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Akihiko's new voice is deep like that of a grizzled 30-year old man. It will grow on us for sure but it is very different from the old voice's subtler tone.
@@OneLastScholar The thing is that Kaggy (Alejandro) voices him now. He and Zeno talked about what would happen if Persona 3 got a reboot a few years ago and I was talking about a reboot/remake with new VAs voicing the iconic characters. I wish I would have voiced Shinjiro, If I could have gone pro after my 11th year in voice-over. Because I would love to voice act with Allegra and Alejandro.
I’m really going to miss the old cast, but I feel particularly bad for Michelle Ruff not returning to voice Yukari when she not too long ago had a conversation about ageism in the industry and how she’s getting fewer roles than when she did in the 2000s even though her voice still sounds the same.
Honestly, as talented as the new cast is, I do feel like its pretty unfair to the original cast overall to have just been fully replaced when the vast majority of them are not only still active in the industry but have been doing years worth of spinoffs as these characters. It just feels really disrespectful that, compared to the japanese industry where you lock into your role for life basically, english voice actors get replaced for no actual reason.
They're really doing it to appeal to new age persona 5 fans. Because in my experience, they're probably the worst part of the fandom, and the very large vocal part of the group. So what they want tends to be heard the most.
@@Namingway248I think it’s just the culture around voice acting It’s a lot easier to break into voice acting in Japan with their voice acting academies and such New talents more often get important roles There’s a meme about how the same 5 voice actors are in everything in English and I understand where they’re coming from
I genuinely thought that was Chidori speaking to Junpei, not Fuuka. Either it's because we've only gotten a few clips of Suzie Yeung as Fuuka, or she's good at controlling her voice and injecting the appropriate emotion into her lines.
i have mixed feelings on akihiko’s new va because i love his old voice and i’ll miss it but i also like alejandro’s voice a lot and i do think it suits the character
@@rowansteapot same. I know Alejandro's work for some years now and he's pretty talented so I'm confident he'll pull it off. it's more up to us, the consumer, to get used to this new Akihiko
Akhihiko's IS gonna be the hardest one for me to get used to ngl, it's really too similar to Alejandro previous va work like Yuri from FE3H and Jin Yuang from Star Rail, like you can tell it's the same voice but on a different pitch hopefully it grows on me during the game
Something I’m seeing a lot especially with Junpei’s VA is “They’re great cause they sound so similar!” But not only do I love all these VAs I greatly appreciate the effort they put in to it to make it both faithful, and new at the same time! And I think it’s idiocy to hate them because they’re not the originals, nostalgia aside these are all damn good replacements!
@@selfloathingweeklymost people (including myself) are not hearing a big diff and in some lines he sounds EQUAL, why the constant spam of "sounds nothing AT ALL" do you know what "nothing at all" means?
Alejandro Saab is fantastic for Akihiko, I do hear a bit of Yuri in it though, honestly, most things are improvement for Fuuka I’ll be honest, her voice was really weak in original P3
Just today we found out Tara will still be playing Elizabeth so you won’t have to say goodbye completely! I know it’s different, but it’s still a silver lining of some sort!
@@2Tune2 I mean he sounds like a mature adult woman and not that he has a woman voicing him in Persona 3 a woman voice ken but still sounded boyish same with Naruto and Ben 10
Fun fact, deep voice Akihiko was supposed to be the direction that the original should be but the actor can't make it any deeper than he already is. He was told to make a Shadow the Hedgehog (06) voice impression for Akihiko
Hold on! If Yuri voices Pharos again, does that mean that Tara Platt (potentially) voices Elizabeth? I honestly can't hear Elizabeth with another voice other than Tara Platt.
I don't think that's Yuri, new!Pharos sounds more raspy compared to the OG. In both English and Japanese, Makoto, Pharos, and Ryoji share a voice actor for plot reasons, so I imagine that's probably Aleks Le we're hearing and the uploader just didn't change the picture. Very curious to see what they'll do for Elizabeth though, her role seems minor enough that they could reasonably cast Tara Platt again.
Honestly im split on ken. Old voice had ”kid that sounds like old woman syndrome” but new voice has ”kid that sounds a bit too close to puberty + slightly too feminine”. I think the new one is slightly better, but I’ll have to see the emotional moments to really be sold.
I'd be surprised since its actually the closest to yuri's performance. Although ryoji would be tough since yuri nailed it. Don't know if he could beat it
I'm digging all new voices except Akihiko's. He is a character with a tragic past, a sad tone. I have my doubts that the new VA can pull that part of the character better than the original. New guy is too deep and calm.
@@gamerkingmayathe064th5 Yeah. I'm not saying I don't like the new VA, just that I'm esceptical about how he will pull some of Akihiko's trauma dump monologues. I really hope he surprises me.
@@reapersawada8509 Exactly. Thats what the whole journey does to the characters. Thats OK for endgame Akihiko. But Aki starts being an orphan who lost nearly everyone close to him before meeting MC. And has some really sad moments. Thats when I think that "deep voice calm Akihiko" is not the right way to go.
My favorite line is from Junpei. "Let's make sure this chapter of our lives ends on a happy note" The VA is really good, love it! The Shijiro one is really good too! Love most of them tbh!!
