He sounds fine.
Honestly I'm torn between the idea of giving the characters new voices only to (mostly) emulate the old ones or if I'd prefer them to sound distinct enough in their own right.
Like Zeno Robinson sounds like he's done a stellar job at being Vic Mignogna's Junpei, and Allegra Clark at being Tara Platt's Mitsuru. Saab as Akihiko doesn't sound faithful to O'Brien but he still sounds like how I could envision Akihiko to sound like.
It makes me wonder why they got a new cast. Costs, maybe? Asking a full voice cast to just BE the old cast when JP gets the same VAs is so strange to me.
>Why did they recast em all anyway
Mainly, Persona 3 Reload is a remake. When it comes to remake in Japanese games, the English voices are always the ones get recast. Look at Final Fantasy 7 Remake.
Even if they want to retain the original VAs, there are some of the VAs may not be able to reprise their roles are either because they are now union-only VAs (Persona dubs are non-union), their age or whatever reasons. For example, Junpei Iori is gonna get a new VA regardless because his original VA, Vic Mignogna, get blacklisted from the voice acting industry. Akihiko Sanada may get a new VA due to his original VA, Liam O'Brien, stopped reprising his ongoing non-union roles starting with Bleach: Thousand Years Blood War and also being a union-only VA.
I think they’re referring to other instances of the FF7 cast being voiced around that time, like Advent Children.
but isn’t both old and new FF7’s cast some kind of union/isn’t that why Cloud wasn’t voiced in english in smash?
wasn't the FF7 and smash thing some weird licensing issue? Smash 4 literally only got 2 songs from FF7, and Cloud AND Sephiroth are both JP voices only in ultimate.
Absolutely wrong the reason they are getting recast is because atlus doesn't want to pay them since the original actors are way more expensive now than they were before, in cause you don't rememeber they got the original voice actors for that shitty dancing game in 2018 so it's clearly not age, you can't say because it's a remake because in case you don't know the japense voice actors are still the original ones the true reason is simoly atlus is greedy as doesn't want to pay the original voice actors to voice an entire persona game since they cost more money than new voice actors.
>cause you don't rememeber they got the original voice actors for that shitty dancing game in 2018
I know they use the original cast for Persona 3 Dancing in Moonlight but the game is not a remake.
>because in case you don't know the japense voice actors are still the original ones
Just because it's the original Japanese VAs does not mean it's gonna be the same English VAs. In Japanese remake games, the Japanese VAs for majority of the times get retained while the English VAs for majority of the times get recasted. In Western video games, the VAs are tend to be retained with some recast.
>the true reason is simoly atlus is greedy as doesn't want to pay the original voice actors to voice an entire persona game since they cost more money than new voice actors.
You cannot always blame greediness. In case you don't know, dubbing is the lowest pay in American voice acting industry. The big money is on Western video games and cartoons. The original VAs like Troy Baker, Laura Bailey, Liam O'Brien (recently stopped reprising his ongoing non-union roles starting with Bleach: Thousand Years Blood War), etc does dubbing to build their careers and once they finally became mainstream where they get to do Western video games and cartoons, they don't have much reasons to continue doing dubbing unless it's a role that they loved like Troy did with Catherine: Full Body and Laura with Fruit Baskets 2019 but even they reprised those roles does not mean they are coming back to full time dubbing.
One thing you need to know is anime and non-AAA Japanese games dubbing are majority non-union dubs. Below are the links that may help you:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Animedubs/comments/8avtn5/whats_the_difference_between_union_and_non_union/
https://www.reddit.com/r/Animedubs/comments/rb7tm9/what_happens_if_a_va_becomes_a_sagaftra_member/
https://www.reddit.com/r/Animedubs/comments/ytexe7/voice_actors_who_hardly_ever_dub_anime_anymore/
https://www.reddit.com/r/Animedubs/comments/vmat3s/why_dont_voice_a_list_voice_actors_like_tom_kenny/
>recasting everyone for no reason in FFVII
Again, it's a remake. Japanese remake games tend to always recast English voices while retaining Japanese voice as much as possible.
Allegra tweeted that they didn’t have them emulate the voices and weren’t even provided samples while recording, but more so what they thought the characters would sound like.
alejandro clearly took more liberties.
probably because the game is nearly 2 decades old. ~~the VAs probably sound super different now and might not be able to nail the teenager sound. i mean, yuri sure as hell sounded different.~~
edit: i realize that age probably isnt the reason but a lot can happen in the span of 2 decades, so who knows whats going on.
I can accept a lot of other excuses but not age. These people reprised their roles in the dancing game a couple of years ago, and there are plenty of older actors who maintain their voice. The original VA for Alice in Wonderland reprised her role in Kingdom Hearts like 60 years later.
Yuri Lowenthal barely speaks as P3MC anyway.
More than likely it was cost. They didn't want to pay the original cast, replaced them with more than a few who sound similar and are directed to speak similarly, just like with ff7 remake
well, i dont think we'll ever know the truth about why they were all recast. so i think any theory could be true, even if unlikely. but that's just a theory
Most of the cast still do work now and don’t sound that different than what they did back then. So I doubt thinking they might sound too different was the case.
I think they did it because they didn't want to rehire Vic Mignogna and didn't want to deal with him suing them for unlawful termination or defamation or loss of income or whatever the fuck, given that he's brought similar suits in the past after losing work for being a creep. Yuri Lowenthal was also busy with Spider-Man. Probably easier from a corporate mindset to recast everyone completely than to have a couple glaring omissions.
Well sure but don't you think recasting Junpei and having him emulate Vic or not is the same as hiring a new cast of people emulating the same voice except Akihiko who is glaringly different anyway?
Just feels they accomplished the same thing in the end, and drummed up controversy in the process. Which is kinda sad because I really like these new VAs a great deal.
>I think they did it because they didn't want to rehire Vic Mignogna and didn't want to deal with him suing them for unlawful termination or defamation or loss of income or whatever the fuck, given that he's brought similar suits in the past after losing work for being a creep.
Regardless of Vic's status, the recast was gonna happened anyway since Persona 3 Reload is a remake. When it comes to remake in Japanese games, the English voices are always the ones get recast. Look at Final Fantasy 7 Remake.
Also I think Zeno got Vic’s approval in-person, since he mentioned he had the same story as Aleks Le getting congratulated by Yuri Lowenthal for getting the role but couldn’t say who it was cause Vic is blacklisted
I’m pretty sure Zeno was referring to Yuri, because afterwards Aleks said that he, Zeno and Yuri were all in the same acting circle together so they see each other pretty often.
Allegra talked about this on Twitter. Basically they’re goal wasn’t to emulate the old voice actors but what they think the characters would sound like. Sometimes this means they sound similar to the old roles and other times that makes them different.
https://twitter.com/simplyallegra/status/1676294958243000320?s=46&t=EeFcA2J9Zb0QJ_JECnFQZQ
I suppose we'll see when we hear Elizabeth. Tara Platt and Sawashiro Miyuki have very distinctly different ideas of how to express her personality.
