Everyone worries about losing Roger as sonic's voice actor, or the potential to lose Mike Pollock as eggman's, but I fear the day when Junichi stops voicing Sonic. Nobody does Sonic like him.
he’ll only stop voicing sonic until he dies. there is no replacing voice actors in japan. the voice of goku is still kicking at almost 90 years old, and has voiced him, gohan, and other characters since the beginning of the anime. sadly, bulmas japanese voice actress passed away during the tournament of power arc in DBS. that’s the only case of a japanese voice actor getting replaced. so until then, junichi will be the VA for sonic
I wish they'd use more English for the new games :/ Maybe I won't have as much of a problem with it if the new English cast doesn't sound like ass though
Sonic's Japanese voice nails the Adventure era personality perfectly. And having that stay consistent throughout all of the other games in the series is a very, very good thing.
@@xacmashe3852 Japanese Sonic has maintained that balance of attitude/genuineness/coolness Meanwhile English Sonic nowadays sounds like "Guy in mid-30s trying to be hip and cool yo"
@@fohb7291 I loved Roger's voice in Frontiers! He nailed the seriousness and the snarkiness. Compare Sonic cracking jokes at Eggman in Colors with Sonic cracking jokes at Knuckles in Frontiers. Frontiers made me smile so much. Kudos to Roger and the other VAs, the script writers and the voice director for Frontiers.
lel, for me it bothers how there are different voices for him in english (liked Unleashed one tho) It was kinda the same feeling like when Chopper from One Piece had to change of VA for a couple of episodes because personal reasons
Yeah Japan since the 70s had high regards to voice actors, the stems from ancient times with how acting was very important to the culture Because of that voice acting is serious business for decades, there's rarely any medium where the voice acting is bad compared to voice acting in the west
I know this is a joke video but man I wish we had the same sonic voice actor after all these years like japan. It’s so cool thinking about having the same VA forever
OH PLEASE NO- I mean... I disagree. I don't know about you, but SatAM Sonic for 20 years or any same voice for a character can get tiring after awhile. Either the voice clips get annoying or the actor sounds too old. I personally wish actors would switch out more, so we can see different takes on the same character to see who can do it the best. I'm sorry, I can't hear the same "HADOUKEN" or "long time no see" clip for 30 years or by a corpse.
@@Freefork clips should change but not actors It's worked quite well for mario I'd say It's all charles but every iteration feels so different, it always has a distinct style of voice clips y'know?
@@LalitoTV Completely disagree. I can't stand Mario's voice that I've heard for 20+ years. I'm happy you like it though. However, I need change and change is an requirement for an improvement. Though the actor doesn't have to change, as they can always try a different voice for the same character.
@@Freefork What I can’t stand is they always get him to say the same things, would appreciate if they changed the script up a little from “yahoo!”. Some more things like strikers would be neat, gives everyone a chance at their own spin on the characters.
@@tuser8 Or even alternate version of characters. Seeing an edgier Sonic through Shadow or an baby like take of Mario through Baby Mario or just a higher pitch Chun Li through Young Li(SFAlpha) was so cool. Don't have to change much, just try something new. It is easier to do the same thing over and over, but boring.
Junichi sounds really really cute! His voice is Sonic, he is Sonic, american voice actors are great (All of them), but Junichi can sound cute and funny, how can he make me really believe Sonic is a character enjoying everything he does? Love that "reaaaadyyyyy...go!"
Every Sonic fan should see Sonic's VA in japanese at least once. Japanese Sonic is very charismatic. His most noticable work for me was his dub during the Dark Sonic scene.
