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Hey, how you doing guys? I'm Ray here,
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voice actor here with my man Tim. And uh
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he's got some questions for me. He wants
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me to to answer. And so I don't know if
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it's a chokeold I'm in quite, you know,
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we'll see. And I'm of course I'm I'm
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pretty good at breaking out of these
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things. So we'll find out what Tim's
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When signing autographs, what quotes or
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what quote do fans ask for the most? the
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quotes that fans ask for the most and
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and Kizeru being you know the uh the
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primary well I say one of the one of my
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primary uh uh fan favorites uh they
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usually ask for the speed is weight
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quote which I have a double uh uh two
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ways to say it. I thought I was saying
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it the wrong way for a long time and it
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wasn't. It was uh I think the uh uh the
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manga I believe says it with a question
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um and it speed is weight. Observe. Have
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you ever been kicked at the speed of
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light? And then of course you have the
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uh the the way I say it in the show,
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which is speed is weight. Observe. This
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is what it feels like to be kicked at
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the speed of light. So there they go.
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What was your exposure to Dragon Ball
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before you were cast as top in Dragon
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Ball Super? Oh man, I had the full
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I was a big Dragon Ball Z fan growing up
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and uh it was huge huge huge huge huge
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and uh then I was one of the unfortunate
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uh few that uh saw it when it first hit
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America and uh in English and afterwards
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and when I say unfortunate I mean not
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that it came but that it came it was so
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cool and then suddenly disappeared. So,
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we get through the Saiyan saga, then all
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of a sudden if he's fighting Frieza,
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it's just like it was skipping episodes
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and stuff. I didn't know what was going
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suddenly we're uh no longer watching the
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show. It's off TV. And so I'm we're you
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know, I had to watch unfortunately for
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me and those like me at that time, we
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had to get imports. Well, I was, you
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know, uh able to find a way to get
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imports from Japan. Had those imports
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come in. They were all in subtitles
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which were really bad and you know it
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was just you know so that whole
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subtitles are the best way to go thing
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like I get it for people who are trying
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to watch ahead or trying to see stuff
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and and see what's going on and and
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don't want to wait you know or tired of
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waiting for the dub stuff. I get that
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cuz that's what I went through. Um, but
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then I always watch it in dub as soon as
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it comes out simply because
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a lot of the subtitles were really bad
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and even now they don't always
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translate. I mean, even with the
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professionalism that's put into it,
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which I respect, but a a lot of it
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doesn't really translate properly
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because uh uh or culturally in a way
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that we can receive culturally better.
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So anyway, long answer. Yeah, that's uh
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yes, I was a big Dragon Ball Super uh Z
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rather way before. So, uh, like from
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maybe 1994 up. So, yeah. Yeah. And
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that's when it landed in America first.
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So, then we had to wait 5 years for
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So, on to the next one. Is there more
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pressure recording lines for your
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characters in popular franchises like
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Dragon Ball and One Piece? More
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pressure? No. Because once the voice is
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established and uh and I know what I'm
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uh generally if I for some reason I'm
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doing something else that took me away
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from the character or understanding or
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remembering how I played the character,
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you know, particularly uh once I get
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that uh they have what's called a vocal
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reference that they'll play for us so we
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can always ask for and uh some directors
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just know to do it and uh they'll play
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it and then I'm back in the game, you
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know. And then uh once I start doing the
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voice again, I'm I'm already familiar
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with the character and know the
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character. Like for Kizaroo, for
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example, I've been playing it for 12
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going on 13 years. I'm very familiar
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with the character. So yeah, and Top, I
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use Top's voice often in conventions and
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things of that nature. So yeah, it's
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never a problem. So you guys are getting
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long answers and I'm I'm I'm hopefully
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not bad on that. How do you keep your
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voice strong and consistent during long
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recording sessions or intense battle
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Um, this the the way I found is best for
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me is to uh do the uh uh do the talking
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lines first. if you have any screaming
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or yelling lines that you're going to
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have to do, the the talking lines are
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the the best. And then afterwards, uh
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save your screaming and whatnot for
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later, for the the end of the session if
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if you can next session. Uh that way you
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can get through all of the lines that
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you need to without creating any damage
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to your voice at all, which when you get
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really good at this and do this for a
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while, excuse me. Um you can u you can
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avoid damaging your voice altogether in
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most cases. Uh there are some cases
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where it's kind of it's unavoidable it's
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unavoidable to strain your voice but
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honestly you should never leave a voice
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session uh where you have damaged your
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voice. Uh in the old days of this
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business that was a bad you considered
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that like a badge of honor you know to
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come out completely horse but that was
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before we knew better. So since then,
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we've had to be more like pro athletes,
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you know, where we uh take inventory,
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you know, of making sure that we're
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doing everything we can to preserve our
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voices because what if you have another
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session that day or you're doing, you
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know, three or four other jobs that day
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like, you know, and you've destroyed
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your voice in this one session, you know
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what I mean? So that's important to be
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be careful on. What's one thing you wish
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you would have known before starting
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voice acting? really I was really really
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blessed and fortunate to have had some
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really good teachers. Um
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uh my journey was long and arduous. Uh
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if I were to step out of time and step
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back and be able to tell myself anything
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is just don't give up. Don't not that I
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did but just you know be patient. Be
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patient. You know don't get too hasty.
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You know be patient. And that was the
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one thing that I didn't have a lot of
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and this journey made me it forced me to
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have more patience. So, you know, that's
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the that was the upside to it that I did
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learn patience as a result. Um, but
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yeah, just just be patient. It'll good
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things come with time. It's like waiting
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on good food. You know, it takes it
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takes time for good food to be made, but
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if you want something fast and, you
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know, and not so good for you, yeah,
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rush into it. So, anyway, those are my
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questions and uh this has been fun.
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Thanks Tim for letting me come on and be
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a part of the show. And I hope to see
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you guys in the future.
