Marv, as Shotaro, spat the line: "Philip! The wind is screaming! Give me the power of Joker!"
Leading the charge was 28-year-old voice actor and lifelong Tokusatsu fan, Marcus "Marv" Chen. He wasn't just the ADR director; he was also the voice of Shotaro Hidari—the hard-boiled half of the legendary duo. Beside him, in the booth, was non-binary theater actor Quinn Li, cast as the enigmatic Philip, the walking library of planetary knowledge.
But in a cramped audio suite in Burbank, a small team was fighting to prove them wrong. Kamen Rider W English Dub
The first comment: "They changed the opening lyrics? No 'W-B-X'? Fail."
A fan named @KamenRiderMama wrote: "Okay, but listen to the way Philip says 'Shotaro.' It's soft, like a secret. And the way Shotaro growls 'Philip!' when he's protecting him? I feel it in my bones." Marv, as Shotaro, spat the line: "Philip
By the finale, the team had recorded over fifty episodes. The last line of the series is Shotaro, standing on the windswept cliffs of Fuuto, touching his hat. In the original, it's a quiet moment. In the dub, Marv ad-libbed one extra beat.
"No," Marv said, slamming his worn copy of the series on the table. "The city is a character. Fuuto means 'wind.' The wind tells their secrets. You don't rename a character." He wasn't just the ADR director; he was
He sighed. Then he scrolled more.