The
last time this site encountered a product announcement from Funimation came
in Texas, where Lance Heiskell of the Fort Worth company said they were releasing
two of the animated shows from the Sakura Taisen universe. Back to Texas
for Project: A-Kon and Heiskell and Funimation also were back, and the big
product announcement was the acquisition of Kiddy Grade, the anime
that mixes trade disputes and cute characters. Heiskell expects that Funimation
will not get Kiddy Grade to home video shelves in the U.S. until sometime
in 2004. Funimation is starting to select a cast for the previously-announced
Tenchi GXP series, and they're also recording the dub tracks for the Dragon
Ball GT series. All of the company's Fruits Basket releases are finished,
Heiskell said, and YuYu Hakusho is going to a monthly video release. But
the product that Heiskell really liked was a new series of talking Dragon
Ball figures who speak in the voices of the English-language actors from
the series.
One
of those voices belongs to actor and bean dip aficionado Kyle Hebert, who
held his panel at the same time as the Funimation announcements. "I eat it
with my finger because it's so good," Hebert said, adding that "bean dip"
actually refers to the name of the BBS forums at his web site. "It needed
a name - everyone has a shtick. Kiss has makeup, I eat bean dip." The site
has an active collection of fans, chats with other voice actors, and there's
a promise of a Kyle Hebert fan fiction contest, preferably with stories involving
Hebert, who is referred to as "the big bald beast."
But
wait, there's more: Kyle's fans have gone so far to write him a theme song.
which was performed at the panel. And there's even talk of a fan comic strip
featuring the "adventures of chibi Kyle." Hebert's performances, best known
through Dragon Ball dubs released by Funimation, have gotten him this popularity
- and he admitted the inspiration of some of those voices. One performance
is a mix of Eric Cartman from South Park and Droopy the dog from the old
MGM cartoons. Another role, which required a "wrestler over the top vibe
I can't believe he's so pompous attitude," came from watching pro wrestler
Randy "Macho Man" Savage.
The
last time this site encountered a product announcement from Funimation came
in Texas, where Lance Heiskell of the Fort Worth company said they were releasing
two of the animated shows from the Sakura Taisen universe. Back to Texas
for Project: A-Kon and Heiskell and Funimation also were back, and the big
product announcement was the acquisition of Kiddy Grade, the anime
that mixes trade disputes and cute characters. Heiskell expects that Funimation
will not get Kiddy Grade to home video shelves in the U.S. until sometime
in 2004. Funimation is starting to select a cast for the previously-announced
Tenchi GXP series, and they're also recording the dub tracks for the Dragon
Ball GT series. All of the company's Fruits Basket releases are finished,
Heiskell said, and YuYu Hakusho is going to a monthly video release. But
the product that Heiskell really liked was a new series of talking Dragon
Ball figures who speak in the voices of the English-language actors from
the series.
One
of those voices belongs to actor and bean dip aficionado Kyle Hebert, who
held his panel at the same time as the Funimation announcements. "I eat it
with my finger because it's so good," Hebert said, adding that "bean dip"
actually refers to the name of the BBS forums at his web site. "It needed
a name - everyone has a shtick. Kiss has makeup, I eat bean dip." The site
has an active collection of fans, chats with other voice actors, and there's
a promise of a Kyle Hebert fan fiction contest, preferably with stories involving
Hebert, who is referred to as "the big bald beast."
But
wait, there's more: Kyle's fans have gone so far to write him a theme song.
which was performed at the panel. And there's even talk of a fan comic strip
featuring the "adventures of chibi Kyle." Hebert's performances, best known
through Dragon Ball dubs released by Funimation, have gotten him this popularity
- and he admitted the inspiration of some of those voices. One performance
is a mix of Eric Cartman from South Park and Droopy the dog from the old
MGM cartoons. Another role, which required a "wrestler over the top vibe
I can't believe he's so pompous attitude," came from watching pro wrestler
Randy "Macho Man" Savage.
