As someone who was diagnosed with high functioning autism at the age of three, I think Futaba is incredible representation. Almost everything she does in-game, I used to do. Personally, there was one line in game that just made me so happy with how accurate it was. “It seems she doesn’t have a problem talking to others as long as the subject interests her.” This was something I struggled with for the longest time. The entire scene with Yusuke and Futaba arguing about her action figures was just phenomenal from a representation standpoint. And Erica did an equally phenomenal job conveying that.
I'm slightly autistic I'm going to be lower end of the spectrum for me it annoyed me because of how I digest media I hated that the actions of the English voice actress destroyed the actions of the creators and the Japanese voice actress because she's someone who suffers from different things my mom has agoraphobia and social anxiety and I got to see her do a lot of the same things that futaba did it is annoyed me Erica's a good voice actress but she didn't have the right to change the way the characters actions are to be interpreted. Edit: I'll put this in a more context so it makes more sense my mother suffers from social anxiety and agoraphobia and I've seen how death affects her after the death of my grandmother and my brother and my cousin is an high functioning autistic person so I have a good comparison based off of my experience to look through the lens of the story I don't know if it was the localization team or Erica thinking she was better than the story but if it helps you to think that she's autistic go right ahead based off of my experience I can't see it that way and based off of what the creators have said and hinted and what the original voice actress portrayed her as I can't see it that way.
There are some things that have made me suspect I may have autism but I never wanted to self diagnose so I’ve asked if I could go and see a professional to get… well I don’t know much about testing or diagnoses, but I’ve asked if I could pursue that (just to try to understand myself better and either know what it is or cross off it off from being a possibility), but my family kinda always shuts it down. I think they see autism as a scary thing, but I see it as a uniqueness and I want to understand if that’s what I am (because it would explain a lot about me, if it is true) Oh, but the point is, that was a big thing I related to Futaba on, and it’s actually something I’ve had “friends” complain about me, saying I only get passionate about things I’m interested in. Jeez I went on a long ramble just to say one little thing, sorry about that lol
@@Shadow-gm9ct you can look it up yourself you can find it she's an agoraphobe who suffers from social anxiety and that's how it's portrayed in the Japanese which is the reason that it goes away as you increase your confidant with her, in the English the way Erica voices her it's like she's autistic which is the one problem I have with it and it's also the reason you had so many people angry that it seemed like in the English you interacting with her cured her autism because that's how she portrayed the character and she's admitted that's how she portrayed the character, so that's where I feel she felt like she was better than the story, voice actors have done that before it is the job of the localization team to reel in the voice actors they didn't and a lot of the time they fail my problem lies with her choice it ruined the English dub for me on my game I can't play it with the English dialogue because I hear it and I know it's her arrogance that caused it. And as I've stated in a comment in this comment section if it helps people to believe that futaba is autistic go right ahead and believe it if it helps you move through your life more power to you but that is not the character and the life I've lived will not allow me to enjoy it this is the only story this is the only character that has ever done that to me I have found enjoyment in fanfics that have destroyed characters but I can't enjoy this.
@@lostnemesis I realized I never responded to this. Sorry about how late this is. I do somewhat understand your perspective. The intention of the Japanese team was probably not to portray Futaba as autistic. Attaching something like that to a character can be seen as unnecessary and goes against the original creators. However, especially in this case, I don’t agree with this point. Erica was the one who felt Futaba could be on the spectrum, and did research to better portray that in her voice performance. Everything else, like what I pointed out in my original comment, was completely unrelated to her voice. As such, there isn’t an indication anyone aside from Erica felt this way about Futaba. There isn’t a single moment of the game where she’s said to be on the spectrum, and almost all of the actions that resonate with those on the spectrum come from the original Japanese team. Ergo, there isn’t a problem here.
Futaba is legit the only fictional character id die for. I actually cried during her palace because I saw so much of her in me, she's just.. I love futaba so much
As someone with Aspurgus I too saw a reflection of myself within Futaba also, when I played and saw her sprite I really liked her but then I saw her personality she was instantly my first choice to be in a relationship with. She is just also too adorable.
Erica Lindbeck is really proving to be one of the Most promising Talents in the LA voice acting industry and I hope that she Never gets replaced as Futaba Sakura. She IS Futaba Sakura....
