Interesting, I guess they only had her do demo stuff before? Maybe a bit more but not for the whole "game" I guess then. Hopefully she talks a bit more when walking and stuff like in the demo. I dig that a lot.

I don't know, I feel this would be more likely to be recording lines for KH3 than 2.8
The E3 demo was shown over two months ago which proved she already had her lines recorded. I highly doubt they would have waited a span of two to three months to finish recording because in the past it has seemed like they wrap up those recordings for the game pretty quickly (especially considering BBS 0.2 isn't that long of a game)


Either that or maybe she wasn't lying and she really is rapping.

I don't know, I feel as though this may be a picture of her past recordings as opposed to her current recording. There's always the #throwbackthursday trend. Plus, people love to post pictures of past experiences.

I really hope we can also get Hayden back. We've already lost too many main voice actors in this series.

Nimoy, Lee, Zane... T_T

He was, once upon a time. Sigh.

Her performances in BBS was, I think, unfairly criticized but there were some awkward moments (though I dare you to find anyone in the series who hasn't had one) BUT, I think she's always gave strong performances.
In 2.5 she didn't have a single bad read, and her performance in the demo was incredibly touching.

I honestly cannot wait to hear the aqua rap song she's recording.

AS I WALK THROUGH THE VALLEY IN THE SHADOW OF DEATH

How do we know its for 2.8 and not 3? Maybe this is just stupid optimism, but aqua is probably going to be in 3 so there's still a chance.

Well, this is certainly something to make my crummy day better. Yay! I'm really happy now! And here's hoping that this is a hint that II.8 is still scheduled to come out on time:)

Also, I'm right there with you about other voice actors in this series doing bad line reads, Tinny. For example, Haley Joel Osment's, "Forget it. There's no way you're taking Kairi's heart," bothers me to this day. He put the emphasis on "heart", when it should have been on the "forget it" or "no way" parts, probably.

Also, David Gallagher and Billy Zane's lackluster, "But first you must give the princess back her heart." They should have at least emphasized the "her" in that sentence, because Sora had just said, "Whoever you are, let Riku go! Give him back his heart!" and Ansem/Riku is now countering this by revealing the game changer that Sora has Kairi's heart within him, and he wants it before he'll do or consider anything else.

...Not to go off on a tangent here. Of course I love the voice work of HJO, David Gallagher, and Billy Zane in this series, and they're on point 99% of the time.

But at the same time, it always baffled me when people seem to think they're flawless and like God's gift to voice acting, because even though that's true most of the time... Well, they've had a few hiccups just like anyone else would.

(And also, it's probably not too fair to judge KH1 too harshly, I know, since the cast was so young back then and it was a lot of their first time voice acting--at least in this capacity. But you can also use a lot of that same argument to defend the BbS cast, such as Willa. Especially since Willa has been absolutely amazing in the Secret Episode and the 0.2 trailer/demo.)

Nothing in Gallagher/Osment's work over the years is anywhere near as bad as the voice acting in BbS. Leonard Nimoy is the only one that keeps that game from sounding like a group of corpses.

You're forgetting Jesse McCartney in BbS, Tartarus;)

I understand what you're saying, though, but I think it's more the fault of voice direction and a bad script--like Sephiroth said above--more than the actors themselves. Seeing how much the story/script has dropped so much in quality since 1, it's really no surprise that these ridiculous lines can't be easily sold, tbh.

Haley Joel Osment definitely has the hardest role, imo. Oh, Sora. You're way too happy now--with no real emotional depth at all anymore, sadly--and way too flowery with your words and also just too dumb. And yet... Haley Joel Osment sells it so well, but it can't be easy for him.

Also guys Travis Willingham is unmistakably voicing Aced, or whoever the Foreteller was that said "that was foolish" in the E3 trailer.

And also I love Richard Epcar and especially in how much he's grown as SOD, but I've always figured that Clancy Brown might be a good replacement for Billy Zane. Especially using his Lex Luthor voice, he can make his voice very light, a bit flowery, dignified, but still be intimidating. Just a little passing thought.

Who voices forteller Ava I got to know

I can deal with almost anyone's voice in BbS, but a lot of Terra's lines bothered me. It had to be bad direction because he's constantly emphasizing the wrong things. One that constantly sticks out to me is his monologue in Destiny Islands as he's walking through the seaside shack. That part just bothers me SO much. The other one is in Deep Space when Stitch steals his charm. There's some parts where he's totally fine (when he's talking to Riku) and others where it seems like he was forced to say it a certain way and it just sounds bad.

For Aqua, really, the only lines I cringe at is at the very beginning. The "Because you guys act just like brothers." and then the laughing afterwards. I feel like... the translators could have found a way to make that less awkward.

"You're fighting like siblings."
"You're acting like little kids."

Something that isn't as blatantly pushing the "brothers" thing. I can't watch that scene for too long. It hurts.

Other than that, she's fine. I remember when I first heard her voice, I was disappointed and did not find it fitting. But now, for whatever reason, it just perfectly fits to me. Especially in 0.2 so far, she sounds great.

I still just can't get over the fact that Aqua and Thea Queen is the same person. <3

I still can't get over Aqua's English voice actor to be honest.

It's great that Willa is voicing Aqua, as we all probably know by now. On the topic of what she could be recording, I forgot who said it but one of the things could be battle quotes and whatnot because in the footage of the demo that actually has sound, it seems there is something new for when Aqua takes damage.

Nevertheless, can't wait for what lies ahead.

Terra's voice actor and Aqua's voice actor in BBS was horrendous. We haven't heard Terra in 6 years, so he better have improved since.

I'll reopen this tomorrow.