Gotta go FAST to this panel to hear from Jason Griffith and Kirk Thornton, legendary Sonic and Shadow voice actors! KIRK THORNTON : VOKirk JASON GRIFFITH : real_jasongriffith
(I'm putting in time stamps for anyone that wants to come back to these moments, this took forever) 2:09 What got you into acting in the first place? 3:26 What was your very first voice recording session like for you? 7:10 Jason Do you like wearing headphones? 8:20 Jason rapping 9:28 Do you have to change your mindset when voicing anti hero characters? 14:23 How did you both get the role for Shadow? 17:24 What do you like to do when your not voice acting? 19:26 Jason Griffith voiced in Jet Blue Airlines/ What would Shadow sound like doing a promotion for it? 20:03 Kirk Thornton how do you transfer from acting to directing? 21:48 What does the Sonic franchise mean to you as? 26:55 Kirk Thornton what was your experience like voicing Yujiro Hanma from Baki Hanma? 28:10 Jason Griffith Did you have strep throat during Unleashed?/ What was it like playing the Werehog? 29:20 What was your favorite moment of voicing Shadow? 30:08 Where's that damn fourth chaos emerald?! 30:30 Jason Griffith Was Silver ever an option for you back then?/ Jason's Silver impression 31:15 Do you have any favorite piece of Sonic media that you like to engage with or enjoy outside of your voice roles? 32:20 What are the biggest stand up examples of using improv and recording? 34:25 What do you think of fan dubs online like Sonic Adventure? 35:50 Sonic and Shadow at Momocon 36:35 Jason Griffith When will Sonic drop his diss track for Shadow? 37:40 next two questions as Sonic and Shadow 39:25 Sonic and Shadow What is your favorite Sonic media? 40:00 If Shadow had to do something fun what would it be? 40:32 Jason Griffith Would you consider Shadow to be the edgiest or the coolest? 41:27 Sonic and Shadow stuck in traffic road rage 42:16 What was it like seeing your voice on screen for the first time? 43:25 Can you in a fight take on 20 duck sized horses or one horse sized duck? 44:25 How do you feel knowing that you helped the Sonic franchise get to the point of the movies being there?/ What do you think of the movies? 46:40 What multiverse collab would you think you want to see Shadow in? 47:36 What is your favorite character you ever voiced in any franchise? 48:46 Kirk's Sonic impression 48:55 Sonic and Shadow water is wet 50:00 Is there a Sonic game you want to play that you haven't played? 51:05 Do you ever get in character outside of voicing on accident or on purpose? 52:04 Jason Instagram message 52:48 Jason Griffith Sonic Unleashed/ Black Knight voice direction change 54:14 video for Jason's wife
Jason: He is the better Shadow. Kirk: There is no better Shadow. I love these two comments because they never argue about who is the better, they show respect each other one to another. (o˘◡˘o) Their bond are very strong and amazing too because these two to me always Shadow. I love how both of them says Where's that damn 4th Chaos Emerald together. xD
That's something I love about the voice actors we've had for Sonic and Shadow. They just love what they do, happily engage with fans and respect the other voice actors.
28:59 that makes so much sense😭 somehow that scream always sounded so authentic and real so now I guess we know why😂bc I can *really* hear that pain when the werehog screams.
22:43 reminds me of how people would treat Roger Craig smith at times and it’s sad and funny that that the cycle continues since there will be people who grew up with Roger’s portrayal of sonic and will dislike the new voice for him when that comes.
The Roger Craig smith slander breaks my heart because he’s a cool guy and a very talented VA and we’ve seen him be great as Sonic (specifically in the Sonic boom show) but people act like he’s everything wrong with Sonic at times, Kirk was in same boat until recently, and people treated Jason the same way but Sonic fans never appreciated him when he was around, I think the way the eng VAs are treated in general is so crappy
@@2bdaqueen268fair enough. I think Roger is really talented and fits boom sonic even better than Junichi. But thats why he doesnt fit modern sonic in my opinion. Boom and modern sonic are completely different characters. If anything, boom sonic is like modern shadow with a sugar rush. And kirk thornton similarly fits boom shadow more, boom shadow is a straight up villain, like yujiro hanma and kisame. And it has little to do with writing decisions and voice direction, though Roger did great in free riders. Its their voices. Roger’s isnt naturally smooth and Kirk gives his characters a funky accent. To me it feels a bit like christian bale as amy rose. Bale is exceptionally talented but his voice doesnt naturally fit the character imo.
53:05 this makes me a little sad to hear, i loved jason as sonic and shadow, and it seems he loved it too but then they replaced him. don't get me wrong, roger and kirk are great now but i still wish jason was their voices again.
Sonic: “Why did we take your car we could have just run there?!” Shadow: 😂 “You would have just dumped me there.” Sonic: “Lay on the horn or something!” Shadow: “I’ll just lay on you.” Sonic: 😳 “Well let’s find a parking spot at least.” Shadow: “It just got really dark real fast…” 41:34
If Roger were there, the panel would’ve been even more chaotic than it already was. 😂 A comedic triple combo, which still needs to happen to get all of them together for a panel.
@@jackiethecartoonfan2300 If Ryan was in there, David could've been here too, so we would have 3 Sonics and 3 Shadows! All the big 3 for both these characters from the 3 major eras of Sonic voice acting in the games!
Being at this panel was the most amazing thing ever. Kirk was great in SXSG and having him and Jason in the same room was really interesting and cool to see.
Jason and Kirk are the GOATS Kirk was absolutely perfect for shadow generations he locked in and Jason will always be my favorite shadow same goes for Kirk🖤💎
@@yrooxrksvi7142 Heavily disagreed, I think his voice has massively improved and it had me engaged since the Dark Beginnings series before the game came out.
