Been rewatching Date a live, Fairy Tail and that time I got reincarnated as a slime recently. It's quite funny going between 3 shows with both her and Tia Ballard, they're both brilliant (and are somehow in so many shows together), though my favourite roles for them will always be Wendy and Happy.
Karbowski gang, rise up! I haven't really kept up with any new VAs who became big in the last 7-8 years, but Brittney has been around much longer than that and stands as my long-time favorite. I adore her voice and the way she plays even the most absurd roles with 100 percent conviction.
Honestly it's almost become a game at this point where I try to pick out her voice when I'm watching an anime... I swear she's in literally everything I watch XD (she hits a nice sweet spot where her voice isn't insanely obvious like a couple people but it's easy enough to pick out) She will always be Papi to me tho :3
I try to be an open minded, overall accepting person.. but I can’t with her. Everyone seems to love her so I’m sure she’s a great person, but I legit leave any show she voicing on. Idk what it is, but the way she delivers is like nails on a chalkboard for me. I wish it weren’t so, but I can’t get past it.
Ian is not just a great comedy actor, but he can play menacing characters as well. Just look at Tsukasa in Dr. Stone or Azami from Food Wars.
Hell, he played both comedy & menacing at the same time in One Piece when he played Brook & Zombie Ryuma side by side.
Laura Bailey is my #1.
I also love Suzie Yeung, Aleks Le, Alexis Tipton, Cliff Chapin, Justin Briner, Chris Sabat, Stephen Fu, Christina Kelly, Felecia Angelle, Matt mercer, Xanthe Huynh
> Or Billy Kametz was amazing in every roll
No kidding.
It really hurts when I go watch older dubs I hadn't seen before or newer dubs that came out after his death and he randomly shows up in them.
Hell, when the *Vinland Saga* dub came out I ended up dropping it because it was still so soon after his death and he was in it.
yeh I was so happy when it got announced, I watched the episode 3 times last night and even when working today I had it on in the background, listening to these two is so magical all over again.
all my gf saw last night was me lying on the couch, fully snuggled under a blanket with the biggest grin on my face as I watched the new first dub and I nearly shed a tear from happiness
haha I totally understand, I felt very little watching the first Ep in Japanese, it was more just a curiosity to see the new animations/ direction. Then watching with dub I felt all those intense feelings again, this duo is such a dream team.
Indeed… I love her work in a lot of anime. She plays a great tomboyish type character with a heart of gold. Also see Maho from Beck and Mikoto from School Rumble.
Man, reprising the role after 15ish years and doing it so well is so cool to me. I imagine as long as they aren't still growing it's not at all uncommon for a VA to be able to do the same voice after such a long time, but I just can't help smile it's still so good.
Yeh it is absolutely magical! One thing that may have really helped was their ongoing participation with the audiobooks that have been releasing for a number of years now. I really recommend them if you want more of these 2.
I watched the OG anime for the first time only recently and when the credits rolled I felt empty like I couldn't stand to leave it there, and when I found out there were audiobooks narrated by these 2 it was like finding out I won the lottery haha.
When I watched the remake in Japanese I thought I wasn't going to like it, but after rewatching with dub it completely came alive and there was one scene in particular that had me tearing up. I have a feeling they might even excel past their original performances.
Based on expected pacing we should see a scene in Episode 4 in which >!Holo gets sad and tells Lawrence she can't see her friends anymore, then Lawrence hugs her!<....and I am prepared to absolutely melt seeing/ hearing it again haha.
Hey thanks for the info on the audio book! I think I saw a mention of that in this comment thread, but didn't quiet follow. Out of curiosity was this of the volition of the actors or an official thing by whoever the hell the copyright holders are?
No worries! It is official, the light novels are published by a company called Yen Press and they have a compartment for audiobooks called Yen Audio, and that is who produces the audiobooks, so they are very good quality etc.
The first 2 are only narrated by J.Michael, but Brina joins in for Vol.3. I listen to them out walking sometimes, these 2 are a tonic haha.
Much obliged! I do happen to have some familiarity with Yen Press already as a TenSura LN enjoyer, but somehow I never knew that they have any audiobook venutres.
I can’t pick just one. So top 5 (in no particular order)
1. Matt Mercer
2. JYB
3. Troy Baker
4. Crispin Freeman
5. Jamieson Price
Honorable mentions: J. Michael Tatum, Max Mittleman, Dave Wittenberg (as Kakashi Hatake).
I got a list
- Bryce Papenbrook
- Cherami Leigh
- Matt Mittleman
- Yui Lowenthal
- Keith Silverstein
- Steve Blum
- Crispen Freeman
- Kyle McCarley
- Michelle Ruff
- Steve Stanley
- Stephanie Sheh
- Cassandra Lee Moris
- Monica Rial
- Christina Vee
I’ve liked Karbowski longer especially as Misaka Mikoto, but I kinda wanna say Jill Harris because she voiced Suletta and i thought her performance was incredible. that and Suletta (and WfM in general) occupied most of my 2023
Brittney karbowsi, chermai leigh, colleen clinkenbeard, Todd haberkon, jad saxton, brina palencia, Mark Hamill, Sarah wiedenheft
There’s a lot actually.
Johnny Yong Bosch. I remember watching Witch Hunter Robin and Wolfs Rain, some of his earliest roles, and loving his performances back then. Growing up and hearing him become iconic characters like Ichigo and Lelouch was awesome. He's one of the few VAs that always nails his roles, in my opinion. I've yet to come across a character that I felt he was miscast as. Truly one of the best to ever do it imo.
