Here's my 2023 entertainment visual reel!
I'm Jim Foronda, a 🇵🇭+🇩🇪 Texas-based voice actor– vocal clay for shaping into whatever sounds and emotions you need for games, animation, narration, and commercials!
Booking: booktalent
@marycollins
.com
Cons: booking
@powelltalent
.com
I can't lie— It's a crushing disappointment. I'd thought about possibly being in the movie for years.
I love Borderlands. I love Claptrap. It's absolute joy to be his voice for the games.
Congratulations,
@jackblack
, I know you must love him too. Please take good care of him.
Here's my official announcement saying what many of you already figured out: I am voicing Claptrap in
#Borderlands3
. Thanks for your support– I promise you all that I'll be the best Clappy I can be!
And with that, I present my LEGO render of
@GearboxOfficial
's voiceover booth.
I just discovered the latest series of Mega Construx figures were quietly released mid-pandemic. I'm super happy because it includes this guy.
#Borderlands3
Here's a JSRT and CARSC group photo! (I still need to add an environment, but I'm posting early for
#KemonoFriends
3's year 1 event.)
#けものフレンズ
#けものフレンズ3
#けもフレ3への愛を叫ぼう
Behold
@PlayWonderlands
Adventurers: I'm happy to say I'm returning as Claptrap in Tiny Tina's Wonderlands– TTRPG style! You can also hear me within the Goblin populace as different attackers, rescuees, and Yens!
😊⚡️✨💖 I cast *MAGIC THANKS* on the folks at
@GearboxOfficial
!
There've been a lot of great
#Borderlands
themed custom designs posted in
#AnimalCrossing
and I wanted to share my scrappy BL3 Claptrap! (As luck would have it, the Ables had matching trek shoes in stock today.)
Branching out with this role… I'm Hoko in the
#HellsParadise
English dub on
@Crunchyroll
! Thanks to
@MikeMcFarlandVA
for planting me in the cast. I hope I don't sound too wooden! I'll leaf it for you to decide… 🍂
(But seriously, I'm looking forward to the drama in his story!)
One Piece has always been a gift for character actors, what with the insane shark pirates and top hat-wearing monkeys and all of Oda's wild ideas… But I especially want to thank
@Bowling4anime
for believing in my capability for drama. I'm so, so happy to be part of Film Red! 🥹
*goes to
#Crunchyroll
*
*steps into booth*
*reads script*
𝙒𝙃𝘼𝙏
Hear me as… Lord Foronda (giggle)… in the English dub of
#TheWeakestTamer
Began A Journey To Pick Up Trash! Thanks to
@CrisGeorgeVA
for having me onboard and for the most surreal recording experience ever. 😅
Please don't be mean to the folks at
@GearboxOfficial
. There are other producers and investors, and there are big budgets riding on this thing. This is just what acting is— sometimes things don't happen. I'm still Clappy on computers and consoles and there's more to come there!
Mr. Gunpla's English voice will be portrayed by prolific Voice Actor, and Real-Life Gundam megafan
@JimForonda
!
Jim is part of our Showcase coming up on August 8th so Don't miss out as things get...animated.
Oh boy, someone's having a good (for him) day…
Glad to once again be dredging up the miserably arrogant tone of my 7th grade bully to dub Muscular's return in
#MyHeroAcademia
! 👊🏼😈👍🏼
Ring ring, it me… keepin' shop as the Shopkeeper in episode 2 of the
#SPYxFamily
English dub on
@Crunchyroll
! Thanks for dialing me in for this one,
@CrisGeorgeVA
!
☎️🌷👍🏼
I'm scholastically thrilled to be the English voice of the dashingly kind Professor Workner Norgram in
@Crunchyroll
's dub of
#Wistoria
: Wand And Sword! Thank you to
@InmanJeremy
for academic tenure, my fellow teachers, and my talented class of students!
TEN CREDITS TO EVERYONE!
I remember when I first saw Borderlands 3 concept art at Gearbox, waaay back when I was still recording for Battleborn…
The dedicated folks who made BL3 gave it all they've got and it's an honor to be part of their collective work of a'sploding art.
