The Energon Pub

Thanks everyone for their support. This is still pretty much a "fan" project, so didn't want to overstep myself and put it in the news category, BUT voice casting for the War Within cartoon is now 99 percent compete.

Here are the actors and the characters they will be playing:

Optimus Prime
Bluestreak
Ironhide - Zach Dyer

Narrator - Robert Erickson

Starscream - Frank Todaro

Grimlock
Hound - Peter Tagtstrom

Prowl & Umbra - James Owings

Megatron
Jazz
Bumblebee - Brad Venable

Gravitas
Kup
Skids - Chris Jones

Thundercracker - William Bates

Skywarp - "Creature" S. H. Hueske

The project is now also being hosted by http://www.tfcog.net. Many of the voice actors in this project are the same you've been hearing in their fandubs of Beast Wars II, Neo, and Victory to name a few. Some though, are completely new faces.

As an added bonus to "celebrate" the occasion, I put up a new "rough animation" demo up on youtube that has the Grimlock transformation sequence that some folks have been asking about. This will probably be the last "demo" until the project is done, which I'm hoping should be by October. No voice acting in the clip (you'll have to watch the finished product for that!), but you do get to hear the background and sf/x, which are now being handled by Peter Tagstrom.

You can view this new clip here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=245pqdEPWP0

As always, questions and comments are welcome and appreciated.

Black Bumblebee wrote:Narrator - Robert Erickson

That one's me!

Lookin' good so far. Can't wait to see the finished project.

Thanks SM... I can't wait either.

I already have High Hopes for this BlackBB ^_^ Dont let me down

Poo - of all the times to not check the board! I wanted to audition for this and missed it!

Brilliant stuff, though.

Brilliant, just plain brilliant...

Are you still looking for people for the ones that don't have names next to them?

I do a pretty spot-on Grimlock.

The names are grouped together there with their artist. Peter Tagtstrom's doing Hound and Grimlock.

Alright.

Is there anyone who hasn't been cast?

Thanks for all the positives. Sorry if you missed out on auditions, tried to bump the earlier threads... but, only so much one can bump. For issue one, I still need someone to play Trailbreaker and I haven't yet cast Darklight (though I've got my eye... err.... ear on someone).

But, if you missed out on this go around, don't worry--this was just casting for the first issue. Issue 2 brings a whole new batch of characters to be cast such as Shockwave, Soundwave, the Constructicons... I even have parts for characters who don't have lines in the original comic, such as Powerglide.

Auditions for issue 2 will start AFTER issue 1 is done... which will be several months from now.

Thanks again for all the support guys!

Well, good luck and I can't wait to see the finished product.

When you need new voice-actors let me know.

Actually, I reckon I could do a good Trailbreaker. I should be able to get to you tomorrow.

Aargh! This thread be being boarded me hearties! Give us yer gold and women and we be leaving you on a nice desert island whilst we run off wit ya ship! Aargh!

Til then I'll be able to down the comic, ore have it as orig.

Optimus Frimal wrote:Aargh! This thread be being boarded me hearties! Give us yer gold and women and we be leaving you on a nice desert island whilst we run off wit ya ship! Aargh!

..... from space!

Aargh! No, that would just be silly matie! Aargh!

In over my head, fa-lalalalala, in way over my head...

Creature SH wrote:In over my head, fa-lalalalala, in way over my head...

He be a pirate and I be

Gah! You scurvy lot... what's this I be hearing about you land-lubbers thinkin' ye be pirates?