Well there’s also limited material to sample since it’s not out yet so who can really know how well Keanu will do. But I do feel his performance gives Shadow a more vile feel like whenever Shadow speaks it sounds like he’s one second from just annihilating all Humans because they shot down Maria.🫤
Kōji Yusa. He's pretty much perfect for this role: Tragic, soft spoken, menacing yet also extremely sympathetic. It helps that he doesn't sound particularly edgy. As for the English voices, my favorites are David Humphrey, Kirk Thornton, and Keanu Reeves.
Yea I also feel like Kōji has a rather smooth quality to his voice. While as for Kirk, his voice is a little too harsh sounding for Shadow. I will say he does sound to be getting a bit better with Shadow Generations, but it's still not quite there.
@@victora.hernandez8062 He does sound not too bad, Keanu. His voice sounds like its got the smoother quality going on with it, rather than trying to add grit and harshness, which is just not Shadow at all.
Seeing David Humphrey at the bottom of a lot of people's list is crazy. He's by far my favorite shadow voice and I think he has a lot more range than other voices for shadow
I agree, he’s always been the best one to me (though Jason and Koji and I guess pretty soon Keanu are also up there.) People seem to be disliking him now because Kirk has seemingly been improving and because we got a line from Keanu, so now everyone is d-riding Keanu even though we hardly heard anything from him. On top of that this video basically uses the first performances of each actor, and David’s voice in SA2 isn’t really akin to how Shadow should sound today (if you know what I mean) so people are judging him by only the lines used here instead of how he sounds now. It would’ve been better if this video used Humphrey’s Heroes voice.
@@kilochampion787maybe, but only in Sonic Adventure 2. The problem wasn’t necessarily how his voice sounded, but a lack of context led the actors to not knowing how to emote in some scenes. He was directed correctly in Sonic Heroes where he’s much better, but even in SA2, he does good in emotional moments, as does Ryan’s Sonic.
The Japanese voice is melodious. So smooth. I love the contrast between Shadow's intimidating look and his super pleasant voice. David is the one who seem more emotional and sounds young and playful. Jason has a beautiful voice but the range of emotions is smaller. Kirk, spare my ears. Ian also seems to convey Shadow's personality in Prime... Here another contrast, a very serious voice for one of the most light hearted incarnation of him. Contrasts are always good. Keanu, no sufficient elements to judge him. Maybe I need to hear more lines.
0:080:09 Koji Yusa 👍 0:390:40 David Humphrey 👍 1:081:09 Jason Griffith 👍👍 1:391:40 Kirk Thornton 👍👍 1:521:53 Ian Hanson 👍👍 2:242:252:26 Keanu Reeves 👍👍 My ranking: 1. Keanu Reeves or Kirk Thornton. 2. Jason Griffith 3. Ian Hanlin 4. David Humphrey 5. Koji Yusa. I think Keanu is gonna be an amazing voice for Shadow. Heck, maybe even he might be my favorite voice for Shadow.
Ya know, i quite like Ian’s rendition of Shadow a lot after watching the prime series. Grew up with Jason’s Shadow so gotta be up there in the top three as well. I’ve gotta say, even though the movie isn’t out yet, with just the couple of lines we got from Keanu in the trailer he’s probably gonna end up being my favorite out of all of them. Kirk’s also pretty good i like the raspiness in his voice.
Koji: KAOSEH KONTROOOOL! David: Chaos Control! Jason(Sonic & Shadow's Old VA): DON'T TOUCH IT! Kirk: Dwoh! ULTIMATE ALERT! WATCH YOU'RE BACKS! Ian: Do you want me to save you or not? Keanu: You're a colorful bunch.