Yuri lowenthal and Johnny Yong Bosch both always sound like their characters, but this girl I would've never guessed she voiced Futaba... She sounds so natural!!!
This is one of the coolest ladies ever, i relate to her when she talks about how she depths her characters. And also i can just tell by the way she acts, it was DESTINY for her to play futaba.
She is fantastic at voice acting , any character she voices instantly becomes twice as likeable...cassie cage im looking at you. hope she stays the hell away from any kind of drama
Erica Lindbeck is really cool. She loves what she does, and she seems very approachable. I'd love to meet her along with Cassandra, Cherami, Harlacher, and Todd and Ben
I LOVE YOUR VOICE!!!! I LOVE MY HERO ACADEMIA AND I LOVE PERSONA 5!!!! I CAN'T WAIT FOR THE ROYAL TO COME OUT!!! LOOKING FORWARD TO IT!!! **tiny midoriya headbanging increases** Also add Dmitri Alexandre Blaiddyd to that list of obsessions.
Futaba was easily my favourite character in P5 because of how fantastic her voice lines were. The entire cast did a great job, but Futaba was far and away the one that felt the most real to me. I didn't even care when I turned down other characters romantically, but when I had to turn down Futaba I legitimately felt bad because I was so invested in the character. It's nice to finally have a face to associate with such great voice acting.
Christopher Corey Smith as Enrico Pucci Edit: Sarah Williams as Gwess. Cristina Vee as Miraschon (the Debt collector stand user) I'd prefer Zeno Robinson to voice Weather....
It's great how she's also Vita Clotilde the Azure Abyss for Trails of Cold Steel series, Uzume Tennoboushi, etc. Also, Eli Ayase from Love Live~~ Woot~~
She got so into Persona 5 that she didn't want to do anything else...that was me last night. I'm not far into it, getting to finishing Madarame's Palace, and I had to force myself to take a break. I let my brother play his game and what do I do until it was time for sleep? Watch the anime (and some of the new Fruits Basket as well) while continuing my drawing of Joker.
Just finished watching the Anohana dub and her performance as Anaru was absolutely breathtaking. She's one of the most talented people in the game right now.
A lot of great Persona 5 tracks there P.S I’m currently doing Kaneshiro’s Palace (died once due to annoying Rampage skill) but I’ll get to Futaba’s in no time
"I was 60 hours into P5, but I had to stop because it was taking over my entire life" - welcome to the rest of our lives, lol! Gonna happen again when P5 Royal drops soon. Honestly, I'm a little surprised that she's as... well... how should I say it? Futaba was a great casting call. Can't help but crack a smile when a VA describes themselves as a 'trash gremlin' :p Her energy is pretty infectious, and I've never not liked anyone she's voiced, even though Celica was a bit dense.
wow Erica Lindbeck are beautiful in this video: she's pretty but her voice are....nothing to say except simply beautiful (i'm like a sailor who being jumped on by evil mermaids). She's my favorite english voice actor with Kira Buckland (i love her voice too so i wish being hypnotized by those 2 wonderful ladies and their sweet voices) but i hope she's ok now after the loss of Billy Kametz ? My waifu is..........uh Jolyne Kujo or why not Daki. I respect a lot Lady Lindbeck about the autism and showing the beautiiful side from this one
So I finally finished P5R, got to FF7R, and I wondered why the hell Jessie sounded so damn familiar, turns out SHE’S VOICED BY FUTABA!! Jeez, Jessie even acts like Futaba.
“ I play a lot of outlandish characters” wow that’s so accurate (Flashbacks to when she played magilou in tales of berseria , aka best girl , sue me 😎)
She also voiced chirai from dragon ball broly the movie, sophitia from soul calibur 6 & kaori from shigatsu (you're lie in april) And worked together with max mittleman in final fantasy 7 remake, magi, & nanatsu no taizai (beside persona 5)
Ngl ehen i first saw futaba i was so in love with her cause i can understand her fully and not only that i knew there was a good reason why i love futaba 😍😍😍😍
"I just want to be this Japanese high school student"
*Voices a dropout*
*dropout goes to school*
@@okazoya *_W O A H_*
TURDY_ WATER
N I C E C O C K
@@pumpdaddyg T H A N K S B R O Y O U T O O
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wtf
"I ship Bakugo & Uraraka"
Erica going full chaotic neutral on us
That would be Neutral Evil?
