The Mario voice actor who damaged his voice 

no piano at end sorry. busy week. twitter link: twitter.com/thomasgdocs

To be fair, what would a giant fire breathing cat turtle even sound like?

This guy is incredible. He hurt his throat that bad and still gives a smile when talk about Meowser.

I’m glad that Kenny is ok, and love him being bowser

And to this day, I wonder how Samantha didn't destroy her voice with Toad but Kenny did with Meowser.

Kenny James birthday is literally tomorrow, so the timing of this video could've never been perfect.

The fact that Toad's VA never lost her voice but Bowser's VA already did is just plain ironic in my opinion.

His recording session was brutal, but I guess he's ok. He did not voice any complaint.

I love how everyone has just decided that the powerup is called the Cat Bell even though that's not its official name.

Since his throat was bleeding, I’m surprised he went straight home and not get some medical professional to help.

If Nintendo ever brings back Meowser again, I hope they just reuse the old voice clips, or give Kenny James a raise!

I love how Kenny James has a normal, almost kinda high voice, but he voices Bowser who has an incredibly deep voice

Kenny: *nearly lost his voice which almost ruined his live play* Also Kenny: I love voicing Meowser

Imagine if mario lost his voice they would have to imitate it with synthesizers

Kenny James had my heart for that dedication, This reminds me of what happened with My hero academia. The 5th season was delayed after Bakugo’s Japanese VA had to have emergency throat surgery due to his character having to scream so much. His character is known for screaming and yelling. This guy is also a singer. Luckily, the va recovered and is able to scream and sing again.

I like how Jen is worried about him possibly hurting himself.

You should see what happened to Jeremy Irons when he was singing Be Prepared as Scar. When he screamed YOU WON'T GET A SNIFF WITHOUT ME he threw out his voice completely and Jim Cummings filled in for the rest of it!

Honestly, this has been blown out of proportion. Yes, I shredded my throat a bit. But, I was singing in a theater production of Evita 3 days later. Great video, though. Cheers!

Today I learned that Bowser is a musical actor! What a talented guy!🥰

Man, there's always something so sad to me about voice actors in particular going through hell. I guess because, obviously in something like a long running animated show or game series, you hear them so much, and you can sometimes notice their voice changing or deteriorating over long periods of time. And you kind of realize that the original performances you fell in love with can't really be replicated again, making them feel all the more special. I don't know if anyone else feels this way, but man, the things some people do for our entertainment, I really respect it.

Bowser is so powerful he can make his voice actor lose his voice. Poor Kenny.

the dedication that his throat was bleeding like my goodness. Props to him and happy birthday to him

-"after a 2 hour session, he could literally taste blood" -metal band screamers "first time?"

I will admit, when I first saw this, I got worried that Kenny was forced to retire bc of an incident but I'm relieved that's not the case I'm just really proud of him for all his hard work and wish him the best, and I hope that he takes better care of himself and his voice

Oh my god they casted Kenny James!

If anyone is wondering, Jen Taylor is voicing Salem in RWBY, the main villain. And yes this character screams ans shouts a lot

I've lost my voice for months before. Started after a performance of 21st century cure at my musical theatre society, but whether or not the two are related, as that only kinda knocked it scratchy while the (pre-covid) infection and what terned out to be GERD that came in after that definitely took it out of commission. I will definitely toot my own horn in the fact that I absolutely nailed that performance.

I’m glad Kenny was able to recover. I just couldn’t imagine Bowser without him.

Kenny: *voices Bowser long enough to make his throat start bleeding* Jen: Hold my mic. But no, seriously. Shouting for hours? I don't watch RWBY, but I gotta give Jen major props.

When he's doing that voice impression in a silent room in front of other people, that hurt to watch.

I got to meet and talk with Kenny James this may while I was working at a convention. He’s a super kind guy and very fun to be around

When you shred your vocal chords voicing Bowser, only to realize, oh shit, I have to sing in Evita in a couple of days.

Happy 58th birthday tomorrow, Kenny James!

I watched the whole thing just now and him bleeding on his throat wow 😳 that's horrible!!!

**Kenny's throat bleed** Nintendo: Wow, this is fine! Let's send it to the game

Aww Kenny.. this guy is such a gem.

And I thought my voice hurt after about 15 minutes of voicing 50 Toads from Colour splash for a video...

I can only congratulate James for his determination and bravery in playing Bowser. Even more for the fact, that even with how he gruesomely tore his throat by playing Meowser, he went over with it and still goes on his quest with Bowser. I just hope he wasn't forced to repeat this slaughterhouse of his throat for the game's remake for Switch, famous of the Bowser's Fury mode. So, Happy Yesterday Birthday, mr. James! You're doing a great job as Bowser! As of you Tom, another great video of yours, even if I got goosebumps of hearing how James bloodily hurt his throat. Since you're on your way with the evolutions of characters' voices, maybe the next episode of this series you could dedicate on changes in the voice of Ashley from WarioWare? This character also went through few voice actresses, so maybe it's worth giving a story? Keep it going!

Give Meowser some medicine (With the help of Dr. Mario or Penny Crygor) and he'll rest his voice.

Hey! Im a voice actor student in Italy, and I can guarantee you, for many voice actors, the biggest achievements come from surpassing your own limits with your voice! Little trivia: the voice actor for Chris Pratt is Andrea Mete, he is incredibly talented and voiced also Reiner Braun, but in the movie Mario will be voiced by Claudio Santamaria who gave the voice to Batman in The Dark Night Trilogy while Peach will be voiced by Valentina Favazza, one of our best voice actress ever

You know, I feel like Meowser's voice kinda sounds like 64 Bowser

Kenny James is just awesome, man. You have to respect his dedication to King Bows.

