Hiding: Somewhere in Japan, thunder rumbles and lightning flashes, thanks to this epic encounter between the two Zenitsu voice actors from Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba.
Hiro Shimono, the Japanese voice actor for Zenitsu Agatsuma, recently posted a series of photos of his meeting with British voice actor Aleks Le. The two voice actors showed off their adorable friendship as they played Zenitsu in his Thunder Breath form and showed off the matching t-shirts Shimono gave Le, which featured a blown-up puppy. into space. Shimono wrote that it was “a dream come true” to meet Le, who he insolently said was 20 years younger than him.
Zenitsu’s English VA shared her thoughts on the meeting
Le posted a video replying to Shimono’s Tweet in which he happily thanked the voice actor, declaring it his favorite shirt and calling it “cute”. In addition, he wrote: “You are the kindest person, my hero! I will always be your big fan.” According to Le, the meeting was “surprise” and “his heart burst with joy when [Shimono] appeared.” This meeting was the first time the two voice actors met despite having worked on the same movie for four years. Fans have enjoyed the interaction, with many commenting on their amusing encounter, and one user writing, “I love it when EN VAs meet their JP equivalents.”
Shimono started doing voice acting when he voiced Ayato Kamina in RahXephon in 2002. In addition to Zenitsu, his voice has become famous as Connie Springer in Attack on Titan, Dabi in My Hero Academia and Rindou Haitani from Tokyo Revengers. Le has voiced Shin since 86, Thorfinn from Vinland Saga and Caiman from Dorehedoro. Like Shimono, he also worked on Tokyo Revengers, voicing Mikey Sano.
Demon Slayer, produced by ufotable, has become one of the most popular anime franchises since its debut in April 2019. The cast list features voice talent Natsuki Hanae (Kaneki in the series). Tokyo Ghoul) and Zach Aguilar (David Martinez in Cyberpunk: Edgerunners) as Tanjiro, Akari Kitō (Nene Yashiro in Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun) and Abby Trott (Yoh Asakura from Shaman King’s 2021 remake) as children Tanjiro’s daughters are Nezuko and Yoshitsugu Matsuoka and Bryce Papenbrook as Inosuke. Both Matsuoka and Papenbrook voice Kirito in Sword Art Online.
While fans were able to hear very little of Shimono and Le’s voices in the spin-off and voiceover, this season fans were able to catch them in the first two seasons of Demon Slayer on Crunchyroll. The “Swordsmith Village” season is currently streaming on Crunchyroll and Netflix.
Source: Twitter