Castlevania: Rondo of Blood -- Bonus: Dracula and Annette (English)

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YuuGiJoou

10 жыл бұрын

And, as an exciting bonus to my "bonus"... the same exact scene once again! ...no? You don't seem very excited...
Okay, there's one fairly big difference at work here. The audio has been replaced with that of the redubbed version included in the confusingly-titled Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles, an enhanced remake of Rondo of Blood for the PSP. As it happens, it also contains the entirety of the original version of the game, complete with the English cast dubbing over the game audio, particularly these sorts of little limited-animation interludes.
It's not just a copy-pasted reuse of the new remake's assets either, since their sequences unfold somewhat differently from what we see here... so I'd say they went a fair bit above and beyond the call of duty for the sake of a game they already remade as the main feature of the rerelease.
Anyway, they seem to have tweaked a few more things, like the volume balance and even rerecorded things like the sound effects for the heavy door Dracula uses to enter the room... which I could barely make out in the original version, and Dracula himself is much quieter than Annette, for instance...
Obviously, the most important reason for me to include this is that we can listen to the absolutely superlative Patrick Seitz as Dracula. Oh, and I guess so you can understand what's going on.
The translation is fairly direct, so the wax-poetic navel contemplation is fully intact and Dracula terrorizes Annette with specious philosophy and vague threats that he's going to take what he wants even if she gets nothing out of it.
Then Shaft comes by and ruins everything, and I'm sure you don't get enough to actually make him out, but he's voiced by Tony Oliver here.
(Documentation on the subject is slim and often proven inaccurate, but apparently Annette is voiced here by Jessica Straus, a rather prolific voiceover artist with credits dating back to the original Symphony of the Night as... a fairly similar sort of semi-disposable character... and also someone who thought it might be a good idea to pretend to be her. It wasn't.)
Anyway, now that we get her in English, it would seem that Annette is just as much a damsel in distress as she seemed to be before... maybe even more so, since we see how easily her resolve to keep her fate in her own hands faltered... not that killing herself would really have been the BEST move either.
Like I said, it sucks to be a woman in Castlevania, I guess... if you're lucky, you get rescued. Somewhat more often, you're a tragic backstory element, although this doesn't mean you can't also be a bargaining chip mid-game before becoming such.
Rare playable characters often get painted with weirdly broad strokes of retcon to "flesh out" a distinct lack of story behind the events of their original appearances... but that's really up to the author putting words in your mouth, although this is still equal-opportunity and male characters get weird treatment in this fashion as well.
Heck, words and actions are still pretty much entirely divorced from gameplay control and writers can do whatever they want with anybody when the controller won't do anything but advance dialogue.
(It could still be worse, you could be declared entirely out of existence like Sonia Belmont. Agh, how I'd love to get to play that game again... get your heads out of your asses, Konami!)

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@gerardootero1149
@gerardootero1149 8 жыл бұрын
Dio Brando. That is all.
@Tailikku1
@Tailikku1 8 жыл бұрын
even better: Dio's already in Castlevania as the Zephyr boss. His ability to freeze time? Za Warudo. The voice actor is the same in Japanese as well.
@lynk172
@lynk172 5 жыл бұрын
Ragna the Bloodedge My answer to that
@Mikemic2218
@Mikemic2218 4 жыл бұрын
Belmonts as joestars and vice versa.
@cameronjr8
@cameronjr8 3 жыл бұрын
MikeMic productions Yup.
@hollypeacock6678
@hollypeacock6678 3 жыл бұрын
Solid vampire voice.
@lightpostfilms9721
@lightpostfilms9721 6 жыл бұрын
Patrick Sietz Portrayal of Dracula is pretty clear that he loves his job.
@YuuGiJoou
@YuuGiJoou 6 жыл бұрын
The man loves his job so much that he took it pretty hard and wrote an impassioned plea that BlazBlue continue to receive an English dub, because he's just that into the characters (sadly, it seems other priorities prevail on this matter)... also that he gets to yell incredibly strange things at stranger people for a living. He's basically my hero every time I hear something new about him. :3
@emiranda2491
@emiranda2491 2 жыл бұрын
He is Dio Brando after all.
@mrguy22494
@mrguy22494 10 жыл бұрын
This translated dialogue makes Dracula much more sophisticated compared to the original translated dialogue.
@MaximilianoAedo
@MaximilianoAedo 5 жыл бұрын
You thought it was Dracula, but it was me, DIO!!
@Mikemic2218
@Mikemic2218 4 жыл бұрын
Quick reversal: You thought it was dio but IT IS I DRACULA!
@soybajo-kira8585
@soybajo-kira8585 4 жыл бұрын
Patrick Seitz is good at voicing vampires
@cosmicreaper2023
@cosmicreaper2023 Жыл бұрын
Yeah, he even voiced a gay one who can stop time and lost to a 17 year old guy who was being possessed by an "evil spirit"
@SirDankleberry
@SirDankleberry Жыл бұрын
@@cosmicreaper2023 DIO isn't gay, he's bisexual.
