Anime Conji 2012: "Voice of Riku" Panel

[@katokatsu]

Hi, there! Sora cosplayer here! aaahhh the reason why I look suuuper awkward is because he called me up on stage out of nowhere and asked me to sit with him!! I was just too starstruck to speak! haha oh my gosh, I am /still/ shaking! Thank you so much, CodeNamedEpic for uploading this video!! I'm so sorry I couldn't make it to the interview, gah! There was just too much going on at the con! But I hope you found some great cosplayers to Q&A! Thank you /very/ much again for sharing this!

[@mikotoh]

this is an old comment but one that is so so sweet that he did that and two DONT WORRY I WOULD HAVE HAD THE SAME EXACT REACTION

[@twangy_juice8126]

you look so adorable omg :D, and your cosplay is awesome

[@godzillakingofkaiju6366]

I love this comment so much, your Sora cosplay looks so amazing and I love how you had the little crown on that made it look even more amazing, hope you’re doing well and keep doing these amazing cosplays

[@R0B5e55or001]

So you a girl or a guy?

[@2spooky4tim45]

Sorry if i'm being inconsiderate here but are you a girl? I seriously can't tell

[@matthewlee4834]

The person in the middle is tying so hard not to fangirl out lol

[@R0B5e55or001]

His natural voice sounds exactly like Riku. It's like easily imagining Riku is talking.

[@cedricexquisite1999]

Jackal Strife it is riku voice omg 😁

[@kevinkaslana9060]

It's like Jesse McCartney's Roxas voice and Derek's Vexen voice.

[@natalielazar5904]

THE SORA IN THE MIDDLE IS THE MOST AMAZING AND CUTEST COSPLAY EVER

[@aicrylic]

I could just listen to him talk all day

[@TheSkyrux]

Sometimes we just uhm uhm you know uhm there is a uhm somewhere uhm and on sunday uhm we have to uhm. You sure?

[@finedandy9514]

Skyrux yeee He Sure

[@trinityr5987]

That Sora Cosplayer is so adorable ;u;

[@babydollface]

That's an awesome cosplay. wow.

[@XynatheZoroark]

So true

[@R0B5e55or001]

Love his Riku natural voice saying "Are you quizzing me?" 😂 52:12

[@caifabe8050]

i like how in this Q&A panel you can really tell just how passionate David is about his role as Riku. i DEFINITELY don't see Haley or Alyson bringing up mocap to the directors, but David did because he seems to care about the role a lot more than the other two (although i DO know that Haley is also very passionate about Sora and proud to voice him, he also doesn't really pay attention to the story and ask questions and REALLY get into it when with the directors like David seems to, and ive genuinely NEVER heard Alyson talk about KH despite being involved with it since 358/2 Days)

[@kairitilmitt4447]

awww wittle Sora in da middle cute :D

[@zeldasnobody9141]

Oooooh, Kairi! You like him!

[@SARJABInc]

It's really inspiring how into voice acting he gets, especially when he talks about "Fight Day."

[@taxsylrc1598]

omg... New head cannon: riku is a gamer! LOL, just think, on his down time, he's pulling out a handheld and playing Zelda! hell, even Mario!

[@zachanikwano]

imagine a video game voice actor was really freaking into their game franchise lol

[@TheVenhammer]

zachanikwano I've heard that Haley Joel Osment actually really likes the Kingdom Hearts series, he even asked if he could play a villain at some point and that's part of the reason Vanitas is in Birth By Sleep

[@lalachristy5581]

@@TheVenhammer also miyu irino, the Japanese voice of Sora said to Tetsuya Nomura that he wants to play a villain in the game and that's when Vanitas was made.

[@midnightstar1996]

32:45 lol, "Interrupting my speech" I love David Gallagher so much, he was great in 7th Heaven and many other movies and TV programmes. Bless him though, he did say he was nervous for the interview at the start, so he probably couldn't help the "ums" and "uhs", he was probably trying not to say them.

[@DungForever]

When I first realized he was the voice of Riku it was a double whammy for me. I have been in love with David since the 6th grade (I'm now 23) and I ABSOLUTELY LOVE Square Enix and Disney together! I pretty much fangirled the entire time i played.

[@TLiebCNV]

Do you still love him?

[@darklynxx]

I finally decided to look through these comments again and wow, never thought I'd be so popular as the random black guy.

[@BrasilianFury]

This Sora cosplayer is a hottie. Holy crap, I'm impressed by how sheerly perfect the cosplay looks too. But yes, amazing panel with David - he seems to really enjoy the role as Riku and what's brought him to this point in his life. Plus, knowing he's a console gamer and a nerd like the rest of us is pretty cool too. =D

[@humanityslight3283]

OH MY GOD!!!!!! Sora is so cute whoever was the cosplayer I love you so much! your so adorable! * squeals *

[@rupertandme]

This Sora, everyone, is my very amazing, wonderful, flawless friend Katrina. And she is the Sora to my Riku - excluding this hour of her life because Riku was her Riku. /I know her/. And she is wonderful. And she got to sit next to David Gallagher because he thought her cosplay was perfect and she was the best Sora he had ever seen. That is why she is there. And trust me when I tell you, something as wonderful as this could not have happened to a better person. To a better Sora!

