#Dan Gilvezan

[kaontic]

Talk about the animation quality of a show all y’all want, m’kay, but personally, if the voice acting ain’t good, I can’t get immersed.

And these passionate gentlemen (and more), thanks to Wally Burr’s direction, goddamn SERVED.

I’m convinced the amount of effort they put into voicing their characters is (a good chunk of) the reason(s) why Transformers got so popular and beloved in the first place, and why the franchise remains as popular and beloved even 40 years down the line.

Absolute legends.

Peter Cullen

Frank Welker

Scatman Crothers (RIP)

Chris Latta (RIP)

Gregg Berger

Corey Burton

Dan Gilvezan

John Stephenson (RIP)

Casey Kasem (RIP)

Micheal Bell

[aeonmagnus]

In a great way to close the first “Transformers Day”, the official Hasbro Pulse YouTube account have treated us with an interview with Frank Welker & Peter Cullen, the voices of Optimus Prime & Megatron.

This would be the last of the interviews with the voice talent from the Transformers 40th Anniversary Celebration Table. Mr. Cullen and Mr. Welker need no presentation for the Transformers community, being one of the most beloved and respected original G1 voice actors.

The official Hasbro Pulse YouTube account have treated us with an interview with Michael Bell, the voice of G1 Prowl.

Mr Bell is well remembered as Prowl’s voice in the original G1 cartoon, and he also voiced some other Transformers characters like First Aid, Brainstorm, Sideswipe, Swoop, Scrapper and more.

On this 7:12 minute interview, Mr.Bells shares his thoughts about what made G1 so special, his performance as Prowl and other characters and his favorite role, some G1 behind the scenes memories and more!

Following the interview with Gregg Berger, the voice of G1 Grimlock, now we are catching up with another great interview with Dan Gilvezan, the voice of Bumblebee. 

Mr. Gilvezan talks about what makes G1 so special that still brings fans today, the reasons why Bumblebee is so popular, and his experience and special moments working in the original G1 cartoon.

The official Hasbro Pulse YouTube account have just treated us with an interview with Gregg Berger, the voice of G1 Grimlock.

On this 9:37 minute interview, Mr. Berger talks about his experience in the G1 Transformers table read, the Transformers impact in pop culture, his comments on how he worked in Grimlock’s voice in the original G1 cartoon and some behind the scenes stories.

The official Hasbro Pulse YouTube account have treated us with an interview with Paul Eiding, the voice of G1 Perceptor

Mr Eiding is well remembered as Perceptor’s voice in the original G1 cartoon, and he also voiced some other non-Transformers characters like Deceptitran.

On this 7:46 minute interview, Mr. Eiding talks about the popularity of G1 by the time he joined the cast, how he came up with Perceptor’s voice, his memories working in the G1 show, and his experience coming back to voice the first G1 episode in the 40th Anniversary table read.

The official Hasbro Pulse YouTube account have just treated us with an interview with Frank Todaro, the voice of Starcream.

Following the legacy of Chris Latta, G1 Starscream’s voice, Mr. Todaro took the role as the voice of the Decepticon Seeker during Machinima’s Prime Wars Trilogy, Netflix War For Cybertron trilogy, and he was also part of the 40th Anniversary table read.

On this 7:2 minute interview, Mr. Todaro talks about how he prepared and differentiate from the multiple roles he played, what he took from Chris Latta’s original portrayal of Starscream, his best memories, how it feels to be part of the history of Transformers, and his experience during the table read event.

The official Hasbro Pulse YouTube account have treated us with an interview with Arif S. Kinchen, the voice of Jazz (RID 2015).

Arif S. Kinchen became part of the Transformers franchise voicing Jazz in the Robots in Disguise 2015 cartoon, and more recently, he took the role as the voice of G1 Jazz in the 40th Anniversary table read.

On this 5:21 minute interview, Mr. Kinchen shares his thoughts about his experience in the table read, his fondest memories of the original G1 cartoon, how he felt working on the franchise and its impact in so many people.