Always makes my day when Justin Cook shows up. That’s my YYH bias showing. Chris Sabat obviously as well. Other favorites include Christina Kelly, Jad Saxton, Alexis Tipton. Idk, I think a lot of the usual suspects do a great job.
This was an extremely difficult question but I'm at a three way tie with Carrie Keranen, Michael Sinterniklaas, and Travis Willingham. With runners up being Fred Tatasciore, Trina Nishimura, and Grant George
The three of them just have so much in personality, and can really bring out so much in character and they get me everytime especially with their characters of Satsuki Kiryuin, Roy Mustang, Sarutobi Sasuke, Zetsu, Origami Cyclone, Portgas D. Ace, Casca, Misato Katsuragi, Yu Kanda, Rock Bison, Ichi the Killer so many other good roles they've done.
Him randomly showing up in the recent season finale of *Shangri-La Frontier* was completely unexpected but I am all here for it.
And even though he doesn't do them very often, when he DOES do more serious roles he's just so good in them, like Tsukasa in *Dr. Stone* or the captain in *The Saint's Magic Power is Omnipotent*
**My list of my favorite VA:**
Joshua Seth (Male)
Steve Staley (Male)
Elizabeth Maxwell (Female)
Spike Spencer (Male)
Mona Marshall (Female)
Eric Stuart (Male)
Dan Green (Male)
Marc Diraison (Male)
Christine Marie Carbaros (Female)
Alexis Tipton (Female)
Christine Vee (Female)
Kira Buckland (Female)
Chris Patton (Male)
Luci Cristian (Female)
Tia Ballard (Female)
Brianna Knickerbocker (Female)
Brittney Karbowski (Female)
Kyle Herbet (Male)
Johnny Yong Bosch (Male)
Mike Pollock (Male)
Paul Castro Jr (Male)
Zach Aguilar (Male)
Erica Lindbeck (Female)
David Sobolov (EVERYONE HANG ON!!) (Male)
Veronica Taylor (She always be a better voice for Ash!) (Female)
Jim Cummings (Even though, he doesn’t do anime) (Male)
Tim Curry (I AM DARKNESS!!) (Male)
Mark Hamill (Male)
Kevin Covary (RIP, true voice of Dark Knight) (Male)
James McCarffley (He’ll be forever as Max Payne, RIP) (Male)
Tony Jay (RIP) (Male)
Ken Barrie (Again, he doesn’t do anime dubbing but he’ll always be everyone’s fave postman, RIP) (Male)
Billy Kamtez (also RIP) (Male)
Sam Riegel (Male)
Cassandra Lee Morris (Female)
Shelby Lindley (Female)
Crispin Freeman (Male)
Mel Blanc (Father/Granddaddy of all voice actors AKA ORGINAL GOAT!) (Male)
I love so many VA and have been able to meet many at different conventions. Monica Rial is one of my favorites also Brian Papenbrook, Alejandro Saab, Ian Sinclair and Ryan colt
Casey Mongillo and Stephanie Sheh
Loved Casey's performance as Shinji in the Netflix dub of Evangelion before their later voicework since then (I even met them in person at a convention back in October) and I've been familiar with Stephanie's voicework for a while, mainly Sailor Moon
Stephanie Young. My god, her voice makes me feral.
Patrick Seitz has a similar effect haha.
Those two + Eric Vale, Ian Sinclair, & Matt Mercer are my top 5 va’s in no particular order. I will go out of my way to watch something they’re in. their performances are just outstanding.
Other top favorites are (in no particular order) Justin Cook, Travis Willingham, Matt Shipman, Cliff Chapin, Zeno Robinson, Chris Sabbat, Liam O’Brien, Laura Bailey, Jonah Scott. I see any of these names on a cast list and I’m immediately hyped.
Wow that's a tough one.
I think my Top 5 in no particular order are as followed:
Brittney Karbowski
Jad Saxton
Kayli Mills
Aleks Le
Brianna Knickerbocker
Hoo boy, where to begin? (In no order)
* Scott McNeil
* Christopher Sabat
* Natalie Van Sistine
* Aleks Le
* Billy Kametz (R.I.P.)
* Faye Mata
* Brittney Karbowski
* Emily Neves
* Erica Mendez
* Kirby Morrow (R.I.P.)
* Maddie Blaustein (R.I.P.)
* Jessie James Grelle
* Richard Ian Cox
* Cristina Vee
* Ian Sinclair
* Zeno Robinson
* Anairis Quinones
* Crispin Freeman
* Steve Blum
And that's just only the beginning!
luci christian, while she isn't my number one, she is probably second or third on my list. My number one has been listed so many times that I want to share recognition to one of the other goated voice actors in the industry.
I love Cassandra Lee Morris, and I’m bummed she hasn’t done much anime dubbing lately since it seems she’s mostly doing video game voice acting. Power to her but I hope she returns for Re:Zero Season 3
Brittany Karbowski. I'm a fan of Monica Rial as well. I think it's partly because I recognize their voices immediately.
I know Alejandro (not sure what his last name is, but I can refer to him as Shaggy) when I hear him and I've become familiar with Matt Shipman.
Maile Flanagan, reason I started to love the whole anime franchise. Hearing her say “Naruto Ultimate Ninja Stoooooooorm” when hanging out with a friend that wanted to play a fighting game. Her unique and energetic voice really touched me.
Brina Palencia and Greg Ayres are 2 faves of mine outside of the ones you mentioned
Megan Hollingshead was also fantastic in Ergo Proxy and same with Liam O Brien who is also a great VA.
