#bc I remember when the sun and moon anime came out literally every character sounded exactly to a T how they did in my head

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Here’s the blank background bc I rly like it:

And here’s some more insight to my choices:

In addition to the challenges I listed above I also tried my best to cast everyone as actors who were the same race as the character which I had some trouble with in some cases Geeta but it was really fun to go down voice actor rabbit holes looking for people who fit the bill :O another thing I was keen on was not looking for EXACT character matches, but looking for SUPER close voices who had VAs that I think would be perfect fits. Also tried not to cast everyone based on performances from one piece of media (no shade to ppl who’s entire voice claims lists are just ppl from danganrompa or whatever I just wanted to challenge myself) but I kinda failed step 1 bc I have so many ppl who were in avatar LMAO

Arven - I spent DAYS trying to find someone who worked for him and in the end I’d say this is maybe 90% correct, I think his voice is a little deeper but tbh I think Taylor Gray could do it.

Nemona - i havent seen anything with Aimee Carrero in it in literal YEARS but the SECOND I saw nemona in game my first thought was adora’s voice, I always try to avoid type-casting but in this case it isn’t just “the characters have similar personalities” the voice truly fits imo.

Penny - i feel like everyone else thinks Penny’s voice is WAY higher pitched than I think it is, Like yeah voices like dendy from okko’s work on a little frog girl but Penny’s like. 16. I think she’s a lot more monotone and sarcastic than people give her credit for. Bex Taylor-Klaus (Pidge from Voltron) was also in the running but I think Rae Gray fits just a tad better.

Clavell - when looking for Clavell’s voice I realized there aren’t NEARLY enough weird old guys in media where are they. Pretty happy with my choice, I think he could pull off his weirdness (I haven’t decided if it would be funnier if Clive has some weird horrible fake accent or if he just sounds exactly like Clavell so take your pick on that one)

Sada - I played violet so I was a little nervous casting for a character I know literally nothing about but I DO know she’s a hot lady and you know who else is a hot lady? Kya tlok.

Turo - Reddit Incel who’s voice claim is The Tumblr Sexyman was too funny for me to pass up, one of the most unrealistic claim here for sure but I don’t care that’s what he sounds like to me <3

Dendra - i don’t even remember the rabbit hole I went down to find cass from tangled, I’ve literally never watched the show but the second I heard her voice I was like “THERES DENDRA WAHOO”. While looking for dendra voice claim I found Eri’s too so that was fun :O

Hassel - all I knew going into this voice search was that he needed to sound like he could burst into dramatic tears at any moment and Sidon checked that box. I don’t really know why I feel like he has a german accent but it just works.

Jacq - he already has a canon voice, I couldn’t find his VA (I could only find the VA of the other character from the ad) but apparently others don’t like this voice, I think it’s perfect tho <3

Miriam - source: trust me Miriam’s my wife /j for reals I almost added that I think she has a light australian accent but in my head it’s so light it’s barely noticeable so I left it out.

Raifort - I STILL need to watch toh but I watched a lot of clips looking for voices for all these characters, I’m not really sure why I feel like Elizabeth Grullon’s voice fits but imo it fits like a glove.

Saguro - going back to Clavell’s notes WHERE ARE ALL THE WEIRD OLD MEN IN MEDIA??? Anyways I’ve seen exactly 2 episodes of jjba but after looking around for a voice for a while with no luck joseph popped into my head and I BOLTED to get voice examples bc he’s EXACTLY the voice I was picturing

Salvatore - I think I spent the most time out of everyone looking for his voice, I think it was about 3 days? (Granted I wasn’t spending every hour of every day looking for his voice but it was still a long time) I ended up going down a HUGE rabbit hole of media ive never heard of and people who I’ve never seen and ended up at Conrad Haynes. It goes to show that it’s worth it to put the time into searching bc his voice is near PERFECT (needs that feench accent tho…)

Tyme - originally I was gonna have tyme and ryme both voiced by Uzo Aduba until I found out that they weren’t twins??? I LOVE the movie meet the robinsons so originally Mildred from that film was gonna be my voice of choice, until I looked at what else she was in and realized Dorthea Williams was EVEN MORE perfect. Love you Amelia Bassett <3

Atticus - Atticus was a PAIN to cast bc I’m STILL not sure how old he is. Is he 16? Is he 56? Who knows. Eclair Cookie works but I’m only like 70% happy with it? I haven’t been able to find someone who fits better tho. Fun fact Zeno Robinson (Eclair’s VA) has already been in pokemon a TON of times so I broke my own rule a little here.