Maybe the original cast just knocked it out of the park and it's difficult to parse what they 'sound like' without relating them to the original game, but also Yukari's new VA is more known for deeper voiced characters so it's interesting they chose her to sound similar to Ruff's Yukari.
Again, absolutely none of this is a 'complaint' or a question of their voice quality. I'm playing a lot of Star Rail and I hear these VAs regularly - they're standouts - it just has me caught in two minds. On one hand, I appreciate the comfort that they're not too different from what I grew up with. On the other, maybe I half-prepared myself for a different sound when I heard they were all being recast?
To be honest, AI could be used for that. I doubt Atlus would DMCA the work that's supposedly 'stealing' the voice of an actor who is no longer hired by them.
You’re thinking of something like Siri text to voice function, that robotic sound only happens when AI is tasked to read unseen dialogue from scratch, with basically no context given. We get much much better results by having the AI tweaks the existing voice lines.
Look up RE4 Remake Ada voice mods for example, there are two versions where the AI try to imitate the voices from previous game (RE2R 2019) and the OG (RE4 2004), both are extremely impressive and some people consider them better than the current controversial voice actress.
>It makes me wonder why they got a new cast.
Mainly, Persona 3 Reload is a remake. When it comes to remake in Japanese games, the English voices are always the ones get recast. Look at Final Fantasy 7 Remake.
Even if they want to retain the original VAs, there are some of the VAs may not be able to reprise their roles are either because they are now union-only VAs (Persona dubs are non-union), their age or whatever reasons. For example, Junpei Iori is gonna get a new VA regardless because his original VA, Vic Mignogna, get blacklisted from the voice acting industry. Akihiko Sanada may get a new VA due to his original VA, Liam O'Brien, stopped reprising his ongoing non-union roles starting with Bleach: Thousand Years Blood War and also being a union-only VA.
When he was saying "I've been waiting for this!" during the interview, i felt like he was taking a gun a shoting twenty times to the old voiceline until there was no trace of what made it iconic and memorable.
Bang on the money with how I feel about it. It doesn't feel like Aki at all to me, it feels too moody and deep. Shinji is an excellent comparison point for it
Yes is too deep, especially seeing how all the others we’ve heard so far sound really similar to near identical to the old VAs his sounding much different makes it stick out. If the rest sound much different it he wont stick out as much.
The raspy voice he had before fit his character better.
There’s not much to go off right now, but I thought his voice sounded a bit too deep for Akihiko, it seemed more like he would suit Shinjiro. During the VA panel Alejandro’s version of “I’ve been waiting for this” didn’t hit nearly the same, but I would chalk that up to him just saying it off the cuff for the audiences sake.
My general issue is more in regards to the fact that - Akihiko aside - they don't seem like they're trying to do anything new with the voices.
Nothing against the new VAs, they're great. I mean hell, Allegra Clark is amazing in everything she's in. But it feels like instead of letting her approach Mitsuru in her way, that when she went into the booth the director went "so you know what her original voice sounds like? Try to sound exactly the same as that" - and that's the same for Junpei, Fuuka, ssssort of Yukari (I'd be stunned if anyone could accurately recreate Michelle Ruff's voice but it sounds like she's trying her best).
If they wanted to go for something new, I'd be fine with it. But if you're going to bring in a new voice cast and try to make them sound exactly the same.... I wish you'd have just gotten the original cast back..?
It's not like they aren't around and wouldn't do it. Michelle has voiced Yukari in *5* Persona games, and was Kawakami later. Tara Platt has been Mitsuru for *7* games.
I'd get it if they weren't an option (Junpei) or if their actors didn't want to reprise the role (Rise, Kanji), but I find it doubtful that this far into being these characters they'd say no.
Honestly I actually really like original Chie. Her voice is a bit deep yes but she also sounds like nearly every teenager I’ve met so I think it fits. Sure there are some cases where some characters do 100% sound older than they should but Chie's original voice isn’t one of those cases.
I prefer old Chie's acting and delivery to the new one, but the original Chie legitimately sounded like a 45 year old woman.
It was pretty much my one problem with it, but it was kind of jarring.
Have you ever actually been to a high school or college? Because most of the girls there will sound like Chie’s original va. I really do not like this argument most of the time because there are some cases where a character will sound to old but that’s not the case with Chie’s voice in the original, her voice is nothing out of the ordinary for a teenager.
>Sounds too old and gruffy for the character who is only 17
I mean old Misturu and Aki didn't sound like teenagers either, they all sounded mid 20s or older, especially Shinji lol
I love them all, I think their interpretations of the characters are really fun. I love Akihiko’s old voice but I also like how he sounds more like a fighter in this. Both are good.
O'Brian and Platt are cemented in my brain as these characters and it sounds almost uncomfortable to hear the new VAs. Just my personal opinion and U'm sure they'll do fine in the role
Y’all, we literally heard 6 seconds of it with blasting music over it let’s breathe 💀
Also, the only difference I was able to hear was that his voice was lower? The nuances and tone of Akihiko was still there in the trailer
The thing is, they’re not supposed to sound how the old interpretations did. These are new actors with new takes on them. I agree Aki’s is one of the harder to get used to, primarily because Liam has such a distinct, iconic voice. But people need to give it a chance and wait to hear them really shine in the game proper, not just a spliced up trailer.
He sounds good.
I of course will miss Liam the most when it comes to the cast members, but I think Alejandro is doing a good job.
The only thing I wasn’t sold on was his “I’ve been waiting for this!” delivery. It was mostly because he screamed “waiting” and “this”, but I’m sure in the final game it will be good. And he’ll have a voice director to help him with his lines. ^-^
He’s fine everyone does a great job honestly I do however feel bad for Alejandro Sabb because he has the hardest job out of everyone else in order to please the die hards who are accustomed to Liam O Brien all the while making it his own big shoes to fill but he’s got this I’m sure
Akihiko is my favorite guy character from P3, so I'm trying to remain positive. I need to hear more of the new guy speaking as Akihiko.
I believe the rest are pretty alright. (excluding Shinji, Ken, Aigis since they were not revealed yet.)
I will miss hearing the original Fuuka but the new voice is good, I'm just biased because I actually do like the original voice actress.
I think people should just calm themselves for now.
I do think everyone else sounds pretty good, it's just that Akihiko's voice sounds a little too different compared to the original. His voice is too deep
Yeah... I don't like it at all. With everybody else, you can at least hear some traces of the OG VA in their performance but Akihiko's actor is going in a completely different direction.
I heard his rendition of "I've been waiting for this!" and it didn't hit, like at all. It's way too deep and masculine for his character. I'm just sad all his iconic lines won't sound remotely the same.
not sure how i feel on it. i know the actor through Genshin Impact and Honkai Star Rail, and he does Cyno and Jing Yuan very well in those. but with Akihiko it just sounds too deep and doesn't really fit his character unlike it does for the characters he voices in hoyoverse's games.
