@@xenogen372 In addition to that, its also the reason why the entire Japanese cast for Final Fantasy VII was left untouched for the remake. Japanese seiyuu's are essentially seen as celebrities. They're just as big as film/live action actors. If they were replaced for no reason (that wasn't from the actor passing away, retiring, OR the original VA getting involved in controversy), it would be viewed as incredibly disrespectful.
@@smart.but.stupid yeah Junichi is the most consistent sonic VA. I usually just change the VA to Japanese since I don't like the constant switching we have in the US version
@@cole_man.exe_2002 Simply extraordinary! I wish that SEGA didn't continually shuffle the cast. We almost didn't get to keep Mike as Eggman after they replaced everyone with the studiopolis cast.
Sonic's Japanese voice is adorably lovable, and yet it suits his personality so well. Makes me very appreciative that _Sonic_ games usually give you the option to choose between languages for both the spoken dialogue and subtitles.
Can't imagine what it's like to have Sonic's voice be the same since Adventure. In America, the different voices have defined distinct eras of Sonic so much that they feel like different characters. It's surreal to me that in Japan, the Sonic from Lost World or Heroes or Black Knight are all practically the same.
Not only Sonic's voice tbh, most of the japanese VAs are very consent in Sonic games. Most of them were voicing their characters since their debut games.
@@smart.but.stupid Japanese VAs are quite known for consistently reprising their roles for decades. The only times when they get replaced are because of: 1) Conflicting schedules 2) Getting mixed into criminal activity 3) Retiring 4) Passing away
Yeah japan takes VA's pretty seriously. Until a voice actor dies or does something really bad, they become a character for as long as something is linked. What that means is that some stuff might end up years apart so they might change VA's to acomodate a new run time, like JoJo OVA from back then VS JoJo anime series.
Fun fact; Sonic has two different voice actors in Unleashed. Jun’ichi does Day Sonic, and I cannot recall who does the night Werehog off the top of my head.
The way he says “ heroes” sounds kinda british. With an American/Canadian accent, the “o” at the end of “heroes” would be pronounced like the o in “nobody”, while here he emphasizes the o more, pronouncing the “o” as in “row” as with a British/Australian accent. He did a great job with it!
Honestly this is just a testament to how good Kanemaru Jun'ichi's English is, which makes sense considering he also works as an English teacher in addition to being a voice actor. Despite the noticeable accent still, most of the English here is very well-pronounced, and he manages to emote very well even in English. Just listen to that "Tails, no!" and hear the real emotion in his voice.
Fun fact: Junichi is a fluent English speaker and was a high school english teacher before getting the role of Sonic. Its why his "engrish" isnt really all that bad. Most of it is just due to his accent
Awesome job on the compilation! The only pieces of Engrish you missed was from the Japanese dub of Sonic Advance 3 on the GBA. They're small but i thought it was worth pointing out. Junichi Kanemaru is a boss as Sonic! 😎💙
I find it interesting to see Japanese Sonic go from speaking Engrish to proper English But then again, his actor became an English teacher, so he probably became fluent in English because of Sonic
Here’s a small detail that some may not notice: as Sonic became more mainstream in America, the US team actually started handling the scripts and those were translated into Japanese, instead of the other way around. This becomes apparent as the lip sync for characters starts to match more with the US voices, as opposed to syncing better with Japanese voice lines as they did before.
A part of me wishes this was his English voice and these were literally all of his lines. Like he doesn't usually talk, but he knows a few words and has a pretty heavy accent.
I love Jun'ichi Kanemaru’s sonic he is so good as him, like to me he’s basically the “real sonic” since his performance has been consistent from day one while Jason griffin is the “real english sonic” because his sonic matches the same energy as Jun'ichi’s sonic
I've noticed that sometimes Japanese accented English tends to sound like a cockney accent, for example the opening theme to the anime Turn A Gundam has the exact same thing with its narrator. You could swear it's legit a guy with a cockney accent but no, it's just a bilingual Japanese guy
@@KYRA_RISING that's what pisses me off, I was excited to hear we were gonna get a new VA, the possibilities were endless and then he comes back, it was stupid.