Like a phantom thief should
Well She does voice Mordred
@@theanonymouschicken169 Yep the lovable Mordred -Chichiue!-
THEY TALKED ONCE GODDAMMIT
As someone who was diagnosed with high functioning autism at the age of three, I think Futaba is incredible representation. Almost everything she does in-game, I used to do. Personally, there was one line in game that just made me so happy with how accurate it was. “It seems she doesn’t have a problem talking to others as long as the subject interests her.” This was something I struggled with for the longest time. The entire scene with Yusuke and Futaba arguing about her action figures was just phenomenal from a representation standpoint. And Erica did an equally phenomenal job conveying that.
I'm slightly autistic I'm going to be lower end of the spectrum for me it annoyed me because of how I digest media I hated that the actions of the English voice actress destroyed the actions of the creators and the Japanese voice actress because she's someone who suffers from different things my mom has agoraphobia and social anxiety and I got to see her do a lot of the same things that futaba did it is annoyed me Erica's a good voice actress but she didn't have the right to change the way the characters actions are to be interpreted.
Edit: I'll put this in a more context so it makes more sense my mother suffers from social anxiety and agoraphobia and I've seen how death affects her after the death of my grandmother and my brother and my cousin is an high functioning autistic person so I have a good comparison based off of my experience to look through the lens of the story I don't know if it was the localization team or Erica thinking she was better than the story but if it helps you to think that she's autistic go right ahead based off of my experience I can't see it that way and based off of what the creators have said and hinted and what the original voice actress portrayed her as I can't see it that way.
There are some things that have made me suspect I may have autism but I never wanted to self diagnose so I’ve asked if I could go and see a professional to get… well I don’t know much about testing or diagnoses, but I’ve asked if I could pursue that (just to try to understand myself better and either know what it is or cross off it off from being a possibility), but my family kinda always shuts it down. I think they see autism as a scary thing, but I see it as a uniqueness and I want to understand if that’s what I am (because it would explain a lot about me, if it is true)
Oh, but the point is, that was a big thing I related to Futaba on, and it’s actually something I’ve had “friends” complain about me, saying I only get passionate about things I’m interested in.
Jeez I went on a long ramble just to say one little thing, sorry about that lol
@@Shadow-gm9ct you can look it up yourself you can find it she's an agoraphobe who suffers from social anxiety and that's how it's portrayed in the Japanese which is the reason that it goes away as you increase your confidant with her, in the English the way Erica voices her it's like she's autistic which is the one problem I have with it and it's also the reason you had so many people angry that it seemed like in the English you interacting with her cured her autism because that's how she portrayed the character and she's admitted that's how she portrayed the character, so that's where I feel she felt like she was better than the story, voice actors have done that before it is the job of the localization team to reel in the voice actors they didn't and a lot of the time they fail my problem lies with her choice it ruined the English dub for me on my game I can't play it with the English dialogue because I hear it and I know it's her arrogance that caused it.
And as I've stated in a comment in this comment section if it helps people to believe that futaba is autistic go right ahead and believe it if it helps you move through your life more power to you but that is not the character and the life I've lived will not allow me to enjoy it this is the only story this is the only character that has ever done that to me I have found enjoyment in fanfics that have destroyed characters but I can't enjoy this.
Same but I got diagnosed at 1 year old with both high autism ( aspurges). And adhd
@@lostnemesis
I realized I never responded to this. Sorry about how late this is.
I do somewhat understand your perspective. The intention of the Japanese team was probably not to portray Futaba as autistic. Attaching something like that to a character can be seen as unnecessary and goes against the original creators. However, especially in this case, I don’t agree with this point.
Erica was the one who felt Futaba could be on the spectrum, and did research to better portray that in her voice performance. Everything else, like what I pointed out in my original comment, was completely unrelated to her voice. As such, there isn’t an indication anyone aside from Erica felt this way about Futaba. There isn’t a single moment of the game where she’s said to be on the spectrum, and almost all of the actions that resonate with those on the spectrum come from the original Japanese team. Ergo, there isn’t a problem here.
"I let Jesus take the wheel..."