[@djfirewolf]

He's like the coolest guy ever

[@xXKunokuXx]

I find it cool how Riku's voice is actually his normal voice. He doesn't have to make it higher or lower, that's awesome ^^ Go Riku! :3

[@lalachristy5581]

Maybe he made it higher for younger Riku like in Re Com.

[@xXLunatikxXlul]

I can't believe this was almost 10 years ago x.x

[@darklynxx]

Oh. I'm that black guy. Technically I'm a photographer for this con. Yup.

[@WhoElseWillIHaveIceCreamWith]

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[@knight_guerra]

I'll always remember those words sora:I been having these weird thoughts lately.... like is any of this for real?..or not? sora:a scattered dream is a far off memory a far off memory is like a scattered dream I wanna line the pieces up yours and mine

[@DottorPivetta]

Minecraft T-shirt?... this man is my new hero XD

[@kirara2516]

+Miryel Lupin I pointed that out to my niece whose a big minecraft fan and she squealed. xD

[@OstheWeevil]

hes so pure..baby david

[@JazStormborn]

Oh god please be kind to him he's so nice I'm scared to see what they ask him

[@bladzersniya2461]

Sora's acting like a little school girl

[@juliekatekunich5217]

sora looks perfect!

[@soraxkairi7103]

I don't think you can play KH3D on its own and expect to understand the story line if you haven't played any of the other -hand held- games. Gotta line all the pieces up, right? :)

[@KingMickey358]

"Yours, and mine."

[@C4DNerd]

David Galligher isn't Young Xehanort in KH3D. He's talking about the one line he recorded in Birth by Sleep. In KH3D, Young Xehanort is actually voiced by Ben Diskin.

[@coolcatsdisneyrants4097]

who is watching this in 2016

[@blazingblazers14]

me :)

[@yuejin1776]

me me :)

[@finedandy9514]

Cool Cat's Disney rants 2017

[@R0B5e55or001]

2019 and it's already a KH3 year...lol

[@unddozahaz]

Damn that sora wig. I think that's a she, but she looks just like Sora too.

[@Fishfriedcat]

the girl sitting with david the whole time is asorable!

[@kirara2516]

David's so awesome.

[@Kitxunei]

He's wearing a Minecraft jacket! :D

[@SoraLover1994]

...OMG, CAN'T WAIT FOR THE NEXT ONE, MUST HEAR RIKU AND SORA'S VOICES AGAIN AT THE FULLEST! *DIES*

[@darklynxx]

That guy was me. He asked who wanted to sit up there, and since I was hanging out with him before hand, yeah.

[@FalconFastest123]

This guy who plays Riku actually seems like a pretty cool guy.

[@lennybustratt7024]

Guys like him! So down to earth!

[@stevenobrien7686]

2:17 Sora mouths "oH MY GoD." She's trying so hard not to freak out rn. LOL

[@MagmarFire]

And oh, man, hearing David say that he's a Zelda fan makes me SO HAPPY. *ding*

[@reddemon785]

Oh my god you were so adorable! You should've been at Naka-kon last month to meet Quinton Flynn, I'm sure you would've freaked out as well XD

[@Euphoria9630]

Oh this is awesome! Looove David's voice and to see this Q&A is amazing. :D

[@Spectrev2]

That is the best Sora cosplay I've ever seen. The hair is actually quite fantastic.

[@ericksonyee]

Awesome, I liked it, I watched this guy on Richie Rich Christmas wish 🎄

[@KAIsibs]

There’s something really funny about Riku’s VA wearing a Minecraft Creeper sweater

[@BoyWhoLikesTV]

The KH:3D will come out in Japan in 03/28/12. It'll come out to the rest of the world some where in the summer. Out of all the things I've learned from the KH franchise is patience.

[@Xiosoranox]

I love how the girl sitting with him just looks like she wants to attack him with a hug or something. She's just all smiley and fangirly. Her composure is much better than mine would be, though...

[@Hisake89]

Soraaaa!! I'm so happy for you!!! You look so cute! OMG! When you told me, I was so envious!!! Love this video! I'm happy this is uploaded! Love you Sora!!! ¬Hugs, Ven

[@Aresaka]

Riku needs to get his own game xD

[@duckielover151]

In the first game at least, I got to see the Riku cutscenes over and over again too.... because it took me a couple dozen times to beat him in the boss fight! O.o

[@roxaslove23]

OMFG finally someone puts this up!! Thank you so much!!! 8D

[@darklynxx]

I'm the black guy. And I'm some months late on this.