Reminds me of when I played New super Mario Bros for the DS. Mario drops Bowser in lava, and then Bowser's SKELETON OF A CORPSE BOBS in the LAVA, to which Mario responded. "That's-a so Nice!" Without missing a beat. Been traumatized ever since
English voice: changes every time Sega sneezes
Japanese voice: the exact same since 1998.
It’s like that all the time. The only time Japanese switches voices is when the original voice actor dies.
@@Jetanium or retires.
I wish it was like that here, The Heroes Cast was my favorite... minus Tails
It's always like that. To Japan, the voice actor IS the character. It's the reason why Goku's VA is still the same
@@xenogen372 In addition to that, its also the reason why the entire Japanese cast for Final Fantasy VII was left untouched for the remake.
Japanese seiyuu's are essentially seen as celebrities. They're just as big as film/live action actors. If they were replaced for no reason (that wasn't from the actor passing away, retiring, OR the original VA getting involved in controversy), it would be viewed as incredibly disrespectful.
I can see why the Japanese community were upset that movie sonic was voiced by a different Japanese actor
Also Junichi has been voicing Sonic for AGES. Americans, on the other hand, are more used to Sonic changing voices lmao
@@smart.but.stupid yeah Junichi is the most consistent sonic VA. I usually just change the VA to Japanese since I don't like the constant switching we have in the US version
@@smart.but.stupid my favourite voice actor of sonic was the guy from sonic heroes
@@kapoiosagnwstosxexe Ryan Drummond also voiced him in the Adventure games.
@@spartanq7781 oh really? I didn't know that
I like how his English consistently improves every game
Think he was an English teacher before
@@dr1ndrin Still is I think.
But at the same time, his voice does not change.
@@cole_man.exe_2002 Agreed!
Not really
0:37 It's funny, when he suddenly breaks out in a British accent on "heroes".
more of Australian accent
Noo not the bri*ish sonic 🤢🤢😭😭
herows
My favorite one.
Bro turned into OVA Sonic
I love how he instantly turns into Jason Griffith whenever he says "Smile"
That was definitely the intention lol
Wtf 😂😂😂
This clearly means they were meant to both be the Sonic voice actors for English and Japanese respectively 👏🏿
@@Temzy xD
It's better tbh
The "thank you knuckles" at 0:33 gives me life
Me: 0:34
𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐊𝐧𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐞𝐬.
“thank u knuckles 👍”
knuckles: *astonished*
*_oh...no?_*
Jp Knuckles : “Wtf did you call me?”
Sonic says:
Okay= 26
Wait= 19
Hey= 15
Alright= 9
No= 9
Yo= 6
Thank you= 6
sonic= the master of OKAY
Smile: 4
@@donniesquid4935 Ness: EXCUSE ME!?
Brawl Master Joel uuuhhhhh
@@donniesquid4935 Ness' down taunt in smash bros
Sonic saying "smile" sounds like a threat for some reason
IT DOES AKSHCHCH
Smile OR ELSE 😤
omygosh it does 😭
SMILE~ 🙂 (YOURE RIGHT LMAO 😭)
Reminds me of "BOUNCEPAD!"
Jun'ichi Kanemaru voiced Sonic The Hedgehog for 22 years since Sonic Adventure in 1998.
And his voice somehow does not change at all.
@@cole_man.exe_2002 Exactly.
Which is longer than literally all of sonic’s English voice actors
@@cole_man.exe_2002 Simply extraordinary! I wish that SEGA didn't continually shuffle the cast. We almost didn't get to keep Mike as Eggman after they replaced everyone with the studiopolis cast.
*1999
Sonic's Japanese voice is adorably lovable, and yet it suits his personality so well.
Makes me very appreciative that _Sonic_ games usually give you the option to choose between languages for both the spoken dialogue and subtitles.
