The VARIED Voices of Sonic

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  • @blinxman4956
    @blinxman4956 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +552

    The Japanese voice of Sonic, Junichi Kanemaru has been voicing the character since Sonic Adventure in 1998 for 25 years, meaning that in Japan, everyone knows his voice and his personality, I recommend checking out some of his lines and his English lines is stellar as he's also a teacher.

    • @swr.nezumi
      @swr.nezumi 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      i appreciate the blinx representation

    • @SonicAndre2
      @SonicAndre2 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +28

      I’d also check out the music from his old album, Inspired Colors. He’s got a good singing voice.

    • @lauraikoko
      @lauraikoko 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +31

      for me,HE'S the voice i imagine when i read the comics and stuff,when i think of sonic's voice,i think of jun'ichi kanemaru

    • @MRSHREKJR
      @MRSHREKJR 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      ​@lauraikoko same the Japanese voice is SO much better than any of the English voice actors specially Roger

    • @joeker5208
      @joeker5208 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      He’s probably the most underrated voice of the character, given that the American fanbase rarely pays attention to the more Japanese elements of the series. Which is an absolute disgrace

  • @CyberDaGamer
    @CyberDaGamer 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +263

    Jason Griffith is easily the best Sonic voice in my opinion. He can pull off a cocky Sonic voice and he just has a good Sonic voice overall. In fact, every time I think of Sonic or try doing a Sonic impression, I think of Jason's Sonic voice.

    • @sonicwithglasses131
      @sonicwithglasses131 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      For me its either jason ryan or the jp actor

    • @piotero2069
      @piotero2069 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Agreed!

    • @awesomeocelot7475
      @awesomeocelot7475 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      I totally Agree Jason just had that perfect sonic voice!

    • @sliverstarX42
      @sliverstarX42 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

      When I hear Sonic's voice in my head, I hear Jason.

  • @that24tankengine91
    @that24tankengine91 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +321

    Roger has stated this sudden voice tonen change was decided by the voice directors

    • @playerback7722
      @playerback7722 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Yep

    • @matiosmenta
      @matiosmenta 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +65

      It's always the voice directors, that's how voice acting works. That goes to every voice change to every single Sonic VA.

    • @bryanblueblurhedgehog8899
      @bryanblueblurhedgehog8899 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Voice director is always brings up for the problem

    • @orangeslash1667
      @orangeslash1667 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@matiosmenta Another example of wasted potential is the VA's for Shadow and Vector. Harry Mason From Silent Hill Shattered memories is what Shadow should sound like.
      (Blastoff) from Transformers Fall of Cypertron is what Vector should sound like.

  • @candybunny2462
    @candybunny2462 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +131

    Never been a huge fan of Roger, but I liked him in Frontiers. Seeing a character who's usually fun and carefree be so somber and melancholic was interesting to see and I thought he did a good job portraying that. Jason will always be my favorite, though 👑

    • @scpnoobers
      @scpnoobers 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      You never watched sonic boom

    • @awesomeocelot7475
      @awesomeocelot7475 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Boom sonic was essentially a totally different character dude

  • @gameman5804
    @gameman5804 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +230

    To give Rodger credit as Sonic, his voice in Frontiers matched with the overall tone the rest of the game had.

    • @Tozito911
      @Tozito911 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

      yeah! i liked this change (for this game, at least).

    • @LannyLeArtist
      @LannyLeArtist 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      Roger*

    • @FurryestX
      @FurryestX 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Yeah it fitted the overall mediocre tone of the game, its difficult to take it seriously when 06 or Unleash has better cutscenes, like Bruh

    • @maryanneuduak7078
      @maryanneuduak7078 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

      We get it bruh​@@FurryestX

    • @Hoardman
      @Hoardman วันที่ผ่านมา

      06 has voice acting that is just as boring tho with the only exceptions being silver and amy.

  • @NokaiGaming
    @NokaiGaming 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +120

    Glad I’m not the only one calling movie Sonic “Dewey Duck”

    • @Skoufidios
      @Skoufidios 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      I'm still the only one who calls him "Leo"

    • @K.Bbluesword5525
      @K.Bbluesword5525 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Leo

    • @chillihog1543
      @chillihog1543 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Ben does love voicing blue characters beside Randy from that Disney XD show. No matter what character Ben voices act, still sounds the same childish cringe teenage va, even if he tries to sound different tho.

    • @Skoufidios
      @Skoufidios 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      @@chillihog1543 Ben is just a more cartoony Tom Holland. Every single animated character he plays is just an animated version of himself from another universe

    • @chillihog1543
      @chillihog1543 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      ​@@SkoufidiosPretty much ya. He's basically the Patrick Warburton (A.k.a Kronk from Emperor's New Groove or Joe from Family Guy) but only voice quippy cool teen characters. Tbf I don't think Ben voiced an adult character but I think he could do a decent job at it. He does a good job giving a mature tone once Randy, Leo, and even Sonic royally screwed up that cost their family/friends in danger and learn that they need to grow up and start taking responsibility, which honestly I'm interested in how much Sonic will grow for Sonic Movie 3 and see how well Ben does at performing a still goofy Sonic but also more grown up version of him (Hopefully the writers strike will be over by then)

  • @AizakkuAnalysis
    @AizakkuAnalysis 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +93

    I don't even know what I want for an iconic sonic voice anymore. I don't ever believe Sega is going to capture that magic again where I just say, "That's sonic!"
    Now that Nintendo has replaced Charles Martinet as the voice of Mario, it's clear to me that it can be done well. Since barely anyone could tell the voice was any different.