For me personally, David Humphries will ALWAYS be the best voice. I wish they'd bring him back for future video games. I cannot WAIT to watch Sonic the Hedgehog 3 in cinemas!! Keanu Reeves sounds AMAZING ❤❤❤❤
Y’know, what I suspected is starting to happen. Remember when we first heard Idris Elba as Knuckles and people went crazy over him? Before him, people seemed to like Scott Dreier’s Knuckles best (aside from Dan Green’s Knuckles,) but after Idris was heard, almost everyone forgot about Scott and started mindlessly praising Idris for his performance. Now I think the same thing is happening with Shadow; Now that Keanu was heard, people are starting to respect David Humphrey’s version even less (though there is still plenty of respect for Jason Griffith’s version.) Anyone else feel this way? Also my ranking would be: 1. David Humphrey and Koji Yusa (Tied as the definitive voices for Shadow.) 2. Keanu Reeves 3. Jason Griffith and Ian Hanlin (Tied) 4. Ryan Drummond (He filled in for David for a few lines.) 5. Kirk Thornton
Tbf, that depends on how wide Keanu's range as Shadow is. The people who still prefer David Humphrey over other Shadow VAs is because David has more range as Shadow than other Shadow VAs
@@ryannathaniel9296that’s true. However I’m not sure how wide the range of Keanu’s Shadow will be considering his voice sounds rather deep from the clips I’ve heard. I get that your favorite Shadow VA is subjective about which take on Shadow you like best; if you like Shadow to sound emotionally expressive and not over-the-top edgy, you’ll go with David. If you prefer Shadow to be more stoic and tough, you’ll go with Jason. If you prefer Shadow to sound much older and somewhat antagonistic (not really sure why you would though given Shadow’s motivations,) you’ll go with Kirk. If you prefer the more serious but cartoony brotherly take on Shadow, you’ll go with Ian. What I was initially saying is that people in the comments seem to be dissing David Humphrey now that the current Shadow voice actors like Kirk are trying to up their game and surpass David and that Keanu has been heard, on top of that the video doesn’t use voice clips that are really up to date, and people seem to judge David on how he sounds in these few clips. If it were me I would’ve used David’s voice in Heroes, Jason’s voice in Black Knight, Kirk’s voice in Forces and SxSG, and Ian’s voice in Prime S3.
@@crazyfutureradioScott’s my favorite too, but I wouldn’t go THAT far with what you’re saying about Idris Elba. I agree with you on thinking that he’s overhyped, but I still think his performance is fantastic, his voice suits Movie Knuckles really well, and his delivery is great. I find him overhyped because like with Keanu as Shadow, once we heard a line from him in the trailer, everyone went crazy over him and they started to completely forget how great Scott was. I still respect your opinion though.
@@JustAnAverageSonicFan Oh, I didn't know that people were dissing about David that way. Now that you've mentioned it, that sucks. Because if you managed to isolate his voice lines from the music, David already sounds good even in SA2. I'm pointing this out because there are other youtubers that posted comparison videos (not this one though) like this without isolating the VAs voices. Meaning you can't properly hear David's voice acting over the admittedly loud music. Perhaps this was the same with Scott? Anyway, I agree the uploader should've used the best performance of each VA so we can have a fairer comparison
David Humphrey, Jason Griffith, and Ian Hanlin are my personal favorites ! I’m a fan of a more solemn and reserved shadow than the gravely one thornton does…so I’m glad keanu is adding that back into shadow!
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You forgot Ryan Drummond, who voices all of Shadow's lines during the final boss battle of Sonic Adventure 2 due to David Humphrey being unavailable at the time of recording.
Also David was the first shadow voice how dare you put him at the bottom and you put Kirk and koji yusa before the first ever shadow voice aboustely horrible opinion
1. David Humphry [he started shadows voice and everyone but canadain/Prime Shadow and Keanu Shadow have been doing an impression or take on that] 2A. Jason Griffith [he had more time with Shadow and how you think of him] 2B. Keanu Reeves [its JOhn Wick the Hedghog] 2C. Ian Hanlan [he's canadain Shadow and He works and fits.]
Jason's always been my favourite Shadow VA, he makes Shadow sound mysterious but vulnerable too. Some VAs just go full edgelord and that's not who Shadow is supposed to be imo.
Uh, actually he doesn’t really make Shadow sound vulnerable, but David in SA2 does (which fits for SA2.) Jason brings out the acquired stoic and tough side of Shadow’s character in Shadow, 06, and Black Knight. By no means am I saying that Jason is bad, but he doesn’t make Shadow sound vulnerable, lol. Kirk, however, makes him sound like a pure edgelord, which doesn’t fit him.
I love Koji Yusa so much ❤. Legendary voice actor and singer. His song Shampoo Dream is amazing. I feel like him and the other Japanese voice actors don't get enough respect in the Sonic community.
Do you mind extending your ranking to 6 places? Also I think David should go into the 1st place along with Koji, Jason, Ian, and Keanu since he gave Shadow more emotion. The video here uses SA2 voice clips which everyone seems to complain about since Shadow didn’t sound too dark there, but Humphrey got better in Heroes and sounded darker. Listen to some of his voice clips from Sonic Heroes, he sounds better. Not trying to disrespect your opinion but you should take that into consideration.
I love how Keanu Reeves only has 3 lines in the Sonic 3 trailer, and people are already saying he's one of the best to voice Shadow 😂 But seriously, A+ casting right there.
It’s what makes me wonder if they’re just trying to make everyone get to really feel Shadow’s presence for the first time in the movie in theaters. OR on the flip side they think he shouldn’t talk a lot so he doesn’t even have many lines throughout.
My personal voice actor ranking for Shadow: 1- Jason Griffith 2- Kirk Thorton (has been improving in recent years) 3- Ian Hanlin 4- Keanue Reeves 5- Koji Yusa 6- David Humphrey (I still like him)
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Kōji, David and Jason, that is the top 3. And while Kirk does sound to have gotten a bit better, with Shadow Generations, I still think his voice is a little too harsh, when compared to the smoother quality of the other 3 game voice actors.
Keanu’s voice is pretty spot-on in my opinion. Deep enough to be menacing, but not overpowering. It helps that Shadow’s not a very emotional character, he’s mostly monotone 70% of the time. I think he’ll do great.
What the hell are you talking about, Shadow IS an emotional character, do you know anything about Shadow’s backstory from SA2? I mean sure, he had a lot of character development and left his past behind him after StH and became more stoic and less emotional by 06, but if you say he has no emotions at all, you’re bugging out and clearly know nothing about the character’s motivations.
Hear me out if Kirk Thornton just did the voice he used for Jin in “Samurai Champloo” he’d be liked wayy more! Hopefully in Shadow generations we see more OOMPH put into his performance 👌
I found a new respect for Kirk after watching samurai champloo… Kirk sounds like Jason at times when doing Jin’s voice If kirk just did Jin’s voice for shadow I think more people would like him
Happy Birthday Keanu Reeves. UR awesome legend, man. Me and my older and younger brothers, we love The Matrix 1, 2 Reloaded & 3 Revolution. We were only little. Seriously, The Matrix is badass and super awesome. The Matrix 4 Resurrections is also totally badass. I still can't believe, he's not the one anymore. The savior. It was over, when he died. And yet, he and Trinity were still alive. Well, that's good. The Matrix have changed! I can't believe it. Hardcore movies, man! We seen Toy Story 4. Its was great. Disney movies r awesome. Watched all 4 of them. 1995, no. I was born that year. The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge On the Run is amazing movie...! We love SpongeBob SquarePants. The show were hilarious and awesome. SpongeBob was my childhood. I got plenty. Oh, my older brother played Cyberpunk 2077. Yeah. The Matrix is a cyberpunk movie. The game was seriously hardcore, I even watched the anime, since 2022... ...awesome anime, it reminds me of "Guilty Crown," "Elfen Lied," and "Darling in the Franxx." Its different and similar. And I can't wait to see Sonic The Hedgehog 3. Me and my brothers, we're gonna see it, part 1 & 2 were good movies. My younger brother, we seen Sonic X, a long time ago on, 4kids.tv. Good memories in my life. Anyway: Full respect and support u Keanu!!! Can't to see it. Love u man. May the Peace be with u Shadow The Hedgehog, Sage and Johnny Silverhand. From Harlingen Texas. September 2, 1964 September 2, 2024 through September 2, 3024
I’m sorry, but Jason just gets me emotional That was my Shadow. Sonic X’s Shadow is everything to me David is technically my Shadow too, since I started my Shadow journey in Heroes and Battle
I love all the Shadow voices. Koji Yusa and David always come 1st place since they are my original Shadow favourite voice during 2001 days. 2nd place will be Kirk and Ian. 3rd place will be Jason and Keanu. 😎⚫🦔🔴
1. Jason Griffith - Understands the character of Shadow, and was a perfect evolution of Humphrey's. 2. David Humphrey - Created the character we know now, but just a bit too soft spoken to be perfect. 3. Koji Yusa - Really good, admittedly brought down partly because I'm not a japanese speaker. Even still, there's a reason he's always voiced him. 4. Keanu Reeves - Very good, but might be too gravely and dark sounding in the wrong ways. 5. Kirk Thornton - Still good, but sounds too Metal Gear-esque, even for Shadow. 6. Ian Hamlin - I just don't find it 'Shadow-y' really at all, other than just a deep voice.
1. Jason Griffith
2. Keanu Reeves
3. Kirk Thornton
Keanu Reeves #2 may be recency bias - he sounds off IMO, too still and emotionless. Shadow is supposed to be stoic, but wooden.
@@Onaterdemthe opposite maybe true for you. You may just be used to a certain voice so Keanus sounds off to you. #2 is actually fair
Idk about Kirk, hey. David for sure
Nah, David over Kirk.
Well there’s also limited material to sample since it’s not out yet so who can really know how well Keanu will do. But I do feel his performance gives Shadow a more vile feel like whenever Shadow speaks it sounds like he’s one second from just annihilating all Humans because they shot down Maria.🫤
I always loved the slight Transatlantic accent David gave Shadow
me too! It’s such a nice detail showing he was basically frozen in time for 50 years
Seeing Keanu in the thumbnail is still surreal
I agree.
Kinda makes you say "whoa"
We jumped in this timeline too fast.
Our conciousness is still catching up lol.
"When we're done, there won't be anything left."
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"what I had to" 🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶
Why does he sound like a man of focus, commitment and sheer will, someone who's dog has been killed and who's car has been stolen?
Haven’t heard enough of Keanu but even though his voice is significantly deeper than the other voice actors it weirdly fits the character
Who cares?
Keanu fit play u dumb
@@ikhmaldanish465 you slow in the head or something?
Probably bec. it kinda fits his backstory. Keanu's really good at that kind of voice.
Always liked a cute anthropomorphic character with a voice of an adult man. Good contrast 😂
Kōji Yusa. He's pretty much perfect for this role: Tragic, soft spoken, menacing yet also extremely sympathetic. It helps that he doesn't sound particularly edgy. As for the English voices, my favorites are David Humphrey, Kirk Thornton, and Keanu Reeves.
Yea I also feel like Kōji has a rather smooth quality to his voice. While as for Kirk, his voice is a little too harsh sounding for Shadow. I will say he does sound to be getting a bit better with Shadow Generations, but it's still not quite there.
@@DemonDethchase I do look forward to more of Keanu Reeves’ performance once the movie comes out on December 2024.
@@victora.hernandez8062 He does sound not too bad, Keanu. His voice sounds like its got the smoother quality going on with it, rather than trying to add grit and harshness, which is just not Shadow at all.
First and second commenter,,, u both r so real for that. Koji Yusa will always be (my) king ever ❤ he's the og shadow.
Speaking sonic movie 3, i wonder who voice actor for movie shadow?
All Hail Shadow and his voice actors!
@@isaacelliott-smith7033 Yes! Ultimate Anti-hero forever. 😎🔴🦔⚫
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except for kirk thornton. he sounds like if shit took laxatives and shat out more shit
1. David Humphrey
2. Jason Griffith
3. Ian Hanlin
4. Keanu Reeves
1. David Humphrey
2. Keanu Reeves
3. Koji Yusa
4. Kirk Thornton
5. Jason Griffith
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6. Ian Hanlin
@@snakewatch5468to be fair, they didn’t even use good lines from the show and he’s characteristically not very vocal in the show.
@@snakewatch5468also how is Jason Griffith so low on your list? Yeah your opinion is cheeks then 😅
David Humphrey Jason Griffith Kirk Thornton Ian Hanlin and Keanu Reeves
Seeing David Humphrey at the bottom of a lot of people's list is crazy. He's by far my favorite shadow voice and I think he has a lot more range than other voices for shadow
I agree, he’s always been the best one to me (though Jason and Koji and I guess pretty soon Keanu are also up there.) People seem to be disliking him now because Kirk has seemingly been improving and because we got a line from Keanu, so now everyone is d-riding Keanu even though we hardly heard anything from him. On top of that this video basically uses the first performances of each actor, and David’s voice in SA2 isn’t really akin to how Shadow should sound today (if you know what I mean) so people are judging him by only the lines used here instead of how he sounds now. It would’ve been better if this video used Humphrey’s Heroes voice.
Thank you finally smart people he literally was the first shadow voice and it crazy to put him at the bottom
He was great, but he was given really bad directing in Adventure 2. In fact, everyone was
@@kilochampion787maybe, but only in Sonic Adventure 2. The problem wasn’t necessarily how his voice sounded, but a lack of context led the actors to not knowing how to emote in some scenes. He was directed correctly in Sonic Heroes where he’s much better, but even in SA2, he does good in emotional moments, as does Ryan’s Sonic.
Nah the voice acting in adventure 2 was mediocre, that includes shadow
The Japanese voice is melodious. So smooth. I love the contrast between Shadow's intimidating look and his super pleasant voice.
David is the one who seem more emotional and sounds young and playful.
Jason has a beautiful voice but the range of emotions is smaller.
Kirk, spare my ears.
Ian also seems to convey Shadow's personality in Prime... Here another contrast, a very serious voice for one of the most light hearted incarnation of him. Contrasts are always good.