@@Direwolf181wait, WHAT?!! Who are the characters that the other critical role VA’s voiced? I looked it up but I’m only getting the Japanese voice actors for some reason
@@dairyqueen8402 Travis was Theo in P3P Marisha is the current voice for Margret and Sam is Teddie from P4 the Animation onwards Laura is of course Rise Kujikawa in P4 (and the FeMC Kotone Shiomi from P3P Liam was Akihiko in P3 Matt is Yusuke(and Kanji from the second half of P4 the Animation and everywhere besides P4 and P4G funnily enough) And Robbie is Akechi in P5
I need to hear more of Aigis. See, there was some charm by the fact that she doesn't sound human. That's the point! She's a robot! And near the end, she sounds a lot more human! I want them to keep that detail!
Aleks as Makoto is downright perfect, he brings the perfect energy and his Pharos voice was so spot on we literally thought it was Yuri, he's gonna do great. Zeno as Junpei is GREAT. Some lines you can barely tell the difference and others he has such great energy I don't even care, definitely looking forward to more of him. Heather as Yukari is also good, noticeably different but again, very similar energy to the original which is good. Alexandro as Akihiko I'm eh on. I see what they're doing but he's too deep, he sounds like he's 17 going on 30. Plus Liam O'Brien's performance is just so iconic, it's going to be hard to live up to. Allegra is PERFECT as Mitsuru. No notes. Suzie is also perfect as Fuuka, she's so cute. And unfortunately Fuuka's acting was the subject of some ridicule in the original ("*gasp* The enemy!") so, nowhere to go but up I suppose, lol. No shade to Paula Tiso but, you know. Justine as Ken... needs work. He sounds way too much like a girl, but maybe these just weren't good examples. If you have a keen ear you could tell he was voiced by a woman in the original too but, at the very least it was a Bart Simpson/Ash Ketchum tier boy voice. Ken just straight up sounds like a girl. Dawn as Aegis I'll have to see more of, I think she's good, but Karen is a tough act to follow, she felt MADE for that role. I hope the clip we hear is post-Moonlight Bridge like people are saying because Aegis without barely ANY robotic intonation just doesn't feel right. Justice as Shinji I like, obviously will have to hear more but I like his take on him. Truth be told Grant as Shinji was sometimes distracting, not only because of his weirdly nasally, almost nerdy voice (which I don't think is bad, always just struck me as an "interesting choice") but also because he voices so many background characters as well, lol. So looking forward to more of Justice. Whoever voices Ikutsuki is... okay. Saying it a lot but gotta hear more, my first impression is that he sounds both less suspicious, but also like the kind of guy who wouldn't crack the puns Ikutsuki is known for, lol. Gonna be weird to get used to but, I'm receptive to it.
Yuri knew he was going to be replaced but was over the moon when he heard it was Aleks, the guy he actually mentored and was a long friend of Yuri’s. Yuri told him he was beyond proud when he heard it was Aleks voicing him, and Aleks cried when he heard this.
Had the same thought on Ken. He does sounds more mature but aren't his maturity supposed to be overshadow by his age? I can't imagine anyone not taking him seriously with that voice.
Sae Niijima was Elizabeth Maxwell. I only know Allegra Clark as Dorothea Arnault and Shamir Nevrand from Fire Emblem Thre Houses. This Mitsuru sounds like a slightly less emotionless Shamir to me.
Ngl, I liked Ikutsuki's og voice better. He definitely brings some deceit to his voice, because it's way too comforting and a guy who does puns at almost every opportunity, you'd never realized he was actually a bad guy (maybe if Atlus didn't show the scenes where he's muttering to himself then maybe the reveal would've been more shocking). The new voice just sounds a bit more sinister.
I liked the old voice because it felt like he was laying it on a bit too thick, he was trying to seem friendly to the point I felt a bit uncomfortable around him. I think thats the one that can make a big difference in how potentially new fans view his character before the twist.
@@neymiiie in other words, there's a lot to like about the old voice. But who knows, maybe I'll come to like the new one. I doubt I'll ever get used to Akihiko's new voice though, it just doesn't have that same youthful energy when Liam voiced him
think the new voice is kind of a full scope revision, the cringy puns doesn't blend with the later parts of the story and wasn't thought out his role by that point and Ikutsuki isn't really an adachi personality to make it natural after the twist
Akihiko, Fuuka, Ken and Shinjiro all sound so radically different from their originals. Akihiko's is the only one where I'm a bit iffy because it sounds too low for him. Fuuka and Shinji's new voices sound closer to their Japanese counterparts and to be honest, prefer these voices. Ken's is... fine.
I have reservations over Akihiko's voice like most people but I'm holding out hope because Alejandro's voice isn't yelling in the fire of battle and is still in the beginning explaining to MC
my thing is, with the old cast they had THAT certain flair to the delivery. even more so with the male character voices that made it stick. In no way does it take away from the work of the current crew, but in some instances it just comes off as like normal speak for me. I had this kind of view while playing RE 2 remake and feeling like it was just normal speak and not a sick ass delivery. but im thinking this is just something that happens in the west releases. for example the voice of dante in the DMC series- Reuben Langdon was so perfect in its delivery that it stuck for the subsequent games past 3. something thats very in line with the jp side of things. in another media form as an easy example being goku from the dragon ball series. in which it is still nozawa masako. and if im correct in my assumption the jp side of persona 3 reload should still be the og crew set that they had for the original persona 3.
I like how they all turned out. i do wish yukari had just a tad bit more snap to it though. and akihiko is different , but not in a bad way. his is more smooth than what im used too.
In the trailer, I thought Ken’s line of wanting to use his power (2:24) was Mitsuru speaking, especially in the “Take this seriously.” I think it’s going to take some time for me to get used to this one…
The new Akihiko VA does a fine job as a VA, but the difference between original Akihiko and new Akihiko is going to make this a really hard sell for me, given that if it's not obvious from my avatar, he's my favorite Persona character of all time.