Now...
#LetsMakeSomeMayhem
Lookie what I got out of storage! In 1993, coin-op MK2 had a mail-in offer that popped up in attract mode. You had to stand by with pen and paper to copy the address. Yup…I ordered everything.😅 When they arrived, I was surprised to find the MK2 comic signed by
@therealsaibot
!
When everyone was doing their bits after a walla session for this week's
#ShadowsHouse
dub,
@CiaranStrange
took a vid of me recording the Soot Phantom's wiggly freak-out… Welp, no matter the role, you can be 100% sure I give it everything I can! 😅
#TheHunt2021
in
#Borderlands3
starts today, with charity proceeds going to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital! Support the cause and/or join The Hunt here:
Kind of weird, seeing the Funimation name being retired. I remember driving to this building in 2004, going up to the Funi studio, and auditioning for Case Closed. 😊
Bye bye, Funimation! You'll live on in anime brand heaven, alongside good ol' Suncoast Motion Picture Company.
This ridiculous 4th wall-breaking harem comedy spoof pushes the genre into triple digits… and I am there as the English dub's omnipresent, overly expressive Narrator! Thanks to director
@HelenaWalstrom
for a fun role that takes me from calm to bonkers in mere seconds!
A little late after Frieren Friday, but I'm happy to announce I'm the English voice of Sein's brother in
#FrierenBeyondJourneysEnd
! A lot of feels packed into this episode's family drama… Thanks to
@jadbsaxton
for having me on this lovely show with its wonderful cast. 😊
We finally meet Garden's mysterious Shopkeeper in today's dub of
#SPY_FAMILY
episode 30! Back when I recorded him for episode 2, I wondered if he'd ever appear in person… 🤔 I hope
@nvansistine
and I get to voice more of his and Yor's weird assassin "father/daughter" dynamic!
I return to
@FUNimation
's dub of
#BlackClover
this week as the voice of En Ringard! He may be a bit awkward…but he's a fun guy and will grow on you, eventually.
Wait, if an actor is Non-Union but also SAG-Eligible, are their performances in some sort of quantum quality state?
Like… Schroedinger's Actor? Simultaneously low quality and high quality, but their quality only resolves when you open the booth door? 🤔
I'M MONSTROUSLY EXCITED to be part of the
#SleepyPrincess
In The Demon Castle dub, voicing the always optimistic Frankenzombie! Thanks to
@FUNimation
,
@SoundCadence
, and Studio
#DogaKobo
for putting me in the monster squad with a really fun cast!
HE BIG.
HE PURPLE.
HE HONGRY.
HE SOUND LIKE ME.
I voice Kumonyudo in the English dub premiere of The Demon Prince Of Momochi House! Thanks to
@RetroJono
for inviting me to monster lunch and having me RAARGH through the forest around the mysterious Momochi House! 👹
You can have a great career in voice acting for *decades* by being a versatile support, bit, and background player. You may not get main cast often, but you'll find yourself working regularly because people will know they can depend on you to give it your best no matter the role.
@CiaranStrange
@BrandLoVO
...but the VAST majority of casts are made up of incidentals and background. Even being a named character that is in every episode is rare. I was in 6/13 episodes in My Clueless First Friend. Every one but 2 of those sessions was about 15 minutes with about 2-3 reacts.
Honored to be part of such an awesome cast and crew in
#TheApothecaryDiaries
English dub! Thanks to
@ReadyKafka
for having me voice the sweet, soft-spoken, kind of bumbling, sort of okay(?) doctor, Guen. Please watch it, y'all; it's a beautiful show! 😊
The only reason I ever ended up working at an ad agency in Dallas was because a copywriter working on Star Wars: Episode I in-restaurant Pizza Hut promo stuff broke their NDA and got ultra-fired. I was the person hired to replace them.
Then, when I was writing Hasbro ads… (1/2)
Introducing: The English voices of One Piece Film Red! 🎶
Uta -
@LeeandLie
Gordon -
@JimForonda
Tickets for One Piece Film Red are now on sale! In AU/NZ cinemas beginning November 3 and US/CA theaters beginning November 4.
