#crispin freeman

[artblooger19moon]

"The Bird of the Hermes is my name, eating my wings to make me tame."

-Alucard

#alucard #alucard hellsing #hellsing #hellsing ultimate #crispin freeman #alucard fanart #hellsing fanart #kohta hirano #drawing #fan art

[classyhideouthearth]

Itachi

#Uchiha clan #Itachi Uchiha #Akatsuki member #Naruto #Naruto shippuden #crispin freeman

[wonderfulworldofmichaelford]

Psycho Analysis: Winds of Destruction

(WARNING! This analysis contains SPOILERS!)

Here I am, dirty and faceless Waiting to heed your instruction On my own, invisible warrior I am a Wind of Destruction!

As many of you might now, I’m a huge fan of the Metal Gear series. What you probably don’t know is  that, despite the series having a penchant for squads of quirky bosses, I’m not really a huge fan of many of them. FOXHOUND? I mean I like Mantis and Ocelot. The Sons of Liberty? I guess Vamp is alright. B&B Corps? I barely remember any of them. I love the Cobra Unit, but that’s because all of them are batshit insane and weird. I’m not saying they’re bad boss fights or anything—far from it, they all offer fantastic boss fights—but as characters I’m not really big on many of these villains.

The Winds of Destruction, on the other hand? I fucking love these guys (and girl).

Metal Gear Rising is what happens when you turn the insane anime action of the main series up to 11, and so it should be no shock the squad of bosses is cranked up as well. Each and every one of these guys is nuttier than the last, and the whole lot of them are some of the most memorable and memetic characters in the franchise. Also Khamsin exists.

Motivation/Goals: So besides the obvious way they tie into the plot because they’re working for Armstrong, each of these villains has a theme song which pretty much details what makes them tick, what they’re about, and expands upon them once you get their health low enough during their boss battles.

Mistral’s theme, “A Stranger I Remain,” details how she has come to this land to sate her bloodlust, and how she truly feels most at home on the battlefield; Monsoon’s theme, “Stains of Time,” acts as a reinforcement of his nihilistic outlook; Sundowner’s theme, “Red Sun,” expounds on his nature as a card-carrying villain and how he revels in the violence and bloodshed he causes; Sam’s theme, “The Only Thing I Know for Real,” lays out his desire for a one-on-one duel with Raiden, his foil, to see who is truly worthy to stand up and continue fighting for their ideals; and Khamsin’s song, “The Hot Wind Blowing,” showcases his patriotic nature as well as just generally acting as a badass boast. Most of these songs  act more as thematic seasoning for the characters, adding on to what is already established in their cutscenes, but for some like Khamsin and to a lesser extent Mistral, it’s pretty much the extent of their development.

Performance: Every single one of these actors really brings their all to make these characters memorable.

Sundowner is the ham and cheese of the group, working alongside Armstrong to ensure that all the scenerey is well and truly chewed. And who better to bring on the ham than Crispin Freeman? Salli Saffioti is Mistral, and is it any shock she’s also played Black Widow before? And also Hilda from Fire Emblem, I guess? Then we have Monsoon, played by John “The Crypt Keeper” Kassir, who delivers everything with gusto as always. Phillip-Anthony Rodriguez makes Sam just as smarmy and charming as a rival should be, and Benito Martinez puts in his all to his brief role of Khamsin. Not a weak vocal performance here, I’d say.

Final Fate: Seeing as they are video game bosses, it should come as no surprise to anyone that Raiden slices each and every one of them into confetti. Special mention to the absolutely brutal death of Mistral, where she gets frozen in liquid nitrogen before you get to shatter her.

Best Scene: For most of them, they only get the one scene followed by their boss battle, with the exception of Sundowner and Sam. Mistral and Khamsin’s boss battles are obviously their finest hours, though Mistral’s takes the cake between the two seeing how explosive and exciting it is, living up to the promise of that first battle with Metal Gear RAY, while Khamsin’s is the finale of a DLC featuring the game’s ultimate jobber, Blade Wolf.

Monsoon has a lot more going for him, because before his boss fight he gives off one of the most amazing monologues ever put into a Metal Gear game, as he lectures Raiden on memes (“The DNA of the soul!”) and his nihilistic philosophy. Then you get to have a kickass boss fight where, if you do well enough, you will make this nihilistic bastard beg for his life as you hack him to pieces.

