[OOC] Voices: who plays who

[robkelk]

"Remember that I showed everybody one episode of the anime that was made about you, and everyone complained about the voices being a little bit wrong?"

"You said it was because we weren't in this universe, so they had to use voice actors instead."

But they're only a little bit wrong... so the seiyuu should sound similar to the displacees, even if they aren't exact. Ne?

For reasons, I made a list of who's shown up so far.

EDIT: Out-of-date list snipped - see post #8 in this thread for something that's a little more up to date.

[Bob Schroeck]

Wow. Thanks for doing that work, Rob... that's going to come in handy for the back end of my little story.

[robkelk]

No problem. Bob. As I said, "For reasons" - that was one of them

I just realized that Akiko Hiramatsu and Michie Tomizawa should be on the three-characters-each list instead of the two-characters-each list, assuming that the Knight Sabers actually are in the Metacontinuity somewhere.

[Black Aeronaut]

Just as an aside, this is why I hate the US dubbed anime so much.  177 Japanese VNs (and this isn't even a comprehensive list!) versus the 70 English Dub voice actors that are listed on IMDB.  The talent pool is so very small compared to the veritable cornucopia of Japanese VNs, and so we wind up with teenagers who sound like they're thirty years old.  Never mind that there's so much young talent here in America that is looking for any kind of break that isn't Disney and they can be paid much less than some of the veterans.

[robkelk]

And a silly thought - Have Mii be interviewed by a journalism student for her homework - said journalism student being Lisa Vanette. Just to bump Aya Hisakawa's role list up to seven.

Okay, maybe not. Unless I can come up with a better reason for it to happen.

[robkelk]

Bumping because we I need to update this, given that we have a few more characters in the Metacontinuity now.

Depending on just who was at that Halloween party that Akari and Aria attended, Kaori Mizuhashi might have tied Aya Hisakawa as the hardest-working seiyuu in TMB. Mizuhashi-san played Mami in Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Taeko in Ai Yori Aoshi, Rosetta in Kaleido Star, and Yuuno in Lyrical Nanoha - so a guaranteed four roles there. Characters not yet appearing that she's played include Sein and Vivio in Lyrical Nanoha, Tatsuya Kaname in Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Pepper in A Little Snow Fairy Sugar, and Ai and President Hime in Aria.

[robkelk]

This should be of use, too - a visual guide as to who plays who, after school.

[robkelk]

Post-retcon update - some characters have been added, some have been removed.

Note that this list is incomplete, because I haven't gone through all of the dozens of Girls und Panzer characters and I don't have actor information for the two video games that Labster is adding to the Metacontinuity.

Thus. I'll skip posting the "one role" list for now.

Over 9,000 roles, or one role, depending on your point of view:

• Nozomi Sasaki: each of the Misaka Sisters except for Last Order and Misaka Worst (A Certain Magical Index)
  

Two roles:

• Aki Toyosaki: Kazari Uiharu (A Certain Scientific Railgun), Yui Hirasawa (K-On!)
  
• * Akiko Hiramatsu: Miyabi Kagurazaki (Ai Yori Aoshi), Kyouko Ariyoshi (All-Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku)
  
• Anri Katsu: Motoharu Tsuchimikado (A Certain Magical Index), Clark (Invade! Squid Girl)
  
• Chieko Honda: Kurumi Kasuga (Kimagure Orange Road), Kozue Kaoru (Revolutionary Girl Utena)
  
• Chinami Nishimura: President Aria (Aria), Mia Guillem (Kaleido Star)
  
• Chisa Yokoyama: Sakura Shinguuji (Sakura Wars), Sasami Masaki (Tenchi Muyo!)
  
• Daisuke Namikawa: Rock (Black Lagoon), Leonard Testarossa (Full Metal Panic!)
  
• Emi Shinohara: Presea (Magic Knight Rayearth), Makoto Kino (Sailor Moon)
  
• Etsuko Kozakura: Jonathan (Kaleido Star), Ryo-Ooki (Tenchi Muyo!)
  
