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| The Voice Actors In Ac; Especially Sepiroth... | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Oct 26 2004, 01:43 PM (784 Views) | |
| Raist | Oct 26 2004, 01:43 PM Post #1 |
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Now i don't know about everyone else here but i had a real problem with the actors chose to voice Cloud and Sepiroth in KH and in particular Sepiroth. Lance Bass played it just simply badly. I always thought of sepiroth as the sadistic evil calculating type. Not the bravo type that Lance played it out as. That really pissed me off and i've heard he's been asked again. Please tell me it isn't so. Who does everyone think should do his voice? Personally i like the guy that did Ikari in Neon Genesis Evangelion (if you haven't guessed it yet yes i am a mad fan of NGE) |
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| Anastar | Oct 26 2004, 04:44 PM Post #2 |
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I thought Cloud's voice actor in KH was absolutely perfect. I'd love for Steve Burton to be Cloud's VA again in AC. Sephiroth's VA in KH was lousy, though. He basically sounded like your next door asking if you'd like some coffee. He needed to sound far more malicious and threatening. I hope that someone else is Sephiroth's VA, although I don't have recommendations. Aerith's Japanese voice actor is *perfect*. I hear she is multi-lingual, so I hope they let her do the American version, too, even if she has a bit of an accent. That would just make Aerith's voice a bit more intriguing. :rolleyes: I thought Mandy Moore made a very mediocre Aerith. |
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| Aerith | Oct 26 2004, 06:11 PM Post #3 |
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I don't know what's the problem with Lance Bass, just because he was one of the guys from N'Sync doesn't mean he wasn't good..he was good for Sephiroth, at least! |
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| Cloudsgirl | Oct 26 2004, 08:27 PM Post #4 |
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Cloud's voice in KH was to put it simply, hot. I was amazed about how the VA Steve Burton, I think his name is got Cloud's tormented soul... it was beautiful. "I'm looking for someone..." *swoon* Sephy's voice was bad, imo. He didn't sound sadistic at all, he sounded like he was a little kid playing tag at the park. Mandy Moore was *okay* as Aeris, but they could have gotten someone much better. *KH minor spoiler* When I fought Cloud the first time in KH, I didn't want to hurt him so I let him kill me... heehee. |
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| Raist | Oct 27 2004, 01:03 AM Post #5 |
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Yeh sorry Aerith it's not because it's Lance Bass it's just because i don't think he sounded as the character should. Like people have already said he sounded like the local bully not a sadistic evil all powerful villain intent upon the destruction of Cloud and probably more. And i still say that Ikari from Neon Genesis is perfect. If anyone knows his voice back me up here. Yeh Mandy Moore was also pretty weak as Aeris. I think that's the problem in getting people who are not professional voice actors in these sort of roles. They don't really know the characters and will therefore never be great at playing their roles. But she wasn't too bad i suppose. Yeh i liked Cloud's. His voice initially seemed i don't know a little young but i think that was due in part to the general setting of KH. With AC i think he'll be great. |
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| Sefie | Oct 28 2004, 06:53 PM Post #6 |
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*Crosses fingers for Steve Burton* he was PERFECT. And I thought Mandy Moore was awesome! Ya know, maybe she's not the best actress, but her gentle, musical voice was just RIGHT. I dunno about Sephiroth's, I never got to hear him TALK, just grunt as he whopped my butt over and over X( |
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| Tifa Lockheart | Oct 31 2004, 11:05 AM Post #7 |
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Her original voice actress in Japanese is Maaya Sakamoto. She also did Hitomi's voice in Escaflowne. I think those are the only characters she voiced: Aerith (Kingdom Hearts) and Hitomi. She's also a very famous singer in her country and her songs are cool too. ;) However, with her being multi-lingual... yep, I'd have to agree that maybe she could just consider doing Aerith's voice in the English version of Advent Children (in the future)... As for the accent, I guess it will be easy to train it with the right foreign language instructor.
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| Shiva | Oct 31 2004, 08:38 PM Post #8 |
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I LOVED Cloud's VA in KH! B) However, I HATED Lance Bass as Sephiroth. I thought he was terrible! :angry: And Mandy Moore wasn't so great as Aerith, either. I wouldn't mind if Steve Burton was Cloud's voice again, but they had BETTER not use Lance Bass for Sephiroth again. :angry: I would much prefer David Kaye (Sesshomaru in Inuyasha) or Crispin Freeman (Balmung in the .hack series; Tsume in Wolf's Rain; Alucard in Hellsing) for Sephiroth. B) And Andrew Philpott (Braska in FFX; D in Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust) would RULE as Vincent!