WITTLE GOBWIN 🥰🥰🥰 I can’t ynhear it from makoto but I love it Also the new junpei is a MASSIVE fan of persona 3 when he announced it on Twitter there were like 5 paragraphs of hype it awesome
i think they’re really good!! i think they got a slightly better understanding of the characters in reload, as they ironed out some flaws in voices like junpei and mitsuru and completely redid some like Fuuka and Shuji! i also like how they made ken more mature and made aigis sound more robotic yet still human and emotional at the same time. a lot of people seem to have a bit of an issue with akihiko, but i think the deeper voice really fits him and his maturity without sounding as old as some people say (imo).
I really love the new cast. I was afraid I’d miss the old cast too much or that it would be distracting, but the more I play Reload, the more I prefer this new cast.
i never thought I'd PREFER a new voice over the old one but WOW shinjiro's voice is perfect. it feels more like how I'd imagine his voice to be; the old voice always felt a little off to me im SO hyped for the new cast i think all of them have done an incredible job making it feel like the same characters, but also making the voices something original and new
Everyone talking about how great the new voice actors are but I’m just here happy to see that Yuri Lowenthal is still going to be a part of this game ❤ EDIT: Just kidding guys I saw the updated pinned comment LOL
Im surprised he is still able to pull off that voice. I recall him struggling as Haseo in the last .hack GU chapter (Unless theyre just using voice clips)
He is?? That rocks, who does he voice? I must have missed it Edit: nvm, pinned comment corrects the video that Aleks also voices Pharos. His impression was just THAT good, which is a good sign. I also thought it was Yuri reprising his role when I first saw the trailer, lol
Old Akihiko is a fighter, always gung-ho, straight to the action, battle-crazed, dependable senpai (in combat). New Akihiko is a schemer, a thinker, someone who just wants a cup of coffee, dependable senpai.
I was in the chat for a livestream Michelle did on Instagram. The short version is that it wasn’t Atlus’s decision - Sega mandated that a “younger/fresher” cast be brought in for the remake. She and the rest of the OG VAs only found out about it via phone call. Considering how much she loved voicing Yukari, as well as how vocal she is about ageism in the voice acting industry, you can imagine that it really stung for her to be told that she was too old to return at age 56. Especially since many of the Japanese voice actors are around that age and they all came back.
The only VA I truly wished to have been kept was Karen Strassman for Aigis, who really did embody that mechanical feeling of Aigis, progressively becoming more human. I don't know if Dawn displays any resemblance to this progression, but we'll have to see.
Hard agree, she was practically made for that role. But as has been said, maybe she has the robotic tone at the beginning and then ditches entirely it after she's repaired from her fight with Ryoji. Which is a choice, but I'm not too upset about it.
@@ExaltedUriel for sure, in the grand scheme of things, it's not extremely important. if all else fails, hopefully there's a japanese voices option since those VAs were kept from the ps2 era
@@lassitolvanen8519 most people i've seen are playing in jp audio since thats the original cast, but where's the english ones? My guess no one likes the new ones since we all grew with the original ones.
I feel the new voices are just too plain sometimes. OG were louder and more expressive. I even had to get the volume down for effects and music so the voices stand out more. MC's original voice was also better imo, you could feel the angst in his voice, while the new is just too calm
The only ones I have slight problems with is Akihiko cause old Aki is just too perfect and I can't see anyone else saying his iconic line, Ken because idk for me he doesn't sound much like a kid like in the original but it could just be because of the clip used but overall the cast is pretty solid.
I'm sorry, but hearing Zeno Robinson's voice coming out of Junpei instantly makes me think og Gou from Pokemon Journeys. He's not a bad pick, but Vic Mignogna is just the iconic voice. Don't get me wrong, Zeno's take on Junpei is near spot on, but you can't beat the OG.
I wonder what it would sound like if Akahiko Sanada's original voice actor Said something wild and out of left field like "Patrolling the Mojave almost makes you wish for a nuclear winter" but he would never say something so foolish, right?
I think the reason why some VAs sound off is because we're so used to them after all these years. I don't hate akihiko's new voice but P3 has so much emotional driven dialogue that until we see those special moments, I think it's a little unfair to judge from just these clips alone.
Japan’s very strict, Their tradition for voice actors is that they’re bound to role of characters they voice for the rest of their life until they either die or retire. Meanwhile the west has no problem recasting considering a there’s a good chance for old VA’s to either be too expensive to afford, Or have complicated loyalty issues. Especially casting new faces for remakes like FF7, Resident Evil, and now Persona 3.
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I don’t know how Mitsuru’s NEW voice sounds even MORE like Mitsuru
I always liked Mitsuru in the original but for some reason the new voice does things to me
I really miss Tara Platt, though Allegra is doing a great job
Allegra is amazing! She sounds fabulous as Mitsuru.
it has the exact same tone but sounds less...robotic?
@@payayaa To be fair, the lines chosen for OG Mitsuru in this video arent great
I like all the new voices. The only have slight reservations about is Akihiko, but that's only because Liam's voice was just *_too_* perfect for him.
" I've been waiting for this"
Will not be the same.
Akihiko's new voice is deep like that of a grizzled 30-year old man. It will grow on us for sure but it is very different from the old voice's subtler tone.