Best Quote: Monsoon has the honor of dropping the most iconic bit of dialogue in the entire game (outside of everything out of Armstrong’s mouth, of course):

"Free will is a myth. Religion is a joke. We are all pawns, controlled by something far greater: Memes. The DNA of the soul. They shape our will. They are the culture — they are everything — we pass on."

Sundowner, being the massive slab of ham that he is, is no slouch in the memetic lines himself. Two stand out, and that’s his battle cry of “I’M FUCKIN’ INVINCIBLE!” and his proclamation that he wants things to go back to the old ways of war, specifically “IN THE GOOD OLD DAYS AFTER 9/11!” This is hilarious because even with confirming that 9/11 happened in the Metal Gear universe, it still is probably only the second worst thing to happen to New York.

Sam doesn’t really have any great quotes that stand out, but this man is a master of reactions, from his shit-eating grin to his rousing applause. I figured I’d highlight that here.

Final Thoughts & Score: Let’s look at them from best to least best; I don’t think any of them are awful, though some are better than others obviously.

Monsoon

Outside of Armstrong and Sundowner, Monsoon is absolutely the best character in the game. I think part of it is because he so thoroughly represents everything the Metal Gear series is summed up in one character; he’s incredibly philosophical and legitimately fascinating while also being hilariously over-the-top and spouting off some of the most ridiculous and cheesy lines you will ever hear, all while being a bright red-and-black cyborg voiced by a guy famous for acting as the emcee of a horror show. Literally everything about him is the pure essence of the franchise, so even without Kojima’s direct involvement we still got a beautiful 10.5/10 character.

Sundowner

As far as the Winds of Destruction go, Sundowner is second only to Monsoon. He’s just over-the-top in ways I never could have even imagined for this series, and the only thing holding him back is he is almost immediately outdone by Armstrong two levels after you kill him. Still, this bloodthirsty butcher just revels so much in being a huge asshole and delivers all his lines with the Southern-fried charm that only an actor like Crispin Freeman could deliver, and you have a character I wish was around in the good old days after 9/11. He’s an easy 10/10.

Also he is literally just this image as a character, and that’s amazing:

Jetstream Sam

Sam is a really great character in the Cyborg Ninja tradition, easily following in the footsteps of characters like Gray Fox and Raiden himself. The sheer badassery of this man, a normal human whose only cyborg trait is a single arm and yet who is still capable of taking down a RAY by himself, cannot be overstated, and I think he gets a big boost from being playable. There’s an underlying tragedy to the character too, with how he’s something of a fallen hero whose sword was once a tool of justice but who became disillusioned due to his inability to make the world a better place all on his own  and losing to Armstrong in a fight. He’s easily the most complex character besides Armstrong, and his boss battle and theme song are both top notch. I really can’t justify anything less than a 10/10.

Mistral

As much as I love Mistral, it’s hard to deny she is really the epitome of a one-scene wonder. She does not get nearly as much characterization as her compatriots and is very vague and ambiguous even after the DLC… but that might be the point. Her image song is “A Stranger I Remain,” and though we know of her bloodthirsty nature from that song, Mistral still remains a mystery to us to the bitter end. But hey, it’s hard to deny that what we do see of her is pretty impressive (and I’m not just talking about her boobs, I promise). She’s not quite as good as her fellow Winds I’d say, but considering she’s a 9.5/10 that’s not really a knock against her.

Khamsin

Despite having one of the best songs in the game to his name, as well as an intriguing personality and motivations, Khamsin really is incredibly forgettable, to the point his comrades  don’t even bother to mention him in the main campaign. This is not something you should ever be saying about a dude who looks like Quaritch in his mech suit at the end of Avatar on steroids, and yet here we are. Of course, he’s certainly not awful by any means and he makes for a great boss fight, but he falls severely short of the main game’s enemies. Mistral managed to score as high as she did with only having one level to her, but Khamsin only manages a 5.5/10 with the same. Maybe it’s because he just feels so inconsequential… Eh, at least he looks cool.

#Psycho Analysis #Winds of Destruction #Monsoon #Sundowner #Mistral #Khamsin #Jetstream Sam #Crispin Freeman #John Kassir #salli saffioti #Phillip-Anthony Rodriguez #Benito Martinez #Metal Gear Rising #metal gear rising revengeance

[crepe-of-wrath]

Some evenings (like this one) I get in a mood where I have to pause Hellsing every three minutes because Alucard's deep, vibrating purr of a voice is just too much.

