Fantasy Dub Cast


What if Castle of Cagliostro was to get a star-studded cast to redub the voices like most of Miyazaki's films have under Disney?

Here are my choices:

H. Jon Benjamin as Lupin: He's not exactly A-list, and his voice is much lower than the high-pitched voice Lupin normally talks with. But he's one of the funniest voice actors on TV right now, and if he were to try dubbing an anime rather than just Western animation, "Archer" shows how he can go from smooth to snarky to bumbling pretty easily.

James Caan as Jigen: He's got a great natural mobster voice harkening all the way back to his role in "The Godfather." Also, since he does things like appear in "Elf" or lend his voice to "Family Guy" episodes and "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs", I don't think he would consider himself above this kind of voice work.

Kelly Hu as Fujiko: Not only has she made a drop-dead gorgeous femme fatale before, but she does plenty of voice work. And her voice is sexy with just that tiny bit of an accent.

Kurtwood Smith as Inspector Zenigata: The actor behind Red Foreman on "That 70's Show." Need I say more?

Not quite sure who I'd get for Goemon.

Daniel Craig as the Count of Cagliostro: Not just because it would be awesome to have a battle between Lupin and James Bond, but also because he did an excellent job of voicing the baddie in the recent Tintin movie and because he'd bring a dry wit to some of the Count's lines.

Lacey Chabert as Clarissa: Has one of the most distinctive voices out there, and has used it for damsels in distress like Gwen Stacy in "The Spectacular Spider-Man" and Princess Elise in the (awful) 2006 "Sonic the Hedgehog."

"Last rat standing."

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Not bad. Here are my $0.02:

Lupin III - Peter "Methos" Wingfield
Jigen - Judge Reinhold
Goemon - Ralph Brown
Inspector Zenigata - Kurtwood Smith (Perfect!)
Fujiko - Julia Stiles
The Count - Sean Pertwee
Clarisse - Michelle Pfeiffer

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Tom HIDDLESTON ... Arsène Lupin III
Brian BLESSED ... Insp. Koichi Zenigata
Rinko KIKUCHI ... Fujiko Mine
George TAKEI ... Daisuke Jigen
Ken WATANABE ... Goemon Ishikawa XIII
Renée ZELLWEGER (w/ the Bridget Jones accent)... Lady Clarisse di Cagliostro
Kenneth BRANAGH... Count Cagliostro
Christopher LEE ... The Groundskeeper

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