Now, first off, let me say it's unusual to blog twice in one day, but I've had this on my mind for a bit. As you know from my previous blog, I got The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya from Netflix, and I've been watching Vol. 2. However, up until about an hour ago, I only watched the Japanese voice-over with English sub-titles. Now, as a comparison, I watched the English dub. I'm not going to go into the specifics of translation, but rather the voice actors. It seems there aren't a whole lot of talented voice-over actors in the US, because I heard a lot of familiar voices in the dub, as I explain below: The voice of Kyon, Crispin Freeman, also voiced Togusa from Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex. The voice of Haruhi Suzumiya, Wendee Lee, also voiced several female NPC's in Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4 (PS2). The voice of Yuki Nagato, Michelle Ruff, also played Togusa's wife in SAC, as well as several video game roles (Yukari Takeba in Persona 3, Shirley Crowley in Guitar Hero World Tour, etc.) The voice of Koizumi, Johnny Yong Bosch, voiced Adachi in Persona 4. I'm sure there's several other "small-world" occurrences in Haruhi Suzumiya and other animes/video games, but these are the ones I recognized right off the bat. It's interesting stuff, but it also makes me realize just how tough a profession it is. Now, I've been interested in voice acting for several years (since junior high), but I never took the initiative to put stuff out because I never knew how I'd act in a real role. Sure, I can do impressions (you should hear some of my impressions from The Simpsons... hell, I may even put that stuff up someday), but I don't know how I'd do at inflection. So, I'm stuck with what I've got. Hey, if anyone knows where I can show interest in that kind of thing (I'm sure there's places like that), shoot me a PM or something, because I may just try to show what I'm made of.