Friday, March 11, 2011

Tara Strong (Twilight Sparkle's VA) Interview on 91.8 The Fan

I got an Email from someone over at 91.8 The Fan letting me know that they will be doing a live interview with Tara Strong (The Voice actor for Twilight Sparkle).

It's primarily an interview about her Anime stuff, but FiM is included


79 comments:

9b75b1f0-484a-11e0-9585-000bcdcb2996 said...

OMG I will hopefully be home in time for that...it's going to be epic...

Amui said...

Hey guys, I'm the resident Brony of 91.8 and thought i'd send this in, This has also been posted on Ponychan but if you guys would spread the word that would be awesome.

I'm hoping for a huge turnout in our IRC/tuned in for this one, our IRC is on the Rizon network at #918thefan.

Auta Mane said...

Where the hay has this radio station been all my life!?

madmax said...

living the dream!!! :D

the Masked Toaster said...

OhMyGosh!OhMyGosh!OhMyGosh!OhMyGosh!OhMyGosh!OhMyGosh!OhMyGosh!OhMyGosh!OhMyGosh!

pollardy said...

come over to our irc http://918thefan.com/forums/chat.php we all love pony's :)

Anonymous said...

How about a comparison of Tara's work on Drawn Together versus FiM?

talk about polar opposite shows

Pecan said...

When I saw that Presea Combatir and Twilight Sparkle had the same VA, I was speechless.

It takes a lot to make me speechless.

Anonymous said...

Forget the anime; focus on FiM, lol.

Tekaramity said...

Welp, now I know I'll want my exams to be over by 5 PM EST so's I can listen to this between 5 and 6. Tara Strong has always been awesome and is even more so as Twilight Sparkle.

relias said...

Shouldn't it be "actress", not "actor"?

Anyway, this is cool news! As much as I like the fanworks, "real" pony news like this is always the best.

flashfox466 said...

Hope someone records it. I don't know how available I'll be. DX

Amui said...

@flashfox466
It should be recorded and posted onto the main page afterwards.

Anonymous said...

@relias Actor is the general term for Acting People。

But yes, you are correct。

Anonymous said...

OMG yay, can't miss this, she also did Rikku in FFX ^_^

Purple said...

Wow, Rikku too? Neat! Final Fantasy and MLP:FiM: Two great things that go great together.

Elk said...

Yo! I'm a DJ over at 91.8 The Fan, and while I won't be conducting the interview, my show is on directly after the show the interview takes place in, so anyone who sticks around can private message me on IRC with the phrase "Friendship is Magic" and I'll give you 5 Shiny Elk Points (which is basically a useless fake currency I and others on 91.8 The Fan trade for certain services.)

They can be used for things including but not limited to: song requests (during my show), chibi drawings, short poetry, and someone has even opened up a Pokemon shop of sorts.

MasterMask said...

Hey, can some pony record this and put it on YouTube or something?

I want to here too!

Amui said...

@MasterMask
A while after the interview takes place it will most likely be uploaded onto the main page for everybody who doesn't catch it live.

Anonymous said...

Make sure to have an update the day of or a day before.

Amui said...

Everypony! I've set up an event on FaceBook so everyone can share it and we can get moar people in the know!
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001329609447&ref=ts#!/event.php?eid=108614575884461
TELL YO WIFE, YO KIDS, AND YO HUSBAND TOO CUZ WE INTERVIEWIN ERRBODY OUT HERE.

Auta Mane said...

Technically, if they're gonna focus on her anime works, the it's 'seiyuu'.

Geradex said...

somebody needs to record the broadcast or stream it via web or both.

pollardy said...

@Geradex it'll be recorded and put on the main page of the site after its done

Amui said...

@Geradex
Additionally you can just listen in by hitting the "Listen Now!" button on the main page.
http://918thefan.com/

Anonymous said...

Amui... I'm not sure you realize just how much more exposure your station will get from this. There are THOUSANDS of bronies.

Amui said...

@Anonymous
Thats exactly what I want, I want our IRC to be overflowing with friendship and tolerance and love.
The more Bronies, the better.

Anonymous said...

I love Tara Strong. I got to meet her at some convention called Anime Overdoes (I think) right after FFX-2 came out. (She's the voice of Rikku).

She's pretty awesome. Looking forward to hearing the interview.

pollardy said...

thats one nice looking pony :3

bubsAKAvermin said...

SOMEBODY RECORD THIS!

Anonymous said...

oh my!

Anonymous said...

Someone has to please please please please record it!!!

I intend on being present in an hour but I have no idea how to capture audio, plus Im sure everypony at work right now will appreciate it!

Anonymous said...

Yah I'm sorta raging right now. I can't figure out how to work the site. I signed up. Made an account, and everything. But I still can't find out how to get audio. I'll just have to listen to it by someone who records it... feels_bad_pony.jpg

Mads said...

@Anonymous
Isn't the speaker-icon next to the ridiculous anime-girl working for you?

Anonymous said...

Won't need to record it, 91.8 The Fan records all of their interviews and puts them up on the site.

Sethisto said...

Honestly I've checked back every hour and it's still just playing anime music ;p Is it really 2-3pm?

Anonymous said...

@Sethisto 2pm PST, 5 EST

Anonymous said...

SOMEONE POST A RECORDING. I MISSED IT OH FCUK

Mads said...

@Anonymous
It hasn't even aired yet...

Anonymous said...

i hate my luck....
is there any recording of this?

Anonymous said...

OK, Mads, I figured out it was a bit of a java script error, and I fixed it. I feel awsome now

Anonymous said...

this is awesome!

Pimps McGee said...

15 minutes until interview

Mads said...

