- published: 05 Apr 2016
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Kirk Thornton (born May 13, 1956 in Portland, Oregon) is an American voice actor and director, working mainly with English-language versions of Japanese anime shows. His major roles include Brandon Heat in Gungrave, Hotohori in Fushigi Yūgi, Jin in Samurai Champloo, Hajime Saito in Rurouni Kenshin, Jet Link in Cyborg 009, Don Patch in Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo, and numerous Digimon. He co-directed the ADR for the popular anime series Bleach alongside Wendee Lee, and also serves as the narrator. In video games, he voices Number VII Organization XIII member Saïx in the Kingdom Hearts series and Shadow the Hedgehog in the Sonic the Hedgehog series.
This week on Talking Voices, Kirk Thornton takes the hot seat and talks about voicing heroes and villains, the most rewarding part of voice acting, and the difference between anime and animation recording Part 2: https://youtu.be/Eg0arCy2xcA More “Talking Voices” here: http://bit.ly/1Kwt3iO Visit our website: http://veritevoiceover.net/ Like us on Facebook: http://facebook.com/veriteentertainment/ Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/veriteentertain/ Follow us on Instagram: http://instagram.com/veriteentertainment/ Check out more Kirk! https://twitter.com/VOKirk https://www.facebook.com/Kirk-Thornton-Fan-Page
Kirk continues to talk about how he got his start in acting, being a voice director, and how he can just keep on learning while working. Part 1: https://youtu.be/3oSaGtE6GaI More “Talking Voices” here: http://bit.ly/1Kwt3iO Visit our website: http://veritevoiceover.net/ Like us on Facebook: http://facebook.com/veriteentertainment/ Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/veriteentertain/ Follow us on Instagram: http://instagram.com/veriteentertainment/ Check out more Kirk! https://twitter.com/VOKirk https://www.facebook.com/Kirk-Thornton-Fan-Page
Thanks to CrimsonVermillioneye, who pointed me towards a thread that had a voice dump of the Sonic Generations lines, including the Shadow lines that eluded my last video. These are all of clips (minus his dreaded "You got this, Sonic!"), without SFX in the background so they can be heard clearly. What do you think: Has Kirk Thornton improved on his Free Riders performance? Or regressed?
This is just a fun little thing I wanted to do since I heard the new voice of Shadow lol and some people said the new voice sounds like me...Even though I don't think so at all but whatever. Hear the voice first, he does end almost everything like ttttthhhiiisssss.. Anyways don't take it close to the heart it's just a joke, enjoy this little short video lol Voices All Shadow759
This is the 1st part of Kirk Thornton's panel from AB12. I have to switch the dvd every 30 minutes so there's a little bit missing between the end of part 2 and the start of part 3, as well as the end of part 4 and the start of part 5. The audio might be a little low. I always sit next to a speaker when I record these panels, but the volume for the speakers wasn't very high.
This is the 2nd part of Kirk Thornton's panel from AB12. I have to switch the dvd every 30 minutes so there's a little bit missing between the end of part 2 and the start of part 3, as well as the end of part 4 and the start of part 5. The audio might be a little low. I always sit next to a speaker when I record these panels, but the volume for the speakers wasn't very high.
Before becoming one of the best known voice actors, Kirk was an actor at the Oregon Shakespearen Festival in Ashland, Oregon. This is an interview with Kirk taped in 1979.
Saïx's battle quotes and grunts from Kingdom Hearts II.
I asked Kirk Thornton to sign my copy of Rurouni Kenshin volume 7 (the one where Saito is first introduced) and while he was doing that, I asked if he could read the following quote in Saito's voice. "I, Saito Hajime, Captain of the 3rd Shinsengumi Unit, will kill the Hitokiri Battosai." Let's just say that Kirk was having alot of trouble. xD When he was filming his scenes he didn't have to say the entire japanese phrases and what not. It was quite funny really, plus he was really nice about it and everything.