Why did you use Italian talk?
@@colinbeamer5133 what?
@@colinbeamer5133 Nani?
They really want to establish Sonic as an American character.
1:23 no reaction is probably the best one
Light work, no reaction 🗿
i love how at 1:43 it just cuts to a distant "NOOOOOOOOO"
and a "nOOOOOOOOOoo" at 1:47
It reminds me of the scene of them in the rocket going to the ark in adventure 2
Sonic getting kids interested into learning gratuitous English is actually smart tbh.
Maybe he's like the Dora the Explorer of Japan?
@@JMarcosArt ironic enough, Jun'ichi Kanemaru, the Japanese VA of Sonic, also dubs the fox guy
@@zepic3895 Cool
@@zepic3895 He's a teacher too, so go figure.
@@nanofate8662 even more ironically, he’s an ENGLISH teacher..so that’s interesting
Fun fact: Junichi Kanemaru, the Japanese va for sonic, taught at an English conversational school
Never learn a foreign language from a school ever. It is the worst way to learn.
Don’t know how he managed to do that since his pronunciation is very questionable
@@misaeltoral508 Believe me, this is fluent english for japanese standards.
@@PinkBunnyCorporation nah I want to speak like sondic
@@PinkBunnyCorporation Agreed
It's good to know that Sonic paid attention in english class
His seiyuu actually _is_ an English teacher, iirc
Sometimes in professional work it's better to talk in engrish because the average Japanese won't learn english enough to understand fluent english.
lmao he *taught* the class
@@brojoe44 ないす
Engrish curassu
0:54 "Fuck you, Silver." Japanese Sonic is adorable, even when he's giving someone the business.
Pff, I think it’s thank you, not fuck you.
😂😂
@Luigi I got the joke, hence the “pff” it was just that I was adding on incase someone else was confused.
Reminds me of dragon ball z cha la opening, sounds like Fuck you instead of sparking
I cant breath
Most of it is *O K A Y* .
Sonic is ness confirmed.
Terry bogard too
Lol
when he's not spamming pk fire
@@toastybick You’ve probably not seen anything about earthbound except for smash bros, have you?
@@coolgamingd18 In their defense, (MOTHER) earthbound is hard to come by
Can't imagine what it's like to have Sonic's voice be the same since Adventure.
In America, the different voices have defined distinct eras of Sonic so much that they feel like different characters. It's surreal to me that in Japan, the Sonic from Lost World or Heroes or Black Knight are all practically the same.
Not only Sonic's voice tbh, most of the japanese VAs are very consent in Sonic games. Most of them were voicing their characters since their debut games.
@@smart.but.stupid Japanese VAs are quite known for consistently reprising their roles for decades. The only times when they get replaced are because of:
1) Conflicting schedules
2) Getting mixed into criminal activity
3) Retiring
4) Passing away
The Japanese dialogue for the games is also different and they're more consistent with the Japanese Sonic lore and characterization.
The “No reaction” was adorable!
UWUWUWUWUWUWUWUUWUWU
True UwU
( 1:23 )
I read it just as he said it
God damn furries with their uwu's
Consistancy in a Sonic voice actor?! Damb dude, Japan has it all.
Japan tends to be more loyal to their VAs because they know the performers kinda make the character, if you get what I mean.
Yeah japan takes VA's pretty seriously. Until a voice actor dies or does something really bad, they become a character for as long as something is linked. What that means is that some stuff might end up years apart so they might change VA's to acomodate a new run time, like JoJo OVA from back then VS JoJo anime series.
I mean, this coming from a country who has their company logos still going from their 50s and 70s.
