#beyal

I recently finished an American-Japanese co-produced Anime that had aired on Nicktoons. And I say Anime since it was animated largely in Japan with the usual trademarks of a TV Anime rather than something like Avatar or Teen Titans that mimics the look of Anime.

But the animation aside, you got the voice cast. All five actors for the five leads and many supporting characters.

You have Cam Clarke, Kirk Thorton, Chris Smith and Keith Silverstein spreading themselves thin but Karen Straussman had to carry every single female character on her back, main, minor and secondary.

The way they went about it was somewhat impressive with Cam Clarke balancing between spunky teen Chase and his straight laced dad, Jeredy. Keith Silverstein also is a quick shot with accents with Aussie Dax, Southerner Kilo, stoic Six and proto-Hisoka Don Pyro.

Yet also ridiculous when Karen had to sound like she was having a perpetual orgasm to distinguish her performance as Madea of the Dark Spin mercenaries from "Strong Female Character(TM)" Jinja. And Charlemagne's accent must've been a challenge without bursting out laughing.

It's honestly fascinating given how Anime dub VAs are criticized (by those who don't watch dubs usual) about the "same 12 voice actors" or that they "lack range." Part of me finds Monsuno's super limited casting interesting since most dubs have Additional VA casting to avoid this and they're funds barely match a franchise that flew under the radar.

hi im so sorry abt the delay! hope this scene is alright bc strike squad scenes are so scarce rip