| I've never heard or noticed anyone being typecast as anything, really. Largest vocal range goes to Steven Blum, hands down. Crash Bandicoot in CNK and Yakky Doodle in Harvey Birdman are two roles that I still have a hard time believing are actually him. I haven't noticed Lee much, but then, I tend to not remember female voice actors as well for some reason. There are also a couple other voice actors I could think of with an absolutely obscene voice range, like Billy West and Phil LaMarr, but they're primarily Western voice actors. Needs more roles... Dameon Clarke. Though I think he's out of the business, or at least that's what I've heard. He voiced the younger Toguro in Yu Yu Hakusho, Scar in Fullmetal Alchemist (the original, not Brotherhood), and Cell in DBZ, to name a few rather large roles. Also Michael McConnohie. He gets a ton of work as it is, but I don't care. I will never get tired of hearing his voice. Ever. ... maybe Liam O'Brien. I can't be bothered to check how many roles he has, but I can only think of a couple off the top of my head. If he doesn't have many, he needs more, and if he does... well I just like him, I guess. Part of me wants to say Vic Mignogna for range, but the more I hear of him, the more he kind of seems to resemble Bosch - one or two ultra-stand out roles (Broly and Bui), but all of his other characters sound pretty much identical. |
XTApocalypseApr 17, 2011 10:10 AM
| Jonny Yong Bosch did surprise me as Claus Valca in Last Exile. I could have sworn he was voicing Dio, but Joshua Seth did that guy. Most typecast: Vic Mignogna is getting to be like the Jack Nicholson of anime voice acting with his casting as goofy father-figures and teenage bros. Greg Ayres probably tops Todd Haberkorn in typecasting of wimpy teenage boys. They and Spike Spencer have that niche covered, well, except that Spike Spencer did do Martian Successor Nadesico. Anyone on The Simpsons that isn’t Harry Shearer or Hank Azaria. I know they do a lot of roles within that show, and hardly any anime roles, but they’re always going to be strongly associated with a Simpsons character and not much else outside of that world. Range: Laura Bailey still tops my list for her vocal range. Granted many of her supporting anime roles are derivatives of her more popular characters, but still to have that main set of Tohru (Fruits Basket), Sana (Kodocha), Lust (FMA), Shin (Shin-Chan), Marlene (Blue Gender), Serena (Case Closed), and Michel (Glass Fleet) where she can voice anyone from the good to evil, low sultry to squeaky high, is a good thing. I also like when Luci Christian does her non-typical voices like Washu (Sasami Club) and Sarah (Kaleido Star), and when Monica Rial did Jo (Burst Angel). Needs more roles: I’ve got plenty of favorites that I never get tired of hearing and would love to hear more but I’ll push for: Chuck Huber - getting to hear him as Frank in Soul Eater was really cool as he had a distinct voice as Hiei (Yu Yu Hakusho). Kelly Sheridan - after being the iconic voice of Barbie, it was perfect casting for her to do Nana Komatsu (Nana), and it’s been a while since she did Sango (Inuyasha). |
AngusApr 17, 2011 9:03 PM
| Most typecasted: Greg Ayres: Oh god, back when he was voicing mostly for ADV dubs, he would almost ALWAYS cased as a wimpy young boy. Bonus points if the kid worn glasses.Thank goodness this is happening less and less now. He's a talented guy and it should be shown. Johnny Yong Bosch: Yeah he plays the shonen action hero alot. I think his name will one day become synonymic with shonen. He can do other things but he doesn't seem to get those role much. Largest vocal range: Laura Bailey: I'm really impressed with her range. Most of the time when I tell people she played Tohru Honda and Lust, they are shocked. Innconent and sweet in one character, sexy and evil in the other. Needs More Roles: Joel McDonald: Loved him as Yoite and his roles have been quite different so far. What I've heard so far I liked. I think we can stand to have a little more of him. Bryan Massey: My favorite role in Baccono. He played crazy so well. He hasn't been in many main roles, I think Baccon and, this new release Rideback, are the only ones. I haven't seen Rideback, yet. @ Angus: Oh god, it seems like Chuck Huber greats at least one role in every dub Funimation puts out. His voice is unique and it seems everywhere to the point I make a game out of it. "Find Chuck 's voice in the Funi anime". I'm not quite tried of hearing his voice yet, but I'm getting there. Sadly because of ongoings in his personally life, I'm may not hear him in the newer anime. T_T @ DarkPaladinX: I have to disagree with Todd being typecasted. He has played many roles that varies enough that I don't think he is being pigeonholed to one type. He played creepy characters(Apos) , cool characters (Kazuya, Joseph), shonen guys (Allen, Ling) and very strange characters (Hikaru, Niijima). He also played some pretty normal guys (Yuuichirou,Yutaka). I think he is casted a lot as the main character though. |
