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She's been on the show twice. This will be lucky
number three. She is a wonderful woman. She does
great things for kids around the world to bring
this adventures to us with her voice, her voice
acting. It's amazing. Not only she's been doing
it, doing it now again, but beforehand. I mean,
I'm just excited to see her again. And I know
you're going to be have a lot of fun listening
to her story. Ladies, gentlemen, let me introduce
to you Stephanie Nodoli in the podcast. What's
going on, Steph? Hey, I'm doing great. Thanks
for having me. It's good to see you again. It's
good to see you again. Long, long. I can say
what? It's been a minute since we've met you
or seen you for three minutes. So how you've
been. It's been a while. So, how are things going
in your neck of the woods? Everything's great.
It's just hot and humid. So, I've got crazy rock
and roll hair today. There you go. That humidity,
let me tell you. First things first, I want to
say thank you once again for being our pod. I
know you have a very busy schedule. There's a
lot going on in your area. And also a huge, huge
congratulations from the TuneIn Podcast to you.
They're doing Goku Mini. now on Dragon Ball Dima.
Oh my God, that's awesome, man. I'm excited.
Yeah, it's been a fun run. There was a 16 -year
break between the last video game I did, Raging
Blast, as well as the GT series. So it's great
to be back. The fans heard about it, I guess,
even before I did, and were cheering to have
me back. DOG and Toei Japan brought me back last
year. That's awesome on that and some of the
video games and yes Yes, i'll do on my appearances
on the weekends all over the place. I love it
And I and i've the last podcast we had we talked
about this situation Knowing that you know the
series you had done your series beforehand You
were still doing some other voice acting, but
I had asked you an important question I'm, not
sure it's been over a year since the last time
I saw i've seen you I asked you if there was
an opportunity for you to come back to the Dragon
Ball series and you said in the drop of a dime
yes and lo and behold dreams came true and here
you are yeah thankfully the the story revolves
around a conspiracy that changes a lot of the
characters back into uh children to they're basically
trying to uh the bad guys trying to limit the
um the power of some of the characters and he
thought well as we turn them into to children
and babies you know they won't be anywhere near
as popular or as popular i'm reading something
near as um strong and less likely to defeat The
bad guy. Yeah, and I mean, I'm gonna be honest
with you. I haven't really stepped into the series
yet. Only reason why, and I have a good excuse
for this, Steph, only reason why is because my
son has me on a blackout, because he's a huge
Dragon Ball fan. Huge, huge. And since the new
series came out, I go, I want to start watching
it. Unfortunately, he wouldn't let me. He goes,
no, Dad, you can't watch it until I watch it
first. So I'm stuck in La La Land right now because
he's too busy watching. My hero academia, so
I have to wait till he finishes all those series
before he jumps to this series Yeah, but I've
been lucky for me and we got this new little
studio now and I have my own little television
here and during my lunch hour I'm I'm gonna start
tomorrow sneaking a peek at some of that without
my son knowing he's probably watching He's probably
gonna get mad at me when I get home, right? Well,
it's all it's all completed in English. It would
you know was done in Japanese first and then
released on Netflix and Crunchyroll Premium.
And then once it started in English being released,
it was one episode a week. So that was hard,
having to wait a week to see the next one. So
I think it'd probably be a good idea for us to
sit down and watch it all over again from the
beginning. I know the first three episodes were...
released and screened all over the United States,
first three episodes in November of 24. So that
was kind of a sneak peek then for some of the
fans that just didn't want to wait. They wanted
to jump right in. I was just really excited to
finally get to say something about it. I had
to kind of keep my mouth shut with a non -disclosure.
But then when it came out in the trailer, my
voice was on the trailer. everybody kind of knew,
I guess, if it's recognizable voice, you know,
they mark, you know, one of the voices of some
of their childhoods, you know, so yeah, no, I'm
beyond grateful. There really aren't words to
describe how I feel about it because. I was already
kind of out and about doing things as an extension
of the prior work, but you know with Dyma here,
in fact a lot of people are doing kind of what
you're doing. They're waiting till it's complete.
It's all been released and you can sit and binge
it and watch how many you want, however, you
know, you're on your time. So as far as I know,
it is still on Crunchyroll Premium. I don't know
if it's gone to all of regular Crunchyroll yet
and I'm not sure if it's... on netflix yet in
english um sometimes they don't really let us
know that we just kind of have to figure it out
like everybody else and right i went ahead and
got the uh got the uh streaming this control
streaming going last year so i could kind of
follow i've never done that before with any of
my shows right but it was such a personal and
professional Just such a special comeback for
me and so many levels. I was like, I just, I
wanted to watch it when it came out and it was,
it was, it's a, it's, it's a really fun show.
It's a, it's a whole new adventure. There's some
new characters. They're on the, they're in the
demon realm, which is a whole other place for
them to go. and experience what it's like there.
And it's got its humor. It's got a lot of the
OG Dragon Ball slapstick humor. It's got a lot
of really cool battles. The animation is phenomenal.
It's just gorgeous. So I'm really happy. I'm
happy hearing back about it, getting some really
great feedback. some Dragon Ball Z fans that
grew up with Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z, Dragon
Ball T, and the video games are now watching
it with their kids. And we've got a lot of probably
new fans now up and coming. And some of them
are going back and watching the original. And
some can't wait, some can. So I think it's going
to be a nice little run. It's going to be a nice
little slow burn for the show and the series.
