Akio Ohtori Tagalog Dub: Sexy
Anyone who’s seen the anime series Revolutionary Girl Utena knows how drop-dead sexy Akio Ohtori is. He’s the only guy in the series who successfully seduces the heroine. Lately, I’ve been watching episodes of Hero’s Tagalog dub — which, unfortunately, is translated from the inaccurate Enoki Films English dub Ursula’s Kiss. The only thing I like about the Enoki translation is that Akio is renamed “Mike”.
Since Hero followed the Enoki translation, I had low expectations for their Tagalog dub. Turns out I actually enjoy the Tagalog voices despite the inaccuracies. To my pleasant surprise, dubber Brian Ligsay does a drop-dead sexy Akio/Mike. He delivers his lines like they’re Tagalog porn titles. The relatively nonchalant “Pleasant vibrations, aren’t they?” becomes the utterly salacious “Ang Sarap ng Ugong ng Makina”.
I’ve long been fascinated by Akio’s character — from his worldly ways to his godly nature — so it means a lot to me that he’s properly introduced to Filipino audiences. Thank you, Brian, for doing justice to one of my all-time favorite villains.
oh, brian has always been good at these things
I know Brian’s good at voice acting, but I didn’t think it was possible to make Akio sound even more lascivious than he already is.
Thanks for the credit guys, I know he is one of your favorites Mike, (you did cosplayed him, diba?)… I usually play villain roles in Anime (which I love doing by the way, eg. “Mao Dante” in Demon Lord Dante) but this, is one of the best characters I took. I gotta admit Akio is one sexy guy.
And it was a challenge to sound so seductive, romantic, all-knowing, and powerful at the same time. My favorite line would have to be in the scene where Akio lays Utena in the car and says,, “gusto mo bang ibili kita ng singsing na babagay diyan sa suot mong damit?..” He is such a beautiful devil.
The funny thing is, I haven’t had the chance to catch and watch this on television. They say its been re-ran twice because of its success (same time because of content :D) I do hope to see it one of these days.
Thanks again dudes and more power!
You’re right, I’ve cosplayed Akio, Brian. He’s really fun to portray in a skit.
You should watch your own performance sometime. It’s amazing. In fact, you should send a sample to the Akio international voice database. You can hold your own even against the world’s best Akio dubbers.
At the same time you made Akio sound even more seductive, your voice actress made Utena sound even more dense. I just watched your dub of their love scene, where Utena just babbles on and on about nothing in a futile attempt to handle the pleasure.
The confused Japanese Utena voice probably tested Akio’s sexual patience. The impenetrable Tagalog Utena voice was probably enough to make him grab some Viagra.
Hahaha! You really are something Mike!..
I like that scene too.. One of the girl talents say I give her the shivers when she hears me using that voice. “Ang galing daw, parang galing sa ilalim ng lupa :-)” Even the one doing Utena’s voice couldn’t concentrate when I try to do this part with her.. Hmn.. I guess it paid off. Thanks again Mike!