VA change in the middle of a series? [Archive]

bctaris

08-21-2005, 08:28 PM

There's the always mentioned change of Zelgadis and Amelia exactly half way through the first season of Slayers from Daniel Cronin and Joani Baker, respectively, to Crispin Freeman and Veronica Taylor. (There was a two year gap between the recording for the first four (1996) VHS volumes and the last four (1998).)

EmperorBrandon

08-21-2005, 08:35 PM

Between Vols. 5 & 6 of Magic User's Club, Akane's VA changed from Nicole Tieri to Stacey Williams.

In A Little Snow Fairy Sugar, Ginger was voiced by a different VA in the first volume. I believe the same for Saga's Mother, who was voiced by Jennifer Sekiguchi afterwards. It was only a short line in first ep., though...

In Rurouni Kenshin, Soujiro's voice changed from Tara Jayne to Lynn Fischer mid-series.

There's a pretty wide gap between any signficant apperances, but Kohaku's voice in Inuyasha changed from Alex Doduk to Danny McKinnon, and Sota and Eri's voice will change from Saffron Henderson to Rebecca Shoichet at some point (don't know when, but has been confirmed).

bctaris

08-21-2005, 08:36 PM

Oh, since Arxane reminded me of Ocean, there's obviously the big cast changeover with Maison Ikkoku:

Brad Swaile (Godai), Kathy Morse (Hanae Ichinose), Ron Halder (Yotsuya), Anna Cummer (Kozue), Sharon Alexander (Kentaro) and Nicole Bouma (Ikuko) replace, respectively, Jason Gray-Stanford, Daphne Goldrick, Gerard Plunkett, Rochelle Greenwood, Saffron Henderson and Andrea Libman. The first part of the dub running 36 episodes was from 1996 to 1999, the second half started up again once the series hit DVD, starting with Box Set 4 in 2004.

The Pirate Queen

08-21-2005, 09:10 PM

I find it odd that I'm the first to mention this, but Ban in GetBackers is played by a different actor after the first disc.

porkchopexpress

08-21-2005, 09:22 PM

I remember Rebecca Forstadt replacing Melissa Charles in both Mahoromatic and Please Teacher.

Starwind Amada

08-21-2005, 10:48 PM

One episode of Cyborg 009 featured David Umansky as 009 instead of Joshua Seth. Also, an episode of Rurouni Kenshin had Tara Jayne replaced by Lynn Fisher for Soujiro.

And then there's Toji from Eva, who went through 3 different voices, ending with Brett Weaver.

EDIT: EmperorBrandon beat me to the RK thing (but I'm pretty sure it was only one episode).

EmperorBrandon

08-21-2005, 11:04 PM

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EDIT: EmperorBrandon beat me to the RK thing (but I'm pretty sure it was only one episode).

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Nope, Tara Jayne was replaced permanently. Check CrystalAcids:
Tara Jayne (http://www.crystalacids.com/database/actor/jayne_tara.html)
Lynn Fischer (http://www.crystalacids.com/database/actor/fischer_lynn.html)

Jayne last voiced Soujiro in ep. 47. Fischer took over in ep. 50 and voiced him from then on.

Shsway

08-21-2005, 11:10 PM

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I remember Rebecca Forstadt replacing Melissa Charles in both Mahoromatic and Please Teacher.

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Also, Forstadt replaced Ellen Gerstell as Mihoshi in the Tenchi Muyo! franchise, starting from the second movie through Tenchi in Tokyo, the third film, Tenchi GXP and the new OVA series.

While Rebecca's take on the role is probably closer to the way the character was originally intended to sound and appeal to the audience, I still prefer Gerstell's more mature, intelligent-sounding voice. They both did an excellent job throughout the episodes assigned to them though.

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Starwind Amada said:

EDIT: EmperorBrandon beat me to the RK thing (but I'm pretty sure it was only one episode).

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Nope, Tara Jayne was replaced permanently. Check CrystalAcids:
Tara Jayne (http://www.crystalacids.com/database/actor/jayne_tara.html)
Lynn Fischer (http://www.crystalacids.com/database/actor/fischer_lynn.html)

Jayne last voiced Soujiro in ep. 47. Fischer took over in ep. 50 and voiced him from then on.

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Wow, I didn't even notice this! /images/graemlins/stunned0.gif

Victor Lewandowski

08-22-2005, 12:57 AM

Saber Marionette goes through three different English VA casts over the course of the three "J" series. Each one (J, J Again, J to X) has a completely different English VA cast.

I would love to see Saber Marionette be redubbed one day with a consistent English VA cast for all 57 episodes of the three "J" series.

Another series that had VA changes midway through the series was Sorcerer Hunters with Marron, Gateau, and Big Momma all getting new VA's during the series.