    • @PercyPanleo
      @PercyPanleo 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

      Honestly with Charles Martinet at first I thought the difference was just because we were mostly getting reused voice lines from the Wii era for so long. The change is definitely more noticeable with Luigi's voice though

    • @gabe5918
      @gabe5918 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@PercyPanleoBruh that LM3 voice though. I grew up with Charles and absolutely get that age can affect your voice but HOLY DAMN Luigi’s voice in LM3 just sucks me outta the atmosphere so hard. Especially when he screams seeing King Boo again in 3.

  • @JDWLegoLegendsYT
    @JDWLegoLegendsYT 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +113

    You know I really wouldn't mind if Deven Mack voiced Sonic in the games because his voice for Sonic sounds pretty good and accurate to the best versions of Sonic's voice.

    • @MadWinter889
      @MadWinter889 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

      He's lowkey becoming my favourite Sonic.

    • @chamila249
      @chamila249 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      I couldn’t agree more!

    • @SlickEvan
      @SlickEvan 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      This. This, so much. He embraces so much of the best qualities of each Sonic actor, even sounding like them in certain moments.

    • @Anonymys43
      @Anonymys43 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      I 100% agree

  • @zac9181
    @zac9181 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +82

    I’m sad the man, the myth, the legend Ryan Drummond didn’t come back, but props to him for keeping his reputation instead of coming back to the blue rat.

    • @SlickEvan
      @SlickEvan 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      Exactly this. As much as I wanted him back, I respect that he stuck to his morals and stayed with his union.

    • @BinglesP
      @BinglesP 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Shame he got those allegations a while back that he committed adultery though

    • @zac9181
      @zac9181 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@BinglesP Elaborate.

    • @theliaminator01
      @theliaminator01 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      He told you he’s not a RAT, he’s a HEDGEHOG! XD

    • @BinglesP
      @BinglesP หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@zac9181 Apparently there was a rumor that he had sex with a Sonic proshipper and it was adultery on his wife or something
      Idk the details though, and I really don't want to know them, so let's just leave it at that since he seems to have his name cleared currently anyway

  • @Thatonedrater
    @Thatonedrater 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +90

    The day mike pollock stops voicing eggman is the day I go into a deep depression

    • @Vivigreeny25
      @Vivigreeny25 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Oh my god Eggman has a more I knickers voice than Sonic 😀

  • @LiaManila
    @LiaManila 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +133

    The reason why Sonic Prime doesn’t have any of the actors from the games is because since it was produced in Cananda, it is required by law to primarily only use Canadian voice actors. While there are examples of American voice actors being Canadian productions, usually they only use voices actors from Canada
    EDIT: i have been informed that this is not required by law and that Canadian production companies get tax breaks for using an All Canadian voice cast.

    • @PercyPanleo
      @PercyPanleo 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      I thought that law wasn't passed until after season 1 of Prime was released. Either way though, it was probably more convenient to have more local actors for the production (Which is also the primary reason the actors got replaced in Sonic X)

    • @PieStudios
      @PieStudios 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      This is not true at all. Canadian production companies get tax breaks for using an all-Canadian voice cast. It’s not required by law.

    • @LiaManila
      @LiaManila 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@PieStudios Thank you for the correction. I will be editing my og comment to include that

    • @PercyPanleo
      @PercyPanleo 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@PieStudios it isn't? I thought there was some controversy either last year or earlier this year with the Canadian government passing a law like that

    • @PieStudios
      @PieStudios 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@PercyPanleo they might have been TRYING to do that, but at the moment it is not in their law.

  • @NECROMAGICIAN666
    @NECROMAGICIAN666 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +31

    Sonic is literally unleashed Jason Griffith
    He is heroic, caring and reserved cocky but not annoying, he got very mature after the shadow the hedgehog game and yeah that’s growth and I like it
    Sonic is not goofy and dumb anymore

  • @DeftestAphid2
    @DeftestAphid2 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +119

    Im surprised you didnt talk about Roger Craig Smith in Boom. I think his portrayal for that version of Sonic was spot on.

    • @just8or494
      @just8or494 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +40

      He had great emotional range in boom

    • @orangeslash1667
      @orangeslash1667 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      @@just8or494 Roger is not a bad choice for Sonic, but he's using the wrong voice. What he needs to do is use his Forge voice from Wolverine and the X-men th-cam.com/video/k1L8SFLCyVY/w-d-xo.html

    • @just8or494
      @just8or494 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

      @@orangeslash1667 I blame sega
      Because roger can make characters sound super cool, sega just makes him voice a walking meme lord with no emotional range, In boom he's fantastic though.

    • @orangeslash1667
      @orangeslash1667 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      @@just8or494 Another character with missed potential is Shadow. Kirk Thornton needs to sound like Harry Mason from Silent Hill Shuddered Memories. Instead he sounds too gruff.