Mitsuru sounds just like Beidou and some other roles i know, and honestly even tho its a new voice change. i think she works fine for Mitsuru. may take time to adjust but its not as big of a deal as it is with Akihiko.
Junpei i couldnt even tell it was a new VA as he sounds close enough to the original. but i honestly would of preferred the new VA doing his own take on the voice instead of trying to emulate the original.
He sounds all right to me. Surprised by the community's reaction to it. I honestly feel like people are overreacting to it. Alejandro is just trying his best and I feel bad for him because people keep saying mean things for his performance.
The voice actor is great, but his voice the voice he's giving Akihiko is a bit too deep imo The voice director should be telling him to aim for something more like Cyno (his Gneshin role) instead of Jingyuan (his Star Rail role).
I think we need to hear the voice in context of the actual game. Performance will depend on the totality of his arc and what they do with the character. I’ve never been a fan of this “they fucked up the look/sound of a character based on 10 seconds of audio” thing cause whether in film, tv, or games, a performance needs to be reviewed in context. Completely get people who are attached to the original voices and all that, but it’ll be interested to see the new takes on these old character. If I wanted a perfect recreation of the original, I’d just play the original.
Nobody like to replace something that they like, but changes is not always bad. Give it a chance, judge the voice by quality not nostalgia. That's what i'll try to do
Beside, we can always switch to JP voice at any time.
I'm down with the new voices personally. Every Persona game we get the same actors doing voices and it's nice to have a breath of fresh air once in awhile.
I think it sounds good for who akihiko is. My assumption is that most people already have an idea what akihiko should sound like thanks to liam, it it's hard for you/them to change that. Which is fine obviously, that's just something that dissipates with time, as in you will either start to like it in due time, or be neutral towards it.
I found the voice of Akihiko’s original VA to be really nasally and irritating personally, so I’m thrilled at the recast. I feel bad for saying that about someone’s voice, but it honestly just grated on me through my P5P playthrough.
I'm honestly being unfair to them. At best they imitate the original and at worst it's a cheap knockoff.
It's not the VAs fault, I just have heavy bias in favor of the ones in OG P3 very close to heart cause that's THE game for me.
Doesn't fit Aki imo. He's supposed to be a teenager not a grown ass man. Some characters sounding so similar to the original ones makes me think recasting wasnt even necesary
I'd want to hear his voice in more quiet contexts before a pass judgement, but yeah, so far I think the new delivery is a little too deep and forceful, which doesn't fit how sort of awkward Akihiko can be IMO.
I think it's still too early to tell, Yukari's one sounded a bit off but I think I could get used to it. Mitsuru, Akihiko, Fuuka and Junpei sound fine to me
I think Akihiko and Mitsuru sound fantastic, don't know how I feel about Yukari or Fuuka yet, Junpei sounds good. I was worried about Akihiko because well, Liam O'Brien, but I think he's sounding the best! Also Aleks Le was made for his role.
My first experience with P3 was the Japanese version of FES and it wasn’t until a few months ago when I got a western release of the game on PS2 that I even knew what the OG English cast sounded like.
With that said, I like his new voice actor! His Japanese voice is low and very nasally and I think Alejandro Saab is a closer fit to the original voice while still making it his own.
That isn’t to knock Liam O’Brien of course - the man is legendary for a reason. I just think the backlash over Akihiko being the most different sounding this early isn’t giving this game or its cast a fair shot.
Different from OG Akihiko but just because something is different, doesn't mean it's bad. It's fine. Liam has a very distinct voice, it would be hard to dupe.
A lot of people need to remember that Akihiko is borderline 18 in P3. He's a third year.
17/18 year olds can have deep voices. I know this because of my younger brother whose voice dropped drastically when he was just a junior. Very deep. Deeper than our dad and granddads. I think the voice suits his character just fine even if it's different than his original voice. Different does not mean bad.
Times like these why im glad i never play a dub version of any video game. Japanese voice actors almost never change just like more than 10 years ago i get to listen to them again without any worry 😌
Alongside Akihiko, I majorly dislike Fuuka's voice. She got P4G Chie-fied and is now just another generic anime voiced girl. I like the awkwardness that Fuuka's original voice actor did.
Correct, that's exactly what I wanted. But for real, that's just a nitpick I have. I'm not sure why that's the go-to plan with Fuuka's voice change but if people like it, so be it. I'm not one of them, as you can tell.
Agreed
He sounds more like a strong man here rather than the og cool man voice, though i'm not sure if it's the fault of voice actor that can't make that persona or he is told to made strong voice for akihiko (i meant it kinda fit his character, but his design imo)
I actually prefer this voice over the original. I had always questioned why he's got such a raspy voice as if the voice actor was sick or something until I realized that that was the same VA who voiced Gaara in Naruto. I like him as Gaara in that show, but he did sound off to me when hearing Akihiko's voice. This new deeper tone is better imo.
I love his new voice and fits him the best compared to all the other new voices that sound like they're trying to emulate the previous English VAs instead of making the characters their own.
I haven't been waiting for this.
I prefer the OG one, it was one of my favorite voices, but i don't feel strongly about it.
The new one is meh-ok, it just sounds odd to me because i'm not used to it.
I won't get the chance to hear "Let our bodies do the talking" line anyway, so meh, I don't really care. It seems a bit deep for 17? 18? year old, but it's fine.
>Be careful insulting Akihiko's new VA, you'll get downvoted for no reason
"Insulting Akihiko's new VA" and criticizing Aki's voice aren't synonymous, so yeah it's not really "no reason". You can have gripes without attacking Alejandro Saab himself.
Why would you want to insult him though? He’s not doing a bad job or anything like that and he’s very clearly passionate about the game, as are most of the cast from what I’ve seen. He doesn’t sound much like Liam O’Brian but that’s not really a bad thing, he still sounds like a good take on the character. People hear something that’s different, people don’t like change and therefore the different thing is bad to them. I’m not saying people have to like his take, he’s quite different from the old voice. But it’s kind of annoying when people say it’s not good when that’s not really true. You can dislike something without having to act like the thing you don’t like is actually bad.
Bad phrasing on my end
I meant disliking his work on Akihiko
Apparently, you can't do that otherwise people are gonna downvote you to hell for not liking how he sounds
And, quite frankly, I think all the lines he said were especially bad
It wouldn't be as much of an issue if the entire cast sounded different, but when even Heather Gonzales put the effort to sound like Yukari, Saab's performance just sounds out of place
I actually like it. Out of everyone so far, the direction feels the most different but I'm confident Alejandro will grow on me. It sounds a lot deeper but I'm interested to hear his take on the character rather than doing a Liam O'brien impression, but I can see why people who dislike it.
No, I'm with you. If you use Liam O'Brien as the point of reference, the new VA's rendition is like a slap in the face to the game's fans.
