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Vol 3 Ch 35 | Constant-ine Slut with Nasim Benelkour
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Hey gamers! Sorry for disappearing, Nebula got married! Before our break, we got to chat with Nasim Benelkour!
Nasim is best known for their roles in Dragonball Daima (Piccolo), Kaiju No. 8 (Hiroto Mori), BLUELOCK (Shingen Tanaka).
We talk about comics and what it's like to be a voice actor with such a young start! Even funnier, we had this conversation just before it was revealed that Nasim would actually be cast as (mini) Piccolo in dragonball daima!
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Introduction and Guest Welcome
00:00:11
Speaker
Welcome back to the Sleepover Podcast. This is Fandames with Parks and Nebula. The voice you're hearing now is Nebula. And mine is Parks, and today we are joined by a special guest. Our guest, would you like to introduce yourself and what you do?
00:00:22
Speaker
All righty, hello, hello. My name is Naseem Benekor, otherwise known as Lux Path across all the social medias and whatnot. Primarily, I am a professional voice actor, having voiced across anime, animation, video games, and more. You might have heard my voice in some pretty cool anime, like recently, called Kaiju Number 8. I voice Hiroto Mori. Additionally, I'm also in The 7th Prince, that also came out pretty recently, last season, as a character known as Albert D Saloon.
Transition to Voice Acting
00:00:49
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So that's a little bit about me.
00:00:52
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You had that so prepared. How many times a week do you give that little shield? Honestly, it's just more of like, you know, coming from the previous content creator space, you know, it's kind of like ingrained in the blood of just, you know, being able to do that on command. Yeah, the minute camera's on, it's like, I'm here. Yeah, hi. That's it. And then as soon as it's done, it's like, quietly saying it's like,
00:01:19
Speaker
Man. You got it. So we're really happy to have you here. um Thank you for coming, of course, because it's really refreshing to get someone like you who's come through content creation, but also has a little bit more of like a, I don't want to say, I don't know, steady footpath into like doing romance games and stuff and but leading into animation before.
00:01:40
Speaker
So just, it's really refreshing and that's what I'm excited to talk about a little bit more just because I like to play like silly romance games. yeah So whenever I hear characters through there, it's like, I really like this voice. And a lot of the time it's like an indie voice actor I will never hear again. So it's really nice to see you do that. And then like Kaiju number eight now, by the way, which we started because your dumb voice is in it and we just want to hear you. So, you know. yeah Yeah. And now we have a new character to thirst over together because the main character of that anime is a wonderful, wonderful lad. A wonderful man indeed, man. We all love our Kafka. We stan
Voice Acting Techniques and Differences
00:02:19
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Kafka. Best MC.
00:02:23
Speaker
And we have interviewed a lot of different like anime voice actors um on this podcast, but I am so much more interested to hear about your experience with the visual novel aspect and the gaming aspect and even like any commercial aspects that you've done, because I really want to know what the difference is and like what kind of um like if you have any different techniques, if you have any different like preparation rituals for going into different industries. So what's a little what's a little insight into how you get into that?
00:02:52
Speaker
Well, it's a pretty cool question that I don't really get asked a lot because I feel like that there is a ah very big difference between the two mediums. um Although it's still classified as character work, um it's still kind of respectively different within its own sense. um For a lot of people that do anime, a lot of them kind of just get into it. There is not a lot of actors that kind of have worked in the indie space to kind of translate from that.
00:03:21
Speaker
into going into the industry primarily from the anime space um but the biggest difference that I can see from it is honestly more of like in the technicality standpoint for anime we do this process called ADR now you can't I always forget the terminology of what exactly ADR is so I would have to do a Google search to kind of you know see what that is but essentially we are dubbing and we're dubbing over the original language that being Japanese and a lot of people have this idea which is true to with the extent that we are restricted within that you know area and it is a little bit true you know what I'm saying because we are kind of restricted to the lip flaps and you know the script itself is restricted to those lip flaps and and you know some of the times our performances could be restricted due to those lip-laps as well. So the difference that I find um you know voicing between anime and the visual novel stuff is that visual novels I get to crack out. I get to just be me you know like kind of put my foot out there because there is a lot more time that they're able to do on the timing sense
00:04:29
Speaker
for um any big performance like differences that i add or a little like certain nuances that i add to the line that may have not in like not initially been there in the first place you know i'm a big example was i'm coming off of this visual novel that i recently worked on called the two fifty seventh element where i voice a character named night mata ramen.
00:04:50
Speaker
And in that visual novel, there was a lot of lines that, you know, during the session that I'm just like, Hey, can we try this out and whatnot? Cause he's like a little nerdy geeky like kid and stuff. So I'm like, let me
Early Inspiration and Career Start
00:05:03
Speaker
add a little bit of this and a little bit of that. And we had that freedom to play. Whereas, you know, comparatively to anime, it is a lot more restrictive. So I would feel like that's like the main difference between the two. And it's honestly why I enjoy, you know, doing visual novels even now because of said freedom and whatnot. Hopefully that answered the question. Would it be fair to compare it to like with anime, you're almost having your own interpretation of another actor's interpretation versus with visual novels, it's your firsthand interpretation of like the source media?
00:05:39
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I would say since our goal ah through dubbing anime isn't to be a copy, right? We aren't trying to like mimic the performance of the other actor is essentially, you know, everything's translated from, you know, the ah lines from the script to the performances themselves. They're translated into, you know, our performances and whatnot. So there still is that like our self interpretation of the character primarily the director's interpretation of the like the character and the world and the story and kind of how they want to go about ah creating this from their perspective and translating over it from the J. But um i would I would honestly just say from the freedom aspect, it's just more that there is a lot to play around with from an actor perspective
00:06:28
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comparatively between the two mediums. right um From doing the visual novel stuff and even like stuff extending into like original animation and AAA video games, um like those kind of worlds also expand within that freedom of being able to act more to play more to be a little bit you know more ah goofy at times in terms of your playability ah for that character towards where anime especially the fact that we are dubbing it there's only so much that we can do it's not like that we're restricted all the time but you know comparatively you know there is that less freedom because of that process
00:07:06
Speaker
Yeah, you get to let your inner theater kid free a little bit more. I wish I had that, but I know a lot of people that have come from the theater aspect and definitely was able to allow them to kind of do that. I have a good friend by the name of Wilder that plays around with that also in the indie space that he kind of has that as well, comparatively between the two mediums and whatnot. But yeah, definitely.
00:07:38
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So just to like, because you have a lot of trainings and stuff, and and it's really impressive to read through like how many you've done. But did you have because it sounds like yeah, you definitely did not have like a theater background to get into it it was just more like your own step. But where did you um man so I tell the story pretty frequently my kind of ah cause it kind of trickles down to like the start.
00:07:58
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where i started voice acting um but my start kind of happened when i was 12 um i'm pretty young in this industry so uh you know it kind of like backtracks a little bit younger than you know comparatively to other actors within this space um but yeah when i was 12 i used to be a uh stop-motion animator uh forget that alarm yeah I used to be a stop motion animator and I used to do a stop motion using a little Lego minifigures and my whole goal between that was being able to create and develop stories and I really loved that as a kid my little autistic brain I was just like yeah you know let's do a little bit of this
00:08:36
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and do a little bit of that and like put it all together. I was i was a very i was a little cracked out kid so I was just like, I want a medium towards where I can be able to express this like love and passion and I found you know stop motion to be a really good way to do that. Over time, I didn't really like it as much as I initially did um when I first started the whole animation process and I was just like,
00:08:58
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Where can I find another media?
Challenges and Opportunities in DC Voice Acting
00:09:00
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Because I definitely needed one. I wanted to put my energy somewhere. um I think I was around 15 when that's kind of happened. So I was just like, let me look at voice acting. Because at the time, during my animations, I would do my own voice acting and bring on you know my friends to do voice acting for my stuff as well. So I'm just like, hey, I've been kind of already doing this, so why not, you know,
00:09:26
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try it extensively. It might not look more into it and whatnot. And um being young definitely had like their limitations in terms of like how much work I could actually do and whatnot. It was a struggle that I had ever since. like you know Up until turning 18, it was like a struggle to elevate some den. But you know throughout that process, I just you know wanted to learn more and more and more and more about it. um a lot of these you know A lot of voice actors nowadays um kind of get their stride from um anime and whatnot. But my stride mixed into it was actually DC Comics.
00:10:04
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and i love dc comics so freaking much man it's a it's a world that i would love to tap into one day um you know far far in the future hopefully you know what i'm saying throwing it out you know but you know it's definitely something that kind of helped me a lot because kind of getting into the world of voice acting um And this also kind of connects where content came in, but I was a impression guy for a little bit. I did a lot of um impression videos and whatnot. um you know It was very cringy at the time. I did a lot of you know ah Star Wars impressions, you know anime impressions.
00:10:43
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you know ah My hero academia impressions. I know it. Oh my god ah but you know yeah Man but no like kind of doing that actually really helped I see a lot of voice actors um some of the times, you know, no blame to my colleagues ah kind of almost villainize Impressions and whatnot but for me doing those impressions helped me kind of find where my voice in line is and being able to find my vocal range to be able to, once I started really taking voice acting seriously, hitting like the helm and being like, oh, okay, I know what I can do. I know my limitations in my voice and I know where it can set at. So,
00:11:24
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I just hit the ground running. I think it was around 16 where I like, you know, I dropped the impression stuff completely and just like strictly just went like, okay, I just want to do voice acting professionally. Let me like really hit the like ground running. So I did the research, you know what I'm saying? The workshops are obviously a really big thing. So I did the workshops and you know, it kind of all went sailing from there to be honest. That's kind of like a, you know, a generalized story a bit to be honest, but yeah.
00:11:54
Speaker
And the the DC Comics aspect, you're in good company because both Parker and I are yeah huge DC Comics fans. But you have to pay homage to the legends to Kevin Fumoy and yeah and ah Mark Hamill and two of the big names when it comes to Western voice acting that really like skyrocketed it into an art form rather than just this goofy cartoon kids show shit.
00:12:19
Speaker
it was truly something that everyone could admire and everyone could enjoy on some level. And I love that that's where you you got a lot of that inspiration. yeah man you know Oh, go ahead. No, no, you got it. Go ahead. I was going to say, it's also all of those legends are kind of why it's hard to get into voice acting for DC because we're not going to move. Once we have those, we're not going anywhere else, which is great for the people who love those voices like I do. But it's like, if you want to be new, unless they make a new character and you can get in right there, it's going to be a little bit difficult to get in, which is unfortunate for us to do.
00:12:58
Speaker
really like doing like DC comic work or wanting to be involved in the DC because I love the DC animated universe compared to the live action. And so it's like all of the work that really goes into it is so good. But we can't have Jensen Ackles be Red Hood, Batman and everybody at this point. But he's so good. I know he's so good. I'm good. And it's such a fine man indeed. I'll throw it out there. God damn.
00:13:24
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is ah Sometimes it's like maybe I want like a new unique Jason voice because now it's been Batman and Jason, but also maybe I don't want to replace Jensen Ackles. It's that we love we love the originals. We love who we have, but if you want to get into it, it's like...
00:13:41
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I honestly feel like you know the voice acting world is kind of expanding into not only the respect aspect for voice actors but you know just ah just in terms of the general ah publicize and how much popularity voice acting as a career is actually going for.
00:14:01
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um I recently watched um a really good show I recommend so many people to watch if you're in DC had like I am my adventures with Superman. ah It's a new animated show that recently came out and recently dropped and there is you know a small acquaintance of mine ah that has kind of you know picked up my brain here and there throughout my own personal career. by the name of Max Middleman that voices Lex Luthor in the show. You know what I'm saying? So to have someone that you know within right now that I feel like is in the realm of the industry that I work in you know do something as big and as idolized as you know a DC animated series like I feel like that
00:14:43
Speaker
the realm of possibility for people to do it is still there you know what i'm saying and like i feel like that over time you know a lot of these studios are gonna get out of the mindset of just like hey we have our guys let's just continue to recycle recycle or recycle recycle and it's also something you can look towards an anime towards where if you looked at an anime like a decade ago and kind of you know um looked at the years and years and years and years of anime kind of going out there you look at the credits the credits were like kind of a lot of the same people again and again and again and again and again and starting from a fan i saw that and i was just like i understand it but i'm like there must be more actors guys you know what i'm saying there must be but you know i see now especially working within this space you know today um
00:15:31
Speaker
seeing the rise of new actors come in and directors kind of you know throwing the dart into the realm of the new guys and seeing which one it hits and giving them the responsibility of being able to like do it and um they're doing it you know what i'm saying a good example of that i would also bring up is the new Suicide Squad isekai anime that just came out recently too towards where that's being dubbed by the good people at Sentai Filmworks by you know people that you know relatively to this voice acting space aren't new by any means but are still within the realm of being like green in the overall industry. So you know having a new voice for Harley Quinn, having Clayface, a new voice for him, a new voice for the Joker, you know what I'm saying? um It's such a cool thing that as a DC head, I'd never thought that I'd see until like you know someone would have fortunately passed away and hand on the torch to somebody else. you know
00:16:31
Speaker
but I don't know man, I mean like there's a part of me that like I said as a fan you know I love it man because like what I learned a lot from like the researching aspect and being a fan is just how much these actors that you do see care about their roles. Like Kevin Conroy wasn't just an actor, he was Batman.
00:16:53
Speaker
You know what I'm saying? Like, he was Batman. Mark Hamill,
Exploring DC Characters and Inspirations
00:16:56
Speaker
he isn't just Mark Hamill, he was the Joker. You know what I'm saying? And like, the amount of care and passion and love that they had for these characters, and they still have, is so, so awe-inspiring, man. Like, and I try to kind of replicate that myself within my own characters that I'm given the privilege opportunity to voice, you know? And being able to, like,
00:17:17
Speaker
mix in that passion and that love for these characters because I know that even if I don't have an initial love for a character by sight, there are probably hundreds of people, thousands of people amidst the team of people working on this character, amidst the artists themselves that's working on this character that has so much love for this character. So to not have that is almost a disrespect. So I kind of try to learn off of those actors as well to have that same passion as well.
00:17:46
Speaker
yeah You got a Goku spirit ball. yeah All the passion into one and then just ran right into the character. I love that you brought up My Adventures with Superman because and the the new Suicide Squad isekai because it's such a unique marriage of um the Western influence on like comedy when it comes to more Eastern style entertainment and then the Eastern influence on animation and um like character expression yeah in Western entertainment. And it's such a unique mesh that we haven't had in my opinion since like
00:18:24
Speaker
Avatar the Last Airbender, I would say. So I'm so glad you brought those up and in particular because I love, love, love, love my adventures with Superman and had the exact same feelings while watching it that I did. Watching like Dragon Ball Z for the first time or Avatar for the first time or like Batman the Animated Series and I just love all of that. And I'm so glad to see there is that appreciation behind the scenes in the industry for all of that kind of creation and all of those characters. Yeah, man. It's ah it's a beautiful thing. you know i'm Honestly, I'm glad to see it. I just hope that like you know continuously, you know as you know voice acting becomes bigger and bigger and hopefully more appreciated with time and whatnot, that that opportunity becomes more and more accessible to you know more and more actors out there, man. because i Like I said, I know a lot of actors, you know, like myself, that would kill it if given the opportunity, you know what I'm saying? So I can only hope and, you know, kind of throw out there to the universe that like that becomes, you know, a thing, you know, just continuously throughout the future and whatnot. So if you could voice a DC Comics character, any character, who would you pick?
00:19:35
Speaker
Oh man, you know, there's only a select group of old friends that will know my love for this character, but it's Scarecrow. I love Scarecrow so much, Mr. Jonathan Crane. He is, you know, he he was a character that way back in my animated side and stuff. And it's actually something I don't even talk about, to be honest, because it's ah it's it's a time that I've left so far behind me that I just don't really have time to think about it.
00:20:03
Speaker
But you know I used to kind of identify my animator business surrounding around Scarecrow. And you know kind of that was like my brand image almost to be honest. And it's because of how much love I have for this character, man. um he is a it's it's such a He's such a complex character by both means.
00:20:22
Speaker
and even separating him between being Jonathan Crane, and you know his father and like the dynamics between him and his father and his dynamics that he has between him and himself and Scarecrow. you know It's such a beautiful thing, man. my and the the The best iteration of the character that personally, by opinion, that I kind of love a lot is in the Arkham games and particularly in Batman Arkham Knight where he was the main guy for that game and I was so when that was like a thing back then bro and like you know they announced that he was gonna kind of be the main dude I was Like, yeah, you know, Scarecrow's finally getting proper appreciation. He's not just a guy throwing, like, ass juice at people, you know what I'm saying? Like, you know, like he is he's actually, you know, an important, you know, character for once and kind of exploring his, like, complexities as Scarecrow is you such a beautiful thing.
00:21:19
Speaker
um But yeah, it would definitely be Scarecrow to be honest. That's something either live action or in voice acting because I would hope that um with the installments of ah the Batman movies that have been coming out that Scarecrow becomes a character throughout that and then kind of you know push throughout his stuff through there.
00:21:38
Speaker
um and but My second favorite installment of Scarecrow is a series that I also don't hear people talk about a lot, but it's really good. It's called Gotham. And Gotham, that series, I freaking loved it so, so much. Oh man, the actor for Jim Gordon was so fun. But you know we don't talk about that, you know what I'm saying? But you know you know his interpretation with Scarecrow is also really good because I liked how that show explored a lot more deeper into the lore behind these characters.
00:22:08
Speaker
in their own unique, personalized way, to be honest, um which was, like I said, it was just dope. But yeah, Scarecrow would definitely be the character that I would gun for if given the opportunity.
00:22:20
Speaker
Okay, I just had to Google Jim Gordon Gotham and like, okay, hello. Have you not watched Gotham? They make everyone a little hot. I watched like a few episodes of it in college and I really wanted to get into it, but I was ah like, I was on on crunch time trying to make my Halloween costume, so I was not paying attention to what was going on on the TV.
00:22:45
Speaker
of me come back and revisit i i you I also agree with Arkham Arkham games specifically I just adore their entire I feel like it's it's old rehashed content but yes so unique in the way they did it especially with the ability to kind of push into video game level design. yeah um I do this every time I talk on this damn podcast because I just wish more studios at an earlier date had realized how much storytelling and design that is able to be put into video games because in the original Arkham Asylum when you get to do the Scarecrow level It's such a unique term because I love going from the 3D kind of top-down, not full top-down, but you know what I mean? yeah Like POV when you're playing Batman and then you swap to this side-scrolling platform while you're playing the Scarecrow mission. yeah And it's so unique because it's like every time, yeah, every time we're in the comics, it's him throwing ass juice, as he said, and not really doing anything. We don't get to express, like, there's only so many ways that you can artistically
00:23:43
Speaker
express that through the comics, but also through the limited animation we've had that mentions Scarecrow for the most part. Yeah. So through the games being able to push that and I also loved it from Arkham Knight because I love Jason Todd. So it's like, ooh, let's fix both these things in the best ways. I love those series. I love it so much. I love when we actually adapt video games into telling these deeper stories oh yeah and it starts to pick up so much traction because the Arkham games did so well and for all these characters on like a public standard. Yeah, it's something that I wish that was kind of adapted into the ah recent games that they kind of like try to throw installments into, you know what I'm saying? Like for me, you know, I'm always, you know, kind of someone that's like bluntly, you know, there for criticism. I personally did not enjoy the two installments of games that came out with being that Suicide Squad game and the thing that they try to do with the
00:24:33
Speaker
Arkham, not the Knights, but that whatever they try to do with ah Robin, Jason, like having... Yeah, Gotham Knights. Yeah, Gotham Knights. I don't know. I was not happy with it. Seeing Jason Todd, a borderline fly, and I'm like, bro, come on, man. Oh, you know, the Lazarus pits give magic now, okay? No one else uses the Lazarus pits, uses magic like this, but he does. Yeah, no why yeah he he does 100%. She's Batgirl again. What do you mean she's paralyzed? No, she got over ah yeah not over it. We could've just adapted a different canon instead of like you know the Arkham canon, but we had to, so Oracle's just better now. Yeah, man. I think the exact words they used was she like got sick of it or something, so she literally worked through it. She worked through her paralysis.
00:25:20
Speaker
was yeah cool well if they did it as its own game it wouldn't have been so bad but they didn't they it has to i don't know yeah it' i think i have to add another installment that just for some reason just ah yeah man i mean ah honestly you know speaking of like the lazarus pit and whatnot you know this would be a second character if you ever given the opportunity to play would definitely be oh ras al ghul And that is like, you know, for someone that is, you know, black, Arab and Puerto Rican, you know, kind of filling in that Arab ancestry with Ra's al Ghul would be freaking amazing. I loved all the actors that played Ra's al Ghul that freaking, you know, accent, they always kill it. That accent is so beautiful, man. And, um you know, I do love kind of Ra's as a character. I love so many Batman characters, man. Like a lot of people, you know, sleep on the kind of
00:26:08
Speaker
Batman's, you know, ah you know, villainy or villain a group. I forgot the terminology for it. the ro Yeah, the rogue gallery, you know what I'm saying? His rogue gallery is super freaking unique. Honestly, I would even like kind of throw a hot take out there better than someone like Spider-Man. You know what I'm saying? Like, I love how you know the rogue gallery is kind of build and made surrounding around Batman because all of them kind of hit a lot more deeper. I would say that like someone like a character like Mr. Freeze right you you hear the name is just like Mr. Freeze the what?
00:26:42
Speaker
But then you look deep into his lore and you realize just like how deep and grounded it actually is and its intentions of actually being a villain isn't just because like, oh, I want to be a villain. It's like a lot more deeper with that with a story with its wife and Nora and like trying to find a cure and all these things. And that's just the one of the rogues. You even tap into someone as goofy as the Riddler and he has like, you know, deep stuff, you know, something And like, you know what I mean? So I love how deep it all goes in terms of like their stuff. That is what I do remember from Gotham, that I did like the Riddler's Backstory in Gotham. That one was was very well articulated. And to your point, um there's no Spider-Man animated ah or like adult animation show about the rogues gallery for yeah all the Spider-Man homeboys, but there is no Batman.
00:27:34
Speaker
you Spider-Man just keeps every time they have like a new villain unless it's like because it's just the way that they've opened up Spider-Man canon It's like look other world creatures now we look we're so tied to Marvel that we don't have time to do small things it's like Yeah, okay. Mm-hmm, but can we go back to like I don't know something a little fun Can we get like a kite man in here? Which we're able to do with Miles Morales a little bit more which is nice Yeah, like that's not main spider-man that's miles morales we had to make a complete new guy just to kind of yeah bring back this essence which is fine i like miles morales the story and but i am starting to like it more than main peter perker spider-man lines yeah like for that reason yeah and exactly i i did like the uh recent installment of the ps5 game for the spider-man 2 thing i feel like honestly from a critique level it was a way too fast game
00:28:29
Speaker
I mean, I beat it in a day. There wasn't like a lot of ah replayability when it came to it. just That's just being you know me throwing out critique. um But I really did love Craven the Hunter. I feel like that that like out of everything I've seen of Craven, they did Craven so, so well. And his actor portrayed him so, so good, man. i'm like I love that aspect. I wish it kind of like you know, it took a little bit farther of a step back from all the technological stuff that Craven has his hands on and whatnot. But I do understand it to a certain extent, because just like, yeah, you know, he's a hunter, you know, he has these other things, he's gonna use everything, you know, that, you know, is available to him to be able to hunt down his prey. You know what I'm saying? But you know, a little little thing, I did, I didn't enjoy that in the the game, you know. So, Nissi, I have a question for you. Are you just an animated person? Or do you also like the like written DC comics?
00:29:24
Speaker
Um, I honestly Yeah, both to be honest, like I love the comics. Um, the comics is something that I didn't really get much into Um in terms of reading it because uh back then I didn't really have much, you know money to actually be able to afford comics even though they're like you know a Dollar here and there, you know, we just didn't really have that money to be honest so I went to a YouTuber and this is something that you know I also kind of wanted to speak on to as well because he was a kind of a big part for me to actually Read the comics but not actually read it to just be able to watch the comics It was a youtuber by the name of comic story in and a comic story in you know recently passed, you know, RIP he
00:30:07
Speaker
did a bunch of videos towards where, you know, he would, like, kind of, you know, take a comic and, like, explain it in, like, a way and kind of do, like, you know, his own voices for it and kind of just, you know, put a lot more of an entertaining um aspect into explaining a comic and whatnot and kind of breaking it down into the story and, like, kind of, you know, it's almost like an entertaining read-through of a comic. ah If you watch, like, his old videos or even his recent videos that he did before he passed,
00:30:35
Speaker
um You know you can kind of see what I mean, but that was kind of my way of being able to look into the comics And you know being able to see like the the new 42 and like all all these other ah you know installments of stuff or 42 of 52 New installments of stuff and whatnot um my favorite comic ah would probably be Flashpoint, that entire thing of that. My favorite, you know, and this is also one of my favorite characters um throughout the DC franchise, but it goes into the Justice League Dark, and it's by the character of the name of John Constantine. I fucking love that man so much! ah ah there's like There is not one bad thing of John Constantine anywhere. Live action, animated comics. He's fine across the board. You know what I'm saying? They give him the hottest covers, too. I don't think he has a bad cover for any of his comics. Oh, without a doubt. He looks hot every time. ah Like, I had one back in the day that I had to get a special variant for, and it's like one of him putting a cigarette out on a sigil that's lit on the table. Wow, he's got a hot fucking cover.
00:31:37
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Oh my god, it is so hot. What do you fast? I think it's just one of the top ones if you look him up. Okay, okay, give me one. but yeah Yeah, there was also one. He's a handsome man. There was also one with like him like sitting on a gravestone with like you know his... I think it's the number one photo for him because it's so hot that it just keeps getting re-circulated. It's so good. I do see the gravestone one. Give give me the sigil one. Here, I'll just pull it. Hold on.
00:32:05
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i don't um Well, I was going to say now that we're on our little thirsting sidetrack, I was going to say, if you hadn't read it, ah the Batman Scarecrow year one from 1995, I think is my favorite Scarecrow comic.
00:32:24
Speaker
Or at least I think that's the one that it is because I like remember the story but I never remember the titles. But it's ah ah like a ah reimagining of Scarecrow's origin story and like how his grandmother would like lock him in this old chapel and then just be swarmed by all the crows. And it's such like heavy religious trauma that that's the way that he is and how it like mingled with his mental illness and it's So good. And yeah that's one that I would love to see animated. So more specifically now, knowing how much you love the character with you as the boy. Oh, man. It honestly, you know, it plays a lot into, you know, there's just a lot of things I just love. And it it kind of goes back to everything about, like, you know, um how deep his role gallery is with the Batman franchise. You know, I just love how these characters are explored on a lot more of a deeper level than they have to be.
00:33:18
Speaker
Because you know we we look at the term villains, and when we see villains, it's like, oh, evil. But I feel like that everyone has their reason, even if the reason isn't like, you know oh, yeah, I can side with that. You know what I'm saying? like Joker's reason, like you know he's just fucking insane. right You know what I'm saying? so like It's a reason that like he still has his reasons, but he kind of you know has reason without reason. you know And even if you explore a lot more in a Joker's character, it's ah it's pretty cool. You know what I'm saying?
00:33:44
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um but No, especially with Scarecrow. I just kind of have this, you you know, very big fascination to like, you know, who he is and like who he becomes and why he becomes Scarecrow in the first place. You know what I'm saying? And yeah it's a scene that I've seen. um I'm not sure in which animated show, but it kind of like really solidified my love for DC and in terms of how, you know, the heroes treat their villains. I think this was a scene towards where The Flash was with Batman.
00:34:15
Speaker
And the flash came into the bar. I think he was it was one of his rogues or something. And Barry was like, hey, you know, did you take your medicine? Did you take your pills? He was like, no, I did not. And instead of like punching him in the mouth, you know, he kind of talks with them and sit them down. He's was like, hey, you know, you got to take your stuff. You know what I'm saying? Let me help you out. You know, and like there was, you know, that scene, I don't kind of if I did have a recollection of like what it was, I would definitely mention it.
00:34:39
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Um, but it's something that I see similarly with kind of how all these heroes are within the DC franchise, especially with Batman, you know, it's the reason why he doesn't kill. You know what I'm saying? It's part of the reason why he doesn't kill and why he kind of continues to throw them into this mental facility and continuing to put them through these like process and one because he wants to help. I feel like that there's like, you know, a lot of versions of the Batman that he just kind of wants to help his people. You know what I'm saying? Help his like kind of.
00:35:06
Speaker
row gallery I mean, it's the reason why Plastic Man was a thing in the first place because Plastic Man started as a villain anyway, you know what I'm saying? You know, so like it was, ah that's a big thing that I also kind of have, you know, a very strong feeling towards for like the DC franchise and whatnot.
00:35:23
Speaker
Man, I could talk about DC for a while. Yeah, it's so good we don't worry. Yeah, man. Big fans of it. like It's what brought us together partially, and not completely. but you know um And we've cosplayed it together for a very long time. So it's like any time we can like throw it at someone and get a little bit back, it's like awesome. Thank God. Any excuse to talk about this. Hell yeah. I feel you've had something that I like.
00:35:49
Speaker
I had it, and then you said that, and then I lost it. And also you sent me the John Constantine variant cover. Yes, I did. Jesus jesus Christ, dude. Yeah, it's, there's no way to link messages in Zencaster, so I can't imagine I, imagine I laid it into your brain. The tarot card? Oh, wow. Yeah, it's, yeah he has only hot covers. He is a very attractive man. He's DC's favorite son for sure. Oh, how to doubt. Yeah, you can tell he's spoiled with his fan art compared to his fan art and his canon art. It's like, wow.
00:36:19
Speaker
You are everyone's favorite. Exactly. No, Matt Ryan, um that is, I would say the most prestige for playing Constantine. And the the beautiful thing about Matt Ryan is that he plays Constantine both animated and live action. is this like He was just born to play Constantine, I guess. You know what I'm saying? And um there is, if you do have a fascination with Constantine as much as I do, there's actually a show that was made by the CW, I believe, that was called Constantine. And he has like kind of like a seven episode show that kind of, you know, explores a little bit more about his character and whatnot, that honestly, I really, really loved, man. The CW, like,
00:36:58
Speaker
in the beginning was super good, like season one flash, season one arrow, like ah the season two flash. Oh my God, the actor that plays reverse flash in the CW hit my line. And I'll give you my number. ray i er actor like reverse flash Yeah, exactly. ah Oh man.
00:37:24
Speaker
and i I fell off with a lot of the CW ones, but I tend totally agree that like all of the beginning seasons yeah at the old, like back before CW was kind of. I don't know, I didn't like Supergirl at all, so that's kind of where we start to fall off for me, is like the very late seasons of ah Arrow and the late seasons of Flash and Supergirl were where I fell off, but the Constantine peak was awesome, fantastic. No notes, wonderful. And all of the animated series or movies for him are so good. And yes and I just, I don't know, I feel like there's never been a miss, like with Batman movies, it's like, yeah
00:38:01
Speaker
Yeah, that one exists, but there's so many good Constantine-riered ones. And yeah, they're always Matt Ryan. It's like, he's born to play this role. I feel like there hasn't ever really been any other Constantines. I mean, I think there's the one Keanu Reeves one that he's in the movie, but it's always been Matt Ryan. Like, even in the Harley Quinn
Webtoons and Anime Adaptations
00:38:19
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show, they're like, well, get Matt Ryan back. Like, who else could we fuck back? Yeah, exactly. um Which is awesome. I love it. I love the care to it because it's just...
00:38:28
Speaker
I don't know. I like it when characters grow with us a little bit. So having Matt Ryan always be Constantine is fantastic. And he's hot. so Yeah, exactly. I'm not worried. Never put an ugly man in my Constantine. The funniest scene that like kind of you know just honestly makes me love ah John Constantine's character. I think it is also in the Harley Quinn. I think it's either in the Harley Quinn show or in the animated series towards where I think they were talking about um who John's exes was, and I think one of them got confused thinking that Harley Quinn was Constantine's ex, but it was actually King Shark.
00:39:00
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and i remember i um i don't think it wass how quint i think it was i think that's was it what did the justice league move yeah so like dark or something that came out twenty twenty ish i think because i remember But yeah, i they that one made me laugh so fucking hard at the end of my section of bisexual Constantine, but also between species. Yeah. He just doesn't give a fuck. He's just like, eh. Bisexual and a furry? OK. Can you be a furry if it's a shark? I don't know.
00:39:32
Speaker
Man. Is that a word? Is that a thing? Scaly's the one, but it's for, like, dragons and it's that's reptiles. Like, amphibians. For me to show them, will you tell me? I'm gonna head to Google. Will you ping me on on Twitter or Instagram or Discord? I don't fucking care. I just wanna know. Oh, man.
00:39:47
Speaker
What are you if you want to fuck a fish? That's... Someone tell me. Because whatever that is, John Constantine is 100% that. 100% without a doubt. I feel like that just Constantine has this, like, no-care attitude. It's just like, you know, he just... He just can love everybody. You know what I'm saying? It's a constant slut. Yeah. A Constantine slut. Maybe the episode. We got it. Oh, man.
00:40:14
Speaker
It looks like everyone says that sharks are still considered furries even without fur. so But is what are they scales? Or is it just furries? It's umbrella. They're scales and avians but sharks are neither of those and they're fish but there's not really like a fish.
00:40:31
Speaker
term sex I don't know. I'm not a furry. I don't know that i don't know the higher key to tell you all of this. There should be a subset. These guys are cowards. Put us back on track. I'm the one that's getting a soft yeah this guy yeah but us back. Damn, what a fun little tangent. Yeah, put us back.
00:40:53
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um Can I ask about how doing work for dubbing webtoons goes? hu Because um I know there's some iterations where it's like, you know, we're not getting an anime for a webtoon. It's just more of like a cartoon play by play kind of like how we did Way of the House husband a little bit where it's like that kind of work. um How does that compare to doing like i feel like it's I don't know it's a way in between like the visual novel where you just have a sprite compared to like that movement a little bit more that you get from doing anime so how does that compare for you yeah honestly the webtoon stuff um is a lot more uh broader right um because a lot of these uh webtoon dubs there there's a lot of like official ones and uh you know I give voice to uh Aiden in a school bus graveyard
00:41:42
Speaker
um and one of his like kind of official dubs ah for you know ah the ambassadors that ah do and put out sponsored dubs every month for ah you know just kind of sponsoring different webtoon stuff. I don't know like the hyper-specific stuff about it in terms of the technicalities. I just kind of do it, you know what I'm saying, because it's fun. um But in terms of that process, um it's a lot more just like they kind of you know, give me the lines, and since I have the ah comics to go off of as well, I can kind of just give reference to that. um It's similar to how I did Janitor Kun in ah Clean Slate, and it was actually ah by the creator themselves that ended up, like, you know, making an official dub ah for that throughout their own means, or kind of doing it in like a comic dub, um you know, point of view and whatnot. And I know for the ones that get
00:42:36
Speaker
webtoon sponsored i've seen like some of my uh dubs that i've been in um get put as ads for uh you know on youtube videos and whatnot which is pretty cool not gonna lie um i so i think that's like kind of their use for it is that it's just more of like promotional material rather than something that should you be like, you know, more of like, oh, this is a watchable collectible like series and whatnot. I know that there's other like, you know, dubbing ambassador people that ah do like an episode by episode by episode by episode ah for their versions of the sponsored dubs that are official.
00:43:11
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Um, but I don't know, but in terms of comparatively to it, um, it's a lot more of just, you know, like I said, a simplified process. There is a lot more of that freedom that comes with it too, but I still gotta like, you know, stay within the confines of the lines themselves and not like, you know, do some crazy improv. You know what I'm saying? But you know, it's just, or more or less simple to like, just listening to the director and being like, Hey, this is what you want, right? Yeah, here you go. yeah So that's kind of like how it is, or at least how I break it down simplistically, to be honest.
00:43:41
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Yeah, I was just curious because like all the different storytelling has its own different nuances and stuff. And I've definitely have seen like ads for Web 2.0 where it's completely voiced. It's like, okay, even even if it's like a three minute clip of the dub of whatever, it's still bringing traction in some way and bringing a little bit more depth to these characters. that without these promos won't have voices at all. Exactly. So just it's very neat to hear, um especially from someone because it's not like you said, it's mostly kind of used for promotional work. Yeah. So when you do get to hear that or have some form of sponsored voice either through webtoons itself or through the author is just
00:44:16
Speaker
It's interesting because when you're reading, it's like, I have to make it up most of the time and half the time I'm wrong. So I don't know. I'm just about it. Yeah, I do hope that there comes a day because I know that um instead of like kind of Webtoon doing their own thing, I know that we've been getting a lot more of recently Webtoons becoming anime.
00:44:36
Speaker
I'm similar like ah just ah in terms of it's like you know really ah essence definition being a mong was like solo leveling for example of viral hit as a recently and now with the recently announced a true beauty I'm also gonna announce that also was something that was put onto webtoon um initially and um is kind of now getting its own anime and whatnot So I think that's kind of the route that's getting you know put out there as anime is becoming more mainstream by the day, the week, the month, the year, um that a lot of these you know companies are kind of entrusting that you know process to kind of go through because
00:45:12
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you know A lot of people don't really kind of break it down like this, but anime's sole purpose by its originality was as kind of a sponsor for people to read the original material. So, you know, like Demon Slayer initially is made for that to be, you know, a sponsor for people to buy the manga, you know what I'm saying? So that's kind of anime's initial, like, original intent from, like, what I've researched and what I've been told from colleagues. um And that's kind of how it's perceived. So, like, over time, as, like, I guess more creators are able to kind of, you know, give out those ah licensing rights and those ah rights to be able to do that um as anime kind of continues to grow bigger, I kind of see that creating a put out there. And I would definitely want to, like, as a fan and as an actor, um be able to kind of see that happen, to be honest. but Yeah.
00:46:08
Speaker
Now that we have made the connection between DC Comics and Webtoons, I have to ask the question, what are your thoughts on the Wayne family adventures? Oh, man, I have to read it. I haven't read it, so I can't really give a full based opinion upon it. But I did watch one of the sponsor dubs for it for that. I believe Damien was voiced by a fellow colleague of mine by the name of Ryan Collevi.
00:46:35
Speaker
and um in that sponsor. I think I watched that one and I was really liking what I was seeing. So, you know, I like the style difference of it, to be honest. And the style looks really, really cool, especially kind of going into like the Wayne family aspect because it's it's still kind of like a little bit untapped to a certain extent. You know what I mean? And I kind of wish that it was tapped in more in terms of like a family dynamic of stuff. You know what I'm saying? love it You know, so thats definitely a read, definitely a read that I'll definitely look into, you know. that it It plays so well into like the anime slice of life trope, but with the more Western um aspect and characters and I adore it. It
Anime Genres and Career Aspirations
00:47:19
Speaker
is such a breath of fresh air. It's so good if you just need to sit down and read something heartwarming. And I saw recently that they have released it in print. but You can get copies in print as well. So that's pretty interesting. that's i yeah Highly, highly recommend.
00:47:34
Speaker
All right. Yeah, that was my lead in. It's really good. It has similar art style to kind of what's going with ah My Adventures with Superman yeah um in terms of like similar art style, but some of the lighter episodes of it, um especially with like the little hints and references. Like in My Adventures with Superman, there's Lois Lane in the background dressed like Sora from Kingdom Hearts. Same little like inspirations yeah with it. So if you haven't read it, I really recommend it. Yeah.
00:48:03
Speaker
Just it's good. It's really good. And I like anything that's in between. I just like Jason Todd. But it's also like the most caring iteration of Bruce Wayne, which is really nice because I like dad Bruce. um I like him a lot. I like his function as like an actual caring person. Yeah. And instead of just Batman at all times, you know, makes sense.
00:48:31
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So what um in particular, like all these different projects that you're on, your content creation that you do independently or like the the anime that you've worked on or these visual novels and video games and things, what do you feel allows you to kind of let loose your voice actor the most? Like what do you feel like you can really tap into that and get into that flow state?
00:48:58
Speaker
Honestly, you know even though I've kind of said that you know its medium is you know a little bit less freedom-ish compared to others, I honestly feel like the anime is, man. like you know it's It's something that I realized when I started doing it consistently in terms of that feeling and that kind of effect I get afterwards, you know going in for it. yeah During the process, you know auditioning for it, getting called in for it, you know going in studio for it, coming out of studio for it, getting to watch it, like all the aspects of that process
00:49:35
Speaker
I freaking adore and love and you know there has been you know some parts of the process with the other mediums that I've you know uh gotten the opportunity to kind of voice in as well that you know constructively you know that I kind of didn't really favor in terms of like bits and pieces of the process but anime is something that like throughout its entire process is something that like I freaking love, man. And it's definitely an industry that I see myself working in into the long run, um not really primarily just from the voice acting expense, but decades down the line, hopefully from a casting director sense. You know what I'm saying? Being in that position, because that's kind of the position that I see myself in the far, far future, because voice acting is a career that
00:50:23
Speaker
yeah It never ends. It ends when you want to end. You know what I'm saying? You know, there's opportunity everywhere. There's always stuff coming out. There's always need for voices. There's always need for actors. And, you know, there I feel like that there will become a pivot in my own life where I would kind of want to like put that pole on the ground and be like, OK, this is where it stops and carry a new one with me into the future. You know what I'm saying? I've been always kind of of the mindset that I've been always the type of person that enjoys giving instead of receiving in terms of stuff. So being able to give opportunities is something that having experienced stuff of being the casting director from sides of, you know, my past as well, you know, is something that I enjoyed a lot more. um not Not even just a lot more, but just like overall, just like I love doing that. You know what I'm saying? So the anime space is something that I just I feel like that I would definitely love to get into because I feel like that it's a
00:51:22
Speaker
It's a genre that explores so many different categories. And it's an argument that I give to people that just are like, no, I don't want to watch anime. I'm like, you know, it's saying that you don't want to watch anime is saying that you don't want to watch movies. You know what I'm saying? You can't just put it into like,
00:51:38
Speaker
its own little like concept of being just one thing right as just like as there's different genres of movies there's different genres of anime you know what i'm saying and it's kind of like there's stuff that i feel like can befit everyone's taste you know what i'm saying like um for example ah my stepfather you know very very uh you know hood like you know what i'm saying like from you know the parts you know i'm from new york so like he's he's encapsulated within that space so for him anime was just like a complete turn off in terms of stuff but then i pulled on baki baki hanma and when i was put on that he was just like
00:52:18
Speaker
oh shit they box it for real I'm like yeah you know what I'm saying like that that's what they do and he's like yeah you know put on the next episode put on the next episode and you know he he enjoyed that you know what I'm saying so I feel like that you know anime and that's why I really do like have a love like a lot of love for it is that you know it's like you know getting the opportunity to work in the movie industry or getting an opportunity to work in the animation industry or the video game industry towards where like It's not just one genre and it explores into multitude different like of styles and in and different stories, different stuff while still kind of maintaining its core of being anime. You know what I'm saying? So that's kind of where my love for it kind of in lies, to be honest. In the same tune as Baki, have you given Hajime no Ippo a try? Ooh, I've heard of that.
00:53:08
Speaker
Please. Because if you love boxing, especially because the mangaka actually owns the gym that is mentioned in the anime, you can really go visit it in Japan. It is long running. It it has more chapters than one piece and was started before one piece. It's still ongoing. It has multiple iterations and OVA's, but the main core series is only like maybe 130 episodes. It's not all on Netflix. It has the most incredible and funny dub of all time. It was dubbed in the 90s. So it's a little bit more of that kind of We're funny with it because yes we're allowed to ad lib where we want, but also still stay true to it a little bit. And it's just, it's so good because all of the fighting techniques are real. All of the gym ah guides, all of the working out, it's all real. And the same way that Baki is, but Baki is a little bit more ridiculous with it because it's a little, it's.
00:53:58
Speaker
it's It's anime, it's silly. it's like I like both series a lot, but Hajime no Ippo is one of like the core sports anime, is one of the first, and it's so good, and I try to recommend it to every single person possible. It's just work of art, my absolute favorite series ever. Yeah, 100%. I did hear of that, you know because i always like I'm always doom-scrolling on TikTok, and I see so many freaking edits of that damn show. as i'm like That's something I definitely want, because I've seen Keng and Asura, and I freaking love Keng and Asura as well.
00:54:27
Speaker
um you know i have to watch the recent thing with like baki versus kengan ashura which is like i heard a little bit of mixed things about it um but i'm still checking out the sound of ceiling i need to watch it but my feelings on it are if that baki loses it's rigged like there's i understand the power systems of both but there's just no way baki would genuinely lose because the way that they function. It's like when you talk to a Yakuza fan about if Kiryu would win, it's like Tiger drop negates all damage, he'd win. It's the same thing with Baki. Baki wins no matter what. ah No matter what. And it's just, yeah, I have to watch it still, but you know, hu I've been told mixed feelings that I probably won't enjoy it very much. The core of it of them being a fight, maybe not, but the core of both characters being awesome. okay
00:55:12
Speaker
Yeah, oh I don't know man. I do like the ridiculousness that comes with Baki because it's like ah it's like a cool ridiculousness. It's not like ridiculousness towards where it's corny. It's like ridiculous towards where it's cool but also like absurd. You know what I'm saying? you know That's quite like I really do enjoy Baki and I freaking love that dub narrator man.
00:55:32
Speaker
I feel like that, I think it's the same narrator that does Jojo, and don't even get me started on Jojo. I love Jojo so much. If you love the absurdity of Jojo, you can... Yes. I feel like you could handle the absurdity of Baki. A lot of people get turned off by the way they draw Yujiro Hanma's body, which is fair, which is so fair, because in Son of Ogre, he is disgusting to look at sometimes, but it's so funny. Yeah, man. It's so funny. I've never seen this anime. Let me... Oh my god, you have, but not like as you recognize it. I've just, I've shown you Jirohanma. He looks disgusting. And it's kind of, the whole point is that like, Oh, this guy. Yeah. Yes. You've seen him before. It's just absurd. And it's not that his anatomy as a mangaka is bad. It's actually so good because you have to isolate every single muscle group in every single way. So it's like you hate it, but you can't deny it's a word of art. It's so good, but it looks like this boy does not have any skin on his body.
00:56:35
Speaker
ah He's so ripped, okay? He's so dehydrated. Why is his neck that thick? Baki also, are you looking at Yujiro or Baki? Hanma, Baki... That's the... They both... That's... I don't... That's his dad. Baki's the most baby girl, the baby girl of all time. He has beautiful bottom lashes, like I promised. His name is Yujiro? Yes, that's his dad. That's his dad.
00:57:03
Speaker
um The picture you just sent me is his dad or Yuzuru's dad? No, that's that's Baki. That's Baki. Yuzuru's dad. Okay, yeah, that's the guy I was looking at. Okay. Yeah. Yuzuru, why is his lips like that, bro? Cuz he's freaky. That's his whole thing. Like, genuinely, he's freaky. He's stronger than any animal on the earth. He's stronger than the dinosaurs, like, which is tested in Son of Ogre because they have a man who was frozen in time fighting a T-Rex. Pickle. Yeah, I love pickle. Pickle's so fucking awesome. I don't know how to describe it, but pickle is the dumbest man alive, and I love him to death. You two got that J. Scott Campbell waist going on. Oh, my god. Yes, but it's funny, OK? It's a comedy. You have to watch it as a sports comedy. Take it seriously. You're not going to have fun. But I also did end up crying during Bocky's Son of Ogres. So you know.
00:57:56
Speaker
I don't know man, but I was speaking on like Jojo. Jojo is that's a topic I definitely want to touch up on man because Jojo is one of those mediums that I feel like that we will never get something like this again. You know what I'm saying? In terms of art style, in terms of story, in terms of creativity, Araki is just a ah ah ah Not even a human at this point, you know and I'm saying like has to be another creature from another world because you know and I don't care if I'm glazing but you know, it's you know, is it's something that like, you know when I was watching it, you know from part one all the way to the installment of part six.
00:58:37
Speaker
It just, oh man, it just felt really great to watch. I never really watched the, you know, anime that kind of kept me interested from every single aspect of it because every aspect kind of tells with its own story and its own thing. And like, we're not... board of a main character because when I see stories that happen a lot, especially following like one dude or like a group of dudes, you know what I'm saying? Like they have this thing towards where they always have to make these dudes interesting. But with JoJo, they don't have to kind of encounter that problem because every season we get a new guy except for JoJo because JoJo just loves to be in everything.
00:59:14
Speaker
You know what I'm saying? Like, is that bitch? You know what I'm saying? I know, okay. I'm okay with him being there. My favorite installment of JoJo is something that I, you know, hasn't gotten an installment yet being Steel Ball Run. And Johnny Joestar is one, it was my first dream role I've ever had since starting voice acting. And it's because of how much love I have for his character and who he is. I pray to the BangZoom guys if they ever gave me the opportunity to read for him. They're never going to animate those fucking horses. Oh, man. Please, please, please. I want Steel Ball Run animated so bad. But the minute they draw one horse, it's fucking over. Yeah, exactly. That's why they didn't want to do fucking Attack on Titan. No one wants to do it because they don't want to draw no fucking horses.
00:59:59
Speaker
Please! Please! Steel Ball Run is my favorite arc. It's so fucking good. It's a masterpiece. I think for the animated ones, part five was just... so good because it was coming out week by week and everyone was there watching it all at the same time, sharing the hype, which was there with the first arcs and stuff, one through part four, but it didn't have as much of like a collective until part five started to be animated. And part five was just so good. And I think Netflix really fucked over part six with the release schedule, but it's still a good part. It's just no one wants to watch half and then like another half. Exactly, given the fact that the other half was like the most anticipated half of the part six and whatnot. We killed our momentum. You know what I mean? And I did see, like I said, we always get rumors of Steel Ball Run coming out.
01:00:50
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Every year, every year we get a post like, oh, Steel Ball Run's being animated. It's just like the biggest edge to all JoJo fans in the world, man. It's very- We know we're coping. Yeah. We know we're we're one of my favorite characters. I love parts. I like, I love, I love Steel Ball Run. It's my favorite part because I just, I don't know, Joseph Joestar is my favorite Jojo. I miss when our Jojos are a lot funnier. So when we got that back in the comedy of everyone in Steel Ball Run, it's like,
01:01:31
Speaker
I want it so bad. Yeah, man. And like, ah we we got like a kind of own iteration of like a new whole horse with that ah one cowboy guy. And I'm like, yeah you know what I'm saying? you know I love like kind of how Araki was just like, okay, you know what I'm saying? Like I'm done like exploring this world.
01:01:49
Speaker
Let's restart, you know what I'm saying? Let's restart and like kind of start afresh, you know what I'm saying? So to go to the that to, you know, part eight to part nine, you know what I'm saying? Like it was, you know, it's a pretty good story, man. I hope that Araki continues writing until, you know, the pen drops right until you're done right until you're done, man, because we do not need, you know, anything else besides Jojo, man. But yeah no part Part seven you know is something that, I have a lot of actor friends that you know are definitely you know very, very pumped for that too, you know what I'm saying? So we've been over the years you know of me kind of like exploring, because I kind of tell everyone this, but like you know um my kind of voiceover stuff with anime, in terms of that dream role aspect, started with Johnny Joestar originally with that push to like kind of want to be him and all these other things. And you know I feel like that having those ambitions in mind,
01:02:39
Speaker
is a very healthy thing. So as long as it's balanced, you know what I'm saying? Like I have experienced a lot of times throughout my career where like I've had, you know, dream roles kind of, you know, slip high and pass me and whatnot. And I've kind of like, you know, grown from those experiences and whatnot and kind of learned that like, you know,
01:02:57
Speaker
not all opportunity is one gonna come to my door and two if it does come to my door it's not gonna you know not not a lot of times it's gonna be meant for me you know what I'm saying and if it is meant for me some of the times you know this industry a lot of things can happen recast can happen you know production things can happen there's a lot of things that this industry has so much unpredictableness throughout it all. And it kind of what drives a lot of voice actors away from this career. But honestly, you know, crazily enough, it drives me towards it because of that unpredictability, because of that career longevity, because of the unknown and the fact that no matter how long you've been doing this, there's still so much for you to learn and grow and understand and, you know, build upon what not throughout this space. So, no, yeah, JoJo,
01:03:45
Speaker
has played a very, very, very strong part of my career. I always said, like, if I get to be in that by any means, capacity, additional voices and named Johnny himself, I will get down my knees and cry, you know, because that is the thing. You know, a lot of people have, you know, their thing when it comes to anime, Jojo.
01:04:05
Speaker
Jojo is that thing man, and I've always said this on every you know podcast I've done it. That's the thing. You know just to get in the door So being a Jojo would be so To be able to say that you are a Jojo I would get the tattoo on my neck if I if I got that that would be a pledge I would have to myself because I don't like getting tattoos But if that would be you know something I would get I would get on my neck and be forever branded as a Joestar and That's how it was with Kira Buckland because she was a huge JoJo fan. My friends were very close friends with her before her casting, so they got to know first when she made it as Jolene. It was a big deal. She loves her so much. She cosplays her. She cares about her so much.
01:04:49
Speaker
so it's like There's a level of like, okay, we understand how much this person cares for this character. Yeah. And they do it well. Let's get them in. Yeah. So holding on to that, I feel like if if they ever fucking do this part. Yeah, man. one steel but i just It's my favorite. i ah I think it's cool that that is kind of a consistent theme in anime and anime adjacent media. Because like, um what is the actress's name? Emily Rudd? yeah plays na yes in the one on Yeah. She had the same situation. She's like, I dyed my hair orange. So I was more like Nami and posted about it constantly because I love her so much. and The fact that these ah the like the crew behind these shows honors that and says, we recognize your passion for this so we know you're going to bring them to life perfectly and they give these individuals that opportunity, that's me willing into existence that you get to be trying. Man, you know a funny thing about that you know funny thing about that too is a story that I've yet to like kind of tell in a podcast setting. um
Live-Action Adaptations and Representation
01:05:52
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but
01:05:52
Speaker
I got the lucky chance to actually be able to interview the One Piece live-action cast um you know publicly on a ah convention called WeebCon. Being able to talk with them about that, I definitely seen that dynamic, especially with just like how much they like really love their like roles and being able to talk with them like behind the scenes and stuff you know behind like the curtains and whatnot like you know about you you know how much they loved one piece and whatnot and you know just how much love that they had for these characters man because i felt like that for years with the live action space
01:06:33
Speaker
That was what was missing from these live-action films was that soul and what I loved and respected so much about this one-piece live-action movie and it's what a lot of people don't really give a credit for is just how much soul Passion and just the want to make this the best thing that could possibly can make it with having Oda come on board and was you know bringing all these aspects into it. You know what I'm saying? um I love the inclusion of ah Lord of the Coast, which is a character that I recently voiced in ah One Piece as well. Bring it back. You more screen time to shanks himself. Let's go. ah
01:07:12
Speaker
I love you, Lord of the Coast. Oh, man. You know, i I have to see who is the original actor for the Lord of the Coast because, you know, that character is someone that i picked up as of recently and that actor hasn't been credited at all. So I think I honestly just feel like that they've just been using like the same sub audio noise for the monster and whatnot, which I'm like, they just took the one from four kids. like Yeah, like you use that. I don't think they've ever been like an actor for Lord of the Coast. So, you know, if I am the first actor for it,
01:07:39
Speaker
boo. Yeah, that's concrete. That's dope. You know, but seeing stuff like that and being able to just kind of like see, you know, or this world and whatnot. And um we will really see the passion within it and see the cast and the crew also have so much passion within it. Because you know, it's not like that these actors were nobody's going into it. They had a lot of roles, but these yeah like roles change their lives, man. And and I find that so beautiful, man, that they were able to be presented the opportunity, you know, given the you know the situation that happened with the you know the strike, unfortunately, and whatnot. There was only like a handful amount of actors that were actually willing to do something like that, you know what I'm saying? And given that environment and giving that that they actually gave it to new actors or newer actors that needed that spotlight, it was super, super, super dope. And you know to see Emily Rudd also be you know one of us voice actors now with having voiced in Delicious Dungeon,
01:08:34
Speaker
um as we were to one of the manes and that was also pretty cool and something I didn't find out until that and ah moment of being able to interact and talk with them and whatnot. um But you know it's all it's all pretty cool, man. I'm just glad that they, you know with that and especially with the continuation of that show, that they just continue to pour just as much passion with it with every season and continue to keep that love that is One Piece alive. You know what I mean? yeah And I looked and you are the only credited person to ever voice him. Okay. Yeah, you know don yeah man, you know, I did it for like one cube. So, you know, we'll, we'll take it anyway. I did one or raw. Don't worry. You'll get a check every time they run that damn scene. a lot you know hopefully I would also say what really sells the One Piece live action is the commitment to how goofy it is. yeah And I think that's also why like JoJo has lasted as long as it has is this consistent commitment to just being goofy and weird. yeah and
01:09:36
Speaker
like unabashedly insane for no reason other than it wants to be. yeah ah Same with One Piece. It's this very theater of the absurd and I love that that's what's carried into the live action rather than trying to make it all serious. and Like we're gonna make it ah like Riverdale kind of thing. Like no, we're gonna make it as goofy as it fucking is already and that's what makes it great. yeah man And I really hope that it continues because that's what really drives that soul.
01:10:04
Speaker
without a doubt. I mean, man, like, Inaki was honestly like, I cannot really see anybody else to be able to properly portray Luffy as well. He's been meant to like, you know, kick into like the, you know, the ideas of Luffy being like, you know, secretly Hispanic. You know, it's also like, you know, something's too dope because I always look at the loop and I'm like, you got a little bit of, you know, you got, you got a little bit of flavor in your skin. You know what I'm saying? Like, you know, make sure you know that, you know what I'm saying? It's like, thank God they made, like his, Usop being black is stated sort of. Yeah. And we just, he keeps getting paler and paler every time he's on screen, which I don't love. And they have started to fix it with eggheads. Yeah. But they did have to call that out with Egghead because there was the moment I was watching them like, ooh, S.O.P. is not white. You know what? There were multiple features. Like, who's fucking white baby is this? Because that guy, he was paler than Luffy was in some of the intro scenes. And they fixed it, but it's like...
01:11:03
Speaker
Usop's always been pretty black. yeah Even if he hasn't been like dark skin, he's been black and Yasop has been black. yeah So that being further cemented as our representation in the live action is so good. yeah god Because so many characters where it's like,
01:11:20
Speaker
you're You're black. We know who you are. It's like when you hear Piccolo, even though if it's Chris's voice, you're like, you. Yeah. If you were a human, you would not be a white human. Yeah, exactly. um Like Darwin, you know, being. Yeah. Yeah. yeah It's like yeah and it's always like slightly animal coded characters who are always kind of given as our POC, but especially with like the Fishman um being a direct racial like allegory. Exactly. Pretty obvious. So when that was done with especially like the Arlong Pirates. Wow. Yeah. Thank God. What a good fucking change for the live action because it's so clear by Oda's own personal choices was with his casting where he wanted all of this to go. Yeah. And so with like a Brazilian Luffy, thank God. Thank God. Yeah. I love it so much. I love the live action cast. Yeah. um And especially like
01:12:06
Speaker
a French Spanish Sanji. Yes. Thank God. Skylar, I'm in love with you. Please tell me. So I am not as well versed in the JoJo universe as you guys are. I've only watched up to like the start of part four, I want to say. I've loved what I have seen, but I just don't know as much as you guys You dropped after Steel Ball Run, not Steel Ball Run, fucking Stardust Crusaders, sorry. We were talking about Stardust Crusaders is my favorite. But I didn't really like- And you put it down after that? No, I got part way into part four and part four I didn't vibe with. Because it's a monster of the week for a little bit. You have to- But okay, can I ask my question? Well, I just need you to know that I'm going to kill you because Yoshikaka Kiri is one of the best villains of all time. I love that guy. The real reason that I dropped it was because I did not like the artistic choices of the background.
01:13:02
Speaker
uh what you didn't like mori it took me it took me it took me out it was so jarring to go from this dark intense heavy like black ink aspect of stardust crusaders to then like pastel bomb yeah four But anyways, what I was going to say is for your respect, because I want to hear Parker's idea, but I also want to hear in the seams of, ah for your like respective favorite JoJo's, um if you got to cast them for live action, who would you cast? Oh my gosh. Well, I i can't say yourself. You can't say yourself. oh ah ah ah If Quentin Tarantino can put himself in things, so can you. Oh man, you know that's hard because I don't know like people well. So like um so if anything, I will try to give it a run with ah part five, JoJo, and that's Golden Wind. And it's honestly one of my favorite installments that has been ah put in the anime and whatnot.
01:14:07
Speaker
Oh, this is really hard because I can't really, you know, fan cast well live action wise. So instead, I'll rebrand the question to like who I would fan cast voice actors, you know, if they were to be like recast and whatnot, you know, yeah just just because I know more voice actors than I know, like actors, you know, so like, you know, just to be able to do it because I would probably just be able to name like one and let's just see like Jensen Ackles as Diablo.
