Mark as a voice-actor

[oscardjarjeyes]

Sorry for the late reply, I had wonky internet and also changed my HD. I forgot to save all my passwords off Firefox before changing HDs, silly me. XP

It's cool that you're somewhat into anime too! I stand corrected then (thanks for the heads-up ). Normally, it's hard for me to find someone who's into both live-action TV shows and anime all at the same time. I'm pretty hardcore into both, see. XD;

You should get into Gundam Wing. It is very good as a series, and I think it's a shame most fans of other Gundam series tend to discriminate against it because it was one of the first to have pretty boys as male leads. :S I'm excited to know what you think of the show.

Also, I think it's cool that one of the more "senior" members used to have a list of Mark's voice work. I hope you guys can find it, so we can update it and put it up online again.

Thanks!

[jeantre16]

Oscardjareyes, Vigilanti is a Mark fan and has written several Gundam Wings stories. Vig is a member here on this forum and has some Young Blades fics too. I know when Vigilanti sees this, there'll be a response.

[kristanci]

I remember seeing Fatal Fury many years ago. A friend let me borrow a dubbed copy, and I will say this now, I am usually not a fan of dubbed anime. The majority of the time I prefer the original Japanese language for audio option, but Fatal Fury and Gundam Wing are amongst the few animes that I will watch and actually enjoy listening to dubbed. Another series is Slayers that I love dubbed, but that will be for another discussion.

There was quite a gap when I saw FF and GW, and it didn't exactly click with me when I heard Mark's voice. Terry Bogard (Mark's character in FF) is more on the friendly, passionate side with a nice sense of humor. Heero Yuy (the character he voices in GW) is more stoic. His voice is set in a monotone level. Heero Yuy is supposed to be the "perfect soldier", and a tool used for war, so there is little time or ability to feel any type of emotion.

So it wasn't until I watched the two animes close together that it finally dawned on me that it was the same voice actor.

I don't know if anyone has seen Ronin Warriors aka Samurai Troopers. Mark hasn't done any voice acting in that series, but I believe he would have made an excellent Rowen (Touma) or maybe even Cye (Shin). Since they opted to use the same actor for both Sage and Cye, but Cye had an English accent, I believe. I think Mark would have done a great job. Great all this talk makes me want to have an anime marathon...

[hedanicree]

FYI - Scifi has picked up Mobile Suit Gundam Wing for Anime Mondays. I double checked the online schedule and it looks like at least season one is set on their line up. Anime Mondays runs 11 p.m. to 1 a.m. (Eastern and Pacific) every Monday. Mobile Suit is running for the first hour of the block.

Dani