Keanu, no sufficient elements to judge him. Maybe I need to hear more lines.
with jason i blame that on the way, at the time, that 4kids had most of its crew speaking with an emphasis on the last words/syllables
0:08 0:09 Koji Yusa 👍
0:39 0:40 David Humphrey 👍
1:08 1:09 Jason Griffith 👍👍
1:39 1:40 Kirk Thornton 👍👍
1:52 1:53 Ian Hanson 👍👍
2:24 2:25 2:26 Keanu Reeves 👍👍
My ranking:
1. Keanu Reeves or Kirk Thornton.
2. Jason Griffith
3. Ian Hanlin
4. David Humphrey
5. Koji Yusa.
I think Keanu is gonna be an amazing voice for Shadow. Heck, maybe even he might be my favorite voice for Shadow.
1.Jason Griffith.
2.Kirk Thornton.
3.Keanu Reeves.
2:44 Once again My favorite Shadow The Hedgehog voice is Jason Griffith
But there no voices at 2:44
@@kenishachisholm5692 that says to us what’s your favorite voice
David Humphrey
Jason Griffith Are good
Kirk hurts my ears
Ya know, i quite like Ian’s rendition of Shadow a lot after watching the prime series. Grew up with Jason’s Shadow so gotta be up there in the top three as well. I’ve gotta say, even though the movie isn’t out yet, with just the couple of lines we got from Keanu in the trailer he’s probably gonna end up being my favorite out of all of them. Kirk’s also pretty good i like the raspiness in his voice.
Keanu Reeves(The same voice of Batman from "DC Superpets").
Who thought that Keanu would've been an awesome Shadow voice
i love how keanu reeves' shadow is in the video even though we've only ever heard Three (3) lines of dialogue from movie shadow
1- Koji Yusha ❤❤❤
2- Jason Griffith❤❤
3- Keanu ❤
1. Keanu Reeves
2. Kirk Thornton
3. Jason Griffith
4. Ian Hanlin
5. David Humphery
6. Koji Yusa
1. David Humphrey
2. Keanu Reeves
3. Koji Yusa
4. Kirk Thornton
5. Jason Griffith
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6. Ian Hanlin
How tf u got keanu that high and we barely heard any voice lines? 💀
Koji: KAOSEH KONTROOOOL!
David: Chaos Control!
Jason(Sonic & Shadow's Old VA): DON'T TOUCH IT!
Kirk: Dwoh! ULTIMATE ALERT! WATCH YOU'RE BACKS!
Ian: Do you want me to save you or not?
Keanu: You're a colorful bunch.
For me personally, David Humphries will ALWAYS be the best voice. I wish they'd bring him back for future video games.
I cannot WAIT to watch Sonic the Hedgehog 3 in cinemas!! Keanu Reeves sounds AMAZING ❤❤❤❤
Y’know, what I suspected is starting to happen. Remember when we first heard Idris Elba as Knuckles and people went crazy over him? Before him, people seemed to like Scott Dreier’s Knuckles best (aside from Dan Green’s Knuckles,) but after Idris was heard, almost everyone forgot about Scott and started mindlessly praising Idris for his performance. Now I think the same thing is happening with Shadow; Now that Keanu was heard, people are starting to respect David Humphrey’s version even less (though there is still plenty of respect for Jason Griffith’s version.) Anyone else feel this way?
Also my ranking would be:
1. David Humphrey and Koji Yusa (Tied as the definitive voices for Shadow.)
2. Keanu Reeves
3. Jason Griffith and Ian Hanlin (Tied)
4. Ryan Drummond (He filled in for David for a few lines.)
5. Kirk Thornton
Tbf, that depends on how wide Keanu's range as Shadow is.
The people who still prefer David Humphrey over other Shadow VAs is because David has more range as Shadow than other Shadow VAs
I'm just going to say it. I think Idris Elba absolutely sucks ass at voicing knuckles. Scott will always be the best.
@@ryannathaniel9296that’s true. However I’m not sure how wide the range of Keanu’s Shadow will be considering his voice sounds rather deep from the clips I’ve heard.
I get that your favorite Shadow VA is subjective about which take on Shadow you like best; if you like Shadow to sound emotionally expressive and not over-the-top edgy, you’ll go with David. If you prefer Shadow to be more stoic and tough, you’ll go with Jason. If you prefer Shadow to sound much older and somewhat antagonistic (not really sure why you would though given Shadow’s motivations,) you’ll go with Kirk. If you prefer the more serious but cartoony brotherly take on Shadow, you’ll go with Ian. What I was initially saying is that people in the comments seem to be dissing David Humphrey now that the current Shadow voice actors like Kirk are trying to up their game and surpass David and that Keanu has been heard, on top of that the video doesn’t use voice clips that are really up to date, and people seem to judge David on how he sounds in these few clips. If it were me I would’ve used David’s voice in Heroes, Jason’s voice in Black Knight, Kirk’s voice in Forces and SxSG, and Ian’s voice in Prime S3.
