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NEWS: Kinnikuman: Perfect Origin Arc Season 2 Anime Casts WWE Wrestler Shinsuke Nakamura




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Nionel



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PostPosted: Thu Mar 20, 2025 2:15 pm Reply with quote
Haha. First Alexa Bliss was in the English dub if Sakamoto Days and now Nakamura is going to be in Kinnikuman? 2025 is certainly a weird year for WWE stars in voice acting.
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MFrontier



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PostPosted: Thu Mar 20, 2025 7:53 pm Reply with quote
Well, if any anime fits having a IRL professional wrestler in the cast, it's this one...
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Emerje



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PostPosted: Fri Mar 21, 2025 8:27 am Reply with quote
Nionel wrote:
Haha. First Alexa Bliss was in the English dub if Sakamoto Days and now Nakamura is going to be in Kinnikuman? 2025 is certainly a weird year for WWE stars in voice acting.

And just like how she sounded unrecognizable in the role I'm expecting the same from Nakamura since I can't picture his voice coming out of that guy. Looking forward to when the clips come out.

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GATSU



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Beatdigga



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PostPosted: Mon Mar 24, 2025 9:49 am Reply with quote
I look forward to more wrestlers randomly showing up in Netflix anime and getting SAG benefits because Creative has nothing for them.
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Lord Geo



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PostPosted: Mon Mar 24, 2025 2:50 pm Reply with quote
Beatdigga wrote:
I look forward to more wrestlers randomly showing up in Netflix anime and getting SAG benefits because Creative has nothing for them.


Nakamura gets no SAG card in this case, because this is for the original Japanese version. Netflix doesn't even offer a dub for Kinnikuman.
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Beatdigga



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PostPosted: Mon Mar 24, 2025 5:39 pm Reply with quote
What are Japanese voice benefits like, if existent at all?

In any event, I just want Finn Balor off my TV for a while, and some voice work is as good an excuse as any to get rid of him for a bit.
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