O-chan

08-22-2005, 04:00 PM

In Ranma 1/2 Venus Terzo replaced Brigetta Dau as female Ranma's voice after 6 episodes and 2 OAVs. Brigetta's vocal performance came off much more tomboyish than Venus' performance but I honestly didn't catch the change until repeat viewings.
The more obvious one that seriously affected the dub was male Ranma's voice being changed from Sarah Strange to Richard Cox (of Inuyasha fame) after the first 3 seasons, the entire OAV series, and movie. While Cox's performance is closer to Kappei Yamaguchi's performance it still lacked the "subtlety" that Strange gave Ranma's voice. Basically Strange did sensitive Ranma better. Cox did jerk Ranma better.
Other voices that changed over the course of the series"
Colonge
Voiced by Kathleen Barr (1st OAV Series and Movie) to Elan Ross Gibson (Entire TV series, and 2nd OAV series)
Dr. Tofu
Voice by Ian Corlett (First 5 seasons and parts of seasons 6 and 7)
and Kirby Morrow (whenever Ian wasn't voicing him)
Nabiki Tendo
Voiced by Angela Costain during the entire series run except in season 6 where her sister voiced her. (I barely noticed the change)
Kodachi Kuno
Teryl Rothery voiced her for the first 4 seasons, and the OAVs and movies. Now according to Furinkan.com Sylvia Zaradick voiced here for the remainder of the series. But I swear for Season 5 there was a third voice actress that voiced her specifically for that season.
Jusenkyo Guide was also voiced by Ian Corlett but by Season 7 was voiced by Micheal Donovan(Ryoga). The irony in this being in the Japanese version Ryoga and the Guide had the same voice actor throughout the entire series.

I think that's most of 'em.

O-chan

EmperorBrandon

08-22-2005, 10:13 PM

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But I swear for Season 5 there was a third voice actress that voiced her specifically for that season.

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CA has it as Erin Fitzgerald (http://www.crystalacids.com/database/actor/fitzgerald_erin.html).

Speaking of Erin Fitzgerald, her roles were replaced in Saber Marionette J by Nicole Oliver because Erin moved to LA. So that counts as a mid-series change for SMJ (the big changes between J, J Again, and J-to-X don't really since they're technically different series).

08-22-2005, 10:24 PM

dragonballz chris sabat did raditz in flashbacks but now raditz is done by justin cook

Victor Lewandowski

08-22-2005, 11:20 PM

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Speaking of Erin Fitzgerald, her roles were replaced in Saber Marionette J by Nicole Oliver because Erin moved to LA. So that counts as a mid-series change for SMJ (the big changes between J, J Again, and J-to-X don't really since they're technically different series).

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Different series but same continuity between the three because each series is connected in a linear timeline. Saber Marionette R, on the other hand, while it takes place on the same world, is <span style='color:#dddddd;background:#dddddd'>so far beyond the other 3 series (and has a cast that mirrors the J cast) </span>that it can stand alone with its own English VA cast.

Shale

08-23-2005, 12:58 PM

In The Big O, Alan Oppenheimer replaced Richard Barnes as Norman for the second season.

Jonathan Klein

08-26-2005, 10:24 PM

Well since this topic is somewhat fresh and Chris has just done his review of volume #2 of Mermaid Forest (A positive one, might I add), I might as well inform everybody about our own little casting change for the rest of the series.

In Mermaid Forest, the role of Yuta from Vol#2 on will no longer be played by Justin Gross. Unfortunately, Justin became unavailable to record the rest of the series.

However, we are very fortunate to have the wonderful voice acting talents of Liam O'Brien as Yuta for the rest of the series. Liam has done an incredible job as Yuta and I am sure you will enjoy his performance as much, if not more than Justin's.

BUT WAIT THERE'S MORE!

No, I don't mean another VA change, but....SPECIAL GUEST STARS!

Volume#2 will have will special guest star Kyle Hebert.

Volume#3 will have will special guest star Monica Rial.

These are not bit part cameos, these are full episode guest roles. And both have done an amazing job with their roles. I feel extremely honored to have had the pleasure of working with both of these talented people and hope we have the opportunity to do it again.

Oh, there's a couple of other special guest stars in Daphne Vol#4. But it's too early, so I'm not going to tell you /images/graemlins/tongue.gif.

Regards,

JK

thedigitalsin

08-26-2005, 10:35 PM

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I just got done watching Tenjho Tenge volume two and I noticed that Kouji Sagara is no longer played by Lex Lang but in fact George C. Cole. Has this ever happened before besides Excel Saga?

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Actually, he was always played by Cole. It was a typo on the part of whoever wrote the cast list.

bctaris

08-26-2005, 11:41 PM

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Jonathan Klein said:
Well since this topic is somewhat fresh and Chris has just done his review of volume #2 of Mermaid Forest (A positive one, might I add), I might as well inform everybody about our own little casting change for the rest of the series.