You know, I think some people are getting ready
to start watching it from the beginning And i'm
hoping, you know Funko pops will follow and there'll
be like a nice little I know there's some new
figurines that came out last fall They were introduced
at the new york comic -con the new york. Yeah
new york comic -con Yeah, where we announced
officially I say we I mean like the crew the
choi crew and it was official on october 18th
that I was back. Right. And there was a big panel
and it was really exciting. There was some swag
and some trading cards that they were giving
out for diamond, some t -shirts. It was really
a really a good time. And what a crazy event
to large. It's a huge. to announce it. Yeah,
I had their own giant booth with a 40 something
foot Goku standing and towering above everybody.
And just huge promotion behind it with right
hers and promotions and sponsors and I don't
it was just it was a whirlwind and it was really
cool to be there. Now now before all this happens
to have I mean, Where were you? I mean, I wanna
start from the very beginning when they actually
reached out for you to bring you back. I mean,
were you at a convention at the time when you
got the call? Were you at home relaxing? Were
you on your way to another convention? I mean,
take us through that little story. I wanna know
the inside story of how that came about. Well,
the only thing I can really, it was last year,
but I... I was really excited, seriously, just
to come back in and audition. Like, I think that
was, you know, that's just procedure. That's
how they do it. And to make sure that I, you
know, was consistently able to produce the same
voice after all these years. And fortunately,
I kept the voice alive through cameos and shout
outs and conventions and in -person signings.
And stuff like that. So I felt really good about
it. I had great chemistry with the director and
the ADR director. I felt really good about it.
And then I just had to let it go just like any
other audition. I wasn't really sure how that
all went on behind the scenes. But about a week
later, I did get a phone call from, I think,
the CEO. And he's somebody I used to work with,
Justin Cook. He was a director and a voice actor.
And he let me know they want me back, or a Toei
Japan decided they want you back. They want the
OG voice. And shortly after I came in to start
recording, and then it was just kind of, you
know, every week or two or so, depending on when
the deadlines were approaching, because they
were on a pretty strict deadline for, you know,
each episode, so they could make sure they're
all completed, all edited, everything's, you
know. Ready to go. So I pretty much recorded
off and on between like August and I guess we
finished in early March. So we wrapped it all
up and we had to take some time off for the holidays
and things like that. And I'm glad they kept
the same vocal. uh on the uh goku mini because
like I said I've seen commercials I've seen bits
and trailers and tiktok tends a tendency of showing
bits and pieces you know and they pop up automatically
and when uh when it first came out uh when it
was announced it was come I knew it was gonna
come out already so okay the the uh Japanese
version came out first Japan version came out
first and I was like okay well my son was like
we're gonna have to wait for the English one
he goes yeah well my son's already trying to
learn how to read speak Japanese so I'm pretty
sure he can he can see the episodes that way
too but uh right when uh they showed the first
uh English dub of uh of Goku Mini and the drop
of the dime I go that's that's that's death that's
that's Stephanie oh my god they got Stephanie
they got Stephanie back this is awesome so and
I was jumping up down my wife was looking like
what's wrong with you go Stephanie's back. She
got she got the gig. She got the gig. That's
awesome. You know, she was like, Okay, well,
now I got to reach out to her because I really
want to talk to her about this. I mean, you know,
back what we had talked about before, you know,
when you're willing to go back and do it all
over again. And here we are talking about it
that you're starting, I guess, a new chapter.
to Dragon Ball. Right? It's an all new series.
And it's not as long as I we all have hoped.
It is a cure drama is last project for completion.
And we did unfortunately lose him. Just I guess
March of 2024. Maybe up with the April 1. It's
hard to remember. It was about the same time
when I went to go interview you. Yeah. Yeah,
and it's an honor, really. It's an honor to be
brought back and to be a part of something that
was already such a big part of my life and my
career. And, you know, we wouldn't be here talking,
and I wouldn't know the people I know in the
industry and a lot of the fans that I keep in
touch with. And they're like my anime babies,
my anime auntie, anime mama, whatever you want
to call me. Right, right, right. Um, so it's,
it's brought so many people together and so many
people are friends now for life because they
came together. They met at a Comic -Con or they
met online streaming or gaming. And, uh, it's,
it's, it's still just blows me away how popular
the franchise is and how it's a really big part
of how it became, anime became much more mainstream
than it used to be. So I'm really happy for,
for that as well. And, and for the new. talent
that was brought in to voice some of the other
characters. And I've met many of them. We all
had like an unofficial kind of screening in November
and we all kind of came together, whoever was
available and we watched it in the theater. And
it was really exciting. And then of course the
credits rolled and it was just, it was just really.
really something special. And I was really glad
to be able to, to go and do that. It was like
a Monday, I think. So I was, I was available
to do that. So yeah, it's been great. So when
you walked in that they all look at, Oh, yeah,
that's, that's the OG right there. We got a,
we got the homage to the OG over there. Yeah,
yeah, I guess. And then after, you know, before
and after we all kind of hung out for a little
bit and took some pictures and I had a friend
come out. Spy Hernandez. He also did my latest
round of headshot. So he's kind of infiltrated
the business through Dragon Ball Z and different
things. And he now he's traveling on weekends
to Comic Cons, working with another company.
And so it's just really cool. He came out and
did like a little a little promo video and kind
of chatted with a few of the voice actors. The
director was there. Yeah, it was a feel good
moment. Like, it's just there are there are words.