@@MarceloOmegaAGDM or retires
HE SOUNDS SO CUTE PLEASSSEEEEEEE, THE FACT THAT THE VOICE ACTOR DOESN'T CHANGE THAT MUCH ALSO
2:38 Sonic talking to himself
lol
Sonic has schizophrenia
XD
He just called himself Shadow and Silver. This man is either color blind or needs a therapist
he said to himself that he has a nice figure
1:47 Flying text is "Goodbye cruel world:c"
rip chili dog
Pffff
0:17 D A M N I T
at least that’s what i heard
Where's that damn fourth chaos emerald
You should hear when he said shit in sonic x
I remember that
0:13 I swear I hear him say “shit”
@@lewisstrongofficial me too
Am I the only one who think that his accent is adorable as hell?
nope, i think so too
@@midnayomatsu9897
Yay :D
No. Obviously not. You’re never the only one.
@@yowatchie
that's a good thing.
no
Fun fact; Sonic has two different voice actors in Unleashed. Jun’ichi does Day Sonic, and I cannot recall who does the night Werehog off the top of my head.
Tomokazu Seki does werehog, says in the description
interesting
Werehog Sonic's hand is burning red! It's loud roar tells him to grasp victory! 🔥
@@JMarcosArt ERUPTING HARD CLAW
Wtf Werehog is voiced by Daru’s VA from Steins;Gate!?!? 😱 my mind is blown
0:17)
Japanese Sonic: Saying, "Damn," in a Sonic game before Shadow made it cool
He also said “Shit” in Sonic X
Japanese voice IS literaly adorable
I love the way he says “smile” for some reason.
yes
@@dxrlingsofmine HE SAYS OK ALOT AND I LOVE IT
I hope they can get the next English voice actor to channel the same energy as these lines.
Every voice in japan is adorable
1:08 sowwyyy
Also, I love his "wai-wai-wait!". So cute 💖
Japanese Sonic is the GOAT 🤘 👍
1:43 kinda sounds like Griffith lol
Yeah! Is it me, or are Sonic's falling-from-great-heights yells funny, even in Japanese? XD I shouldn't be laughing, but I find it kinda funny!
Also when he says “smile!”
0:36 C'mon, you can see that he is trying his best here
he did so well with "heroes" -
The way he says “ heroes” sounds kinda british. With an American/Canadian accent, the “o” at the end of “heroes” would be pronounced like the o in “nobody”, while here he emphasizes the o more, pronouncing the “o” as in “row” as with a British/Australian accent. He did a great job with it!
@@randomanimsI'm British and it’s definitely a British accent he pulls on "heroes"
"So...we are Sonic Heroes"
I can listen to that a million times and not get tired
@@izukumidoriyadeku9846 saaaaame
@@rubyrogers8879
yeeeeeee
@@izukumidoriyadeku9846 same
@@richardwhite3499 yeeeeeeeeel
0:37 might be the most genuine sounding english sentence i've heard so far through the video
we are sonic heroews
His voice is increasingly sounding British.
Strange, isn't it
It’s the most apparent with the sonic heroes line where not only where his voice sounded British but that sounded like perfect English too.
The “We are Sonic Heroes” clip is one of the greatest examples, the way he says “Heroes” definitely sounds British compared to the rest.
@@cookieblobberOkay…
0:38 bro turned british
Honestly this is just a testament to how good Kanemaru Jun'ichi's English is, which makes sense considering he also works as an English teacher in addition to being a voice actor. Despite the noticeable accent still, most of the English here is very well-pronounced, and he manages to emote very well even in English. Just listen to that "Tails, no!" and hear the real emotion in his voice.
Oh my god imagine you're a kid studying in Japan and you immediately recognize your english teacher as sonic the hedgehog
0:09 that was Sonic’s impression of Owen Wilson. Pretty good ngl
HE MELTS MY HEART WITH HIS ENGRISH 😭💕💕💕💕
It’s cute 😊
Lmbfao 0:18 that’s a whole lotta mouth movement for a simple “What?!”
sa1 lipsync was. something!!!
Fun fact: sonic's japanese voice actor is also an English teacher, that way he brakes out into almost perfect english from time to time.
So that's what he does for work in-between games, neat
Imagine how lucky is the kid there being teached by a Sonic VA
I think he knows Italian too.
