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Official cast image for A Ghost in Your Ear: Lucas Iverson and Owen Campbell on either side of a grey binaural dummy head microphone, under blue stage light. Image: Audible Theater
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An Audiobook Session Goes Horribly Wrong Every Night Off-Broadway. Audible Hands You the Headphones

Published October 5, 2026 Jordan Pike A Ghost in Your Ear, Audible Theater, Audiobook Narration, binaural audio, horror, Jamie Armitage, Lucas Iverson, off-Broadway, Owen Campbell

A Ghost in Your Ear, a headphone horror play set in an audiobook recording session, has opened at Audible’s Minetta Lane Theatre in New York.

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Akio Otsuka, the Japanese voice of Solid Snake, in a black shirt and glasses, talking beside a studio microphone in a recording booth. Image: RGG Studio (SEGA)
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Snake’s Japanese Voice Wants One More Metal Gear. Akio Otsuka Also Has Advice for Actors Facing AI

Published October 5, 2026 Chloe Barnett AI Voices, Akio Ōtsuka, Bunshun, Hideo Kojima, Konami, Metal Gear, Seiyuu, Solid Snake, video game voice acting

Akio Otsuka, Solid Snake’s Japanese voice, asks for one more Metal Gear, keeps his Kojima promise and says actors must aim for what AI can’t make.

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Official key art for the new Sgt. Frog series: Keroro floats above Earth in space with Fuyuki, Natsumi and the rest of the Keroro Platoon. Image: TV Tokyo and the Keroro Gunso production committee
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Sgt. Frog Is Back With Every Voice Replaced. The Original Keroro Says It Wasn’t the Actors’ Choice

Published October 4, 2026 Priya Raman anime, Crunchyroll, Keroro Gunso, Kumiko Watanabe, Makoto Koichi, recasting, Seiyuu, Sgt. Frog, TV Tokyo

The new Sgt. Frog series premiered with every role recast, months after its original cast made a film. Keroro’s voice of 22 years says it wasn’t their call.

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Official still from Get Jiro!: the sushi chef Jiro, in a white headband and open white jacket, stands in a dark alley beside a glowing lamp. Image: Adult Swim
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Get Jiro! Hands Anthony Bourdain’s Sushi Avenger to Brian Tee. Critics Say the Quiet Is the Point

Published October 4, 2026 Marcus Delgado Adult Swim, Alison Pill, animation, Anthony Bourdain, Brian Tee, Get Jiro, Titus Welliver, Toonami, voice acting

Adult Swim’s Get Jiro! premiered with screen actors in the lead voice roles. Early reviews praise how little Brian Tee raises his voice as Jiro.

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Desireé González, the Latin American voice of Luffy, wearing a straw hat in front of a Straw Hat Pirates flag during a 2023 interview. Image: SamuelitoKingdom
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Luffy’s Latin American Voice Found Her Voice in an AI Ad for an Adult Film. It Was Gone by the Afternoon

Published October 3, 2026 Owen Castellano AI Voice, Desireé González, dubbing, Luffy, Mexico, One Piece, TikTok, voice rights

Desireé González, who voices Luffy in Latin American Spanish, found an AI ad using her voice to sell adult content. She spoke up. It came down in hours.

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A cream landline telephone with its handset off the hook on a breakfast table in a tiled Mexican kitchen, beside sweet bread, a clay mug and orange juice © Voice Over Herald
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Liam Neeson’s Spanish Voice Got an Extortion Call. He Answered With a Line From Taken

Published October 3, 2026 Nate Holloway Cali Pop Festival, Frieza, Gerardo Reyero, Latin American dubbing, Liam Neeson, voice care

Gerardo Reyero, the Latin American voice of Liam Neeson and Frieza, scared off an extortion caller with a line from Taken, then shared his warm-up.

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Official screenshot from Star Wars: Galactic Racer: speeders race across orange desert sand past a crashed Star Destroyer on Jakku. Image: Secret Mode and Fuse Games
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Star Wars: Galactic Racer Gave Its Alien Mechanic a Scouse Accent. The Actor Pitched It Herself

Published October 3, 2026 Theo Lindgren Andrew James Spooner, Fuse Games, Kris Laudrum, Lucy Montgomery, Star Wars Galactic Racer, video game voice acting

Fuse Games names the voices of Star Wars: Galactic Racer days before launch. Lucy Montgomery’s Liverpool accent for Hibi was her own idea.