I mean, it was just such a cool feeling. And
then to see it on the big screen like Yeah. Now
that you're doing, I mean, I've, I've been, I've
been, I've been, I've been keeping tabs on Facebook.
I'm not gonna lie to you. I am, I am the number
one fan right there by the way. Cause I got,
I got the notification. Wow. Good for you. That's
awesome. Uh, I see that you're doing a lot of
cons now consider the fact now that the series
is back I mean you were doing cons before but
now they're they're getting more Consistent now
that you're going you're traveling a little bit
more now. I mean How's the outcome of the fans
now that are coming up to you? Oh, they're great.
They're great. Um It was like I said, I had to
I had to keep it very hush -hush for a while
out of right total respect for Toei and the way
they wanted things to be done and to honor the
legacy himself Akira Toriyama so I followed all
the rules and just just kind of acted like it
wasn't happening even though I was like a little
kid jumping up and down inside You know, but
yeah now we're working on some of the video games.
I know they just released legends and Xenoverse
2 is now out and I think what they do now, I'm
not a gamer so I don't know kind of how they
do it but I think they just update and drop in
new characters as they come along and then they
can pick those characters to play the game now.
Yeah, well my son's made himself into a Saiyan
already and I believe he's using your voice as
a... it's a talk for him so yeah it's a very
intense it's an intense video guy play with him
a couple times it's a very little intense game
he does have it so i mean he's like i said a
huge dragon ball fan um now now that you're doing
the series are there i mean i know they i'm not
sure if you can talk about anything else than
that but have doors open up even more for you
as far as like other voice voice uh I mean I
On them on the comic -con front for sure. I mean
there's definitely you know, it kind of brings
brings me back into a little more sense of relevance
because I'm doing something new and and Following
up with the games and things like that And then
you know Every every so often I kind of get reached
out Directly, which is kind of cool. Hey, we
want you at our con Are you available these dates
and you know the agents start calling and it's
it's pretty cool I mean, I I think it absolutely
will open doors especially with the nominations
for the Astro Awards That information just came
to me not even a week ago Or just I guess over
a week ago got notification that Dragon Ball
diamond has been brought Brought to nominations
with Astra as the best. I think the category
is It might be best animated feature or it could
be best anime But then to get the nomination
for lead, you know best lead voice alongside
Seth MacFarlane and you know, I saw that I heard
about that. Yeah, and Johnny young Bosch and
Gosh, I came at Lex Lowe. I think it's the other
one. I'd have to look and see the actual list,
but uh i was like wow i mean even just like i
said to have that kind of you know notoriety
or whatever just kind of you know kind of gives
me an extra punch there at uh possibly doing
some larger projects and and branching out possibly
out out of this dallas fort worth area maybe
you know do some things remotely or um you know
maybe it'll put me on the map with some studios
that i've been reaching out to and and maybe
some other things. I'm definitely living in the
moment more than ever, really enjoying whatever
comes my way. Just get out there and be a good
person and give the fans all the love that I
can and support just like they do for me. Things
are in motion, so we'll see. I've definitely
got lots of other character voices and would
love to put them to use. Right. Now, when you
went in and did your first dub over of the episode
and you're in front of that mic, did it get emotional?
It has to be emotional at that one moment when
you're doing the voice all over again. Was there
was there a point when you're doing that voiceover?
Did you get a little emotional? Oh, yeah. I mean,
you know, because like it feels like Kid Goku
is kind of part of me now. You know, it's like
it's like. I just kind of feel like he's like
my little alter ego in a way. Because I can't
ever be a little boy or a grown man turned back
into a child, any size boy. So it's like a way
for me to kind of escape and just kind of become
him. And really, the director was very willing
and open to allowing me to just kind of... go
for each line on my own without really not much
direction. The recording process is a lot more
up to date with technology. The studio Crunchyroll
is huge. They've got multiple studios going at
one time with all kinds of directors and all
kinds of shows, all anime. So there's a lot going
on there. And so the whole experience of going
in the studio for me is my favorite is going
in in person and really connecting with the director
and really making magic, you know. all through
the process of the creation of it, which is something
I was really relishing in. There's really not,
weren't able to do photos or videos. It's just
the role. So, but I mean, I was there and I have
it in my memories and that's great. And to see
it put together has been really fulfilling for
a lot of us to really kind of watch it in context
and kind of. Because we go from line to line,
so we kind of step ahead. Well, the table readings,
I would take consideration, right? Y 'all do
table readings? We don't. Oh, wow. No, no, no.
We're table readings. Yeah, it's done different.
We're able to watch and view on a computer screen,
a flat screen, kind of what's going on, and we're
able to hear the Japanese line right prior to
when we get to do ours. And it's not necessarily
for the sake of mimicking. Because there is a
whole different, you're talking about a whole
different country, a whole different way of communicating
and the different sounds that we in the USA make
when we're in battle versus, you know, the Japanese
actors. So it's more for timing. It's more to
kind of like, you know, get an idea of what's
happening, exactly the tone of the moment. Like,
is it are you in battle? Is it a small? Is it
something small? Is it something big? How would
Goku say this line in this scenario? And so it
was really Jeremy. The director was very open
to Jonathan. My God, why did I say Jeremy? I
am so sorry. Jonathan's watching. Holy schmoly.