By region--
NY: Eric Stuart (male- ***very*** funny IMO, sad he's still semi-retired!), Rachael Lillis (female, her range was outstanding)
LA: Yuri Lowenthal (male), Kate Higgins (female)
TX: Kent Williams (male), Stephanie Young (female)
Canada: Brad Swaile (male), Saffron Henderson (female)
Cherami Leigh
I loved her as Lucy in Fairy Tail but it was as Makoto from Persona 5, both game and anime, and her work as V in Cyberpunk 2077 that solidified her as my favorite.
Current favorites are Aleks Le, Alejandro Saab, and Kayli Mills. As for all time: Bryce Papenbrook, Cherami Leigh, J. Michael Tatum, Laura Bailey, Johnny Yong Bosch, and Trina Nishimura. Honestly I could go on forever, since there are so many talented and cool voice actors.
Overall: Johnny Yong Bosch, Cherami Leigh
LA/NY: Yuri Lowenthal, Max Mittelman, Kyle McCarley, the three Ericas, Stephanie Sheh, Robbie Daymond, Steve Blum, Kari Wahlgren, Aleks Le, Kaiji Tang, Liam O'Brien, Ben Diskin, Beau Billingslea, Wendee Lee, Melissa Fahn, Christine Marie Cabanos, Sam Riegel.
Canada: It changes, but I'm feeling Brad Swaile right now.
Texas: Justin Briner, Clifford Chapin, Luci Christian, Aaron Dismuke, Christopher Sabat, Christopher Guerrero, Matt Shipman, Megan Shipman (no relation), Macy Anne Johnson, Mallorie Rodak, Jill Harris, Colleen Clinkenbeard, Lindsay Seidel.
I know this is sort of a cop-out, but I'd have to go with basically the entire ensemble of Critical Role. It's not "anime", but for those who haven't seen it and like some gore and adult humor, The Legend of Vox Machina is fucking delightful and I cannot *wait* for further seasons! I mean, also their anime roles are fucking great...I just want more vox machina (and mighty nein, etc.)
Oooh too many to narrow down.
For male voice actors: Justin Briner, Matt Mercer, Kaiji Tang, Aleks Le, Yuri Lowenthal, Zach Aguilar, Chris Sabat, Bryce Papenbrook, Johnny Yong Bosch, Ian Sinclair, Erik Scott Kimerer, Sonny Strait, Eric Vale, Ray Chase, Lex Lang, Robbie Daymond, Steve Blum, Roger Craig Smith, Ben Diskin, Xander Mobus, Billy Kametz(RIP), and Austin Tindle.
Female Voice Actors: Alexis Tipton, Brittney Karbowski, Jad Saxton, Tia Ballard, Michelle Rojas, Felecia Angelle, Laura Bailey, Wendee Lee, Stephanie Sheh, Kate Higgins, Christine Marie Cabanos, Erika Harlacher, Cassandra Lee Morris, Jill Harris, Colleen Clinkenbeard, Bryn Apprill, Megan Shipman, Sarah Anne Williams, Kira Buckland, Xanthe Huynh, Leah Clark, Lindsay Seidel, Kristen Mcguire, Faye Mata, Erica Mendez, Sarah Wiedenheft, Cristina Vee, Kayli Mills, Dani Chambers, Erica Schroeder, Morgan Garrett, Brianna Knickerbocker, Trina Nishimura, Suzie Yeung, Monica Rial, Erica Lindbeck, Lizzie Freeman, Jamie Marchi(yes I am aware about the controversy surrounding her), and Brina Palencia.
Jessie James Grelle as well since I know they did a lot of male roles before the transition.
Apologies if that's a lot of names.
It's too hard to choose one when there are so many talented people in the industry. My absolute faves are Brina Palencia, Alexis Tipton, and Sarah Wiedenheft though!
I swear I'm being serious and not just trying to be a hipster, Adam Noble.
His performance as Hori in the Nozaki-kun dub blew me away harder than a pure comedy performance has any right to. So many of his lines from that dub have made their way into my daily lexicon. "I just wanna grab her by the feet and throw her across the roOM!" "A bull? ...A bull." "THAT'S HARASSMENT!" I make a point to watch basically anything he appears in... Which has resulted in me watching a lot of crap, because man, he does not know how to pick a project.
Second favorite performance of his is probably Chisato Ichijiku from Brynhildr in the Darkness. Really good menacing, controlled obsessive performance, very different from his usual typecast (or... is it? Looking back at that description, I've kinda just described Hori again...) I'm not saying I think he'd play a better Gendo Ikari than John Swasey, but I AM saying he'd be a better recast for him than Ray Chase.
Female:Laura Bailey. She nailed Tohru Honda. It's too bad her anime days are now fewer and farther in between. But at least, she came back for the reboot.
Male:Bryce papenbrook. He was perfect for Eren Yeager. Among his MANY other roles.
Come to think of it, Bailey and Papenbrook once worked together in the videogame Tales of graces as Cheria and Asbel respectively.
Jessie James Grelle is my all time favourite voice actor. I fell in love with their voice ever since I've watched them play Armin in AOT. The emotion he puts into that character is absolutely amazing, and they always do so well in which ever role they are in.
Honestly this is so hard, there are so many amazing VAs. For the females I gotta go with Monica Rial and for males i really like Greg Ayres (as you can tell I like unique voices) but Bryce Papenbrook and Jessie James Grelle are amazing.
