Hey guys, before I start talking about voice acting, let me say something.

While I was watching Spirited Away I was offered to go over my friends house at their pool. I said yes. We had fun, ate banana bread and watched TV.:D

Now, I love voice actors.:P They have such an amazing talent to bring a character to life. Unless they screw up pretty bad.

If they can do the right voice for the right character, they have the right job. Though they shouldn't try and make a fake accent for a certain characte, unless they are fluent with the accent (if that makes sense), knows of their speech pattern or originally came from that country. But they shouldn't always be stereotypical.

Voice actors aren't just for different types of animation, they can also have roles in video games. It's good for these talented people to try different shows and video games to explore andexperience other voices they can do. Voice actors can be very famous, especially through the internet.

Here are some voice actors that I find interesting.

Dan Green!
Yeah, that's right, Dan Green. 8) Although he worked (still works?) with 4Kids!, he does some very interesting roles, such as;
Yugi/Yami Yugi in Yu-Gi-Oh!
Hudson Horstachio in Viva Pinata.
Knuckles the Echidna and others in a couple of Sonic the Hedgehog games.
The Nightmare Enterprises Salesman in Kirby: Right Back At Ya!
Leo in Jungle Emperor Leo.
Damos, Gym Leader Norman, Professor Birch, Entei, Mewtwo, Treecko and Grovyle in Pokemon and Pokemon Movies.
Gaav in Slayers Next.
Trudge in Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's.
Fun Fact: He was also the announcer in Ultimate Marvel VS Capcom 3! :o
As you can see from the characters he provided voices for, he could do a teenage voice, Pokemon noises, a celebrity show off anda strong adult one.

Hank Azaria.
Gosh, this guy is in so much suff!:P Notably The Simpsons.
The character he voices in The Simpsons are;
Moe Syzlak.
Chief Wiggum.
Apu.
Carl.
Comic Book Guy.
Dr Nick.
Superintendent Chalmers.
Disco Stu.
And many more!:P
Fun fact: But Hank wasn't just a voice actor, he was an actor!:P He played as David, one of Phoebe's friends in Friends. He was in other movies and shows, like Dodgeball, Mad About You and The Smurfs. (He plays as Gargamel).
Because being an actor, you need to provide the right voice, thus being a voce actor.:P

Next voice actor is one I really like.
Maddie Balustein.
Although you may know her as the voice of the original Meowth!:P That's right!
She could do male voices really well. Characters she voiced were:
Chef Kawasaki in Kirby: Right Back At ya!
Solomon Moto (Yugi's Grandpa) in Yu-Gi-Oh!
Sartorius in Yu-Gi-Oh! GX.
The President in Shadow the Hedehog.:P
She also voiced a lot of characters on Ultmate Muscle! :o
Fun fact: She's worked for Milestone Comics and Marvel Comics! :o I wish she didn't die! :cry:

Next one, Harry Shearer.
Seriously, if you don't know this guy, you haven't been close to that television of yours.:P If you have one.
In The Simpsons, he voices the following characters;
Mr Burns.
Waylon Smithers.
Otto.
Prinicpal Skinner.
Ned Flanders.
Reverend Lovejoy.
Lenny.
And some others.:P
He does stuff outside of voice acting too, he's a comedian, radio host, director and more.:P He was Derek Smalls in This Is Spinal Tap! He has appeared in live action stuff like Just Shoot Me!, ER and more.
Fun fact: He made a cameo in The Truman Show! Ithink he was the reporter that was directing The Truman Show or something.:|

Now, I have to mention this guy.
Eric Stuart.
I'll give you a hint of who he voices.
JELLY FILLED DOUGHNUTS!
He voices Brock and James in Pokemon.:P
But that's not all.:|
He also voices;
Meta Knight in Kirby: Right Back At Ya!
Bastion in Yu-Gi-Oh! GX
Gourry Gabriev in Slayers. (I think it was all of the Slayers series).
He did so many voices in Ultimate Muscle.:P
Buncher Fraggle in Fraggle Rock.
And last but not least....
Seto Kaiba in Yu-Gi-Oh! 8)
Fun fact: He has his own band. :o

I'm sorry for the spam of 4Kids! voice actors but I have to include this person.
Veronica Taylor! I'll give you a hint for who she voices.
I choose you, Pikachu!
She voices Ash Ketchum and his mother in Pokemon! Well, use to, until she got replaced.:( She was really good at doing that. She also played as May.
Notable roles are:
Lololo and Lalala in Kirby: Right Back At Ya!
April in TMNT. (2003 series)
Leo Kliesen in Tekken 6.
Some characters in Dinosaur King.
Fun fact: She also voices Diglett!

Christine Cavanaugh.
She voiced my childhood friends of the cartoon world.:)
She voiced;
Babe in Babe.
Chuckie in Rugrats.
Dexter in Dexter's Laboratory.
Oblina in Aaahh! Real Monsters!
Bunnie Rabbot in Sonic the Hedgehog! :o
Fun fact: She was in a lot of shows like ER and Cheers.

And now..for my most favourite voice actor of all time!
I'll give you a hint.
He voices an evil King that has Ice powers, he voices a Mayor that can never open his pickle jar, and a happy yellow Sponge.
Tom Kenny! :D
This guy is amazing at the voices he does, especially Spongebob's voice. Other characters he voice include;
The Mayor and the Narrator in The Powerpuff Girls.
Gary the Snail, the French Narrator and obviously, Spongebob in Spongebob Squarepants. He also plays as Patchy The Pirate!
Heffer Wolfe in Rocko's Modern Life.
Dog in CatDog.
Spyro the Dragon in the 2nd, 3rd and 4th games.
Yancy Fry in Futurama. He also voiced one of the guy's that Leela dated, I think it was that doctor.:| Yep, I'm definately sure if was that doctor.:|
Jake Spidermonkey in My Gym Partner's a Monkey.
The Ice King in Adventure Time with Finn & Jake! :D
Fun fact: he voiced some characters in Final fantasy X and X-2.

Well, sorry I gave you some sort of paper on my favourite voice actors. :|

Iwas just...bored..okay?:P

I want to be a voice actor! :cry:

But I have other plans.:|

Goodnight!

-Lauren

Dougtrio! :lol: