Tagged With: Voice Acting

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Bryson Baugus and Kamen Casey Talk ‘Blue Lock The Movie -Episode Nagi’

The voice actors, who portray Seishiro Nagi and Reo Mikage in the English dub of the first movie to come from Taku Kishimoto’s award-winning ‘Blue Lock’ soccer anime, based on Muneyuki Kaneshiro’s manga, discuss how difficult it is embrace a role when you can’t access the entire film, with enough prep time, to dig into and capture a character’s full depth, drive, and complexity; the film releases June 28, 2024 in the U.S.

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HIDIVE Acquires ‘Loner Life in Another World’

New fantasy adventure series produced by Hayabusa Film and Passione is adapted from the light novel and manga titles created by Shoji Goji and published by Overlap.

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Lion Forge Entertainment Announces Additional Voice Cast for ‘Iyanu’

Lagos-based entertainment company inks partnership with Nigeria’s The Voiceover Conference, with ‘Iyanu’ creator Roye Okupe and casting director Paula Gammon Wilson to be featured at the 2024 Summit.

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Toonz Media Group, Angel Studios Launching ‘Gabriel and the Guardians’

Anime-style 2D fantasy adventure series is developed by Colossul Studios with animation production by Tiger Animation and pre-production by Robot Playground.

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‘Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures’ Season 2 Headed to Disney+ and Disney Jr.

New season of Lucasfilm’s original animated series arrives Wednesday, August 14, with new shorts on August 2 and new digital series, ‘Fun With Nubs’ available online now.

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Smurfs Rights Holder Announces Rebrand to Peyo Company

Plans for two new TV series inspired by the original comic books by Peyo, ‘The Tales of Johan & Peewit’ and ‘Benny Breakiron,’ were revealed at Annecy.

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The Houghton Brothers Blast Off in ‘Big City Greens the Movie: Spacecation’

Chris and Shane Houghton talk about JPL, a jar of peanuts, real Easter eggs, and heading into animated space in the first movie adapted from their Emmy Award-winning hit TV show, ‘Big City Greens,’ debuting June 6 on Disney Channel and June 7 on Disney Plus.

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Ben Kingsley, Pierce Brosnan and Mark Hamill Join Cast of Mofac’s ‘The King of Kings’

Veteran actors join a distinguished voice cast for the faith-based animated feature that includes Kenneth Branagh, Forest Whitaker, Oscar Isaac, Uma Thurman and Roman Griffin Davis.

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Disney Drops ‘Big City Greens the Movie: Spacecation’ Official Trailer

NASA Astronaut and special guest star Scott Kelly shared the exciting preview on Instagram; the upcoming movie premieres June 6 on Disney Channel and June 7 on Disney+. 

Finding the Best Voice for the Role ANIMATIONWorld

Can You Make Presumptions Based on Someone’s Voice?

The Voiceover Gallery founding director Marylou Thistleton-Smith discusses her company’s practice of not providing voice acting talent images on its website, despite resistance both internally and from the animation community, explaining how visual anonymity in casting can challenge and reduce unconscious bias, promoting talent over appearance.

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SAG-AFTRA Ratifies Animated TV Contracts Limiting Use of AI Voices

The 2023 Television Animation Agreement and the 2023 Basic Cable Animation Agreement will last three years and provide strong protections around the use of AI as well as a 7% wage increase that applies retroactively to July 1, 2023.

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Will Forte and Nicole Sullivan Talk ‘Clone High’ Season 2

The veteran actors discuss their work as a young Abe Lincoln and Joan of Arc in the series refresh of Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, and Bill Lawrence’s original 2002 animated comedy that follows the teenage clones of the greatest minds in history who must tackle modern-day high school challenges; 10-episode sophomore season now streaming on Max. 

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‘Kensuke’s Kingdom’ Leads All Winners at the 2024 British Animation Awards

By Dan Sarto | Thursday, March 7, 2024 at 2:49pm

Neil Boyle and Kirk Hendry’s drama of a young boy swept overboard on a family sailing trip, who washes ashore on a remote island, takes home three awards, including Best Feature Film, at the ceremony held today at London’s BFI Southbank.

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Alan Cumming, Jane Lynch Join ‘The Bravest Knight’ Season 2 Voice Cast

The new season of Hulu’s GLAAD Media Award-winning 2D animated series will see the return of T.R. Knight as Cedric, Bobby Moynihan as Grunt, Wilson Cruz as Prince Andrew, Christine Baranski as the fearsome Red Dragon, Teri Polo as Saylor, and Steven Weber as The Head Knight, with Millie Davis stepping in to voice Nia.

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2024 British Animation Awards Finalists Announced

Aardman and Netflix’s ‘Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget’ and Sky Cinema’s ‘The Amazing Maurice’ among the selections in the Best Feature Film category; winners will be announced at the awards ceremony on March 7.

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DreamWorks’ ‘Dew Drop Diaries’ Returns for Season 2

Creator Rick Suvalle shares exclusive concept art and talks about the new season of his 3DCG preschool series about a tiny fairy family of ‘Dew Drops’ turning everyday challenges into extraordinary adventures; 12 all-new episodes debut today, December 4, on Netflix.

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‘Baby Shark’ Joins Cameo Animated Lineup for ‘Cameo Kids Week’

The beloved singing and dancing fish gets added to expansive lineup for personalized videos that includes iconic characters from 'Sesame Street,' 'CoComelon,' 'Blippi,' 'Thomas the Tank Engine,' 'The Care Bears,' and more.

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Watch: DreamWorks ‘Dew Drop Diaries’ Season 2 Trailer

The 3DCG preschool series about a tiny fairy family of ‘Dew Drops’ is back with 12 all-new episodes, turning everyday challenges into extraordinary adventures next month. 

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DreamWorks Shares ‘The Croods: Family Tree’ Season 8 Trailer

The Croods and the Bettermans have a major feud, and the kids just want everyone to ‘get along’ in the new season of the popular 3DCG animated series streaming next month on Hulu and Peacock.

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Nintendo Announces New ‘Mario’ Voice Actor

Kevin Afghani has assumed the role of the iconic Italian duo, Mario and Luigi, in the upcoming video game ‘Super Mario Bros. Wonder,’ after original actor Charles Martinet stepped away from the roles earlier this year.

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It’s ‘Jessica’s Big Little World’ and We’re All Just Living In It

On the new spin-off of Cartoon Network’s Emmy, GLAAD and NAACP Image Award-nominated ‘Craig of the Creek,’ Craig’s little sister Jessica is always on a quest to get ‘big’ and take on the world, with her friends, even if she does suck her thumb… sometimes; show debuts on CN today, October 2, streaming October 7 on Max.

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