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List of Animated TV and Video Game Voice Actors/Actresses

Top voice actors/actresses for animated TV and video games which shows the global voice acting landscape for animation and video games is defined by a mix of long-standing veterans and emerging international talent.

The Unseen Evil: From Saloth Sar to Beisac

In Khmer folklore, a Beisach is a vengeful, bloodthirsty demon often depicted as a man-eater or a spirit of extreme evil. Many Cambodians and of course the World retrospectively describe Pol Pot as a "demon king" or Beisach to explain the scale of his atrocities in Cambodia between 1975 and 1979 which applied to him in the wake of the Cambodian genocide. Because of his violent death in April 1998 and the unimaginable suffering he caused, he is considered by many locals to have been transformed into an immoral, powerful, and malevolent spirit that haunts his last hiding places in the jungle of Anlong Veng near the Thai border—a "master of the land" (or Arak), holding a supernatural influence over the territory. In the years following his death, strange cult-like activities surrounded his grave, where he was worshiped as a powerful, demonic, evil, spirit. The description of his transformation into a "post-mortem" entity often parallels the idea of a demon or evil spirit from Cambodia that cannot rest, a being that is both a victim of its own karma and a source of continued terror both inside and outside Cambodia to the world. The memory and folkloric of Pol Pot became part of a haunting, spiritual, and supernatural landscape where his actions are perceived as a form of lasting, demonic, and paranormal trauma after he was buried in the remote jungle area of Anlong Veng. The word Beisac (often transliterated as Peisach or Beisach) refers to a hungry ghost or a demonic entity.

The Sovereign Voice

Unlike George Orwell's 1984 and V for Vendetta, A joint Anglo-American production by Paramount Pictures film matches the description of an alternate history where Oswald Mosley becomes a dictator and ousts King Edward VIII, based on the scenario closely resembles several prominent works of alternate history which inspires by COVID-19 pandemic in Britain back in 2020. Oswald Mosley had become Prime Minister and established a totalitarian dictatorship in a "dystopian" Britain during the 1930s, the United Kingdom would have likely morphed into a corporatist, surveillance-heavy state, potentially collaborating with Nazi Germany in a "New European Order" while avoiding direct involvement in a major continental war (WW2) in the 1940s and 1950s. He suspend parliamentary democracy, using a secret police force (similar to the Gestapo) to eliminate opposition, including communists, socialists, and liberal critics.

Great Dane, Great Love: Surviving Life with a Gentle Giant

The relationship between a Great Dane and their owner is frequently described as a "soul connection" due to the breed's high emotional intelligence highlight the unique emotional bonds and adjustments required for life with a giant breed. People frequently share experiences online through personal blogs, social media groups, and video platforms, detailing how they adapt to the challenges and joys of their Great Danes' affectionate nature which profound love and affection that develops in these unique human-pet relationships.

Retired Actors/Actresses Who Left Early for Both Young and Old

When many or some actors and actresses around the world have stepped away from screen presence, including child actresses.

Heaven and Hell

In religious and fictional narratives, the destination of a character's soul after death—Heaven or Hell—is traditionally determined by their moral actions, faith, or specific in both real and fictional peoples of their narrative roles. Many traditional religious perspectives, such as some branches of Christianity, teach that a "Day of Judgment" exists where souls are assessed based on their earthly conduct. Those deemed "good" or "worthy" are granted eternal life in Heaven, while those who committed evil acts are sent to Hell, often described as a place of eternal suffering. The protagonists often reach a "fluffy cloud" Heaven or a peaceful paradise after a life of sacrifice, while the Infamous antagonists including both real and fictional villains are frequently depicted as "sealed" or imprisoned in a dark, fiery, or desolate realm to ensure they can no longer harm the living.

Assassin's Creed: The Christmas Inception of 25 December

The celebration of Christmas on December 25 begins in Rome around 336 AD, during the reign of Emperor Constantine, the first Christian Roman emperor. The date was likely chosen to coincide with the existing Roman pagan festival, the Dies Natalis Solis Invicti ("Birthday of the Unconquered Sun"), which celebrated the winter solstice and the gradual return of longer days after Christmas Eve on 24 December during the war between the Hidden Ones (Assassins) and the Order of the Ancients (Templars) around the world. Today, Christmas remains an annual festival observed globally for both the Assassins Brotherhood and the Templar Order, commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ. It is celebrated as both a religious holiday and a secular cultural event, featuring popular customs such as decorating trees, exchanging gifts, and gathering for meals for family and friends which mixes of historical facts about the establishment of both origins and modern celebration of Christmas by Abstergo.