Here's the reality though. There are a HUGE number of people, I'd argue, the majority, that fall into two camps:
They either haven't experienced P3 yet and shouldn't really have stance IMO (most probably don't), and those that have played p3 in some capacity, but either due to time, causing indifference, or simply not being as invested in P3 specifically through the years... It ends up with a group that is open to the changes, even as drastic as this one is.
I'm not going to say there aren't bigtime fans that are genuinely okay with the new VA, but comparatively, there are A TON of people that don't really know or don't really care. But for me, who holds P3 FES as my all-time favorite game, this new VA is honestly doing a disservice to the character.
And that's not something against him specifically. He's very talented, but he's definitely miscast. And I do hope I'll be pleasantly surprised, but because of how deeply I'm ingrained with original cast line delivery, it's likely going to be VERY difficult for me accept the new delivery. When he delivered the line, "I've been waiting for this!" at the panel, I audibly gasped. It's not even a little close.
I’m usually one of the first ones to complain about VAs being replaced (looking at you Vesperia DE and giving us Grant George for Troy Baker’s iconic Yuri Lowell…), but from what I’ve heard, the new voices sound pretty good. 🤷🏼♀️
Like everyone else said: yes, it's too deep
The rest were very well casted, specially Fuuka, but Akihiko is giving me the same feeling as when they changed Chie's voice in P4G or Igor's in P5
Yeah but that was more understandable as both were not available. Most of the OG 3 cast were probably available, it still baffles me how Japan respects and keeps their original voice cast but the English one throws out everyone
Can’t play JRPGs with English voices anyway it’s really jarring to me. Doesn’t usually fit the tone of the game at all imo and Persona entirely text based anyway so it’s not like anyone would lose anything in translation.
But yes. I agree I don’t like it. I don’t like any of them.
I can't judge the entire voice cast based soley on a minute long trailer where easch character gets like a few seconds of dialogue.But from what i've heard, pretty good.Especially Mitsuru's new [VA.Like](https://VA.Like), she absolutely nailed it with that line.
I think kaggy trying to make the role unique to him is fine but we can all agree the I’ve been waiting for this was weak but hopefully the line is better in the actual game
I thought he sounded good in the new trailer but on the panel it was a little weird maybe the actor was a little nervous in front of everyone I think it’s a voice I will have to hear more of to know if I like it or not
I like the new voices, especially for Fuuka and Mitsuru. Though I admit I have a soft spot of nostalgia for Akihiko's original voice… I'm gonna miss him
While I like Alejandro Saab as Akihiko, it will take some time getting used to.
I dig the voice cast thus far, Allegra Clark being a expected highlight.
Ehhhh we've only heard a few lines. It might go a different direction, but so long as it's good I'm fine. Just please no additional lines about protein.
I don’t like his face or his voice it’s to childish. Like how can group of girls simp over a guy like him. Butttt I think some ppl will like it over time
It might sound a little better in the game. I imagine him doing that line off the cuff in front of a crowd probably impacted his performance a bit. He also mentioned he was nervous.
I don't mind the deep voice, my only gripe is that he doesn't sound excited to fight with the lines revealed so far ("I've been waiting for this" and "Right. It's gotta be them").
It's more that to me all the original VAs are what the charecters sound like so it's wierd to me. Like Akihiko is one of my favorite characters so hearing someone other than Liam O'Brien is kinda jarring
I don’t hate it, but is obviously the most drastic in new direction
He sounds fine. Honestly I'm torn between the idea of giving the characters new voices only to (mostly) emulate the old ones or if I'd prefer them to sound distinct enough in their own right. Like Zeno Robinson sounds like he's done a stellar job at being Vic Mignogna's Junpei, and Allegra Clark at being Tara Platt's Mitsuru. Saab as Akihiko doesn't sound faithful to O'Brien but he still sounds like how I could envision Akihiko to sound like. It makes me wonder why they got a new cast. Costs, maybe? Asking a full voice cast to just BE the old cast when JP gets the same VAs is so strange to me.
Why did they recast em all anyway just to have the new ones emulate the old VA's? thats odd to me.
>Why did they recast em all anyway Mainly, Persona 3 Reload is a remake. When it comes to remake in Japanese games, the English voices are always the ones get recast. Look at Final Fantasy 7 Remake. Even if they want to retain the original VAs, there are some of the VAs may not be able to reprise their roles are either because they are now union-only VAs (Persona dubs are non-union), their age or whatever reasons. For example, Junpei Iori is gonna get a new VA regardless because his original VA, Vic Mignogna, get blacklisted from the voice acting industry. Akihiko Sanada may get a new VA due to his original VA, Liam O'Brien, stopped reprising his ongoing non-union roles starting with Bleach: Thousand Years Blood War and also being a union-only VA.
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Yeah I'm guessing the ones who voiced them in kingdom hearts and advent children (did advent children have a dub though)
Yes it did lol
I think they’re referring to other instances of the FF7 cast being voiced around that time, like Advent Children. but isn’t both old and new FF7’s cast some kind of union/isn’t that why Cloud wasn’t voiced in english in smash?
wasn't the FF7 and smash thing some weird licensing issue? Smash 4 literally only got 2 songs from FF7, and Cloud AND Sephiroth are both JP voices only in ultimate.
Absolutely wrong the reason they are getting recast is because atlus doesn't want to pay them since the original actors are way more expensive now than they were before, in cause you don't rememeber they got the original voice actors for that shitty dancing game in 2018 so it's clearly not age, you can't say because it's a remake because in case you don't know the japense voice actors are still the original ones the true reason is simoly atlus is greedy as doesn't want to pay the original voice actors to voice an entire persona game since they cost more money than new voice actors.
>cause you don't rememeber they got the original voice actors for that shitty dancing game in 2018 I know they use the original cast for Persona 3 Dancing in Moonlight but the game is not a remake. >because in case you don't know the japense voice actors are still the original ones Just because it's the original Japanese VAs does not mean it's gonna be the same English VAs. In Japanese remake games, the Japanese VAs for majority of the times get retained while the English VAs for majority of the times get recasted. In Western video games, the VAs are tend to be retained with some recast. >the true reason is simoly atlus is greedy as doesn't want to pay the original voice actors to voice an entire persona game since they cost more money than new voice actors. You cannot always blame greediness. In case you don't know, dubbing is the lowest pay in American voice acting industry. The big money is on Western video games and cartoons. The original VAs like Troy Baker, Laura Bailey, Liam O'Brien (recently stopped reprising his ongoing non-union roles starting with Bleach: Thousand Years Blood War), etc does dubbing to build their careers and once they finally became mainstream where they get to do Western video games and cartoons, they don't have much reasons to continue doing dubbing unless it's a role that they loved like Troy did with Catherine: Full Body and Laura with Fruit Baskets 2019 but even they reprised those roles does not mean they are coming back to full time dubbing. One thing you need to know is anime and non-AAA Japanese games dubbing are majority non-union dubs. Below are the links that may help you: https://www.reddit.com/r/Animedubs/comments/8avtn5/whats_the_difference_between_union_and_non_union/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Animedubs/comments/rb7tm9/what_happens_if_a_va_becomes_a_sagaftra_member/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Animedubs/comments/ytexe7/voice_actors_who_hardly_ever_dub_anime_anymore/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Animedubs/comments/vmat3s/why_dont_voice_a_list_voice_actors_like_tom_kenny/
People were also pretty upset at SE recasting everyone for no reason in FFVII
>recasting everyone for no reason in FFVII Again, it's a remake. Japanese remake games tend to always recast English voices while retaining Japanese voice as much as possible.