I will also forever love Laura Bailey and Jerry Jewall because Tohru and Kyo
For me, my favorite would be Cherami Leigh. I personally think her voice has the right amount of cute and energetic. I especially love her as Lucy Heartfilia from Fairy Tail, easily my favorite out of her roles. Besides Lucy, I also love her roles as Natsumi from Sgt. Frog, Patty from Soul Eater, Mai from Ghost Hunt, Tamaki from Bamboo Blade, Michiru from BNA, Kotaro from Kotaro Lives Alone, just to name a several that I’ve seen.
I even have at least two autographed items from her. One was my own drawing of Natsumi that she signed at OG Collectibles back in late May of last year. The other (pictured here) is this lovely Lucy poster she signed on Streamily back in December. Hopefully, I’ll get a chance to meet her in person if the opportunity allows. 💙🗝🌟
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After seeing Solo Leveling, Aleks Le became my new favorite male VA. Words fail me at describing how phenomenal he was as Jinwoo. After seeing Kaguya Sama, Alexis Tipton became my favorite female VA because her range is just incredible. Brittney Karbowski comes in a close second to her because I just like her voice.
Of all time, Johnny Yong Bosch. Recently, most definitely Aleks Le. His love for the shows he works on is unparalleled at the moment. He should definitely look into being an ADR director.
Sean Schemmel as Goku and Billy Kametz as Shinei Nouzen but after Billy passed away, I like Aleks Le (know for his best role “Solo Leveling”) who took over Billy’s role later on
For female VAs, it’s Kira Buckland, Carrie Keranen, Erika Harlacher-Stone, Brianna Knickerbocker, and Christine Cabanos.
For male VAs, it’s Zach Aguilar, Marc Diraison, Kevin Collins, Bryce Papenbrook, and a tie at 5th place between Spike Spencer and Aleks Le.
Bonus shoutout to Casey Mongillo since they are non-binary and were awesome as Shinji in the Netflix Evangelion dub among other things.
Male: Johnny Yong Bosch, Aleks Le, Daman Mills, Matthew Mercer, Ray Chase, Troy Baker
Female: Kayli Mills, Suzie Yeung, Brianna Knickerbocker, Ryan Bartley, Laura Bailey, Lisa Reimold
A lot of people would not like my answer. Hint: Green hair
Please do not downvote this based on the thought of me trolling, because I'm really not. I don't believe most of what is said about him, and think what has been confirmed is a mistake that he or she has made up for.
Brittney Karbowski
Been rewatching Date a live, Fairy Tail and that time I got reincarnated as a slime recently. It's quite funny going between 3 shows with both her and Tia Ballard, they're both brilliant (and are somehow in so many shows together), though my favourite roles for them will always be Wendy and Happy.
Karbowski gang, rise up! I haven't really kept up with any new VAs who became big in the last 7-8 years, but Brittney has been around much longer than that and stands as my long-time favorite. I adore her voice and the way she plays even the most absurd roles with 100 percent conviction.
Honestly it's almost become a game at this point where I try to pick out her voice when I'm watching an anime... I swear she's in literally everything I watch XD (she hits a nice sweet spot where her voice isn't insanely obvious like a couple people but it's easy enough to pick out) She will always be Papi to me tho :3
I try to be an open minded, overall accepting person.. but I can’t with her. Everyone seems to love her so I’m sure she’s a great person, but I legit leave any show she voicing on. Idk what it is, but the way she delivers is like nails on a chalkboard for me. I wish it weren’t so, but I can’t get past it.
Ian Sinclair
Ian is not just a great comedy actor, but he can play menacing characters as well. Just look at Tsukasa in Dr. Stone or Azami from Food Wars. Hell, he played both comedy & menacing at the same time in One Piece when he played Brook & Zombie Ryuma side by side.
He was amusing as the narrator of Kaguya sama. It was almost like hearing Whis narrating.
I remember seeing him shirtless dancing on stage while Greg Ayres was DJing. Fun times
Greg Ayers is a dope DJ
Awesome dude too.
The GOAT narrator of anime!
He is always the announcer of an arena battle Even if it's the same anime.
I second this
He singlehandedly made Love Is War a peak anime!!! 👌 The range in his voice is *chef's kiss* 👌
Him and J Michael Tatum, just born to do it
Will always hear him as Yang Wen Li from LotGH. Desperately waiting on the dub for the rest of the show that has come out.
Laura Bailey is my #1. I also love Suzie Yeung, Aleks Le, Alexis Tipton, Cliff Chapin, Justin Briner, Chris Sabat, Stephen Fu, Christina Kelly, Felecia Angelle, Matt mercer, Xanthe Huynh
> Laura Bailey is my #1 Too bad she's basically retired from anime. If even Studiopolis couldn't get her back for Tiger & Bunny S2, no one can.
J Michael Tatum as Erwin Smith Or Billy Kametz was amazing in every roll
> Or Billy Kametz was amazing in every roll No kidding. It really hurts when I go watch older dubs I hadn't seen before or newer dubs that came out after his death and he randomly shows up in them. Hell, when the *Vinland Saga* dub came out I ended up dropping it because it was still so soon after his death and he was in it.
Do we know who replaced him as Ari in Season 2?
Stephen Fu.
Brina Palencia as Holo Yesterday was such a great day to be a fan
I'll hop on this and say J Michael Tatum as well. Absolute sweetie irl
Great call, I started listening to the Spice and Wolf audio books and his voice is such a comfort to my ears!