@@yrooxrksvi7142 Wait a second, you're that guy who said he didn't like the final boss of SxSG that I also disagreed with on a different video's comment section. Small world.
@@DW9427 Whoop dee doo, shows how tiny this fanbase really is. And I keep disagreeing. He sounds so old and drowsy most of the time, no lines delivery that truly stood out from either Dark Beginnings or Shadow Gens. And even the angry moments felt out of nowhere and undercooked.
25:51 There I am in the white shirt with Mario on it! 34:04 That's me giving the compliments to Jason Griffith and Kirk Thornton about the games! 34:22 There I am again!
I’ve heard people say Kirk’s Shadow sounds like a smoker, but that was actually Jason’s take. 😆 “We’re here for Shadow. I mean we’re here for Sonic!” We all know why we’re here! 30:19 THEY SAID IT! The argument over water being wet was hilarious!
@@yrooxrksvi7142 Nah if Kirk used a voice performance similar to Jin from the anime Samurai Champloo, he’d be perfect since it sounds very similar to David Humphrey’s portrayal of Shadow.
It's not his call to make sadly, it's SEGA's. Jason has reprised Shadow for EmuEmi's Sonic and Tails R, along with Ryan Drummond as Sonic. If that doesn't show he'd be down to reprise the role(s)....But again, blame SEGA.
@@yrooxrksvi7142 ikik, I just mean if he ever did come back to the series one day, no matter how unlikely. Oh but trust me, as a fan of series and games they have and are currently screwing over, I will blame SEGA haha...
@@twotoned_echosdepends if Michael Yurchak is still down to reprise Jet. Cause I think 2016 was the last time he voiced Jet, and with how sporadic the character has been since 2010, he hasn’t had the chance to improve unlike the rest of the cast.
@@yrooxrksvi7142Jason also reprised his role as Sonic and Shadow in Emi's Sonic and Tails R Episode X(not 10, I mean) four months ago with Ryan at the same time.
Nice! I've been waiting for this upload since I unfortunately missed the panel when I was at MomoCon. I was able to get a photo with Jason though! He also signed my copy of Black Knight. So cool
Jason is one of my favorite VAs for Sonic and Shadow. And Kirk’s voice for Shadow has really grown on me especially in Shadow Generations. I think both VAs fit the character very well.
This was really fun to watch, both Kirk and Jason seem like really pleasant, laid back guys, and it was actually pretty rad seeing the two of them bounce off each other in this panel. As much as I miss and adore Jason and the rest of the 4kids cast, the 3rd generation cast were awesome but just struggled with really mediocre game writing and wonky voice direction, something that Frontiers and Shadow Generations have fixed and allowed them to really shine. I've enjoyed Kirk Thornton's other roles outside of Sonic (Askeladd in Vinland Saga, Surtr/Dorcas/Yen'Fay/Iago in FEH, etc), both of these guys are super talented and very underrated actors.
Kirk was amazing in SXSG as Shadow. He was also amazing as Kisame in the Naruto series. I loved the new direction for his voice in SXSG and can't wait to see what's next!
@@orangeslash1667 They said the same for Roger as Sonic, and he sounded phoned in as hell in Frontiers other than noticeably too old. At this point, it's just easier to assume that most of the Studiopolis cast is miscasted.
@@yrooxrksvi7142 Kirk isn't the only one. Roger himself admitted that the deeper voice was the director's idea. What Roger needs to do is use his Forge voice from Wolverine and the X-men. That voice would fit Sonic better. What Kirk needs to due is use his Harry Mason voice from Silent Hill Shattered Memories.
19:25 "There I am, Gary! There I am!" I'm the guy with the visor cap. Honestly, going to this panel 30 mins prior, cause I almost left Momocon, was the best decision I've ever made. So many good vibes, and I couldn't ask for more! 10/10!
2 kings I actually enjoy a lot seeing 2 or more voice actors, either from the same era or from different eras of Sonic voice acting talking so well about each other, being so kind to one another or even interacting in the same video Ryan and Jason, Jason and Kirk, I've seen so many fun interactions! It's especially nice considering how much hate (talking about hate in specific rather than preferences) a specific era can get, and that's valid for ALL of them, Adventure Era, 4Kids Era, Studiopolis Era... None of them from any of those 3 eras are safe from hate So seeing them getting along and respecting each other is actually super cool, I respect all of these wonderful VAs who made an impact on the Sonic series by voicing these wonderful characters in their eras
I think it's funny how Jason Griffith's current Shadow voice sounds more like Kirk Thorton's Shadow voice than the way he portrayed Shadow when he was actually playing him. Also the first person in the Q&A sounded like a voice actor! They kinda sounded like K.O. lol
As a kid who massively grew up on Sonic X. The Storybook Games. Unleashed. Jason Grithif has always been my favourite sonic voice. He could be high energy. He could be relaxed. He could bring real emotion to the voice while still sounding like Sonic. And I've always apreciated that aspect of the character.
This is why I really want the 4Kids company and the rest of the 4Kids voice actors back. Jason needs to come back as the voice of Sonic and Shadow he has too. Please, Sega hire Jason Griffith, Amy Palant, Lisa Ortiz and Dan Green back. Please!
I'd send in a million request letters for Jason Griffith to come back. He hasn't lost his touch and makes a million times better mature Sonic voice as well as being young!
Yeah, well. Unfortunately, I don't know if that will ever happen. Also, I still like J. Griff, but we need to expect some different characters for him to voice like Spider-Man/Peter Parker, Scarlet Spider/Ben Reilly, or Spider-Man 2099/Miguel O'Hara.
