ok i know plo already has a VA and I'm not saying i dislike him but. Do u have any ideas for a cast for him that's less desperate than "obi wan with pitch correction because getting more actors is expensive" ? I loved ur other voice cast ideas btw!!!
Sooo, Confession time, I hate that they just used Obi Wan's VA for Plo. I dont mind his voice, it just seems... Lazy. Aside from the Clones for obvious reasons, I'm a kinda firm believer that if they're a reoccurring character with major lines to use a different VA for shows at least. I do understand why it was done, but. Eugh.
ANYWAYS. Getting to the actual question, English dub wise I'm partial to Crispen Freeman— specifically his King Hassan or Alucard voices (Tw for the Alucard ones, there's depictions of ALT Right figures due to the nature of the Hellsing' climax having uh, killing N*zis and Religious Extremists depicted as KKK members, also General Gore)
I'm also very partial to Kongo Sensei's voice actor from the English dub: Biran Mathias
But since Japanese Dub seems to be my forte let's see about what other Voices there are:
Yasui Kunihiko especially as Li Shuwen holds a special place in my heart
Kuroda Takaya as Ivan the Terrible is also very good + funky voice effect and lightning powers? Nice.
The Singer Takeinuu from OBNN Group is also good but hard to find when he's singing by himself but he's the priest with the coffin here
BUT. The JP voice I would pick overall is Jouji Nakata. He's Kogo's and King Hassan's Japanese voice and it's very good, surprising no one Jouji also voiced Alucard. Jouji does a lot of other low register voices in anime such as Zenin Naobito from JJK, Hijikata Toshizou from Golden Kamuy, Sakura Soujirou from Persona 5 the Animation, Hai no Me or Ashen Eyes from Ancient Magus Bride, and also The Count of Monte Cristo in Gankutsuou.
There are a few others but these are my favorites for Plo
TLDR;
Crispen Freeman or Biran Mathias for English, Jouji Nakata for JP, with Yasui Kunihiko, Kuroda Takaya, and Takeinuu as runner ups.