@@OneLastScholar The thing is that Kaggy (Alejandro) voices him now. He and Zeno talked about what would happen if Persona 3 got a reboot a few years ago and I was talking about a reboot/remake with new VAs voicing the iconic characters. I wish I would have voiced Shinjiro, If I could have gone pro after my 11th year in voice-over. Because I would love to voice act with Allegra and Alejandro.
Its cool that Yuri, the same person who played makoto before is playing Pharaos. Thats a cool detail
His is the only one that sounds off but I'm sure I'll get used to it
I’m really going to miss the old cast, but I feel particularly bad for Michelle Ruff not returning to voice Yukari when she not too long ago had a conversation about ageism in the industry and how she’s getting fewer roles than when she did in the 2000s even though her voice still sounds the same.
Honestly, as talented as the new cast is, I do feel like its pretty unfair to the original cast overall to have just been fully replaced when the vast majority of them are not only still active in the industry but have been doing years worth of spinoffs as these characters. It just feels really disrespectful that, compared to the japanese industry where you lock into your role for life basically, english voice actors get replaced for no actual reason.
They're really doing it to appeal to new age persona 5 fans. Because in my experience, they're probably the worst part of the fandom, and the very large vocal part of the group. So what they want tends to be heard the most.
@@Duckbill2 ok, can you tell me if you saw a Persona 5 fan wanting bee voices for this game? Cause i never hears of something like that...
@@Duckbill2but Michelle ruff also voiced Kawakami from persona 5 and I bet persona 5 fans would love to hear her voice again
@@Namingway248I think it’s just the culture around voice acting
It’s a lot easier to break into voice acting in Japan with their voice acting academies and such
New talents more often get important roles
There’s a meme about how the same 5 voice actors are in everything in English and I understand where they’re coming from
“You’re only scared because you’re choosing not to run away” That’s so deep
I genuinely thought that was Chidori speaking to Junpei, not Fuuka. Either it's because we've only gotten a few clips of Suzie Yeung as Fuuka, or she's good at controlling her voice and injecting the appropriate emotion into her lines.
everyone's so similar. except Akihiko who aged 30 years
Right he’s in highschool why does he sound 40?
@@PivotDJ New VA is trying to pull off the "calm and collected" voice but it just ends up sounding cringe.
i have mixed feelings on akihiko’s new va because i love his old voice and i’ll miss it but i also like alejandro’s voice a lot and i do think it suits the character
@@rowansteapot same. I know Alejandro's work for some years now and he's pretty talented so I'm confident he'll pull it off. it's more up to us, the consumer, to get used to this new Akihiko
@@summ.3433that’s just how the VA is. It’s less them trying to sound one way more their voice not being suited for the character
Fuuka literally had the biggest glow up
I like how she’s more like her P3D VA
Definitely.
no
Idk Fuukas old va being mid kinda grew on me
Sergeant Fuuka
The old cast has a special place in my heart, but the new cast is absolutely phenomenal. Im so excited for this!
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Yea same!
i’m extremely excited for Allegra Clark voicing Mitsuru
They really picked the perfect person to play Mitsuru for the remake.
Allegra Clark is perfect for Mitsuru
Edelgard handing the torch to Dorothea
she can sing and properly pronounces her french in-game too
I remembered Shamir and knew she was going to do great
Gotta miss akihiko old voice, "I've been waiting for this"
the "lets go" hits great too
As soon as I bought the game and realized its new voices I thought, great how is he gonna say "I've been waiting for this!"
Most of the new voices are pretty damn good.
Akihiko and Aigis are the only two im really struggling to get used to. Will need to hear more.
I prefer the originall VA of Akihiko. The new one is good but his voices is too deep
@@samuelmartinez8106 He's good but its hard to hear him because its sooooo deeeeep!
There was no way Aigis was gonna be as great as in OG and FES
Same here, Aki's new voice is a little too deep for me to accept.
What?
I actually think aigis sounds perfect
Shinji went from sounding like a thug to a poet
Shinjiro's VA is so fucking good, wth? Had no idea that was him narrating the trailer.
That was Akahiko's VA. I think?
Shinjiro's is really amazing!! Also Junpei and Mitsuru are just perfect.
He sounds way too old to be 16.
@@ZX-Gear To be fair, plenty of male teens irl can have voices that deep, puberty just tends to hit differently for some people
@@ZX-Gear Shinjiro is 18
Allegra Clark is FANTASTIC holy shit. matches the energy i allways imagined mitsuru having
Akhihiko's IS gonna be the hardest one for me to get used to ngl, it's really too similar to Alejandro previous va work like Yuri from FE3H and Jin Yuang from Star Rail, like you can tell it's the same voice but on a different pitch hopefully it grows on me during the game
“I’ve been waiting for these!!!”
Don’t forget, he also voiced Cyno from Genshin Impact
@@brave_jedi9437he also voices shallot in dragon ball legends and Leon in pokemon journey masters
He sounds great but the og was perfect
i agree with you since liam was so iconic 😭
Something I’m seeing a lot especially with Junpei’s VA is “They’re great cause they sound so similar!” But not only do I love all these VAs I greatly appreciate the effort they put in to it to make it both faithful, and new at the same time! And I think it’s idiocy to hate them because they’re not the originals, nostalgia aside these are all damn good replacements!
Junpei sounds nothing like OG lol
@@selfloathingweeklymost people (including myself) are not hearing a big diff and in some lines he sounds EQUAL, why the constant spam of "sounds nothing AT ALL" do you know what "nothing at all" means?
@@selfloathingweekly I almost can’t tell them apart bro
Alejandro Saab is fantastic for Akihiko, I do hear a bit of Yuri in it though, honestly, most things are improvement for Fuuka I’ll be honest, her voice was really weak in original P3
@@saulsulca5010 yes. Get your ears checked. He sounds higher then the original.
