Gushing about Voice Acting

This is all about raving about voice acting that we find amazing for whatever reason. Pretty simple. I just think a lot of the time voice actors aren't given enough credit, you know? Here's a few examples from me: 1. John Hurt as the Horned King from the Black Cauldron. Oh God, I don't know how he pulled that voice out but his performance singlehandedly saves the movie for me. So chilling. Eleanor Audrey as Maleficent and Tony Jay as Frollo are also amazing but I wanted to single out John Hurt. 2. I haven't seen all of End of Evangelion or the series, but Yuko Miyamura's screaming as Asuka is stabbed by the Lance is going to haunt my thoughts forever.

I'm sure I'll think of more examples later. How about you guys?

I like Aku's original voice actor. Especially in the 48th episode of Samurai Jack.

Jeremy Irons as Scar. Good LORD. That smooth as silk British accent is just asdjkfhdjklfghd. He plays the Magnificent Bastard so well!

Also anything Reuben Langdon does, but especially Dante.

There's a bunch of excellent performances in the Disney animated movie canon, aren't there? Besides the examples I stated, I'd like to give a shout-out to Mark Hamill's Joker. Whether in the animated series or the video games his performance always brings a smile to my face.

Mark Hamill is a very good narrator as well. I watched an documentary on the Taj Mahal with him narrating and the entire time I was like, Where have I heard this before? Before getting to the credits and seeing his name.

Matt Hill is another actor I like to hear, mostly because he gets really into getting the emotions accurately. When playing the weepy Kira Yamato in Gundam Seed, he had other people kick him in the balls so that he would be genuinely crying in anguish during those scenes.

I really like the voice acting in the Regular Show episode "Busted Cart". Sam Marin gives a surprisingly good performance as Benson, considering the fact that he started out as an animator.

The English dub of The Cat Returns has EXCELLENT voice acting. I especially love Anne Hathaway as Haru and Cary Elwes as the Baron.

All the Miyazaki movies have great acting. :)

Aw yeah, I was weeping by the end of Spirited Away. Another example from me: Rami Malek did a fantastic job with Josh's sanity slippage in Until Dawn. It really made me feel bad for him.

Jay Ward as Wolf in Starlink: Battle for Atlas. That VA can make this woman's icy cold heart melt. That introduction for Wolf just felt so right.

The English cast of The Wonderful 101 does a fantastic job of capturing the campy superhero/sentai aesthetic the game has. It doesn't sound phoned in like Robot Alchemic Drive or deliberately silly, but sincere, and that sincerity I think goes a long way.

Let the listing begin!

Transformers: Animated:

1) David Kaye as Optimus Prime (Peter Cullen is overrated at this point. Still good, but overrated. Give other actors a chance, Hasbro!), Cliffjumper, Warpath and Lugnut

2) Corey Burton as Ratchet, Megatron, Shockwave, Brawn and Ironhide

3) Bill Fagerbakke as Bulkhead and Hot Shot

4) Jeff Bennett as Prowl and Ultra Magnus

5) Bumper Robinson as Bumblebee

6) Lance Henriksen as Lockdown

7) Judd Nelson as Rodimus Prime

8) Tara Strong as Sari and Red Alert

9) Tom Kenny as Starscream and Professor Sumdac

10) Phil LaMarr as Jazz

Avatar: The Last Airbender:

11) Mae Whitman as Katara

12) Zach Tyler Eisen as Aang

13) Jack DeSena as Sokka

14) Andre Sogliuzzo as Hakoda and Bumi

15) Dante Basco as Zuko

16) Mako as Iroh

17) Jessie Flower as Toph

18) Grey Griffin as Azula and Kya

19) Mark Hamill as Fire Lord Ozai

20) Jennie Kwan as Suki

Kung Fu Panda:

21) Jack Black as Po

22) Gary Oldman as Lord Shen

23) Dustin Hoffman as Shifu

24) Randall Duk Kim as Oogway

25) Lucy Liu as Viper

26) Jackie Chan as Monkey

27) Seth Rogen as Mantis

28) David Cross as Crane

29) Ian McShane as Tai Lung

30) Angelina Jolie as Tigress

31) Fred Tatasciore as Li (2nd movie only)

Cars:

32) Larry the Cable Guy as Mater

33) Owen Wilson as Lightning McQueen

34) Michael Caine as Finn McMissile

35) Emily Mortimer as Holly Shiftwell

36) Bonny Hunt as Sally Carrera

37) John Turturro as Francesco

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles:

38) Brian Tochi as Leonardo

39) Josh Pais as Raphael

40) Corey Feldman as Donatello

41) Robbie Rist as Michelangelo

42) David McCharen as Shredder

The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh:

43) Jim Cummings as Pooh (and later Tigger)

44) Paul Winchell as Tigger

45) John Fiedler as Piglet

46) Ken Samson as Rabbit

47) Peter Cullen as Eeyore

48) Michael Gough as Gopher

49) Patricia Parris as Kanga

50) Hal Smith as Owl

51) Laura Mooney as Kessie

There. That covers my Top 3 movies and Top 3 TV shows.

Edited by BrightLight on Mar 24th 2019 at 5:31:50 AM