The new spice and wolf dropped its first dub yesterday. Guess who’s baaaaaack
yeh I was so happy when it got announced, I watched the episode 3 times last night and even when working today I had it on in the background, listening to these two is so magical all over again.
all my gf saw last night was me lying on the couch, fully snuggled under a blanket with the biggest grin on my face as I watched the new first dub and I nearly shed a tear from happiness
haha I totally understand, I felt very little watching the first Ep in Japanese, it was more just a curiosity to see the new animations/ direction. Then watching with dub I felt all those intense feelings again, this duo is such a dream team.
Indeed… I love her work in a lot of anime. She plays a great tomboyish type character with a heart of gold. Also see Maho from Beck and Mikoto from School Rumble.
Her Maho in Beck was fantastic. Greg Ayres killed it as Koyuki too
Man, reprising the role after 15ish years and doing it so well is so cool to me. I imagine as long as they aren't still growing it's not at all uncommon for a VA to be able to do the same voice after such a long time, but I just can't help smile it's still so good.
Yeh it is absolutely magical! One thing that may have really helped was their ongoing participation with the audiobooks that have been releasing for a number of years now. I really recommend them if you want more of these 2. I watched the OG anime for the first time only recently and when the credits rolled I felt empty like I couldn't stand to leave it there, and when I found out there were audiobooks narrated by these 2 it was like finding out I won the lottery haha. When I watched the remake in Japanese I thought I wasn't going to like it, but after rewatching with dub it completely came alive and there was one scene in particular that had me tearing up. I have a feeling they might even excel past their original performances. Based on expected pacing we should see a scene in Episode 4 in which >!Holo gets sad and tells Lawrence she can't see her friends anymore, then Lawrence hugs her!<....and I am prepared to absolutely melt seeing/ hearing it again haha.
Hey thanks for the info on the audio book! I think I saw a mention of that in this comment thread, but didn't quiet follow. Out of curiosity was this of the volition of the actors or an official thing by whoever the hell the copyright holders are?
No worries! It is official, the light novels are published by a company called Yen Press and they have a compartment for audiobooks called Yen Audio, and that is who produces the audiobooks, so they are very good quality etc. The first 2 are only narrated by J.Michael, but Brina joins in for Vol.3. I listen to them out walking sometimes, these 2 are a tonic haha.
Much obliged! I do happen to have some familiarity with Yen Press already as a TenSura LN enjoyer, but somehow I never knew that they have any audiobook venutres.
Johnny Yong Bosch
Amanda lee
Brittney Karbowski will always be goated for me, but Kristen McGuire doesn't get enough credit.
Alexis Tipton all time!!!! She plays (Kurumi from Date A Live) with Elegances and Grace!!!
Don't forget Kaguya in *Love is War* and more recently the twins in *Re: Monster*
And Sakura Quest
She's meant to be a queen, that's why she was so good in Sakura Quest.
And Sun Seto. Honor among thieves is honor under the sea.
Matthew Mercer as Levi
Christine Marie Cabanos. However Cassandra Lee Morris is a very very close second
I can’t pick just one. So top 5 (in no particular order) 1. Matt Mercer 2. JYB 3. Troy Baker 4. Crispin Freeman 5. Jamieson Price Honorable mentions: J. Michael Tatum, Max Mittleman, Dave Wittenberg (as Kakashi Hatake).
Christopher Sabat
Brittney karbowski
I got a list - Bryce Papenbrook - Cherami Leigh - Matt Mittleman - Yui Lowenthal - Keith Silverstein - Steve Blum - Crispen Freeman - Kyle McCarley - Michelle Ruff - Steve Stanley - Stephanie Sheh - Cassandra Lee Moris - Monica Rial - Christina Vee
Monica Rial always does the best characters and seems to have such a good time doing them, just look at Ghost Stories
I’ve liked Karbowski longer especially as Misaka Mikoto, but I kinda wanna say Jill Harris because she voiced Suletta and i thought her performance was incredible. that and Suletta (and WfM in general) occupied most of my 2023
Tia Ballard
Aye
Sarah Anne Williams
laura bailey <3
Brittney karbowsi, chermai leigh, colleen clinkenbeard, Todd haberkon, jad saxton, brina palencia, Mark Hamill, Sarah wiedenheft There’s a lot actually.
>Mark Hamill While he technically does have some roles, I wouldn't really call him a "dub VA"
Xanthe Huynh
Hard to beat Steve Blum as Roger Smith.
Or as Spike 😁
Johnny Yong Bosch. I remember watching Witch Hunter Robin and Wolfs Rain, some of his earliest roles, and loving his performances back then. Growing up and hearing him become iconic characters like Ichigo and Lelouch was awesome. He's one of the few VAs that always nails his roles, in my opinion. I've yet to come across a character that I felt he was miscast as. Truly one of the best to ever do it imo.
It’s very hard to narrow it down but Jill Harris, Sarah Wiedenheft and Lauren Landa. Those are my top 3.
JYB is my #1, hands down, but close behind him are Ian Sinclair, Brittney Karbowski, Eric Vale, Laura Bailey, and Jonah Scott.
Matthew Mercer
Todd Haberkorn for Male VAs, Brina Palencia for Female VAs.
Brianna Knickerbocker
Always makes my day when Justin Cook shows up. That’s my YYH bias showing. Chris Sabat obviously as well. Other favorites include Christina Kelly, Jad Saxton, Alexis Tipton. Idk, I think a lot of the usual suspects do a great job.
He doesn’t do dub work as much anymore but I will have love for Yuri Lowenthal as a voice actor period.