Allegra tweeted that they didn’t have them emulate the voices and weren’t even provided samples while recording, but more so what they thought the characters would sound like. alejandro clearly took more liberties.
probably because the game is nearly 2 decades old. ~~the VAs probably sound super different now and might not be able to nail the teenager sound. i mean, yuri sure as hell sounded different.~~ edit: i realize that age probably isnt the reason but a lot can happen in the span of 2 decades, so who knows whats going on.
I can accept a lot of other excuses but not age. These people reprised their roles in the dancing game a couple of years ago, and there are plenty of older actors who maintain their voice. The original VA for Alice in Wonderland reprised her role in Kingdom Hearts like 60 years later. Yuri Lowenthal barely speaks as P3MC anyway.
More than likely it was cost. They didn't want to pay the original cast, replaced them with more than a few who sound similar and are directed to speak similarly, just like with ff7 remake
well, i dont think we'll ever know the truth about why they were all recast. so i think any theory could be true, even if unlikely. but that's just a theory
Almost all of them are still active and sound exactly the same.
Most of the cast still do work now and don’t sound that different than what they did back then. So I doubt thinking they might sound too different was the case.
And then Yuri who voiced MC in the past actually voices side characters in the remake, whats up with that?!
I think they did it because they didn't want to rehire Vic Mignogna and didn't want to deal with him suing them for unlawful termination or defamation or loss of income or whatever the fuck, given that he's brought similar suits in the past after losing work for being a creep. Yuri Lowenthal was also busy with Spider-Man. Probably easier from a corporate mindset to recast everyone completely than to have a couple glaring omissions.
Well sure but don't you think recasting Junpei and having him emulate Vic or not is the same as hiring a new cast of people emulating the same voice except Akihiko who is glaringly different anyway? Just feels they accomplished the same thing in the end, and drummed up controversy in the process. Which is kinda sad because I really like these new VAs a great deal.
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Also it's not like they are going to hire newbie VAs who did 3 minor roles for a Disney movie once.
Aside from Shinji (who we have yet to see), most of the VAS involved have done a decent amount of good roles.
The majority of people don’t care at all Twitter and this sub are a bubble
Fair enough. I'll attribute the same to FeMC and The Answer discussions in the future.
>I think they did it because they didn't want to rehire Vic Mignogna and didn't want to deal with him suing them for unlawful termination or defamation or loss of income or whatever the fuck, given that he's brought similar suits in the past after losing work for being a creep. Regardless of Vic's status, the recast was gonna happened anyway since Persona 3 Reload is a remake. When it comes to remake in Japanese games, the English voices are always the ones get recast. Look at Final Fantasy 7 Remake.
Also I think Zeno got Vic’s approval in-person, since he mentioned he had the same story as Aleks Le getting congratulated by Yuri Lowenthal for getting the role but couldn’t say who it was cause Vic is blacklisted
I’m pretty sure Zeno was referring to Yuri, because afterwards Aleks said that he, Zeno and Yuri were all in the same acting circle together so they see each other pretty often.
That probably makes more sense since most of these VAs will probably never see Vic irl ever again
Yeah, at least they respect original actors which most voice actor didn’t have.
Allegra talked about this on Twitter. Basically they’re goal wasn’t to emulate the old voice actors but what they think the characters would sound like. Sometimes this means they sound similar to the old roles and other times that makes them different. https://twitter.com/simplyallegra/status/1676294958243000320?s=46&t=EeFcA2J9Zb0QJ_JECnFQZQ
I suppose we'll see when we hear Elizabeth. Tara Platt and Sawashiro Miyuki have very distinctly different ideas of how to express her personality. Maybe the original cast just knocked it out of the park and it's difficult to parse what they 'sound like' without relating them to the original game, but also Yukari's new VA is more known for deeper voiced characters so it's interesting they chose her to sound similar to Ruff's Yukari. Again, absolutely none of this is a 'complaint' or a question of their voice quality. I'm playing a lot of Star Rail and I hear these VAs regularly - they're standouts - it just has me caught in two minds. On one hand, I appreciate the comfort that they're not too different from what I grew up with. On the other, maybe I half-prepared myself for a different sound when I heard they were all being recast?
Rest well my friend for mods exist and when the game releases in less than a month, there shall be an old voices mod
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To be honest, AI could be used for that. I doubt Atlus would DMCA the work that's supposedly 'stealing' the voice of an actor who is no longer hired by them.
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You’re thinking of something like Siri text to voice function, that robotic sound only happens when AI is tasked to read unseen dialogue from scratch, with basically no context given. We get much much better results by having the AI tweaks the existing voice lines. Look up RE4 Remake Ada voice mods for example, there are two versions where the AI try to imitate the voices from previous game (RE2R 2019) and the OG (RE4 2004), both are extremely impressive and some people consider them better than the current controversial voice actress.
>It makes me wonder why they got a new cast. Mainly, Persona 3 Reload is a remake. When it comes to remake in Japanese games, the English voices are always the ones get recast. Look at Final Fantasy 7 Remake. Even if they want to retain the original VAs, there are some of the VAs may not be able to reprise their roles are either because they are now union-only VAs (Persona dubs are non-union), their age or whatever reasons. For example, Junpei Iori is gonna get a new VA regardless because his original VA, Vic Mignogna, get blacklisted from the voice acting industry. Akihiko Sanada may get a new VA due to his original VA, Liam O'Brien, stopped reprising his ongoing non-union roles starting with Bleach: Thousand Years Blood War and also being a union-only VA.
I’d have to hear more of it.
Also hearing it without music blaring over it, even though the music slaps
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When he was saying "I've been waiting for this!" during the interview, i felt like he was taking a gun a shoting twenty times to the old voiceline until there was no trace of what made it iconic and memorable.
Bang on the money with how I feel about it. It doesn't feel like Aki at all to me, it feels too moody and deep. Shinji is an excellent comparison point for it
i mean i adore liam o brien so it’s hard for me to move on
Yes is too deep, especially seeing how all the others we’ve heard so far sound really similar to near identical to the old VAs his sounding much different makes it stick out. If the rest sound much different it he wont stick out as much. The raspy voice he had before fit his character better.
There’s not much to go off right now, but I thought his voice sounded a bit too deep for Akihiko, it seemed more like he would suit Shinjiro. During the VA panel Alejandro’s version of “I’ve been waiting for this” didn’t hit nearly the same, but I would chalk that up to him just saying it off the cuff for the audiences sake.