    • @just8or494
      @just8or494 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@orangeslash1667 what do you think about shadow as a character?

  • @jeffsketches
    @jeffsketches 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +45

    Rogers impersonation on Ryan’s voice is incredible

    • @tdproductions7532
      @tdproductions7532 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      Genuinely shocked how close it sounded. Wish they stuck with it :/

    • @orangeslash1667
      @orangeslash1667 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@tdproductions7532 Here's why, when you listen Ryan's real voice it sounds older than Roger.

  • @xgaming2427
    @xgaming2427 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +114

    Honestly I understand your opinion, but I actually kinda like Roger's take on Sonic. It's not amazing but Frontiers and Sonic Boom are prove that Roger can be a good Sonic when given the right script and good voice direction.

    • @strawb2128
      @strawb2128 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

      Personally, Roger in the Boom cartoon is my favorite Sonic. I really do think Sega is just either terrible at giving direction, or maybe they're only giving him a few takes.

    • @xgaming2427
      @xgaming2427 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@strawb2128 I'll go with the first one.

    • @starfalchion4404
      @starfalchion4404 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      I agree. Roger in Boom and Rise of the Wisps sounded perfect in my opinion. Not too high. Not too low. Natural and able to emote. The problem always seems to be the script and then the direction Jack Fletcher (who has been the voice director for all of the games since 2010) chooses to fit that script. It might not even be Fletcher’s fault because he’s probably also taking a lot of notes that SEGA gives him such us Frontiers where it feels they wanted to give him a deeper voice.

    • @ZenithintheMaking
      @ZenithintheMaking 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Roger was at HIS BEST SONIC in Sonic Boom. It was so fun watching it 💯

  • @robertlauncher
    @robertlauncher 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +48

    Griffith is my favorite English game voice because as he got more relaxed in the role and began toning down the aggressive tough guy aspect, I found some of the same somewhat chill, loveable dorkiness we got out of Junichi Kanemaru. Especially in Black Knight, he’s like a near perfect translation of it there. I miss him honestly

  • @Anonymys43
    @Anonymys43 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    The hate for Roger is very concerning, his voice started to grow on me since he started voicing him in Colors, and he knocked his performance out of the park in Boom
    To say hes the worst sounding sonic ever is too much of a stretch
    And I've been playing Sonic games since the OG STH on the Genesis

  • @Somerandomsonicfan572
    @Somerandomsonicfan572 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +31

    *Sonic Ova left the chat*

    • @XPool
      @XPool  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +27

      I FORGOT THE OVA!!!

    • @Mr.IDK07
      @Mr.IDK07 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      ​@@XPoolyou also forgot Junichi and the japanese voice for Sonic in the OVA

    • @XPool
      @XPool  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      @@Mr.IDK07 I had audio for him recorded in the script, but I felt it ruined the pacing and was mainly played off as a joke, and it was the only non-English voice in the video. So, I chose to remove it. If I ever release deleted segments of videos, it’ll definitely be there.

    • @Sonicmid
      @Sonicmid 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      Ova voice is really interesting. It’s not bad at all I’m kind of mix on it.

    • @orangeslash1667
      @orangeslash1667 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@XPool Roger is not a bad choice for Sonic, but he's using the wrong voice. What he needs to do is use his Forge voice from Wolverine and the X-men th-cam.com/video/k1L8SFLCyVY/w-d-xo.html

  • @katamari_
    @katamari_ 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +76

    imagine if chris pratt legitimately tried to voice sonic

    • @bryanblueblurhedgehog8899
      @bryanblueblurhedgehog8899 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      He would be terrible, worse than roger. Not gonna lie

    • @willyum6854
      @willyum6854 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      It’s a me a sonic

    • @Ness199X
      @Ness199X 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      ​@@bryanblueblurhedgehog8899Roger isn't that bad imo

    • @orangeslash1667
      @orangeslash1667 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@bryanblueblurhedgehog8899 Roger is not a bad choice for Sonic, but he's using the wrong voice. What he needs to do is use his Forge voice from Wolverine and the X-men th-cam.com/video/k1L8SFLCyVY/w-d-xo.html

    • @Tozito911
      @Tozito911 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@bryanblueblurhedgehog8899roger does the voice of sonic very well, dude.

  • @nottoofast
    @nottoofast 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +48

    Frontiers Sonic is the best sounding voice Sonic’s had since 2009.
    I can’t see him using that voice once and never again.
    Gonna suck if it goes away in the next one.

    • @Cejilmeister
      @Cejilmeister 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      For the Twitter Takeover that year, Roger asked what voice he should use, and he was told, "Just do both."

    • @nottoofast
      @nottoofast 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      @@Cejilmeister I assume it depends on the tone and story of the project.
      “Funny Twitter Memes” and “Attempt at serious storytelling” might require different voices, no?

    • @Tozito911
      @Tozito911 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      the direction that they gave to roger in frontiers was perfect, and i hope they keep that tone.

    • @ZenithintheMaking
      @ZenithintheMaking 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Let's be honest, that voice Roger did this time was good ONLY for the Frontiers' Sonic. Anywhere else it will not feel like Sonic whatsoever.

