Netflix's Devil May Cry anime seems to have its voice actors mixed up, as Johnny Yong Bosch is confirmed to be voicing Dante

As part of Netflix's Geeked Week, we saw tons of new trailers for some videogame adaptations, like a sneak peek at Arcane season 2, a small teaser for another Cyberpunk anime, and my standout favourite, a new Devil May Cry anime. 

It's not all that hard to impress me when it comes to this adaptation, though, as I was obsessing over the new trailer, I found myself wondering why I recognised Dante's voice actor, it certainly wasn't Reuben Langdon (who voiced him in the games), but it still sounded familiar. 

To my surprise, it turns out that Johnny Yong Bosch will be voicing Dante in the Netflix anime. «Can confirm,» Netflix Geeked's official Twitter account says. «That is the Johnny Yong Bosch voicing Dante in Devil May Cry!»

I'm never disappointed to hear Bosch's superb voice acting. I've been a fan ever since I first heard him voice Ichigo Kurosaki in Bleach. But this choice is rather strange as Bosch already voices another character in the same universe, Nero.  Nero became a playable character in Devil May Cry 4 and Devil May Cry 5, and he's also Dante's nephew, which some fans have pointed out could muddy the waters. 

«Bad choice, in my opinion, it would be different if Bosch at least didn’t still sound exactly like Nero as Dante, but yeah, that’s just straight-up Nero’s voice coming out of Dante, and it’s very weird,» one fan points out. If Netflix does release subsequent seasons (which I hope they do), it's in a bit of a sticky situation—either Bosch voices both characters, or you get a third, secret voice actor to voice Nero instead.

Some fans have pointed out just how impressive Bosch's range is: «He's not like some voice actors who are generally very recognisable. He's got a surprising range and is very skilled at acting. If he just changes his tone of voice and the way he emphasises things, I doubt people would actually be able to peg him as the voice of Nero.» 

I will never argue against Bosch being a superb actor, but I was able to recognise his voice