Celebrities You Didn’t Know Were in Anime Dubs
Over the years, several companies like Aniplex, Disney, and Funimation have helped English dubs reach the audience with easy understanding. If you listened to those dubs in a detailed way, you may be familiar with the voices of some actors. Do you know the actors who lent their voices to anime dubs? Let’s have a look at it.
- Tom Holland – The Secret World of Arrietty
Holland became noticeable among the public when he acted as Spider-Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. He is well-known for his web-swinging antics these days. Tom voiced Sho in the anime, The Secret World of Arrietty, which was directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi.
- Evan Rachel Wood – Flavors of Youth
Evan is popularly known for her role as Dolores Abernathy in the HBO series, Westworld. She also gave the dub voice for Yi Lin in the 2018 anime, Flavors of Youth. Her character portrays the hardships of a top model who quit the business before finding success.
- Christian Bale – Howl’s Moving Castle
Bale is famous for various roles, especially as Batman in The Dark Knight trilogy. He is also famous for movies like The Fighter and American Hustle. Bale dubbed the voice of Howl in the fantasy anime, Howl’s Moving Castle.
- Alison Brie – Star Wars: Visions
Alison Brie is a versatile actress in television who has proved her mettle through roles like Annie Edison in Community and Trudy Campbell in Mad Men. She also dubbed the voice of Am in The Twins, the third episode of animated series, Star Wars: Visions.
- Samuel L Jackson – Afro Samurai
The star has done dozens of movies starting from Jungle Fever to Star Wars. He is a primary member of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. However, anime fans know him well through Afro Samurai, in which he voiced the anime titular character.