44:22 That’s me right there, Andrea!🤩 Jason Griffith is my favorite voice actor of Sonic and my favorite celebrity of all time due to how much I love Sonic! I even love him as Shadow and Jet! Oh my gosh! EEP!🤩 I originally met him that last Friday and was planning on seeing him on Sunday at the Sonic panel. Yet, my friend didn’t feel well so she couldn’t make it. I didn’t know if she or my boyfriend and I were going to come back on Monday. (We did, lol) But, I saw Jason Griffith again right before the Sonic panel so that I can give my friend a signature. I knew that he was a Full House/Scott Weigner fan like I am. I also love him as Aladdin and I met him at MoMoCon as well!🤩 He was so nice!🤩 Anyways, Jason Griffith got super excited to find out from me that Scott Weigner was there. So he literally ran over to Scott Weigner’s table only to not see him there. 😞 But, at the Sonic panel he called me out actually thanking me for letting him know that Scott Weigner was there. That moment as well as asking them that Sonic Movie question, getting their answers, and calling them awesome as well as Jason Griffith calling me awesome is such a pure dream! EEP!!!!!!!🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩 Oh and that microphone was too tall for me so I was trying to fix it up. Kirk Thornton told me to own that thing.😂😅 The microphone worked out for a while. But, at the end, it started falling apart on me so I tried to fix it yet I listened to them at the same time. I forgot it was in my hand till they both reminded me, whoops.😂😅 Thankfully, I had some help from a handler and then left. At least it gave Jason Griffith and Kirk Thornton quite a laugh. Lol EEP!!!!!🤩😂😅
I heard of your reputation on Facebook, Andrea. You didn't deserve this experience especially since you're a toxic Sonic fan who supports Brian Peck and James Marsden
Ya know, I don't think I ever saw much of Jason really, to me after his role is Unleashed and Pokemon BW, its like he disappeared off the face of the globe.
That would be cool and not just them, but some of the other characters with actors that are still alive. Tails, Amy and Knuckles too. Though I doubt that'll ever happen.
Jason is my all time favorite voice actor for Sonic and Shadow and was the one I grew up with most Kirk I wasn’t too keen about him as Shadow mostly his performance in Sonic Boom but after watching Dark Beginnings and seeing SXSG he has improved so much and he is my third favorite next to Ian who voiced shadow in Sonic prime both of them have done great job voicing this character and given their own unique personalities I hope to one day get to meet both of them someday 👍🦔🖤💙
With all due respect to Kirk, as I liked him as Saix and Gabumon, he doesn't really impresses me at all as Shadow. From Free Riders till Boom, he sounds like he was doing a drunken impression of David Humphrey. From Forces onwards, he's just doing a watered down Saix. In SxSGens he was just....bland and underwhelming, no line that really stood out, even when he's angry, he comes across as dull.
(This post is for me) Best and worst Shadow side by side 👀. Sorry Kirk and his fans, but just gotta be brutally honest. Though I'll always defend his one exceptional take in Sonic Forces (don't know why this was the ONLY time he sounded based in the game series. Free Riders was okay too, but he peaked in Forces, which should be the standard VA direction for him. Sega/Kirk, please). Wait hold up, Kirk is a voice director too? That only raises my disappointment further in his general portrayal. I just take acting and portrayals with my favorite characters seriously. Person wise though Kirk is cool. While everyone else timestamps the same thing(s), I'll add 10:25 (peak Sonic). Also, for the first time, hearing Jason talk regularly I realized can actually subtlety hear his Sonic. And it sounds good. With some very basic acting control, it sounds like he could easily pull off an aged/older/mature Sonic, like Roger has over the years (but of course better - similar matter with Kirk). Always awesome to see old VAs who actually still got it. 19:45 Peak Shadow doing a voice promotion for airline service, lol. 24:10 I mean, it's facts tho. 28:15 Wow someone actually asked him about his strep-throat when VAing Werehog. Based person. I strongly wished there were more specifically interesting questions like that asked to actors instead of "fun questions" like _whats your favorite color? where'd you go to school? what do you do on Thursdays? what's your favorite food?_ Ultra boring and pointless questions, instead of taking the special and lucky opportunity to ask intelligent questions that can clarify public misconceptions, add clarity to old/mixed topics, or give expansions to brief answers of the past. And would you look at that, Jason's answer to my question perfectly proved the exact points I just made. Okay let me digress the ranting. So Jason didn't have strep throat, just a really sore throat, and his overall answer was very satisfying to hear. Love it. 30:41 (Silv...) Jason just keeps making this panel highly entertaining. His answers throughout are too enjoyable. 36:26 Bason back at it again, like im saying. Basically did the 4th chaos emerald take but this time without Kirk's voice drowning/negating his, which he probably did that on purpose. Great! 38:05 A tall ask that even I probably wouldn't have, but this also based individual's request was honored by the actors. This was one of the best parts of this whole experiences, thanks to that fella. 40:25 Bro imitated KIRK'S Shadow, gold. Man I can't. 41:42 He doing so many voice impressions on this panel. This gotta be the peakest panel. 48:48 What in the speed of light was that Kirk 😭😆. 50:45 LMAO at that background person that said "you're too slow", somehow even funnier that he was ignored. Seems like noone caught on, even Jason the person who voiced that line originally. He probably didn't hear it that well from up there I assume. But yeah that was funnier than it should have been. 53:19 Thank god the last question was (really) based. Another top tier question. Some insight on why Jason sounded better as Sonic in Unleashed and Black Knight, and even he was self aware which was a great little add-on. Sega quite literally chose the worse timing to drop Jason as Sonic, at his literal prime. Again, even Jason knew he had a handle on Sonic then. Dammit Sega. I never imagined I'd find Jason even cooler than I already did. A perfect match/casting for that cool blue spikey hedgehog. Cmon, he's so clearly the definitive Sonic. It's definitely not even close. His coolness is unrivaled, just like 90's/2000's Sonic. I just gotta see a shared panel with Jason and Roger now. It's a must, especially with their personalities. That shit would be wild.
it's insane to see two legends voicing one of my favorite characters together in the same room. I've always like Jason's Shadow but Kirk's took me a little bit longer to like, it started sounding better in Forces and sounded REALLY GOOD in Shadow Generations. I love their origin stories to how they got the role of Shadow and I'm trying to figure out which role Kirk had which made the director ask him if he wanted to audition for Shadow. It had to be 2010 or prior due to Kirk voicing Shadow in Free Riders and Colors DS. He was actually an announcer in the original Call of Duty Black Ops so I wonder...