*Morgana meows*
*MORGANA IS JESUS CONFIRMED???*
IceeCream 215 shut up inari
It was meant to be jesus(or no one) running over the cat
IceeCream 215 how quickly Ryuji would be killed
I read just as I got to that point
That moment came the second I read this
I love Erica soooo much, shes such a good VA, I actually picture her as the voice of Hermes when I read the Stone Ocean manga.
maybe in a few years lmao
Is she with Viz Media? Cause maybe in 10 years she might be her dub actor
Adrian Castro woah ur right
woah petition for her to voice Hermes?
@@stardaboi8944 Sadly SO will take years for her to never get an anime
I LOVE Erica Lindbeck so much! She is a great voice actress, and she has a lot of great roles, especially FUTABA.
Futaba is legit the only fictional character id die for. I actually cried during her palace because I saw so much of her in me, she's just.. I love futaba so much
I can relate, futaba best girl
As someone with Aspurgus I too saw a reflection of myself within Futaba also, when I played and saw her sprite I really liked her but then I saw her personality she was instantly my first choice to be in a relationship with. She is just also too adorable.
Ah, I see you're a man of culture as well.
@@NotKiloMaya is best girl from persona and you can't deny this
@@mathewjackson5044 you, my brother, are a man of culture
Erica Lindbeck is really proving to be one of the Most promising Talents in the LA voice acting industry and I hope that she Never gets replaced as Futaba Sakura. She IS Futaba Sakura....
Eamonn Deane and she always shall be the best girl ⚔️
@@PixelBoye6546 ye$$$$sss
So glad Atlus thought Erica would be a good voice actor for Futaba. They definitely made the right choice
Bakugo and Uraraka
Damn full chaotic neutral
Ye
Yuri lowenthal and Johnny Yong Bosch both always sound like their characters, but this girl I would've never guessed she voiced Futaba... She sounds so natural!!!
Missed oppurtunity, they shouldve showed footage of Mothman in persona 5, smh
Okay, now have her come back to talk about her Three Houses OC: kAReN
Ah yes, good ol' Karen from the Three Houses.
That moment when I watch an anime impulse video and Futaba hacks my phone
"Grimjoww, great abs" mate he's got a hole in his stomach
daz da POINT
What are you talking about? He also has a great mid and lower back too! 😏
I can’t believe Futaba is married to Dimitri from fire emblem woah
[TWG] Bizmarky77 Now the gatekeeper is really unimpressed
sorry -
Felix Ma Dimitri boutta catch a Scendscale from ma boi
This is one of the coolest ladies ever, i relate to her when she talks about how she depths her characters. And also i can just tell by the way she acts, it was DESTINY for her to play futaba.
Now we just need Erica Mendez, and the Erica Trilogy will be complete!
after playing persona a year ago and before that, fire emblem echoes two years ago, i am now making the connection that erica also voices celica.
Wow i wasn't the only one!
Y'know, you bring up a good point! XD
CELICAAAA! :D
By that logic, Celica is part of the Phantom Thieves.
She is fantastic at voice acting , any character she voices instantly becomes twice as likeable...cassie cage im looking at you. hope she stays the hell away from any kind of drama
LaziestName Ever I think he was trying to say that Cassie Cage is an example of a character that Erica Lindbeck made twice as likable.
7 year old me when realizing that movie and video game characters don’t sound like their characters normally talking.
Impossible
You mean actors?
60 hours into persona
Just got to futabas palace
Just finished it. Ng+ ftw
Just finshed
It only took me 30 hours to get to futabas palace. Cant imagine it taking 60
@@loganedom8701 you must've skipped alot of shit then
I got there in 35
Her VA is also best girl, Jesus Christ I'm in love with Erica
“He’s a moth and a man what isn’t there to love?”
Well he’s a MOTH AND A MAN
Good job Anime Impulse for Getting Erica Lindbeck!
“Likes: abs, mithman and rock music”
Talk about being diverse in interests
Erica Lindbeck is really cool. She loves what she does, and she seems very approachable. I'd love to meet her along with Cassandra, Cherami, Harlacher, and Todd and Ben
She ships kacchako? Just because she's Erica, she gets a pass
I wanted to be like why? But I didn't get a little bit mad because she is Erica.
