impressive if you consider how he usually voices characters like Ban (i.e. jerkasses), but here, is so adorable that you want to hug him as soon as he opens his mouth
in case you didn’t want to already just by seeing his cute looks. Talk about having a wide range! His charisma, goofiness and sincerity as the GB’s no.2 are taken directly from the pages of Ayamine and Aoki’s manga! Same goes for his sociopathic Lightning Lord persona – intimidating, but always with an underlying tone of extreme sadness.
This goes without saying, but the seiyuu of our titular heroes also have GREAT chemistry. Which is absolutely
needed in a story about the strong bond between two people. It’s actually quite easy to tell that they’re pretty good friends in real life as well. ;P
It’s too bad she had a very little role, but…
Ogata Megumi as Clayman was a delight to hear. Sure, in a 1 to 10 scale (where 10 is the hottest, sexiest thing ever), her husky tomboy voice easily ranks *FAPFAPFAP*, but hearing her use her prettiest pitch ever as the dignified, womanly Clayman was a welcome change of pace. For your information, Ogata Megumi s among my top 3 seiyuu (frighteningly often holding the
top 1 spot, depending on my current mood/obsession), the other two being Suwabe Junichi (whom I fangirled OH SO MUCH during my Prince of Tennis obsession a couple of years ago) and the aforementioned Canna Nobutoshi (of course!).
Otoha as Natsumi was super cute! Admittedly, it’s easy to tell that she was new in seiyuu business at the time… You can hear that her lines are a little weak in delivery and that she doesn’t have quite the range as the other seiyuu of the show. But why should that matter? She is still adorable! And unlike many other anime girls who are supposed to be “kawaii”, her voice does NOT sound like she's been breathing in helium.
But, the most impressive one of them all in my opinion (and I think a lot of people here will agree with me) is
Tobita Nobuo as Akabane. I can’t really think of any words to say that would do him justice, because he is just… indescribable. To be frank, I often find myself thinking that he is an even
better casting than our main characters, and THAT’s really saying something! He should have gotten some kind of award for his role as our favourite psycho. I don’t get chills down my spine too often just by hearing someone talk, but Tobita Nobuo’s once-in-a-lifetime Dr Jackal easily qualifies.
… Yep, I think that’s about it. Now tell me yours! And you don’t have to be as pretentious of a writer as Lovux is.
I wonder how many “I started watching Get Backers just because [my favourite seiyuu] was in there!” posts we’ll have here. XD