[nerds-yearbook]

The first episode of the Transformers cartoon aired on September 17, 1984. The Transformer factions The Autobots and the Decepticons left Cybertron and came to Earth in search of Energon. The episode featured the voice talents of Victor Caroli (narrator), Michael Bell (Prowl, Sideswipe), Corey Burton (Shockwave, Spike Witwicky, Sunstreaker, Brawn), Christopher Collins (Starscream, Wheeljack, Reflector, Laserbeak, Sparkplug Witwicky), Scatman Crothers (Jazz), Peter Cullen (Optimus Prime, Ironhide, Joe), Dan Gilvezan (Bumblebee), Casey Kasem (Cliffjumper, Teletraan I, Bluestreak), Don Messick (Ratchet, Gears), Ken Sansom (Hound), John Stephenson (Thundercracker, Huffer, Windcharger) and Frank Welker (Megatron, Soundwave, Ravage, Rumble, Skywarp). ("More Than Meets the Eye: Part One" The Transformers, TV, Event)

[starimusprime]

Dan Gilvezan signed her 🥰

[rc-artsy]

Cute moment from tfcon panel with Dan Gilvezan and Victor Caroli

Gilvezan: Do you want me to do anything in particular?

Kid off screen: No. I just want to know, if Bumblebee could do anything, what would he do? His favorite thing, if he could do anything.

Gilvezan: If I had any-

Gilvezan (in Bumblebee voice): If I had any wish? Anything? I could do anything?

Kid: Yes.

Gilvezan (as Bumblebee): Wow. Nobody’s ever asked me that before. Um. I think, if I had my greatest wish, I’d wish to be human.

Crowd: AW (applause)

[erstwhile-punk-guerito]

[thatfantasylovingdork]

Today I was in a Claire’s (which I am way too old for but whatever, I like some of their accessories) and I saw a kid wearing a transformers shirt, so I told him I met Bumblebee in real life and that he was very nice.

(It is true; I have an autograph from Dan Gilvezan and I have a photo of myself with a guy in a very elaborate Bumblebee costume that I both got at a TFCon.)

(Apparently I also like to embarrass myself in public by acting like a complete nerd 😅)

[bigangrytrev]

Event Review - Transformers 40th Cinema Event

As most members of the Transformers Fandom would be aware, this year is the 40th anniversary of the franchise. As such, worldwide Hasbro held a special Transformers 40th Cinema Event worldwide! This event consisted of firstly a sneak peak at Season 2 of the cartoon series Transformers Earthspark.   This was then followed by a Table Read of the script of the very first episode of the Generation…

[stitchar]

My friend who was attending TFCon Orlando finally had them all signed!!!!! I'm so happy!!!!

[edgepunk]

You know the drill - vote for your favorite VA of Peter Parker. This is just for fun btw

[cyberrose2001]

OMG ROSE I MET PETER CULLEN AND I TOLD HIM THAT HE MEANT EVERYTHING TO ME AND HIS QUOTE GOT ME THROUGH DARK TIMES. I TOLD HIM I WOULD GET HIS QUOTE TATTOOED ON MY WRIST AND HIS EYES. HE LOOKED SO MOVED BY WHAT I SAID AND THEN HE HELD MY HAND AND TOLD ME HE IS HONORED THAT HE MEANT SO MUCH TO ME AND I STARTED CRYING. WJAJSFFJJD I ALSO MET DAN GILVEZAN AGAIN AND HE TOLD ME HE REMEMBERED ME FROM ORLANDO!!! HE ASKED ME IF I HAD ANY SIBLINGS AND I SAID YES AND HE SAID GOOD I NEED YOU OUT THERE FOR ME AND I CRIED AGAIN AJSHDHDHSNFHFHDH TFCON LA WAS THE BEST

WHAT!!! I'm so happy for you!

thats amazing that you got to meet him! he sounds like the sweetest man ever

[ultraericthered]

Favorite Takes - Marvel/Spider-Man

Where I cite my personal favorite non-source material (so film, TV, and video games only) adaptations of some comic book characters.

Peter Parker/Spider-Man

Insomniac Games (Yuri Lowenthal)

Marvel VS Capcom (Josh Keaton)

Spider-Man 90's Animated Series (Christopher Daniel Barnes)

The Spectacular Spider-Man (Josh Keaton)

Marvel's Spider-Man (Robbie Daymond)

Sony/MCU (Tobey Maguire, Andrew Garfield, and Tom Holland)

NOTE: And the Spider-Men voiced by Paul Soles, Dan Gilvezan, Ted Schwartz, Rino Romano, Neil Patrick Harris, Chris Edgerly, James Arnold Taylor, Mike Vaughn, Mike Kelley, Sam Reigel, Sean Chiplock, Griffin Burns, Jake Johnson, and Hudson Thames are all contenders.

