{"id":39077,"date":"2024-10-29T17:41:54","date_gmt":"2024-10-29T08:41:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=39077"},"modified":"2024-10-29T17:41:56","modified_gmt":"2024-10-29T08:41:56","slug":"romancing-saga-2-revenge-of-the-seven-va-reveals-the-difficulties-behind-recording-the-english-voices-for-the-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/romancing-saga-2-revenge-of-the-seven-va-reveals-the-difficulties-behind-recording-the-english-voices-for-the-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Romancing SaGa 2: Revenge of the Seven VA reveals the difficulties behind recording the English voices for the game\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Sean Chiplock, an American voice actor famous for providing the English voices for anime characters like Jojo\u2019s Bizarre Adventure\u2019s Guido Mista (and his Sex Pistols), as well as video game characters like Persona 5\u2019s Yuuki Mishima, recently took to social media to discuss his work on voicing Bokhohn in <strong>Romancing SaGa 2: Revenge of the Seven<\/strong>. According to Chiplock, Square Enix was extremely strict about matching the timing of the characters\u2019 English lines to the movement of their lips, going so far as to re-record entire lines, even if they were only off by a small amount.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Romancing SaGa 2: Revenge of the Seven released a couple days ago! And I\u2019m honored to have voiced one of the Seven, Bokohn!<br><br>Y\u2019all; this gig was INSANE. The first time ever I had to match timing TO THE FRAME with *no* digital editing allowed.<br><br>BUT MY READS. SOOO MANY GOOD READS. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lcfWDLzOEW\">pic.twitter.com\/lcfWDLzOEW<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Sean Chiplock \ud83d\udd1c Now on \ud83d\udfe6\u2601\ufe0f! (MOVED, SEE PIN) (@VAsonicmega) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VAsonicmega\/status\/1851077488015007797?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 29, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Chiplock elaborates, saying that voice actors are usually given a window of frames in which their deliveries can be slightly shorter or longer than the movement of their characters\u2019 lips. Sound engineers can come in afterwards, adjusting the audio to match the animations.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Romancing SaGa 2: Revenge of the Seven, however, voice actors were told to match their timings to the frame with no digital editing whatsoever.&nbsp;Chiplock gives a shoutout to all the <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/romancing-saga-2-remake-voice-actress-discovered-the-original-game-through-her-gamer-grandma\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">voice actors who played roles in Romancing SaGa 2: Revenge of the Seven<\/a>, stating that \u201cnot only did they give that performance, but they did it within a restriction that\u2019s extremely rare in this industry.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">For insight:<br><br>When we\u2019re asked to match timing, there is usually a \u201cwindow\u201d of frames we can be within; sound engineers can also mess with audio if it\u2019s JUST long or JUST short.<br><br>But on this, we had to be exact, organically. If it was off at ALL, the entire line was re-recorded.<\/p>&mdash; Sean Chiplock \ud83d\udd1c Now on \ud83d\udfe6\u2601\ufe0f! (MOVED, SEE PIN) (@VAsonicmega) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VAsonicmega\/status\/1851078078039982252?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 29, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">So if there\u2019s a delivery from someone you absolutely loved while playing this, just know that not only did they give that performance, but they did it within a restriction that\u2019s extremely rare in this industry!<\/p>&mdash; Sean Chiplock \ud83d\udd1c Now on \ud83d\udfe6\u2601\ufe0f! (MOVED, SEE PIN) (@VAsonicmega) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VAsonicmega\/status\/1851078437902979399?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 29, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Romancing SaGa\u2019s Bokhohn is generally calm and collected, but <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/VAsonicmega\/status\/1851080592160354449\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Chiplock mentions that there were times when the character got a bit wild<\/a>. Despite the character\u2019s mood swings, the actor reports that he was able to maintain both the technique and quality of his vocal performance. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/VAsonicmega\/status\/1851080838294679784\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">He isn\u2019t shy about mentioning his mistakes either<\/a>, stating that he had lines with \u201cupwards of half a dozen\u201d retakes before he got them done perfectly. Despite all the work, he is happy that he completed the job to the standard that he expects of himself.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20241029-39077-001.jpg\" alt=\"Romancing SaGa 2: Revenge of the Seven combat against Kzinssie\" class=\"wp-image-39081\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20241029-39077-001.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20241029-39077-001-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20241029-39077-001-768x432.jpg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Difficulty is nothing new to the Romancing SaGa franchise, as both <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/romancing-saga-2-revenge-of-the-seven-will-keep-its-powerful-enemies-but-running-away-wont-make-them-progressively-stronger-producer-says\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the original Romancing SaGa 2 and the remake include some pretty powerful enemies<\/a>. Who would have thought that the difficulty extended to voice acting work as well?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Romancing SaGa 2: Revenge of the Seven is available on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendo.com\/us\/store\/products\/romancing-saga-2-revenge-of-the-seven-switch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Nintendo Switch<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/store.playstation.com\/en-us\/product\/UP0082-PPSA16564_00-ROMANCINGSAGA2RN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PS4\/PS5<\/a>,\u202fand PC (<a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/2455640\/Romancing_SaGa_2_Revenge_of_the_Seven\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steam<\/a>).\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sean Chiplock, who plays Bokhohn in Romancing SaGa 2 Revenge of the Seven, reveals how tough it was recording the English voices for the game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":39082,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-39077","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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