Get to know three of the people behind the “sexy” English-language voice announcements you’ll hear on public transport in Japan.
donna burke
Japanese rail and Shinkansen bullet train announcers come together for series of cute videos
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Oona McGee
Feb 12, 2020 - Tweet
Shinkansen announcer shares moment her mother hears her voice on bullet train for the first time
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SoraNews24
Nov 1, 2019
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- (bullet train • donna burke • Metal Gear Solid • shinkansen • trains • travel • twitter • videos • voice actors • voice actresses)
Where have we heard Metal Gear Solid V’s iDroid voice before? When we last rode the Shinkansen!
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Evie Nyan
Sep 9, 2015
The release of Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain has been met with as much excitement and frenzy as you might expect from the latest instalment of a legendary video game franchise. But while most players are preoccupied with riding D. Horse around, frolicking in cardboard boxes and puzzling over the intricate story, it’s a certain voiceover that’s had us scratching our heads. Where on earth have we heard iDroid‘s soothing tones before? Oh, that’s right – on the Shinkansen!
Voice actor and vocalist Donna Burke is a veteran of the video game industry, lending her vocal cords to multiple games including MGSV and Silent Hill, and she ALSO provided the English-language spoken announcement that’s broadcast on the bullet train to help foreign visitors navigate their way around Japan!
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- (donna burke • iDroid • Konami • Metal Gear Solid V • shinkansen • Silent Hill • video games • voice actor)
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