Jonathan. J names was very. Loose with me and
allowing because sometimes I would just get it
right out right out the gate, you know, like
right and I give him another and he's like Oh,
no, I think I like the first one, you know, and
it made the final choice same with Damon Mills
who is directing the video games some of the
video games and he's kind of allowing some of
that flexibility and how I deliver the lines
and I'm like how about this and you know, um
It's been great. It's been nothing but positive
experiences. Everybody's been really professional.
I always leave kind of supercharged and I'm ready
to do more because back in the day, there were
longer hours. There were especially the intense
scenes I did with the Cell Saga in the original
Dragon Ball series with Gohan and Cell. And I
remember, you know, really getting worn out was
now things are done a little differently. You
know, you do two, three hours maximum, maybe
four. And that's if, if you don't feel like there's
any strain and we, we still get to save a lot
of the battle scenes and the screens and the
yells for the end of the session, which is also
another benefit. There's no more paper scripts.
It's all, you know, computer screen, really high
quality mic, headphones, the whole bit. So, uh,
I love the whole process of it. It's just, it's
really been, uh, been a been quite a ride. I'm
definitely ready to get back in there and do
some more. Who knows what's going to happen.
I know the executive producer is still very involved
and will be picking up wherever Akira would like
for it to go and who better than to fill those
shoes and take it to whatever level or develop
another series or whatever. None of us really
know exactly what's going to happen, but I do
know that the series is the Dragon Ball franchise
is over 40 years old now. Yeah, it is. Yeah.
It came out in 1984 and the first Dragon Ball
episode aired in 1986. I know. Long, long time
ago before all of us were born. I was just a
kid back then. And who would have known? You
never know what's a story or a series or a creative
project is launched, where it's going to go and
how long it's going to be. And what kind of exposure
it's gonna get like is it gonna be on TV is gonna
be on Cartoon Network is it's only gonna be streaming
like You know, you just never know where it's
gonna go and this one's been so bigger than any
of us ever really imagined and you had quite
a few people waiting for this this last one I
don't want to say last cuz yeah, they'll probably
gonna pull something out of the back of their
pockets But you know considering one of the last
ones he made as far as a storyline, right? Having
it come out after what so some 14 years since
the last Dragon Ball I believe 14 to 16 because
I know that I I finished up my G my role in GT
and then a few more games and then it kind of
like Subsided a bit and then of course they aged
up. So gohan and Goku, you know, almost all the
characters grew up So they're all adults. Yeah,
there wasn't really any work for me there for
a while as far as in Dragon Ball Z or Dragon
Ball Super Yeah. So yeah, it's just still like
a full circle moment. It's like something I never
thought would happen, but always had a fire in
my heart to think there'd be something else.
Right. Someday. And like I tell you, in between
that time waiting for this new Dragon Ball series
to come out, it was like a black hole in anime
for me. I mean, there were some great animals
that I was watching that were okay. The one my
wife and I really got into, and I mean, I don't
want to take a left turn here or anything like
that and take out the aspect of what we're talking
about, but one that really caught my eye was
Attack on Titans. That was an anime that was
just... amazing. But then when I found out Dragon
Ball was coming out, it's like, okay, away from
that. Let's go back to this again. But I mean,
are there certain animes that you be I mean,
I know Dragon Ball is dug into your heart so
deep, you can't, you know, it's never gonna go
away. But has there any been other animated series
that you maybe on your spare time you'd like
to watch? At this point? No, I just got the Crunchyroll
subscription, you know, right? Well, actually
before Dragon Ball Dima even aired because I
wanted to kind of navigate and see how it's done
and how to do all that. I did scroll through
and I saw some that I'd heard of. I saw some
titles I had auditioned for. Really? Yeah, it's
just so basically what we ended up having to
do is I've never seen Dragon Ball all the way
through or Dragon Ball Z. So my manager and my
guy and I watched started watching Dragon Ball
from the beginning and to see it all in context
really for the first time. We were putting out
VHS tapes back in 1998, 99. Right. Right. Right.
And so we started watching Dragon Ball in between
on spare time in between touring and traveling.
And that was something to kind of Like fill that
void of waiting for the next episode to come
out. Yes We're still not done with it. We're
watching, you know, one or two at a time every
every so often We don't have a whole lot of spare
time. We do have some or you got to have smart
are you got to let relax and Sit back and find
some time to just chill. Yeah Yeah, and so that's
what we're doing now. And you know at some point
we'll probably watch Dragon Ball Z So yeah, we're
watching some Dragon Ball. And then I saw some
other ones come up from working with other VAs
in the industry, mostly at the Comic Cons and
the appearances. There's some that I may want
to check out in the future. At this point, staying
pretty busy. And that's good. COVID was slow.
Yeah, that's great. That's great news. Yeah.
So at some point, I do remember Attack on Titan
as one that I got several auditions for. So maybe
that one. And we'll just have to see. We'll just
have to see which ones that I want to try. Yeah,
but like I said, I have yet to dip my toes into
the new Dragon Ball series. I really want to.
I just got to find the time when my son is not
awake or not around so I can actually see all
of them. yeah is he waiting for you to watch
him with you or he wants to watch it most of
the time when we do watch we watch them together
but he has a tendency of like with a crunchy
roll they have the english and then you can pause
it and put it in japanese so what my son does
he watches three minutes of it And then he goes
to the beginning and slaps it in Japanese so
he can learn all the lines in Japanese also.
That's so cool. So and that's what he does. And
well, for him to do, he makes his own little
anime himself and he does his own little voiceovers
also. So that's adorable to hear him speak. Yeah.
