Cell's voice actors in the games; Funi Dub of games

[TheGmGoken]

Quick question. Why does Cell have Travis as a voice actor but not Damien Clark? Doesn't Damien Clark do other voices in the video games? So why doesn't he just do Cell's as well? To much pay? Experimenting for Kai(Before Kai was on Cell arc)?

[Gyt Kaliba]

I just saw earlier that Behind the Voice Actors had Travis listed for Cell in 'Battle of Z', which really made me wonder what's going on too.

If I had to venture a guess though...it's availability, or something related to that. Travis first started taking over for Clarke in...I want to say some of the PS2-era games, but it may have been after that. It was for a good while before Kai came around though, as for a while it was seen as extremely likely that Travis would play the role in that as well. But then, out of nowhere, Clarke came back for the role, and I assumed that maybe he was going to keep it for good this time around too. ...Not so much, apparently.

[TheGmGoken]

If I'm correct Travis started around Rb1 or TTT. Yeah I honestly thought Travis would replace Daemon. Do any other characters or games do this? Also how active is Daemon?

[Ajay]

Why are there 4 posts of this?

http://www.kanzenshuu.com/forum/viewtop ... 11&t=26723
http://www.kanzenshuu.com/forum/viewtop ... 11&t=26724
http://www.kanzenshuu.com/forum/viewtop ... 11&t=26725

and then this one.

[dbboxkaifan]

Maybe Dameon Clarke costs more and if I recall correctly he was named something else on Dragon Ball Kai's dub and Burst Limit (I think). Ah, yes! Dartanian Nickelback!

Whenever I think of "Dartanian" I imagine D'Artagnan.

[Gyt Kaliba]

Oh yeah, I forgot about the 'Dartanian Nickelback' thing too. Supposedly (and as usual I can't remember exactly where I heard this), he started using that for his voice over work, so as to keep it as separate as possible from his live action work, so that it wouldn't be held against him in auditions for live work. Things have started to change for the better, but there does still seem to be at times a certain unfair "disgrace" that comes with voice over work. The "Oh, so do you do any real acting?" syndrome.

Though...so far as I know, Clarke's live-action career has never exactly taken off, so...well, yeah. (I did enjoy his work on Castle though).

[TheGmGoken]

Why are there 4 posts of this?

http://www.kanzenshuu.com/forum/viewtop ... 11&t=26723
http://www.kanzenshuu.com/forum/viewtop ... 11&t=26724
http://www.kanzenshuu.com/forum/viewtop ... 11&t=26725

and then this one.

What the fuck? How that happen?

[B]

Clarke has recently been getting on-camera TV roles in Los Angeles; he's most likely apart of SAG/AFTRA and FUNimation is non-union, I think. And OkraTron 5000 is in Texas. That's part of why he needed a pseudonym.

Also, on-camera pays a lot more than voice over, especially anime voice over, formally known as "foreign language dubbing." If I had to guess, him returning in Kai was a favor to Sabat.

[Fionordequester]

Mmm, yes. Dameon Clarke certainly has had his bout of misfortune in his live-action career, that's for sure. Darn shame, considering he was in such stellar classics, such as Fab Five: The Texas Cheerleader Scandal...

Yes, that was a dark tale indeed, with five horrifically evil and vindictive ladies making a joke out of all the authorities, and bullying many people (even going so far as trapping two people, and beating them up !!). They committed rule-breakings, like truancies and disturbances during classes (for example, using a cell phone), and had done off-campus extreme activities, like posting their own photos of themselves partying with alcohol and going to an adult store on Myspace (and in their school uniforms no less!). After Ward (the hero of the story) began working at the school, the Fab Five played pranks on her, pranks that included a "chocolate tampon", and using Ward's cell phone to send text messages to her husband and another coach...

And in this dark, grim tale, was one lone man, coach Adam Reeve, who stood in the midst of this suffering, trying his darndest to lay down the law, and FINALLY bring some order to this nightmare, which even the principal (being the mother of one of those five monsters) refused to do. This man...was Dameon Clarke. He did his best to be gentle, he did his best to be kind, but firm, and to put his foot down, to no avail. Students were beaten up, and mentally scarred, authorities were shown blatant disrespect, until finally, it came to a head. They went to school, dressed like empty headed harpies, and so, he had to expel them!...except, they wouldn't leave. They told him...they weren't going anywhere...

And then it happened...

Dameon Clarke...he put on a pair of shades...tore off his shirt...grew three sizes that day...and started running around drop kicking every poor fool who ever DARED disrespect him! Heads were thrown through CEILINGS, arms were nailed to WALLS, and bodies weren't just dropped ON the floor, but THROUGH the floor! And when he got to the leader of the Fab Five, what did he do?

He flicked her head off. Yep, one little flick. That was all he needed to do. That was all he needed to do to FINALLY solve THAT little nuisance! And after he was all done, after he had looked around at all of the victims of those licentious cads, he sat down, and poured himself a glass of his favorite beverage, orange juice. The perrrfect way to end a well deserved butt whooping...