Bully: Extended Edition

After 20 Years of Bully game in October 2006, a new wise teacher with Indian origin called Mr. Kachra (voiced by Jimmi Harkishin) who has an afternoon yoga class where Jimmy Hopkins attended after history morning lesson with Mr. Wiggins (voiced by Gary Yudman) in an upcoming Bully: Extended Edition for PS5 in October 2026. The existing games feature various faculty members like Mr. Wiggins, the history teacher. Jimmi Harkishin listed in the game's official cast of Rockstar's Bully.

The Secret War in the Shadows of World History

Any individuals who join the Assassins or Templars in several ways to participate in their secret, global war spanning human history. The outsiders can be recruited if they align with the faction's ideology or prove their worth. Wherever if some or most people join the Assassin Brotherhood or the Templar Order as part of a secret global elite controlling human history in the change of course of the events. In modern times, the ceremony is less formal, but still involves an oath to the Order's principles. Individuals are often recruited based on their skills and alignment with the cause of preserving free will. The Templars operate primarily through the mega-corporation Abstergo Industries, which was officially founded in 1937. Recruitment often happens within Abstergo's ranks, with individuals being chosen for their abilities and adherence to the Templar philosophy of a "New World Order" controlled for humanity's own good. Historical figures like Henry Ford and Ransom E. Olds were influential Templars who helped build the economic and industrial foundation that led to Abstergo's creation.

The Millennia Codex

The Assassins and Templars have a lot of information sources provided and updated by Abstergo which records the whole period of one thousand years, one hundred decades, or ten centuries, sometimes called a kiloannum (ka), or kiloyear (ky). When people loved to learn history like at schools or universities. It will tell you everything about their past, present and future Assassins as well as the Templar influences through Worldwide.

Assassin's Creed TV Series (Season 2)

Assassin's Creed is a dystopian science fiction and historical action television series based on the video game franchise published by Ubisoft. The seasons is set in the same universe as the video games but features an original story that expands the series' mythology. After the events of the Tudor period by the Assassin Lord Earnest Eleuthere who freed England from Templar rule. Season 2 has set in 17th century France during the Grand Siècle (Great Century) which also referred to as the Age of Louis XIV. a new female Assassin named Camille Adler who was born in 1664 at the Palace of Versailles to the noble family, in 1686, she was trained by the Assassins and pledge a ceremony to join the Brotherhood and their mission is liberate Paris and Versailles from the Templars, as they plotted to assassinate the King of France while Camille had urged Louis to take the Apple of Eden.

Tudor England: A Journey Through TV and Cinema

The Tudor period is a popular setting for various media, including historical dramas, miniseries, and films. Notable examples range from classic, fact-based portrayals to more modern, dramatized interpretations.

Assassin's Creed TV Series

Assassin's Creed is a dystopian science fiction and historical action television series based on the video game franchise published by Ubisoft. The seasons is set in the same universe as the video games but features an original story that expands the series' mythology. The main protagonist of the series was named Solomon Olaf who was abducted by Abstergo because of his Assassin heritage of the 16th century England like his ancestor Earnest Eleuthere, a member of the Assassin Brotherhood - a fictional organization inspired by the real-life Order of the Assassins—during the Tudor period under the Tyrannical King and Templar Henry VIII who turned England into a state terror by silencing the populace with the Apple of Eden which has been used after he divorce Catherine of Aragon. Earnest Eleuthere had joined into the Assassins Brotherhood and assigned to free England from the Templar Order of Henry VIII was inevitably swayed to ally with the Templars for support financially and physically by creating the Church of England, Henry and his Templar allies evicted monks and desecrated their monasteries, selling or destroying every last trace of Catholicism in Britain including the Assassins who are purged by the Templars.