I love Shinjiro's new voice
Wtf us wrong with you
It’s so sexy
@@ibasicallyeatpeople7163 that’s Aki not Shinji
It might just be the lines we heard so far, but new Shinji feels less angry and more resigned to his circumstances.
I like the new direction
@@chouniro oh sorry I was high earlier
I love all the new VAs but gonna miss hearing the old ones specially Liam and Tara
this but i'm so glad were having p3 once again!!
Just today we found out Tara will still be playing Elizabeth so you won’t have to say goodbye completely! I know it’s different, but it’s still a silver lining of some sort!
@@nonopug6880 just play league and you get to hear tara all the time xD (im coping ik)
Both liam and tera are still in the game, tera is voicing elizabeth and liam is voicing the cop who sells weapon
akihikos voice is a little too deep. he sounds like a grown man 😭
The we have Ken who just sounds like a woman
@@JordiumZ probably because he's a kid
@@2Tune2 I mean he sounds like a mature adult woman and not that he has a woman voicing him in Persona 3 a woman voice ken but still sounded boyish same with Naruto and Ben 10
@@JordiumZHe kind of sounds like Naoto now
Fun fact, deep voice Akihiko was supposed to be the direction that the original should be but the actor can't make it any deeper than he already is. He was told to make a Shadow the Hedgehog (06) voice impression for Akihiko
Hold on! If Yuri voices Pharos again, does that mean that Tara Platt (potentially) voices Elizabeth? I honestly can't hear Elizabeth with another voice other than Tara Platt.
I don't think that's Yuri, new!Pharos sounds more raspy compared to the OG. In both English and Japanese, Makoto, Pharos, and Ryoji share a voice actor for plot reasons, so I imagine that's probably Aleks Le we're hearing and the uploader just didn't change the picture.
Very curious to see what they'll do for Elizabeth though, her role seems minor enough that they could reasonably cast Tara Platt again.
have to disagree with you there. Yuri has a pretty decent range, but that still just sounds like Yuri Lowenthal@@JustAnotherHaiku
@@abbyp9394aleks le posted a video on his channel with all of his voiced lines so far. it included Pharos so I assume that’s aleks
@@JustAnotherHaikualso plus like don’t people’s voices get raspier over time
Nope, Aleks Le voices both Pharos and Makoto in P3R!
I literally cannot tell the difference between Junpei's VA's. The new guy is damn good.
Mitsuru's is also amazing.
Junpei sounds nothing like his old self lol
I can def tell a difference I prefer it more ngl
That’s Zeno Robinson for you, baby!
Mitsuru’s VA is literally a queen and Junpei’s VA is just spectacular.
Honestly fuuka and ken's new voices are a considerable improvement
I gotta disagree on Ken's. Feels like he's just barely going through puberty now
I prefer Cindy Robinson tbh. But maybe Justine’s voice acting will grow on me.
Honestly im split on ken. Old voice had ”kid that sounds like old woman syndrome” but new voice has ”kid that sounds a bit too close to puberty + slightly too feminine”. I think the new one is slightly better, but I’ll have to see the emotional moments to really be sold.
@@tachytackI mean Ken is 11 or 12 during the events of the game, so you're not wrong.
@@Kageravager is he that old? I thought he was 10
Allegra Clark eminates the mitsuru energy she was definitely a perfect choice
Pretty sure the new Pharos is also voiced by Aleks Le. He kind of hinted it on Twitter
I'd be surprised since its actually the closest to yuri's performance. Although ryoji would be tough since yuri nailed it. Don't know if he could beat it
I'm digging all new voices except Akihiko's. He is a character with a tragic past, a sad tone. I have my doubts that the new VA can pull that part of the character better than the original. New guy is too deep and calm.
Aki's is definitely the weirdest one for me but it's growing on me, nothing will beat the old voice tho
@@gamerkingmayathe064th5 Yeah. I'm not saying I don't like the new VA, just that I'm esceptical about how he will pull some of Akihiko's trauma dump monologues. I really hope he surprises me.
@@rodcasascordero1712 fair enough, we'll just have to wait and see
Too deep and too calm? Bruh, that's the essence of Persona 3, accepting the death on your own way.
@@reapersawada8509 Exactly. Thats what the whole journey does to the characters. Thats OK for endgame Akihiko. But Aki starts being an orphan who lost nearly everyone close to him before meeting MC. And has some really sad moments. Thats when I think that "deep voice calm Akihiko" is not the right way to go.
1:26, Ya'll don't worry about this it's for personal use
She’s 17
@@Xxsorafan A 17 out of 10
@Xxsorafan she's also not real
@@HeyItsRicki85 that’s a sussy excuse
@Xxsorafan why? Because I'm defending the original comment who wanted to save a timestamp of a grown ass woman's voice?
My favorite line is from Junpei. "Let's make sure this chapter of our lives ends on a happy note" The VA is really good, love it! The Shijiro one is really good too! Love most of them tbh!!