    • @bryanblueblurhedgehog8899
      @bryanblueblurhedgehog8899 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      @@Cejilmeister both like boom and frontiers? Seems accurate that I would love to see how roger going to do both combined

  • @SPIDERKN1GHT0327
    @SPIDERKN1GHT0327 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    My favorite Sonic voice right now has to be Devin Mack. His performance in Sonic Prime is ELITE. He's funny and cool but doesn't try to hard, and I just like the tone of it for Sonic. Its like Roger mixed with Ryan.

    • @SPIDERKN1GHT0327
      @SPIDERKN1GHT0327 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@Neiheim90 its not enough cockiness to sound like Jaleel in my opinion, and I dont really hear jason in his voice like at all. But to beach his own

  • @deejay-1486
    @deejay-1486 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    Imo Jason in Unleashed and Black Knight is the best Sonic has ever sounded and his range of personality as well an that is the voice I think of when Sonic is brought up

  • @MattD402
    @MattD402 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +26

    What I have learnt from Sonic fans is that no matter who voices Sonic someone will always piss and moan about it. Here's my take on his voice, I don't care who voices him or what he sounds like I think each and every voice actor gave it their all and all brought their own unique takes on the character.
    In my opinion they're all good, I think that non of the actors deserve the shit they get because they didn't sound like the last guy who voiced him.

    • @Joopitor
      @Joopitor 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Speak your shit

    • @acethehedge449
      @acethehedge449 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Facts

    • @MandoMast
      @MandoMast 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Based and woke Sonic fan

    • @liveelbaraka3371
      @liveelbaraka3371 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The Sonic movie voice is the only one that sicks ass!.
      He's supposed to be cool .. not sound like a sissy.(Ben Schwartz).

    • @zeldeure1765
      @zeldeure1765 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Good take....but come on...
      The Superman Sonic?

  • @Off_lucci
    @Off_lucci 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

    Personally I love Jason he can be chill cool cocky its perfect imo

  • @airmann4673
    @airmann4673 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    Deven Mack is the best sonic voice actor to me. I hope he does it for now on

  • @KOTSOSMC2002
    @KOTSOSMC2002 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    My top 3:
    1. Frontiers Roger
    2. Boom Roger
    3. 2006/2009 Jason Griffith

  • @mopeless
    @mopeless 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

    OVA voice was too great to put in the video, would have been unfair to compare the others against it

    • @kaxcommentssomethingREAL
      @kaxcommentssomethingREAL 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      if younger Sonic had a voice, that's what i imagine him sounding like

    • @orangeslash1667
      @orangeslash1667 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@kaxcommentssomethingREAL Roger is not a bad choice for Sonic, but he's using the wrong voice. What he needs to do is use his Forge voice from Wolverine and the X-men th-cam.com/video/k1L8SFLCyVY/w-d-xo.html

  • @mannysworld3713
    @mannysworld3713 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    I ain't gonna lie when you showed that Roger doing a Ryan impression I almost choked

    • @Benjawin6671
      @Benjawin6671 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Ikr. It just felt so right.

  • @silveramyknux241
    @silveramyknux241 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    18:37
    Apparently, it hurts Roger’s voice to do a Ryan impression. (I think)

  • @superluigi018
    @superluigi018 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

    Damn, Roger's Sonic really did a number on ya, huh?

    • @Tozito911
      @Tozito911 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      xpool doesn’t like good things apparently.

    • @Anonymys43
      @Anonymys43 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      Yea the serious Roger hate is getting ridiculous, his performance in Boom is my favorite followed by Devon Mack's performance in Prime
      And this is coming from someone who first got introduced to the character in Sonic The Hedgehog on the Genesis

    • @HerooftheWild
      @HerooftheWild 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      ​@@Anonymys43Roger doesn't deserve the hate he get, and this guy is just adding fuel to the fire
      I'm so sick of the Roger slander

  • @robertlauncher
    @robertlauncher 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +29

    Ben is my favorite Sonic voice. He gets the hyperactivity and snark down, and embraces the cheesiness in a way that’s fun instead of cynical, partly helped by the lack of a script that has to make fun of itself every other scene.

  • @anaveragehedgehog
    @anaveragehedgehog 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    I grew up with Roger Craig Smith honestly so he's my favorite 🗿

  • @ChuckE.CheesesIllinois
    @ChuckE.CheesesIllinois 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

    Junichi Kanemaru, who's been voicing the character for almost 25 years is still my favorite voice for Sonic, mostly because it's consistent.
    Tbh, i personally think he's the best Sonic voice and vastly superior to the English actors, i recommend hearing his lines

    • @lauraikoko
      @lauraikoko 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      yeah true,in every single game from sonic adventure 1 to sonic unleashed(or black knight)junichi was the voice those games were written with in mind so his voice,junichi is the voice sonic is meant to have,and whenever the sonic VA discussion is brought up barely anyone mentions junichi

  • @unicornwizard6428
    @unicornwizard6428 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    Damn
    Kinda disappointed you didn't even mention Martin Burke, the voice in the Sonic OVA
    He's top 3 for me, easy
    I legit think he's my favorite voice for classic Sonic

  • @PAHG2
    @PAHG2 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

    L video, didn't mention Sonic's Schoolhouse...
    Anyways, now that the joke is done, it's time to get MY opinion on this...
    I like every Sonic VA, and never really thought about how different they are to each other because it's pretty easy for me to hear a character instead of a person, especially in media related to animation or games, no matter how the character sounds, acts, or is portrayed.
    (Also, as a Transformers fan, I'm just used to constantly changing voices of characters, so...)