Yep, that was a great movie, that. Although, it's been a while since I've seen it, so I might be mis-remembering a few details here and there, you know? But seriously, check it out! You WON'T be disappointed!

[DarkPrince_92]

Burst Limit was his last game I recall. And Perfect Cell sounded waaaayyy too goofy. Glad when Kai came back around, he killed the role of Cell. It was..... Perfect.

[Codarik]

I'm guessing Clarke doesn't return to voice Cell in the games cause it's the same thing over and over again. At first I was mad that he returned in Kai, I do prefer Willingham's Cell overall. But then I had a change of mind when I heard in an interview that if he wasn't down it Texas recording for Cell he would've never gotten offered to play Handsome Jack in Borderlands 2. He was PHENOMENAL in that role.

[bkev]

Clarke has recently been getting on-camera TV roles in Los Angeles; he's most likely apart of SAG/AFTRA and FUNimation is non-union, I think. And OkraTron 5000 is in Texas. That's part of why he needed a pseudonym.

Also, on-camera pays a lot more than voice over, especially anime voice over, formally known as "foreign language dubbing." If I had to guess, him returning in Kai was a favor to Sabat.

^This. I don't know if there's an actual SAG penalty involved, but pseudonyms are not that uncommon. Most of the Tenchi Muyo! cast used pseudonyms until Pioneer's studios went union as well.

I believe Willingham was even told at one point he was to voice Cell in Kai; I wouldn't be able to find it, but I recall him answering in the affirmative when asked. Guess FUNi had a change of heart, like with Linda Young as Freeza.

[B]

Funny thing is, Travis Willingham is now in Los Angeles as well, and getting tons of video game and pre-lay animation roles. Before you know it, he'll be too expensive or might have to use a pseudonym when doing anime roles as well.

I guess stepping into Norio Wakamoto's shoes is just a gateway to success.

[dbboxkaifan]

Funny thing is, Travis Willingham is now in Los Angeles as well, and getting tons of video game and pre-lay animation roles. Before you know it, he'll be too expensive or might have to use a pseudonym when doing anime roles as well.

I guess stepping into Norio Wakamoto's shoes is just a gateway to success.

Travis as Cell always felt like he was trying to impersonate Dameon Clarke's Cell which was also somewhat of an imitation from the original Cell, Norio Wakamoto.

I suppose Travis or FUNimation didn't want to risk getting the dub fans angry for not having a vocal similar to Dameon Clarke on the DBZ games so the voice actor was just doing as told, I guess.

But to be honest, I never liked Travis voice (poor imitation of Dameon Clarke's Cell) I wish they'd bring back the real English Cell to the games again.

[Fionordequester]

Travis as Cell always felt like he was trying to impersonate Dameon Clarke's Cell, which was also somewhat of an imitation from the original Cell, Norio Wakamoto.

I wouldn't say that actually. Imperfect Cell was pretty different between the two dubs, and I don't think FUNImation had gotten to the point where they were actually watching the original performances that carefully. In fact, I don't think they REALLY got to that point until sometime after Yu Yu Hakusho at least, unless I'm mis-remembering what Sabat said.

[chaospunishment]

Funny thing is, Travis Willingham is now in Los Angeles as well, and getting tons of video game and pre-lay animation roles. Before you know it, he'll be too expensive or might have to use a pseudonym when doing anime roles as well.

I guess stepping into Norio Wakamoto's shoes is just a gateway to success.

Travis as Cell always felt like he was trying to impersonate Dameon Clarke's Cell which was also somewhat of an imitation from the original Cell, Norio Wakamoto.

I suppose Travis or FUNimation didn't want to risk getting the dub fans angry for not having a vocal similar to Dameon Clarke on the DBZ games so the voice actor was just doing as told, I guess.

But to be honest, I never liked Travis voice (poor imitation of Dameon Clarke's Cell) I wish they'd bring back the real English Cell to the games again.

Well, they do use recycled voice clips from BT3 backwards...

But that's as much of him as we'll get probably.

[Quebaz]

Well, they do use recycled voice clips from BT3 backwards...

But that's as much of him as we'll get probably.

That's only in RB1, with RB2 onward they started tu dub every piece of line.

[chaospunishment]

Well, they do use recycled voice clips from BT3 backwards...

But that's as much of him as we'll get probably.

That's only in RB1, with RB2 onward they started tu dub every piece of line.

I can show you a few (in the files anyway)

UT was right after RB2 and they used the old VA's recordings too.

[Quebaz]

Well, they do use recycled voice clips from BT3 backwards...

But that's as much of him as we'll get probably.

That's only in RB1, with RB2 onward they started tu dub every piece of line.

I can show you a few (in the files anyway)

UT was right after RB2 and they used the old VA's recordings too.

I mean in-battle sounds, I don't remember all of them but Vegeta lost his "beat it punk" and a few other lines after RB1. Also Cell's battle-cries are a lot of different than the ones from RB2 onwards.

[chaospunishment]

The battle cries are the exact same ones.

Except the ones from smashes and charge attacks. (Both being hit and hitting)