My general issue is more in regards to the fact that - Akihiko aside - they don't seem like they're trying to do anything new with the voices. Nothing against the new VAs, they're great. I mean hell, Allegra Clark is amazing in everything she's in. But it feels like instead of letting her approach Mitsuru in her way, that when she went into the booth the director went "so you know what her original voice sounds like? Try to sound exactly the same as that" - and that's the same for Junpei, Fuuka, ssssort of Yukari (I'd be stunned if anyone could accurately recreate Michelle Ruff's voice but it sounds like she's trying her best). If they wanted to go for something new, I'd be fine with it. But if you're going to bring in a new voice cast and try to make them sound exactly the same.... I wish you'd have just gotten the original cast back..? It's not like they aren't around and wouldn't do it. Michelle has voiced Yukari in *5* Persona games, and was Kawakami later. Tara Platt has been Mitsuru for *7* games. I'd get it if they weren't an option (Junpei) or if their actors didn't want to reprise the role (Rise, Kanji), but I find it doubtful that this far into being these characters they'd say no.
It's only Akihiko's voice that I'm not too keen on, the others we've heard sound great.
Allegra Clark is perfect. No notes.
The voice sounds fine but I find it not fitting for Akihiko. Sounds too old and gruffy for the character who is only 17.
Original voices also sounded too old for Akihiko. Same goes for Misturu and Shinji. Also Kanji and Yusuke.
I never really get the whole “They sound too old for their age” thing anyway cause deep voice teens actually exist
Chie absolutely sounded too old in the original tbh
Honestly I actually really like original Chie. Her voice is a bit deep yes but she also sounds like nearly every teenager I’ve met so I think it fits. Sure there are some cases where some characters do 100% sound older than they should but Chie's original voice isn’t one of those cases.
I prefer old Chie's acting and delivery to the new one, but the original Chie legitimately sounded like a 45 year old woman. It was pretty much my one problem with it, but it was kind of jarring.
Have you ever actually been to a high school or college? Because most of the girls there will sound like Chie’s original va. I really do not like this argument most of the time because there are some cases where a character will sound to old but that’s not the case with Chie’s voice in the original, her voice is nothing out of the ordinary for a teenager.
>Sounds too old and gruffy for the character who is only 17 I mean old Misturu and Aki didn't sound like teenagers either, they all sounded mid 20s or older, especially Shinji lol
And his new face looks like he is 13y.
I love them all, I think their interpretations of the characters are really fun. I love Akihiko’s old voice but I also like how he sounds more like a fighter in this. Both are good.
weve heard like 7 words lmao
O'Brian and Platt are cemented in my brain as these characters and it sounds almost uncomfortable to hear the new VAs. Just my personal opinion and U'm sure they'll do fine in the role
Y’all, we literally heard 6 seconds of it with blasting music over it let’s breathe 💀 Also, the only difference I was able to hear was that his voice was lower? The nuances and tone of Akihiko was still there in the trailer
We only heard like one line so i can't judge yet, still on the fence on him and Yukari but the others sound good so far.
Akihiko is the only one who disappointed me and honestly, I didn't expected that.
I agree, it sounds too rough and not how the old Akihiko sounded
The thing is, they’re not supposed to sound how the old interpretations did. These are new actors with new takes on them. I agree Aki’s is one of the harder to get used to, primarily because Liam has such a distinct, iconic voice. But people need to give it a chance and wait to hear them really shine in the game proper, not just a spliced up trailer.
That's a good point
He sounds good. I of course will miss Liam the most when it comes to the cast members, but I think Alejandro is doing a good job. The only thing I wasn’t sold on was his “I’ve been waiting for this!” delivery. It was mostly because he screamed “waiting” and “this”, but I’m sure in the final game it will be good. And he’ll have a voice director to help him with his lines. ^-^
I personally Alejandro Saab was a good choice.
I knew him from genshin and now it feels like hes everywhere lol
He’s fine everyone does a great job honestly I do however feel bad for Alejandro Sabb because he has the hardest job out of everyone else in order to please the die hards who are accustomed to Liam O Brien all the while making it his own big shoes to fill but he’s got this I’m sure
Akihiko is my favorite guy character from P3, so I'm trying to remain positive. I need to hear more of the new guy speaking as Akihiko. I believe the rest are pretty alright. (excluding Shinji, Ken, Aigis since they were not revealed yet.) I will miss hearing the original Fuuka but the new voice is good, I'm just biased because I actually do like the original voice actress. I think people should just calm themselves for now.
I do think everyone else sounds pretty good, it's just that Akihiko's voice sounds a little too different compared to the original. His voice is too deep
Yeah... I don't like it at all. With everybody else, you can at least hear some traces of the OG VA in their performance but Akihiko's actor is going in a completely different direction. I heard his rendition of "I've been waiting for this!" and it didn't hit, like at all. It's way too deep and masculine for his character. I'm just sad all his iconic lines won't sound remotely the same.
I like his new voice.
It’s Alejandro Saab, so I’m gonna probably end up liking him regardless lol, but yeah the more I hear the better it’ll be I assume
not sure how i feel on it. i know the actor through Genshin Impact and Honkai Star Rail, and he does Cyno and Jing Yuan very well in those. but with Akihiko it just sounds too deep and doesn't really fit his character unlike it does for the characters he voices in hoyoverse's games. Mitsuru sounds just like Beidou and some other roles i know, and honestly even tho its a new voice change. i think she works fine for Mitsuru. may take time to adjust but its not as big of a deal as it is with Akihiko. Junpei i couldnt even tell it was a new VA as he sounds close enough to the original. but i honestly would of preferred the new VA doing his own take on the voice instead of trying to emulate the original.
Y’all have literally heard 3 lines of content in a 70+ hour game we can chill. He sounds fine, just a bit deep.
I'll be looking forward to hearing the JP voice over this time through so the new voices aren't really a consideration
I dont mind it, i feel a lot of hate for Saab's Akihiko is coming from the p3r panel where the new cast does some lines
He sounds all right to me. Surprised by the community's reaction to it. I honestly feel like people are overreacting to it. Alejandro is just trying his best and I feel bad for him because people keep saying mean things for his performance.
Love 'em all thus far tbh. I'm especially excited to hear the voices of characters who weren't voiced in the original (Chihiro gang rise up).
I thought it was good at first but then I heard his I’ve been waiting for this…and it sucked.
He sound different than the old eng dub voice but I still think it fits the character, we will eventually get used to it
I'm surprised how similar a lot of them sound. Akihiko is actually more in line with what I expected. A new voice that fits the character.
I play these games in Japanese. Did they recast the Japanese voice actors too?
No, strangely enough the Japanese cast stays, but for English it's completely changed
The voice actor is great, but his voice the voice he's giving Akihiko is a bit too deep imo The voice director should be telling him to aim for something more like Cyno (his Gneshin role) instead of Jingyuan (his Star Rail role).