• Fumiko Orikasa: Yuzuki (Chobits), Marion Benigni (Kaleido Star)
  
• Hideyuki Tanaka: Fujitaka Kinomoto (Cardcaptor Sakura), Bean Bandit (Riding Bean)
  
• Hiromi Tsuru: Madoka Ayukawa (Kimagure Orange Road), Ukyo Kuonji (Ranma ½)
  
• Junichi Suwabe: Archer (Fate/Stay Night), Ren Nekoyashiki (Rental Magica)
  
• Junko Iwao: Tomoyo Daidouji (Cardcaptor Sakura), Hikari Horaki (Neon Genesis Evangelion)
  
• Kae Araki: May Hopkins (Gunsmith Cats), Chibiusa (Sailor Moon)
  
• Kanae Itō: Ruiko Saten (A Certain Scientific Railgun), Sanae Nagatsuki (Invade! Squid Girl)
  
• Kazuya Ichijou: Shirou Takamachi, Zafira ( both Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha)
  
• Kōichi Yamadera: Ryoji Kaji (Neon Genesis Evangelion), Ryouga Hibiki (Ranma ½)
  
• Kumiko Nishihara: Diana (Sailor Moon), Vicomtesse Iris de Chateaubriand (Sakura Wars)
  
• Masayo Kurata: Subaru Mikage (Comic Party), Karinka (Steel Angel Kurumi)
  
• Megumi Toyoguchi: Revy (Black Lagoon), Yumi Omura (Chobits)
  
• Mie Sonozaki: Aya Hasebe, Mayu Yumeji (both from Comic Party)
  
• Mika Kanai: Eimi Yoshikawa (All-Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku), Mimi Hanyu (Sailor Moon)
  
• Mikako Takahashi: Chrono Harlaown (Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha), Adilicia Lenn Mathers (Rental Magica)
  
• Miki Itō: Lind (Ah! My Goddess), Sonomi Daidouji (Cardcaptor Sakura)
  
• Minako Kotobuki: Mitsuko Kongo (A Certain Scientific Railgun), Tsumugi Kotobuki (K-On!)
  
• Minami Takayama: Ascot (Magic Knight Rayearth), Nabiki Tendo (Ranma ½)
  
• Motoko Kumai: Shaoran Li (Cardcaptor Sakura), Sumomo (Chobits)
  
• Rei Sakuma: Peorth (Ah! My Goddess), Shampoo (Ranma ½)
  
• Ryou Hirohashi: Alice Carroll (Aria), Sora Naegino (Kaleido Star)
  
• Sakura Tange: Mira Reed-Kinomoto, Sakura Kinomoto (both Cardcaptor Sakura)
  
• Satomi Koorogi: Sora Hasegawa (Ah! My Goddess), Asahi Sakurai (Comic Party)
  
• Satsuki Yukino: Tina Foster (Ai Yori Aoshi), Kaname Chidori (Full Metal Panic!)
  
• Shinichiro Miki: Sakaki Kojirou (Fate/Stay Night), Kurz Weber (Full Metal Panic!)
  
• Takeshi Aono: Katsuhito Masaki, Nobuyuki Masaki (both Tenchi Muyo!)
  
• Toru Furuya: Kyosuke Kasuga (Kimagure Orange Road), Mamoru Chiba (Sailor Moon)
  
• Urara Takano: Marller (Ah! My Goddess), Maria Tachibana (Sakura Wars)
  
• Yuka Imai: Chihiro Fujimi (Ah! My Goddess), Wakaba Shinohara (Revolutionary Girl Utena)
  
• Yukana: Teletha Testarossa (Full Metal Panic!), Reinforce Zwei (Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha)
  
• Yuki Matsuoka: Osaka (Azumanga Daioh), Amy Limietta (Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha)
  
• Yuko Minaguchi: Nadeshiko Kinomoto (Cardcaptor Sakura), Hotaru Tomoe (Sailor Moon)
  
• Yuko Mizutani: Anri (Bubblegum Crisis), Mihoshi Kuramitsu (Tenchi Muyo!)
  
• Yumi Kikuchi: Miho Hoshino (Comic Party), Miyuki Sakura (Mahoromatic)
  
• Yumi Takada: Saori Shikijo (Mahoromatic), Aeka Masaki (Tenchi Muyo!)
  
• Yumi Touma: Urd (Ah! My Goddess), Lou (Bubblegum Crisis)
  
• Yuu Asakawa: Sakaki (Azumanga Daioh), Rider (Fate/Stay Night)
  

Iori Nomizu only has one canon role in the Metacontinuity: Febrie, from A Certain Scientific Railgun. However, it's logical to assume she should also voice Febrie's identical-twin Janie, who had no lines in canon.

Satomi Satou only has one canon role in the Metacontinuity: Ritsu Tainaka, from K-On!. However, because [REDACTED REDACTED REDACTED REDACTED REDACTED] also voices Takara, who was about to be introduced into the setting before the retcon put new stories on hold until the old stories have been updated.


Three roles:

• Ai Orikasa: Fujieda Ayame (Sakura Wars), Reiko Amagi (Steel Angel Kurumi), Ryoko Hakubi (Tenchi Muyo!)
  