2:32
that "WHAT?" had more personality than both english and japanese-
This is perfection and deserves more views!
That “Smile…” is just so… so… precious
Fun fact: Junichi is a fluent English speaker and was a high school english teacher before getting the role of Sonic. Its why his "engrish" isnt really all that bad. Most of it is just due to his accent
I like how it gets progressively better
his voice is too cute for him
1:43 Best Sonic's japanese "No" ever
Sonic's "Ready... Go!" in Unleashed is also there, and probably the best english spoken by Japanese Sonic
i love how every version of sonic suits with his voice, he even dubbed sonic boom and still sounds incredible !!
Awesome job on the compilation! The only pieces of Engrish you missed was from the Japanese dub of Sonic Advance 3 on the GBA. They're small but i thought it was worth pointing out. Junichi Kanemaru is a boss as Sonic! 😎💙
I never played in any of sonic advance games and didn't know about that, but thanks for pointing it out!
@@aoitsuki45 You're very welcome! Long live Junichi's Sonic! ✊💙😄
I find it interesting to see Japanese Sonic go from speaking Engrish to proper English
But then again, his actor became an English teacher, so he probably became fluent in English because of Sonic
I appreciate they bring in the same guy since ever, really helps with the continuity
Here’s a small detail that some may not notice: as Sonic became more mainstream in America, the US team actually started handling the scripts and those were translated into Japanese, instead of the other way around. This becomes apparent as the lip sync for characters starts to match more with the US voices, as opposed to syncing better with Japanese voice lines as they did before.
THIS IS HOW YOU SOUND WHEN YOU SAY NANI.
I must sound pretty good then
ok
Nah man this is *far* better than that
K then Imma start learning Japanese then
A part of me wishes this was his English voice and these were literally all of his lines. Like he doesn't usually talk, but he knows a few words and has a pretty heavy accent.
I love Jun'ichi Kanemaru’s sonic he is so good as him, like to me he’s basically the “real sonic” since his performance has been consistent from day one while Jason griffin is the “real english sonic” because his sonic matches the same energy as Jun'ichi’s sonic
Fr
This!
Jun’ichi is the perfect blend between Ryan and Jason
FACTS!
THANK YOU! Of course, no hate for Ryan or Roger =) But I agree! Junichi is THE Japanese blend of Ryan Drummond and Jason Griffith. I'm all for it!
Sonic 06 isn't a great game but DAAAAAAMN the cutscenes when japanese Sonic says smile are wholesome
"So. We are Sounic Herous."
I like your profile picture, I recognize it
He sounds like Shulk in the English versions of Xenoblade, but less aggressive.
0:37
2:31 that sounds funny xD
0:07 Me when my family says Summer break is over.
Damn so true.
69th liker
0:59 and 1:49 are the clips where he seems to sound the most like Jason Griffith.
It kind of sounds like Sonic started to develop a Cockney accent over time.
Well you do keep winning against everything.... Even in other people's games. Sonic I mean. Like in generations..."I beat you everytime!"
I've noticed that sometimes Japanese accented English tends to sound like a cockney accent, for example the opening theme to the anime Turn A Gundam has the exact same thing with its narrator. You could swear it's legit a guy with a cockney accent but no, it's just a bilingual Japanese guy
@@auralunaprettycure Which makes me wonder. What accent would it sound like for a American speaking Japanese?
Seems fine. Cockney is basically the British equivalent of an American Street accent. :3
Kanemaru-san is my favourite for voicing Sonikku. 💙 Cute and youthful. The best voice I've ever heard! 🥰
It you pause around 1:47 it there a text saying "Goodbye cruel world:c"
that poor chili dog
Rip chili dog we're gonna miss u 😭😭
:c
Even i notice that
Translate on Spanish "Adiós mundo cruel". AND THIS IS EL PRIMO VOICE LINE IN BRAWL STARS
For a really fast creature he says "wait" a lot.