LIAM O’BRIEN DID AKIHIKOS VOICE??? WHAT HOW DID I NOT KNOW THIS
Good question
Matt Mercer is Yusuke from P5 and Laura Bailey is Rise from P4. Critical Role has had a lot of VAs with Persona credentials 😊
@@hdkieueveryone except Ashley and Tal actually
@@Direwolf181wait, WHAT?!! Who are the characters that the other critical role VA’s voiced? I looked it up but I’m only getting the Japanese voice actors for some reason
@@dairyqueen8402 Travis was Theo in P3P Marisha is the current voice for Margret and Sam is Teddie from P4 the Animation onwards
Laura is of course Rise Kujikawa in P4 (and the FeMC Kotone Shiomi from P3P
Liam was Akihiko in P3
Matt is Yusuke(and Kanji from the second half of P4 the Animation and everywhere besides P4 and P4G funnily enough)
And Robbie is Akechi in P5
I always love the original voice actor of P3 but the voice actor did grow on me 😁
Persona games feel like ASMR with how crisp the audio is. Headphones are almost required every time I play
I need to hear more of Aigis. See, there was some charm by the fact that she doesn't sound human. That's the point! She's a robot! And near the end, she sounds a lot more human! I want them to keep that detail!
Aleks as Makoto is downright perfect, he brings the perfect energy and his Pharos voice was so spot on we literally thought it was Yuri, he's gonna do great.
Zeno as Junpei is GREAT. Some lines you can barely tell the difference and others he has such great energy I don't even care, definitely looking forward to more of him.
Heather as Yukari is also good, noticeably different but again, very similar energy to the original which is good.
Alexandro as Akihiko I'm eh on. I see what they're doing but he's too deep, he sounds like he's 17 going on 30. Plus Liam O'Brien's performance is just so iconic, it's going to be hard to live up to.
Allegra is PERFECT as Mitsuru. No notes.
Suzie is also perfect as Fuuka, she's so cute. And unfortunately Fuuka's acting was the subject of some ridicule in the original ("*gasp* The enemy!") so, nowhere to go but up I suppose, lol. No shade to Paula Tiso but, you know.
Justine as Ken... needs work. He sounds way too much like a girl, but maybe these just weren't good examples. If you have a keen ear you could tell he was voiced by a woman in the original too but, at the very least it was a Bart Simpson/Ash Ketchum tier boy voice. Ken just straight up sounds like a girl.
Dawn as Aegis I'll have to see more of, I think she's good, but Karen is a tough act to follow, she felt MADE for that role. I hope the clip we hear is post-Moonlight Bridge like people are saying because Aegis without barely ANY robotic intonation just doesn't feel right.
Justice as Shinji I like, obviously will have to hear more but I like his take on him. Truth be told Grant as Shinji was sometimes distracting, not only because of his weirdly nasally, almost nerdy voice (which I don't think is bad, always just struck me as an "interesting choice") but also because he voices so many background characters as well, lol. So looking forward to more of Justice.
Whoever voices Ikutsuki is... okay. Saying it a lot but gotta hear more, my first impression is that he sounds both less suspicious, but also like the kind of guy who wouldn't crack the puns Ikutsuki is known for, lol. Gonna be weird to get used to but, I'm receptive to it.
Yuri knew he was going to be replaced but was over the moon when he heard it was Aleks, the guy he actually mentored and was a long friend of Yuri’s. Yuri told him he was beyond proud when he heard it was Aleks voicing him, and Aleks cried when he heard this.
Had the same thought on Ken. He does sounds more mature but aren't his maturity supposed to be overshadow by his age? I can't imagine anyone not taking him seriously with that voice.
Im very sad that Yuri wont be voicing in the newest game. Hes a phenomenal voice actor
Think he’s Yukari’s father? Or someone’s father I think.
Considering he's voicing pharos I'm hoping he also voices a specific late game character.
Mitsuru's new VA sounds so much like Sae Niijima's
Its because its her
@@alrox9760
It’s not, she’s voiced by Elizabeth Maxwell
Sae Niijima was Elizabeth Maxwell. I only know Allegra Clark as Dorothea Arnault and Shamir Nevrand from Fire Emblem Thre Houses. This Mitsuru sounds like a slightly less emotionless Shamir to me.
@@JacStone98 wait really?.... I though it was allegra it sounded so much like her
@@alrox9760 They do sound awfully similar now that you say that, but they are two different people.
I like the more robotic Aigis, we were spoiled by Karen Strassman probably one of the best VA's ever she has such a nice voice oh well 😞
In the original i remember the voice getting less robotic as aigis became more human. Mightve been just in jp since ive heard the version recently.
I think the trailer soundbites are from a later point considering what she says, feels unfair that they choose early aigis for the old one to compare.
@@neymiiieit stills sounds way too human.
I'm not gonna be the only one that says this but... these new VAs are growing on me, I'm in love with Makoto, Junpei, and Ken
I hope Jupei still says “Who’s the man!?” 🤞
he does, the va said it in-character at the anime expo panel
Ngl, I liked Ikutsuki's og voice better. He definitely brings some deceit to his voice, because it's way too comforting and a guy who does puns at almost every opportunity, you'd never realized he was actually a bad guy (maybe if Atlus didn't show the scenes where he's muttering to himself then maybe the reveal would've been more shocking). The new voice just sounds a bit more sinister.
I liked the old voice because it felt like he was laying it on a bit too thick, he was trying to seem friendly to the point I felt a bit uncomfortable around him. I think thats the one that can make a big difference in how potentially new fans view his character before the twist.
@@neymiiie in other words, there's a lot to like about the old voice. But who knows, maybe I'll come to like the new one. I doubt I'll ever get used to Akihiko's new voice though, it just doesn't have that same youthful energy when Liam voiced him
think the new voice is kind of a full scope revision, the cringy puns doesn't blend with the later parts of the story and wasn't thought out his role by that point and Ikutsuki isn't really an adachi personality to make it natural after the twist
Aleks Le on a mostly silent protagonist is CRAZYYY bro. That guy has hella stacked roles (Zenitsu, Thorfinn, Mikey, Luke, Sonon, etc.)