01:14:32
Speaker
yeah know yeah actually honest to god please oh my god let's get this man in a sweat bloody sweater right now ah oh my fucking god Oh, man, but no, if I if I were to see a ah recast of, you know, Golden Wind, It would suck because all of them do so well. But I would definitely like to see Ben Bamosetta as Giorno. And he plays ah the main character in Undead Unluck, otherwise known as Andy. um Let's see. I would love to see an iteration of Bruno be played by... Ah, let's see. Who would I see? Because that's, you know, Ray Chase does it.
01:15:14
Speaker
mom Ray J's is just so so good, man. like love and that that That's harsh, I'll probably skip him. um Honestly, let's see, who else? Mista, Mista, I would love to give to the actor that played that, if you ever watched Free, there's this little, it's the group, there's this little short like borderline femboy. Him, i don't know I don't know their actor name, but like them.
01:15:42
Speaker
Yeah. 100% without a doubt. Would love to see that as Naranja. So, you know, to see them as Naranja would be cool. Mista. Mista is a would be a cool cast. Honestly, I would like to see an actor by the name of, honestly, Brandon Acosta that recently came off of Robin in a viral hit, um play Mista. That would be a pretty cool cast.
01:16:07
Speaker
um Let's see, for, let's let let's say Diablo, Diablo, ooh, that sounds like a deep, savory voice. I would love to see Jonah Scott's iteration. Yeah. Yeah. That would be so good. it You know, Kellen Goff, honestly, best performance I've ever seen the anime as Diablo, but having Jonah Scott getting thrown in there just solely because of that deep and savory voice,
01:16:31
Speaker
That would be kind of cool. um But to honestly like fan cast for um something like, you know, steel ball run to put it out there and whatnot, you know, a person that I would love to see play gyro, I hope that it's none of us and they strictly get somebody from that selected region or rip them in and throw them into studio. We need a real Italian dude in here right now. the auto accident Very thick almost borderline Ununderstandable accent you know turn the subs on Even if you're listening Exactly, man. I hope it's none of us and they just grab an Italian and throw him in the booth man because that would be awesome
01:17:13
Speaker
Not in part five, but I think that getting Aaron Campbell to go back and redub Cacuan for Stardust Crusaders would be extremely funny, but doing the entire thing still in his Pero Spuro voice. oh um yeah let's get Let's get him in there right now. Let's do the Pero Spuro cherry scene, please.
01:17:34
Speaker
I told him to his face, like, this voice is fucking disgusting. I just want you to know, like, I love you. I hate you because you're a voice. Oh my God. Affectionately. That would be hilarious. It's so good that I hate it. It's so good it gets under my skin. And that cherry scene fucking does that. Like, let's let's mix these two and see how're how terrible we can make it. Yeah. I would love to see who would be a good person for like a young Joseph Joestar.
01:18:02
Speaker
um Oh, that's that's that's a good one. um Man, I don't know. I think I would love to see an iteration of Joseph being played by, let's see, who who who's someone I can have in the back of my mind and being like, that would be a good fit.
01:18:15
Speaker
Jordan Dash Cruz. Yeah. Jordan Dash Cruz, you know, being a young Joseph Joestar would be pretty freaking dope. ah Joseph, he's the character in part two and also gets older in part three. And Richard Netcart does a really good job of being an old Joseph. Oh, yeah, without a doubt. Which is very surprised. But um he's Stark and Freerin, which I know you watched. Yes. Yes. I was trying to get that that connection there. Who is the actual voice actor for young Joseph. Let me pull it up again. Hold on. I know it, but I watched part two so ah because I'm silly.
01:18:56
Speaker
Sorry, it pulls up always old Joseph first. Yeah. Um, it was Benjamin Diskin. Oh, no, just kidding. I remember. and I know it's Ben Diskin because I accidentally fall in love with every single character that Ben voiced. And I told him that and I'm sorry about it. No, like honestly, you're right by all standards because my favorite performance of him is in Curricle No Basket as Daiki Yamine. I yeah love Daiki Yamine's voice so freaking much. Like solely because of Diskin's like very unique and beautiful vocal timbre like he has this like very almost soothing voice that he has but also like this rugged like he could be so much man like i can only imagine the amount of like frontal work he put into like just like his you know voice training alone man like it's It's so funny because it's like, what do you mean? You also voice Professor Oak, dude. Yeah, bro. Like what? Like what do you what do you mean? We have you in for that. My favorite role
Manga Continuations and Unique Systems
01:19:51
Speaker
he's done personally is Caspar from Fire Emblem Three Houses. I love the entire Fire Emblem Three Houses voice crew. And I know you've done classes with like Chris Hackney and stuff. So it's like, they're just, it's good. It's so good. And that's one of my favorite roles for him. I get all silly. It's like, oh, he's on screen. Yay.
01:20:06
Speaker
um With Caspar and I just wow I forgot how could I forget that he voiced my king? so i watch you fall in love With every character that he voices did you have a big fat crush on number one?
01:20:20
Speaker
yeah kids next door okay just to make sure i need so so He's also fucking knuckle from hunter hunter which I just barely finished rewatching how do you think I was every time he was on screen? It's like wow man the the the knd aspect yeah that's fine i was a child i can own it yeah i can own being a child but um yeah knuckle bind wow what a man yeah man i'm telling you hunter hunter was also like really really good it's something that i get so sad about because of the manga um you know his continuation and whatnot i would never put blam the manga
01:20:56
Speaker
ah you know for it you know what i'm saying you know they take the story at their own pace you know what i mean but man i miss hunter hunter i miss reading it you know what i'm saying i want to know what happens on the dark continent we're getting like we're getting chapter releases now but they're like every two months yeah and they're very very small and mostly writing and i know it's from his health, but it's still very sad to see that we're not going to ever probably see it finished. Like him releasing the multiple endings. Like if I don't get this done, here's what probably would happen. yeah It's very depressing. It's like, I don't want you to
01:21:30
Speaker
I don't know, feel so ready yeah that like you think your health is this bad that it's never going to be done. like Exactly. Hang in there for me a little bit, please. Well, would you guys rather him release that or would you rather see him maybe like take an apprentice on that can continue with it? Well, his wife is also a mangaka. I'm pretty sure it's the mangaka for Sailor Moon. Yes, it is.
01:21:49
Speaker
um And she is she is actively learning how to replicate his style. So in that event, that he is unable to completely finish the story rendering his health. And it's like, at this point, he's gone back and forth of like, I can't do it, or no, I really want to. yeah um She's starting to prepare to be her his apprentice in the event that his health cannot handle it anymore. yeah um More than it already is not. like He's already really, really pushing himself just to get this chapter out a month.
01:22:16
Speaker
Yeah, but after like everything with the berserk's mangaka passing away from overwork and stuff. Yeah, poor health and living a while. um She's ready to take it. But it's like, when is it ready to be like, when are we ready to let go? I guess it's kind of like, ah when are we okay with an unfinished story knowing that what's going on? Yeah, right. You know,
01:22:41
Speaker
It's like Berserk was passed on to an assistant and the assistant is doing incredible like line work. and like it It does look like it's still Berserk even yeah coming out, but it's like it's not the same thing. yeah And you can feel it, unfortunately, and not as like a negative, but it's like...
01:22:57
Speaker
Yeah. It's just sad. It's just very sad to think about. Yeah, exactly. well Also, I was very bitter about the Hunter x Hunter ending because I just don't want to release or like the anime ending into the manga because I know Kurapika is going to be the new MC now. It's like, I just don't want Gun and Kila to separate. Okay. Yeah, man. ah It does. it It does suck. Unfortunately, man, like, you know, that, you know, Hunter x Hunter was also one of those stories that I feel like that, you know,
01:23:22
Speaker
I might be pretty ignorant for saying that we would never get again. You know what I'm saying? Just because of how unique, especially that power system is. Nen as the power system and whatnot was so, so unique. Even comparatively to stands with Jojo. You know what I'm saying? It's just something that was written so well and orchestrated very beautifully. And all these characters that we get introduced with over time throughout the Chimera Arc and even before that.
01:23:47
Speaker
just like all kind of had their own like really dope stories. You know what I'm saying? So yeah, I don't know, man. I do hope that like, you know, whatever does happen, you know, is just whatever makes him happy. You know what I'm saying? Because that's kind of what I wish for at the end of the day. But ah my love for Hunter Hunter will still kind of be there and whatnot, no matter kind of what happens, to be honest. Yeah.
01:24:09
Speaker
That's how I feel about it. My boyfriend's favorite
Personal Challenges and Experiences
01:24:11
Speaker
way of describing Nen is that once you understand Nen, you can genuinely kind of understand any power system using any anime because it's like, it's just your life essence. yes your life and like Your life essence manifests in other ways and it can help you be stronger, whatever. Once you understand Nen, whatever, yeah everything everything makes more sense. Exactly.
01:24:31
Speaker
Which is, you know, it's cool, ah except for all the current manga parts where it's like, here's this nenability. And if you don't read it word for word, like there's no way to describe this through illustration. I'm going to write down word for word, what this does, figure it out. oh Okay, man. cool Thank you. And there's parts like that in Jojo too, where it's like, um, here's King Crimson read. read or You're not going to know what's happening. Oh my gosh.
01:24:56
Speaker
ah We are getting on to about an hour 20. Would you like to start segments, Nebula? Yeah. Um, so we are going to go ahead and move on to our final little section of the show where we have a little gratitude exercise called boss battles and beach episodes, because obviously we're already fucking nerdy enough that we have to condense all of our good and bad experiences in life into animator.
01:25:21
Speaker
So we are going to go around and share a boss battle, which is anything that has might've been a little tough, anything that is frustrating. It can be super minor, like stubbing your toe or stepping on a Lego. It could be as big as you want to share with us. It's up to you.
01:25:38
Speaker
So, um, Parker, do you want to go first? sort of yeah and Mine's a nothing, mine's a big, nothing salad, but I have to prepare for my big egg head shoot again at the end of this month because we're going to do our huge group. But because I am taking a commission, I'm making jewelry Bonnie for a friend. I have to make another pair of fucking boots and it is a hundred degrees outside, which means anytime I try to prime my phone or go outside to like trim the edges or just, you know,
01:26:04
Speaker
Be outside. um I'm dying. It's fucking 106 degrees every day this week. Yeah, I'm I'm tired My foam is melting my paint is not curing because it's melting on the thing like it's nothing is happening. It's too damn hot Yeah, I don't want it to be hot anymore. I just want to finish these stupid fucking boots They gave me enough of a headache the first two times I made them now I'm making them a third and I'm tired we hate it here Nebula you want i sorry go It's not the end of the world. I just hate the heat and I hate making these boots. oh No, it sucks. I understand. um My boss model is also costly related. I have been trying like four different ways to figure out how to do a fucking rogue wig from X-Men 97.