• Asami Sanada: Sawako Yamanaka (K-On!), Vita (Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha), Chizuko Oe (Mahoromatic)
  
• Houko Kuwashima: Kagura (Azumanga Daioh), Minoru Kokubunji (Chobits), Nakahito Kagura (Steel Angel Kurumi)
  
• Kaori Mizuhashi: Taeko Minazuki (Ai Yori Aoshi), Rosetta Passel (Kaleido Star), Yuuno Scrya (Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha)
  
• Kotono Mitsuishi: Misato Katsuragi (Neon Genesis Evangelion), Juri Arisugawa (Revolutionary Girl Utena), Usagi Tsukino (Sailor Moon)
  
• Megumi Ogata: Yukito Tsukishiro (Cardcaptor Sakura), Shinji Ikari (Neon Genesis Evangelion), Haruka Ten'oh (Sailor Moon)
  
• * Michie Tomizawa: Manami Kasuga (Kimagure Orange Road), Rei Hino (Sailor Moon), Sumire Kanzaki (Sakura Wars)
  
• Michiko Neya: Melissa Mao (Full Metal Panic!), Rally Vincent (Riding Bean), Yoshino Koganei (Steel Angel Kurumi)
  
• Sayaka Ohara: Therestina Kihara Lifeline (A Certain Scientific Railgun), Alicia Florence (Aria), Layla Hamilton (Kaleido Star)
  
• Tomokazu Seki: Touya Kinomoto (Cardcaptor Sakura), Sousuke Sagara (Full Metal Panic!), Toji Suzuhara (Neon Genesis Evangelion)
  
• Tomoko Kawakami: Athena Glory (Aria), Utena Tenjou (Revolutionary Girl Utena), Eiko Kichijoji (Steel Angel Kurumi)
  
• Yuri Shiratori: Mokona (Magic Knight Rayearth), Primera (Magic Knight Rayearth), Nanami Kiryuu (Revolutionary Girl Utena)
  
• Yuriko Fuchizaki: Megumi Morisato (Ah! My Goddess), Anthy Himemiya (Revolutionary Girl Utena), Li Kohran (Sakura Wars)
  

Four roles:

• Kana Ueda: Mii Konori (A Certain Scientific Railgun), Rin Tohsaka (Fate/Stay Night), Hayate Yagami (Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha), Honami Takase Ambler (Rental Magica)
  
• Kikuko Inoue: Belldandy (Ah! My Goddess), Chitose Hibiya (Chobits), Kasumi Tendo (Ranma ½), Nadeshiko (Steel Angel Kurumi)
  
• Masako Katsuki: Michiru Kaioh (Sailor Moon), Keiichi Morisato (Ah! My Goddess), Kazuki Sendo (Comic Party), Tenchi Masaki (Tenchi Muyo!)
  
• Megumi Hayashibara: Atsuko Natsume (All-Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku), Nam (Bubblegum Crisis), Rei Ayanami (Neon Genesis Evangelion), Ranma Saotome (f) (Ranma ½)
  
• Takehito Koyasu: Jean Croce (Gunslinger Girl), Fool (Kaleido Star), Tou Ryuga (Mahoromatic), Touga Kiryuu (Revolutionary Girl Utena)
  

Five roles:

• Ayako Kawasumi: Aoi Sakuraba (Ai Yori Aoshi), Artoria Pendragon (Fate/Stay Night), Kay (Girls und Panzer), Ayumi Tokita (Invade! Squid Girl), Mahoro Ando (Mahoromatic)
  
• Rie Tanaka: Koyomi Mizuhara (Azumanga Daioh), Chii (Chobits), Maho Nishizumi (Girls und Panzer), Chizuru Aizawa (Invade! Squid Girl), Saki (Steel Angel Kurumi)
  

Six roles:
As the Bruces philosophers almost told us, there is no list of six.

Seven roles:

• Aya Hisakawa: Skuld (Ah! My Goddess), Arisa Sono (All-Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku), Kerberos (Cardcaptor Sakura), Sarah Dupont (Kaleido Star), Lindy Harlaown (Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha), Miki Kaoru (Revolutionary Girl Utena), Ami Mizuno (Sailor Moon)
  

Once Starfleet shows up and Washuu-chan and Ami debug the LMH, Hisakawa-san should also voice Ami's holographic double Akemi Zimmerman. And if we ever do anything that needs reporters, add her canon role of Lisa Vanette from Bubblegum Crisis to the list as well.


* These people get one more role each if the Knight Sabers are in the Metacontinuity.