England's Voice Actor and 2 Seconds of America

[americanheroal.livejournal.com]

So Scott Freeman landed the role of Arthur Kirkland. This is Scott's first major roll and has been working as a background voice actor for a while with Funimation.

Youtube and FB is buzzing with comments and opinions and so it's our turn. What do you think of the English voice for England? (Or "Bri'en" as America seems to call him)

By the way, if you enjoy watching Hetalia online then I suggest you get the DVDs. It chalk full of extras including interviews with the Japanese voice actors.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nR6gyYMUESE

Comments

[haro.livejournal.com]

...I heard a clear 'T' in the word?

[http://users.livejournal.com/_moenokori/]

(I heard a T too... >_<)

[haro.livejournal.com]

Yeah, his accent is General American (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_American), AKA the 'non-accent.' I'm actually pleased with this. Giving America a regional accent would have been weird to me, and something Southern or Western especially so, considering that a lot of those states came into the Union long after the US was established.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_moenokori/]

Oh yes! A southern accent would have ruined it for me as well. Being from the south, sometimes people just don't do it right. XD Though I don't think they thought that far into it when they didn't give him an accent. ♥