I mean, when he says, "And a good evening to you Miss Hellsing..." in episode 4 of Gonzo??????????????? And then later in the same episode tells that woman he's about to drain (on Integra's orders and under her watchful gaze), "But you're going to help me change that"???????????

I need to lie down.

#alucard simping #hellsing alucard #crispin freeman #alucard hellsing #gonzo hellsing #fuck the gonzo ost is awesome #alucard's voice

[lannylocroft]

Characters I would let do unspeakable things to me idgaf

#Slade #Ron Perlman #Teen Titans #Deathstroke #Jerome #Jerome Valeska #Joker #Gotham #Cameron Monaghan #Alucard #Hellsing #Hellsing Ultimate #Crispin Freeman #Johji Nakata #wtf #sexy #i want him to do unspeakable things to me #unspeakable things #stupid sexy Alucard #oh no he's hot #DC #Astarion #bg3 #baldurs gate 3 #Neil Newbon #i can fix him

[zaddyazula]

you’re joking crispin freeman (english voice of kaito) voiced sundowner what 😭😭😭

#the connections do not stop 😭😭😭 #mgrr #mgr #metal gear rising #metal gear rising revengeance #zad talks #rgg #crispin freeman #kaito masaharu

[yahoo201027]

February 9: Happy 52nd Birthday to Voice Actor Crispin Freeman, who provided the English voices of the characters of Itachi Uchiha, Rasa/the Fourth Kazekage, and Ebisu from the Naruto series and the voice of Connie’s Father, Doug Maheswaran, on Steven Universe.

#Voice Actor #Crispin Freeman #Naruto #Naruto Shippuden #Steven Universe #Cartoon #Animation #Fandom Birthday #February 9 Birthdays

[theloveandthedead]

There was a historical fantasy show called Da Vinci’s Demons that dealt with Leonardo Da Vinci and and in four of the episodes he has crossed paths with Vlad The Impaler, I swear Paul Rhys played a pretty damn good Vlad, It would have been interesting if Alucard (when he was alive) had actually meet a young Leonardo.

And personally I would love to hear Crispin Freeman (In his Vlad voice) say those lines;

“God? Well he sent many punishments for mankind, earthquakes, volcanoes, plagues and cancers, but worst than these he sent the Turks and the Tartars and the Mongols like you”

“Defeat these dogs and you will go free, and please don’t think me so inhuman that I wouldn’t give you a fighting chance… here’s a butter knife”

“I miss no opportunity in reminding the Turks of the childhood they provided, this is justice”

“You see my father, he taught me that cruelty is the only true currency of the universe and now I am the richest man in all of Christendom”

“I’ve endured every drug & poison known to man, Ive fought off the Ottoman Empire, and you really think I would die at the hands of fuckin Florentine?” (It was awesome yet funny to hear Alucard say fuck)

#submission #hellsing #alucard #hellsing ultimate #vlad dracula #vlad #vlad the impaler #da vinci #leonardo da vinci #da vincis demons #crispin freeman #dracula #vlad dracula tepes #vlad dracul III #paul rhys #(a/n: YOOOOOOOO! I love it!!)

[shinigami-striker]

February 2024 Birthdays | Thursday, 02.01.24

Here are the upcoming birthdays of February 2024 down below, including:

Thursday, February 1 (Today)

Alison Viktorin

Hynden Walch

Saturday, February 3

Ryan Bartley

Wednesday, February 7

Dan Green

Thursday, February 8

Josh Keaton

Friday, February 9

Crispin Freeman

Saturday, February 10

Krystal LaPorte

Monday, February 12

Martin Burke

Scott Menville

Tara Strong

Tuesday, February 13

Brina Palencia

Erica Mendez

JB Blanc

Kelly Hu

Michael Ensign

Robin Clayton

Wednesday, February 14 (Valentine's Day)