To hear him do it in English and then dub it
into Japanese. It's it's crazy. I'm like, wow,
this is amazing. But. Now that the series is
up and running we've talked about What's in store
in the future? But what I want to ask you also
has there been any? singing gigs in between the
time before you went back to do I Love it So
that's where it all started for me was music
as a child which all you know everything I've
done as far as professionally has been involving
the voice, whether it be voiceover or singing,
performing live, recording in the studio, background
vocals, arranging, clarity, jingles for morning
show radio. It's all been, you know, dabbling
in a little bit of different things, but it's
all been, you know, the voice. So for me, it
was music that started the whole thing. uh and
then changing the voices and mimicking as a kid
and making up voices with my friends and and
recording on cassette tapes and making up shows
and having our own thing uh so um unfortunately
this particular time there's been not really
much singing gigs or anything because a lot of
times they are on the weekends as well so it's
kind of like we have to pick in shoes and with
diamond coming out we're focusing on that and
um but you know songwriting and i i particularly
like novelty stuff that's kind of just what naturally
comes to me is kind of the comedic novelty stuff
like and if you go to my website you can see
some songs that i wrote and produced 20 plus
25 years ago uh that are kids songs and a christmas
song and a halloween song and you know that kind
of i one of my um Influences in my early life
was a weirdo Yankovic and he writes songs and
change the lyrics I kind of I kind of Started
doing that anyway, and I kind of hear Sometimes
I'll miss hear the lyrics, which is right. I'm
just hearing I think being all these years is
something completely different It's just hilarious.
I'm still to this day finding out as I'm singing
along you know, playing trade songs in the car
when we drive. It's like, I'll sing them out
loud and Dan will be like, I don't think those
are the lyrics. And I'm like, they're not. What
do you mean? It's like, going back to Chinatown.
He said, no, that's not what they're saying.
And I'm like, oh, it's always fun to kind of
realize, oh my goodness, I guess I was wrong,
but it made sense to me as a kid. So yeah, there'll
be projects coming at some point. I got to see
how this all plays out with diamond and all the
the follow -ups and the video games and the comic
cons and the bookings that are already on the
calendar and then we'll see if we can get a little
you know trio gig during the week we can definitely
do that it's just a matter of scoping of the
place out getting our information or if anyone
calls and says hey we're looking for a band we
know all the people we know some of the best
musicians in Dallas Fort Worth that we could
call up right Be able to do it, especially if
it's cover songs, right? Um, so yeah, I mean
it's it's it's it's on the back burner But it's
it's definitely I say definitely not going away
because then I got you I got you We're both musicians.
So, you know, um, and we always have the piano
ready, uh to fiddle around with different songs
and Dan is a great piano teacher and I'm a great
listener and learner because we have that in
common. So those are my roots, you know? So yeah,
there'll be more of that at some point, not sure
when, but right now we're focusing on Dyma and
we have a lot to do during the week with promo
videos, managing and ordering merchandise, prints
and posters, collecting. a new merch that I know
there's just there's been a whole new wave of
Dragon Ball pops that just came out in the weeks,
which is always exciting. That kind of came out
of nowhere. So it's like a whole nother like
little wave of Funko pops from the original Dragon
Ball. Right. Right. Goku with the power pole.
One of them is glow in the dark. I haven't I
haven't seen that one in person yet. There's
one that's a glow in the dark special edition.
There's an oolong, a kid cheat sheet. I believe
there's a kid Krillin. which is awesome for Laurie
Steele. She's great. And I think there's also
another Bulma in the Genie outfit. So it's been
really cool seeing the fans bring those up to
sign. And then I think there's also another wave
hopefully coming, I don't know when, for Dyma.
So I'm really excited about it. I know some of
the figurines are out. I've been seeing those
I saw those at New York Comic Con and then I
have been seeing some target or Walmart or Box
lunch hot topic carries a lot of them and there
it's always different the inventories always
different So it's fun to just kind of shop around
in person or get online and order some and try
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like that one. But there's one question I want
to ask going back to the to the singing group
stuff. Has there ever been a request for you
to sing in Kid Goku style? Oh, yeah. And I do
that. I do that anyway. I mean, with the songs
on my website, there's a there's at least two
that I know for sure are fumble. Come to the
light. I don't know how he had that set. There
you go. You look good in any light. You don't
worry about that. I got the bat crazy here today.
No, I've done that on my own and, you know, talking
in the voice for the kids is always fun. And,
you know, some boys actors won't do that. I think
we're all different. So if they want to hear
the voice, I give them the voice, you know, right
at the table or at on at a panel or an answer
session or whatever. So, yeah. And then there's
the songs that I've. I sang them as a young boy
and a young girl. And then kind of harmonized
with myself. So those are a lot of fun. And a
lot of the fans in the Dragon Ball world don't
realize I'm a singer. Well, that's kind of for
me where it all began. And there was a time when
they were re -recording the anime themes in English.
And I had a big part in helping Carl Finch of
Brave Combo, which is a Grammy award -winning
polka band out of Denton, Texas, which is Dallas,
Fort Worth. And because I knew so many people
in the industry and I knew so many singers that
I've worked with over the years with my show
band, Vince Fans and the Valiants, I was able
to learn a lot about taking Japanese, the Japanese
translation and turning them into English lyrics
that make sense, that make the same meaning.