It's so weird if you think about it. Like, these days we're used to some whole games not even getting English voices in their games, but this is different. Imagine if you were playing Sonic and all of a sudden he'd say something in Japanese, let's say the wisps power or every time he did a trick in the air
Originally, US sonic was supposed to speak broken Japanese as well… _but that didn’t happened,_ which is why Sonic adventure 2 has him shouting “TERRIAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA”
Japan is a lot more focused on tenure and seniority than America is in their business as a whole, the longer you've been in the game the more valued you are as a whole. When you land a gig in Japan with a big brand you are essentially signing onto a lifelong position because they don't like working with new blood and when all the devs and heads of a company is so far along like Sonic Team they *REALLY* hate working with new blood, especially in the voice acting side of things. Also, Japan is a lot more into the whole mascot culture, every business has a mascot and they are widely valued there, so on top of them hating to hire new people for old roles they also hate to have mascot characters change in any way, the voice is everything to a mascot and when it changes it can upset the illusion. America is more about groups of people and the benefit the group has over another group, unions have changed our culture so much that corporations don't care about the induvial or carrying on the illusion of the mascot, they care about what does the union that this actor is in have that we can use? Who is here? Who is There? It's because of this that every time there is a shift in what the company is doing, be it a new show airing, new updates in direction, they change to another VA group so they can maximize the efficacy.
The fact that it’s the same voice every game shows that SEGA needs to choose a voice for the real English sonic and keep it until they can’t do the voice anymore like every game after shadow to the black night
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I wonder how it wound sound like if Sonic's English VAs would randomly start speaking lines in Japanese.
That'd be pretty cool
Japanrese like engrish
Adventure 2 has quite a bit of of random Japanese stuff in the English dub.
teriaaaaaaa
Jason would just be Goku
Everyone worries about losing Roger as sonic's voice actor, or the potential to lose Mike Pollock as eggman's, but I fear the day when Junichi stops voicing Sonic. Nobody does Sonic like him.
Umm... maybe because no one else does Sonic other than him...
@@selassieaspen9940 That's the point
Because nobody else does, still catches the cool attitude old english Sonic VA's had
Junichi Kanemaru is to Sonic what Charles Martinet is to Mario. Ryan Drummond was close, though.
he’ll only stop voicing sonic until he dies. there is no replacing voice actors in japan. the voice of goku is still kicking at almost 90 years old, and has voiced him, gohan, and other characters since the beginning of the anime. sadly, bulmas japanese voice actress passed away during the tournament of power arc in DBS. that’s the only case of a japanese voice actor getting replaced. so until then, junichi will be the VA for sonic
I didn't realize how much of Junichi's english was kept in the dub during Ryan's run. It's pretty cool.
I wish they'd use more English for the new games :/
Maybe I won't have as much of a problem with it if the new English cast doesn't sound like ass though
Ryan is the closest sounding english VA to Junichi
@@NeoShot lmaooo what? Nah my guy
@@nottoofast Wrong. You can hear Ryan in Junichi. LMFAO!
@@NeoShot OOOH I read Rodger lmaoooo no yeah definitely
This made me realize that Japanese people use English like how American people use Spanish.
Holy shit that's exactly it, just with longer phrases
Technically, you could say that we use bits of French too. I don't speak French yet I know some phrases through sheer osmosis
@@sarcasm-aplenty there is a certain je ne sais quoi about it
American people use Spanish?
...not very well? :,)
the fact that he is an english teacher in japan
makes perfect sense
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You can kinda hear the progression in his English, he's getting better
Sonic's Japanese VA does also work as an English teacher.
@@SaiyanGamer95 bruh imagine getting Junichi as a teacher and knowing his voice from Sonic
That would be really awkward
@@amia7z I would imagine that's somewhat common. I think he teaches English at a high school.
Small world
@@SaiyanGamer95 looks like im moving to that school
1:33 “too easy!” Was actually really good english
Apparently he is/was an English teacher.
@@WeirdBrain it tracks
I guess you can say it was Too Easy
Well it is years later, he would have gotten better himself since I think he is an English teacher.
In Sonic Adventure 2 He Says it too If You Got B Rank!
This video has cured my depression it’s so adorable
@@LilXancheX can have, but not a video, recovering will Take long, i’m still waiting, but your point is right, comments like his frustrate me
his voice is cool and cute at the same time. I love Japanese Sonic voice lol
@WhatThuSmell Dude it’s a joke jc
@@mutespy8752 it’s not funny
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Sonic's Japanese voice nails the Adventure era personality perfectly.