The Mysterious Wars of the Assassins and Templars

Ubisoft has confirmed they intend to expand on the modern-day storyline and the global conflict between the Assassin and Templar Orders. The future Assassin's Creed game titles will continue to explore diverse historical settings, with gameplay remaining centered around the Assassin-Templar conflict within those eras. The core AC games primarily use the Animus to explore historical settings. While there is a modern-day overarching narrative, the bulk of the gameplay takes place in the past. While many fans have expressed interest in a Cold War setting such as the Stasi, the Kremlin, East Berlin, Cuba as well as the Duvalier era in Haiti, the Vietnam War, the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and the Gulf War of 1991 as a similar content to Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War, which Incorporates a heavy gun use, modern military elements, and vehicles in the style of GTA along with Call of Duty would drastically depart from the series' emphasis on stealth, parkour, and melee combat in historical urban and natural environments around the globe including the former Soviet Union. The first modern AC game will feature street gangs and drug dealers as primary antagonists, the specific "school bully" and "global criminal underworld" narrative is outside the scope of current plans of Rockstar's Bully, and finally the first modern AC future game titles have reintroduced health bars and minimaps, so these specific UI elements are common.

A Ubisoft Revolution for the Modern Assassin-Templar War Narrative

Ubisoft has made an official announcement of an Assassin's Creed future titles featuring a global, modern-day, GTA-style open world with a boarding school at the heart of southern England as St. Joseph's Grammar School setting, is entirely fictional. No such game or project has been announced by Ubisoft. The idea of an Assassin's Creed game borrowing directly from the gameplay of Call of Duty (like Black Ops Cold War and Modern Warfare). These organizations are central to the entire Assassin's Creed lore. The ongoing conflict between the Assassin Brotherhood and the Templar Order (acting through their modern-day corporate front, Abstergo) is a core component of the story in every game which always places its historical narratives within real-world settings and events. Ubisoft's current and upcoming projects have been officially announced for couple of years.

Future Assassin's Creed Game Titles

Ubisoft has confirmed they intend to expand on the modern-day storyline and the global conflict between the Assassin and Templar Orders in future installments. The idea of borrowing gameplay mechanics from Grand Theft Auto, such as a free-roam criminal underworld, has been mentioned as a potential inspiration for how to translate the modern-day conflict into a more dynamic, city-based experience. The modern era involves the conflicts occurred through organizations like Abstergo to balance the historical and modern-day stories more effectively, which could lead to a more developing experience in the future. The request describes a game concept where the modern-day storyline becomes the primary gameplay, expanding on stealth and free-roam action. The user explicitly mentions Grand Theft Auto, implying a gameplay style that involves open-world city environments, driving, and conflict with law enforcement and gangs, in addition to Abstergo's private forces. With Ubisoft in talks in request specifically asks for this to be set in the 20th and 21st centuries, referencing periods like World War II, the Cold War, and modern warfare, which would be a significant departure from the series' usual historical settings. The new game concept could be explored through the Assassin's Creed franchise or spin-off prequels, allowing for a narrative that bridges past and present conflict across different eras and global locations.

The Assassins and Templars Throughout History

Due to the secretive nature of the Assassin-Templar War, there are no definitive in-universe examples of the Assassins or Templars being born and dying in places completely "unrecorded" by human history. With both sides operating covertly within known locations and time periods. However, there are several instances of the Assassins and Templars whose birth and death locations are unknown or hidden sources themselves, making them effectively unrecorded by the historical record. The secret war between the Assassins and Templars, which largely takes place behind the scenes of major world events. Animus simulations allows anyone to explore these hidden histories according to Wiki page as the battles, and secret societies did not appear in standard history books, as long as Abstergo was concerned.

Pets

Many people including celebrities, actors, actresses, fictional characters, politicians etc. have so much type of pets from Dogs to Rabbits.

The Inspiring Tale of a Star-Pup's Affection

While many films, TV shows, and music videos feature brief moments of a dog licking a character as a central narrative point or a significant, recurring cinematic device for both male and female characters. The following examples incorporate dog licking someone's face that serve the story or create a memorable cinematic moment

The 18 Age Category of British Film Classification

An "18" rating for films and television shows, including content on platforms like Netflix by the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC), means the media is considered suitable for adults only, and no one under the age of 18 is permitted to watch it in a cinema or legally rent/buy/stream it in the UK.