  • @Cejilmeister
    @Cejilmeister 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    Your Roger take in Frontiers is spicy! Yeah, Roger is the most mixed out of the main Sonic VAs, I'll admit that, even if Sonic Colors DS was my first mainline Sonic game, and yeah, Lost World was pretty rough, but I think Frontiers was the best he ever sounded (as did all the other VAs). Sure, he could come off as more "normal", but that something that can be improved on as we saw in the Twitter Takeover that year.
    You made good points with, "A character should have a defining voice", but that's not full proof. Characters like Batman and Spiderman are super well known, yet there are so many voice actors/actors that did many different takes on them, and that's really cool to see. LandyRS is a VA who has a great take on Sonic in many fan projects, and he uses a voice of his own to do it. There's both pros and cons to having a similar voice and having some different takes as well. I do prefer Jason as my number one, but Roger is still a good voice for Sonic.

  • @crestofhonor2349
    @crestofhonor2349 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    At least Sonic's JP voice has had a consistent performance since SA1 and the entire cast hasn't been replaced like with the EN voice. I really like his JP voice and have liked it for a while. Now for english my favorites have always been Ryan Drummod and Jason Grifith. I'm with you, while Rodger is a great voice actor, he has never suited sonic outside of Sonic Boom for me. He works well in Boom due to the style of that show but I just don't like him in anything else. I don't get the praise for Sonic Frontier's Sonic voice and it's still not great

  • @donathan2933
    @donathan2933 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I honestly love Roger as Sonic. Not my favorite but I still like him

  • @Mr.Freeze420
    @Mr.Freeze420 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    I LOVE how you referenced sonic zombies. Barely anybody knows what that is nowadays.

  • @dylantails8768
    @dylantails8768 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    That Molly jar joke had me laughing every time, especially the last one.

  • @Miju001
    @Miju001 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    6:10 THANK YOU! I haven't heard much of any Sonic voice actors (except Roger and Deven) but what I have heard of Jason has him do this all the time and it kind of drives me crazy

  • @paoluxio
    @paoluxio 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    the voice actor for sonic is Roger Craig Smith in Sonic Boom. His performance was better than any of the multiple performances from the other actors

  • @scpnoobers
    @scpnoobers 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I feel like Roger Craig Smith did his best performance in sonic boom (the show)

  • @Picy64
    @Picy64 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    4:53 i enjoy that, and also the japanese voice actors use English words, is really charming!

    • @kaxcommentssomethingREAL
      @kaxcommentssomethingREAL 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      fun fact (if you hadn't know): Sonic's Japanese voice actor is also known to be an English teacher! that explains why he likes to spice things up with his Sonic voice, his use of english phrases makes him stand out amongst many of gaming characters

    • @ChuckE.CheesesIllinois
      @ChuckE.CheesesIllinois 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      ​@@kaxcommentssomethingREAL you mean Japanese voice?

    • @kaxcommentssomethingREAL
      @kaxcommentssomethingREAL 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@ChuckE.CheesesIllinois thank you!

  • @LukeStation
    @LukeStation 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Finally. Squash and Stretch.
    WINNING. 🔥🔥🔥

  • @SuperSonicWarrior93
    @SuperSonicWarrior93 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Ryan Drummond is the definitive Sonic in my opinion.

  • @Matthasnocuts
    @Matthasnocuts 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    If Sonic could Sonic better than Sonic, would Sonic be a Sonic or would he be himself or would be someone else?

    • @sonicjhiq
      @sonicjhiq 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes

  • @Jay_XP
    @Jay_XP 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    This was VERY Hooba Dooba of you, XPool.

  • @CURSE_OF_RAH
    @CURSE_OF_RAH 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    ive always loved ryan drummond. his voice is always what i think of when i think of sonics voice.

  • @grey-c8138
    @grey-c8138 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Something to note about Roger's performance in Frontiers. At the beginning of the game, while his voice is definitely lower than usual, his delivery is still very in line with his previous outings. However, Sonic is slowly being overtaken by cyber corruption, and he sounds more and more tired and worn out as the game progresses as a way of reflecting that. Compare the clip at 15:10 in this video to when he says the same line to Amy at the start of the game and you'll see what I mean

  • @SonicSelect1991
    @SonicSelect1991 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    I absolutely completely agree, except for the people who grew up with Roger, he's...OK, and I respect him because he, like you said, is truly an amazing VA! But seriously, Jason, Devin, and Ryan are my serious favorites! Thanks to them for bringing my absolute favorite character to life 💕

  • @GlitchyJames
    @GlitchyJames 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Meanwhile Mario had the same voice actor for 30 years. Also great video!

  • @user-zf1mx5dj2u
    @user-zf1mx5dj2u 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    You must say the best roger craig smith line of sonic colors/colours is"no copyright law in the universe is gonna stop me

  • @irontarkus6515
    @irontarkus6515 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    I'm sorry, but I love the sound direction of frontiers since your able to take the game more seriously because of that. Feels like the characters are getting older and more mature.

