Kratos Sounds Even More badass in this Epic Japanese God of War Trailer

As God of War begins the final descent to its worldwide release on April 20, Sony is rolling out their marketing campaign at full steam. The latest trailer from PlayStation Japan is nothing short of Epic.

[Wasabi]

Is it just me, or does everything sound more badass in Japanese?

I played the original Metal Gear Solid as a Japanese import and I swear Snake sounds better in Japanese too, I had no clue what was being said in the game, but I did miss the original voice overs when I eventually played the western release.

[AspiringProGenji]

Everything in Japanese sounds badass except Dragon Ball

[Wasabi]

@Genji

Haha yes :)

[TheRealHeisenberg]

I happen to prefer the Japanese voiceovers in Dragonball. Makes it way more epic imo.

[spicelicka]

Hahaha so true

[Critic4l_Strik3]

I started liking Dragon Ball voice overs after watching Super...idk why

[Kaiou]

lol perfect , so true

[trooper_]

Aww, come on you don't like the Frieza/Goku granny voice? :D

[killswitch80]

just you and your girlie nerd voice

[Skuletor]

I'm looking forward to the upcoming Batman Ninja anime movie coming out 4 days after God of War releases. The Japanese version sounds surprisingly good. https://www.youtube.com/wat...

[Jinger]

I don't mind Kratos' voice in this, but that high pitch kids Japanese squeak voice was ringing my ears. I wouldn't be able to handle that long.

[jugo14]

its just you

[rainslacker]

It's just psychological. They tend to emote more in their voice when voice acting. Since we aren't used to it in English, it sounds better to the ear. However, if you know Japanese, or have a cursory knowledge of it, you'd actually notice that there are just as many bad Japanese VA's as there are English ones. Japan was much further along with having skilled voice actors compared to the western world though, not nowadays, there are plenty of great English VA's in the business.

[Fist4achin]

Maybe some hinting that he'll be taking on the legendary God's of the rising sun after he disbatches the Norse God's?!

[affrogamer]

lol STOP!

[KwietStorm_BLM]

Or just that they speak Japanese in Japan.

[CobraKai]

Oh man. Dual katana blades of chaos! That’s too epic.

[Critic4l_Strik3]

NANI ?!?!?!

[DankSinatra]

I just don't hear it.

[Elda]

I still like the original American voice of Kratos,which was voiced by TC Carson.

[UCForce]

Yeah, I agree. But Christopher Judge is great, too. And I do hope there is stargate reference in new GOW like he saying “Indeed”.

[UCForce]

For disagreeing with my statement, I have huge respect to TC Carson and his performance as Kratos. It’s a disappointment to see him for not playing Kratos again. Christopher Judge is good actor, too. Yes, we have to wait and see. I’m not saying Teal’c like Kratos. Teal’c is serious, respectful and honorable unlike Kratos. But when come to their enemies, they both can be threatened and kill with no mercy.

[rainslacker]

He was pretty good. Christopher Judge is a really good actor though. I think he can pull off the role, since he's already proven he can do the stoic bad-ass, and while not known for it, can do the gentle touchy-feely stuff with great skill. Most people know him from Stargate, but even in that, he had his moments of greatness. Plus, if you've ever seen his natural character, you'd realize just how much he acts when he does anything.

[DrumBeat]

The kid sounds angrier, lol.

[KwietStorm_BLM]

Waga na wa Kratos sensō no kami!

[AspiringProGenji]

Yameroo senpai

[KwietStorm_BLM]

No. Run along.

[stokedAF]

That was just weird to me lol. I can’t hear a voice like that without picturing a grizzled samurai. It doesn’t work with Kratos but that’s just me and the type of Japanese media I consume.

[BioDead]

There was NOTHING badass about this. Many japanese men sounds very gay actually because of their super sharp S that can break class from a mile away. I think this is very desperate way to make a clicks. Is this bad, no. I think japanese language are quite good and suites many games.

[mafiahajeri]

WTF are you talking about? Who said anything about Japanese kids in class?

This is a professional voice actor, and yes almost everything that is originally Japanese sounds more badss in Japanese, that's why a lot of people prefer watching animes in Japanese...

You seem to be confused, the gay hentai forums are thataway 👉

[Jinger]

Pretty sure he meant "Can break GLASS".

[mafiahajeri]

The kid doesn't sound as much of a brat in Japanese

[Jayszen]

Badass is right! The voiceover guy is perfect... even without having any clue as to what he is saying.

[Psajdak]

It sounds like Tetsu Inada.

[TheOttomatic91]

Let's be honest Kratos probably sounds badass in any language

[aaronaton]

Can we play play the Japanese subbed version? I really cant stand the decision to cast an American child to voice Kratos's son.

[rainslacker]

But it's OK to cast an American to play Kratos?

[aaronaton]

American voice actor but no American accent. His son has a blatant American accent, hardly Nordic.

[rainslacker]

American accent? Do you know how many distinct dialects exist in america? Even within a single region, you could easily have 5 to 6 different common dialects, coupled with countless colloquialisms that distinguish them.ecen further