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Fish Audio's official Drama 3 launch image, with the comedian Uncle Roger standing at right. Image: Fish Audio
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Fish Audio’s New AI Voice Takes Direction Like an Actor. Voice Actors Who Found Their Clones There Say Removal Isn’t Erasure

Published October 20, 2026 Hana Mori AI voice cloning, Drama 3, Equity, Estelle Hubert, Fish Audio, text to speech, voice actors

Fish Audio's Drama 3 takes stage directions and is free to download. Voice actors who found clones there say a takedown isn't the same as erasing.

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Hiroshi Tsuchida in an official cast message for Space Battleship Yamato 2199, with the name card for his role Susumu Yamazaki. Image: Shochiku
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Hiroshi Tsuchida, Japan’s Voice of Lightning McQueen and Attack on Titan’s Grisha, Dies at 54. Eren’s Voice Says the Story Needed Him

Published October 20, 2026 Leah Brannigan Attack on Titan, Cars, Hiroshi Tsuchida, Japanese dubbing, Kakuranger, obituary, Seiyuu, Yakuza

The Japanese voice of Lightning McQueen and Grisha Yeager, and Kakuranger's Ninja Blue, died of heart failure at 54. Colleagues and studios pay tribute.

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Ota Jirák at the wheel of a vintage car on stage, with Matouš Ruml, in Dědeček automobil at the Municipal Theatre in Mladá Boleslav. Photo: Michal Škvor, Městské divadlo Mladá Boleslav, CC BY-SA 3.0
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Otakar Jirák, the Czech Voice of Alf, Manny and Obelix, Dies at 77. His Screen Daughter Asks That He Be Remembered as More Than a Voice

Published October 19, 2026 Marcus Delgado Alf, Czech dubbing, Ice Age, Obelix, obituary, Ota Jirák, Otakar Jirák, Studio Kamarád

Otakar Jirák voiced Alf, Manny the mammoth and Obelix in Czech, and Hele in Studio Kamarád. He began as a mime and puppeteer. He was 77.

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Apu, unmasked in a monk's robe, glares at Springfield in The Simpsons episode The Revengening. Image: 20th Television Animation / Fox
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Apu Speaks on The Simpsons for the First Time Since 2017. His New Voice, Sunil Malhotra, Says He Was Ready to Walk Away

Published October 19, 2026 Owen Castellano animation voice acting, Apu, Fox, Hank Azaria, Janina Gavankar, recasting, Sunil Malhotra, the simpsons

Sunil Malhotra is Apu's new voice on The Simpsons. He set conditions before he said yes, and once turned down his first job offer to avoid a caricature.

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Eight Dates for Working Voice Actors Before December. One Conference Says Its Format Changes After This Year

Published October 18, 2026October 18, 2026 Sarah Robbins AdventureX, LA Comic Con, MAVO, NAVA, Premios Actua, voice actor conferences, voice over events

Eight voice over dates from October 21 to November 15, from free online sessions to MAVO in Virginia, with costs and who each one is for.

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Opinion: “It’s a Budget Thing” Isn’t a Reason. It’s a Confession

Published October 18, 2026October 18, 2026 Jordan Pike AI Voices, brands, budgets, opinion, voice actors

When a brand drops a trusted voice for AI, it calls it a budget thing. Our columnist says it's a bet that customers won't notice, and a bad one.

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EUIPO register entry for application 019431219: a sound mark filed 05/10/2026, status application under examination, with a four second audio player. Image: EUIPO
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Can a Voice Be a Trademark? Italy’s Prime Minister Filed Four Seconds of Hers

Published October 18, 2026October 18, 2026 Sarah Robbins AI voice detection, EUIPO, Giorgia Meloni, Luca Ward, Pindrop, Sierra, sound trademark, voice cloning

Giorgia Meloni filed four seconds of her voice as an EU sound mark. What it protects, what it costs, and what AI caller detection means for voice actors.

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AI Voice Firms Now Sell Consent. Two of Them Are Also Switching Voices Off

Published October 18, 2026October 18, 2026 Sarah Robbins AI Voices, consent, VO tech, voice cloning, Voice Licensing

Microsoft, HeyGen and Decagon launched AI voices that promise consent, while Hume and OpenAI switch voices off. What voice actors should ask before licensing.

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Andy García as General Enrique Gorostieta firing a rifle in Cristiada. Image: Cinépolis trailer
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Andy García Dubs Himself Into Spanish for the First Time. Cristiada Returns to Mexican Cinemas 14 Years Later

Published October 18, 2026 Priya Raman Andy García, Cristero War, Cristiada, For Greater Glory, Mexico, self-dubbing, Spanish dubbing

Cristiada is back in Mexican cinemas in Spanish, and Andy García voices his own general. It's his first full film dub, and he kept his Cuban accent.

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Michael Forest as an aged Apollo in the Star Trek Continues episode Pilgrim of Eternity, 2013. Image: Star Trek Continues
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Michael Forest, Star Trek’s Apollo, Dies at 97. He Dubbed Hundreds of Films in Rome Before Decades of Anime

Published October 18, 2026 Owen Castellano Alfred Thor, anime dubbing, dubbing, Michael Forest, obituary, Star trek, Star Trek Continues

Star Trek's Apollo spent ten years dubbing films in Rome, then voiced anime from Akira to Samurai Champloo, sometimes as Alfred Thor. He was 97.

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Voice actor Rosalie Chiang records an English dub of the anime Sakamoto Days in a studio, with the scene projected behind her. Image: Netflix
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Netflix Says One Dubbed Language Takes 50 to 60 People. AI, It Says, Is Only a Tool

Published October 17, 2026October 24, 2026 Marcus Delgado AI Voices, dubbing, Korean content, localisation, Netflix, Physical: 100, Squid Game, voice actors

At a roundtable in Seoul, Netflix said each dubbed language needs 50 to 60 people across 36 dub languages, and called AI a tool for specialists.

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Equity Warns Voice Actors Off a Game Casting That Wants Their Voices for AI Training, Forever
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Equity Warns Voice Actors Off a Game Casting That Wants Their Voices for AI Training, Forever

October 25, 2026 Leah Brannigan Comments Off on Equity Warns Voice Actors Off a Game Casting That Wants Their Voices for AI Training, Forever

Equity tells performers to proceed with extreme caution over a game casting asking for AI training rights, a buyout and every right to their voice.

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Minus 23, Minus 24, Minus 16: The Loudness Numbers in Your Briefs, and Who Wrote Them

October 24, 2026 Nate Holloway Comments Off on Minus 23, Minus 24, Minus 16: The Loudness Numbers in Your Briefs, and Who Wrote Them
Horror Collector’s English Dub Starts Today, and Wishbone’s Voice Is the Dog With a Human Face
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Horror Collector’s English Dub Starts Today, and Wishbone’s Voice Is the Dog With a Human Face

October 24, 2026 Hana Mori Comments Off on Horror Collector’s English Dub Starts Today, and Wishbone’s Voice Is the Dog With a Human Face
Two AI Launches This Week Let One Voice Speak Dozens of Languages. Voice Actors Should Read the Consent Rules First
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Two AI Launches This Week Let One Voice Speak Dozens of Languages. Voice Actors Should Read the Consent Rules First

October 24, 2026 Owen Castellano Comments Off on Two AI Launches This Week Let One Voice Speak Dozens of Languages. Voice Actors Should Read the Consent Rules First

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