@@crazyfutureradioScott’s my favorite too, but I wouldn’t go THAT far with what you’re saying about Idris Elba. I agree with you on thinking that he’s overhyped, but I still think his performance is fantastic, his voice suits Movie Knuckles really well, and his delivery is great. I find him overhyped because like with Keanu as Shadow, once we heard a line from him in the trailer, everyone went crazy over him and they started to completely forget how great Scott was. I still respect your opinion though.
@@JustAnAverageSonicFan Oh, I didn't know that people were dissing about David that way. Now that you've mentioned it, that sucks.
Because if you managed to isolate his voice lines from the music, David already sounds good even in SA2.
I'm pointing this out because there are other youtubers that posted comparison videos (not this one though) like this without isolating the VAs voices. Meaning you can't properly hear David's voice acting over the admittedly loud music. Perhaps this was the same with Scott?
Anyway, I agree the uploader should've used the best performance of each VA so we can have a fairer comparison
David Humphrey, Jason Griffith, and Ian Hanlin are my personal favorites ! I’m a fan of a more solemn and reserved shadow than the gravely one thornton does…so I’m glad keanu is adding that back into shadow!
Keanu Reeves
Movies
1. Shadow The Hedgehog - Sonic The Hedgehog 3 2024
2. Neo Anderson, Thomas Anderson - The Matrix 1, 2 Reloaded, 3 Revolution, 4 Resurrections 1999 - 2003 - 2021
3. Sage - The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run 2020
4. Duke Caboom - Toy Story 4 2019
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5. Johnny Silverhand - Cyberpunk 2077 2020
1. Jason Griffith
2. Kirk Thornton
3. Keanu Reeves
4.David Humphrey
5. Ian Hanlin
You forgot Ryan Drummond, who voices all of Shadow's lines during the final boss battle of Sonic Adventure 2 due to David Humphrey being unavailable at the time of recording.
i think he did like half of shadow's during the final hazard
They are all amazing
Ichimaru as Shadow 🔥
1. Jason Griffith
2. Keanu Reeves
3. Ian Hanlin
1: Jason Griffith
2: Keanu Reeves
3: Kirk Thornton
4: Koji Yusa
5: Ian Hanlin
6: David Humphrey
Come on, man, David Humphrey should be ranked higher. He is the best one. And how are you ranking Kirk higher than before???
@TheTrollingPokémon247 it’s his opinion. let him do what he wants.
@@glowisbored shut up
@@glowisbored like your the person to be talking and telling somebody what do
Also David was the first shadow voice how dare you put him at the bottom and you put Kirk and koji yusa before the first ever shadow voice aboustely horrible opinion
1. David Humphry [he started shadows voice and everyone but canadain/Prime Shadow and Keanu Shadow have been doing an impression or take on that]
2A. Jason Griffith [he had more time with Shadow and how you think of him]
2B. Keanu Reeves [its JOhn Wick the Hedghog]
2C. Ian Hanlan [he's canadain Shadow and He works and fits.]
1: Jason Griffith
2: David Humphrey
3: Keanu Reeves
4: Kirk Thornton
5: Ian Hanlin
That is my list
0:09 Koji Yusa
1:09 Jason Griffith (Cilan)
1:40 Kirk Thornton (Orbot)
2:24 Keanu Reeves (Bill And Ted)
Jason's always been my favourite Shadow VA, he makes Shadow sound mysterious but vulnerable too. Some VAs just go full edgelord and that's not who Shadow is supposed to be imo.
Uh, actually he doesn’t really make Shadow sound vulnerable, but David in SA2 does (which fits for SA2.) Jason brings out the acquired stoic and tough side of Shadow’s character in Shadow, 06, and Black Knight. By no means am I saying that Jason is bad, but he doesn’t make Shadow sound vulnerable, lol.
Kirk, however, makes him sound like a pure edgelord, which doesn’t fit him.
Koji Yusa, Jason Griffith and Kirk Thorton
I love Koji Yusa so much ❤. Legendary voice actor and singer. His song Shampoo Dream is amazing. I feel like him and the other Japanese voice actors don't get enough respect in the Sonic community.
