[Cut-off 14th April 2019] Submit Your Questions: Brianna Knickerbocker Interview

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Brianna Knickerbocker, the new English voice actress for Shenhua in Shenmue III, has kindly granted an interview, and we would like to hear your question suggestions. A subset of the questions gathered will be selected for the interview.

Brianna is a Los Angeles based actor and voice artist who was introduced in a Shenmue III Kickstarter Update in February. She started recording her lines for the game at the end of last year and recording is now complete.

She has voiced characters in an extensive number of anime, movies and video games as can be seen on her profile page on IMDB. Her roles include the voice of Sakura, Est, Ninian and Charlotte in the role-playing game series Fire Emblem and the voice of Yuna in the anime series B: The Beginning. You can hear samples of her voice work at her official site.

What would you like to ask Brianna?

Submit your questions here, bearing in mind that Brianna will not be able to disclose unreleased details about the actual game. This is a great chance for the community to learn about topics such as her background, her thoughts voicing the character of Shenhua and her experience in the studio recording for Shenmue III.

(Questions will be gathered from here and other Shenmue social media fan sites/channels).

 

[reminisce]

Thank you all for the interview. Are there any inspirations she holds dear from the Shenmue ethos?

 

[orient]

Did they provide her with examples of the old Shenhua voice for context?

Did voicing Shenhua get her interested in playing the Shenmue games?

 

[Benwahwah]

What kind of background information was she given regarding Shenhua before recording her lines? Other than the lines themselves.

Apart from the 'one shot' aspect of Shenmue recording, are there any other ways that working on Shenmue differed to the other work she has done on different computer games?

 

[Kkenny23]

Were some recording sessions with Corey Marshall or was she alone for the whole recording?

 

[SledgeNE]

Do you have a favourite line?

 

[Willom]

Did anything feel different when voicing Shenhua compared to the other characters you have voiced?

 

[danielmann861]

Given one of my favorite sequences in Shenmue II is of Shenhua singing her song in the tree top; was there any singing required of Brianna in Shenmue III? And can Brianna knock out a tune or two?

 

[7Heavens]

What did you learn from the charachter of shenhua?

If shenhua was a real person would you be her friend?

Was shenhua the deepest character you've ever played?

 

[高野和泉]

Does she think the platonic romance theme is well presented and executed? Does she get similarly star-struck/or nervous like Corey once she realized she would be working with the legendary Yu Suzuki and have him QA her work personally?

 

[RetroLord120]

What is your favorite character trait of Shenhua, and what have you learned about the shenmue community in general after starting work on Shenmue 3?

 

[WildManofBorneo]

Are you single? ?

 

[moon child]

What was the audition process for getting the role of Shenhua ?

 

[OldFarT]

1) Can she say Unique New York ten times, really fast.

2)has she seen any of the game footage she has voiced? Other then what's already out there.

 

[hyo_razuki]

1) Which part of the role or which line was the hardest to record?
2) How did you learn about the Shenhua job?

 

[Araviel]

How did you prepare yourself for the role as Shenhua?

 

[runoid]

Did you know (of) Shenmue before being casted?

Did you play Shenmue/Shenmue II in preparation of (or after) the recording?

 

[ShenGCH]

Were there any occasions in which you were unable to get out a line, whether it be through corpsing or difficulty getting the words out?

 

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Last chance to submit a question suggestion! Cut-off for question submissions will be at the end of today (Sunday, April 14th).

 

[James Brown]

If asked to, would you be happy to reprise your role for Shenmue 4 :)?