Mary Jane Watson

Insomniac Games (Laura Bailey)

Sam Raimi Trilogy (Kirsten Dunst)

MCU (Zendaya Coleman)

MTV Spider-Man New Animated Series (Lisa Loeb)

The Spectacular Spider-Man (Vanessa Marshall)

Marvel Rising (Tara Strong) and Marvel's Spider-Man (Felicia Day)

NOTE: Other fine MJs are Andrea Taylor in the Ultimate Spider-Man video game, Dana Seltzer in Web of Shadows, Laura Vandervoort in Edge Of Time, Quinn Ljoka in Marvel Avengers Academy, and Zoe Kravitz in Into The Spiderverse. Kari Wahlgren also did a decent Kirsten Dunst in the Spider-Man 3 video game, and Erika Harlacher Stone was spot on casting for her in Spider-Geddon, albeit wasted.

Gwen Stacy

Marvel's Spider-Man (Laura Bailey)

The Spectacular Spider-Man (Lacey Chabert)

Spiderverse Trilogy (Hailee Steinfeld)

Marvel Rising (Dove Cameron)

Mark Webb Duology (Emma Stone)

Sam Raimi Trilogy (Bryce Dallas Howard)

NOTE: Yeah, Laura Bailey is Best MJ AND Best Gwen! And the only other Gwens I think come close to contending with these ones would be the ones voiced by Mary Kay Bergman and Ashley Johnson.

Harry Osborn

Sam Raimi Trilogy (James Franco)

The Spectacular Spider-Man (James Arnold Taylor)

MTV Spider-Man New Animated Series (Ian Ziering)

Marvel's Spider-Man (Max Mittelman)

Insomniac Games (Scott Porter, Graham Philips)

Mark Webb Duology (Dane Dehaan)

NOTE: Shout out to Josh Keaton and Kevin Dorman here too!

J. Jonah Jameson

Sam Raimi Trilogy (JK Simmons)

The Spectacular Spider-Man (Daran Norris)

Spider-Man 90's Animated Series (Ed Asner)

Marvel's Spider-Man (Bob Joles)

Insomniac Games (Darin De Paul)

Edge Of Time (Fred Tatasciore)

NOTE: Paul Kligman, William Woodson, Richard Newman, Dee Bradley Baker, and Chris Edgerly also did some respectable Jonahs.

Flash Thompson

The Spectacular Spider-Man (Josh LeBarr)

Spider-Man 90's Animated Series (Patrick Labyorteaux)

MTV Spider-Man New Animated Series (Devon Edward Sawa)

Marvel's Spider-Man (Ben Diskin)

Mark Webb Duology (Chris Zylka)

MCU (Tony Revolori)

Betty Brant

Sam Raimi Trilogy (Elizabeth Banks)

MCU (Angourie Rice)

The Spectacular Spider-Man (Grey Griffin)

Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes (Grey Griffin)

Spider-Man Cartoon (Peg Dixon)

Liz Allan

The Spectacular Spider-Man (Alanna Ulbach)

MCU (Laura Harrier)

Marvel's Spider-Man (Natalie Lander)

Spider-Man 90s Animated Series (Marla Rubinoff)

George Stacy

The Spectacular Spider-Man (Clancy Brown)

Spiderverse Trilogy (Shea Whigham)

Mark Webb Duology (Dennis Leary)

Sam Raimi Trilogy (James Cromwell)

Marvel Rising (Steven Weber)

May Parker

Sam Raimi Trilogy (Rosemary Harris)

Spiderverse Trilogy (Lily Tomlin)

The Spectacular Spider-Man (Deborah Strang)

Insomniac Games (Nancy Linari)

Marvel's Spider-Man (Nancy Linari)

Mark Webb Duology (Sally Fields) and MCU (Marisa Tomei)

Miles Morales

Spiderverse Trilogy (Shamiek Moore)

Insomniac Games (Nadji Jeter)

Marvel's Spider-Man (Nadji Jeter)

Ultimate Spider-Man (Donald Glover, Ogie Banks)

Marvel Avengers Academy (Brandon James Winckler)

NOTE: I'm not OK with the casting of that last one, though. Why???