In Mermaid Forest, the role of Yuta from Vol#2 on will no longer be played by Justin Gross. Unfortunately, Justin became unavailable to record the rest of the series.

However, we are very fortunate to have the wonderful voice acting talents of Liam O'Brien as Yuta for the rest of the series. Liam has done an incredible job as Yuta and I am sure you will enjoy his performance as much, if not more than Justin's.

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I sense it was a conspiracy enacted by Liam O'Brien.

Heh, but cool. Too bad in a way since I like Gross a lot and after Ichise in Texhnolyze I would have liked him to have another lead role like this. But Liam fits the character well so I look forward to it.

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Volume#2 will have will special guest star Kyle Hebert.

Volume#3 will have will special guest star Monica Rial.

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Interesting. Cool. /images/graemlins/happy.gif

You guys have now had three or four personalities from the Texas scene, and a couple I think from New York...anyone passing through town from Vancouver? /images/graemlins/wink.gif (I think she only wants to do union, but I know it would make drakh happy if Vancouver to LA transplant Erin Fitzgerald would show up in something.)

Perfect_Cell

08-27-2005, 12:25 AM

Sister Anna (The sister with red hair and who hanged out with Sister Claire and Sister Mary) - Mandy Clark was the original VA for her but by eps 16 she was replaced by Brittney Karbowski. There really was no problem at all with this change however I wonder where Mandy Clark is.

EmperorBrandon

08-27-2005, 12:55 AM

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Zei said:
Sister Anna (The sister with red hair and who hanged out with Sister Claire and Sister Mary) - Mandy Clark was the original VA for her but by eps 16 she was replaced by Brittney Karbowski. There really was no problem at all with this change however I wonder where Mandy Clark is.

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There was a reason floating around for Mandy's roles being replaced, though I forgot exactly what it was.

Speaking of ADV switches, there's some minor ones in Super GALS! Nora Stein's roles as Minigal Tan and Tan Face Blue were replaced by Serena Varghese and Elena Coates, respectively, in the later part of the series.

08-27-2005, 12:58 AM

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EmperorBrandon said:
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Zei said:
Sister Anna (The sister with red hair and who hanged out with Sister Claire and Sister Mary) - Mandy Clark was the original VA for her but by eps 16 she was replaced by Brittney Karbowski. There really was no problem at all with this change however I wonder where Mandy Clark is.

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There was a reason floating around for Mandy's roles being replaced, though I forgot exactly what it was.

Speaking of ADV switches, there's some minor ones in Super GALS! Nora Stein's roles as Minigal Tan and Tan Face Blue were replaced by Serena Varghese and Elena Coates, respectively, in the later part of the series.

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Wasn't the reason she went back to college?

Perfect_Cell

08-27-2005, 12:59 AM

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Zei said:
Sister Anna (The sister with red hair and who hanged out with Sister Claire and Sister Mary) - Mandy Clark was the original VA for her but by eps 16 she was replaced by Brittney Karbowski. There really was no problem at all with this change however I wonder where Mandy Clark is.

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There was a reason floating around for Mandy's roles being replaced, though I forgot exactly what it was.

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I think it had something to do with her going for a degree in something, I too remember something being said about it but I have no idea where the original post is so I can't confirm anything.

JTurner

08-27-2005, 01:18 AM

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In some of the middle episodes of Record of Lodoss War: Chronicles of the Heroic Knight, Deedlit is played by A. J. Parks instead of Lisa Ortiz.

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Actually, I believe it was episodes 20 and 21. That really bothered me, especially since it was one of my favorite performances from the Lodoss War dubs. Several characters went through similar or complete changes as well--Deedlit's VA change was the most obvious, but Leylia's even more so. I liked Simone Grant the best as Leylia, but for some strange reason, in Episodes 22-24, she was voiced by some Alyssa Beaux (who was nowhere nearly as good as Grant), and, in Episodes 25-27, Meg Frances (slightly better but too whiney).

I learned from Ortiz that her voice change occured because she was out of state and sick at the time these episodes were recorded--and was pretty moritified to hear about the change. I really wondered what was up with some of those other VA changes, though. That was my biggest qualm of this otherwise serviceable dub.

-Jon T.

B-Rad Lascelle

08-27-2005, 01:44 AM

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EmperorBrandon said:
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Zei said:
Sister Anna (The sister with red hair and who hanged out with Sister Claire and Sister Mary) - Mandy Clark was the original VA for her but by eps 16 she was replaced by Brittney Karbowski. There really was no problem at all with this change however I wonder where Mandy Clark is.