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Official screenshot from Order of the Sinking Star: a top-down view of a moonlit town square with pink tiled paving where the game's heroes stand among gardens and stone buildings. Image: Thekla, Inc. and Arc Games
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Jonathan Blow’s Order of the Sinking Star Names Its Voice Cast. Only Two Languages Get to Hear It

Published October 2, 2026 Sarah Robbins Anjali Bhimani, dubbing, Emily O'Brien, Jonathan Blow, Liam O'Brien, localization, Order of the Sinking Star, video game voice acting, voice cast

Emily O’Brien, Liam O’Brien and Anjali Bhimani lead Jonathan Blow’s new puzzle game. Full voice comes in only English and Simplified Chinese.

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Audible's Interactive Story launch screen for Dracula, titled Renfield on the Run, reading In the voice of Johnny Flynn, with a Talk with Renfield button and a candle. Image: Audible
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Audible Lets You Talk Back to Renfield. He Answers in a Replica of Johnny Flynn’s Voice

Published October 2, 2026 Chloe Barnett AI Voice, Audible, audiobooks, Dracula, Interactive Story, Johnny Flynn, narrators, SAG-AFTRA, voice replica

Audible’s new Interactive Story lets listeners talk to Dracula’s Renfield, voiced by a replica of actor Johnny Flynn. What it means for narrators.

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A Seibu Railway commuter train wrapped in Yo-kai Watch characters waits at a station platform, with Jibanyan on the front. Photo: 正和, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Naoki Bandō, the Voice of Robonyan in Yo-kai Watch, Dies at 69. He Taught Himself the Craft

Published October 2, 2026 Jordan Pike dubbing, Gundam, Japan, Naoki Bando, obituary, Robonyan, Seiyuu, voice actors, Yo-kai Watch

The Japanese voice actor behind Robonyan, Gundam’s Minovsky and President Logan’s Japanese dub died on September 28. He built his technique himself.

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Obocchama-kun Reborn announcement art: Chama points upward beside the gold title logo and the words 2027 broadcast confirmed. Image: ©1986 Yoshinori Kobayashi/TV Asahi
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Obocchama-kun Is Coming Home to Japan. Kids in India Brought It Back, and Its 1989 Voice Never Left

Published October 1, 2026 Hana Mori anime, Chie Kōjiro, Green Gold Animation, Hindi dubbing, india, Obocchama-kun, Sony YAY, TV Asahi

Dubbed reruns made Obocchama-kun a lockdown hit in India. Now the new series heads to Japan in 2027, with Chie Kōjiro back as Chama.

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An Audiobook Session Goes Horribly Wrong Every Night Off-Broadway. Audible Hands You the Headphones
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An Audiobook Session Goes Horribly Wrong Every Night Off-Broadway. Audible Hands You the Headphones

October 5, 2026 Jordan Pike Comments Off on An Audiobook Session Goes Horribly Wrong Every Night Off-Broadway. Audible Hands You the Headphones

A Ghost in Your Ear, a headphone horror play set in an audiobook recording session, has opened at Audible’s Minetta Lane Theatre in New York.

Snake’s Japanese Voice Wants One More Metal Gear. Akio Otsuka Also Has Advice for Actors Facing AI
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Snake’s Japanese Voice Wants One More Metal Gear. Akio Otsuka Also Has Advice for Actors Facing AI

October 5, 2026 Chloe Barnett Comments Off on Snake’s Japanese Voice Wants One More Metal Gear. Akio Otsuka Also Has Advice for Actors Facing AI
Sgt. Frog Is Back With Every Voice Replaced. The Original Keroro Says It Wasn’t the Actors’ Choice
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Sgt. Frog Is Back With Every Voice Replaced. The Original Keroro Says It Wasn’t the Actors’ Choice

October 4, 2026 Priya Raman Comments Off on Sgt. Frog Is Back With Every Voice Replaced. The Original Keroro Says It Wasn’t the Actors’ Choice
Get Jiro! Hands Anthony Bourdain’s Sushi Avenger to Brian Tee. Critics Say the Quiet Is the Point
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Get Jiro! Hands Anthony Bourdain’s Sushi Avenger to Brian Tee. Critics Say the Quiet Is the Point

October 4, 2026 Marcus Delgado Comments Off on Get Jiro! Hands Anthony Bourdain’s Sushi Avenger to Brian Tee. Critics Say the Quiet Is the Point

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