And I was invited to sing several of them. Yu
Yu Hakusho, there's one called Sayonara Bye Bye,
that's probably the most popular one. I did sing
that on that one and the opening and closing
to Kitty Grade as well as Case Closed, I sang
one for Case Closed and one for Conan the Detective,
I believe. Oh wow, wow, wow. Yeah, so they're
a little hard to find and for whatever reason,
the vocalists aren't credited. So it's a little
hard for them to really know anyway But um, right
that's that's something that some of that can
be found on my website and youtube and things
like that. Um Don't know. I also have an album
that was shelved back in like 97 98 that I'd
like to get out that I work with Carl Finch with
his original music We're gonna try to get that
out online as soon as we have the time To figure
it all out and get it done. So I'm gonna ask
many times Hey, you put your music up, you know,
get it up on Spotify or city, baby Or or something
and some platform where it can be, you know listen
to you. So that's that's on the agenda There
you go, I flipped out, I'm sorry, I didn't mean,
you guys, if you're watching the live, guys,
you go, whoa, Stephanie flipped over. No, I flipped
it myself. No, I flipped. Don't freak out. Woo!
But before the pod started, guys, Steph and I
were talking for a while, and she was like, don't
mind the mess in the background. I go, ma 'am,
I'm gonna tell you right now, if anybody is a
big, humongous fan, huge fandom about it. That
there is not a mess. It's a treasure. Look at
look at all the treasures you have back there.
It's amazing It's a little this room is really
small. We need a larger room to be our office
But we make we make best we can with it, but
whenever we decide to decorate It'll be really
fun to kind of fill up some of these walls. You
can't see with some really cool stuff both Dan
and I have you know band photos from right, you
know the 90s and even before that and We'd like
to kind of showcase some of that whenever that
the time comes to do that as well right now.
It's just kind of all We just want stuff off
the floor more than anything Like I want to see
the floor, you know, it's when it's laundry day.
Okay, right before cuz we've got stacks of laundry
Right. Thank you. Thank you. Yeah, we're working
with it to the best Yeah, I mean like I said,
I mean seeing you on camera. I'm pretty sure
everybody is watching right now Seeing you on
camera. It's it's a treat but seeing all the
stuff you had behind you was like, oh my gosh
Look at all that stuff. She's got they got Dragon
Ball here dragon even the Dragon Ball Z t -shirt
right there to your to your Looks amazing, you
know and yeah all she needs is the lunch box.
Where the lunch box? There's so much stuff out
there And and I see a lot of it out there when
I'm doing my signings and people bring me stuff
they got in Japan or stuff that they got on eBay
or, you know, collectors come and they want certain
items, you know, signed and autographed. And
it's really, it's really amazing what an original
artwork is really, is really cool when the kids
come up or, you know, of all ages will come up
and they'll have me sign their artwork. And I'm
like, are you sure? Like, I don't want to mess
it up. It's an honor for them to get it signed
by me. Even that one that I took you, I think
it was like two years back, the first time we
met, I took an actual one that was painted in,
I guess in chalk, I think it was in chalk, and
I showed it to you. It's a picture of a kid,
he's on his Nimbus flying with the actual pole
itself, and you signed it, and I was like, oh
my God, this is going on my wall in the studio.
No, my son has it now in his room, but that's
a whole different story, Steph. Oh yeah. I mean
you get so many fans and I know they bring you
gifts also the gifts never stop when you when
you're in town I know that you say you get quite
a few gifts from your fans when they when they
see you in person Occasionally a lot of times.
It's their original artwork They'll have they'll
have scanned it in and you know, give me a copy
of it and I'm like, are you sure? You know, right
I save all of it. I do Um, it's very, it's very
special to me without having been able to have
my own children. Um, it just wasn't in God's
plan. And so I get to be a, you know, nurturing
anime mama. And so that's like, you know, on
my fridge or where, you know, I have it, it's
kind of everywhere right now. Right. Um, but,
uh, yeah, occasionally I, uh, when I went to
Detroit, um, a couple of years ago of the Detroit
region, uh, I had somebody brought me a Motown
gift bag. with a bunch of Detroit stuff in there,
Michigan stuff and cap. It was pretty neat. I
was like, wow, I was not expecting that at all.
I never expect gifts. But yeah, every once in
a while, if they remember my birthday or they
might remember the Christmas thing, it's always
very sweet and appreciated. Yeah, and like I
told you, you know, talking about the new Dragon
Ball series, my son's watching. Let me just put
it up here so you can see the comment. As you
can see his little icon there. He has a he has
a Goku Goku Black there as a Rosé right there.
So he's a huge fan. So that's my son right now,
Dylan, watching. Hey, Dylan. Like I said the
fans bring you so many gifts and you I know you
accepted in it It's it's it's gotta it's gotta
be it's something that warms your heart when
they bring you that in you know I mean a lot
of people I know we spoke last time there's a
lot of people that you've spoken to that effect
Dragon Ball itself has expected their lives in
some sort of way and you know Seeing it growing
up. I've had friends tell me I used to watch
this Growing up my parents both work, you know,
and I know I had grandma watching over me But
this was like if I had a bad day at school, you
know, this was my my comfort zone to watch at
home And I'm pretty sure we've gotten great stories
About those are those are more often than than
gifts that they are gifts. They're they're they're
the more the deeply felt sentimental gifts when
they come up and talk about hardships and, you
know, we all sometimes get bullied at school
or we have domestic violence in our home or we
have, you know, mental illness or some kind of
condition that, you know, makes it difficult
to to fit in with peers and things like that.