And having that stay consistent throughout all of the other games in the series is a very, very good thing.
GOD i couldn't agree more.
I'll take "too cool for school" over "hello fellow kids" any day.
@@xacmashe3852 Japanese Sonic has maintained that balance of attitude/genuineness/coolness
Meanwhile English Sonic nowadays sounds like "Guy in mid-30s trying to be hip and cool yo"
@@Lowbarfulwhat do you think after frontiers?
@@fohb7291 I loved Roger's voice in Frontiers! He nailed the seriousness and the snarkiness.
Compare Sonic cracking jokes at Eggman in Colors with Sonic cracking jokes at Knuckles in Frontiers. Frontiers made me smile so much.
Kudos to Roger and the other VAs, the script writers and the voice director for Frontiers.
Despite how funny some of them are, he’s really talented at speaking english! He’s clearly practiced and successfully pulled it off.
He is an English teacher, so he does get a lot of practice.
0:37 Was sure he went "[Whistle] Shadow's died" for a bit
What did he actually saY?
@@najadamu2724 "That was tight!", the same as Drummond's line.
I heard “ whew, shadows tight”
Thanos died
@@marsrover6194 Oh no
I don't know why but... He suits his Japanese voice a lot.
Ah yes, how could sonic, a Japanese character have his voice in Japanese fit?
@@osdesinteligentes7946 lol, sorry, this is coming from someone who played the Genesis in Europe xxx lol
Yeah lol. As the other guy said, this is Sonic's "Real" voice.
lel, for me it bothers how there are different voices for him in english (liked Unleashed one tho)
It was kinda the same feeling like when Chopper from One Piece had to change of VA for a couple of episodes because personal reasons
@@milesprower6110 yeah i remember the change in chopper's voice, it was so weird lol
Japanese Sonic is my source of Serotonin and this is why.
I think Junichi should just do Sonic's regular English voice at that point
@Hyper Helios Same here, but I kinda wanna hear him dub a scene in complete English to see what it could sound like.
I agree. Plus the more he practices speaking english, the better he'll sound
He has already completed 30% of what he needs to do anyway.
I hope people realize that the original dubs for a decent amount of these games is Japanese...
I'd agree, if not for the fact that it would put Junichi on double-duty.
1:15 *I felt that on a personal level*
US Sega: replace whole cast (minus eggman) every few years
JPN Sega: Same sonic voice(?) for a decade plus
Yeah Japan since the 70s had high regards to voice actors, the stems from ancient times with how acting was very important to the culture
Because of that voice acting is serious business for decades, there's rarely any medium where the voice acting is bad compared to voice acting in the west
@@runman624 That explains a lot, quite the dedication they have to their passion i must admit.
@@runman624 wow, Japan is cool af for that
around 26 years now
Ngl Sonic seems so more cool in Japan
You mean adorable.
@@Otome_chan311
Adorably Cool
@@Otome_chan311 Like the hedgehog he is lol.
If there is one thing he seems a lot more casual and go-with the-flow in japanese, if that's possible.
probably cuz that's the country he was originally born
I know this is a joke video but man I wish we had the same sonic voice actor after all these years like japan. It’s so cool thinking about having the same VA forever
OH PLEASE NO- I mean... I disagree. I don't know about you, but SatAM Sonic for 20 years or any same voice for a character can get tiring after awhile. Either the voice clips get annoying or the actor sounds too old.
I personally wish actors would switch out more, so we can see different takes on the same character to see who can do it the best. I'm sorry, I can't hear the same "HADOUKEN" or "long time no see" clip for 30 years or by a corpse.
@@Freefork clips should change but not actors
It's worked quite well for mario I'd say
It's all charles but every iteration feels so different, it always has a distinct style of voice clips y'know?
@@LalitoTV Completely disagree. I can't stand Mario's voice that I've heard for 20+ years. I'm happy you like it though. However, I need change and change is an requirement for an improvement.
