Is it the same voice actor as Mr. 2? They sound alike sometimes, but I can't imagine why Toei would use the voice actor of the ballerina man for the speedo-wearing cyborg. Not that I hate Mr. 2 or Franky's voice, it just seems weird to me.
About Franky's voice
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Yes.
Kazuki Yao plays Franky, Bon Kurei, and Jango.
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Having one VA play several roles, even main characters, is very common in animation.
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I think this VA fits Frankey best, because as soon as i heard frankey's music come on and the frankey dance then saw him fight luffy, I was in love with the character.
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Just my personal opinion here. Onizuka Eikichi's VA for him would have been my dream. He's the same kind of locomotive ruffian.
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Just my personal opinion here. Onizuka Eikichi's VA for him would have been my dream. He's the same kind of locomotive ruffian.
Well, he did do Bellamy. However, after looking at some of his work I'm familiar with I agree that he'dve been awesome.
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I personally thought Franky's voice would be more gruff and scratchy, but that's just my personal opinion. It also answers the question of what will happen if Franky uses fruit juice as a power source.
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I was thinking of him speaking in Norio Wakamoto's voice (Cell in DBZ) before he appeared in the anime.
Kazuki Yao is just fine, though.
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Norio Wakamoto would've been orgasmic.
But I agree that Kazuki Yao is great for Franky as well.
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If the dub was good (wet dream) then John Dimaggio would do Franky.
You know, the same guy who did Bender? That would be Godly.
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bender? lol. That would be really wierd.
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I'm thinking more along the lines of Richard Epcar.
the bigot who thinks being an asshole is actually worth shit
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The only problem with Kazuki Yao playing Franky is the very likely chance of Franky joining the crew; since the Strawhats are on good terms with Bon Clay, we'll have a problem if two very simmilar sounding characters are forced to meet one another. Toei likely didn't foresee this, as it isn't likely Oda is the kinda of person to leak future events in his manga to anyone, even the animation studio he's working with.
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On Kazuki's performance...well, his voice isn't what I would have imagined for Franky, but he's OK for the part, I suppose.
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I think Franky's voice is great as-is, but if I had to pick someone else, I'd have to agree with some of you and say Norio Wakamoto. I think he'd do a good job, he was the PERFECT Alexander Anderson. He'd have to goofy up his voice a little tho
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Voice actors have been filling multiple roles since forever; there's only so much talent to go around. It's not a big deal. Look at the cast list for The Simpsons. See all the overlap? It's huge.
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Voice actors have been filling multiple roles since forever; there's only so much talent to go around. It's not a big deal. Look at the cast list for The Simpsons. See all the overlap? It's huge.
That's not the problem; Kazuki is distinctive enough in both his roles as Franky/Bon Clay that it would be obvious that both characters are played by the same actor. Such is completely different from a normal VA doubling on a secondary role; in cases like Baldur's Gate II, Maurice LeMarche had two characters he voiced talk to one another, but both voices were very different and impossible to trace back to the original actor (unless one was familiar with his work).
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The only problem with Kazuki Yao playing Franky is the very likely chance of Franky joining the crew; since the Strawhats are on good terms with Bon Clay, we'll have a problem if two very simmilar sounding characters are forced to meet one another. Toei likely didn't foresee this, as it isn't likely Oda is the kinda of person to leak future events in his manga to anyone, even the animation studio he's working with.
I don´t see any problems in here. Voice actors are able to handle multiple characters in one episode. It is quite common in the western cartoon business and I serioulsy doubt that would be a new terrain in the anime world.
Besides in episode 129 Kazuki Yao did both Jango and Mr. 2 and it seemed to work pretty fine.
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I don´t see any problems in here. Voice actors are able to handle multiple characters in one episode. It is quite common in the western cartoon business and I serioulsy doubt that would be a new terrain in the anime world.
Again, that's avoiding simmilar sounding characters. In a situation in which two characters sound very simmilar, the characters lose a portion of their association identity (as in, voice with image), Toei prejects an image of apatheticism/cheapness, and things just become confusing because it becomes more difficult to follow the characters during action scenes. A note that these are only potential problems.
I can't comment on Jango/Mr.2 because I have not heard enough of Jango to make comparisons.
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Again, that's avoiding simmilar sounding characters. In a situation in which two characters sound very simmilar, the characters lose a portion of their association identity (as in, voice with image), Toei prejects an image of apatheticism/cheapness, and things just become confusing because it becomes more difficult to follow the characters during action scenes. A note that these are only potential problems.
