Although some have become accustomed to the current 4Kids voice actors, there are many who still long for the original cast to get their jobs back. I'm
one of them. However, I was recently asked "Deam Bristow's dead. What about Eggman?".
This got me thinking, "If I had it my way, Burger King style, who would I cast as new VAs for the Sonic games?" That, and the fact that the same
forum topic became flooded with off-topic voice acting recommendations.
So the idea is simple. If 4Kids were ditched, and all the original voice actors died of plauge/assassination/zombie bite/giant robot/godzilla attack, and
you were in charge of casting, who would be you're dream cast? (lol, Dreamcast!) The only rule is that your chosen actors have to have had
experiance in voice acting before in other games, cartoons, anime etc. (i.e. no big hollywood names that realisticly Sega could never afford), and you can
choose more than one actor for one character, or more than one character for one actor.
Also I ask that this NOT turn into a debate over whether the Sonic games should have voice acting or not, or who's better between Drummond and Griffith because... well, just because.
So I shall start!
Character ............................................ Voice Actor
Sonic the Hedgehog ............................. Vic Mignogna
Dr. Ivo "Eggman" Robotnik ................... Richard Newman
Miles "Tails" Prower .............................. Aaron Dismuke / Tara Strong
Amy Rose .............................................. Hilary Haag / Kari Wahlgren
Knuckles the Echidna ............................ Steven Blum / Kevin Conroy / Judd Nelson
Shadow the Hedgehog ......................... Richard Cansino
Rouge the Bat ....................................... Colleen Clinkenbeard / Wendee Lee
Cream the Rabbit .................................. Laura Bailey
Espio the Chameleon ............................ Kirk Thornton / Steven Blum
Vector the Crocodile .............................. Beau Billingslea / Jim Byrnes
Charmy Bee ........................................... Melissa Fahn
Blaze the Cat ......................................... Colleen Clinkenbeard / Wendee Lee
Tikal ....................................................... Juliet Cesario / Bridget Hoffman
Well, those are the only ones I've thought/cared about. My brother disagrees with me on a lot of 'em, but I stand by them. Theres a lot of talented actors that I could have mentioned, but couldn't think of a character they could play. I'll update my list if I can be bothered to try and cast Big, Silver, the Babylon Rogues etc. and think of appropriate actors.
As a side note, I didn't include him, but honorable mention of Junichi Kanemaru for the new english voice of Sonic. Hell, that guy speaks enough english in the Japanese games anyway, we might as well have him over here too.
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