Baccano! Ladd Russo

[XxMUMZxX]

I love how they run off together laughing.. XD

[ReijiThePhantom]

Keiji Fujiwara just knocks it out of the park. I love how starts out sounding semi-normal and slowly escalates it straight up to "psychopath" levels.

[LunaEclipse1991]

the jap voice actor for ladd is keiji fujiwara... keiji has always been one of my favorite jap voice actors! and his ladd realy rocks!

[tarkeke]

@LunaEclipse1991 as well as being a great voice actor, he also voices alot of really good characters..like hueges from fullmetal alchemist and Holland from Eureka 7. one of my favs too

[LunaEclipse1991]

@tarkeke agree! also hattori in gintama

[tarkeke]

@LunaEclipse1991 haven't watched that show yet :) is it good? what kinda of genre is it?

[LunaEclipse1991]

@tarkeke it's comedy, but it's very Japanese. If you know the language and culture, then it should be pretty funny. And it also has alotof acitons. Anyway Gintama is really one of the best animes I've watched

[tarkeke]

@LunaEclipse1991 cool, I'll check it out :)

I love japanese culture and especially the wacky japanese humour x) so I'm all set there lol

somehow the title reminds me of the mecha genre, could I be wrong?

[RobinTeenTitansGO1]

WTF are you people talking 'bout?! The English dubbed is terrible! They do put in the accents but the voices cannot capture the character. English voice actors are just not meant for eccentric roles.

[Athos2777]

@RobinTeenTitansGO1 The fact that it's a western setting alone should make the dub feel more comfortable, but they felt the need to KICK ASS at their OWN performance. It's when they try to copy the original voices when they fail miserably (Miria).

This does not change the fact that this particular dub cast was at least three times more devoted to their jobs than the original cast ever intended to be, and considering the sheer amount of awesomeness in the japanese cast, that's saying a lot.

[Arisainwonderland]

@RobinTeenTitansGO1 Lol, you're kidding right? There are bad voice actors and there are good voice actors, every country has their share of both. Face it kid, Japanese voice actors aren't perfect and they definetely don't belong in an anime with a setting that takes place in America. You want to see a bad Japanese dub, watch DragonBall Z or Digimon.

[tarkeke]

@Arisainwonderland lol dragonball z has far superiour japanese va than the english one..

the dialogues are watered down in the english version. I love piccolo's voice, as well as goku and vegeta. great voice actors..

[Arisainwonderland]

@tarkeke Sorry but Goku's Japanese VA is the worse. A full grown man should not sound like a squeaky little boy unless that's what you like. Plus how can you tell if the dialogue is watered down when you're not even fluent in the Japanese languaged. Subs translations aren't accurate.

[tarkeke]

@Arisainwonderland not saying that all english dub usually is bad...but most of what I've seen is horrible anyway...

[Arisainwonderland]

@tarkeke Its a matter of preference. I can name a ton of really good dubs, don't know how much anime you watch.

[tarkeke]

@Arisainwonderland I've watched alot =P but sure, it's a matter of what you prefer.

[RobinTeenTitansGO1]

@Arisainwonderland First off, don't call me a kid. That's really disrespectful. Secondly, I never said that all Japanese Dubs are good; I think that they are very good in this one. I despise the voices for the English, but I know that there are a lot of good English dubs too. Especially Ladd's is terrible. It suits his uncle more than him. Ladd's voice is a lot more smooth and cunning in the Japanese Dub.

[Arisainwonderland]

@RobinTeenTitansGO1 I disagree with you wholeheartedly on the English dub. Ladd is suppose to be psychotic bloodthirsty masculine and sly. The Japanese ver. made him sound LESS than that. Ladd has to be intimidating so the mobster voice made it WORKED. The Japanese voices just didn't fit with the anime's American gangster setting. IMO they do a pretty poor job at sounding scary. Let's not go in to further argument and just say our sound preferences don't click. Enjoy Baccano however you want.

[YaoiGaDaisuki]

When I first watched this scene I expected Ladd to hurt Dune somehow since he was in "crushing mode".

[artgeek707]

though original Ladd is great English Ladd is perfect. Bryan Massey will always be Ladd to me

[griffon6097]

↓LOL all made in japan

[aaronscrewme]

This is just another anime that sounds better dubbed... I didn't even know there were people who liked the bland, Jap. voice overs. Trigun, Cowboy Bebop, Baccano (Italians), Blue Gender, Gunslinger Girl (Italy) are the only animes I've seen yet the characters all sound better in English.

The Genocide Song from Trigun in Jap. "QUilling GU timmmmm...U!" What da fuck?