  • @jackiexkh
    @jackiexkh หลายเดือนก่อน

    "When you see a well-known character you have a voice that you associate with that character"
    Me, a Pac-Man fan: "lmao"

  • @Spider-Sonic_Prime
    @Spider-Sonic_Prime 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Roger Craig Smith & Ben Schwartz are my most favorite Sonic VAs! They're the greatest & best voices of Sonic the Hedgehog of all time! Nothing & nobody will EVER change my mind!

  • @RenatoRevisadas
    @RenatoRevisadas 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Jason Griffith looks exactly like my barber and I love this fact

  • @LiivelyLulu
    @LiivelyLulu 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    My favourite voice actors for Sonic are Deven Mack and Roger Graig Smith. I'm surprised you didn't talk about Roger's voice in Sonic Boom. Also, Sonic was more immature in Sonic Prime because he was a dynamic character in the show, not a static one and by the end of the show, he was supposed to be much more mature. Now that season 3 is out, I think they nailed it. Definitely one of the best Sonic shows. Though the ending, not so much.

  • @Tozito911
    @Tozito911 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    wtf, xpool? roger in frontiers sounds so cool and mature! i know that sonic has to be cocky and all, but changing a little bit the personality is like a breeze of fresh air.

  • @sethzilla3586
    @sethzilla3586 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    "Everything has an end" -sonic

  • @-bruhfunny-
    @-bruhfunny- 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    average balena lackey disrespecting roger 😭

  • @erikbihari3625
    @erikbihari3625 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    If Sega had any brains, they'd have already cast Josh Keaton by now. The dude is able to do cocky wisecracking protagonists,sincere emotional moments, once even a speedster!

  • @mr.smart75
    @mr.smart75 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    "MollyMcGee new VA of sonic" had me dead 😂 1:19

  • @Francodoublage
    @Francodoublage 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Meanwhile in french speaking countries, we have had several different voice actors as well, although not as many as the english ones. The first one (maybe there were some others before for small commercials but i can't be certain) was Olivier Korol. He was also the voice of Ed in Ed Edd 'n' Eddy and Muraï in Great Teacher Onizuka, and he voiced Sonic in the 90s cartoons, and also, funnily enough, in Wreck it Ralph 1 and 2, even tho he wasn't Sonic's official voice actor anymore.
    The second one is Alexandre Gillet, who's a big dubbing superstar over here. He voiced Frodo Baggins in Lord of the Rings, Tetsuo in Akira, Jesse in Breaking Bad, Ryan Gosling, Mark Wahlberg, he's the second voice of Captain America in the MCU... He first voiced Sonic in the french dub of Sonic X, which surprisingly enough was based on the original Japanese version and not the 4Kids version. Then less than 10 years later, Sega began to make Sonic games dubbed in French starting with Sonic Generations, and they were smart enough to get the whole french cast of Sonic X back, including Alexandre Gillet. And he still voices everyone's beloved hedgehog to this very day in various games and shows, including Sonic Prime (despite the english cast being replaced) and Sonic Colors Ultimate (despite base Sonic Colors having had no dub). Tho I gotta be honest, i'm not a huge fan of his recent performance in Sonic Frontiers...
    The third one is pretty controversial, and it's Malik Bentalha, who voiced him in the two Sonic movies. The reaso behind the controversy is that he's what we call a "star-talent", aka a celebrity invited directly by Paramount to voice the character solely for the purpose of selling more tickets. Which enraged the Sonic fans, because Bentalha isn't a voice actor, and also because they wanted Alexandre Gillet back (he admittedly recorded the first trailer before Paramount decided to replace him). Now even tho Bentalha isn't the best, he clearly isn't the worst either. He still managed to capture Sonic's personality, even with even very little voice acting experience. But the communication around it clearly didn't help, as there were interviews of him where he mistook Sonic's intro with the intro of Motus (a french TV game) and where he didn't know who Tails and Knuckles are. So the fandom was clearly not keen on watching the french dub. Some people even preferred watching the Québec dub where Sonic was voiced by Maël Davan-Soulas, who ironically was the first french voice of Captain America in the MCU before moving to Québec. Someone even created an edited version of the movie where the Québec voice was alongside the rest of the french cast.
    I think it's also worth mentioning that Sonic's cameo in OK KO Let's be heroes was voiced by a fourth voice actor, which is Jonathan Simon. He also did a good job, even if his take on Sonic is actually quite different than his predecessors. It's a bit sad they did not bother contacting Alexandre Gillet considering they got Roger Craig Smith back in the original version, but due to OK KO's dub being recorded in Belgium instead of France, I guess it must have been too complicated.

    • @BinglesP
      @BinglesP 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Second time now that I've heard Sonic shared a voice actor with one of the Eds from Ed Edd n' Eddy. Weird how it keeps going back to them lmao

    • @mohamedrahmouni4362
      @mohamedrahmouni4362 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Alexandre Gillet will alway be my Sonic (with Ryan and Jun'ichi) he is just so cool and he really succeeds at giving him this cool attitude (even after all this years) but I gotta say that the voice direction in Colors Ultimate was clearly mid, he sounded very sleepy and bored. Never played Frontiers tho.