Fun Fact the japanese voice actor for sonic used to be an english teacher in japan
2:31 I love how clean that “WHAT?!” Sounded
He is so adorable! I would protect him and his broken English with my life.
Not really broken English, as Jun'ichi Kanemaru actually taught students English at a high school before doing voice acting.
Imagine keeping your role as a Sonic VA for more than 5 seconds
You would be lucky
Roger’s back tho
@@KYRA_RISING that's what pisses me off, I was excited to hear we were gonna get a new VA, the possibilities were endless and then he comes back, it was stupid.
@@ralsei3157 Why
@@ralsei3157personally i don't mind him. At least we got sonic prime.
This always makes me wonder what it'd have been like to only had Ryan Drummond all this time, any issues people have with him would surely be improved
SONIC’S JAPANESE VA IS SO CUTE I LOVE THE WAY HE DAYS “okay” AND “smile” ITS ADORABLE
1:48 he sounds so disappointed lol
I really love how Japanese Sonic says "So, we are Sonic Heroes" in Engrish.
2:08 absolutely kills me every time
Just a dead corpse with sonic going :D and yelling "YES! I DID IT!"
Reminds me of when I played New super Mario Bros for the DS. Mario drops Bowser in lava, and then Bowser's SKELETON OF A CORPSE BOBS in the LAVA, to which Mario responded. "That's-a so Nice!" Without missing a beat.
Been traumatized ever since
I sorta always liked Japanese Sonic's Engrish.
It added a bit of dorkiness to his personality.
Japanese Sonic is very charming. Just soo adorable!
Hai
2:00 french fry!
No problem
Piece of cake!
Side note with how often I heard okay in this video you‘d think I was playing Ness in smash.
His voice is so cute
"Thank you Knuckles" made me laugh much harder than it should've.
0:54 - **** you, Siluvah
Silver: :|
Wow nice imagination
@@glendalima2005 thanks, you too
Poor boi
@@bountyhunter64 PFFFFFF THAT'S ALL I CAN HEAR NOW!
Sonic: 😠 ****** you Siluvah
Silver: 😡
Ness: no one can defeat me by saying more times then me OKAY
Sonic: *Challenge accepted*
At 1:12 he turns into Ness
Okey
Okey
Okey
His "I'm here" in riders sounds like a supportive friend lending you a shoulder to cry on, not like he's mocking you and about to blast you.
2:14 That "okay" sounds like a Finnish person said it. Wtf.
Can confirm
Finland people have a similar accent to Japanese. It’s funny.
tfw I'm Finnish and i thought the same - then I found your comment!
It also sounds like english USA people, and im usa born.
So.. Im not sure what you mean.
@@colinbeamer5133 No it doesn't. It's /əʊ'keɪ/ in English and /okei̯/ in Finnish according to IPA. Clear difference.
Junichi-san speaks so much english as Sonic that sometimes I forget that he's Sonic's japanese voice actor
0:38
So... err, WE'RE SONIC HEROES!
*He sounds like he's speaking English and Japanese at the same time*
✨Japanglish✨
0:16 Shadow The Hedgehog 2005
Sega America: alright guys new sonic actor!
Sega Japan: *chillin*
It's interesting how 22 years have passed and Jun'ich hasn't changed a thing in his voice.
2:33 Not sure if that's Sonic's version of "Yo, Angelo" or "Hey, baby!"
PFFFFFT-
It’s Sonic’s version of “Ohhh Mai!”
Seems that he started to get the English "r" sound down sometime during Sonic Heroes.
THANK YO NAKOS
I love the fact most of the things japanese Sonic says are just "oke" "here we go" "Sorry"
1:34 he australian
Jun'ichi Kanemaru is one of my fave jp vas. He really captures the character of Sonic.
His okays are so adorable i just wanna screech
2:21 Sonic been hanging out with Terry Bogard.
THIS VIDEO IS AMAZING
0:49
I freaking love that xD
okay, okay
The fact that the Werehog has a different voice actor and he's staying consistent with Kanemaru-san is just incredible.