I like Kirk in other roles, especially Saix in KH, but honestly he just doesn't work as Shadow. People say "ohhhh He's gotten better". No, he just dropped the raspy drunken David Humphrey impression and he's just doing a worse version of Saix or Kisame. In Forces, he had some majorly cringe lines too. None of his lines in Shadow Gens really stuck, and I felt most of his performance was pretty underwhelming and flat. Same for Dark Beginnings, where the emotional outbursts felt undercooked.
@@yrooxrksvi7142 respectfully, I disagree. Jason or David would be better but I'm perfectly fine with how Kirk sounds in Shadow Generations. This is coming from someone that grew up with the 4kids cast and was upset to hear that they all got replaced in 2010 except for Mike.
@@Vantoxify Fine, but good ? Name me a line that REALLY sold him for you. Because I can't honestly think of a single line that made me say "Wow, this finally is Shadow". Too old, too monotone.
We got two Shadows in one room
First time I was tossed
And one Sonic, technically.
@@DW9427 Indeed
I’m seeing double, 4 Shadows!
Especially before GTA vi.
30:15 this was worth the wait
I HAD TO ASK THIS; AND I AGREE IT WAS WORTH THE WAIT
But..David Humphrey? He could’ve joined in, we would’ve gotten 3 Shadows in one room
We waited 20 years for this! 😂😂😂❤❤
actually pretty close. to 1 to 1 the voice
Very close. So similar
41:39 This whole part was crazy
For real 😂
48:42 Why does Kirk doing an impression of Sonic unironically sound really good and very similarly to Ryan Drummond’s Sonic? 💀😂
kinda reminded me of Jaleel's Sonic aka "that's NO GOOD"
Maybe because Ryan’s impression of Shadow sounded like a premature version of Kirk’s Shadow
Wait a minute…YOUR RIGHT
If David and Keanu was there as well 30:09this shit was break the internet down
RIGHT
49:20 water is wet argument
Thank you, goat
40:14 Kick Sonic’s Ass 🤣
!2024 Momocon’s KickAss Moment!
I wish it was in the game.
STOP MESSING WITH HIM!!!!!!!!😡😡😡😡😡
Hearing Jason’s “Silver” voice (30:40) & Kirk’s “Sonic” voice (48:47) for their quick moments surely were notable.
Wait when did Kirk do his sonic voice?
30:39 if anyone was wondering
Kirk's Sonic kinda sounds like Ryan Drummond
Lol Jasons Silver voice
48:48
Sonic X is over 20 years ago, man that hits hard
20 years!?
Kirk Thorton just came in as if he just chaos control'd into the room
(I'm putting in time stamps for anyone that wants to come back to these moments, this took forever)
2:09 What got you into acting in the first place?
3:26 What was your very first voice recording session like for you?
7:10 Jason Do you like wearing headphones?
8:20 Jason rapping
9:28 Do you have to change your mindset when voicing anti hero characters?
14:23 How did you both get the role for Shadow?
17:24 What do you like to do when your not voice acting?
19:26 Jason Griffith voiced in Jet Blue Airlines/ What would Shadow sound like doing a promotion for it?
20:03 Kirk Thornton how do you transfer from acting to directing?
21:48 What does the Sonic franchise mean to you as?
26:55 Kirk Thornton what was your experience like voicing Yujiro Hanma from Baki Hanma?
28:10 Jason Griffith Did you have strep throat during Unleashed?/ What was it like playing the Werehog?
29:20 What was your favorite moment of voicing Shadow?
30:08 Where's that damn fourth chaos emerald?!
30:30 Jason Griffith Was Silver ever an option for you back then?/ Jason's Silver impression
31:15 Do you have any favorite piece of Sonic media that you like to engage with or enjoy outside of your voice roles?
32:20 What are the biggest stand up examples of using improv and recording?
34:25 What do you think of fan dubs online like Sonic Adventure?
35:50 Sonic and Shadow at Momocon
36:35 Jason Griffith When will Sonic drop his diss track for Shadow?
37:40 next two questions as Sonic and Shadow
39:25 Sonic and Shadow What is your favorite Sonic media?
40:00 If Shadow had to do something fun what would it be?
40:32 Jason Griffith Would you consider Shadow to be the edgiest or the coolest?
41:27 Sonic and Shadow stuck in traffic road rage
42:16 What was it like seeing your voice on screen for the first time?
43:25 Can you in a fight take on 20 duck sized horses or one horse sized duck?
44:25 How do you feel knowing that you helped the Sonic franchise get to the point of the movies being there?/ What do you think of the movies?
46:40 What multiverse collab would you think you want to see Shadow in?
47:36 What is your favorite character you ever voiced in any franchise?
48:46 Kirk's Sonic impression
48:55 Sonic and Shadow water is wet
50:00 Is there a Sonic game you want to play that you haven't played?
51:05 Do you ever get in character outside of voicing on accident or on purpose?