  • @thetruegrandpa9866
    @thetruegrandpa9866 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Batman in the Arkham games “shows ezio” 💀

  • @Mr_Nicky229
    @Mr_Nicky229 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Well, it's really the dubbing directors' fault, Roger Craig Smith said that the dubbing directors wanted him to do a more mature voice for Sonic's voice in the game Sonic Frontiers.

  • @therealogdaffy
    @therealogdaffy 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    A1 video dude, this shit had me in stitches lol

  • @dermond
    @dermond 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The depressed Sonic voice in Frontiers is practically at the end game, when he is tired and consumed by the cyberspace, and in Sonic Boom Sonic ain't lazy, just apathic when someone don't catch him

  • @AverageBurgerboy
    @AverageBurgerboy 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Great video bro 🔥
    They're saying some nice things on twitter about you too😇😇

  • @samuelanokye9073
    @samuelanokye9073 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    8:45 Thank you XPool. I'm glad someone out there knows my pain.

  • @Lboogie0711
    @Lboogie0711 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Devon Mack is my favorite voice actor along with Jason Griffith and Jaleel White

  • @copingflower1909
    @copingflower1909 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Consdiering Unleashed was my introduction to Sonic, it felt so off with Rodgers portrayal since I absolutely loved Jasons portrayal, years later and my opinion still hasn't changer much, Jason is just perfect as Sonic, which makes it all the more disappointing how they never kept him after Unleashed

  • @bigsleeter
    @bigsleeter 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    why am i in jail what did i even do

  • @kingdanett4043
    @kingdanett4043 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I will say though that I did start to really like Sonics voice near the end of Frontiers. It was one of those things where if he can let that voice brew even more it would be amazing. I've had a problem with Sonic not sounding serious in serious moments and even if most of the dialog is pretty poor there are some gems in there

  • @Sangron64
    @Sangron64 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    No mention of Junichi Kanemaru, Sonic japanese voice actor is pain for me, he is actually the best voice Sonic, not only cause it's consistent, but because I actually imagine Sonic sounding like that in japanese

  • @Unleash_YT
    @Unleash_YT 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    You forgot Patrick Warburton!

  • @marcussilos3025
    @marcussilos3025 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The reason is Ryan couldn’t be the voice actor for sonic in sonic c, was cause he lived in a different state from where they where they were recording the voices

  • @Raviolling
    @Raviolling 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Early in the 2010s from 2010-2012 Roger sounded so annoying. But when sonic boom came out!! GOD WAS HE AMAZING

  • @hovernyansquad3377
    @hovernyansquad3377 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    BEFORE I START THIS VIDEO.
    Jason is the best voice for sonic. No competition

  • @Temzy
    @Temzy 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    3:36 Nah this part was funny af 😂😂

  • @haydenmaskellgaming4721
    @haydenmaskellgaming4721 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This is one of my favourite video you made keep up the good work! Can you do varied voices of Shadow.

  • @caity_strophic
    @caity_strophic 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    another sonic voice actor that i love that is also underrated is Martin Burke in Sonic OVA. ik its too high pitched but i love it for like a preteen sonic its just so cute

  • @erikbihari3625
    @erikbihari3625 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    A little correction, the reason behind 4kids' recast happened is actually same reason as prime(union laws necessitating employment of local talent)! Even skethcy corps like Dic and Saban did so!

  • @peety0792
    @peety0792 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Even if you are "not intrested in the mods", I still want you to cover srb2 mods

  • @tajalbright1147
    @tajalbright1147 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    cool video, by the way @XPool are you ever going to make a molly mcgee video about the show and characters so far? or is it on another channel? or was the jokes and reference to the show just a 1 time thing? because I love Molly Mcgee

  • @SPIDERKN1GHT0327
    @SPIDERKN1GHT0327 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I feel like the only time Roger is above average with Sonic is when he played him in Sonic Boom. Because there, the humor and jokes were more cynical and less for a 6 year old to laugh at. And he just sounded and acted more chill than he did in the games. He was laid back, so for that version of Sonic, it works.

  • @McGillicuddy849
    @McGillicuddy849 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    i like the hooba dooba guy

  • @simmieautomatic8353
    @simmieautomatic8353 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    I agree with most of your points. If Sega gave a flip about consistency, they should've kept Jason and let that be the end of it, or even Ryan.
    Sonic is an iconic character, he deserves an iconic voice and I'm sorry, but that is not Roger. I don't know anyone that sounds like Jason, if anyone had the most unique voice for Sonic, it was him in my opinion. Whenever they do recasts for other iconic characters, they always make sure they do "the voice".
    Roger should've just stayed away and let someone new take over or brought back one of the predecessors. Frontiers didn't even fix anything. He literally has only two modes for Sonic: high pitched and annoying, and sounding like a grown man and neither are ideal. He just sounds like a grown man talking and there's nothing about his voice that has anything that stands out.
    I really do believe that they made them talk like that in Frontiers, because the alternative would’ve been worse.... It sounds BETTER, as in less annoying, but now he sounds nothing like Sonic. WHY are we still putting up with this? If after 14 years a lot of people still don't like your take, I would think that Sega or someone would take the hint....
    Roger is talented, that has never been the issue, but that doesn’t justify him being glued to a role he clearly has no aptitude for AND HAS PROVEN IT OVER AND OVER.
    Deven Mack is a good middleman, but he sounds too much like Roger at times. If he can stay in Ryan's range, he'll at least be alright.

