Anyone could easily say that Mike Pollock is a worthy successor to the late Deem Bristow as the voice of Dr. Eggman, (and in some cases he does an even better job), but Mike has constantly shown that he ranks up with VA's like Dan Green as one of...
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Anyone could easily say that Mike Pollock is a worthy successor to the late Deem Bristow as the voice of Dr. Eggman, (and in some cases he does an even better job), but Mike has constantly shown that he ranks up with VA's like Dan Green as one of the very few excellent's stuck with 4Kids. Mike Pollock is nothing if not prolific: he's worked as the announcer inbetween 4Kids shows, he's done numerous commercial works, and, of course, he's a pro at anime dubbing.

Pollock continuously provides realistic, believable, and properly emotional personalities to his characters; I honestly think that he can never be miscast, (even his Ella [Sonic X] was suitable). Also, like mentioned before, I think he provides an even better job at Eggman, at least *now*, than Deem Bristow would have. Deem always seemed to provide more snarl in his voice-acting than anything else, which would tend to be irritating. Mike makes Eggman sound evil like he is, but also silly like he is; think about it: is Eggman *really* the evil, threatening, "supergenius" he's supposed to be? No, he's just a nuisance who really isn't smart enough to realize his opponents weaknesses. (Mike also makes him talk more than unneccessarily snarl).

Besides, once you hear Pollock say [as Eggman]: "I'm like a bad rash: you can't get rid of me!", you love him for life.

Lani Minella is a perfect example of the difficulties of English dubbing. Let me explain: in Sonic Adventure 2, with her full role as Rouge just beginning, her portrayal of Rouge was, based on the positive reviews of her fans, overrated. Rouge's...
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Lani Minella is a perfect example of the difficulties of English dubbing. Let me explain: in Sonic Adventure 2, with her full role as Rouge just beginning, her portrayal of Rouge was, based on the positive reviews of her fans, overrated. Rouge's voice would sometimes be either choppy, like she was trying too hard to match her voice work with the mouth movements of the character, or downright fussy and irritating.
However, when Sonic Heroes came around, and a San Francisco team took the programming reigns, her work was almost flawless: gone was the fussiness and choppyness of SA2, which coincides with being able to just act and not have to match up voice with pre-made cutscenes, (character movements is based on the VA's work in this case, not vice-versa, like with dubbing). So, yay America. (Ha!)

Quite simply, as long as she wasn't hampered by the boundaries set in the Japanese-made cutscenes, Lani pulled off a convincing and commendable Rouge that I think many of us were sad to see leave.

You know, I'm pretty sure Rouge outgrew that slut persona people were giving her *long* before Sonic X came to America, but Kathleen Delaney did nothing but drag it back in. Sure, Rouge is sexy and can be manipulative, but this is pathetic....
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You know, I'm pretty sure Rouge outgrew that slut persona people were giving her *long* before Sonic X came to America, but Kathleen Delaney did nothing but drag it back in. Sure, Rouge is sexy and can be manipulative, but this is pathetic. Everyone already says that Delaney makes Rouge sound like a 40-year old smoking prostitute; I'm just driving it home a little more.
As far as her acting is concerned, it actually *used to be* commendable; That's the only reason I give her a "1" and not a ".5". Now, however, such as in Sonic '06, it's downright atrocious. Any kind of emotion she gives Rouge is completely inapproriate, whether Rouge is supposed to be shocked or angry (Delaney makes her sound *happy* [let me dig a little deeper here: the Scepter of Darkness, or whatever, get's destroyed, when Rouge shouts like she's happy. The scepter is the only thing at the time that can stop Mephiles, *their enemy!*]), or concerned about Shadow and angry that the world is willing to turn against her -arguably- closest friend, (Delaney doesn't make Rouge sound like she honestly gives half a crap about Shadow). Actually, throughout Sonic '06, Rouge sounds completely uninterested, be it about the situation at hand, or at the fact that she's holding a freaking *chaos emerald in her hands!* Isn't Rouge supposed to *adore* jewels?!

All in all, Kathleen was just a terrible choice for Rouge from the beginning, but like Jason Griffith, she decided she should drag herself down even farther off the credibility charts the longer she had the role. I honestly think Spax (below) should watch some clips from the new Sonic games (he calls Sonic '06, "Sonic the Disaster"), and update his review. I think it would be more accurate.

Dan Green is not only a prolific voice actor for *gag* 4Kids, but he's also one of the very best VA's they've got with them, which is saying a LOT. The characters he can pull off, from the stern, serious and proud Yami/Atem to the young and gentle...
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Dan Green is not only a prolific voice actor for *gag* 4Kids, but he's also one of the very best VA's they've got with them, which is saying a LOT. The characters he can pull off, from the stern, serious and proud Yami/Atem to the young and gentle Yugi himself, almost always succeeds with believability shrouded in flying colors. I mean, he does Treeko, too. That's just bizarre!
However, (regretably), I'm one of the many who finds he was miscast as Knuckles the Echidna, tending to add a greater degree of gruffness, and a seemingly older "age," to Knuckles' voice than necessary. He does, however, manage commendable emotion and believability to the situations at hand; I'll give him that.
Overall, he's a talented VA in a company without enough of it. As long as he enjoys his job, which I doubt he doesn't, I urge him to keep on going. Great having you, Dan!

Bella Hudson is one of the more respectable VA's SEGA put into the Sonic series; she gives an overall decent and convincing portrayal of her characters. My only real problems with her is a lack of variation in her different characters' voices, and...
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Bella Hudson is one of the more respectable VA's SEGA put into the Sonic series; she gives an overall decent and convincing portrayal of her characters. My only real problems with her is a lack of variation in her different characters' voices, and the fact that she's pretty much the 4Kids whore for the Sonic franchise: any new female character comes along, they just toss Bella into it, (E.G. Wave the Swallow, Shahra the Genie, Blaze the Cat, and Tikal the Echidna [Sonic X]). And, as pointed out by Spaction3 earlier, I'm surprised that she actually *wasn't* thrown into Princess Elise's role.

Ryan Drummond is a man of sheer talent. Not only has he given the best portrayal of Sonic the Hedgehog out of every one of the hero's VA's, (save for Jaleel White, just because Drummond wouldn't fit in White's era, and because White did a great...
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Ryan Drummond is a man of sheer talent. Not only has he given the best portrayal of Sonic the Hedgehog out of every one of the hero's VA's, (save for Jaleel White, just because Drummond wouldn't fit in White's era, and because White did a great job, too), but because he's always managed to give convincing, properly emotional, and perfectly silly performances in even his smallest of roles. From a goofy mime to a hyperactive Padres fan, from advertising casinos and organic foods to singing and dancing like a pro, (on and off-camera), Ryan Drummond is an acting gift to the world: a man who clearly loves what he does, and makes us love him for it.