Best Optimus, Megatron, Starscream & other TF voice actors?

*nods* Voice "acting" doesn't really happen when you're dubbing. You listen to the way voice actors talk about working on a dub compared to pre-lay and it's clear as day that dubbing is a highly restrictive medium to work with. (-_-) I like Kobiyama YÅichi, the seiyuu (voice actor) for Gigatron; I liked how he gave Gigatron varied voices and different personas in each different mode (e.g.: Gigabat, Gigadragon, Gigacar etc.).

I worked with our local dubbing community for a bit, they did try to put in some acting to it, despite restrictions in line duration. What surprised me is that the soundclips on those sites for RiD/AEC sounded worse than, say, your typical Viz anime dub, even using the same VAs.

Ironic considering that Welles was putting in even less than a half arse effort into playing Unicron! :) I'm sure someone out there could play a good Unicron if they tried... perhaps we've yet to find him. <shrug>

IMHO, Welles was that good; didn't need to put in that much effort to make that much of an impact. Y'know, like Leonard Nimoy phoning in his performance in the new Star Trek film, but still coming out classic Spock.

Hey, maybe that'd work, Nimoy as Unicron.