So after recently marathoning all of Code Geass "in English" for the first time, I have to say I am kind of impressed with it. I never really bothered before as I'm not hugely into dubs and only seen small sample clips of Johnny Yong Emo playing Lelouche.
But holy hell, the English cast list is quite stacked for this (As was the Japanese cast) and ALOT of recognisable voice actors. To put it simple yet vague, the women are WOMEN and the men are MEN!
Examples being you have Michelle Ruff's what I would like to call, trademark "Disney Princess" voice which is perfect for Euphemia, and Troy Baker himself, long before he became mega-popular, as Schneizel, and then the manly Jamieson Price as Diethard.
Not a huge fan of Johnny and Yuri Lowenthal voicing Lelouche and Suzaku respectively since I feel they always sound the same in anything they do. Yes, even Johnny has his trademark screaming of "girl character's name in vain" in this.
Comes as no surprise that alot of the voice actors (Japanese or English) have worked together alot and in this case, I noticed a huge cast of "Resident Evil" people here. Even Roger Craig Smith (aka Chris Redfield himself), which at the time of Code Geass' English release was just before Resident Evil 5. His character, Guilford, serves as the knight to Cornellia, voiced by Mary Elizabeth McGlynn, who happens to voice the
Overseer/Alex Wesker. Hilariously ironic much?
. Oh and Laura Bailey's sultry fake posh/British woman voice is here too!
Any way, still one of my favourite animes out there and can't believe it's almost a decade since it came out. Always a huge fan of Sunrise's mecha stuff i.e. Gundam etc, and Code Geass in particular, love the setting and world, it's use of British/Celtic/Norse themes, the soundtrack and absolute theatricality of it all. It was nice to see that the English voices gave new life and alot of
to it.
If anybody hasn't seen it yet, I highly recommend it.
