Even in a Wacky Nautical Spin-Off, Yakuza Just Feels Wrong in English
Japanese only.Nah, we just can’t do it. Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii may be a wacky nautical spin on the long-running series, but it still just doesn’t sound right in English.To be fair to SEGA, it’s assembled one helluva cast here. Matt Mercer, best known for voicing Leon S. Kennedy in Resident Evil and Jotaro Kujo in JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure, is taking on the role of unhinged piratical protagonist Goro Majima. He sounds fine, but lacks that zaniness of the Japanese voice actor.Read the full article on pushsquare.com
Japanese only.
Nah, we just can’t do it. Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii may be a wacky nautical spin on the long-running series, but it still just doesn’t sound right in English.
To be fair to SEGA, it’s assembled one helluva cast here. Matt Mercer, best known for voicing Leon S. Kennedy in Resident Evil and Jotaro Kujo in JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure, is taking on the role of unhinged piratical protagonist Goro Majima. He sounds fine, but lacks that zaniness of the Japanese voice actor.
Read the full article on pushsquare.com
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