@Dekomata
@Dekomata 9 ай бұрын
this was the first vampire he voiced. and the man soon became a legend.
@PokeDude011
@PokeDude011 7 жыл бұрын
It's DIO!
@YuuGiJoou
@YuuGiJoou 7 жыл бұрын
To be honest, every memetic badass vampire lord should probably just be voiced by Patrick Seitz.
@mrguy22494
@mrguy22494 6 жыл бұрын
Except for Alucard(Hellsing)... That's reserved for Crispin Freeman and only Crispin Freeman.
@sandrapessoa3067
@sandrapessoa3067 5 жыл бұрын
Boa noite gostaria muito da prefeitura com o número 1234687901
@Mikemic2218
@Mikemic2218 4 жыл бұрын
KONO DRACULA DA!
@menslady125eif2590
@menslady125eif2590 8 жыл бұрын
Am I the only one who wants to scream "bad touch" when Drac touches Annette's cheek?
@xx-doomripper-xx3249
@xx-doomripper-xx3249 4 жыл бұрын
Other people: Dracula Me an intellectual: Dio Brando
@cosmicreaper2023
@cosmicreaper2023 2 жыл бұрын
Only JoJo fans understand this
@LoveFor298Yen
@LoveFor298Yen 3 жыл бұрын
0:49 Dracula sliding into frame made me laugh
@ThisThingEaten
@ThisThingEaten 10 жыл бұрын
Drac looks like he's in his late 20's in this game. Wouldn't it be cool to hear Cam Clarke voice him?
@mrguy22494
@mrguy22494 9 жыл бұрын
In a different universe but in this game Patrick Seitz suits him much more. Also Dracula wouldn't have this awesome voice had it not been for Mr. Seitz.
@emiranda2491
@emiranda2491 4 жыл бұрын
@@mrguy22494 Because he is Dio Brando himself! XD
@somerandombrawl6176
@somerandombrawl6176 Жыл бұрын
Leonardo the ninja turtle voicing dracula?
@emiranda2491
@emiranda2491 9 ай бұрын
@@somerandombrawl6176Or maybe Liquid Snake as Dracula?
@Dekomata
@Dekomata 9 ай бұрын
i could be wrong, but whenever dracula gets his 100 year rest, he looks very young and rejuvinated. best examples is this game, dxc. chronicles, and adventure rebirth. but if he's ressurected prematurely, he either looks like an elderly old man (sotn, ooe) or he literally looks like a ghoul or spirit (simon's quest, hod).
@NaomiOdinson
@NaomiOdinson 5 жыл бұрын
Pause at 0:15 The son of a bitch even LOOKS like Dio Brando.
@NewBlueMario1016
@NewBlueMario1016 5 жыл бұрын
Actually, it's said that Annette was voiced by Jessica Straus in English, since the game's voice-acting was done entirely by non-union Los Angeles talent.
@YuuGiJoou
@YuuGiJoou 5 жыл бұрын
I checked up on what small bits of information have become more available since this video was originally published, and you appear to be right. Until a work reaches proper notability, a detail-oriented enough audience to fill in the blanks properly, and/or just enough time passes for the Internet to run its magic properly (instead of improperly, as precipitated here)... it can be frustratingly hard to find accurate casting data. Thanks for bringing this to my attention!
@gregorybatara8105
@gregorybatara8105 5 жыл бұрын
Jessica Straus voiced Juri Han (Street Fighter), amirite?
@teddybeer6206
@teddybeer6206 6 жыл бұрын
Dracula = DIO
@Mikemic2218
@Mikemic2218 4 жыл бұрын
Believe it or not but dracula in castlevania would wipe the floor with both dios.
@wormhunter6340
@wormhunter6340 4 жыл бұрын
MikeMic productions dont care didn’t ask
@SirDankleberry
@SirDankleberry 2 жыл бұрын
@@Mikemic2218 Are you sure he wouldn't beat DIO and The World? At least he wouldn't be able to beat Heaven Accended DIO.
@cosmicreaper2023
@cosmicreaper2023 Жыл бұрын
@@SirDankleberry LoS Dracula might win though, even if you use stopwatch on him he can still move.
@GnosisZX
@GnosisZX 3 жыл бұрын
To me it seems that dracs abandoned the destroy humanity route and shifted back to plan spite god by making humanity turn there backs on him
@DarkAdonisVyers
@DarkAdonisVyers 3 жыл бұрын
Rondo of Blood was made before Symphony of the Night, and as such, his backstory with Alucard was not fully established at the time.
@AdrianFahrenheitTepes
@AdrianFahrenheitTepes 8 ай бұрын
He has different goals.
