Top Ten Best Acting Performances In a English Dub of a Anime Film

The Top Ten
1 Matt Damon (Ponyo) Matthew Paige "Matt" Damon is an American actor, film producer and screenwriter. He is ranked among Forbes magazine's most bankable stars and is one of the highest-grossing actors of all time.
2 Tim Curry (The Cat Returns)
3 William H. Macy (The Wind Rises)
4 Phil Hartman (Kiki's Delivery Service) Philip Edward "Phil" Hartman was a Canadian-American actor, voice actor, comedian, screenwriter, and graphic artist.
5 Clancy Brown (Pom Poko)

Brown is immensely likeable and charismatic in the role of warrior tanuki Gonta. His voice is gruff, tough and carries a lot of warmth in it. His performance is strangely personable. He really adds an extra dimension to his performance.

6 Kristen Bell (The Cat Returns)
7 Tom Kenny (Porco Rosso) Thomas James Kenny is an American actor and comedian known for his long-running role as the title character in the SpongeBob SquarePants TV series and films. Kenny has voiced many other characters including Heffer Wolfe in Rocko's Modern Life, the Ice King in Adventure Time, the Mayor in The Powerpuff Girls, Dog in CatDog, and Spyro from the Spyro the Dragon franchise. His live-action work includes the comedies The Edge and Mr. Show.

Kenny voices Ferrari, Porco's old air force comrade.

8 Emily Blunt (The Wind Rises) Emily Olivia Leah Blunt is an English actress who holds both British and American citizenship, she is best known for her roles in The Young Victoria and The Devil Wears Prada.
9 Minnie Driver (Princess Mononoke)
10 Jada Pinkett Smith (Princess Mononoke) Jada Koren Pinkett Smith is an American actress, dancer, singer-songwriter, and businesswoman. She began her career with a guest appearance on the short-lived sitcom True Colors in 1990.
The Contenders
11 Judy Greer (The Cat Returns) Judith Therese Evans, known professionally as Judy Greer, is an American actress, director, model, and author. She is primarily known as a character actor who has appeared in a variety of comedic and dramatic films.
12 Susan Egan (Porco Rosso)
13 Mark Hamill (Castle in the Sky) Mark Richard Hamill is an American actor and voice actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Luke Skywalker in the original Star Wars trilogy – Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, and Return of the Jedi and his portrayal of the Joker in Batman: the Animated Series.

When you look at the behind the scenes featurette of 'Castle in the Sky', you'll see that Mark Hamill is more enthusiastic than anyone else about his performance. He's a movie star, but also a professional voice actor, so he's very eager to talk about how he developed Muska's mid-Atlantic accent.
Muska is a very unique voice performance from Hamill, even among the bad guys he's voiced.

14 Joseph Gordon-Levitt (The Wind Rises) Joseph Leonard Gordon-Levitt is an American actor, filmmaker, singer, and entrepreneur. He has received various accolades, including nominations for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for his leading performances in 500 Days of Summer and 50/50.
15 Daveigh Chase (Spirited Away)
16 Jon Krasinski (The Wind Rises)
17 Jean Simmons (Howl's Moving Castle)
18 Todd Haberkorn (Fairy Tail)
19 Suzanne Pleshette (Spirited Away) Suzanne Pleshette (January 31, 1937 – January 19, 2008) was an American actress and voice actress. After beginning her career in the theatre, she began appearing in films in the late 1950s and later appeared in prominent films such as Rome Adventure (1962) and Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds (1963).
20 Stanley Tucci (The Wind Rises)
21 Christian Bale (Howl's Moving Castle)
22 Johnny Yong Bosch (Akira)
23 Bob Bergen (The Castle of Cagliostro)

Bergen gives an entertaining, unique performance in the film. His interpretation of Lupin III is unique. Very boyish and carefree, but also quite cocky and self-assured; in this way, Bergen pretty much captures the different facets of Lupin's personality while still making the role his own.

24 Cary Elwes (The Cat Returns)
25 James Marsden (The Tale of the Princess Kaguya)
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