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| PinkRibbon | Nov 1 2004, 12:28 AM Post #9 |
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Mandy Moore was an alright Aerith, however, I expected Aerith's voice to be rather happy, bright, cheerful sort of voice--not like Rikku's, but a bit more less hyper and gentler. I haven't heard the Japanese Aerith's voice...anyone have something which I can listen to? Steve Burton as Cloud WAS perfect--he really potrayed Cloud's pain and all that. Just as how I imagined--his voice: deep, quiet...hehe. Lance Bance as Sephiroth was horrible...I was like, WHOAH--what happened to Sephiroth's voice here?! Here's the Japan's AC voice actors in anyone's interested--and in turns out Maaya Sakamoto is doing Aerith's voice after all :). *SPOILER ALERT* VOICE ACTORS> (given name first, family name last --westernized format) Cloud Strife: TAKAHIRO SAKURAI Tifa Lockheart: AYUMI ITOU Marlene Wallace: MIYUU TSUZURAHARA Kadje: SHOUTAROU MORIKUBO Vincent Valentine: SHOUGO SUZUKI Barret Wallace: MASAHIRO KOBAYASHI Cid Highwind: KAZUYUKI YAMA Yuffie Kisaragi: YUMI KAKAZU Aerith Gainsborough: MAAYA SAKAMOTO Rufus Shinra: TOORU OOKAWA Reno: KEIJI FUJIWARA Rude: TAITEN KUSUNOKI Yazoo: YUUJI KISHI Loz: KENJI NOMURA Denzel: KYOUSUKE IKEDA Girl (The girl with geostigma): FRINA MOGAMI (TL: the one who lured Denzel away, in other words) Zack: KENICHI SUZUMURA Sephiroth: TOSHIYUKI MORIKAWA Source: Adventchildren.net forum The girl who lures Denzel away...? Ooh, this gives something interesting for me to speculate on. *END SPOILER* |
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| Aerith | Nov 1 2004, 12:06 PM Post #10 |
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I don't know what's the problem with Lance Bass, you barely heard him in the battles!! Of what I heard..he was GOOD, I don't care if he was part of N'Sync..some people just dont like him because of that.. Cloud was HOT! I loved it!! Gawd XD Aerith was okay . |
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| PinkRibbon | Nov 2 2004, 03:03 AM Post #11 |
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Nah, that's not the reason. N'Sync were alright singers. It was just that he wasn't Sephiroth-voice material-ish at all...even if he doesn't say much--Sephiroth was still part of the game, wasn't he? But of course, everyone is entitled to their own opinion :). Love your sig, BTW Aerith. |
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| Onigiri | Nov 7 2004, 04:59 PM Post #12 |
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Sakamoto is a famous voice actor! She does a lot of voices...a lot! I like her, but I never heard her do Aerith yet. I was tempted to buy KH import (Its so expensive x_x) just to hear her voice in japanese..hehe. I don't really like Cloud's japanese voice though =/ |
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| Aerith | Nov 7 2004, 05:02 PM Post #13 |
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We are two already! LOL! I hope they put Steve Burton in the English version, his voice fitted him perfect XD |
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| nomadff7 | Nov 20 2004, 12:30 AM Post #14 |
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I don't usually come into this part of the message board because I don't want to be completely spoiled for AC, but I thought I'd pop in and see if there was anything minor that I could read in here. Anyway, I agree with you all that Steve Burton would be great as Cloud again. However, if they couldn't get him, I was thinking Johnny Yong Bosch would be great. (He was in "Trigun", "Last Exile", and "Witch Hunter Robin" and is a fantastic voice actor). Maybe even Steve Blum ("Cowboy Bebop", "Last Exile") would make a good Cloud, he's a great voice actor as well. Oh, and I agree with FF_Goddess that Crispin Freeman would make a terrific Sephiroth - he is great in those dark roles. :) |
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| Carmencita | Nov 20 2004, 01:16 AM Post #15 |
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I think the reason why they got Lance Bass to play Sephiroth in KH was because he was a quote-unquote "Hunk". His voice was too tame to be Sephiroth. And the way he shouts "Dodge This"... kind of sounds like "Touch This". O_o' I hope they get a diff VA for him in AC. But I'd rather watch the original Japanese than with English voice-overs. |
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She also did Hitomi's voice in Escaflowne. I think those are the only characters she voiced: Aerith (Kingdom Hearts) and Hitomi.


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