Jason & Keanu definitely are shadow fitting
Jason Griffin will always be my faveorite for sonic and shadows voice
1: Koji Yusa / Jason Griffith / Ian Hanlin / Keanu Reeves / David Humphrey
2: Kirk Thornton
Do you mind extending your ranking to 6 places? Also I think David should go into the 1st place along with Koji, Jason, Ian, and Keanu since he gave Shadow more emotion. The video here uses SA2 voice clips which everyone seems to complain about since Shadow didn’t sound too dark there, but Humphrey got better in Heroes and sounded darker. Listen to some of his voice clips from Sonic Heroes, he sounds better. Not trying to disrespect your opinion but you should take that into consideration.
MY MAN KEANU ❤❤❤❤
shadow is my favorite character in the sonic franchise, because i love sonic
Koji Yusa, Ian Hanlin, David Humphrey, and Keanu Reeves.
My top 3 picks
1. Jason Griffith
2. Keanu Reeves
3. David Humphrey
"You remind me of me. Fifty years back. Minus the charisma. And the impressive 🐓😎"
I love how Keanu Reeves only has 3 lines in the Sonic 3 trailer, and people are already saying he's one of the best to voice Shadow 😂
But seriously, A+ casting right there.
Bro frrrr😭😭
It’s what makes me wonder if they’re just trying to make everyone get to really feel Shadow’s presence for the first time in the movie in theaters. OR on the flip side they think he shouldn’t talk a lot so he doesn’t even have many lines throughout.
I was introduced to Shadow the hedgehog voice with the ps2 game where he was voiced by Jason Griffith. It's the most iconic voice in my opinion
My personal voice actor ranking for Shadow:
1- Jason Griffith
2- Kirk Thorton (has been improving in recent years)
3- Ian Hanlin
4- Keanue Reeves
5- Koji Yusa
6- David Humphrey (I still like him)
No one will top Jason... because we grew up in our lives. Keeves will be 2nd.
David Humphrey (specifically in Heroes) and Kirk Thornton
They made a perfect choice casting Keanu as the voice of Shadow. I'm fucking hyped!
Duke Caboom (Toy Story 4)
Batman (DC Super-pets)
Shadow the Hedgehog (Sonic the Hedgehog 3 movie)
But soon as B (BRZRKR: TV Series - Anime), Keanu Reeves will be doing the voice acting for the comic book series. But for the live action movie too. Both for Netflix!! ❤
Oh right, my two favorite doctors make up his JP voice, huh.. He's quite soothing to listen to.
David Humphrey and Jason Griffith
Kōji, David and Jason, that is the top 3. And while Kirk does sound to have gotten a bit better, with Shadow Generations, I still think his voice is a little too harsh, when compared to the smoother quality of the other 3 game voice actors.
Ian Hanlin has my vote for the best. He has the perfect blend of confidence, arrogance and emotional intelligence.
Jason Griffith is not only the best, is my childhood too👍
David Humphrey the #1. I hope Keanu delivers in key moments. The trailer has already got me thinking he’ll nail it.
Jason Griffith is simply perfect
Keanu’s voice is pretty spot-on in my opinion.
Deep enough to be menacing, but not overpowering. It helps that Shadow’s not a very emotional character, he’s mostly monotone 70% of the time. I think he’ll do great.
What the hell are you talking about, Shadow IS an emotional character, do you know anything about Shadow’s backstory from SA2? I mean sure, he had a lot of character development and left his past behind him after StH and became more stoic and less emotional by 06, but if you say he has no emotions at all, you’re bugging out and clearly know nothing about the character’s motivations.
Ngl, Ryan Drummond is my favorite shadow VA.
Jason Griffith is just so good.
Hear me out if Kirk Thornton just did the voice he used for Jin in “Samurai Champloo” he’d be liked wayy more!
Hopefully in Shadow generations we see more OOMPH put into his performance 👌
I was shocked to see this was only from 50mins ago haha
Jason Griffith, David Humphrey, and Kirk Thornton. As Modern Shadow.
Movie Shadow Keanu Reeves.
1. David Humprey
2. Kirk Thornton
3. Ian Hanlin
4. Keanu Reeves
No disrespect to Jason Griffith, but I think Sonic fits the role better for Griffith.
Ryan Drummond did some of Shadow's lines in SA 2
If Butch The Bulldog can talk in all the Mickey Mouse shows, should he sound like Scooby-Doo?
Here's hoping Ian sticks around somehow.
I found a new respect for Kirk after watching samurai champloo… Kirk sounds like Jason at times when doing Jin’s voice
If kirk just did Jin’s voice for shadow I think more people would like him
Korean voice actor Jaeheon Jeong also did a great job playing Shadow, so listen to him.