So it's really just Akihiko, Shinji, and a bit of Ikutski and Ken that'll take getting used to, everyone else basically sounds the same or better.
Akihiko, Fuuka, Ken and Shinjiro all sound so radically different from their originals.
Akihiko's is the only one where I'm a bit iffy because it sounds too low for him. Fuuka and Shinji's new voices sound closer to their Japanese counterparts and to be honest, prefer these voices.
Ken's is... fine.
They’re all amazing😭
Ken sounds like a grown woman rather than a kid in the new one.
poor Akihiko, he smoked too many cigarettes
I have reservations over Akihiko's voice like most people but I'm holding out hope because Alejandro's voice isn't yelling in the fire of battle and is still in the beginning explaining to MC
2:10 was NOT expecting that to be honest
the old ken sounds adorable, the new ken sounds so deadpanned
New Ken sounds like a woman😂
Akihiko's voice transition is amazing. From a high-school student to a matured adult
my thing is, with the old cast they had THAT certain flair to the delivery. even more so with the male character voices that made it stick. In no way does it take away from the work of the current crew, but in some instances it just comes off as like normal speak for me. I had this kind of view while playing RE 2 remake and feeling like it was just normal speak and not a sick ass delivery. but im thinking this is just something that happens in the west releases.
for example the voice of dante in the DMC series- Reuben Langdon was so perfect in its delivery that it stuck for the subsequent games past 3. something thats very in line with the jp side of things. in another media form as an easy example being goku from the dragon ball series. in which it is still nozawa masako. and if im correct in my assumption the jp side of persona 3 reload should still be the og crew set that they had for the original persona 3.
i love aki's new voice 😔 i didnt realize everyone disliked it
I feel you, I quote like it too
Akihikos new voice sounds like he has a bounty on me
New va slaps ass tho can't wait to not go outside for a year
1:26 help me
Yuri lowenthal being back makes me so happy. One of my fav VA ever.
Yuri is one of my favorite English VAs sad to see he’s not back but I’d love to see aleks’ take on makoto who is my favorite persona protagonist
He does reprise his role as Pharos
@@DominatorElite4 nah, Aleks Le is Pharos in Reload
I like how they all turned out. i do wish yukari had just a tad bit more snap to it though. and akihiko is different , but not in a bad way. his is more smooth than what im used too.
I think Zeno Robinson absolutely KILLED IT! You can just tell how much personality he put into his performance
In the trailer, I thought Ken’s line of wanting to use his power (2:24) was Mitsuru speaking, especially in the “Take this seriously.” I think it’s going to take some time for me to get used to this one…
Bro the Og makoto literally just sounds like Spider-Man to me now
The new Akihiko VA does a fine job as a VA, but the difference between original Akihiko and new Akihiko is going to make this a really hard sell for me, given that if it's not obvious from my avatar, he's my favorite Persona character of all time.
The new voice cast sounds really good, I'm shocked.
WITTLE GOBWIN 🥰🥰🥰 I can’t ynhear it from makoto but I love it
Also the new junpei is a MASSIVE fan of persona 3 when he announced it on Twitter there were like 5 paragraphs of hype it awesome
HOLY
Shinji got such a massive bump up in quality.
IM LOVING ALL THE VOICES!!!! Akihikos is so good even though most people dont like it i still think it fits the character.
i think they’re really good!! i think they got a slightly better understanding of the characters in reload, as they ironed out some flaws in voices like junpei and mitsuru and completely redid some like Fuuka and Shuji! i also like how they made ken more mature and made aigis sound more robotic yet still human and emotional at the same time. a lot of people seem to have a bit of an issue with akihiko, but i think the deeper voice really fits him and his maturity without sounding as old as some people say (imo).
Allegra Clark just fits so well as Mitsuru
I really love the new cast. I was afraid I’d miss the old cast too much or that it would be distracting, but the more I play Reload, the more I prefer this new cast.
i never thought I'd PREFER a new voice over the old one but WOW shinjiro's voice is perfect. it feels more like how I'd imagine his voice to be; the old voice always felt a little off to me
im SO hyped for the new cast i think all of them have done an incredible job making it feel like the same characters, but also making the voices something original and new
The reload performances make the original look like a fan project
Everyone talking about how great the new voice actors are but I’m just here happy to see that Yuri Lowenthal is still going to be a part of this game ❤
EDIT: Just kidding guys I saw the updated pinned comment LOL
Im surprised he is still able to pull off that voice. I recall him struggling as Haseo in the last .hack GU chapter
(Unless theyre just using voice clips)
He is?? That rocks, who does he voice? I must have missed it
Edit: nvm, pinned comment corrects the video that Aleks also voices Pharos. His impression was just THAT good, which is a good sign. I also thought it was Yuri reprising his role when I first saw the trailer, lol
Yuri has confirmed he's back as Yukari's Dad. Fingers crossed the rest of the old cast is back for cameos as well.
The Reload cast and original cast both rock!!
Old Akihiko is a fighter, always gung-ho, straight to the action, battle-crazed, dependable senpai (in combat).
New Akihiko is a schemer, a thinker, someone who just wants a cup of coffee, dependable senpai.