Eri - I feel like a lot of people think eri’s voice is WAY deeper than I think it is, I see a lot of grenda (gravity falls) voice claims going around and I just think that’s TOO deep. Like I said in the dendra portion I actually thought of Eva first for her before realizing her voice fit eri WAY better.

Giacomo - all i knew looking for a voice for him was that he had a new york or boston accent (if I could picture the voice saying “AYE IM WALKIN HERE” than i knew it wasn’t right /hj) so ofc my first thought was scout. This was one of my shortest searches for a voice for a character who I didn’t immediately have a solid idea for when reading their dialouge, it took like less than a half hour LMAO

Mela - hearing a specific voice in my head paid off for this one, it took me a while to figure out where the voice was from but once I figured out it was suki I had a category 5 eureka moment.

Ortega - I didn’t even have to read his dialogue to pinpoint his voice literally the second I saw him for the first time in a cutscene I KNEW he was gonna be Alexander James Rodriguez. fun fact this actually made me get around to watching lazy in space, pretty good show 8/10

Brassius - i sat there going down voice rabbit holes looking for his voice and then randomly the Shamboozle clip came up in my YouTube recommended and it’s like Brassius’s design was made around mega knight voice.

Grusha - before anyone gets on me I KNOW grusha is a guy and Avi Roque is nb but when I was listening to toh clips to find other characters voices Raine’s stuck out to me as EXACTLY how grusha sounds in my head (minus the russian accent). I think grusha can be little a nb. as a treat.

Iono - I really thought when I went looking for sv voice claims that tiny tina iono would be like. The norm. It apparently isn’t and I’m an outlier here but tina SOUNDS like she has sharp teeth Ashly Burch could make iono everyone’s fav in the anime

Katy - after I cast her (which was a funny casting because I’ve never seen fim I just stumbled upon her because the only character with a southern accent I could think of was applejack so I assumed her family probably had it too LMAO) I went and looked at other casting and I’ve seen her katy voice claims of like. 4 different mlp characters why did we all decide she’s a pony

Larry - THE ENTIRE REASON I DID THIS. Why do you all think he sounds like some sexy emo anime twink???? Before I even knew he was a GYM LEADER and he was just sitting there at the bar I pictured him sounding like the pixies. That spiraled me into thinking “If that’s uncommon than will people get how I think the rest of them sound without examples??” So I did This. Seriously where are you guys getting emo boy from he’s like 50 LMAO

Kofu - my immediate thought seeing him for the first time was mr krabs. It never changed the entire time I played. Looked around and it turns out most ppl don’t even think he has a pirate voice. vaultin veluza.

Ryme - I’m still not sure why Udo Aduba was my first thought but it’s not changing any time soon she has such RANGE she could def pull off Rymes intensity.

Tulip - tulips voice was so specific in my head only to realize it was bc i heard the voice thru my entire childhood. Cleo and tulip are both the “posh popular girl who I think is really annoying and unlikable even tho the entire rest of the fanbase likes them” type of people so this is very much a type cast but also I think her voice fits UNGODLY well.

Geeta - Geeta was a PAIN to cast bc I essentially ran out of voice rabbit holes to go down. I think Jen Cohn is pretty accurate though, authoritative but not angry yknow.

Poppy - another near instant casting the second I saw her. I grew up with tawog so I think little girl who’s incredibly smart for being like 4 and I think anais.

Rika - a VERY tough casting to wrap things up, I can usually pinpoint a voice that I know that’s a little close to how I think they sound but for Rika I had nothing, I know Wendy (gravity falls) is a popular take but it was a Close But No Cigar situation. I still need to watch chainsaw man but i heard this character and saw their intro scene and was like. Yeah that’s about right.

my pokemon sv voice claims!

Challenged myself to only cast ppl who have done voice work before and to mostly cast ppl who haven’t been in Pokémon before and for the most part they’re SUPER close to how they sound in my head