Though the actor doesn't have to change, as they can always try a different voice for the same character.
@@Freefork What I can’t stand is they always get him to say the same things, would appreciate if they changed the script up a little from “yahoo!”.
Some more things like strikers would be neat, gives everyone a chance at their own spin on the characters.
@@tuser8 Or even alternate version of characters. Seeing an edgier Sonic through Shadow or an baby like take of Mario through Baby Mario or just a higher pitch Chun Li through Young Li(SFAlpha) was so cool.
Don't have to change much, just try something new. It is easier to do the same thing over and over, but boring.
1:15 sonic dies at rank e
yes
"Aw no.."
E
*E*
*E*
Fun Fact: Jun'ichi Kanemaru is also an English teacher, which is the exact reason Sonic say frequently says some line in English.
"auuuhh. . . not my day 😔" is underrated
Sonic engrish it's so damn cute, I love it
There's something about him saying, "that's so tight" that gets me on the inside
Pause
Bro pls
It's cool how japanese voicer is still voicing Sonic for 20 years! More than Roger did
Friend: Hey, What happened at the End of Endgame?
Me: 0:52
Sonic's engrish fills me with pure joy
I CARE HIM...
The thing that i like about Junichi's voice is how he voice Sonic as this snarky, good hearted hedgehog
Honestly this is pretty charming! Suits Sonic just fine.
His voice is so cute wtf
0:23 “Ouch!” Aww I love how he delivers the line like that! 💙🥰
0:10 Russian language entered the chat 😂
(Русские шпионы)
@@aoitsuki45 мы всегда здесь :))
Hello comrade!
_Yah, it's oKAY!_
Отлишно
Love his voice, it’s adorable and cool at the same time ♡ Thanks for the collection
That "Sorryyy" from the Black Knight gives me life
His voice in Sonic 06 was pretty much Ryan with a Japanese Accent XD
@BrickFilms what?
Nah
If there's one quote that perfectly captures Sonic's character it's, "Readyyy...? GO!"
Junichi sounds really really cute! His voice is Sonic, he is Sonic, american voice actors are great (All of them), but Junichi can sound cute and funny, how can he make me really believe Sonic is a character enjoying everything he does?
Love that "reaaaadyyyyy...go!"
I like how he gets better speaking English overtime
His voice is so wholesome 🥰
0:35 that "too easy" is my new drug
0:55 Every RUclipsr in the beginning of their videos.
that "LET'S *GET DOWN*" is so aggressive
I felt the hype from the voice lmao.
0:45 TAKE ÆSS
Now, if only there were a compilation of Roger speaking Japanese in Sonic's voice...
The fact that the subtitles know what he says.
That's really sonic poggers
I like how you can hear it get more understandable as the years go on
Every Sonic fan should see Sonic's VA in japanese at least once. Japanese Sonic is very charismatic.
His most noticable work for me was his dub during the Dark Sonic scene.
It's so weird if you think about it. Like, these days we're used to some whole games not even getting English voices in their games, but this is different. Imagine if you were playing Sonic and all of a sudden he'd say something in Japanese, let's say the wisps power or every time he did a trick in the air
NORUS TIGHT!
THAT WAS RIGHT
0:30
Congratulations!
You got a “E” rank!
my mind: EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
0:06 i love the “LETS GET DOWN!”
I didn’t know that Japanese Sonic has good engrish
Well, he is an English teacher.
Originally, US sonic was supposed to speak broken Japanese as well… _but that didn’t happened,_ which is why Sonic adventure 2 has him shouting “TERRIAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA”
as an amazing voice actor once said... "OK"
0:59 Sonic the Hedgehahg
0:57 SONIC RUSH
i never realized just how much he sounds like Chip
I love Junichi's voice. He makes sonic sound both very serious and very cute x3
0:21 Bokuto, my first thought immediately XD
Same thought.
It's the same voice actor after all these years?
