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Jim Foronda

@jimforonda.bsky.social

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Voice Actor 🇵🇭🇩🇪: Kenyu #Bluelock, Claptrap #BL3, Mr. Gunpla #GB4, Guen #Apothecary, Workner #Wistoria, Luxion #DatingSim, Muscular #MHA (And I used to write toy and video game commercials!) Booking: [email protected] Cons: [email protected]

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Jim Foronda @jimforonda.bsky.social · Oct 17

Oh hey we can pin stuff here now!

I'm Jim Foronda, a 🇵🇭+🇩🇪 Texas-based voice actor– vocal clay for shaping into whatever sounds and emotions you need for games, animation, narration, and commercials!

Booking: [email protected]
Cons: [email protected]

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Jim Foronda – Longform Visual Reel 2023

Here's my 2023 entertainment visual reel! I'm Jim Foronda, a 🇵🇭+🇩🇪 Texas-based voice actor– vocal clay for shaping into whatever sounds and emotions…

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Jim Foronda @jimforonda.bsky.social · 2d

😃🦆🩺 An #ApothecaryDiaries gift from @shawngann.art! Although I don't know how to play Weiß Schwarz, I imagine Guen's cards are completely ineffective in combat on their own but they somehow make the round *more fun*. 🤔

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Jim Foronda @jimforonda.bsky.social · 3d

SOLVED! I love it when a failing PSU works juuuuuust enough to trick you into thinking it's *not* the problem...

Jim Foronda @jimforonda.bsky.social · 8d

Today is "which of the several pieces of hardware is failing in my computer so I can fix it" day. 🫠

Jim Foronda @jimforonda.bsky.social · 4d

Don't mind me; I'm just pecking away, trying to get food out your neighbor's house. Oh, and yours too!

😐❤️🐦

Jim Foronda @jimforonda.bsky.social · 5d

This arrived earlier today! Looking forward to perusing it— perhaps I'll discover the origins of Claptrap's stylish new 'head fin'! 🤔

Jim Foronda @jimforonda.bsky.social · 8d

Today is "which of the several pieces of hardware is failing in my computer so I can fix it" day. 🫠

Jim Foronda @jimforonda.bsky.social · 14d

Prototype Nendoroid Tomie has been unveiled and the sculptor somehow translated Junji Ito's disturbing body horror style into a Nendo that's simultaneously cute *and* nightmare-inducing. 😱

Good Smile Company @en.goodsmile.com · 15d

GSC Figure Update!

Good Smile Arts Shanghai
Junji Ito Maniac
Nendoroid Tomie

Stay tuned for more information coming soon!
*Image is of a prototype. Final product may differ.

#JunjiIto #nendoroid #goodsmile

Jim Foronda @jimforonda.bsky.social · 16d

H₂O MY GOSH, MARK!

Jim Foronda @jimforonda.bsky.social · 19d

You can always farm for the Fragcendiary variant too! All the Fury Potatoes you could possibly want! 🥔🔥

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Jim Foronda @jimforonda.bsky.social · 19d

In Carcadia, there's a mission called "Fault Hunting". The boss there drops it! (I don't want to spoil anything; no BB references in the story but it's a cool side mission!)

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Jim Foronda @jimforonda.bsky.social · 20d

Now that Borderlands 4 is out, I have my new banner up at #RedRiverComicCon in Ardmore, OK! Although separated, the Psycho is definitely eyeing Claptrap for some extreme dismantling...

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Jim Foronda @jimforonda.bsky.social · 25d

He's actually (kind of) in BL4! There were two lines of dialogue where he fit *perfectly*, so I put him there for folks to find. You just gotta listen for him hidden under the pitch shift! 😊💚

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Jim Foronda @jimforonda.bsky.social · 25d

My good clone boy has returned. 🥹
#Borderlands #Battleborn

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Jim Foronda @jimforonda.bsky.social · 29d

*bites into spicy soft taco while looking at friends' pet pictures*
*chuckles at funny dog*
*sends hot salsa up nose*

My nose:

a close up of a burning sun with a dark background

ALT: a close up of a burning sun with a dark background

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Jim Foronda @jimforonda.bsky.social · Sep 16

I have a new convention print coming, "Beach Trash Party!", illustrated by @commodorepompadour.bsky.social! It's exactly what I wanted!

