Akira - Tetsuo Shima
Comparision of the voice over actors who have been the voice of Tetsuo Shima with sound clips and images.
EDITOR'S OPINION
Tetsuo Shima, one of the most famed "Tragic Cases" in all of anime history.In the 1989 dub of the movie we have VA Jan Robson as Tetsuo and it doesn't seem to be THAT bad. (Granted the way he and the others pronounced "Kaneda" in the old dub did feel a bit awkward.)
However in the modern dub we have Joshua Seth as Tetsuo and this is quite possibly his finest performance. (But then again Joshua Seth did mention on how Tetsuo is quite a dream role of his and it showed and its one of the reasons why its a shame Joshua Seth is retired from voice acting.)
But while Jan Robson wasn't that bad I am definitely going with Joshua Seth here.
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Comments
john said at 8:13 PM on Sat Jul 18 2009They are both pretty good but I prefer Joshua he sounds more like a teenager.
spike32 said at 12:48 PM on Sun Jul 19 2009Joshua is better as john says, makes him sound more like a teenager. Also, I believe he makes him sound smoother like he's really talking, not reading lines.
eddy said at 1:08 PM on Sun Aug 30 2009Well, Joshua sounds more like a teenager, allright, but I must say that I've had both versions and the first one (so Jan), stays in my mind as the "original" one.
charmainehugak said at 3:40 PM on Wed Nov 11 2009id say joshua seth sounded awesome!!!!!!! so id have to go with him......
mvx248 said at 11:47 AM on Sun Feb 21 2010Joshua Seth would have been better if he wasn't so monotone. Instead, he brought the 2001 dub down. Jan Rabson put far more emotion and meance into the role.
joshuaseth said at 7:49 PM on Tue Apr 20 2010Jan was the original, that's just a fact. I always went for emotional realism when voicing my roles though, so what you're perceiving as "monotone" was just my being truthful to the scene as an actor. I was going for more realism.
I talk extensively about my experience voicing Tetsuo on the video at the bottom of this page btw: http://www.joshuaseth.com/voice-overs/
l8r,
Joshua Seth
satoshi said at 7:26 PM on Sat May 8 2010I talk extensively about my experience voicing Tetsuo on the video at the bottom of this page btw: http://www.joshuaseth.com/voice-overs/
l8r,
Joshua Seth
A bit mixed on this one. Jan completely fails at doing a wimpy kid like Tetsuo imo. However... that all changes when Tetsuo goes completely psycho during the second half of the movie, and Jan's overacting is so sinister, and fits so perfectly... Joshua on the other hand does a good job at being regular old Tetsuo, but he just wasn't convincing enough as a psychotic killer. So I'll have to give this to Jan
chunkyfunkymonkey said at 5:04 PM on Tue Jul 13 2010jan rabson had that psychotic voice thing goin when tetsuo goes psycho and when he regular old tetsuo joshua seth was a good wimpy voice for him
jont said at 2:16 AM on Fri Jul 23 2010Two words: Joshua Seth. Jan may be a good actor, but he does absolutely no justice to Tetsuo; his psychotic moments are both overdone and totally ill-fitting, and his "whimpy" version is even worse, totally devoid of any genuine emotion.
Joshua nails this character from the beginning, plus he makes him sound more authentic and more dimensional; he is both far more natural and does a better job of displaying Tetsuo's sympathetic qualities, making it all the more terrifying when he goes crazy at the end. So Josh owns the role.
Joshua nails this character from the beginning, plus he makes him sound more authentic and more dimensional; he is both far more natural and does a better job of displaying Tetsuo's sympathetic qualities, making it all the more terrifying when he goes crazy at the end. So Josh owns the role.