T.J. Storm

Sunday, February 18

Brittany Lauda

Tuesday, February 20

Stephanie Wittels

Wendee Lee

Wednesday, February 21

Doug Erholtz

Zach Aguilar

Saturday, February 24

Bryce Papenbrook

#february #february 1st #february 2024 #voice actors #voice actresses #throwback thursday #zach aguilar #bryce papenbrook #wendee lee #robin clayton #erica mendez #ryan bartley #kelly hu #brina palencia #michael ensign #scott menville #tara strong #dan green #josh keaton #crispin freeman #krystal laporte #happy birthday #upcoming #upcoming birthdays #jb blanc #t.j. storm #martin burke #brittany lauda #stephanie wittels

[erstwhile-punk-guerito]

#Howl's Moving Castle #Emily Mortimer #Jean Simmons #Christian Bale #Lauren Bacall #Billy Crystal #Josh Hutcherson #Blythe Danner #Crispin Freeman #Hayao Miyazaki #2004

[morganhopesmith1996]

Added this beauty to the collection today! 😍

#ghost in the shell #stand alone complex #solid state society #stand alone complex solid state society #ghost in the shell stand alone complex #ghost in the shell solid state society #movie #film #anime #anime movie #anime film #motoko kusanagi #major #the major #major motoko kusanagi #major motoko #major kusanagi #mary elizabeth mcglynn #voice actress #batou #richard epcar #voice actor #togusa #crispin freeman #voice actors #dvd #DVDs #soundtrack #physical media #cyberpunk anime

[alucardownsmyass]

y'all, i used to play this video nonstop when i was younger just to close my eyes and imagine either alucard or itachi uchiha singing and it was my to-go-to coping mechanism!! 😭

crispin has such an outstanding voice!

video credits to karm productions on yt!! so happy to have found this again!

#hellsing #alucard #hellsing alucard #alucard hellsing #hellsing ultimate #crispin freeman #itachi uchiha

[psiknight49]

This will blow your minds.

The voice actor for Friede in the Dub Crispin Freeman also voiced Alex the Lion from Dreamworks All-Star Kart Racing.

Now you can't unheard this.

#pokemon #pokemon horizons #pokemon friede #crispin freeman #alex the lion #madagascar movie #Youtube

[maximiliano-aedo]

What could've been Animaze ..iNC during the 2010s

Talent pool (Note: any voice actor marked with * is union-only):