Argh! She called us a meme!

Anonymous said...

This is an internet community. Ponies is a straightedge lifestyle.

Someone send her an email.

Anonymous said...

a meme?! A MEME?! WE ARE SPAR.... errr I MEAN PONYYYYYY!

Anonymous said...

A MEME!?

Anonymous said...

Loving this interview

Anonymous said...

did tara just do a celestia letter about lesbian twilight

Pacce said...

@Anonymous
My reaction was similar.
Still this is filling my heart with voice acting passion.

Anonymous said...

Oh god I missed it.
Is this recorded? TELL ME ITS RECORDED!

Mads said...

Was that it?

Anonymous said...

It is going on right now. It is 5 pm EST

Pacce said...

Napoleon Dynamite animated.
Do.
Not.
Want.

Mads said...

@Anonymous

What? I must have zoned out...

Pacce said...

@Anonymous
Well...
She was talking about the Gilda episode...

Anonymous said...

BUBBLES TWILIGHT

Samuel said...

Fucking Twilight Sparkle.

Anonymous said...

Twilight Bubbles

Samuel said...

@Anonymous

It's recorded and it should be up on 98.1's site within the hour.

Sethisto said...

Ah arizona time had me thrown off again, what an annoying time zone i live in.

Daffodil said...

Just listened to it. I find it funny that she had no clue the show had such a large following.

Auta Mane said...

The interview will be available on the site and from their podcast within the next few days.

I think her first blurb sounded better than the second, even though she lead-in with Twilight the second.

Amui said...

Indeed everyone, the interview will be up on the main page within a day or so (for editing and such)

keep checking back! also the bump will be spliced to fit the Twilight Sparkle voice in instead of the Twilight Bubbles one.

Anonymous said...

@Sethisto

You live in AZ? Hey me too

Amui said...

Alright, I've got mah main brony working doubletime on editing the interview and I'm told the fastest it will be up is within an hour if he rushes.

Anonymous said...

@Amui
Good thinking!

Anonymous said...

if you're an impatient pony...
http://boomp3.com/mp3/rbimal6rng4-awesome-interview
I hope the guys from 918thefan don't mind... if there is any problem i'm going to delete this in few second...

Anonymous said...

am i the only one that thinks that radio station did this to get more hits from us and doesn't really know/care about poni

>calls us a meme

>calls us drooling fanboys of twilight

>the main page of the site mentions fim but then says that the poster dosent want to watch it

>outside of the Celestia pic that post has nothing to do with fim

Amui said...

@Anonymous
Oh, hello Mr. Troll, I suppose I should correct you before people get the wrong idea.

I did this of my own time, I am an S-Mod on their forums and also a proud brony, they know nearly nothing about Ponies and generally I'm one of the only ones that talks about the show in our IRC daily.

The person that interviewed Tara, Kanashimi, has never seen Ponies, nor am I going to make her watch Ponies because she does not want to, I however did ask her to atleast bring up FiM during the interview otherwise my bronies would probably cut my head off, which is probably why she called us a meme, and if you were in the IRC at the time you'd have called everyone there drooling fanboys of twilight as well, 109 people chatting live gets pretty hectic.

I e-mailed ED, Derpy Hooves, posted on Ponychan and FiMchan and even made a FaceBook group for it in my own time because I enjoy the show and thought my bronies would like to hear the interview as well.

But I digress, I guess me having a Rainbow Dash userbar/avatar/signature on our forums doesn't tell anyone that I'm a Brony or anything.

Anonymous said...

@Amui
Then why didn't you do the interview? You clearly seem to be the better candidate.

Anonymous said...

It was okay, Amui. Thank you for sharing the interview with us. The ending was worth it. Music was not bad. Though, it was not quite what I expected. Should have been more ponies

Amui said...

@Anonymous
I'd have loved to, unfortunately I'm not an employee of 91.8 The Fan and am part of the Moderator Staff, to be an employee I'd need to sign an NDA due to the nature of what they discuss behind the scenes (usually about series' that haven't been released yet most likely, or a series getting a 2nd/3rd/4th/etc season) and legally I need to be 18 to sign an NDA, currently I am 17 (But I will become an employee when I do turn 18)

I'd love to get a chance to talk with Tara though, that would have been epic, and I'm pushing to get them have Ashleigh Ball interviewed too. (I have a feeling that interview would somehow be 20% cooler than even Tara)

Anonymous said...

@Amui
I am the anon you were referring to and I am sorry about my post. After re-reading it it came off alot more harsh than i originally intended.

Thank you for clarifying that you are just a brony on the irc and not a employ. That makes alot more sense I was just under a miss understanding because of that one post on the front page of the site. It mentioned that the person that made it didn't watch fim and assuming that spoke for everyone there I came to the conclusion this was just trying to get higher ratings. Im sorry if I offended and will try and not jump to conclusions in the future

Anonymous said...

@Amui
Also I would like to add I was a Tadd buthurt about being called a meme because of that know your meme page.

Amui said...

@Anonymous
Yeah, I apologize for that one guys, she hasn't watched any of FiM and I talked with her a bit afterwards about what happened.

She didn't mean anything mean by it, that's just what she thought of at the time.

Anonymous said...

@Amui
ts cool amui

the fact we got mentioned at all is pretty cool. It mite have even spread the friendship to a few non bronys that listened
and again im sorry if I came off to strong. I really wasnt trying to be as mean as I was

Amui said...

@Anonymous
Its cool brony, we all make mistakes sometimes.

Zarkanorf said...

So what's the end result?

Everyone on 91.8 The Fan should be enveloping themselves in FRIENDSHIP. Yes.

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