52:04 Jason Instagram message
52:48 Jason Griffith Sonic Unleashed/ Black Knight voice direction change
54:14 video for Jason's wife
Jason: He is the better Shadow.
Kirk: There is no better Shadow.
I love these two comments because they never argue about who is the better, they show respect each other one to another. (o˘◡˘o)
Their bond are very strong and amazing too because these two to me always Shadow.
I love how both of them says Where's that damn 4th Chaos Emerald together. xD
That's something I love about the voice actors we've had for Sonic and Shadow. They just love what they do, happily engage with fans and respect the other voice actors.
@DW9427 Yea thats for sure.
I enjoyed Jason as Shadow but him as Sonic is the best one ever! Glad Jason as Sonic and Kirk as Shadow meet together. 😎👍
It's funny because when they both did the line they sounded the same. Very slight small difference but nothing majorly
Jason Griffith coming to a panel just to ask the audience to do a funny video for him is the most Jason Griffith thing ever.
28:59 that makes so much sense😭 somehow that scream always sounded so authentic and real so now I guess we know why😂bc I can *really* hear that pain when the werehog screams.
28:13 start of question. he had a 2.5 week long sore throat
29:31 Now that lots of fans played Shadow Generations, they probably already know what Kirk couldn't talk about.
I swear if it's the scene between shadow and maria before the final fight against black doom- 🥺
22:43 reminds me of how people would treat Roger Craig smith at times and it’s sad and funny that that the cycle continues since there will be people who grew up with Roger’s portrayal of sonic and will dislike the new voice for him when that comes.
The Roger Craig smith slander breaks my heart because he’s a cool guy and a very talented VA and we’ve seen him be great as Sonic (specifically in the Sonic boom show) but people act like he’s everything wrong with Sonic at times, Kirk was in same boat until recently, and people treated Jason the same way but Sonic fans never appreciated him when he was around, I think the way the eng VAs are treated in general is so crappy
@@2bdaqueen268fair enough.
I think Roger is really talented and fits boom sonic even better than Junichi. But thats why he doesnt fit modern sonic in my opinion. Boom and modern sonic are completely different characters. If anything, boom sonic is like modern shadow with a sugar rush. And kirk thornton similarly fits boom shadow more, boom shadow is a straight up villain, like yujiro hanma and kisame.
And it has little to do with writing decisions and voice direction, though Roger did great in free riders. Its their voices.
Roger’s isnt naturally smooth and Kirk gives his characters a funky accent.
To me it feels a bit like christian bale as amy rose. Bale is exceptionally talented but his voice doesnt naturally fit the character imo.
53:05 this makes me a little sad to hear, i loved jason as sonic and shadow, and it seems he loved it too but then they replaced him. don't get me wrong, roger and kirk are great now but i still wish jason was their voices again.
Sonic: “Why did we take your car we could have just run there?!”
Shadow: 😂 “You would have just dumped me there.”
Sonic: “Lay on the horn or something!”
Shadow: “I’ll just lay on you.”
Sonic: 😳 “Well let’s find a parking spot at least.”
Shadow: “It just got really dark real fast…”
41:34
@@DemetriusWilliams-oe6nr Ayeee another Demetrius lmao
@@TheShadowspear2 What’s good dude?
@@DemetriusWilliams-oe6nr Chillin lmao. I be saying that to every other Demetrius I see 😂
@ That’s cool.
The sonadow fans are gonna have fun animating that...
30:10 WHERE'S THAT DAMN 4TH CHAOS EMERALD?!
53:17 This is very interesting to hear
50:46 I WANT THIS SO BAD
So...shadow, 06, unleashed, secret rings, black knight. Unless I'm forgetting something
@@Sonicfalcon16 you're missing a bunch of spinoff stuff but i doubt he'd play literally everything between 2005-2010
@@Sonicfalcon16 Sonic Rush and Sonic Rush Adventure as well
SAME
I NEED ITTTTT
41:42 it’s so good to hear his Sonic voice😭😍😄😄
41:31 I LOVE THIS PART LMAO
Its a shame Roger isn't there! Would be cool to have 2 Sonics and 2 Shadows
If Roger were there, the panel would’ve been even more chaotic than it already was. 😂
A comedic triple combo, which still needs to happen to get all of them together for a panel.
Have Roger and Jason met yet? I’ve seen Jason with Ryan but not with Roger, at least yet
@@2bdaqueen268More than likely they’ve met a good number of times by now.
So true! And Ryan Drummond. Would been three Sonics and two Shadows.
@@jackiethecartoonfan2300 If Ryan was in there, David could've been here too, so we would have 3 Sonics and 3 Shadows! All the big 3 for both these characters from the 3 major eras of Sonic voice acting in the games!
17:35 Same Jason same!
41:31 This was absolute peak lmao
Being at this panel was the most amazing thing ever. Kirk was great in SXSG and having him and Jason in the same room was really interesting and cool to see.
Jason and Kirk are the GOATS Kirk was absolutely perfect for shadow generations he locked in and Jason will always be my favorite shadow same goes for Kirk🖤💎
Disagreed, he was too monotone and bland in SxSG
@@yrooxrksvi7142 Heavily disagreed, I think his voice has massively improved and it had me engaged since the Dark Beginnings series before the game came out.
@@yrooxrksvi7142 Wait a second, you're that guy who said he didn't like the final boss of SxSG that I also disagreed with on a different video's comment section.
Small world.
@@DW9427 Whoop dee doo, shows how tiny this fanbase really is. And I keep disagreeing. He sounds so old and drowsy most of the time, no lines delivery that truly stood out from either Dark Beginnings or Shadow Gens. And even the angry moments felt out of nowhere and undercooked.
@@yrooxrksvi7142 How cool would it be if Kirk were to use his Saito Hajime voice from Rurouni Kenshin????
