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What does Final Fantasy X-2, Killer 7, Batman, and Teen Tita

So a typical day of me doing gaming research caused me to run into something I had not realized.

For my most recent FFX-2 video, I mentioned I really don't like the voice acting though this has in fairness, been true for most of the FF series. It is not really because the actors themselves and usually bad (In fact, most times they play there parts perfectly) It is because the characters they portray are just badly written.

Now because of some serious problems with my editor, I watched several of the same video clips over and over again which got me to thinking, I know one of these voices, (You own as many video games as me and some voices you pick up on no matter how different it sounds) in this case, I realized I recognized Rikku's voice from another game so I called up her credits.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tara_Strong

Holy Mother of god! Just how many voices has she done....at the same time!?!?!? based on this she would be recording for multiple games, movies, and TV shows all in the same year!

In case you don't look right away, her name is Tara Strong and she is one of (if not the) most active voice over actresses in both the gaming and TV world.

For This Year Alone! She is recording for the following games.

Cartoon Network; Punch Time Explosion- Bubbles, Buttercup, Chowder and Dexter
Shadows of the Damned- Justine
Batman Arkham City- Harley Quinn

Those however are only this years new projects. In TV and Movie, she is currently working on I believe 9 different projects. If you have watched any cartoons, played any video games or watched any Hayao Miyazaki films in the last 20 years, chances are you have heard her voice.

So a quick tribute to a very talented lady.......will not stop me from hating Rikku's character though
 

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yeah tara strong is dope, I know her as Timmy on Fairly oddparents and as the old bitch from chowder. she looks like a model, but not from that wiki photo
 
Yeah Tara Strong has approx. 315 credits (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0152839/)
but check it out; there're a lot of people in hollywood who're voicing damn near everything:

Steve Blum: ~440 credits
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0089710/

Mark Hamill: ~350 credits
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000434/

Wendee Lee: ~350 credits
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0283253/

Yuri Lowenthal: ~275 credits
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0523180/

Tress MacNeille: ~270 credits
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0534134/

Jess Harnell: ~250 credits
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0363641/

David Kaye: ~210 credits
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0443286/


I think the real story here is:
Maybe studios should start looking for voice work elsewhere, as a lot of voices become SEVERELY overused??
 

moog

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