@KaosNova2
@KaosNova2 8 ай бұрын
I think he decided let’s just rule over them, and make them better. More noble goal.
@mikeprado30
@mikeprado30 7 ай бұрын
When Dracula says "The World" I can't help but thinking about DIO 😅
@yeremiapatuan4877
@yeremiapatuan4877 6 жыл бұрын
Devil's temptation!
@srbrale
@srbrale 4 жыл бұрын
Dracula=Dio Brando VS Richter=Jonathan Joestar
@YuuGiJoou
@YuuGiJoou 4 жыл бұрын
Actually, this voice for Richter, David Vincent, is the voice of the narrator for the current and ongoing JJBA series, transcending all JoJos, including Jonathan, voiced instead by Johnny Yong Bosch. Richter's Japanese voice actor DID actually play *Jotaro* once, however... in Capcom's fighting game based on Stardust Crusaders. (Nearly every other instance has had Jotaro played by the legendary Daisuke Ono instead, though.)
@srbrale
@srbrale 4 жыл бұрын
Great that you told me man Thanks.
@cosmicreaper2023
@cosmicreaper2023 Жыл бұрын
Jonathan looks really similar to Richter in Phantom Blood tho
@karikim6905
@karikim6905 5 жыл бұрын
I thought Dracula sounded familiar. It's Luke Valentine from Hellsing! :D
@ZeldaLover6
@ZeldaLover6 4 жыл бұрын
The humorous part is that the voice actor of Alucard/Dracula from Hellsing, Crispin Freeman, also voices Dracula in one of the Castlevania games; Lament of Innocence.
@karikim6905
@karikim6905 4 жыл бұрын
@@ZeldaLover6 I know! I love it! 😁
@xx-doomripper-xx3249
@xx-doomripper-xx3249 3 жыл бұрын
It's Dio Brando form JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
@adamsunday4174
@adamsunday4174 5 жыл бұрын
Does this still play when you beat stage 5 with Maria or does it have to be Richter?
@jaimetheone9150
@jaimetheone9150 8 ай бұрын
Dracula can't take accountability
@ZeldaLover6
@ZeldaLover6 4 жыл бұрын
I’m confused about one thing...Dracula is a vampire shouldn’t be be paler than Annette? ...Never mind, almost all the colours in Rondo’s cutscenes are weird so whatever I guess. (Annettes purple hair for example.)
@PikaSamus
@PikaSamus 4 жыл бұрын
Annette has purple hair because of the 90s anime character designs
@GnosisZX
@GnosisZX 3 жыл бұрын
I’m guessing Dracula has a lot of his power back thus looks relatively normal early resurrections screw him up hard
@Love-Sensibility
@Love-Sensibility 8 ай бұрын
Still better than black Annette in CV Nocturne
@Ragitsu
@Ragitsu 3 ай бұрын
@@Love-Sensibility *pukes*
@drzal1221
@drzal1221 3 жыл бұрын
It's a brando
@zaynmitchell
@zaynmitchell Жыл бұрын
Scorpion kidnapping Juri
@AdrianFahrenheitTepes
@AdrianFahrenheitTepes 8 ай бұрын
Wait the voices to those characters?
@zaynmitchell
@zaynmitchell 8 ай бұрын
@@AdrianFahrenheitTepes Yep
@TitaniumQuartz_
@TitaniumQuartz_ 5 жыл бұрын
i guess he likes girls with purple hair.... crap!
@YuuGiJoou
@YuuGiJoou 5 жыл бұрын
I suspect that Dracula as a character, ever since his original reinterpretation as a symbolic counterculture figurehead against repressive Victorian society by an otherwise no-name 19th century British author... is rather notably into absolutely everyone. :P
@ZeldaLover6
@ZeldaLover6 4 жыл бұрын
In other versions of the game her hair is changed to blonde. (Dracula X & Dracula X Chronicles.)
@strategist9
@strategist9 10 жыл бұрын
Eh, I like my version of it better (not really). Joou...this fixation on Patrick Seitz...its almost as if you're under the thrall of Nosferatu himself! Hey hey! Charlotte does OK as far as a female Castlevania character goes!....but uh...rebooted out of existence I'm sure. (Same with Shanoa, perhaps) Good going, Lords of Shadows!
@mrguy22494
@mrguy22494 8 жыл бұрын
+B- Squared And now he's Dio Brando in Jojo's Bizarre Adventure.
@BagOfMagicFood
@BagOfMagicFood 8 жыл бұрын
I knew Kunzite was a Dracula!
@GnosisZX
@GnosisZX 3 жыл бұрын
The og time line was not rebooted it still there it just had an end with the sorrow series there is no Dracula anymore
@DarkAdonisVyers
@DarkAdonisVyers 3 жыл бұрын
Nosferatu is Orlok's bloodline. Completely different vampire there.