Jason griffith and Keanu Reeves
Jason Griffith was my favorite voice of shadow the hedgehog
Out of all of these my favorite is Ian hanlin (TV wise)
1. Koji Yusa and Jason Griffith (Tie)
2. Ian Hanlin
3. David Humphrey
4. Keanu Reeves
5. Kirk Thornton
David is first, Jason a close second…everyone else doesn’t really seem to fit shadow for me
1) Koji Yusa
2) Jason Griffith
3) Krik Thornton
4) Keanu Reeves
5) David Humphrey
6) Ian Hanlin
Personally I’d swap David and Ian
@@Adia7856*Kirk and Ian.
@@TheTrollingPokémon247 no David(the worst Shadow) & Ian
My top 3 are:
Ian Hanlin
Jason Griffith
Keanu Reeves
Wish Jason Spisak was amoung them! Nailed razor without sweat, shadow serve like pie!
Happy Birthday Keanu Reeves. UR awesome legend, man. Me and my older and younger brothers, we love The Matrix 1, 2 Reloaded & 3 Revolution. We were only little. Seriously, The Matrix is badass and super awesome. The Matrix 4 Resurrections is also totally badass. I still can't believe, he's not the one anymore. The savior. It was over, when he died. And yet, he and Trinity were still alive. Well, that's good. The Matrix have changed! I can't believe it. Hardcore movies, man! We seen Toy Story 4. Its was great. Disney movies r awesome. Watched all 4 of them. 1995, no. I was born that year. The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge On the Run is amazing movie...! We love SpongeBob SquarePants. The show were hilarious and awesome. SpongeBob was my childhood. I got plenty. Oh, my older brother played Cyberpunk 2077. Yeah. The Matrix is a cyberpunk movie. The game was seriously hardcore, I even watched the anime, since 2022... ...awesome anime, it reminds me of "Guilty Crown," "Elfen Lied," and "Darling in the Franxx." Its different and similar. And I can't wait to see Sonic The Hedgehog 3. Me and my brothers, we're gonna see it, part 1 & 2 were good movies. My younger brother, we seen Sonic X, a long time ago on, 4kids.tv. Good memories in my life. Anyway: Full respect and support u Keanu!!! Can't to see it. Love u man. May the Peace be with u Shadow The Hedgehog, Sage and Johnny Silverhand. From Harlingen Texas. September 2, 1964
September 2, 2024 through September 2, 3024
Weird hearing him without Sonic interrupting him.
Keanu sounds SO CLOSE to Jason. If they remade Shadow the Hedgehog (extremley wishful thinking) he'd be an excellently expensive choice.
So apparently Ryan Drummond voiced Shadow at the end of SA2
I loooooveeee Ian Hanlin as shadow 🥹🥹
Jason Griffith
I’m sorry, but Jason just gets me emotional
That was my Shadow.
Sonic X’s Shadow is everything to me
David is technically my Shadow too, since I started my Shadow journey in Heroes and Battle
I’m excited for Keanu but it’s Jason Griffith for me
From the thumbnail I really thought Kirk Thornton was Nicholas Cage. Could you imagine?
I love all the Shadow voices.
Koji Yusa and David always come 1st place since they are my original Shadow favourite voice during 2001 days. 2nd place will be Kirk and Ian. 3rd place will be Jason and Keanu. 😎⚫🦔🔴
jason, kirk, and keanu
David alll the way, then koji & keanu - for me
Jason Grifith is best Shadow, I can't wait to hear Keanu's performance
1. Jason Griffith - Understands the character of Shadow, and was a perfect evolution of Humphrey's.
2. David Humphrey - Created the character we know now, but just a bit too soft spoken to be perfect.
3. Koji Yusa - Really good, admittedly brought down partly because I'm not a japanese speaker. Even still, there's a reason he's always voiced him.
4. Keanu Reeves - Very good, but might be too gravely and dark sounding in the wrong ways.
5. Kirk Thornton - Still good, but sounds too Metal Gear-esque, even for Shadow.
6. Ian Hamlin - I just don't find it 'Shadow-y' really at all, other than just a deep voice.
1. Koji Yusa
2. David Humprey
3. Jason Griffith
4. Ian Hanlin
1. Jason Griffith
2. David Humphrey
3. Ian Hanlin
4. Keanu Reeves (might be higher up after hearing it more)
that’s why his beta name was tarios which means reflection of reflecting Sonic’s attitude and wits onto A different personality
1.) Jason Griffith
2.) David Humphrey
3.) Kirk Thornton
Jason Griffith is the GOAT
I’m gonna say it.
Ian is my favorite.