Same XD
hearing that hurt my heart a little. i agree
ah shit here we go again with ship riots
Persona 5 Royal, I can't wait
I LOVE YOUR VOICE!!!! I LOVE MY HERO ACADEMIA AND I LOVE PERSONA 5!!!! I CAN'T WAIT FOR THE ROYAL TO COME OUT!!! LOOKING FORWARD TO IT!!! **tiny midoriya headbanging increases**
Also add Dmitri Alexandre Blaiddyd to that list of obsessions.
Don't forget, she also plays Kaori's voice in Your Lie In April
Futaba was easily my favourite character in P5 because of how fantastic her voice lines were. The entire cast did a great job, but Futaba was far and away the one that felt the most real to me. I didn't even care when I turned down other characters romantically, but when I had to turn down Futaba I legitimately felt bad because I was so invested in the character. It's nice to finally have a face to associate with such great voice acting.
Kira Buckland as Jolyne, Erica Lindbeck as Ermes, and Xanthe Huynh as Foo Fighters. GET ON IT DUB DEPARTMENT
Don't forget the male characters too! I'd go for Grant George as Anasui, Veronica Taylor as Emporio and Erik Scott Kimerer as Weather Report!
Christopher Corey Smith as Enrico Pucci
Edit: Sarah Williams as Gwess.
Cristina Vee as Miraschon (the Debt collector stand user)
I'd prefer Zeno Robinson to voice Weather....
you got Jolyne right
1:30 "Let Jesus take the wheel"
*Cue audio of Morgana crashing*
One of the best va's in p5, which has a stellar cast. I love her role as Vita too!
It's great how she's also Vita Clotilde the Azure Abyss for Trails of Cold Steel series, Uzume Tennoboushi, etc.
Also, Eli Ayase from Love Live~~ Woot~~
I love her! She's obsessed with Anime! And she fangirls over anime guys too 😍😍😍
“Little glasses”
LITTLE? They’re half her face
Futaba is my favorite character in Persona 5!
0:10 is now Dimitri
Agreed
futaba in P5R became even more precious somehow. The improved dating events made the whole relationship thing so much more meaningful.
She got so into Persona 5 that she didn't want to do anything else...that was me last night. I'm not far into it, getting to finishing Madarame's Palace, and I had to force myself to take a break. I let my brother play his game and what do I do until it was time for sleep? Watch the anime (and some of the new Fruits Basket as well) while continuing my drawing of Joker.
707.. You got TASTE
I finally understand that picture of futaba on a dinner date with mothman now
i love these interviews so much, im falling in love with all these actors
Just finished watching the Anohana dub and her performance as Anaru was absolutely breathtaking. She's one of the most talented people in the game right now.
Don't forget she's the VA of Celica from FEH (I have currently looked it, also I'm a Celica fan since she's in my SoV team as a leader-)
A lot of great Persona 5 tracks there
P.S I’m currently doing Kaneshiro’s Palace (died once due to annoying Rampage skill) but I’ll get to Futaba’s in no time
SHE VOICED BKACK CAT!!! Nothin' like Yosuke Hanamura talking to Futaba Sakura... Am I right???
Kaori touched me deeply. Thanks for all you do
Awesome Erica Lindbeck Voice of Futaba Sakura from Persona 5 Interview Video.
She voices Celica in Fire Emblem Heroes and Echoes! I love her
She also voiced Celica in Echoes,AKA best FE game,and she's also the vlice of Myrrh in FEH
And in Echoes
Interviewer: Top 3 characters with abs?
Erica: Cowabunga it is then
Respect for Erica for playing 60 hours at persona 5 and finishing futaba's palace. She is a gamer deep down!
Erica Lindbeck is best girl. Three for three, all of the voice actors i've seen from persona 5 on this channel are beautiful and charming.
futaba really marches to the beat of her own drum
She seems like a lovely person. I enjoyed watching this. :)
Now I really want to play Persona 5 even more because of Futaba!
All I can hear is Celica from fire emblem 😂
Same here 😔👊
And she voiced Futaba outstandingly!
i wish she talked about voicing zoe from league :( but really love her acting work!!
Mikasa has the best abs! Don't @ me
This was uploaded on my 15th birthday. Best birthday gift ever!
