The upcoming My Hero Academia movie presents a new challenge for Kenta Miyake, long-running voice of All Might, since he plays two parts, and the whole thing proved quite tricky.
InMy Hero Academia: You’re Next, Deku and his classmates face a particularly scary villain – an evil All Might. Known as Dark Might, we don’t yet know the backstory behind the horrifying doppelganger, though it’ll be tied to the mysterious alien city that appears in the picture as well.
“In recording, I played Dark Might first, then we recorded All Might,” he told Dexerto. “I was so into playing Dark Might, tried really hard playing him, when it came time to play All Might, [the performance] kind of had a villain aspect to it. Re-recording happened a lot!”
He mentions there’s a volume difference between the two characters, creating a contrast that was obviously hard to shake. You can easily imagine, especially in voice-acting, finding it hard to step from one role to another.
The performers don’t have as much physicality as on-screen actors, requiring a particular kind of psychology for each character. Kenta had to switch his whole mindset in You’re Next, probably in a relatively short period of time, knowing the turn around on voice roles.
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Christopher Sabat is up on the dubbing side. Even a tenured professional like him will no doubt find the process tricky, just like his Japanese counterpart.
Anthony McGlynn is a Senior Anime Writer on Dexerto’s UK team. An expert on animes like Demon Slayer, Solo Leveling and My Hero Academia, he also has over 10 years experience covering games and pop culture for outlets such as Variety, IGN, Den of Geek, PCGamesN, PCGamer, The Digital Fix, and many more. You can contact him at: anthony.mcglynn@dexerto.com
