Voice Actor's Corner - Patrick Seitz

Hi there,

Welcome to the first edition of our new blog, Voice Actor's Corner. Here we talk about the voice actors, who they are and the very characters they voiced. In the wake of all that is happening and with voice actors continued to be overlooked, I think it is time for a change and see that voice actors deserve the same respect and admiration as all famous people combined. That being said, let us began with the first voice actor I picked for our first edition, the dark, brooding and very hammy, Patrick Seitz.

Born in Riverside, CA, on March 17th, 1978, David Patrick Seitz has been voice acting since 2000, starting with his first voice role in the English dub of Amazing Nurse Nanako. Since then, he is not only a voice actor who lends his voice for anime and for video games, but he is also one of the few voice actors who is also a script writer and as ADR director, who works with companies like FUNimation and VIZ Media. Seitz's voice can range between dark and brooding to driven by vengeance and rage or sometimes can be a bit strong and funny or borderline insane and evil. Either way, if you want a voice for a character who is brooding, evil, or funny, Patrick Seitz would be your perfect choice. Believe me, he would be perfect for Ganondorf if there was a Legend of Zelda anime. He would kill it that role real good. But, I am getting ahead of myself. So, with that said, since he has a long list of voices he did, I will focus solely on the characters he voiced that I am familiar with. Shall we began?

Bass Armstrong (Dead or Alive series): Even though DOA2: Hardcore had English voices (which are not so memorable), by Dead or Alive 5 onward, Seitz gave Bass Armstrong that tough and funny pitch that would put Chris Rager aka Hercule Satan from Dragon Ball Z to shame.

Scorpion (Mortal Kombat): Ed Boon may have given us the catchphrase "GET OVER HERE!!", but Seitz gave the ninja spectre formerly Hanzo Hasashi the rage, hatred and vengeance that drives him towards his path to avenge his family and clan.

Dio Brando (Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders): I haven't seen Jojo's Bizarre Adventure in any shape or form, but from what I heard from some YouTube videos, Seitz's take on the ancient enemy of the Joestar clan is as hammy and evil at best. One thing's for sure, his voice is anything but useless, or as they say in Japanese, Muda...Muda...MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA...MUDA!!! Sorry, got a little carried away.

Kunzite (Sailor Moon - VIZ Media dub): When VIZ Media acquired the rights to redub Sailor Moon (and dubbing Sailor Moon Crystal), some people were a bit skeptic about the voices (but some still are, which I will do a blog about the voices on a later date), but when the redub came out, they did an okay job. But when Seitz voiced the strongest of the Dark Kingdom's Four Kings of Heaven, he was cold and calculating, as he plotted against the Sailor Guardians. He is no Denis Akiyama, but he made him proud. Now, if only he could say the line from the old DIC dub, "So, the little kittens are out without their mittens." But that story is for another time. And on a personal note on that, Seitz's voice for Kunzite, is what got my wheels rolling, for the way he talked, for it reminded me of the one character I know that could be that dark and brooding. And that character is the one most favorite out of the characters he voiced...

Dracula (Castlevania): If Dio Brando was an insane vampire, then Count Dracula himself is the most driven, brooding and cold vampire that has plagued the countryside with his brand of darkness. Starting with the Dracula X Chronicles (along with the English dub of Rondo of Blood and the redub of Symphony of the Night), Seitz was (to me at least) the definite voice of the Lord of Vampires himself. He turned the line from the original dub of Symphony of the Night, "What is a Man?" into something much more dark and serious when he said the line:

"Mankind, a cespit of hatred and lies! Fight for them, then...AND DIE FOR THEIR SINS!"

With that delivery, Seitz gave Dracula much more depth into his character, especially what the Vampire Lord went through after the death of his first and second wives, making his war against humanity much more darker. And whenever I see Dracula and Richter Belmont speak, I think of Kunzite and my second favorite Ronin Warrior, Rei-Fuan Kento (more accurately Seitz and David Vincent (if there was a Ronin Warriors redub/Yoroiden Samurai Troopers official dub, that is). Of all the voices for Dracula, Patrick Seitz's take on the character is my most favorite one of them and my most favorite out the characters he voiced in both animation and in video games.

My hats off to you, Mr. Seitz. Even though we got other voice actors out there, other than Scorpion, you are the one, true voice of Dracula. Keep on voicing, good sir. I will see you next time. Stay frosty, my friends.

Saraba da (Farewell), for now.

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