I absolutely love her as a VA. Absolute favorite's are Mordred and Yuzuriha. So good.
That nux taku plug tho.
His vids really are great.
This interview was pretty great too might I add!
7:01
YO!
it’s Nux! The flex god!
I love Erica when I got her autograph at Tekkho she said my name was badass and that is the happiest moment in my whole existence
"I was 60 hours into P5, but I had to stop because it was taking over my entire life" - welcome to the rest of our lives, lol! Gonna happen again when P5 Royal drops soon. Honestly, I'm a little surprised that she's as... well... how should I say it? Futaba was a great casting call. Can't help but crack a smile when a VA describes themselves as a 'trash gremlin' :p Her energy is pretty infectious, and I've never not liked anyone she's voiced, even though Celica was a bit dense.
Erica: *thinks Mothman is hot*
Me: Guess I’ll die
(fav meme and fav character...... ‘s voice actress)
You are amazing, Futaba is best girl, I am also currently in a relationship with her as well. She's so sweet and nice in the game.
I'm sure Dimitri is now the answer to most of these questions. Especially the obsession, abs, and valentines gifts...
coming back to this since erica was just announced to be voicing lady nagant in my hero academia :) must be a dream come true for her!
3:30 No meantion of Akihiko
Erica is awesome. I resonate so much with Futaba.
She did so fuking well voicing futaba
Also Sophitia from Soul Calibur VI and Jessie Rasberry from Final Fantasy VII.
She’s generally so gorgeous.
wow Erica Lindbeck are beautiful in this video: she's pretty but her voice are....nothing to say except simply beautiful (i'm like a sailor who being jumped on by evil mermaids).
She's my favorite english voice actor with Kira Buckland (i love her voice too so i wish being hypnotized by those 2 wonderful ladies and their sweet voices) but i hope she's ok now after the loss of Billy Kametz ?
My waifu is..........uh Jolyne Kujo or why not Daki. I respect a lot Lady Lindbeck about the autism and showing the beautiiful side from this one
Futaba is so relatable. I love her.
“I was watching 16 episodes a day”
I watched it in 2 days
So I finally finished P5R, got to FF7R, and I wondered why the hell Jessie sounded so damn familiar, turns out SHE’S VOICED BY FUTABA!! Jeez, Jessie even acts like Futaba.
I wonder if Erika would be down for streaming her playthrough of P5. Max and Robbie are already streaming theirs, so it'd be cool if she joined in!
I wouldn't mind, maybe have Xander Mobus too.
she is the literal opposite in appearance to her character but goddamn did she nail it
Omg she did Futaba & Catwoman, I cant fuckin wait to get to Mordred, I'm running through the Fate series as fast I can
No wonder she sounded so similar. She also voiced Vita from ToCS.
I love Erica so much she’s so cool dude
She ships my favorite ship- (Bakugou and Uraraka) I love her so much oml
Dude wtf
Awesome being Jessie from ff7 too!
Just wanna appreciate you guys using the Henesys theme, nostalgia hittin me rn
I mean, when I found out about My Hero, the first 3 seasons were finished, and I watched all of it in 3 days
Its a great show
I'm still happy I got to see her at Tekko this year
Same! She's awesome
this is clearly a Pre-Dimitri video cause Erica isn’t screaming over the fact that Dimitri Alexander Blaiddyd exists
She’s slayed the game between this and Magilou she’s one of my fav VAs
She’s an awesome voice actor - especially with futaba and magilou
For some reason, I can see Futaba going crazy over Mothman too...
I did not expect to find a Nux Taku video during the interview
I love Futaba’s voice.
“ I play a lot of outlandish characters” wow that’s so accurate
(Flashbacks to when she played magilou in tales of berseria , aka best girl , sue me 😎)
truth never sounded truer
she's my favorite videogames character
She also voiced chirai from dragon ball broly the movie, sophitia from soul calibur 6 & kaori from shigatsu (you're lie in april)
And worked together with max mittleman in final fantasy 7 remake, magi, & nanatsu no taizai (beside persona 5)
I feel like when i listen to these actors of p5, i hear just a faint prescence of a member of the phantom theives respectively
Ngl ehen i first saw futaba i was so in love with her cause i can understand her fully and not only that i knew there was a good reason why i love futaba 😍😍😍😍