There´s truth in what you say. However if such a sitation would ever occur then it could also be an opportunity for Kazuki Yao to show his greatness as a voice actor. There´s no doubt that both characters sound similar but as a good actor Yao could concentrate on bringing the significant aspects of each character in the right spot. Depends on how a meeting between those characters would be written of course, but I definitely see a chance her to show the differences rather then the similarities.
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Yea, when I finally heard Franky for the first time my jaw flat out hit the floor, I was like 'WTF?!?!?!? BON KUREI?! Did going to prison screw him THAT bad?" (made the last part up)
But I was surprised, and I always suspected a manlier voice, but I can't help but say I've gotten use to it. I'm also not entirely sure the SH's will ever meet Bon Kurei again, cause in the mini-story last we ever saw of him was he was fighting Hina.
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Well, he did do Bellamy. However, after looking at some of his work I'm familiar with I agree that he'dve been awesome.
He also played that pig pirate ^o^
I think if he had the guy who did Cell, he'd be way to serious for someone with a high potential of joining the crew. Just think about Robin's voice and how much she does stand out (and she does ^o^) amongst the stark-raving lunatics that make up the rest.
If Franky was gonna remain seperate I TOTALLY agree that he would have been the best choice.
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Franky's voice took an ep or two to grow on me, but now I wouldn't want it changed. It fits him quite wonderfully. Back before we first heard him I was hoping for a sort of Bantaro voice; yakuza punkish but somehow goofy at the same time. And maybe a half an octave down.
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I also found Kazuki Yao a weird choice for Franky at first, but with time he was slowly fitting into the character. I just can't picture Franky with another voice now, that's a good sign. And i think he did find a distinct enough tone.
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I personally would LOVE Franky's voice. It fit him from the start. But if I had to choose somebody else, it would have to be Buggy's voice. He sounds wacky, sure, but those few times he sounds serious, it's intimidating. And that is the way Franky should be, like he is now.
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Norio Wakamoto wouldn't be too serious… he's perfectly capable of being goofy while keeping that burly voice (see: Konjiki no Gash Bell, Samurai Champloo)
Actually, Wakamoto is who imagine as Kumadori's voice.
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I think Kazuki Yao works just fine as Franky. I must admit, at first I thought the voice was too high-pitched and not quite serious enough (because Mr. 2 is so insane) and I was pretty unhappy with it. But after the first "Nnnnnnnn… Suuuuuper!" that I heard from Pirates Carnival, I've never looked back.
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I personally thought Franky's voice would be more gruff and scratchy, but that's just my personal opinion. It also answers the question of what will happen if Franky uses fruit juice as a power source.
Same here. I was expecting something similar to an upbeat, hip Arlong.
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holy shit, juroota would be so scary as Franky. Not actually scary, but the fact that he played as Arlong would bug me to no end. It's a "whoa, that's trippy" sort of thing.
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Yao makes for a very wierd Franky is you ask me. The guy who plays Ralf Jones from the King Of Fighters games would have owned. But if
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I personally thought Franky's voice would be more gruff and scratchy, but that's just my personal opinion.
I thought the same thing, but after hearing his voice, I just can't imagine it differently now. It makes him stick out more than having just another gruff voice in the series.
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The only problem with Kazuki Yao playing Franky is the very likely chance of Franky joining the crew; since the Strawhats are on good terms with Bon Clay, we'll have a problem if two very simmilar sounding characters are forced to meet one another. Toei likely didn't foresee this, as it isn't likely Oda is the kinda of person to leak future events in his manga to anyone, even the animation studio he's working with.
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On Kazuki's performance...well, his voice isn't what I would have imagined for Franky, but he's OK for the part, I suppose.
Not really. Take a look at Tenchi, the same dude in the sub does both Tenchi's dad and grandpa and they don't sound similar at all and they interact all the time.
Or take a look at Scott McNeil in Beast Wars, Dinobot, Rattrap, Silverbolt, Waspinator they all interact with each other contantly. Hell McNeil argues with himself with Dinobot and Rattrap. A talented VA can handle it, and I'm sure Kazuki Yao is talented. (I haven't heard him though -_-)
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I agree with Creeping Wrath. And, even if they do sound a bit alike, Franky does sound a lot more like Jango than Mr. 2, so I would worry about that more. Even so, it could never be nearly as bad as the one voice actor doing every single spawn of Goku on DBZ. She didn't even attampt to do a different voice, and she sounded the exact same again when she did Kureha. If that was survivable, this is easily so.
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Well, she did make Gohan sound shy.