Jason and Kirk are comedy gold I love them as Sonic and Shadow 😁
25:51 There I am in the white shirt with Mario on it!
34:04 That's me giving the compliments to Jason Griffith and Kirk Thornton about the games!
34:22 There I am again!
There I am Gary, there I am!
Respect for going up in a QNA just to compliment 😁
Keep up the good work of being fan man.
I’ve heard people say Kirk’s Shadow sounds like a smoker, but that was actually Jason’s take. 😆 “We’re here for Shadow. I mean we’re here for Sonic!” We all know why we’re here! 30:19 THEY SAID IT! The argument over water being wet was hilarious!
Sorry but no, especially from Free Riders to Boom, he DID sound like a smoker lol
@ I’m just noting what Jason and Kirk said. I’m not dismissing that the latter didn’t.
@@NightFuryLover31 Fair enough. Still, with all due respect, as I like him as Saix in KH, he's just not fir for Shadow.
@@yrooxrksvi7142 Nah if Kirk used a voice performance similar to Jin from the anime Samurai Champloo, he’d be perfect since it sounds very similar to David Humphrey’s portrayal of Shadow.
@@Genesis-XE How cool would it be if Kirk were to use his Saito Hajime voice from Rurouni Kenshin????
3:21 bro does NOT care bout Jason story😭
Sounds like Pollock's Eggman
The whiplash of learning that Kirk is also the voice of Gabumon. Couldn't get more opposite to Shadow than that.
Nah even the voice actors aware of the fandom 😭😭
Real talk, I hope Griffith at the very least comes back as Jet if we see a new Riders game since Sonic and Shadow are off the table.
It's not his call to make sadly, it's SEGA's. Jason has reprised Shadow for EmuEmi's Sonic and Tails R, along with Ryan Drummond as Sonic. If that doesn't show he'd be down to reprise the role(s)....But again, blame SEGA.
@@yrooxrksvi7142 ikik, I just mean if he ever did come back to the series one day, no matter how unlikely.
Oh but trust me, as a fan of series and games they have and are currently screwing over, I will blame SEGA haha...
@@twotoned_echosdepends if Michael Yurchak is still down to reprise Jet. Cause I think 2016 was the last time he voiced Jet, and with how sporadic the character has been since 2010, he hasn’t had the chance to improve unlike the rest of the cast.
@@yrooxrksvi7142Jason also reprised his role as Sonic and Shadow in Emi's Sonic and Tails R Episode X(not 10, I mean) four months ago with Ryan at the same time.
@@Sailor-Heart-of-Light Sonic too ?
Nice! I've been waiting for this upload since I unfortunately missed the panel when I was at MomoCon. I was able to get a photo with Jason though! He also signed my copy of Black Knight. So cool
That's so awesome.
wait holy s**t is that an Amy and Tails cosplay in the foreground?? that's awesome :D
Jason is one of my favorite VAs for Sonic and Shadow. And Kirk’s voice for Shadow has really grown on me especially in Shadow Generations. I think both VAs fit the character very well.
This was really fun to watch, both Kirk and Jason seem like really pleasant, laid back guys, and it was actually pretty rad seeing the two of them bounce off each other in this panel. As much as I miss and adore Jason and the rest of the 4kids cast, the 3rd generation cast were awesome but just struggled with really mediocre game writing and wonky voice direction, something that Frontiers and Shadow Generations have fixed and allowed them to really shine. I've enjoyed Kirk Thornton's other roles outside of Sonic (Askeladd in Vinland Saga, Surtr/Dorcas/Yen'Fay/Iago in FEH, etc), both of these guys are super talented and very underrated actors.
Two Shadows? The power is too much to handle!
How does Kirk naturally sound like Shadow, listening to this entire video was like a hug for my ears❤️🖤🩵
Uhhh no
Kirk was amazing in SXSG as Shadow. He was also amazing as Kisame in the Naruto series. I loved the new direction for his voice in SXSG and can't wait to see what's next!
I honestly found him, no offense to him as I like him as Saix and Jin, pretty bland and unremarkably monotone in SxSG.
@@yrooxrksvi7142 I think he's suffering from bad direction, because edgy characters is usually what Kirk is known for???
@@orangeslash1667 They said the same for Roger as Sonic, and he sounded phoned in as hell in Frontiers other than noticeably too old. At this point, it's just easier to assume that most of the Studiopolis cast is miscasted.
@@yrooxrksvi7142 Kirk isn't the only one.
Roger himself admitted that the deeper voice was the director's idea.
What Roger needs to do is use his Forge voice from Wolverine and the X-men. That voice would fit Sonic better.
What Kirk needs to due is use his Harry Mason voice from Silent Hill Shattered Memories.
@@yrooxrksvi7142L take and terrible opinion
19:25 "There I am, Gary! There I am!" I'm the guy with the visor cap.
Honestly, going to this panel 30 mins prior, cause I almost left Momocon, was the best decision I've ever made. So many good vibes, and I couldn't ask for more! 10/10!
2 kings
I actually enjoy a lot seeing 2 or more voice actors, either from the same era or from different eras of Sonic voice acting talking so well about each other, being so kind to one another or even interacting in the same video
Ryan and Jason, Jason and Kirk, I've seen so many fun interactions!
It's especially nice considering how much hate (talking about hate in specific rather than preferences) a specific era can get, and that's valid for ALL of them, Adventure Era, 4Kids Era, Studiopolis Era... None of them from any of those 3 eras are safe from hate
So seeing them getting along and respecting each other is actually super cool, I respect all of these wonderful VAs who made an impact on the Sonic series by voicing these wonderful characters in their eras
I think it's funny how Jason Griffith's current Shadow voice sounds more like Kirk Thorton's Shadow voice than the way he portrayed Shadow when he was actually playing him.