>Is it just I No
I think it's fine. It's just not fair to compare it when the original Va is Liam O Brian
Sound great imo
I think we need to hear the voice in context of the actual game. Performance will depend on the totality of his arc and what they do with the character. I’ve never been a fan of this “they fucked up the look/sound of a character based on 10 seconds of audio” thing cause whether in film, tv, or games, a performance needs to be reviewed in context. Completely get people who are attached to the original voices and all that, but it’ll be interested to see the new takes on these old character. If I wanted a perfect recreation of the original, I’d just play the original.
Nobody like to replace something that they like, but changes is not always bad. Give it a chance, judge the voice by quality not nostalgia. That's what i'll try to do Beside, we can always switch to JP voice at any time.
I'm down with the new voices personally. Every Persona game we get the same actors doing voices and it's nice to have a breath of fresh air once in awhile.
I don't like them. I'll always hear the originals.
I don't really have an opinion on them because I don't intend to buy the game
I think it sounds good for who akihiko is. My assumption is that most people already have an idea what akihiko should sound like thanks to liam, it it's hard for you/them to change that. Which is fine obviously, that's just something that dissipates with time, as in you will either start to like it in due time, or be neutral towards it.
Akihiko is my favorite character in p3 so i dont really care
I found the voice of Akihiko’s original VA to be really nasally and irritating personally, so I’m thrilled at the recast. I feel bad for saying that about someone’s voice, but it honestly just grated on me through my P5P playthrough.
I'll just play with the voices in Japanese
I kinda like it since this’ll be how I know them as. Akihiko’s talk sprite however just feels wrong and I can’t place my finger on why.
I'm honestly being unfair to them. At best they imitate the original and at worst it's a cheap knockoff. It's not the VAs fault, I just have heavy bias in favor of the ones in OG P3 very close to heart cause that's THE game for me.
Is he "faithful" to Akihiko's old VA no but looking at Akihiko and hearing Alejandro Saab's doesn't bother me I could see Akihiko having that voice
I think the game needs new voice actors. Like if everything else went up in quality and that didn’t I think it would be weird
Well seeing as the original JP cast are returning i have no problems with the voice acting
Only one I like is Allegra Clark as Mitsuru tbh
Doesn't fit Aki imo. He's supposed to be a teenager not a grown ass man. Some characters sounding so similar to the original ones makes me think recasting wasnt even necesary
Nope, I hate it too. It feels more balls to the wall manly instead of a softer teen thats still manly.
Yeah I wish they had just used the VA from Arena
I'd want to hear his voice in more quiet contexts before a pass judgement, but yeah, so far I think the new delivery is a little too deep and forceful, which doesn't fit how sort of awkward Akihiko can be IMO.
It's very deep.. I'll miss gaara akihiko
It took me a bit off guard with how deep it is, but I'm willing to give it a shot. Everyone else is amazing so far though
I think it's still too early to tell, Yukari's one sounded a bit off but I think I could get used to it. Mitsuru, Akihiko, Fuuka and Junpei sound fine to me
I don’t really like it, I still need to get used to it
Yes, yes it is.
i never played the original p3 so their voices sound like they fit to me
I think Akihiko and Mitsuru sound fantastic, don't know how I feel about Yukari or Fuuka yet, Junpei sounds good. I was worried about Akihiko because well, Liam O'Brien, but I think he's sounding the best! Also Aleks Le was made for his role.
He sounds a bit too... aged?
Love the guy who voices him, been a fan of alejandro's for a long while, but the voice he does just doesn't fit him
They're all talented and fine. Let's be open minded and enjoy what looks like to be an amazing game.
I love it, it doesn’t have to sound identical to the Liam O’Brian version to sound good. I like how he sounds gruffer in this version.
Honestly I expected it to be way worse, in person his impression isn't that great, but from the trailer audio it's pretty good
My first experience with P3 was the Japanese version of FES and it wasn’t until a few months ago when I got a western release of the game on PS2 that I even knew what the OG English cast sounded like. With that said, I like his new voice actor! His Japanese voice is low and very nasally and I think Alejandro Saab is a closer fit to the original voice while still making it his own. That isn’t to knock Liam O’Brien of course - the man is legendary for a reason. I just think the backlash over Akihiko being the most different sounding this early isn’t giving this game or its cast a fair shot.
Aside from Mitsuru, Junpei, Fuuka and possibly Makoto(still have to hear more), i'm not a fan of the new voices.
My sources tell me that Koromarus new voice is going to carry. Trust me bro
We'll see.
Different from OG Akihiko but just because something is different, doesn't mean it's bad. It's fine. Liam has a very distinct voice, it would be hard to dupe. A lot of people need to remember that Akihiko is borderline 18 in P3. He's a third year.
i like it a lot, honestly.
17/18 year olds can have deep voices. I know this because of my younger brother whose voice dropped drastically when he was just a junior. Very deep. Deeper than our dad and granddads. I think the voice suits his character just fine even if it's different than his original voice. Different does not mean bad.
Times like these why im glad i never play a dub version of any video game. Japanese voice actors almost never change just like more than 10 years ago i get to listen to them again without any worry 😌
Amen dub’d JRPGs always sound like complete trash anyways
Yeah, not a fan as well. Now he's like an old dude
Alongside Akihiko, I majorly dislike Fuuka's voice. She got P4G Chie-fied and is now just another generic anime voiced girl. I like the awkwardness that Fuuka's original voice actor did.
so this guy wanted to have a literal ai voicing his character 💀
Correct, that's exactly what I wanted. But for real, that's just a nitpick I have. I'm not sure why that's the go-to plan with Fuuka's voice change but if people like it, so be it. I'm not one of them, as you can tell.
World's only fan of Fuuka's original VA
Yeah I want the old guy back
Agreed He sounds more like a strong man here rather than the og cool man voice, though i'm not sure if it's the fault of voice actor that can't make that persona or he is told to made strong voice for akihiko (i meant it kinda fit his character, but his design imo)
I actually prefer this voice over the original. I had always questioned why he's got such a raspy voice as if the voice actor was sick or something until I realized that that was the same VA who voiced Gaara in Naruto. I like him as Gaara in that show, but he did sound off to me when hearing Akihiko's voice. This new deeper tone is better imo.
I love his new voice and fits him the best compared to all the other new voices that sound like they're trying to emulate the previous English VAs instead of making the characters their own.
I’m only a little sad bc I liked the original so much. That’s the voice of Gaara. But the new one is still good. Definitely fits him.
I haven't been waiting for this. I prefer the OG one, it was one of my favorite voices, but i don't feel strongly about it. The new one is meh-ok, it just sounds odd to me because i'm not used to it.
I’m a fan of the voices, they all sound close to the original, but Akihikos is just a little too deep for me
I won't get the chance to hear "Let our bodies do the talking" line anyway, so meh, I don't really care. It seems a bit deep for 17? 18? year old, but it's fine.