"The cat bell is a power up that turns you into a cat. You can climb up walls, scratch your enemies, but interestingly, the most important thing here is that you can use it to gain impossibly large amounts of speed."

2:01 is when he starts talking about the topic

Thomas' voice is the real MVP, I fall asleep to these videos frequently then rewatch them later to make sure I actually consume the knowledge

This could all been avoided if they recycled the cougar sound effect

I met Kenny James a few years back at Too Many Games. Super sweet guy. Clearly loved what he did

I could feel the pain when he said 'blood'

Poor Kenny! But I'm glad his voice recovered. 🙂

I would like to know if the other Mario voice actors can sing. I want a musical Mario game with crap load of singing.

Your one of the only you tubers I don’t skip for the whole video on

Lyrics: It was 2005 when voice actor Kenny James heard back from Nintendo. He was to be the new voice actor of Bowser. This was his first professional voice acting role so he was pretty excited except Throughout his years of voicing the character (end of beginning lyrics)

Love how informative these videos always are!

Bro this channel is underrated I’ve been watching ur videos everyday now

I remember hearing this story at his Too Many Games panel, and I remember something he said at the end: That when Charles Martinet recorded lines for Cat Mario, Nintendo had him come back and re-record them, while Kenny's Meowser was great on the first try. So Kenny had the last laugh lol

Oh god I'm glad it didn't get any worse. And I'm glad he's ok now.

Love your videos

I was sick with a bad throat on top of that, but I was destroying my voice that entire day. From screaming into a microphone way to loudly and gravelly, to wheezing too hard for my own good; two days after that, my vocal cords were so messed up that I couldn’t even speak properly. And all of that was very recent.

“Most voice actors have some horror stories” Oh yeah, I can’t imagine the dragon ball guys...

4:32 You know that it gets serious when you hear Ace Attorney music.

These videos are so interesting I love them lol ❤️ keep up the amazing work

When Kaiji Tang voice Red Magnus in Disgaea 5, he actually not only bled from his throat, but coughed up blood due to yelling for hours. He couldn't speak for 2 weeks... I got this from Anthony Padilla's interview.

Evita really hurt Kenny(Magaldi)'s voice. Did you know that there was the 1996 movie featuring Madonna?

3:31 Well, she warned him.

Thanks for put subtitles ^^

Love these videos good to see one early

I never knew the voice actor of Salem Was Peach's voice actor.

Cat bowser is kind of cool tho, ngl.

I remember a story of a voice actor, i dont remember his name but he was in anthony padilla's video about VAs, the voice actor voices red magnus in disgaea 5, during the session he bled out of his mouth.

So Kenny James basically make animal noises for a living... I love it.

Your videos are amazing... Keep it up.

I was just watching some of your videos :D then you upload, that's timing

He’s talented :)

Thomas always talk about insane stuff!

I actually had a convention somewhat recently, and Kenny was actually there~!

This sorta reminds me of what the voice actor for the werehog had to go through in sonic unleashed.

Now I'm gonna picture Meowser coughing blood every time he roars

What a total chad He had his throat bleeding but just said “voice sounded good tho, that’s a win in my book”

The fact that meowser’s voice made him bleed makes me a little more intimidated by meowser

Hey Thomas, I love your videos and I always watch them. Good work, as always and have a good day friend!

Boi you just earned a new sub

My blood LITERALLY ran cold when you got to the point where he coughed up blood

bowser looks like a lion kinda when he has the cat bell

Imagine what happened when he had to voice bowser’s fury

Wow I love your videos!

voice actors should get more credit for the things they do

I lost my voice once. Well not completely I could still barely whisper! Thankfully..

Everyone is always putting the spotlight on Charles (not a bad thing), but we seriously need to give a shit ton of credit to Kenny for all the amazing things he did. He turned a goofy sounding character into one of the most badass in gaming history. Talk about a glowup.

I can kinda relate to Kenny here. I used to volunteer at a haunted house, and one year I decided my character needed a deep growling voice. So I did one for hours and was absolutely tasting blood by the end of the night. But instead of learning my lesson I did it all again the next day too 😭 Long story short I permanently damaged my vocal chords. My voice is noticeably deeper now than it was before. That being said I kept on volunteering there for years and doing the voice became my signature thing, and it never bothered me again 😊

yay a new upload!

When Bowers a better father then most dad's today let that sink in

Your vids are very interesting to me! 💙💜

kenny seems so wholesome tho

The human larynx is delicate but surprisingly resilient. Vocalists often injure themselves in performance or practice (due to bad technique or pushing the limits of human voice). I’ve rehearsed with poor technique and lost my voice. Also, the singing voice tends to heal rather slowly, unfortunately. If you get sick and lose your voice, it may take several weeks to get it back to normal.

Ouch, that must PURRR-t him so much. I'm glad he's MEOOOWW-kay!!

Another VA horror story is Jessica Calvello during her recording session for Excel Saga. She almost did permanent damage to her vocal chords and they actually had to switch her out midway through the show.

here's an interesting one: how about a video about the mii voices, like in mk wii, ssbu, and others i didnt mention

Kratos brazillian voice actor had the same problem when he was dubbing ascension

Great video

Another horror voice acting story is Jessica Calvello who voiced excel from excel saga. A character who can't ever stop talking in a high pitched voice. And Calvello had to do that voice for near all day recording sessions. She eventually had to quit half way though the show because she passed out mid session.