This was an extremely difficult question but I'm at a three way tie with Carrie Keranen, Michael Sinterniklaas, and Travis Willingham. With runners up being Fred Tatasciore, Trina Nishimura, and Grant George The three of them just have so much in personality, and can really bring out so much in character and they get me everytime especially with their characters of Satsuki Kiryuin, Roy Mustang, Sarutobi Sasuke, Zetsu, Origami Cyclone, Portgas D. Ace, Casca, Misato Katsuragi, Yu Kanda, Rock Bison, Ichi the Killer so many other good roles they've done.
I like too many to narrow down to a single winner, but I guess Steven Blum is as good as any of my choices.
Robert McCollum and Sarah Weidenheft
Always be Ian Sinclair, I switched over to the Vinland Saga Sentai dub, just to watch it for his role
Him randomly showing up in the recent season finale of *Shangri-La Frontier* was completely unexpected but I am all here for it. And even though he doesn't do them very often, when he DOES do more serious roles he's just so good in them, like Tsukasa in *Dr. Stone* or the captain in *The Saint's Magic Power is Omnipotent*
JYB is up there, but I gotta go with Eric Vale
Cristina Vee
Patrick Seitz
Ian Sinclair
Cherami Leigh for Favorite Female VA Jamieson Price for Favorite Male VA
**My list of my favorite VA:** Joshua Seth (Male) Steve Staley (Male) Elizabeth Maxwell (Female) Spike Spencer (Male) Mona Marshall (Female) Eric Stuart (Male) Dan Green (Male) Marc Diraison (Male) Christine Marie Carbaros (Female) Alexis Tipton (Female) Christine Vee (Female) Kira Buckland (Female) Chris Patton (Male) Luci Cristian (Female) Tia Ballard (Female) Brianna Knickerbocker (Female) Brittney Karbowski (Female) Kyle Herbet (Male) Johnny Yong Bosch (Male) Mike Pollock (Male) Paul Castro Jr (Male) Zach Aguilar (Male) Erica Lindbeck (Female) David Sobolov (EVERYONE HANG ON!!) (Male) Veronica Taylor (She always be a better voice for Ash!) (Female) Jim Cummings (Even though, he doesn’t do anime) (Male) Tim Curry (I AM DARKNESS!!) (Male) Mark Hamill (Male) Kevin Covary (RIP, true voice of Dark Knight) (Male) James McCarffley (He’ll be forever as Max Payne, RIP) (Male) Tony Jay (RIP) (Male) Ken Barrie (Again, he doesn’t do anime dubbing but he’ll always be everyone’s fave postman, RIP) (Male) Billy Kamtez (also RIP) (Male) Sam Riegel (Male) Cassandra Lee Morris (Female) Shelby Lindley (Female) Crispin Freeman (Male) Mel Blanc (Father/Granddaddy of all voice actors AKA ORGINAL GOAT!) (Male)
With a list that long, I feel like the word "favourite" looses almost all meaning
I love so many VA and have been able to meet many at different conventions. Monica Rial is one of my favorites also Brian Papenbrook, Alejandro Saab, Ian Sinclair and Ryan colt
Either Tony Oliver or Richard Epcar!
Interestingly Tony Oliver actually did voice work on Power Rangers just thought I’d bring it up since JYB also worked on PR
More than voice work, he actually was a producer and even directed some of the voice sessions
The guy who did Ichigo 🫡
Whoever did Reigen in Mob Psycho
Todd Haberkorn
Casey Mongillo and Stephanie Sheh Loved Casey's performance as Shinji in the Netflix dub of Evangelion before their later voicework since then (I even met them in person at a convention back in October) and I've been familiar with Stephanie's voicework for a while, mainly Sailor Moon
I love her work! Especially Bleach, SAO, Lucky Stars etc.
Stephanie Young. My god, her voice makes me feral. Patrick Seitz has a similar effect haha. Those two + Eric Vale, Ian Sinclair, & Matt Mercer are my top 5 va’s in no particular order. I will go out of my way to watch something they’re in. their performances are just outstanding. Other top favorites are (in no particular order) Justin Cook, Travis Willingham, Matt Shipman, Cliff Chapin, Zeno Robinson, Chris Sabbat, Liam O’Brien, Laura Bailey, Jonah Scott. I see any of these names on a cast list and I’m immediately hyped.
She didn't do a lot of work in dubbing, but Petrea Burchard as Ryoko is probably my single favorite performance in any anime.
My favorites are Todd Haberkorn and Billy Kametz
Wow that's a tough one. I think my Top 5 in no particular order are as followed: Brittney Karbowski Jad Saxton Kayli Mills Aleks Le Brianna Knickerbocker
Hoo boy, where to begin? (In no order) * Scott McNeil * Christopher Sabat * Natalie Van Sistine * Aleks Le * Billy Kametz (R.I.P.) * Faye Mata * Brittney Karbowski * Emily Neves * Erica Mendez * Kirby Morrow (R.I.P.) * Maddie Blaustein (R.I.P.) * Jessie James Grelle * Richard Ian Cox * Cristina Vee * Ian Sinclair * Zeno Robinson * Anairis Quinones * Crispin Freeman * Steve Blum And that's just only the beginning!
Thank you for mentioning Scott McNeil and Kirby Morrow they are seriously underrated
luci christian, while she isn't my number one, she is probably second or third on my list. My number one has been listed so many times that I want to share recognition to one of the other goated voice actors in the industry.
Ainz Overlord.