    • @newtruths7786
      @newtruths7786 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      People were saying, “The king is back” and stuff like that when he returned so I think Sega just listened to that but those people don’t know what they’re talking about.
      Roger still sucks and honestly the current voice cast is the worst out of the main 3

  • @bowserbreaker2515
    @bowserbreaker2515 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Here's how I would rank the voices:
    7. Martin Burke (I've barely even heard it)
    6. Ben Schwartz (Decent voice, awful Sonic voice)
    5. Deven Mack (Decent Sonic voice, bad performance)
    4. Jason Griffith (Good, but overrated)
    3. Jaleel White (Super underrated)
    2. Ryan Drummond (He understood the character perfectly)
    1. Roger Craig Smith (Just perfect in my opinion)
    Oh, and I like Sonic and Sally too.

  • @trendysilver949
    @trendysilver949 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    there are certain points in the video where i thought roger was talking but it was actually you.

  • @lerona.martyr3811
    @lerona.martyr3811 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Im just waiting for you to reach 10k for that inevitable molly mcgee review. but nice vid bro

  • @honeywisp
    @honeywisp หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    They need to either get Ryan back or make Devin the new voice

  • @bryanblueblurhedgehog8899
    @bryanblueblurhedgehog8899 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    I agree with your suggestion on sonic's voice. The sonic voice supposed to be recognizable by previous actors instead of sounding on it's own like roger craig smith.
    No one knows if Roger's leaving the role of sonic because the evidence is clear that roger made that decision to leave since sega is trying to make change the direction after for what happen. I was expecting to see Max Mittelman should be next VA for Sonic but roger came back for the waste of time. At least Roger's still doing for the role of sonic just to get his job done along with the writing is changed because of frontiers, now he's improving for next decade, maybe less 5 or 10 years cause it depends on sega changes for voice actors being kept except Mike Pollock.
    Unless we have lucky that we got Ben Schwartz and Deven Mack

    • @MarioSonicBee
      @MarioSonicBee 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      I genuinely think Max Mittelman would be the PERFECT voice for Sonic, he could definitely pull off the “teen with attitude and a heart of gold” thing amazingly. Roger though I think works well as a more “experienced, battle hardened hero” version of Sonic.

    • @bryanblueblurhedgehog8899
      @bryanblueblurhedgehog8899 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@MarioSonicBee exactly, roger takes the character straight from what we seen before despite inspiring from IDW sonic to game sonic. Max in the other hand could take the character fresh with the cool attitude, charm and cocky like the previous actors. He could be successor of roger craig smith

    • @orangeslash1667
      @orangeslash1667 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@bryanblueblurhedgehog8899 Roger is not a bad choice for Sonic, but he's using the wrong voice. What he needs to do is use his Forge voice from Wolverine and the X-men th-cam.com/video/k1L8SFLCyVY/w-d-xo.html.

  • @Benjawin6671
    @Benjawin6671 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Ryan to me will always be the best English Sonic. He perfectly captures what people love about the character and can make some of the cheesiest lines in the series sound amazing. He's also the one who sounds the closest to the Japanese VA Jun'ichi Kanemaru.

  • @God-xd1wr
    @God-xd1wr 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The appeal of Sonic to me - and something they actually keep over in Japan - is that Sonic is a cocky teenager who loves the thrill of throwing himself into near-insurmountable challenges. Sega removed the character’s ages so it wouldn’t be too weird how “mature” everyone is in Frontiers but it’s still weird. Sonic’s a kid routinely charging at gods the size of countries with the tightest grin on his face, he’s not my dad.

  • @AXLETHEFOXCREATOR1
    @AXLETHEFOXCREATOR1 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    YOUR GLAZING

  • @DanielKariuki-er5gi
    @DanielKariuki-er5gi 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    0:51 Batman-Dark Broody Dramatic voice
    Mario- Let's-A-Go!
    Mikey Mouse- Ha Ha Oh Boy!
    Pikachu- Pika Pika
    Bugs Bunny- What's Up Doc? 🥕

  • @coolstuff4828
    @coolstuff4828 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    so I think sonic has a voice everything in personally because he was a young teenager in ryan's era(my favorite) and in Jason's he's laid back and grown up but with roger's era specifically starting with sonic colors to forces most likely saving the world all the time got boring so he became a goofy sounding wisecraker and after forces after eggman messed up the world he realized that hae can't keep playing around hence his voice in frontiers and in the idw comics he goes to different towns and villages to help the people in them to redeem himself(edit:before ryan sonic cd is younger but has similar to ryan's era personality)

  • @silveramyknux241
    @silveramyknux241 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    4:55
    This was done because Iwata wanted to have Japanese lines in the English Dub. (I think)

  • @michaelfragoso6572
    @michaelfragoso6572 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Yes finally someone who also likes Ryan Drummond as sonic