Also the first person in the Q&A sounded like a voice actor! They kinda sounded like K.O. lol
Oh god I really need J Griff to follow through on those lets plays
As a kid who massively grew up on Sonic X. The Storybook Games. Unleashed. Jason Grithif has always been my favourite sonic voice. He could be high energy. He could be relaxed. He could bring real emotion to the voice while still sounding like Sonic. And I've always apreciated that aspect of the character.
30:18 Where's that damn 4th Chaos Emerald
Everyones here like missing jason. You can hire jason for roles if you really wanted to. I did and he did great work.
How much did he charge?
@@gameboycat05 its on his profile
Jason and Kirk are incredible as Shadow!!
Well this was a collaboration I wasn't expecting
I miss Jason’s voices so much man!
Same Here. 😔
I met Jason a couple weeks ago at NYCC on the 19th.
I think I'd pay to see these guys play the games they voiced
Jason aged so well. Man…
Yeah! New video with Jason! I love it!
4:17 woah! Ain't no Kirk Thornton just said that about Wendee Lee! 😳 Chill man! Chill!
Kirk's laughter sounds like a bike skidding to a stop 😂
This is why I really want the 4Kids company and the rest of the 4Kids voice actors back. Jason needs to come back as the voice of Sonic and Shadow he has too.
Please, Sega hire Jason Griffith, Amy Palant, Lisa Ortiz and Dan Green back.
Please!
I second that! 🙏
@@Sailor-Heart-of-Light
Yes.
@@Sailor-Heart-of-Light Same. 🙏
*Looks at the title*
Eggman: SOUNDS more like the work of SHADOW!
I really want Jason Griffin to voice Sonic again so bad! Please sega give him a chance! He got the voice down so well.
You listen to the Japanese voices if you want??
I'd send in a million request letters for Jason Griffith to come back. He hasn't lost his touch and makes a million times better mature Sonic voice as well as being young!
Yeah, well. Unfortunately, I don't know if that will ever happen. Also, I still like J. Griff, but we need to expect some different characters for him to voice like Spider-Man/Peter Parker, Scarlet Spider/Ben Reilly, or Spider-Man 2099/Miguel O'Hara.
So Do I. 😊🙏🤞
41:39
Thank youuu
Two Shadows under one light
41:31 (For future refrence)
28:16 feelin' good!
I met both of them at Momocon
somebody find that jason and cousin rap album RIGHT NEOW.
29:00 I can't help but think that this was when Game Grumps played Unleashed XD
44:22
That’s me right there, Andrea!🤩
Jason Griffith is my favorite voice actor of Sonic and my favorite celebrity of all time due to how much I love Sonic!
I even love him as Shadow and Jet!
Oh my gosh! EEP!🤩
I originally met him that last Friday and was planning on seeing him on Sunday at the Sonic panel.
Yet, my friend didn’t feel well so she couldn’t make it.
I didn’t know if she or my boyfriend and I were going to come back on Monday.
(We did, lol)
But, I saw Jason Griffith again right before the Sonic panel so that I can give my friend a signature.
I knew that he was a Full House/Scott Weigner fan like I am.
I also love him as Aladdin and I met him at MoMoCon as well!🤩
He was so nice!🤩
Anyways, Jason Griffith got super excited to find out from me that Scott Weigner was there.
So he literally ran over to Scott Weigner’s table only to not see him there. 😞
But, at the Sonic panel he called me out actually thanking me for letting him know that Scott Weigner was there.
That moment as well as asking them that Sonic Movie question, getting their answers, and calling them awesome as well as Jason Griffith calling me awesome is such a pure dream! EEP!!!!!!!🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩
Oh and that microphone was too tall for me so I was trying to fix it up.
Kirk Thornton told me to own that thing.😂😅
The microphone worked out for a while.
But, at the end, it started falling apart on me so I tried to fix it yet I listened to them at the same time.
I forgot it was in my hand till they both reminded me, whoops.😂😅
Thankfully, I had some help from a handler and then left.
At least it gave Jason Griffith and Kirk Thornton quite a laugh. Lol EEP!!!!!🤩😂😅
That's such an awesome experience!!!
I heard of your reputation on Facebook, Andrea. You didn't deserve this experience especially since you're a toxic Sonic fan who supports Brian Peck and James Marsden
36:10 lol
19:45 lol as well
53:21
No wonder he sounded like that in Sonic X
Two shadows in one room… Oh the arson committing of the century is on the rise…
Where is that damn 4th chaos emerald
Ya know, I don't think I ever saw much of Jason really, to me after his role is Unleashed and Pokemon BW, its like he disappeared off the face of the globe.
40:14
How did SEGA let that slide???
Sega should give a sonic game setting to choose your voice for sonic or shadow
That would be cool and not just them, but some of the other characters with actors that are still alive. Tails, Amy and Knuckles too.
Though I doubt that'll ever happen.
2 Shadows One Panel
19:45 get on this plane n o w
Kirk’s sonic sounded good.
41:34 Yesssss
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40:14 absolute cinema
Kirk's also Orbot.
Quick, someone tell me if anyone ever asked Kirk about voicing AWACS Thunderhead in Ace Combat 5?