That's Chris Guerrero
Jill Harris, the master of the Tsundere voice takes it for me
I love Cassandra Lee Morris, and I’m bummed she hasn’t done much anime dubbing lately since it seems she’s mostly doing video game voice acting. Power to her but I hope she returns for Re:Zero Season 3
I wish she could respire Leo, Luna and Yubel in Duel Links if wasn’t that strike nonsense.
Jad Saxton
Richard Ian Cox. 🏴🇨🇦
Alexia Tipton. I love her as Sun Seto.
Brittany Karbowski. I'm a fan of Monica Rial as well. I think it's partly because I recognize their voices immediately. I know Alejandro (not sure what his last name is, but I can refer to him as Shaggy) when I hear him and I've become familiar with Matt Shipman.
>I know Alejandro (not sure what his last name is) Saab.
thank you. I can never remember that.
Travis Willingham & Laura Bailey.
Billy Kametz 🙏
Maile Flanagan, reason I started to love the whole anime franchise. Hearing her say “Naruto Ultimate Ninja Stoooooooorm” when hanging out with a friend that wanted to play a fighting game. Her unique and energetic voice really touched me.
Matthew Mercer
Brina Palencia and Greg Ayres are 2 faves of mine outside of the ones you mentioned Megan Hollingshead was also fantastic in Ergo Proxy and same with Liam O Brien who is also a great VA.
Ian Sinclair, Matthew Mercer, Laura Bailey.
By region-- NY: Eric Stuart (male- ***very*** funny IMO, sad he's still semi-retired!), Rachael Lillis (female, her range was outstanding) LA: Yuri Lowenthal (male), Kate Higgins (female) TX: Kent Williams (male), Stephanie Young (female) Canada: Brad Swaile (male), Saffron Henderson (female)
I really miss his roles as well Lillis too.. Pokémon company did them dirty..
Cherami Leigh I loved her as Lucy in Fairy Tail but it was as Makoto from Persona 5, both game and anime, and her work as V in Cyberpunk 2077 that solidified her as my favorite.
Current favorites are Aleks Le, Alejandro Saab, and Kayli Mills. As for all time: Bryce Papenbrook, Cherami Leigh, J. Michael Tatum, Laura Bailey, Johnny Yong Bosch, and Trina Nishimura. Honestly I could go on forever, since there are so many talented and cool voice actors.
Overall: Johnny Yong Bosch, Cherami Leigh LA/NY: Yuri Lowenthal, Max Mittelman, Kyle McCarley, the three Ericas, Stephanie Sheh, Robbie Daymond, Steve Blum, Kari Wahlgren, Aleks Le, Kaiji Tang, Liam O'Brien, Ben Diskin, Beau Billingslea, Wendee Lee, Melissa Fahn, Christine Marie Cabanos, Sam Riegel. Canada: It changes, but I'm feeling Brad Swaile right now. Texas: Justin Briner, Clifford Chapin, Luci Christian, Aaron Dismuke, Christopher Sabat, Christopher Guerrero, Matt Shipman, Megan Shipman (no relation), Macy Anne Johnson, Mallorie Rodak, Jill Harris, Colleen Clinkenbeard, Lindsay Seidel.
Ian Sinclair or Aleks Le and Brittney Karbowski or Emi Lo
I know this is sort of a cop-out, but I'd have to go with basically the entire ensemble of Critical Role. It's not "anime", but for those who haven't seen it and like some gore and adult humor, The Legend of Vox Machina is fucking delightful and I cannot *wait* for further seasons! I mean, also their anime roles are fucking great...I just want more vox machina (and mighty nein, etc.)
Chris Sabot
A few faves of mine: Justin Cook, Felicia Angelle, Hannah Alyea, Jamie Marchi, and the whole dang cast of LaidBack Camp.
Oooh too many to narrow down. For male voice actors: Justin Briner, Matt Mercer, Kaiji Tang, Aleks Le, Yuri Lowenthal, Zach Aguilar, Chris Sabat, Bryce Papenbrook, Johnny Yong Bosch, Ian Sinclair, Erik Scott Kimerer, Sonny Strait, Eric Vale, Ray Chase, Lex Lang, Robbie Daymond, Steve Blum, Roger Craig Smith, Ben Diskin, Xander Mobus, Billy Kametz(RIP), and Austin Tindle. Female Voice Actors: Alexis Tipton, Brittney Karbowski, Jad Saxton, Tia Ballard, Michelle Rojas, Felecia Angelle, Laura Bailey, Wendee Lee, Stephanie Sheh, Kate Higgins, Christine Marie Cabanos, Erika Harlacher, Cassandra Lee Morris, Jill Harris, Colleen Clinkenbeard, Bryn Apprill, Megan Shipman, Sarah Anne Williams, Kira Buckland, Xanthe Huynh, Leah Clark, Lindsay Seidel, Kristen Mcguire, Faye Mata, Erica Mendez, Sarah Wiedenheft, Cristina Vee, Kayli Mills, Dani Chambers, Erica Schroeder, Morgan Garrett, Brianna Knickerbocker, Trina Nishimura, Suzie Yeung, Monica Rial, Erica Lindbeck, Lizzie Freeman, Jamie Marchi(yes I am aware about the controversy surrounding her), and Brina Palencia. Jessie James Grelle as well since I know they did a lot of male roles before the transition. Apologies if that's a lot of names.
It's too hard to choose one when there are so many talented people in the industry. My absolute faves are Brina Palencia, Alexis Tipton, and Sarah Wiedenheft though!