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| I haven't really noticed Huber. But then, I don't really keep up with modern dubs. Which probably also has to do with the fact that I've only heard one Todd Haberkorn role, ever. |
| Huber and Haberkorn are also not in many dubs outside of Funimation properties. |
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| John DiMaggio doesn't have any anime roles at all, does he? I thought he was all western, like West and LaMarr. |
| Vic does have a diverse range of roles, but a big chunk of his fan base still wanted him to say his most typecast FMA based lines at the cons. Then there's his singing, where he's got plenty of songs, but folks wanted to hear him sing Brothers (FMA again), at least until he started doing the One Piece themes. Crispin Freeman's range has been helped a lot by Alucard / Hellsing. Hmm, I'd have picked different Wendee Lee roles but I'm in the wrong decade for that. ;) |
DarkPaladinX said: -I'm not sure if he's still active, but Aaron Dismuke needs more roles. Particularly since his voice matured, I'm wondering if he's still working on anime voice acting. The last time I've heard, he voiced younger Van Hohenheim in the Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood dub (due to the fact Aaron is unable to voice Alphonse). I think he could make a good Kamijou Touma for To Aru Majutsu no Index dub and could be a role he might memorable for the fans on what he is able to do for decades to come. Aaron is still decently active in Voice acting, seems like he's been featured in at least one Funimation release every year. It not a lot of role, but a pretty steady amount for some who livelihood doesn't depend on him working. I guess because of school and such he not in a lot anime comparatively and he is in much smaller roles. He been in a good bit of anime lately as smaller roles such as Big Windup, Nabari no Ou, Corpse Princess, Ouran High School Host Club and Tower of Druga. He's even a main character in Linebarrels of Iron. @ XTA: He seems to be in a few Miyazaki movies. And the more American-appealing stuff like Afro Samurai and Animatrix |
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| It’s funny that I first heard Tara Strong as Rikku in Final Fantasy X and then checked out her presence in US cartoons, but what was cool was hearing that Debi Derryberry (Ryo-Ohki in Tenchi Muyo) became the voice of Jimmy Neutron. I wouldn't mind hearing either of them do some anime again. |
| I was watching the Funi dub of Initial D, and my better half said that Keisuke (Todd Haberkorn) sounded wimpy this time around. I guess he could have played it more like Apos in Rin: Daughters of Mnemosyne. |
| Was thinking of Monkey Island recently. Dominic Armato would be great to hear again. |
| The one actor who needs more roles is Reuben. He voice dante in devil may cry and he is amazing and he needs to have more roles. |
| I see Alexia Tipton getting typecasted already. She a relative newcomer, and she mostly been playing the moe characters in the more ranchy anime Funimation has released. |
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| Had to resurrect this thread as I've been hearing lots of J. Michael Tatum in brainy guy roles. (Eden of the East, Ouran HS Host Club, Ghost Hunt, Initial D., D Gray-Man.) I'm assuming he's fairly serious in Black Butler as well? |
| Pretty serious, yeah. Definitely similar to his character in Ouran. |
| Steve Blum plays everything and everyone, and Vic's not far behind. How are they typecast? |
-Hynden Walch: Okay, bear with me. I loved Walch's voice acting of Yutaka Kobayakawa in Lucky Star and Nia from Gurren Lagann. I find her voice acting to be very moe, her voice acting really fits for the cute, young girls. Walch-chan, why so moe!?!! I totally agree with you on this 100%. Her Yutaka was sooooo adorable, and I thought it'd be perfect for Madoka in Madoka Magica, which is why I was sad when she didn't get the role. I admit, I do like Christine Cabanos, but I still wish Hynden played Madoka. She would have been perfect! |
| Morgan Garrett's getting into the mix as Tina in Toriko; her character does all the episode previews. |
| Alright, one person who definitely needs more anime roles: Sarah Williams. She was awesome as Sayaka in Madoka Magica and Lisbeth in Sword Art Online, and I've heard good things about her performance as Yuniko in Accel World. |
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| I can't think of much, but lately Christine Marie Cabanos has been type cast as cute little girls a lot. I heard her demo reel on YouTube, and she has a MEAN evil villain voice, which I really think should be utilized more. I'm surprised she didn't get picked to play Lilithmon (or Laylamon) in Digimon Xros Wars (or Digimon Fusion). She also does some cute Pokemon voices! |
| Crispin Freeman can never have too many roles. Although even that aside the only dubs I can think of that he's been in recently are the new Hellsing Ultimate episodes and Fate/Zero. |
