Voice Compare » Patlabor » Shinobu Nagumo

I also went for Sharon Holm from the earlier Patlabor 2 dub, as I like the sheer seriousness and unwavering determination in her voice during the mostly serious role she has in the film, while also at the same time somehow managing to still make her sound nuanced as a character and capturing a lot of the personalities and conflicts that Shinobu's character has (she's authorative but also young- late 20s or mid 30s, often frustrated at not being in the loop either with the higher-ups or with Goto, and original actress Yoshiko Sakakibara also described her as being something of an uncertain little girl deep down regarding personal matters, due to the past). I very much liked the way Sharon Holm earnestly played the final scene between Shinobu and Tsuge, as I felt some of those personality aspects and conflicts within the character there. Generally I like the earlier dub way better than the re-dub of Patlabor 2, for the reasons I stated earlier in the Goto comparison section. I have to say though, I think all of the various dubs of Shinobu are quite decent and tried to maintain some conituity with each other. I actually like the Adrianna one quite a bit too (watch Shinobu's serious speech to the police chiefs in OVA 6 that mirror the scene where she's dismissed in Patlabor 2..), but it looks like the OVA dub isn't so well-remembered or liked by most voters I guess :(. But again, pretty hard to beat the original dub Patlabor 2 performances ^^;. Also I totally agree with the commentor Penguintruth, about the original Japanese actress Yoshiko Sakakibara... She is really special and will always be the ultimate Shinobu actress lol. Across the entirety of Patlabor, you can really see what a wonderful job she did of portraying her character perfectly across a wide variety of story types and situations. Shinobu Nagumo is really her defining character performance for me and I greatly admire her!

Megan wins. Hands down.

They're all okay, but none of them compare with the power of Yoshiko Sakakibara.

I like the frankness of Sharon Holm, but I think Megan Hollingshead delivers with more passion. I think the others are an attempt at impersonating Holm, to be honest.