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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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ElevenLabs Doubled Its Value in Seven Months. The Money Is in Voices That Answer the Phone

Published October 1, 2026 Leah Brannigan AI Voice, ElevenLabs, ivr, voice actors, voice agents, voice cloning, Voice Marketplace

ElevenLabs’ value doubled since February, driven by AI agents that handle calls. What that means for phone, IVR and marketplace voice work.

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A printed sheet titled What the job pays lists union voice over minimums on a wooden desk beside headphones, a pencil and a glass of water. Image: The Voice Realm
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A Casting Website Puts SAG-AFTRA Voice Over Rates Into One Free Calculator

Published October 1, 2026October 1, 2026 Nate Holloway SAG-AFTRA, The Voice Realm, union rates, voice over rates

Union voice over rates sit in a dozen PDFs. A new free calculator adds up the SAG-AFTRA minimum for eight kinds of voice job, line by line.

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The entrance of the Shanghai No. 1 Intermediate People's Court behind a black iron gate, photographed in 2000. Photo: CyberCop, CC BY 3.0
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A Shanghai Voice Actress Beat an AI Clone of Her Voice. The Company Couldn’t Say Where It Came From

Published October 1, 2026October 1, 2026 Owen Castellano AI voice cloning, China, court ruling, personality rights, Shanghai, training data, voice actors, voice rights

Shanghai’s No. 1 Intermediate Court upheld damages for a voice actress cloned without consent, and made the AI company prove its training data. It couldn’t.

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Peppino Mazzullo in 1961, in a tweed jacket, leaning over a miniature bed where the Topo Gigio puppet lies under the covers beside a small candle. Image: Radiocorriere, 1961, public domain
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Peppino Mazzullo, the Voice of Topo Gigio for 45 Years, Dies at 100

Published October 1, 2026 Sarah Robbins Ed Sullivan, Italy, Maria Perego, obituary, Peppino Mazzullo, puppetry, Topo Gigio, voice actors

The Italian actor who voiced Topo Gigio from 1961 to 2006 died at home near Messina. He invented the mouse’s catchphrase and never called himself a dubber.

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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
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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

October 3, 2026 Owen Castellano Comments Off on Luffy’s Latin American Voice Found Her Voice in an AI Ad for an Adult Film. It Was Gone by the Afternoon

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.

Liam Neeson’s Spanish Voice Got an Extortion Call. He Answered With a Line From Taken
Entertainment Featured Articles 

Liam Neeson’s Spanish Voice Got an Extortion Call. He Answered With a Line From Taken

October 3, 2026 Nate Holloway Comments Off on Liam Neeson’s Spanish Voice Got an Extortion Call. He Answered With a Line From Taken
Star Wars: Galactic Racer Gave Its Alien Mechanic a Scouse Accent. The Actor Pitched It Herself
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Star Wars: Galactic Racer Gave Its Alien Mechanic a Scouse Accent. The Actor Pitched It Herself

October 3, 2026 Theo Lindgren Comments Off on Star Wars: Galactic Racer Gave Its Alien Mechanic a Scouse Accent. The Actor Pitched It Herself
Jonathan Blow’s Order of the Sinking Star Names Its Voice Cast. Only Two Languages Get to Hear It
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Jonathan Blow’s Order of the Sinking Star Names Its Voice Cast. Only Two Languages Get to Hear It

October 2, 2026 Sarah Robbins Comments Off on Jonathan Blow’s Order of the Sinking Star Names Its Voice Cast. Only Two Languages Get to Hear It

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