On November 13, 2020, on “Friday road SHOW!”, the dubbed version of “Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald”, which will be its first regular TV broadcast, will be broadcast
“Fantastic Beasts” is a prequel to the “Harry Potter” series. This is its 2nd film, depicting the fight between Newt, a scholar of magical creatures who graduated from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and Grindelwald, the dark wizard who aims to rule both the worlds of wizards and muggles. The same settings and characters from “Harry Potter”, such as Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and Professor McGonagall, appear in the show, making it a film for both “Harry Potter” and “Fantastic Beasts” fans.
When talking about the dubbing cast for this film, the first voice actor that comes to many minds is Miyano Mamoru, who voices the protagonist Newt. However, there are many famous voice actors participating in this film.
This article is an introduction to the voice actors in this film, such as Morikawa Tomoyuki-san, Hirata Hiroaki-san, and Eguchi Takuya-san.
Top-notch voice actors, including Miyano Mamoru-san, get together! Introduction to the dubbing cast.
Miyano Mamoru
Miyano Mamoru-san is well known for his roles as Ichinose Tokiya from the “Uta no Prince-sama” series and Reinhard von Lohengramm from “Legend of the Galactic Heroes: The New Thesis”.
He has also been active as a singer since 2008, and his 20th single “ZERO to INFINITY” is scheduled to be released on December 9, 2020.
Miyano-san voices Newt (played by Eddie Redmayne), the main character who is a scholar of magical creatures. In this film, his mentor, Dumbledore, requests him to go to Paris to meet Credence, who has strong magical powers.
Itou Shizuka
Itou Shizuka-san is well known for her roles as Aino Minako/Sailor Venus in “Sailor Moon Crystal” and Kujizuka Yayoi from “Psycho-Pass”.
Itou-san voices Tina (played by Katherine Waterston), a witch with a strong sense of justice, who works for the Magical Congress of the United States of America.
Mamiya Yasuhiro
Mamiya Yasuhiro-san is well known for both anime and western films, such as Kurotsuki Dai from the “Tsukiuta” series and Agent 47 (played by Rupert Friend) from the film “Hitman: Agent 47”. He also has dubbed other characters played by Dan Fogler.
Mamiya-san voices Jacob (played by Dan Fogler), a cheerful baker. He is not a wizard, but he gets caught up in the affairs of Newt and others and finds out about the wizarding world.
Endou Aya
Endou Aya-san is well known for her roles as Totoko from “Mr. Osomatsu” and Sheryl Nome from “Macross Frontier”.
Endou-san voices Queenie (played by Alison Sudol), Tina’s sister who can read people’s minds. She loves Jacob, the muggle who found out about the wizarding world.
Morikawa Tomoyuki
Morikawa Tomoyuki-san is well known for his roles as Kira Yoshikage from “JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable” Namikaze Minato from “Naruto: Shippuden”. In western films, he dubbs actors such as Tom Cruise and Ewan McGregor.
Morikawa-san voices Dumbledore (played by Jude Law). He is a professor at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Newts mentor, and later has a stone influence on Harry Potter.
Hirata Hiroaki
Hirata Hiroaki-san is well known for his roles as Sanji from “One Piece” and Kaburagi T. Kotetsu/Wild Tiger from “Tiger and Bunny”, and has dubbed many western films and foreign anime, such as Danny Messer from the “CSI: NY Series” and Ridler from “The Batman”.
He also dubbed many characters played by Johnny Depp, including Jack Sparrow from “Pirates of the Caribean”.
Hirata-san voices Grindewald (played by Johnny Depp), a.k.a. the strongest “Dark Wizard”. Can Newt stop the ambition of this overwhelmingly powerful wizard?
Mutou Tadashi
Mutou Tadashi-san is a voice actor who dubbs many western films and foreign dramas, such as John Conner from “Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles” and Sebastian Lund from “NCIS: New Orleans”.
Mutou-san voices Credence (Ezra Miller), a mysterious character with very strong powers. The dark wizard chased him to Paris.
Mori Nanako
Mori Nanako-san is well known for her roles as Kenjou Akira/Cure Chocolat from “Kirakira Pretty Cure a la Mode” and Shirato Yukiko from “Megalo Box”. She used to belong to the Snow Troupe of Takarazuka Revue.
Mori-san voices Leta (played by Zoë Kravits), who holds a key to the story. She is a beautiful pureblood witch, who carries a secret and a complicated past.
Eguchi Takuya
Eguchi Takuya-san is well known for his roles as Manabe Kakeru from “Fruits Basket” and Rokuya Nagi from “Idolish7”. He is also active as a singer, forming the unit, Trignal, with voice actors Kimura Rhouhei-san and Yonaga Tsubasa-san.
Eguchi-san voices Theseus (played by Callum Turner). He is Newt’s brother who is the head of the Auror Office of the British Ministry of Magic.
Taichi You
Taichi You-san is well known for his roles as Ayanami from “Azur Lane” and Souma Hiro from “Fruits Basket”.
Taichi-san voices Nagini (played by Claudia Kim). Nagini is the snake that eventually serves Lord Voldemort a few decades later, in the age of Harry Potter.
Tamura Makoto
Tamura Makoto-san has dubbed characters, such as T’Chara/Black Panther in “Black Panther” and Zeitgeist in “Deadpool 2”.
He voices Yusuf (played by William Nadylam) who fights against Grindelwald along with Newt.
Iwasaki Hiroshi
Iwasaki Hiroshi-san has dubbed many western films and foreign anime, such as C-3PO from “Star Wars”.
He voices Nicolas (played by Brontis Jodorowsky), the old man who lives in a hideout in Paris.
“Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald” will be broadcast on “Friday road SHOW!” from 7:56 P.M. on November 13, 2020. If you’re interested, you should check it out.
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