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| Debbie Rabbai(AKA Angora Deb) needs more roles, her performance as Futaba Murata is just adorable, and she does a nice Nayuta Moriyama in Shingu. I also liked her performance as Sofia in the Toshinden OVA. If Super Robot Wars OG Divine Wars ever gets dubbed I can only imagine her as Excellen Browning. GK Bowes-She doesn't have that many roles in the anime dubbing business, her most notable being Kiyal Bachika in Gurren Lagann. I felt she should've been the current voice for Amy Rose in the Sonic games instead of Cindy Robinson. |
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| Where have I heard Angora Deb? Oh yeah, it was Queen's Blade as Leina. Carrie Keranen did a great job with Ozzel in Slayers Revolution/Evolution-R. Gotta love robot voices, especially when they don't have to sound like that monotone Lost in Space or Daleks. |
| Has Lia Sargent been mentioned? Because R. Dorothy. <3 |
| She's the original Milly in Trigun, who could forget that? |
XTApocalypse said: Has Lia Sargent been mentioned? Because R. Dorothy. <3 She was also Chun Li in the first 3 Street Fighter anime(Street Fighter II The Movie, Street Fighter II V, and Street Fighter Alpha). You should really check her out as Arashi Kishu in X TV series. |
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| I'd like Kate Higgins to have more roles. Loved her as C.C. and Saber. |
| Jackie Ross definitely needs more roles. Mayuri sounded cute and I'm sure she'll do great on other roles. |
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| We got Bryce Papenbrook coming up as Eren in Attack on Titan. Most people probably knows him as Kirito from Sword Art Online and Rin from Blue Exorcist. |
| Want a riddle? What, by the end of nine, becomes two? |
Angus said: Where have I heard Angora Deb? Oh yeah, it was Queen's Blade as Leina. Carrie Keranen did a great job with Ozzel in Slayers Revolution/Evolution-R. Gotta love robot voices, especially when they don't have to sound like that monotone Lost in Space or Daleks. Wow, Carrie landed Satsuki's role in Kill la Kill. Can't wait! |
AngusJul 30, 2014 12:34 PM
| Speaking of Kill la Kill, Erica Mendez also needs more roles. She's already off to a great start, though, what with landing lead roles in two AoA shows. |
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| I'm not really understanding the praise Steve Blum is getting here for vocal range. He is a good VA and, for a male, his range is pretty wide, but it's really not that impressive compared to quite a few female VAs. |
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elbaldo said: I'm not really understanding the praise Steve Blum is getting here for vocal range. He is a good VA and, for a male, his range is pretty wide, but it's really not that impressive compared to quite a few female VAs. Such as? I've never heard a female VA with range, at least not anywhere NEAR what some male VA's like Chris Sabat and Vic Mignogna have demonstrated. |
| Well Chris Sabat was doing the Mel Blanc thing with all them Dragonball roles. Hard to match that nowadays when every last VA wants a role. I could see where you might think female VAs don't have range when they just exhibit two tones: cutesy cartoony and serious/normal. I'm trying to think whether Colleen Clinkenbeard has done ranges outside her Goku/Gohan/Monkey D. Luffy voice and her Rachel/Yuko/Erza voice. |
XTApocalypse said: elbaldo said: I'm not really understanding the praise Steve Blum is getting here for vocal range. He is a good VA and, for a male, his range is pretty wide, but it's really not that impressive compared to quite a few female VAs. Such as? I've never heard a female VA with range, at least not anywhere NEAR what some male VA's like Chris Sabat and Vic Mignogna have demonstrated. They've been mentioned several times in this thread already: Luci Christian, Monica Rial and Laura Bailey. You're right, though. I totally forgot about Christopher Sabat and Vic. I was quite surprised when I learned that Vic did Broly in the DBZ movies. |
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| Laura Bailey, I can see. She's the one who did Kid Trunks in DBZ as well as Lust in FMA, correct? What are some roles the other two have that demonstrate range, in your opinion? (Vic also voices Bui in Yu Yu Hakusho, a role even deeper and less recognizable than Broly) |
XTApocalypse said: Laura Bailey, I can see. She's the one who did Kid Trunks in DBZ as well as Lust in FMA, correct? What are some roles the other two have that demonstrate range, in your opinion? (Vic also voices Bui in Yu Yu Hakusho, a role even deeper and less recognizable than Broly) I'll try to give the best examples from the anime that I've seen. Monica Rial does Shiro in Deadman Wonderland, Mei Misaki in Another, Chane in Baccano and Houki in... ugh... Infinite Stratos... Luci Chrstian: Honey in Ouran, Deunan in Appleseed, Ophelia in Claymore and Alois Trancy in Black Butler II. I would have tried to accommodate for your list, but it appears you don't have one. |