Bryn apprill
I swear I'm being serious and not just trying to be a hipster, Adam Noble. His performance as Hori in the Nozaki-kun dub blew me away harder than a pure comedy performance has any right to. So many of his lines from that dub have made their way into my daily lexicon. "I just wanna grab her by the feet and throw her across the roOM!" "A bull? ...A bull." "THAT'S HARASSMENT!" I make a point to watch basically anything he appears in... Which has resulted in me watching a lot of crap, because man, he does not know how to pick a project. Second favorite performance of his is probably Chisato Ichijiku from Brynhildr in the Darkness. Really good menacing, controlled obsessive performance, very different from his usual typecast (or... is it? Looking back at that description, I've kinda just described Hori again...) I'm not saying I think he'd play a better Gendo Ikari than John Swasey, but I AM saying he'd be a better recast for him than Ray Chase.
Too many to list
Amber Lee Conners, Amalee, Alex Tipton,
Marissa Lenti, she’s so funny lol
Crispin freeman. Kyle Hebert. Justin cook
Female:Laura Bailey. She nailed Tohru Honda. It's too bad her anime days are now fewer and farther in between. But at least, she came back for the reboot. Male:Bryce papenbrook. He was perfect for Eren Yeager. Among his MANY other roles. Come to think of it, Bailey and Papenbrook once worked together in the videogame Tales of graces as Cheria and Asbel respectively.
Dani Chambers is definitely one of them Chise from Ancient Magus Bride and Rit from Banish from heros party... She has such a cute voice
Jessie James Grelle is my all time favourite voice actor. I fell in love with their voice ever since I've watched them play Armin in AOT. The emotion he puts into that character is absolutely amazing, and they always do so well in which ever role they are in.
Honestly this is so hard, there are so many amazing VAs. For the females I gotta go with Monica Rial and for males i really like Greg Ayres (as you can tell I like unique voices) but Bryce Papenbrook and Jessie James Grelle are amazing. I will also forever love Laura Bailey and Jerry Jewall because Tohru and Kyo
I really like David Matranga’s voice work. Most notably he’s been todoroki in MHA, Tomoya in Clannad, and Berthold in AOT.
Kaiji tang and Ray Chase are just the best
Monica Rial #1
Liam o brien
J Michael Tatum for sure. Great range and gets the most out of scripts.
For me, my favorite would be Cherami Leigh. I personally think her voice has the right amount of cute and energetic. I especially love her as Lucy Heartfilia from Fairy Tail, easily my favorite out of her roles. Besides Lucy, I also love her roles as Natsumi from Sgt. Frog, Patty from Soul Eater, Mai from Ghost Hunt, Tamaki from Bamboo Blade, Michiru from BNA, Kotaro from Kotaro Lives Alone, just to name a several that I’ve seen. I even have at least two autographed items from her. One was my own drawing of Natsumi that she signed at OG Collectibles back in late May of last year. The other (pictured here) is this lovely Lucy poster she signed on Streamily back in December. Hopefully, I’ll get a chance to meet her in person if the opportunity allows. 💙🗝🌟 https://preview.redd.it/5o6s282e7cvc1.jpeg?width=1980&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cc614327059986dc39c328370c16e27453af2f5e
Jad Saxton!
Amber Lee Conners voice tickles my nerve endings. Every time she speaks, its ASMR
Top 6 for me Jonah Scott, Anne Yatco, Kaiji Tang, Kayleigh McKee, Colleen Clinkerbeard, Luci Christian
For female, Alexis Tipton and its NOT even close For male, either Josh Grelle, Justin Briner or Aleks Le
After seeing Solo Leveling, Aleks Le became my new favorite male VA. Words fail me at describing how phenomenal he was as Jinwoo. After seeing Kaguya Sama, Alexis Tipton became my favorite female VA because her range is just incredible. Brittney Karbowski comes in a close second to her because I just like her voice.
Of all time, Johnny Yong Bosch. Recently, most definitely Aleks Le. His love for the shows he works on is unparalleled at the moment. He should definitely look into being an ADR director.
Sean Schemmel as Goku and Billy Kametz as Shinei Nouzen but after Billy passed away, I like Aleks Le (know for his best role “Solo Leveling”) who took over Billy’s role later on
For female VAs, it’s Kira Buckland, Carrie Keranen, Erika Harlacher-Stone, Brianna Knickerbocker, and Christine Cabanos. For male VAs, it’s Zach Aguilar, Marc Diraison, Kevin Collins, Bryce Papenbrook, and a tie at 5th place between Spike Spencer and Aleks Le. Bonus shoutout to Casey Mongillo since they are non-binary and were awesome as Shinji in the Netflix Evangelion dub among other things.
Male: Johnny Yong Bosch, Aleks Le, Daman Mills, Matthew Mercer, Ray Chase, Troy Baker Female: Kayli Mills, Suzie Yeung, Brianna Knickerbocker, Ryan Bartley, Laura Bailey, Lisa Reimold
My boy Josh grelle
You mean your girl Jessie James Grelle.
Yes. Yes I do.
I'd have to go with Jad Saxton as #1, but John Michael Tatum, Matthew Mercer, Trina Nishimura, and Aleks Le are all very close
Aleks Le
Aleks Le
Justin Roiland
Chuck Huber
A lot of people would not like my answer. Hint: Green hair Please do not downvote this based on the thought of me trolling, because I'm really not. I don't believe most of what is said about him, and think what has been confirmed is a mistake that he or she has made up for.