You don’t have to be one Kingdom Hearts When you hear the first infectious notes of Hikaru Utada’s “Simple and Clean”, you will get goose bumps on your arm. Of his early appearance in commercials Because of its continued use on the series, “Simple and Clean” is a popular anthem of Kingdom Hearts Thanks to Utada’s beautiful angelic song. But what if Goofy, the captain of the Royal Knights of King Mickey’s court, sang the classical tune instead?
The mesmerizing soft tones behind Goofy’s interpretation of Hikaru Utada’s “Simple and Clean” are not from the character’s official Disney voice actor, but from voice actor and YouTuber SungWon Cho – also known as ProZD. The video was made as a milestone target for Cho’s charity Twitch stream that is benefiting from it Face the cancer, an entertainment industry charity program whose mission is to accelerate research into new therapies for cancer patients. During Chos Stream, he helped raise more than $ 5,000.
The video is not just an excerpt from the chorus of Utada’s classic, but an almost five-minute video in which Cho bares his soul and even plays ad-lib towards the end when he forgets the text.
Continue reading: Voice actor SungWon ‘ProZD’ Cho started his career on Tumblr
For those who didn’t know, Cho started on Tumblr in 2012. Every day he made an audio post with fan dubs of anime characters alongside hilarious ones YouTube sketch with the sole purpose of practicing speech output. One day his fan dub of the webcomics Lackadaisy caught the attention of his author Tracy Butler, which led to him officially cast as Mordecai Heller by doing Lackadaisy: the animated short film.
Aside from posting YouTube videos, Cho has spoken at cartoons like Aggretsuko and OK KO! Let’s be heroes and video games like Yakuza: Like a dragon and Borderland 3, and as an actor in Crunchyroll’s weird detective show Anime Crime Department. “Simple and Clean” is not the first Stupid song Cho was started for a good cause and hopefully we can hear him release another surprise track in the near future.
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