These two lived in my head for over a year while recording on #Borderlands 4, so they deserve to have some fun! Although… I don't think either of them can swim. 🤔

Claptrap and Psycho Ripper from Borderlands 4, both wearing children's pool floaties, run toward the water together for a beach party!

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Jim Foronda @jimforonda.bsky.social · Sep 12

But you are a *great* director, Joel– no matter how much you suck at actually playing Borderlands.

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Jim Foronda @jimforonda.bsky.social · Sep 11

Hey folks! Due to my regular store's lack of a #Borderlands4 midnight launch (new mall rules, I think? 🤔) and a full schedule on Friday, I will now be at the Parks At Arlington GameStop this *Saturday*, 9/13, from 11am-2pm! Come on by and say, "HELLOOOOO BEACH TRASH!"

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Jim Foronda @jimforonda.bsky.social · Sep 9

*crosses "be imitated by Conan O'Brien" off bucket list of things not on bucket list until they happen*

NOTE: Clip is spoiler free!

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Jim Foronda @jimforonda.bsky.social · Sep 7

I started tinkering with the kitty customizer in the @littlekittybigcity.bsky.social Picture Purrfect update and now I'm playing as Minobu. 😊💖😺

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Jim Foronda @jimforonda.bsky.social · Sep 5

Killing time at the mall before my next session this afterno– AAAAH SURPRISE MERCH MY HANDSOME GLASSES BOY MADE IT ONTO A T-SHIRT

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Jim Foronda @jimforonda.bsky.social · Sep 5

AND A ONE
AND A TWO
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Borderlands @borderlands.2k.com · Sep 5

The excruciating wait is ALMOST OVER!!! 💥

Borderlands 4 launches Sep. 12 on PlayStation®5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam and the Epic Games Store.

youtu.be/DJ17oRR4Ny4

"Borderlands 4 Official Launch Week Trailer"

Jim Foronda @jimforonda.bsky.social · Aug 29

Karin had lunch with a friend at Bonton Farms today and took some time to visit the goats. (I kind of want to make a phone notification out of this. 😆🐐)

Jim Foronda @jimforonda.bsky.social · Aug 29

Hey Apothecary Diaries fam! Accented Cinema did a really fun video examining all of the details in the show with historical info!

(His channel is great, by the way. 😃)

Accented Cinema @accentedcinema.bsky.social · Aug 29

The Apothecary Diaries is a Japanese anime set in a fictional world heavily inspired by dynastic China. That means, being a Chinese dude of the pedantic type, I can't help but look into every bit of detail to see just Chinese it actually is. So, here are my findings.

youtu.be/2ko425hm6pw

Chinese Dude Nitpicks The Apothecary Diaries | Video Essay

YouTube video by Accented Cinema

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Jim Foronda @jimforonda.bsky.social · Aug 23

You can now hear me in #DetectiveConan on Netflix as New York detective and Kudo family friend, Radish Redwood!

My *first ever* English dub role was on this show in 2003 (as a gold-digging husband), so a big, heartfelt thank you to Studio Nano and TMS Entertainment for having me back! 😊💖

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Jim Foronda @jimforonda.bsky.social · Aug 22

The muffled yells of the rippers inside the Zero-Point bubbles are *killing* me. 🤣

Borderlands @borderlands.2k.com · Aug 22

Gravity is just a suggestion. 🧪

Watch the Official Gameplay Overview for Harlowe the Gravitar now.

youtu.be/EDrYNvTaFHs

"Borderlands 4 - Gameplay Overview - Harlowe"

Jim Foronda @jimforonda.bsky.social · Aug 22

It's that time of year again! The day I look back on my 16 year-long advertising career collapsing around me 😱 and how I transformed myself into a full-time voice actor. 😊

NOTE: In the past, Hasbro legal prevented me from using "transformed" as a verb in copy but ha ha I'M DOIN IT NOW

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