🎤 TICKETS:
Hi, I'm Jim Foronda, vocal clay for shaping into different sounds and emotions! Texas-based and remote-capable for nearly anything human or non-human.
Here's my Twitter-sized anime visual reel with some (mostly human) work from 2022!
Booking:
@MCollinsAgency
Cons:
@PowellTalent
Yesterday marked exactly 8 years since I was cast as Oscar Mike, right after my advertising job layoff. He (and all my Battleborn VO children) carried me through an incredibly stressful life/career change.
Whenever I see Battleborn love pop up somewhere, it makes me happy. 😊♥️
UNSPEAKABLE EVIL PICKED ON THE *WRONG* KID. Hear me as the overly-confident demon Grimoire in the
#7thPrince
English dub before he transforms into
@RagsdaleSara
's devilishly chibi-tastic Grim! Thanks to director
@LeeGeorge23
, engineer Ian Emerson, and the whole cast & crew! 🐐❤️
The English dub for I Was Reincarnated as the 7th Prince so I Can Take My Time Perfecting My Magical Ability begins this Monday on Crunchyroll!
Lloyd -
@Meg_McClain_VO
Grim -
@RagsdaleSara
Sylpha -
@TheMorganBerry
✨ READ:
Met in 1988 as proxy for a friend who was afraid to ask her out. (That didn't last.) Exchanged phone numbers at punk/new wave 'teen night club' in '89. Dated through high school. Moved in together for college in '91. (Scandal!) Engaged in '92. Married in '97. She is the best. 🥰
Met in 2012 in a study hall lounge at our college. I asked him out, we dated for 3 years, engaged in 2015. I moved to Hawaii for work, long distance until he finished school. Married in 2018. And the rest is history. He’s my best friend and my everything.
This week, I join
#WonderEggPriority
, dubbing the angry, prideful Doctor Seki.
I lost my mom to suicide in 2009 and, no matter how much peace I've made with that, I'll *always* wonder what more I could've done.
Thank you,
@CrisGeorgeVA
. I really hope this show can help people.
Better block off your calendars! Starting with the series premiere on April 13, Kaiju No. 8 episodes will stream on Crunchyroll at the same exact time they're airing in Japan!
Get all the details 👉
@KaijuNo8_O_EN
Oh my, I haven't the foggiest clue what will happen! I bet it's going to be super awesome and really fun, though!
*moves closer to you*
*increases volume of voice to somewhat uncomfortable level*
I SURE AM GLAD I GOT THE DELUXE EDITION WITH THE SEASON PASS!
"Ready to bring down the house, sugar?" Tune in for the reveal of
#Borderlands3
's first campaign DLC Wednesday, November 20 at 8am PT on !
Learn more:
Who's that dapper little hat-wearing, platform shoe-stepping monkey? It's me voicing Bariete in English and ET-TE-TE's! Thanks
@Bowling4day
,
@AttackonTyson
, and
@MikeMcFarlandVA
for having me back on One Piece, and as someone smaller and more adorable than on my previous journey!
It's time for the next adventure! 🏴☠️
One Piece Season 12 Voyage 1 (episodes 747-758) is now available in English dub on digital stores!
Three weeks until they stream! Read more:
I know I posted this last year, but today's the *big* anniversary: 20 years since my first anime role in Case Closed! Thank you to everyone who gave me a chance, kind friends and colleagues, and especially folks who've watched and listened! I'll always give you my best! 😊👍🏼❤️
Today's my Clappiversary! Four years ago, I got a text message from
@ThatSamWinkler
telling me I'd landed the role— after which I totally flipped the f×ck out.
I'm so thankful to
@GearboxOfficial
and the Borderlands community for letting me take care of the li'l fella. 😊❤️🤖
Started recording a really fun show today and it's a main character and I'm so happy about it and I should probably shut up because nothing has been announced yet but YAY.
Karin and I went for a drive today and found a completely empty park. Having been cooped up all week, I did the only sensible thing and looked for furniture.
