Akira - Shotaro Kaneda

Ah yes Kaneda, the Hero of the renowned Anime film that is AKIRA! And we shall be going over how he sounded in the 1989 and 2001 dub of the movie. In the 1989 dub he was voiced by renowned North American Animation VA Cam Clarke, while it did seem rather strange to hear that voice at first I did grow into it pretty quickly. However in the 2001 dub we have known Anime VA Johnny Yong Bosch as well. Granted nowadays some people are getting a little tired of him being the male lead in an anime nowadays but this is one of his best works as a male lead in an anime. (Granted not as cool as Vash the Stampede but its still a good reminder why did we ever like JYB as a Anime Male Lead.) So while I would deem Cam Clarke the better VA in general in this case I would go with JYB because it felt more natural from the start.

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I prefer Johnny because in the old dub they made Cam's version act like an butthole jock and made it seem like he was mean to Tetsuo, while Johnny's was nicer and treated him with respect.

Cam sound's too old to be Kaneda, he's a great voice actor but for this role, no way. Johnny nailed it I think.

Definitely have to say Bosch. Cam Clarke may be a good voice actor, but this is not one of his finest roles. Johnny is spot on from the start, and exudes more emotion than Clarke does.

Kaneda is SUPPOSED to sound like a jerk. He's not a clean-cut anime hero, he's a street punk. Bosch was completely miscast for the role.