Playing Against Type/Foreign Dubbing


 * The Latin American dub for Bleach has several cases of Playing Against Type. Seriously, Ichigo is voiced by Kohaku? Kenpachi, by Dumbledore? Renji, by Vash The Stampede? Mayuri, by The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air? Chizuru, by Kodachi Kuno? Byakuya, by Roronoa Zoro? Yumichika, by Tadao Yokoshima?! And the list goes on, and on, and on...
 * Mayuri is voiced by who? Oh dear god, I just imagined him singing the Fresh Prince Theme...Awesome.
 * Imagine Mayuri running down the beach in a red bathing suit or knowing his Kung Fu too. Yeah, Juan Alfonso Carralero is the usual Mexican dub voice for David Hasselhoff and Jackie Chan. How's that?!
 * No, Zoro is voiced by Gabriel Basurto and Bykuya is actually Christian Strempler. And Aloof Older Brother's aren't new to Alfredo, his most famous role was Sesshoumaru from Inu Yasha. ZORO is the role where he plays against type. And he nailed the role -- but sadly the One Piece dub is VERY hated among Latin American fans for being based on the 4kids version of the show. Which is sad considering that, performance wise, it's actually pretty good.
 * If you think of it, Chris Strempler is playing against type here to a degree. His most popular roles until then were the Deadpan Snarker Cam Watanabe from Power Rangers Ninja Storm and Shiryu in the TV dub of Saint Seiya the Hades Saga.
 * Even more so! Ricardo Mendoza is an expert in playing The Lancer or the Number Two (either Hot-Blooded or Deadpan Snarker subtypes). His role in Bleach? SOUSUKE MOTHERFUCKING AIZEN. It makes The Reveal so very weird to watch - specially because some fans were betting on him playing Renji instead.
 * Ichigo is also Elmo! Uryu is Sasuke Uchiha (like Noriaki Sugiyama).
 * Dirty-mouthed comic George Carlin played Mr. Conductor in the American version of Thomas the Tank Engine.
 * George occasionally brought this up in his stand-up, including one of his HBO specials, when talking about the problems with kids these days. "This is Mr. Conductor talking! I know what I'm talking about!"
 * Ringo Starr later had played the same role. Imagine children's surprise upon discovering the Beatles and seeing Mr. Conductor with a band singing about drugs.
 * In Latin America, the deep-voiced Gerardo Reyero usually plays The Stoic (Cyclops), the Team Dad (Ukitake), or the Big Bad (Freezer). And then he plays Might Guy.
 * Even better! Guess who did he voice in the dub of Tokyo Godfathers?
 * Laura Torres, from Mexico, is known for voicing innocent and naive children like Son Goku (and his two kids), Tommy Pickles, and Ralph Wiggum. Then she voiced the all but innocent Shin-chan (Vitello/Phuuz version)... And it's HILARIOUS!
 * And she also voiced Daria and Mai Valentine. WOW.
 * The Mexican voice actor Jesús Barrero is mainly known for voicing youths like Seiya, Yamcha (first voice), Koji Kabuto, Impmon (and Beelzemon), and even Emperor Kuzco. Then he became the second voice of Peter Griffin. These days, he still voices immature characters.
 * Let's not forget him as Professor J and Dekim Barton from the Gundam Wing dub.
 * Although said characters are actually in line with his regular typecasting, it's still Uncanny Valley to hear characters speaking with Ed Asner's voice in Lucio Fulci gore films.
 * The Italian dubber of Scar was Tullio Solenghi, a comedian who usually plays light and sympathetic roles.
 * Hungarian voice actor Csongor Szalai usually voices children or teen heroes. Then he ended up with Gaara.