Norman Osborn/The Green Goblin

The Spectacular Spider-Man (Alan Rachins, Steve Blum)

Sam Raimi Trilogy + MCU (Willem Dafoe)

Marvel's Spider-Man (Josh Keaton)

Spider-Man 90s Animated Series (Neil Ross)

Insomniac Games (Mark Rolston) and The Black Order (Steve Blum)

LEGO Marvel (Nolan North, Josh Keaton)

NOTE: Steven Weber in Ultimate Spider-Man was a decent Norman but an awful Goblin, while Len Carlson, Dennis Marks, and Sam Vincent all did good Green Goblins but weren't really Normans.

Otto Octavius/Doctor Octopus

Sam Raimi Trilogy + MCU (Alfred Molina)

Insomniac Games and The Black Order (William Salyers)

The Spectacular Spider-Man (Peter Macnicol)

Marvel's Spider-Man (Scott Menville)

Spider-Man 90's Animated Series (Efrem Zimbalist Jr.)

Universal Studios Ride (Rodger Bumpass)

NOTE: Olivia Octavius isn't included here since this is just for Otto. Vernon Chapman, Cam Clarke, Joe Alaskey, Charlie Adler, Tom Kenny, Kyle Hebert, and Dee Bradley Baker were also good Ottos.

Venom

Spider-Man 90's Animated Series (Hank Azaria)

Marvel's Spider-Man (Ben Diskin, Ben Pronsky)

Insomniac Games (Tony Todd)

The Spectacular Spider-Man (Ben Diskin)

Spider-Man PS1 (Daran Norris) and Sony/MCU (Tom Hardy)

Web of Shadows (Keith Szarabajka) and Sam Raimi Trilogy

NOTE: Brian Drummond was also a top tier Venom voice. Shame the Venom/Eddie Brock he was voicing had to be such trash.

Eddie Brock

The Spectacular Spider-Man (Ben Diskin)

Ultimate Spider-Man Game (Daniel Capallero)

Sony/MCU (Tom Hardy)

Sam Raimi Trilogy (Topher Grace)

Spider-Man 90's Animated Series (Hank Azaria)

Spider-Man PS1 (Daran Norris)

NOTE: Ben Pronsky's Eddie was alright too, but he was disposable.

The Lizard

The Spectacular Spider-Man (Dee Bradley Baker)

Spider-Man 90's Animated Series (Joseph Campanella)

MTV Spider-Man New Animated Series (Rob Zombie)

Insomniac Games (Mark Whitten)

Mark Webb Duology + MCU (Rhys Ifans)

The Sandman

The Spectacular Spider-Man (John DiMaggio)

Shattered Dimensions (Dimitri Diatchenko)

Sam Raimi Trilogy + MCU (Thomas Hayden Church)

The Black Order (Richard Epcar)

Spider-Man & His Amazing Friends (Chris Latta)

The Rhino

The Spectacular Spider-Man (Clancy Brown)

Spider-Man 90's Animated Series (Don Stark)

Sam Raimi Trilogy Video Games (John DiMaggio, Steve Blum)

Insomniac Games (Fred Tatasciore)

Web Of Shadows (Fred Tatasciore)

Electro

The Spectacular Spider-Man (Crispin Freeman)

Insomniac Games (Josh Keaton)

Ultimate Spider-Man (Christopher Daniel Barnes)

Mark Webb Duology + MCU (Jamie Foxx)

MTV Spider-Man New Animated Series (Ethan Embry)

The Vulture

The Spectacular Spider-Man (Robert Englund)

Sam Raimi Trilogy Video Games (Dwight Schultz)

MCU (Michael Keaton)

Marvel's Spider-Man (Alastair Duncan)

Insomniac Games (Dwight Schultz)

NOTE: Gillie Fenwick, Paul Soles, Don Messick, Christopher Tabori, Brian George and Steve Blum also deserve acknowledgement here.

Mysterio

Spider-Man Cartoon and Spider-Man 80's Animated Series (Chris Wiggins, Michael Rye and Peter Cullen).

MCU (Jake Gyllenthal)

Shattered Dimensions (David Kaye)

The Spectacular Spider-Man (Xander Berkley)

Spider-Man 90's Animated (Gregg Berger)

NOTE: Also mesmerizing as Mysterio were Daran Norris, Dee Bradley Baker, James Arnold Taylor, Robin Atkins Downes, Greg Baldwin, and Crispin Freeman.

Hobgoblin

Spider-Man 90's Animated Series (Mark Hamill)

Marvel Superhero Adventures (Andrew Francis)

Universal Studios Ride (Patrick Fraley)

The Spectacular Spider-Man (Courtney B. Vance)

Shattered Dimensions (Steve Blum)

NOTE: Marvel's Spider-Man barely counts for this, as it was just Harry and Norman respectively wearing a phony superhero identity.