30:40
_"iT's No UsE!"_ 🤪
BRING THEM BACK
Kirk is also Don Patch from BoBoBo
Great time in Comic-Con
Jason The real Sonic
49:25
It’s like a Twitter Takeover question lol
Jason is my all time favorite voice actor for Sonic and Shadow and was the one I grew up with most Kirk I wasn’t too keen about him as Shadow mostly his performance in Sonic Boom but after watching Dark Beginnings and seeing SXSG he has improved so much and he is my third favorite next to Ian who voiced shadow in Sonic prime both of them have done great job voicing this character and given their own unique personalities I hope to one day get to meet both of them someday 👍🦔🖤💙
With all due respect to Kirk, as I liked him as Saix and Gabumon, he doesn't really impresses me at all as Shadow. From Free Riders till Boom, he sounds like he was doing a drunken impression of David Humphrey. From Forces onwards, he's just doing a watered down Saix. In SxSGens he was just....bland and underwhelming, no line that really stood out, even when he's angry, he comes across as dull.
Should said voices of shadow👀
4 shadows now👀
Jason Griffith é o melhor dublador do Shadow rs 😍😍😍😍😍😍🥰🥰🥰😊😊🤩🤩
I really Need To Meet Him………..😢
I think I missed this Panel to either the Suda 51 or the Studio orange panel. Will either of those be uploaded to the youtube Chanel?
(This post is for me)
Best and worst Shadow side by side 👀. Sorry Kirk and his fans, but just gotta be brutally honest. Though I'll always defend his one exceptional take in Sonic Forces (don't know why this was the ONLY time he sounded based in the game series. Free Riders was okay too, but he peaked in Forces, which should be the standard VA direction for him. Sega/Kirk, please). Wait hold up, Kirk is a voice director too? That only raises my disappointment further in his general portrayal. I just take acting and portrayals with my favorite characters seriously. Person wise though Kirk is cool.
While everyone else timestamps the same thing(s), I'll add 10:25 (peak Sonic). Also, for the first time, hearing Jason talk regularly I realized can actually subtlety hear his Sonic. And it sounds good. With some very basic acting control, it sounds like he could easily pull off an aged/older/mature Sonic, like Roger has over the years (but of course better - similar matter with Kirk). Always awesome to see old VAs who actually still got it.
19:45 Peak Shadow doing a voice promotion for airline service, lol.
24:10 I mean, it's facts tho.
28:15 Wow someone actually asked him about his strep-throat when VAing Werehog. Based person. I strongly wished there were more specifically interesting questions like that asked to actors instead of "fun questions" like _whats your favorite color? where'd you go to school? what do you do on Thursdays? what's your favorite food?_ Ultra boring and pointless questions, instead of taking the special and lucky opportunity to ask intelligent questions that can clarify public misconceptions, add clarity to old/mixed topics, or give expansions to brief answers of the past. And would you look at that, Jason's answer to my question perfectly proved the exact points I just made. Okay let me digress the ranting. So Jason didn't have strep throat, just a really sore throat, and his overall answer was very satisfying to hear. Love it.
30:41 (Silv...) Jason just keeps making this panel highly entertaining. His answers throughout are too enjoyable.
36:26 Bason back at it again, like im saying. Basically did the 4th chaos emerald take but this time without Kirk's voice drowning/negating his, which he probably did that on purpose. Great!
38:05 A tall ask that even I probably wouldn't have, but this also based individual's request was honored by the actors. This was one of the best parts of this whole experiences, thanks to that fella.
40:25 Bro imitated KIRK'S Shadow, gold. Man I can't.
41:42 He doing so many voice impressions on this panel. This gotta be the peakest panel.
48:48 What in the speed of light was that Kirk 😭😆.
50:45 LMAO at that background person that said "you're too slow", somehow even funnier that he was ignored. Seems like noone caught on, even Jason the person who voiced that line originally. He probably didn't hear it that well from up there I assume. But yeah that was funnier than it should have been.
53:19 Thank god the last question was (really) based. Another top tier question. Some insight on why Jason sounded better as Sonic in Unleashed and Black Knight, and even he was self aware which was a great little add-on. Sega quite literally chose the worse timing to drop Jason as Sonic, at his literal prime. Again, even Jason knew he had a handle on Sonic then. Dammit Sega.
I never imagined I'd find Jason even cooler than I already did. A perfect match/casting for that cool blue spikey hedgehog. Cmon, he's so clearly the definitive Sonic. It's definitely not even close. His coolness is unrivaled, just like 90's/2000's Sonic.
I just gotta see a shared panel with Jason and Roger now. It's a must, especially with their personalities. That shit would be wild.
it's insane to see two legends voicing one of my favorite characters together in the same room. I've always like Jason's Shadow but Kirk's took me a little bit longer to like, it started sounding better in Forces and sounded REALLY GOOD in Shadow Generations. I love their origin stories to how they got the role of Shadow and I'm trying to figure out which role Kirk had which made the director ask him if he wanted to audition for Shadow. It had to be 2010 or prior due to Kirk voicing Shadow in Free Riders and Colors DS. He was actually an announcer in the original Call of Duty Black Ops so I wonder...
He's voiced Orbot since 2010, so Colors. Might have something to do with that.
I like Kirk in other roles, especially Saix in KH, but honestly he just doesn't work as Shadow. People say "ohhhh He's gotten better". No, he just dropped the raspy drunken David Humphrey impression and he's just doing a worse version of Saix or Kisame. In Forces, he had some majorly cringe lines too. None of his lines in Shadow Gens really stuck, and I felt most of his performance was pretty underwhelming and flat. Same for Dark Beginnings, where the emotional outbursts felt undercooked.
@@yrooxrksvi7142 respectfully, I disagree. Jason or David would be better but I'm perfectly fine with how Kirk sounds in Shadow Generations. This is coming from someone that grew up with the 4kids cast and was upset to hear that they all got replaced in 2010 except for Mike.
@@Vantoxify Fine, but good ? Name me a line that REALLY sold him for you. Because I can't honestly think of a single line that made me say "Wow, this finally is Shadow". Too old, too monotone.
@@Vantoxify That goes double for Dark Beginnings.
I see the shadows on that room.
30:15