Wow, I've been sitting on this for a while! I'm so excited to be the English voice of a favorite character for
#GundamBreaker
4 (especially having played the heck out of GB3)! 😃 Big thanks to
@BrittanyLaudaVO
,
@ItsAustinSisk
, and the folks at
@BandaiNamcoUS
!
SO! EXCITED! 🎤😎🕺🏻
Bandai Namco has officially announced Gundam Breaker 4's release date, confirming that the first numbered entry in the series in six years will be out August 29.
UPDATE: Hey everyone, this is Minobu, now permanently named after a small mountain town in Japan that's very special to us. He is no longer looking for a new home because his home is now with us. He is a sometimes good boy. ☺️❤️😺
NOTE: We *almost* named him Lawson 100.
UPDATE: Minding his own business when, suddenly, his butt sneaks up on him, leading to a battle of John Wick proportions.
Also, is it my phone case that amplifies the sound of the autofocus motor? Because wow, that noise is annoying…
Who's a *good* booooy? Me, starting today! I voice Horn, the adorable-yet-fierce, mystically misty wolf spirit belonging to Hibiki in the
#TsukimichiMoonlitFantasy
English dub! Thanks to
@VAJerryJewell
for bringing me on to do awoos for you in season 2.
(Horn likes pats!) 🐺👋🏼😃
BETWEEN YOU AND ME, THERE'S SOMETHIN' I SAY THERE'S SOMETHIN' WRONG WITH A FULL-GROWN BOY TALKIN' TO A BASEBALL. WALKIN' AROUND, FLAPPIN' HIS YAPPER, WHININ' ABOUT A BUNCH OF CRAYON-HEADED DAPPER DANS. I SAY THE BOY'S A FEW PLAYERS SHORT OF A TEAM, IF YOU CATCH WHAT I'M PITCHIN'.
You can hear me as the English voice of the handsomely magical Zod Exarion in "A Returner's Magic Should Be Special!" Thanks to
@InmanJeremy
and
@StimacD
for putting me in not one, but *two* timelines! 😃✨ Did I mention he's handsome?
Given a second chance Desir is determined to not let history repeat itself! The English dub of A Returner's Magic Should Be Special premieres tomorrow!
Desir -
@austintindle
Romantica -
@sarahroachVA
✨ CAST & CREW:
Spending a family holiday at Walt Disney World alongside eleventy-billion other people and, while looking at stuff in the Expedition Everest gift shop, I hear someone say, "Jim!?" Oh look, a surprise
@DamanMills
cameo!
The
#KINGDOM
Season 3 English dub is up on
@Crunchyroll
! Thanks to
@Monetatwork
and the
@nyav_post
folks for all the fun battle bits across the season and having me voice the rather extravagant Jie Ye!
(Personally I think he has the best hair/moustache combo in the entire show.)
I've been a
@WayForward
fan since Sigma Star Saga on the GBA, and I'm really happy to announce I'm in their new game, RWBY: Arrowfell! You can hear me as a brand new character, Russet Ka!
I’m a voice actor!
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Hear my in-depth tennis analysis as sports reporter in the new English dub of
#PrinceOfTennis
on
@Crunchyroll
! Thanks to director and PoT/actual tennis superfan
@TheHowardWang
for bringing me on, my fellow cast, and the whole team at
@SoundCadence
for serving up a fun show!👔🎾📰
…so I present to you a final Battleborn Day radio drama. It may not have been a big blockbuster game, but it *was* something really fun and wonderful, with a kind, tight-knit community of players and devs alike.
I hope we'll return to Solus someday. 2/2
Today I can finally announce that I voice Muscular in
#MyHeroAcademia
!
He is a terrible person.
Episode 42 "My Hero" is up on
#Funimation
and
#Hulu
now!
Cowboy Bebop: The original Japanese cast will voice the characters in the Japanese dub version of the live-action series!
Including Koichi Yamadera as Spike, Megumi Hayashibara as Faye Valentine, Norio Wakamoto as Vicious, and Gara Takashima as Julia.
Coming 19 Nov on Netflix