Scorpion

Sam Raimi Trilogy Video Games (Michael McColl, Dee Bradley Baker)

Insomniac Games (Jason Spisak)

Spider-Man 90's Animated Series (Martin Landau, Richard Moll)

Marvel's Spider-Man (Jason Spisak)

Ultimate Spider-Man (Dante Basco, Eric Bauza)

The Chameleon

Spider-Man 90's Animated Series (N/A)

The Spectacular Spider-Man (Steve Blum)

Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends (Hans Conried)

Mark Webb Duology Video Games (Glenn Steinbaum)

Marvel's Spider-Man (Patton Oswald)

Kraven the Hunter

Shattered Dimensions (Jim Cummings)

Marvel's Spider-Man (Troy Baker)

MTV Spider-Man New Animated (Michael Dorn)

Spider-Man 90's Animated Series and Ultimate Spider-Man (Gregg Berger and Diedrich Bader)

The Spectacular Spider-Man (Eric Vesbit)

Black Cat

Insomniac Games (Erica Lindbeck)

Spider-Man 90's Animated Series (Jennifer Hale)

The Spectacular Spider-Man (Tricia Helfer)

Sam Raimi Trilogy Video Games (Holly Fields)

Mark Webb Duology Video Games (Ali Hillis)

NOTE: Audrey Wasilewski, Katee Sachkhoff, Grey Griffin, Mel Gorsha, and Erika Harlacher Stone were also contenders here.

Michael Morbius

Spider-Man 90's Animated Series (Nick Jameson)

Sony/MCU (Jared Leto)

Ultimate Spider-Man (Ben Diskin)

Sam Raimi Trilogy Games (Sean Donnellan)

Marvel Superhero Squad (Tom Kenny)

Wilson Fisk/The Kingpin

MCU (Vincent D'onofrio)

Sony Daredevil 2003/MTV Spider-Man New Animated Series (Michael Clarke Duncan)

Spider-Man 90's Animated Series (Roscoe Lee Brown)

The Punisher Video Game (David Sobolov)

Raimi Trilogy Video Game (Bob Joles)

Insomniac Games (Travis Willingham) and The Black Order (Tim Blaney)

NOTE: Tom Harvey, Stan Jones, Stephen Stanton, Gregg Berger, Jim Cummings and JB Blanc also gave commendable takes on Fisk that worked for the iterations they were playing. Sorry to say, Spiderverse fans, but Liev Schreiber's Kingpin does nothing for me.

Doctor Doom

Marvel Ultimate Alliance (Clive Revill)

90's Animated Marvel (Neil Ross, Simon Templeman, Tom Kane, Ross Marquand)

Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes (Lex Lang)

Marvel VS Capcom (Paul Dobson)

Disney Marvel Animation and The Black Order (Maurice LeMarche)

The Fantastic Four '94 film (Joseph Culp)

Spider-Man 80's Animated Series (Ralph James)

NOTE: Henry Ramer, Freddy Stebbin, Charlie Adler, Fred Tatasciore, Travis Willingham, and Grahama McTavish are also good Dooms.

[nerds-yearbook]

On November 5, 1983, the final episode of "Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends" aired. S.H.I.E.L.D. enlisted Spider-Man, Iceman, and Firestar to capture Iceman's half-sister Lightwave. There was more going on behind the scenes than they first realized. ("Mission: Save the Guardstar", Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends, TV, Event)

[kirisakin]

By underrated, I don't mean "they haven't shown up in anything recent at all" because almost all of them are still working in VO to this day, I mean "when people are talking about voice actors these guys don't get mentioned as much or at all comparatively".

[allinthebones]

I still have some changes to make and things to add but here's how Bumblebee turned out for Fanexpo! (Excuse the dirty mirror)

I ended up adding the Autobot symbol onto the back of the hoodie and overall I am happy with how it all came together. I still want to add more details to the hoodie and shoes but there just wasn't time before the expo itself.

And the whole reason we went. 🥹 It was such an honor to meet him. My wife also bought me and autograph from Dan Gilvezan and he was such a delight! He complimented our hoodies and came out from behind the table to look at them - just such a kind person.

Overall it was such a great experience. Thank you again to @cliffjumpersass for letting me create this cosplay based off their Cliffjumper design!