''Adventures in Voice Acting'' is a 2008 documentary DVD produced by

Bang Zoom! Entertainment Bang Zoom! Entertainment is an audio post-production studio with its headquarters in Burbank, California, in Greater Los Angeles. It has worked on anime, video games, television series, feature films, and original animation projects. Their work ...

, featuring interviews from actors and crew members on the craft of voice acting. It was initially released as a set of DVDs, and has since been adapted into workshops and classes around the U.S.

Summary

''Adventures in Voice Acting'' contains interviews up to 100

voice actor Voice acting is the art of performing voice-overs to present a character or provide information to an audience. Performers are called voice actors/actresses, voice artists, dubbing artists, voice talent, voice-over artists, or voice-over talen ...

s, producers, and casting directors that are in

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dubs and

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s. The DVD was released on July 3, 2008, after first of three volumes were released at

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. It took three years to complete, from concept to release, and was created by Bang Zoom to answer many questions they received from people wanted to know how to become a voice actor. Each episode is introduced by the animated character Mr. Mic, which was designed specifically for the documentary.

Featured voice actors

Voice actors interviewed in this DVD are: Voice actors featured in sample clips, except: *

Todd Haberkorn Todd Haberkorn is an American voice actor and director, who has dubbed in anime, films, and video games. Career While Haberkorn was working in theater, he joined Funimation as a voice actor, with minor roles in ''One Piece'', ''Black Cat'', a ...

as Kimihiro Watanuki in '' xxxHOLiC'' *

Keith Ferguson Keith Ferguson may refer to: *Keith Ferguson (voice actor) (born 1972), American voice actor *Keith Ferguson (American football) (born 1959), former American football defensive end *Keith Ferguson (musician) Keith Ferguson (July 23, 1946 – Apr ...

as Bloo in ''

Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends ''Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends'' (also known as ''Foster's Home'', or simply ''Foster's'' for short) is an American animated television series created by Craig McCracken for Cartoon Network. It was produced by Cartoon Network Studios as ...

'' *

Phil LaMarr Phillip LaMarr (born January 24, 1967) is an American actor, comedian and screenwriter. LaMarr was one of the original featured cast members on the sketch comedy television series '' Mad TV''. His voice acting roles in animated series include J ...

as Wilt in ''

Casting directors and producers

Producers and casting directors interviewed are: * Sean Akins * Jason DeMarco *

Jack Fletcher Jack Fletcher is an American voice actor, casting director, writer and voice director. He has done voice acting and directing for anime and video games. He has been the English voice director for the ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' series, starting wi ...

* Norman J. Grossfeld * Sean Molyneaux * John O'Donnell * Kaeko Sakamoto *

Kevin Seymour Kevin Seymour (December 25, 1958 – February 6, 2014) was an American ADR director/writer and voice actor, known for his work on numerous English-language anime dubs. Seymour was the founder of U.S. Renditions and Animaze, and worked on the ...

Workshops

Since the release of the video documentary, Bang Zoom has provided multi-day workshops for prospective voice actors. They are taught by some of the industry veterans such as

Tony Oliver Tony Oliver is an American voice actor best known for voicing Rick Hunter from '' Robotech'', Lancer from ''Fate/stay night'', and Arsène Lupin III from '' Lupin the Third''. He helped produce the live action shows '' Mighty Morphin Power Ran ...

Crispin Freeman Crispin Freeman is an American voice actor, voice director, and screenwriter who is best known for voicing characters in English-language dubs of Japanese anime, animation, and video games. Some of his prominent anime roles include Zelgadis Grayw ...

, Ruth Lambert, and

Lex Lang Lex Lang (born November 12, 1965) is an American voice actor and voice director, who has provided voices and served as a director for a number of animations and video games. He is best known for voicing Doctor Neo Cortex in the '' Crash Bandic ...

, and some have been taught at various locales around the United States. Some of Bang Zoom's current voice actors / members have been participants in the program, including:

Marianne Miller Marin M. Miller (formerly Marianne Miller) is an American voice actor, notable for their roles in anime, animation projects and video games. They voiced Yūno Scrya in ''Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha'' and Kyosuke Kamijo in '' Puella Magi Madoka ...

Lauren Landa Lauren Anne Landa (born June 9, 1988) is an American voice actress who has worked on English dubs for Japanese anime and video games. Career Landa's most known roles are Litchi Faye-Ling in the ''BlazBlue'' fighting video game series and Leia ...

, and

Cristina Vee Cristina Danielle Valenzuela (born July 11, 1987), known by her stage name Cristina Vee, is an American voice actress and voice director. She provides voices for English dubs of anime, animation, and video games. Vee's roles in anime include ...

References

External links

Adventures in Voice Acting

Adventures in Voice Acting - Volume One Review
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Adventures In Voice Acting Documentary films about the media Direct-to-video documentary films Voice acting 2000s English-language films