And I can definitely relate to that. We moved
every two or three years ever since I was a child.
So I've never counted. I think I've moved like
nine times. And so I was a new girl a lot. And
I. could relate to that, the trials and tribulations
of growing up and peer pressure and adolescence
and puberty. And just it's just it's hard. It's
it's difficult because you just don't really
know who you are. And you're you're still learning
so many things about life and school and throw
it all together. And you know, it's it's tough.
So it's it's very refreshing to hear. that Dragon
Ball or Dragon Ball Z or whatever anime it is
or whatever video game or TV show or movie, you
know, pop culture is huge. It's it's nostalgic.
You know, it's nostalgia. So, you know, once
I got back out to do conventions around 2017,
I was like, wow, OK, because I didn't think I
was really relevant at that point. I was like,
I started to put two and two together. You know,
what did you watch when you were a kid? You know,
whether it's Looney Tunes or Disney or movies,
you know, Superman, Spider -Man, Marvel. DC,
whatever it is, comics, collectibles, action
figures. It's a big part of who we are and how
we grow up and what we have to deal with. And
so for me, that's a bigger gift than something
tangible. is a story or this meant a lot to me
or, you know, I didn't know where to turn and
I would, you know, my parents were fighting in
the other room and I was scared. I would come
in my room and watch Dragon Ball Z or run off
the bus and try to make it in time or get up
early in the morning. Those are the fun times.
Yeah, I remember the school bus. I did that whole,
I did the school bus thing. Yeah. I've got so
many memories from growing up and But yeah, moving
around and stuff, it was hard. So I feel like
I can relate to some of the stories. And I'm
a kind of sentimental, emotional, expressive
person too, being in this line of work. And so
that's kind of been my opportunity to kind of
help encourage young folks. And for me, that
can be even if they're in their 30s or whatever,
just to hang in there and you're worth something.
And if this helped you through something even
better, that's that's even more rewarding for
me personally. Right. You know, loss and grief
and lose a mom right after I got cast this go
on and not having my mom or my dad around anymore.
And it's it's you know, life is and we're here
to learn. So if we can, we need to help each
other. You know, we're all just walking each
other home and be kind and think about how you
how you treat people because they could be suffering.
and we all suffer, there's no way around it.
So you don't know what someone's suffering inside
their life or at home or whatever. So yeah, those
gifts to me are way more meaningful than them
handing me some object or drawing. For me, that's
like, wow, it gave me a very strong sense of
purpose, especially when I was going through
all of my losses and griefs, grief -stricken
moments back around 14, 15, 16 were really rough
years for me. And so that kind of brought me
out of some of my own darkness. It kind of goes
both ways. Right. Right. I mean, and it's like
I said, your voice acting is like. through the
Dragon Ball series all the way through when uh
through Dragon Ball Z uh the Dragon Ball series
those are my my favorite one the very first ones
because I mean you're you're witnessing uh young
Goku go through the aspects of what what are
humans right there's a whole thing and then such
a pure soul through the whole thing because the
way you voice it you can hear the pureness in
him all the way through into when he even grows
up who does the next it's still pureness also
in that but then you hear gohan the frustrations
because dad's not there you know you can hear
that also training with piccolo and all that
stuff and go on and so forth you know you've
brought so much life to these characters i mean
these are something that'll that will stick to
the back of our minds to the end of time, you
know, in situations, different situations we're
in. And that's awesome. That's so awesome. Yeah,
I'm glad. And with me being such a lover of children
and young people, it's been even more fulfilling
for that reason. I think that, you know, they
were kids when I was recording in my 20s or whenever
however old I was. And then, you know, growing
up and getting older and then, you know, really
being able to embrace those moments is It's just
electrifying. It's like, it's really magical.
And yeah, that sense of purpose and really kind
of finding your way through life, the hard times,
the tribulations. And there's a lot that goes
on through the story. There's a lot of development,
developmental history with Akira's, you know,
storytelling. He's so good at it. And to have
those depth of character, it really, you know,
because... kids of any age identify with one
or two of them and they latch onto it and a lot
of them latch on to go on being you know thrown
out on his own as a child and trying to make
his way and you know kind of really training
him and to believe in that power that he even
didn't know he he didn't know he had until he
was ready to fight the enemy and you know stronger
than basically we're stronger than we think we
are. yeah exactly and to believe in that is always
good yeah because life's gonna throw you some
curve balls yeah be prepared to swing don't we
know that yes for sure yeah so i was gonna ask
you one more thing oh yeah um For the young voice
actors that are coming up the rankings You that
being the OG out there. I'm coming next time.
It's that's no longer Stephanie. It's Stephanie.
Oh jean the dolly now And put those in parentheses
any word of advice for these young Upcoming voice
actors. I mean what to expect or which they work
on when they jump on the mic for the first time
to Maybe create the first anime or their first
voiceover and anything upcoming up for them Oh,
I just say practice, listen back, record, listen
back, fine tune, get some acting classes. If
you want to get into voice acting, you have to
be able to bring life to these characters and
they have to be unique. Mimicking is a great
talent. But I would say to also remember that...
Characters need voices and they need unique voices
that are you come up with yourself. So really
practice on what's what you can provide a role
for your audition, you know, that's unique and
Like I said, you know Dramatic arts acting classes
workshops. There's a lot of stuff online that
you could do to get started. There's narrations.
There's audiobooks. There's sample audition sites.