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There was a reason floating around for Mandy's roles being replaced, though I forgot exactly what it was.

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I think it had something to do with her going for a degree in something, I too remember something being said about it but I have no idea where the original post is so I can't confirm anything.

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Mandy returned to school and props to her for getting her degree.

As for other Clark changes, Jessica Boone replaced her as Mizuki Inaba in Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu. I get a kick out of that performance every time I hear it 'cause it's a pretty good Mandy impression. Who knew Chiyo could mimic Tomo so well? /images/graemlins/wink.gif

Perfect_Cell

08-27-2005, 02:26 AM

LOL, kudos to her as well. I hope I get to hear Mandy in the future, her roles must not be forgotten. /images/graemlins/catgirl0.gif

animegirl22

08-27-2005, 04:18 PM

What?! No mention of Larissa Wolcott's Excel?! For shame. /images/graemlins/wink.gif

AbeChinchilla

08-27-2005, 04:28 PM

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What?! No mention of Larissa Wolcott's Excel?! For shame. /images/graemlins/wink.gif

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It was mentioned in the first post. Just that Larissa Wolcott was not named.

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Otakuman1

08-28-2005, 12:54 PM

Howdy folks!

In new episodes Yu Gi Oh!

Bella Hudson replaces Megan Hollingshead (Whos is now in Los Angeles) as Mai Valentine.

Also Mokuba has a New VA as well.

Tara Jayne was replaced by Erica Schroder.

(Erica is the voice of Monkey D Luffy in One Piece)

Hope this helps.

See ya!

Mark

08-28-2005, 10:08 PM

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Zei said:
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EmperorBrandon said:
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Zei said:
Sister Anna (The sister with red hair and who hanged out with Sister Claire and Sister Mary) - Mandy Clark was the original VA for her but by eps 16 she was replaced by Brittney Karbowski. There really was no problem at all with this change however I wonder where Mandy Clark is.

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There was a reason floating around for Mandy's roles being replaced, though I forgot exactly what it was.

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I think it had something to do with her going for a degree in something, I too remember something being said about it but I have no idea where the original post is so I can't confirm anything.

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Mandy returned to school and props to her for getting her degree.

As for other Clark changes, Jessica Boone replaced her as Mizuki Inaba in Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu. I get a kick out of that performance every time I hear it 'cause it's a pretty good Mandy impression. Who knew Chiyo could mimic Tomo so well? /images/graemlins/wink.gif

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But it's still not Mandy. /images/graemlins/cry00000.gif

Iridium

11-21-2005, 08:14 PM

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Volume#3 will have will special guest star Monica Rial.

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The Geneon Lounge has an interview (http://www.geneonanimation.com/lounge/index.php?id=164) with Monica Rial and Jonathan Klein about this series.

11-21-2005, 08:53 PM

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Jonathan Klein said:
Volume#3 will have will special guest star Monica Rial.

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The Geneon Lounge has an interview (http://www.geneonanimation.com/lounge/index.php?id=164) with Monica Rial and Jonathan Klein about this series.

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Oooh. I've been meaning to check this title out but now there's a little bit more incentive. Thanks for the heads up!

Starwind Amada

11-21-2005, 10:17 PM

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The Otakuman said:Tara Jayne was replaced by Erica Schroder.

(Erica is the voice of Monkey D Luffy in One Piece)

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HULK SMASH!

God, I hate her voice. And WHY does she do those retarted laughs whenever Luffy smiles? Ugh.

If anyone EVER replaces Marc Diraison as Zolo, I'll be pissed. Well, not really, but that's only because I refuse to watch One Piece dubbed. But he's the only good VA in all of 4Kids.

EmperorBrandon

11-21-2005, 11:26 PM

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Starwind Amada said:
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The Otakuman said:Tara Jayne was replaced by Erica Schroder.

(Erica is the voice of Monkey D Luffy in One Piece)

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HULK SMASH!

God, I hate her voice. And WHY does she do those retarted laughs whenever Luffy smiles? Ugh.

If anyone EVER replaces Marc Diraison as Zolo, I'll be pissed. Well, not really, but that's only because I refuse to watch One Piece dubbed. But he's the only good VA in all of 4Kids.

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ANN says the new voice of Mokuba is Caroline Lawson, not Erica Schroder. Tara Jayne was replaced because I think she moved to LA yet again.

And keep in mind that most of the 4Kids VA's come from the same NY talent pool that other studios (particularly NYAV Post) use. There's quite a lot of great VA's among their regulars, so I don't think it's fair to take in out on them for some of 4Kids' more poorly-adapted work.

The Pirate Queen

11-22-2005, 09:26 AM

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And WHY does she do those retarted laughs whenever Luffy smiles? Ugh.

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Because the director tells her to?

Lovely

11-22-2005, 04:15 PM