[darkdrag187]

english ladd is way better

[troggdorthesecond]

@darkdrag187 Go Brian Massey! X)

[BigDickCheney]

LADDO!

[killerraven1984]

Lua is such a good girl : )

[max2082]

The English version of Ladd's was awesome especially when he was talking about old school boxers while he was beating a guy on the food car to death.

[quicksilverstew]

I love Ladd's English voice and not just because it reminds me of Bender from Futurama (not the same VA, though).

[MirokuSangoRule]

So it's not just me then! When I first heard it, I thought they were voiced by the smae person

[rovak901]

Unfortunately, the japanese are much better at sounding psychotic... so the english really can't compare...

The english dub just sounds like a bunch of silly disney characters...

[SorenTalen]

I thought not. Sure, the big hams were big hams, but it was thrillingly scary when needed.

[rovak901]

After hearing Ladd's dub voice, I can't help but think of that cat from Alice in Wonderland... that kind of juxtaposition is unneeded in my mind..

I dunno, I got the giggles from watching Ichi the Killer, so maybe it's all about taste...

Personally, Japanese media freaks me out much more than American movies/shows, so maybe I'm starting to associate evil Japanese voices with the true voice of terror...

[SorenTalen]

Lol, British accents do that for me. XD But I agree, like most dub/sub debates, it all comes down to taste. I just loved the whole 30's accent in the dub however.

[lupENDboy]

dude no way.

I think that the english dub are better in the emotion category.. maybe the jappense are better at making crazy voices...

but the english dub has a very talented crew

[MICHIYO966]

let us say tat both english n japanese voices are good for ladd...

[millboinig]

@MICHIYO966 thank you both cast were actually cool to me its just................ Japanese don got no new yorka accent

[freaknr1]

@rovak901 Did we watch the same english dub? How can Ladd's english voice not be called psychotic?

[amithedoctor]

0:40-0:43 lol

[Gazaru]

Dear God I cannot STAND his Jap voice. In fact, the Japanese dub aks away from the general atmosphere of the show. The dub has the accents which make it SO much better. Although I do admit that Ennis could have had a better VA, all the other chaacters sound great in English.

[HikariBun]

I guess you are not a big fan of subs in general. Unlike you, I ADORE his Japanese voice actor Fujiwara Keiji. He is really great at playing very eccentric middle age guys. Indeed, Japanese unfortunately do not get the accents, but a lot of the cast is made of top-notch voice actors who have a lot of experience playing over the top roles that this show requires. Ladd and other crazy characters really do sound crazy (esp. Graham by Tomozaku Sugita) Taking away the mood eh, different opinions.

[Gazaru]

Graham's Japanese VA sounds like a retard when he screams. But I see your point. I just prefer English over Japanese.

[HikariBun]

I see. :) Well there are a few series I do think Japanese being spoken is a bit strange, but for this one, I happen to like a lot of the voice actors so it's part of the reason why I like Japanese VA better. D: That's too bad..I liked Graham's crazy screaming. Hehe.

[Watergirl22196]

Man I sadly like this scene in the english version better

[SpadeHand]

TEE-NEEEH-NURGURHGHGGGNNGNK

[kuroganeblack]

Ladd is so crazy. He's hilarious.

[TillKaos]

Oh my god, they ran off laughing xD

[azmariah94]

Wow... in the manga Lad looked real different... :|

[SplaydeXXI]

Yeah, the manga's terrible. "Noob" artist. Doesn't do the story justice :/.

[snake1mi]

Real fight, yes, they didnt fight long enough. Vino made him jump of, remember? Ladd was pretty excited about fighting him, and if they will ever meet again, its going to be one hell of a fight. Btw Im a Firo fanboy ;)

[hamykia]

yaaay for Firo fanboy! ^^

though I'm a Firo fangirl xDD

[RedXR]

I hear ya. He really did get robbed of a solid fight scene. Between him and Vino, we all know who the crazier one is.

[cloudxleon]

Maybe so, but I liked the flashback fight scene (which could have been longer too, but what are you gonna do?) in the DVD bonus episodes with Graham Spektor :)

[DenOfVipers]

@RedXR The creator of the show himself has stated that if Vino got any more screen time, he would overtake everyone in the show within a single episode. I believe it, and that's why I'm glad he got overall less screentime than Ladd.

[snake1mi]

Ladd roles! Its a shame he didnt get to a real fight Vino. Vino owned him.

[Kokitsune]

I know I'm a Vino fangirl, but I still think his fight was a good one. I don't get what you mean by "a real fight" Claire didn't even use his gun...