10. Yamcha (Dragon Ball):
Starting us at number 10 is arguably the most infamous and useless anime character of all time. And while the character of Yamcha is hilariously useless, the actual performance from Christopher Sabat as him is at least something good to talk about. With him capturing the cowardly aspects to him, but also the later friendliness and commitment side to him. 'Cause, even though he's far from the strongest character in the series, he's at least likeable in the sense that he does care for everyone around him and he is a good friend to them. And Sabat's voice for Yamcha is probably the most different out of all the characters I've heard him play.
9. Yami (Black Clover):
Next up is the head of the Black Bulls, Yami. A wielder of Dark Magic and a swordsman himself, Yami is a gruff and hardened man who won't put up with any kinda nonsense anyone might give him. I've always enjoyed whenever Sabat has been able to play a whole bunch of characters with various personalities. Some are arrogant, some are a bit more caring and some, like Yami, can be gruff and act like they don't care that much about anything. And Sabat is really good at showing that with Yami. He's also fun to watch in contras to the other members of the Black Bulls.
8. Elfman (Fairy Tail):
Compared to some of Sabat's other voices, his work as Elfman is one of his most different. I know that applies to a few others as well, but Elfman is one of them. A lot of the time, Sabat does the same voice for some of these, but he'll occasionally do a different one, and Elfman's voice is one of them. At the beginning, his character is pretty usual manly anime character-like, but as the series progresses, he gets more heartfelt moments and Sabat does a great job with it. And his different sounding voice does a great job showing that, even his intentional over the top sounding moments.
7. Raizen (Yu Yu Hakusho):
The first of the characters that Christopher Sabat has voiced in Yu Yu Hakusho, Yusuke's great ancienter, Raizen. Believed to be the most powerful demon to ever live, Raizen power is exemplified in his first interaction with Yusuke himself, and Christopher Sabat does that really well. With being incredibly intimidating, creepy but also kinda kind when he's talking to Yusuke when he's dying, it makes for a really interesting character and one that Sabat did a great job with.
6. Kuwabara (Yu Yu Hakusho):
The other character from Yu Yu Hakusho that Christopher Sabat has voice is this stupid, yet awesome spirit swordsman. And even the voice he uses is supposed to give off the idea that he's dumb and the whole friendliness and softness to Kuwabara is a big part of his character. I was honestly surprised to find that Sabat actually voiced him, but I guess that's just a testament to his acting talents.
5. Alex Armstrong (Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood):
At number 5 is the major from Fullmetal Alchemist, Alex Louis Armstrong. This performance falls under a lot of these others in that I love when he's supposed to be really funny and intentionally over the top, but I also love when Sabat is able to bring a level to seriousness to a character that this, which I think helps makes them more likeable. But, like I said, Sabat does a great job with all of his emotions, whether it's comical, serious, sad, happy or anything like that.
4. All Might (My Hero Academia):
When it comes to manliest characters that Sabat has voiced, the best of them has to be All Might. And his performance as All Might is especially impressive because he has to use two voices. One where he's in his muscular form and another in his normal slim form. In his muscular form, his voice is very heroic and stoic and big and booming whereas his slimmer form voice is more calm and quiet by comparison and is pretty much the normal voice Sabat uses for a lot of these other characters. I have to give him a lot of respect for being able to not only do two voices like that for one character, but make it really convincing and awesome all the same.
3. Piccolo (Dragon Ball):
At number 3 is the Namekian villain turned hero, Piccolo. Now we're getting into Sabat's three most popular roles and the ones I think he does best at. And the first of these is Piccolo. One thing that a lot of dubbed anime do is that the actor's voice for their characters sorta changes as it goes along and I feel like that's to show the characters themselves changing, like getting older. And Piccolo is a good example of this because in the original Dragon Ball, his voice sounded slightly higher compared to his later voice. But Sabat does a great job voicing Piccolo and especially his arc from the beginning of Z to the ending. But he continued showing why he's so good in this series in Super where Piccolo didn't really go through any arc, but he's still a fantastic and likeable character.
2. Roronoa Zoro (One Piece):
Coming in close to number 1 is the ex-pirate hunter and swordsman for the Straw Hat Pirates, Zoro. And the voice that Sabat uses for Zoro is the same voice he uses for a lot of these other characters like Piccolo, Raizen and Yami. And it's always cool to hear him using this one in particular given how tough and cool it makes his characters sound. And Zoro is my favourite of the characters he uses it for. And he's used it for a lot of Zoro's best moments, whether they're awesome moments with him or his comedy moments with Luffy or Sanji or his more sentimental moments.
And my number 1 favourite Christopher Sabat anime performance is... Vegeta (Dragon Ball):
And finally at number 1 is the arrogant and prideful Saiyan prince, Vegeta. Christopher Sabat has voiced so many anime characters in his life, but none have been as iconic and as well recognised as Vegeta. As the series has gone on, Sabat's voice for Vegeta has changed little by little, but it's always remained awesome and it's essentially one of the many things that makes Vegeta the awesome character he is. This is like what I was saying about how his voices usually change as the series he's in goes on, and Vegeta is the biggest example of that. Particularly in the Cell Saga where his voice sorta changed a few times from a higher pitch to a deep one, but in Super, it's always the same that Vegeta is most known for and is definitely his best. Really, this role alone should just convince anyone why Sabat is an incredible actor, with Sabat capturing every single one of Vegeta's popular emotions and moments. And all that is why Vegeta is my favourite Christopher Sabat performance. And those are my top 10 Christopher Sabat performances. Thank you all for reading and please comment down below to tell me what you think.
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