Both sets of voice actors from 3 and reload are amazing
They got my baby Aki sounding like gruff old man :’( But Shinji’s new voice is really good
I love Allegra Clerk, I knew from the start that she would be perfect for voicing Mitsuru and it is spot on
The old cast is iconic... except for fuuka... but the new cast nailed it
Which is crazy since that was same the lady voiced Haruhi
Liam O'Brien is irreplaceable fr
Yukari new voice sound closer to her original, but i like Machelle better, i wonder why they didn't bring her back. 😢
I was in the chat for a livestream Michelle did on Instagram. The short version is that it wasn’t Atlus’s decision - Sega mandated that a “younger/fresher” cast be brought in for the remake. She and the rest of the OG VAs only found out about it via phone call.
Considering how much she loved voicing Yukari, as well as how vocal she is about ageism in the voice acting industry, you can imagine that it really stung for her to be told that she was too old to return at age 56. Especially since many of the Japanese voice actors are around that age and they all came back.
I didn't realize Yuri lowenthal repised Pharos.
With the Audio filter for that Reload clip you could possibly not notice
Yoooo Yuri is still voicing Pharos? That's great! 😄
Edit: Apparently Aleks is voicing Pharos but he still does a great job ^^
The only VA I truly wished to have been kept was Karen Strassman for Aigis, who really did embody that mechanical feeling of Aigis, progressively becoming more human. I don't know if Dawn displays any resemblance to this progression, but we'll have to see.
I feel that the line heard Is from the endgame because it's clearly more melancholic and deep in writing that, say, something from the beach Arc.
Hard agree, she was practically made for that role. But as has been said, maybe she has the robotic tone at the beginning and then ditches entirely it after she's repaired from her fight with Ryoji. Which is a choice, but I'm not too upset about it.
@@ExaltedUriel for sure, in the grand scheme of things, it's not extremely important. if all else fails, hopefully there's a japanese voices option since those VAs were kept from the ps2 era
@@BloodyHowl69 Oh really? That's actually great, I was probably going to play with JP audio my first playthrough anyway
Karen is a bigot though so she doesn’t deserve to voice act for atlus
Dude, I swear I didn't noticed some of the voice actors actually changed aside from the most obvious ones, we really need to praise this voice actors
They should've brought back the old og cast again
I thought no one cared since who plays this game with english va but i guess some do.
@@lassitolvanen8519 most people i've seen are playing in jp audio since thats the original cast, but where's the english ones? My guess no one likes the new ones since we all grew with the original ones.
They did, but for some insane reason had them voice background characters instead
@@sincerelyotaku7878 Elizabeth still has the same VA.
@@Rutawind They did that with other VAs who voiced other characters in the Persona series like Makoto's and Joker's being that married couple
After watching Aleks Le's SF6 content, it's cool to see 3 of the VA's from that game being apart of this.
Ken feels like he gets possessed by Mitsuru
I feel the new voices are just too plain sometimes. OG were louder and more expressive. I even had to get the volume down for effects and music so the voices stand out more.
MC's original voice was also better imo, you could feel the angst in his voice, while the new is just too calm
ngl I absoulutely LOVE akihikos new VA.
moral of persona: you cannot escape yuri lowenthal
The only ones I have slight problems with is Akihiko cause old Aki is just too perfect and I can't see anyone else saying his iconic line, Ken because idk for me he doesn't sound much like a kid like in the original but it could just be because of the clip used but overall the cast is pretty solid.
Oh God bless, these are all amazing.
I'm sorry, but hearing Zeno Robinson's voice coming out of Junpei instantly makes me think og Gou from Pokemon Journeys. He's not a bad pick, but Vic Mignogna is just the iconic voice. Don't get me wrong, Zeno's take on Junpei is near spot on, but you can't beat the OG.
Sadly, Vic lost his job, because of the bullshit #Metoo trend
I wonder what it would sound like if Akahiko Sanada's original voice actor Said something wild and out of left field like "Patrolling the Mojave almost makes you wish for a nuclear winter" but he would never say something so foolish, right?
0:47 "Knowing the truth isn't everything" Hey, Yukari? There's this game called Persona 4 that I think would disagree.
I LOVE IT.
and Death actually stayed with us!! 😁
I think the reason why some VAs sound off is because we're so used to them after all these years. I don't hate akihiko's new voice but P3 has so much emotional driven dialogue that until we see those special moments, I think it's a little unfair to judge from just these clips alone.
I will miss Akihiko's voice 😭 "Did ya see that Shinji" will forever be iconic
They are all amazing and I think Akihikos voice suits him better now, Allegras voice is so great and sounds like the original and she's so pretty too
Allegra's voice is damn near identical to Tara's it's uncanny
I cannot wait to hear koromaru's new voice actor
What an amazing video! Im only dissapointed by akihiko
He's kinda growing on me, I'll say that
Junpei is bad too tho
@@selfloathingweeklyit doesnt though, it atleast fits him
Akihiko just... doesnt.
@@kaiserbeam5114 iiive been waiting for this!
Its almost… midnight
"I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS"
RIP to the old English VAs. Meanwhile Japan stuck with the same classic VAs.
Wait really!?
Japan’s very strict, Their tradition for voice actors is that they’re bound to role of characters they voice for the rest of their life until they either die or retire.
Meanwhile the west has no problem recasting considering a there’s a good chance for old VA’s to either be too expensive to afford, Or have complicated loyalty issues.
Especially casting new faces for remakes like FF7, Resident Evil, and now Persona 3.
@@DragonFists1337the west could learn something from Japan
@@makotoamamiya2442 Nah The west ain’t living in the past like Japan does nor is being homophobic, Super strict does not mean better.
@@DragonFists1337 it kinda does the west be changing shit literally for no reason