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I'm not going to go ahead and bag people for wanting to watch the dubs but really? The VA are perfect as they are, and JYB is a fucking fail of a voice actor. He pretty much ruins everything he touches. In fact, dubs ruin everything they touch.
That being said, we are all free to decide how we want to watch our anime, and so when I buy the dvd's ill be sure to leave it in Japanese :)

Watch it. Actually I will buy it but usually I watch sub versions even if they have dub. ... awful OHC dub =.= I wish the best for DRRR D:

No one said the original VAs were bad, but it would be nice to also have a good dub if people would prefer to watch the show that way.

The Baccano! dub was way better than the original VAs.

But then again, it actually fit. English VAs for a anime set in the US.

DRRR! on the other hand... eh. If it was Funimation dubbing it, I'd have hope. But since it's not...

Bang Zoom has a rep for considerably well done dubs. (Haruhi Suzumiya, Gundam 00, Gurren Lagann, etc.) While their reppresentative for them is an idiot,he's also an excellent casting director. Roles are auditioned for with Bang Zoom, which unlike Funi ensures that atleast someone is assuring that the dub member will fit their parts.

So far the dub cast sound very promising. Kari, and Crispin are amazing VA's, Darrel a bit of a new guy however.

Freeman is perfect for Shizuo. I wonder which voice Kari will be using for Celty: her Kagami voice or her Karin (Shadow Hearts 2) voice.

It's beyond me why some people are clamouring for JYB to be cast as Izaya. The role of Izaya requires a VA who will make him sound like the insinuating, manipulative son of a bitch he is, and last time I checked JYB failed to sound like such when he played Lelouch. The possibility of me watching the dub solely rests on Bang Zoom not screwing up when casting for that particular role.

As for the rest, Stephanie Sheh would be perfect for Erika, Michelle Ruff or Mela Lee as Anri, Michael McCohoonie (did I spell that right?) as Simon or Shinra's father and JYB or Vic as Shinra.

I always thought that JYB could play Mikado since he can do the pussy-acting little kid voice kinda like Renton, and still alter it to sound a little more serious-ish.

Yeah, I too was thinking before the VA list was released that JYB would be suitable for either Mikadoo or Shinra, but I'm always up to giving new talents a try.

I don't really watch dubs a lot but I think this might be a good one at the very least.

As far as much as my knowledge on predicting/foreseeing the english cast (again, I don't watch dubs), I could imagine Johnny Yong Bosch as Shinra Kishitani, then possibly Michelle Ruff as Anri, but that's my guess.

EDIT: I ultimately didn't read the last page, so some of my stuff above may be invalid.

Oh deary me, now im really going to have to save!

im definatly going to buy this! >.< when its released over here. over here being Australia.

Next set of cast is revealed!!!

No surprise here yet another set of excellent casting!

Kida: Bryce Papenbrook
Anri: Michelle Ruff
Izaya: Johnny Yong Bosch

HELL YA!!! IZAYA IS JYB!! I GOT MY WISH! Now I got to go STALK JYB at cons....with my 50 Izaya items.....^,~o

TT0TT Tears of happiness.

Good thing that DVDs nowadays come with the option to switch to the Japanese version, though I might check the English dub for the first episode and the other Izaya-free ones.

Ruff is suitable for Anri, as for Papenbrook, I only heard him as Zidane in Disidia. I hope that Sheh will be cast as Erika, because she's the only one that I can imagine pulling that character off.

As long as they get enough profit to help influence another season of Buccano! im happy...

Why did they have to ruin Izaya Dx. Couldn't they have given him Mikado if they really had to use him!

Wow, so many JYB haters. oh well. I love him. idk how he'll suit Izaya though but i'll find out now won't I? :D
also, CRISPIN FREEMAN FTW!!!!!!

I don't hate him per se; I did like him as Koizumi (Haruhi) and thought he surpassed his JP counterpart when he played Almaz in Disgaea 3. It's just he sometimes gets stuck in roles that don't fit him, just like the case with Lelouch.

He would've been suitable for Mikado or Shinra, but not, not Izaya.

JYB as Izaya..........I'm okay with this. Heck, at least it's not Vic (which reminds me that several people speculated he would be cast as Kida).

Bite your tongue...I would not like that either.

Okay then, can you tell me your pick for Izaya's dub voice then?