Voice Acting Plus Nostalgia
Voice acting can be exciting job and different generations that will recognize a certain voice from that particular character. I don’t know much about being a voice actor. It’s just like being actor for movie or tv show, look at the latest Marvel series Wonder Man featuring Yahya Aduel-Mateen II. Wonder Man tackles issues about becoming an actor like booking auditions and release demo reels, along with to book a role. Anyways, there is a documentary called “I Know That Voice” developed by Lawerence Shapiro alongside of John DiMaggio. Feel free to check it out below and don’t forget about sessions hours. Voice actors and actresses live on a salary as well. Some voice actors do on-camera work like Phil Lamarr and Mark Hamil (best known as Luke Skywalker). You see voice actors in commercials and other forms of advertisement.
Also, make guests appear at conventions to meet and greet, sign autographs and even take a selfie with you. These voice actors or actress know that they’re performance get them through life and create an identity for that character. That’s why congoers ask questions in at Q & A panel about what it like is to be voice actor or favorite role. Myself, voice actor was introduced to me in the 1990s. I remember Scooby Doo went to Don Messick got the role afterwards Frank Welker. Dom Messick and Daws Bulter were the pioneers in voice acting back in Hanna-Barbera days. In this post, I will be talking about voice actor or actresses that voiced anime along with cartoon.
Steve Blum
Steve Blum known for Tom from Toonami, Wolverine along with Spike from Cowboy Bebop. He voiced a lot of anime and cartoon characters as well. I remember growing up watching Digimon Tamers and Naruto along with other shows. Steve’s voice can be heard from video games as well. He is married to Mary Elizabeth McGlynn, who was a co-star in Cowboy Bebop and a fellow voice actress. Steve Blum is one of my favorite actors out there. Generally, I love his voice especially playing heroes and villains in different medias.
Tara Strong
Tara Strong is a well-known voice actress known for her role as Timmy Tuner from Fairly Oddparents. Twilight Sparkle in My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic along with Bubbles from The Powerpuff Girls. Tara has many years of voicing cartoon characters, and her voice is recognizable to 90s kids. She has voiced video games but doesn’t know much about anime. Strong has an incredible range of voices from cynical (Raven) and baby (Dil Pickles). She is one of my favorite voice actresses of all time.
Cristina Vee
Christina Vee is known for voicing titular character Mariette Dupan Chang (Miraculous Ladybug and Cat Noir) along with Helluva Boss’s Verosika Mayday. Vee has voice western cartoons along with a lot of anime characters as well. She also cosplays as well like Wonder Woman and Mortal Kombat’s Jade. Did I mention she is amazing singer as well. She is another amazing voice actress to be on this list.
Tony Jay
Tony Jay is a voice actor from the 90s. He voices Megabyte (Reboot), Shere Kahn (The Jungle Book) along with other characters. Tony voice is excellent for villainous roles and supporting characters like Virgil from Mighty Max. He is no longer with us and does on-camera work as well. As a kid, his voice sends child down my spine. Tony along with Tim Curry and Clancy Brown have the best villain voices of all time. Tony Jay is another voice actor that I adore.
Zeno Robinson
Zeno Robinson is an up and incoming voice actor that is known for Jabber (Gachikuta), Hawks (My Hero Academia) and Foot Solider D (Go Go Rangers). I remember Zeno and A.J Beckles doing a Comic Book Men like show which is on Kickstarter but never brought to light. I want to a panel at Otakon and he talks about how he became a voice actor. He seem like a pretty chill voice actor and does a lot of roles in video games like Street Fighter 6 (Deejay). Check out Zeno Robinson out and hoping to see him in more roles.
Rob Paulsen
Rob Paulsen is notable for Pinky and Yakko (Animanics), Carl (The Adventures of Jimmy Neturon) along with Rapheal/Donatello (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles). He is a very funny voice actor coming from comedy and theater background. Rob also did a podcast called “Talkin Toons with Rob Paulsen” which he interviews his fellow voice actors. He is very humble voice actor and loves his fans during his work. Rob Paulsen is best friends with Mauriece LaMarche, Jess Harnell and others as well. He is one of my favorite voice actors of all time during the 1990s.
Jim Cummings
Jim Cummings is another notable voice actor who does Winne the Pooh, Taz and Ray the Firefly. He also has a tik tok where he talks with other actors as well. Jim voice resonates with me as kid and enjoys his performances. I remember seeing him at a panel at Anime USA which was his first anime convention. Jim Cummings is one of my male favorite actors as well. Just hearing his voice bring back that nostalgia.
Closing
There are some honorable mentions like Cree Summers, Richard Steven Horvitz, Tom Kenny and Jennifer Hale. Sorry I can’t name a lot of other voice actor or actress that I enjoy in this post. I am hoping these voice actor or actress will continue to shed light to someone’s darkness. If you want to get another voice acting, there are some classes and courses to take. Again, I am not voice acting expert but take to someone who is. What are your favorite voice actor or actress? Let me know in the comments and thank you for reading this blogpost. Tune into the next one from yours truly.