Yep
@@Vallia098 "Impossible" - Thanos
Japan is a lot more focused on tenure and seniority than America is in their business as a whole, the longer you've been in the game the more valued you are as a whole. When you land a gig in Japan with a big brand you are essentially signing onto a lifelong position because they don't like working with new blood and when all the devs and heads of a company is so far along like Sonic Team they *REALLY* hate working with new blood, especially in the voice acting side of things. Also, Japan is a lot more into the whole mascot culture, every business has a mascot and they are widely valued there, so on top of them hating to hire new people for old roles they also hate to have mascot characters change in any way, the voice is everything to a mascot and when it changes it can upset the illusion.
America is more about groups of people and the benefit the group has over another group, unions have changed our culture so much that corporations don't care about the induvial or carrying on the illusion of the mascot, they care about what does the union that this actor is in have that we can use? Who is here? Who is There? It's because of this that every time there is a shift in what the company is doing, be it a new show airing, new updates in direction, they change to another VA group so they can maximize the efficacy.
@@ThatBugBehindYou Hum... I see... Very good explanation, I can thank you for that.
He is Sega's Charles Martinet
It's interesting to hear 'em get better as time goes on.
omg i love how he sounds so fresh n chill
1:27 He sounds like Jason when he says "Of course!"
1:06 THAT WAS *RIGHT*
Is everyone gonna realize the fact that Sonic, Amy, and Eggman's Japanese voices also appeared in Sonic Oddball Crackups?
0:37 HE DID IT! HE DID THE WHISTLE!
"no my day !"
"huh, no problam !"
"just made it !"
"too eazy !"
"datwaztight !"
My favorites
I love Sonic’s engrish so much, it’s so under appreciated, especially that “SONIK RUSH!”
A lot of these sound like Sonic is trying to talk with his tongue sticking out
I had no idea JP Snoc spoke so much engrish and now that I know it the quality of my life has dramatically increased
Honestly I think that he sounds cute. I know that wasn't sega's intention but I still love the voice.
This is just honestly really cute lol
"Hey guy!"
the most iconic Japanese Sonic line
For me the iconic one is "that was white" in 1:06
Why do I unironically love this more?
This guy has stayed around longer than the english va’s...
*L E T ' S G E T D O W N*
if classic sonic ever had a voice, it's gotta be junichi that plays him
You are a ****ING GENIUS!!!!
why do i love this so much
His English pronunciation is actually pretty good for a Japanese guy
He teaches English apparently, makes sense
DAT WAS TAIIIIGHT
Holy shit his voice is adorable aaaaaaaaaa
that sonic voice has its own charm ngl
Thawas tight!
I always thought it was cool he would add some English into his speaking =) Hope they never stop this
The fact that it’s the same voice every game shows that SEGA needs to choose a voice for the real English sonic and keep it until they can’t do the voice anymore like every game after shadow to the black night
The world doesn't work that way... if you can change it than do it, otherwise it's a waste of words.
I like how in sonic heroes he just says "Hey guys!"
Me trying to speak Italian and Spanish at the same time.
1:15 Denial
1:18 Acceptance
0:33 sounds like movie sonic
"Let's get DOWN!" Goes hard af 🗣🗣🗣🔥🔥🔥
That ouch at 0:23 is killing me lmao idk why
Sounds like ness
My favorite Sonic VA ~
WHY IS THIS SO CUTE HHHHHHHHH
Imo imo, other than the English, junnichi has a really solid take on sonic. The English is good in its own way.
ngl he sounds like adult ness
Honestly the engrish fits sonic as a character
Thank you recommends, I needed more Engrish in my life
What about that scene from Adventure where Sonic falls face-down into Mystic Ruins? He says "Damn it"
It’s in the first compilation.
that "It's showtime" in gba bitrate crushed goodness sounds so right
Sonic Unleashed was missing 1, when you finish a level and get an A rank, both in the original and in the japanese version, both say "cool"
Oh you’re right! Can’t believe I forgot about it
New headcannon: Sonic is actually Japanese and speaks english as a second language
Like how Mario is Italian and also speaks english
Help Junichi has my favorite Sonic voice 😭