There's more than I can even say. I am not in
front of the computer right now to like look
for them, but they're out there and being in
the right place at the right time is also part
of it. And then just really being. True to yourself
and driven and kind of do what it takes to better
yourself. It's an investment in your future So
I think that you know the dramatic arts background
with I was in I majored in dramatic arts in college
and Also, you know participated in community
theater blocking Costuming all that but the actual
acting experience and being around other actors
as a child even I worked with summer musicals,
Shakespearean festivals in southeastern Oklahoma.
It's all experience. Even if you're just watching
or shadowing a project, it's very good knowledge
to kind of see how things are done and just be
focused and professional and on time and learn
the etiquette. Learn the professional etiquette
and pay attention to everything around you. It's
not easy. And most people have done something
prior to receiving a role that involves something
with the voice or music or, you know, theater,
stage theater. All that stuff helped helped me
personally and a lot of my voice actor colleagues.
Right. Yeah. First thing I want to say, the last
thing I want to say is thank you. Don't thank
you to you for being on our show and. Don't change.
You are authentic when it comes to talking to
you every single time. I enjoy chitchatting here
for the three times that we've had this interview,
these interviews. It's been a treat. It's been
a treat every single time. Yes, you're doing
a great job. Thank you so much. How's he doing,
everybody? Give him a round of applause. Oh,
well, we lost four. No, I want to say thank you.
Keep doing what you're doing, bringing the magic
into the anime voiceovers that you bring for
these. Not only for an old guy like me that still
likes watching, but the younger, younger generations
that are coming up to see the cool stuff that
we had growing up. And now it's anime series
now that are following the footsteps of of you
know my generation coming up through the years
and all I can say just keep doing keep you keep
doing you you keep doing you're doing a great
job you're doing a great job thank you so much
really kind guys if you've enjoyed the show uh
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It's a big appreciation. Thank you so much. And
there might be a shirt in the future too, Ms.
Stephanie. I don't know. We're working on there.
Yes, you got to promote yourself. Got to be able
to advocate for your show. Thank you so much,
Stephanie. Like I said. Just continue doing what
you're doing. Keep bringing the magic for us
on video. And I got more people up here. Let
me see. I got another one. There you go. All
that. Yeah. Yes. Several awards. Yes. We just
talked about that. That's it. Good. All I can
say is good luck. And you know what? I see it's
it's you're going to get it. You won't get it.
You know, no problem. You won't get it. I'm just
happy to be nominated. I'm just like came out
of nowhere. It's a big surprise. It's I'm embracing
it. It's humbling and very it's such an honor.
And I hope Dyma wins for my fellow castmates
and my director and just be something amazing.
It's such a huge franchise. Choice Award is cool
too for Nickelodeon. I'm not even sure how that's
done. I'm not sure if there's a way to vote.
If there is a way to vote and you're a big fan,
we'd appreciate the votes, absolutely. I say
vote and let's get Stephanie slimed. Let's do
that. Let's get together and get Stephanie slimed
on stage. That sounds like a plan. I'm ready.
Steph, thank you so much. Any last words from
Kid Goku or Goku Mini? Kid Goku. Kid Goku's hungry.
It's supper time. There you go. There you go.
And just, you know, the website usually showcases
where I'm going to be. Sometimes I'll put promotional,
my guy, my manager will put promotional videos
up there. I just definitely need it on the Facebook.
I guess it's on Facebook. It's Stephanie Nidalny
voice actress. Stephanie Nidalny .com is my website.
There's a form submission there. If you want
to write to me, have any questions. I do have
an Instagram account as well. It's just my name.
And who knows what other platforms are coming.
Steph's Vox on X. So yeah, that's pretty much
the place to go Stephanie and only .com Don't
be afraid to mention her guys. She will message
back She is good at that. She's real good to
her fans and I love the fact that she reaches
out as quick as possible Thank you so much. I
appreciate you and Every kid every fan that's
out there says thank you for continue bringing
the magic every single time. Thank you for having
me Thank you for all your work as well. I wish
you nothing but success in your endeavors and
Thank you to the kiddo and um, maybe i'll see
you in the valley sometime down south south texas
We gotta get you down here again We get you down
here so you come christen the the studio for
us. I got to I would love that I grew up on the
border of mexico as a child for about three and
a half years eagle pass So, uh, i've always been
interested in the uh, the spanish language and
I understand quite a bit of it when I hear it.
It's kind of kind of crazy There you go. You
pick up on stuff easier. I think when you're
a kid when you're around it and friends are speak
another language. It's really pretty cool. And
I'm reunited with my bestie that lived across
the street now she's in San Antonio. And so it's
just like I'm reliving my my youth through friends.
It's so much easier to find everybody on social
the social media is now that you know, yes, back
in the day, we didn't have any of that. So this
is really cool. No, pin pals. That's all we had.
Pin pals, writing letters, waiting on the mail,
playing with sticks, riding bikes. Smoke signals.
Smoke signals. Come home when the street lights.
Yeah, come home for dinner when the street lights
come on. Yes. Oh, we can talk so much about that,
Steph. It's not even funny. No, I know. No, Steph,
thank you so much, man. And from us and the Chewy
New Podcast and every child in the world, we
love you. Thank you so much. Love you guys. Am
I right? We'll see you in a bit. Yes, ma 'am.
Give me one second. Ladies and gentlemen. We
get open area go ladies gentlemen. Thank you
once again for joining us here in the two new
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