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elbaldo said: I'm not really understanding the praise Steve Blum is getting here for vocal range. He is a good VA and, for a male, his range is pretty wide, but it's really not that impressive compared to quite a few female VAs. According to your own list, you've never seen Digimon Tamers, which is one of the best demonstrations of Steve Blum's true vocal range. Watch it, and then you'll understand why there's so much praise for him around these parts. |
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elbaldo said: I would have tried to accommodate for your list, but it appears you don't have one. My list moved to Anilist. There's a link on my profile. LelouchZero said: you've never seen Digimon Tamers, which is one of the best demonstrations of Steve Blum's true vocal range. Watch it, and then you'll understand why there's so much praise for him around these parts. Who did he voice in Tamers again? Puppetmon? |
XTApocalypse said: elbaldo said: I would have tried to accommodate for your list, but it appears you don't have one. My list moved to Anilist. There's a link on my profile. But how is there nothing on your list for this site? Does it literally MOVE your list? Or did you go through and delete every entry? |
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XTApocalypse said: Who did he voice in Tamers again? Puppetmon? Yamaki, Kenta, and Guilmon. |
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elbaldo said: XTApocalypse said: My list moved to Anilist. There's a link on my profile. But how is there nothing on your list for this site? Does it literally MOVE your list? Or did you go through and delete every entry? No, it just copies it. I personally went through and deleted my lists on MAL because I don't plan to continue upkeeping them. |
| The most typecasted: Johnny Yong Bosch- Reigning champion of this category. Stephanie Sheh- Second place runner. Alison Viktorin- Uses her real voice to play boys. Greg Ayres- One of the very few male VAs to voice boys. Brad Swaile- Usually casted as teenagers. Patrick Seitz- Casted as gruff characters. Monica Rial-Uses a high voice or her normal voice for many of her roles.(With Lyra/Dante however she uses a much lower tone, which greatly averts typecasting.) Largest vocal range: Chris Sabat Wendee Lee Kirk Thornton Scott McNeil Luci Christian Laura Bailey Kari Wahlgren Tiffany Grant VAs who need more roles: Jason Griffith Dan Green Lisa Ortiz Rachael Lillis Veronica Taylor Mike Pollock Debbie Rabbai |
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SwatKat1990 said: Lets not forget Rebecca Forstadt. She needs more roles.The most typecasted: Johnny Yong Bosch- Reigning champion of this category. Stephanie Sheh- Second place runner. Alison Viktorin- Uses her real voice to play boys. Greg Ayres- One of the very few male VAs to voice boys. Brad Swaile- Usually casted as teenagers. Patrick Seitz- Casted as gruff characters. Monica Rial-Uses a high voice or her normal voice for many of her roles.(With Lyra/Dante however she uses a much lower tone, which greatly averts typecasting.) Largest vocal range: Chris Sabat Wendee Lee Kirk Thornton Scott McNeil Luci Christian Laura Bailey Kari Wahlgren Tiffany Grant VAs who need more roles: Jason Griffith Dan Green Lisa Ortiz Rachael Lillis Veronica Taylor Mike Pollock Debbie Rabbai |
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| Most typecasted VAs: Johnny Yong Bosch - generally cast as a teenage male with social and/or emotional issues and deals with much internal conflict Yuri Lowenthal, Bryce Papenbrook, and Eric Vale - same as JYB Todd Haberkorn - same as JYB, only higher-pitched and his characters are usually not as serious in nature Travis Willingham - generally cast as some sort of authoritative figure with a looming presence Sonny Strait - generally cast as a wimpy/cowardly character Monica Rial - generally cast as a girl or young woman with a stereotypical high-pitched female anime character sort of voice (idk how else to word it) Lisa Ortiz - same as Rial Richard Epcar - generally cast as villians Dameon Clarke and Paul Dobson - same as Epcar Sherry Lynn - generally cast as cute little girls Stephanie Sheh - same as Lynn VAs with largest vocal range: Christopher Sabat - the Mel Blanc of the Dragon Ball franchise Wendee Lee - voiced hundreds of anime characters, ranging from little boys to teenage girls to older women, all with varying personalities Luci Christian and Laura Bailey - same as Lee Marc Thompson - voices more than a hundred different human and Pokémon characters in the Pokémon anime VAs who need more roles: James Arnold Taylor - one of the most prominent actors in voice-over, with hundreds of credits on his resume, but only a small selection of anime roles Marc Diraison - demonstrated lots of potential in anime voice-over since his performance as Guts in Berserk, but hasn't had many other roles since Nicholas DiMichele - LOVED him as the title character from Episode N of the Best Wishes series of the Pokémon anime |
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| I forgot these three: Carrie Savage, Hilary Haag, and Sandy Fox- All three of these are usually typecasted as young girls. |
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