Depp Lends Voice to Anime
Anime News Network reports Johnny Depp will provide a guest voice on the children's animated program Doraemon later this month.
Johnny Depp, the international star of the Pirates of the Caribbean movies, will voice a guest role on the Doraemon children's animated television series this month. He will appear as the "Pirate Captain Johnny" character on "Doraemon One-Hour! Pirates Special!! The Great Decisive Battle of the Pirates: A South Seas Love Story," which will air on TV Asahi on Friday, June 29 at 7:00 p.m.The wikipedia entry for Doraemon includes information on the show and a listing of networks that air the series around the world.
The role, which will be similar to the Pirates of the Caribbean movie trilogy's Jack Sparrow, is the first Doraemon role played by a Hollywood star. The special has the robot cat Doraemon and his friends time-traveling to the Caribbean Sea at the end of the 16th century. Series regular Shizuka-chan will fall in love with a handsome pirate named Kenneth, who knows a certain Captain Johnny. TV Asahi is keeping the exact scene with Depp's cameo a secret.
The cameo came about when Doraemon chief director Kozo Kusuba, a fan of Pirates of the Caribbean ever since the first movie, made Depp an offer for a "dream collaboration." According to the studio Toei Animation, Depp reportedly agreed "because it's Doraemon," a series broadcasted in dozens of countries worldwide. Depp currently lives part of the year in France, where the anime has been dubbed for broadcast and the manga is readily available in bookstores.
posted by Trish Bennett at
9:38 AM
7 Comments:
oh wow! i hust hope some1 puts the clip on youtube later cos i dont have that channel ;( This is sweet of Johnny , but is 'pirate' all that comes to mind when the media think of Johnny now lol! ah well here's hoping things change in December!! XD
Thanks Trish!
I'll have to check that out! Johnny is so awesome to have agreed to do this.
same i hope that some1 puts it on youtube or somthing.
I hope so they put it on youtube.
does it show in the US? if so, where??
I think it would be totaly cool if Johnny did alot of anime :)
HEEHEEEEEE I love doraemon and watch it almost every week even though i'm 16. Woohhoooooo. AHAHAHAHAHA, but JOHNNY ENTERING IT JUST MAKES ME LOVE IT TO DEATH. :)
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