01:26:48
Speaker
Because and her hair never makes sense. In any iteration, her hair never makes sense. Is it a streak? No. Is it a secondary whole little pair that pops out of one specific spot? We don't know. Figure it out yourself. Fuck you comic writers and animators for making her do that. Especially X-Men 97.
01:27:07
Speaker
and Why does she have one piece of white hair that goes to the left and then another little red piece and then it goes the other direction? I don't fucking know how to put that into a wig. So I just bought a little clip in bang and I'm i'm trying to style it and hopefully that'll be good enough because Jesus fucking Christ. Oh, man. Nassim, what is your boss battle?
01:27:30
Speaker
Alrighty, well, my boss battle has been something I just more or less have been dealing with over the course of finally like kind of getting into the industry and whatnot. And it's the confliction that I have with, you know, my ambitions and also, you know, dialing myself back. Because my ambitions is for a while now, I've been attempting to book a lead in the anime.
01:27:54
Speaker
And, you know, that, you know, goal is a very ah consistent goal for a lot of voice actors that are in that space because there is a lot that comes within it. You know what I'm saying? Holding that responsibility to be the front runner of a show is something that a lot of actors really admire to do and it's an opportunity that if thrown in the right hands or thrown in anybody's hands they will try their absolute like best and hardest to kind of you know do it you know what I'm saying so like for me if that were to get thrown in my pot
01:28:27
Speaker
I know that I would like put everything into it and you know give it my all. I've been having this kind of undying want to kind of prove myself not only in the essence of you know the industry and whatnot showing people who I am but proving myself to myself you know what I'm saying and knowing that this jump I made from Florida at 18 years old to going to Texas, now being 19, was worth it in a way, you know what I'm saying? So dealing with that like really strides of and being ambitions while also dealing with, you know, kind of being able to reel myself back in and being like, it's gonna take a little bit of time not seeing me, you know what I'm saying? So getting kind of used to that has been my boss battle as of recent and as like a little bit, you know, go as well with getting into this space.
01:29:19
Speaker
I'm sorry, I didn't realize you're only 19. Yeah. God damn dude, you accomplished so much. You know, it's not good enough. I'm proud of you. I hope you know that. appreciate it. I appreciate it. That's insane. You should be
Representation in Anime and Conclusion
01:29:34
Speaker
proud of yourself and to gun for such an awesome spot in a show at so early on in your career. Yeah. That's that's incredible. you You deserve praise for that. I appreciate that.
01:29:46
Speaker
especially now that you're already making like good footholds into being in like the new kaiju number eight and getting into good crunchy roll rolls, especially with you, uh, which one is it called? Is it sugar apple fairy? Is that what I'm thinking of? Um, like good, you're getting into really good footholds. So it's like, it's it's almost there. And you're 19, it's fine. If you really want to become a legend, you can do the Chris Sabat choice, which was at age 19, be the voiceover for a live-action Chuck E. Cheese movie. Oh, oh my God. It could be worse. You're 19. Oh, man. That's a feeling every 19-year-old gets. What? What is your beach episode?
01:30:30
Speaker
I don't know. I'm so sleepy. Nothing feels... I'm so tired and body sore from just... It's so hot that it's like, is there joy? Is there joy in my life? um Yeah, there is. And I'm preparing for an event this weekend. i'm running They asked me, like will you come run anime Family Feud again? I'm like, sure, I'll be there. But then I was also asked to run it at another con that I'm preparing this egghead costume for next week or next month, three weeks, I guess, to run Family Feud again on main events. So I get to be on main stage twice doing Family Feud, which is fun because it's just me being like, what did you say to this question or like when I made you fill out the form two weeks ago?
01:31:09
Speaker
It's not on there. Sorry. You were the only one that said that. Oopsies. It's fun. Cannot convey to audio only listeners the ah despair that was in the shrug. Pay for Patreon. You'll see the video. You're welcome. You seem what's yours.
01:31:29
Speaker
Oh, what am I? Are we going to rotate you around? We're rotating around. We're switching it up. OK. Let our guests go first. All righty, all righty. Well, um my beach episode is, um you know, with ah being kind of also a fan of anime, um seeing this new anime come out called Twilight Out of Focus, it is a new ah BL anime that's recently got ah put out there and whatnot. And I've been wanting more BL animes for a wild man because, you know, like, my my whole thing about, you know, being by myself, you know, I love it when I can watch something and relate to it on a level of just who I am objectively, whether that comes with being my sexuality or that comes with being my race, watching something like Moggy, that connecting with me, you know, being Arab, me watching boondocks, this shit, like, connecting to me being black, too, you know what I'm saying? like
01:32:23
Speaker
being able to watch mediums that connect to myself in an objective manner and seeing something like Twilight come out and you know being really really good and also being like you know this uh kind of continuous strain of putting out BL anime um has been uh really dope and really like cool and whatnot I'm glad that you know We're kind of seeing that more and more and more throughout this industry. And I kind of hope that continues kind of running its ah tone throw throughout some stuff and whatnot. But yeah, that's kind of my beach episode, to be honest. So I haven't heard of this title. Is it also what are what are your thoughts? Because like I know as someone that's a member of the queer community, it's hard for me.
01:33:02
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at times to watch things and they kind of feel fetishized moments rather than like an actual genuine connection between the characters. So how do you feel it falls in that range? For me, you know, from my first impressions, because there are only two episodes out right now, they dive into a lot of deep topics. There are characters that are in the show that are already gay and there are characters in the show that are straight that eventually kind of find out, you know, coming out and whatnot that they are. You know what I'm saying? I feel like that they don't fall into the fetishizing aspect of, you know, some other BLs and they take it a lot more seriously and delicately while also tapping into the deep and realistic tones of
01:33:46
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being these things you know what I'm saying and understanding the problems that come with you know um being queer and all these other things you know what I'm saying um I honestly really enjoy from what I've seen so far it's like you know been really dope it's been really dope and you know from a someone that really enjoys romance animes my biggest complaint of romance genres is that they jump into the romance aspect so quickly that they make romance seem like this one simple straight path thing that i see someone that looks like a baddie i'm like
01:34:18
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yeah immediately you know we were kissing like no that's like romance is a lot more complicated than that and this kind of explores that complication of romance too towards where it's not just the one shot thing you know what i'm saying it's a lot more complicated than it you know seems to be so that's honestly what i do enjoy about this someone that does watch anime even animes that i get to be a part of from a you know a strong objective point of view as objectively I try to be possible and from a very big constructive criticism aspect too, I really enjoy it. I feel like that's definitely going to be you know one of, if not the best, animes to come out this season and I can't wait to see like more of it.
01:34:57
Speaker
ah I hope they get the opportunity to be a part of it. um But, you know, just as a fan, I just been kind of really enjoying it in terms of that, to be honest. Yeah, that's awesome. I'm going to have to add it to the list. Yeah, man. Yeah, I just penned it down on the same note that we need way more POC queer like story. Yes, it's not enough like POC, especially like with our depictions of like black characters. We still kind of ride some of the lines of tokenization where it's like you have to be very masculine and you have to be very I don't know. I'm a white woman, so it's not like my place to, you know, talk about that so much, but it's like we should be able to have more POC in these positions, yeah especially for a queer, like, manga or boila, like, content. Oh, yeah. 100%. Because it feels like when they're there, they're not really used. Explored or used. Yeah. Yeah. It's very surface level, so we definitely should get a better amalgamation of both. 100%. The upcoming seasons, I hope. Mm-hmm. Nebula, what's your beach episode?
01:35:54
Speaker
My Beach episode is pretty simple. My fiancé for several years has had very opposite schedules in terms of like work days for me. um He's usually worked evenings or nights and I work like an eight to five ah and he for the first time And all of our time dating now has standard weekends off. So we had like our first two weekends together and for the entire time that we've been together. And it's been so good. Yes. It's been so nice to just wake up on a Saturday and know that like, oh, he didn't have to leave to go to work. Like my partner's still here and we could just be lazy and play video games or watch Netflix or whatever. So it's very, very boring and domestic, but it makes me happy. Hell yeah.
01:36:43
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Yeah um into our wrap ups to seem do you have anything you'd like to plug like your website your pages i know we brought them up earlier but it's for like the you know. Yeah make sure everyone knows it on your percent so you know like i said i'm by acts i go by a lux path everywhere that's l u c k s p a t h on across all social media platforms that includes tiktok youtube instagram facebook even threads for some reason.
01:37:07
Speaker
um you know i have a bunch of stuff there um if you're ever interested in just seeing me as a voice actor my website's always available you can always simply look up my name you can find my website publicly available my imdb that shows a list of my credits and you know kind of you know stuff that i've been doing and whatnot the social media that i post the most often in terms of stuff would be twitter you know to be honest i kind of throw some stuff on there all the time but i'm not really kind of social media savvy as i used to be maybe eventually but you know you never never know um i would say you know catch the last episode of kaiju number eight and the dub that came out i believe a couple days ago um that entire team went it would put so much passion and energy and love into that dub i love shon gan for i've given me the opportunity to voice mori in that show and I can't wait for a season two because that's going to be really, really dope. um But yeah, you know, I'm i'm so glad that I got to come on here, share a little bit my story, share some stuff about the DC stuff, you know, gay a little bit, you know what I'm saying? And, you know, just, you know, come in here and have fun. So I think you guys are having me.
01:38:12
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Yeah, of course. And Nebula, where can we find you on our socials? You can find me on our socials at nebula underscore inky, that's I-N-K-Y on Instagram, Twitter, shitters, Z-X, whatever the fuck they call it now. Parker, where can they find you?
01:38:29
Speaker
You can find me at Crown Guard Cosplay on Instagram. You can find me at littlelightb on Twitter and Discord. And you can find me also on Patreon at Crown Guard Cosplay. You can find the podcast at Fandave's Pod, both on Instagram and Twitter. And we have a Discord server that is in our bio for this episode, wherever you're listening to it. You can also find the video version and the probably a pretty uncut version on Patreon at patreon dot.com slash Fandave's Pod.
01:38:54
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