[@noxtan13]

Except, David DID voice Young Xehanort in that very brief scene in the very beginning of BBS, so yeah, other than that, Ben Diskin does voice the character in DDD. By the by, when I looked through Ben's filmography I did a huge double-take. When he was kid, he was in "Kindergarten Cop."

[@Bakagiraffes]

You know I was quite surprise of such a small con to have so many surprising guest. And this was my first year of attending an anime con x3

[@JohnnyVirus]

In dream drop distance I can defiantly hear the Zelda influence

[@Zemyxlover99]

the sora is so cute :)

[@Aresaka]

I meant like, a game thats specifically his entire story, the parts we dont know and maybe even the ones we already do with a better system (aka re:com:rebirth without the damn card system) Other than what Sora saw, we have pretty much no idea of what Riku was doing that entire time through kh1 and kh2. They've shown clips but it'd be nice to give us more information.

[@KraziChidi]

This guy is the PERFECT voice for Riku, and he's also voicing Young Xehanort! This game needs to come out nyowwwwwww!!!

[@R0B5e55or001]

56:52 did that person in the background say "Sephiroth" lol?!

[@Fedoraman370]

I was there!!! It was soo AWESOME!!!!! :D

[@BloodyFriday13]

OMGGGGGGGGGGGG!!!!!!!!!! :D ur so lucky!! u r sitting next to a cute sora and the VOICE OF RIKU!!!!!

[@XerastheBeras]

I wasn't event here and I'm having a fangasm from hearing Riku's voice actor talk T^T

[@top__Ramen__]

I love that hes chillin in a Minecraft Hoodie

[@lisettedeloatch3972]

Riku’s just a sexy guy 🙇🏽🤷🏽

[@BaiBears]

Lol, I was wondering why you looked so relaxed. I read some of your other replies. XD I would have been nervous as hell just because I was facing a bunch of people, let alone sitting up there with a voice actor for Kingdom Hearts.

[@XadoheSaruvi]

Listening to Gallagher go off on "Fight Day" and making the sounds of attacking and being attacked makes me wonder if anyone has ever pointed out how much those fighting sounds end up being uhh...very "suggestive" to a voice actor....

[@thequester8271]

Happy Birthday, Daivd Gallagher and Riku!

[@oltpseed]

I personally think he is alright not because what he feels but the way he express himself talking about travesti cosplayers cause theres no other way to call them and you know what i mean

[@blazingblazers14]

David is a bro lol

[@pinky75910]

He was Yong Xehanort in BBS for about a line. Thanks for uploading this, very coo

[@stallion8426]

David voices both Riku

[@JazStormborn]

I love him oh my god

[@R0B5e55or001]

Let the Keyblade choose... its true master!! 21:12

[@SoraLover1994]

0.0 By the way, I LOVE the advice he's giving on voice acting. It really does make me want to learn more, given one of my dreams is to work for Funimation.

[@charlesb354]

Sora!.......I'm speechless

[@Methtical07]

lol he was in Seventh Heaven. He played Simon

[@Xalgon]

David reminds me of Seth Green for some reason.

[@lalalagirl55]

God, I love David

[@DarkFayte]

because, for once, the audience has respect.

[@speyeker]

"This world is just too small". The first line of Birth By Sleep. We'll see that character and hear that voice a lot in this game.

[@jhazelrascal555]

i want to be a voice actor with Riku's voice actor! *Tear tear.* :'(

[@CodeNamedEpic]

lol It's okay! I'm glad you still remembered. The next con, we shall meet again! You are definitely an excellent cosplayer.

[@Webshooters1]

Being a Sora cosplayer myself, I'd give ANYTHING to be where you were myself! I'm SO ENVIOUS of you right now!

[@Pinreen]

He is sooo adorable:)

[@Noctis2525]

No, David was referring to CoM. He said second playthrough.

[@ursaminor55]

He has such a dreamy voice! Almost as sexy as Billy Zane...

[@hhal3y]

i love this guy

[@Karasueve]

The way he's dressed i think he's either ford from hitchhikers guide to the galaxy or cat from red dwarf XD

[@darklynxx]

Oh, far from it. I just know his sister and when they asked who wanted to sit up there, I said I would since I was hanging out with him beforehand. The trench coat was only because it was raining that whole weekend.

[@BlackBlitz7]

He should do move voices. Quite honestly I could have seen him as Hubert or Asbel from Tales of Graces.

[@mykatsuki]

i luv riku, i luv zelda...i luv u even more david!!

[@FodyColey]

Your cosplay is perfect

[@hahaha4556]

I love how she just geeks out.

[@22imie22]

am i the only one seeing the creeper on his shirt?

[@Eidaaaaa]

YES YES YES!

[@CanDanceX3]

As much as I like David, I can't stop staring at the Sora cosplay. They did such a great job with that hair! I want to ruffle it! (even though it'd probably ruin it XD)

[@13Zeroither]

3:51 David: ...its because I love videogames. Sora cosplayer: clap clap *blush* that's cute :)

[@ryuk511]

His voice is awesome