Steve Blum*

Mary Elizabeth McGlynn*

Crispin Freeman*

Kari Wahlgren*

Johnny Yong Bosch

Yuri Lowenthal*

Dave Wittenberg*

Roger Craig Smith*

Laura Bailey*

Travis Willingham*

Cherami Leigh

J.B. Blanc*

Sam Riegel*

Liam O'Brien*

Amy Kincaid*

Troy Baker*

Matthew Mercer

Joe Romersa*

Fleet Cooper*

Dyanne DiRosario*

Jennifer Love Hewitt*

Brian Hallisay*

Spike Spencer

Amanda Winn Lee*

Jaxon Lee*

Kyle Hebert

Ben Pronsky

Bob Buchholz

Richard Cansino

Murphy Dunne*

Carolyn Hennesy*

Jerry Gelb*

Adam Sholder

Ezra Weisz

Cristina Vee

Bryce Papenbrook

Michael Sorich

Richard Epcar

Ellyn Stern

Tony Oliver

Kirk Thornton

Lexi Ainsworth*

Aria Noelle Curzon

Grace Caroline Currey*

Michael Forest

Erik Davies

Adam Bobrow

Joshua Seth

Junie Hoang*

Kirk Baily*

Tom Fahn

Jonathan Fahn

Dorothy Elias-Fahn

Melissa Fahn

Stephen Apostolina*

René Rivera*

Deborah Sale Butler

Kevin Brief

Michael Gregory*

Riva Spier*

Cassandra Morris

Erica Mendez

Erika Harlacher

Erica Lindbeck

Marieve Herington

Kira Buckland

John Rubinstein*

Kim Matula*

Brittany Lauda

J. Grant Albrecht*

Michael McConnohie

Steve Bulen*

Dan Woren

Derek Stephen Prince

Wendee Lee

Edie Mirman

Jason C. Miller

Taliesin Jaffe*

John Snyder

Robbie Daymond

Ray Chase

Kaiji Tang

David Vincent

Christina Carlisi*

Christopher Corey Smith

Cindy Robinson

Rachel Robinson

Jessica Boone

Lauren Landa

Megan Hollingshead

Jalen K. Cassell

Doug Erholtz

Michelle Ruff

Gregory Cruz*

John Bishop*

Matt Kirkwood*

Lara Jill Miller*

Carol Stanzione

Steve Staley

Dave Mallow

Mona Marshall*

Darrel Guilbeau

Robert Martin Klein

Robert Axelrod

William Frederick Knight

Lex Lang

Sandy Fox

Joey Camen*

Randy McPherson*

Jad Mager

Richard Miro

Milton James

Anthony Pulcini

Douglas Rye

Patrick Seitz

Keith Silverstein

Jamieson Price

Skip Stellrecht*

Stoney Emshwiller*

G.K. Bowes

Alyss Henderson

Patricia Ja Lee

Peggy O'Neal

Carrie Savage

Melodee Spevack

Jennifer Alyx

Julie Ann Taylor

Sherry Lynn

Brad Venable

Christine Marie Cabanos

Greg Chun

LaGloria Scott

Steve Kramer

Melora Harte

Rebecca Forstadt*

Kyle McCarley

Mela Lee

Karen Strassman

Faye Mata

Laura Post

Kayla Carlyle*

Brina Palencia

Connor Gibbs

Brianne Siddall*

Barbara Goodson

Loy Edge

Jay Lerner

Jennie Kwan

Max Mittelman

Jessica Straus*

Alexis Tipton

Fryda Wolff

Michele Specht

J.D. Garfield

Debra Jean Rogers*

Julie Maddalena

Carrie Keranen

Tara Sands

Matthew Hustin

Cody MacKenzie

Bridget Hoffman*

Colleen O'Shaughnessey

Grant George

Jessica Gee

Jeff Nimoy*

Peter Lurie*

Brian Beacock

Paul St. Peter

Chris Jai Alex

Dan Lorge*

Ewan Chung*

Steve Cassling*

Philece Sampler

Stephanie Sheh

Sam Fontana

Ben Diskin

Juliana Donald*

Michael O'Keefe*

Christina Gallegos*

Tara Platt

Keith Anthony*

Beau Billingslea

David Lodge*

Kim Strauss

Eddie Jones*

William Bassett*

Kim Mai Guest*

Caitlin Glass

Hannah Alcorn

Ron Roggé*

Camille Chen*

Ethan Rains*

Yutaka Maseba*

Joe J. Thomas

Michael Sinterniklaas

Erin Fitzgerald

Joe Ochman

Marc Diraison

Xanthe Huynh

Brianna Knickerbocker

Dean Wein*

Michael McCarty*

#Animaze #ZRO Limit Productions #Steve Blum #Crispin Freeman #Kari Wahlgren #Laura Bailey #Travis Willingham #Sam Riegel #Liam O'Brien #Matthew Mercer #Jennifer Love Hewitt #Brian Hallisay #Spike Spencer #Troy Baker #Cristina Vee #Johnny Yong Bosch #Yuri Lowenthal #Mary Elizabeth McGlynn #Jessica Boone

[amethyst-geek]

Here are some of my ideas for what to do with the Pocahontas characters in my hypothetical Disney superhero show-

Make it clear that this version of Pocahontas is not the same historical Pocahontas but rather an everyday teen who was named after her. Same with the Disney versions of John  Smith and John Rolfe, but in their case, it’s an in-universe coincidence rather than their respective parents actively naming them after historical figures.

Have John Smith be voiced by Crispin Freeman. Also introduce John Smith working as a security guard working at a corporation run the Ratcliffe or another villain, then upon learning the true nature of his employer and the invention Smith has been hired to guard, acts as an inside man for the heroes. 

Have John Rolfe turn out to be either the Beast long-lost half-brother OR Belle’s separated-at-birth twin brother (but not both, that’d be weird). 

#pocahontas #pocahontas disney #john smith disney #john rolfe disney #crispin freeman

[yahoo201027]

February 9: Happy 51st Birthday to Voice Actor Crispin Freeman, who provided the English voices of the characters of Itachi Uchiha, Rasa/the Fourth Kazekage, and Ebisu from the Naruto series and the voice of Connie’s Father, Doug Maheswaran, on Steven Universe.

#Voice Actor #Crispin Freeman #Naruto #Naruto Shippuden #Steven Universe #Anime and Manga #Cartoon #Animation #Fandom Birthday #February 9 Birthdays