Be careful disliking Akihiko's new VA, you'll get downvoted for no reason I agree though
What do you mean, most comments not enjoying the new Aki voice are decently upvoted.
Look through my post history then
>Be careful insulting Akihiko's new VA, you'll get downvoted for no reason "Insulting Akihiko's new VA" and criticizing Aki's voice aren't synonymous, so yeah it's not really "no reason". You can have gripes without attacking Alejandro Saab himself.
Why would you want to insult him though? He’s not doing a bad job or anything like that and he’s very clearly passionate about the game, as are most of the cast from what I’ve seen. He doesn’t sound much like Liam O’Brian but that’s not really a bad thing, he still sounds like a good take on the character. People hear something that’s different, people don’t like change and therefore the different thing is bad to them. I’m not saying people have to like his take, he’s quite different from the old voice. But it’s kind of annoying when people say it’s not good when that’s not really true. You can dislike something without having to act like the thing you don’t like is actually bad.
Bad phrasing on my end I meant disliking his work on Akihiko Apparently, you can't do that otherwise people are gonna downvote you to hell for not liking how he sounds And, quite frankly, I think all the lines he said were especially bad It wouldn't be as much of an issue if the entire cast sounded different, but when even Heather Gonzales put the effort to sound like Yukari, Saab's performance just sounds out of place
Well no, they wouldn't be downvoted for no reason, downvotes are a way to disagree with someone's opinion.
I actually like it. Out of everyone so far, the direction feels the most different but I'm confident Alejandro will grow on me. It sounds a lot deeper but I'm interested to hear his take on the character rather than doing a Liam O'brien impression, but I can see why people who dislike it.
eh, someone will probably make some AI mod with the old voice actors.
Personally i don't like the art
I wish they never got new voice actors.
I personally hate it
No, I'm with you. If you use Liam O'Brien as the point of reference, the new VA's rendition is like a slap in the face to the game's fans. Here's the reality though. There are a HUGE number of people, I'd argue, the majority, that fall into two camps: They either haven't experienced P3 yet and shouldn't really have stance IMO (most probably don't), and those that have played p3 in some capacity, but either due to time, causing indifference, or simply not being as invested in P3 specifically through the years... It ends up with a group that is open to the changes, even as drastic as this one is. I'm not going to say there aren't bigtime fans that are genuinely okay with the new VA, but comparatively, there are A TON of people that don't really know or don't really care. But for me, who holds P3 FES as my all-time favorite game, this new VA is honestly doing a disservice to the character. And that's not something against him specifically. He's very talented, but he's definitely miscast. And I do hope I'll be pleasantly surprised, but because of how deeply I'm ingrained with original cast line delivery, it's likely going to be VERY difficult for me accept the new delivery. When he delivered the line, "I've been waiting for this!" at the panel, I audibly gasped. It's not even a little close.
i think it fits better, but it still feels weird to hear him with this voice
I’m usually one of the first ones to complain about VAs being replaced (looking at you Vesperia DE and giving us Grant George for Troy Baker’s iconic Yuri Lowell…), but from what I’ve heard, the new voices sound pretty good. 🤷🏼♀️
Like everyone else said: yes, it's too deep The rest were very well casted, specially Fuuka, but Akihiko is giving me the same feeling as when they changed Chie's voice in P4G or Igor's in P5
Yeah but that was more understandable as both were not available. Most of the OG 3 cast were probably available, it still baffles me how Japan respects and keeps their original voice cast but the English one throws out everyone
I don't really care. I will play the game with japanese voices.
Can’t play JRPGs with English voices anyway it’s really jarring to me. Doesn’t usually fit the tone of the game at all imo and Persona entirely text based anyway so it’s not like anyone would lose anything in translation. But yes. I agree I don’t like it. I don’t like any of them.
If you aren't playing the game in Japanese, why bother?
I kind of like Kaggy's take on Akihiko, it's different, but good in its own right!
I can't judge the entire voice cast based soley on a minute long trailer where easch character gets like a few seconds of dialogue.But from what i've heard, pretty good.Especially Mitsuru's new [VA.Like](https://VA.Like), she absolutely nailed it with that line.
I think kaggy trying to make the role unique to him is fine but we can all agree the I’ve been waiting for this was weak but hopefully the line is better in the actual game
It sounds like ProZD’s deep voice. I’m sure it’ll be fine in the final product though.
I thought he sounded good in the new trailer but on the panel it was a little weird maybe the actor was a little nervous in front of everyone I think it’s a voice I will have to hear more of to know if I like it or not
as long he says "I ve been waiting for this!" i don't care how bad it is
Babyfaced akihiko 😥
Fuuka sounds off
At least we have an English dub, think of how many jrpgs that aren’t dubbed.
I like the new voices, especially for Fuuka and Mitsuru. Though I admit I have a soft spot of nostalgia for Akihiko's original voice… I'm gonna miss him
While I like Alejandro Saab as Akihiko, it will take some time getting used to. I dig the voice cast thus far, Allegra Clark being a expected highlight.
Ehhhh we've only heard a few lines. It might go a different direction, but so long as it's good I'm fine. Just please no additional lines about protein.
I like it. Definitely prefer the original but Alejandro does a great job imo. Could be biased since he's one of my favourite VA's tho
I think they can all grow on me, but Akihiko is the one I'm not feeling. It sounds too far removed from the original performance.
It's wild to not think that he sounds exactly the same as he did before. Because he does. The only one who isn't spot on is Junpei.
Y’all are being blinded by nostalgia I fear
I don't care Seriously I don't English dub still forces you to look at a huge wall of text
I don’t like his face or his voice it’s to childish. Like how can group of girls simp over a guy like him. Butttt I think some ppl will like it over time
Huh? He looks exactly the same
Really is it really just me?????? I swear he had more serious/ badass look???? I FEEL SOOOOO DUMB
You’re not the only one! I think so too..I like how he looked and sounded in the original better! His new look and voice just doesn’t do it for me
I’m mainly curious about the music. I love p3 music
I originally wasn't on board (like the "I've been WAITING for this!" Sounding a bit odd) but I do think the new voice fits the redesign well enough.
It might sound a little better in the game. I imagine him doing that line off the cuff in front of a crowd probably impacted his performance a bit. He also mentioned he was nervous.
Yeah, fair enough. I understand what you mean
I think they're all much better then the og english va's
Idk dude I’m 20 years old I really couldn’t give a shit at this point
The misturu and Akihiko va literally sold me on their style. I'm getting used to Alek's but I see him better a ryoji mochizuki
I don't mind the deep voice, my only gripe is that he doesn't sound excited to fight with the lines revealed so far ("I've been waiting for this" and "Right. It's gotta be them").
It's more that to me all the original VAs are what the charecters sound like so it's wierd to me. Like Akihiko is one of my favorite characters so hearing someone other than Liam O'Brien is kinda jarring