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That's interesting because the new Shaman King series (dubbed by Netflix) got back as much of the 4Kids cast as were seemingly willing to come back, including Megan Hollingshead, and you can kind of tell the difference between the returning 4Kids cast and the new cast members based on who's doing overacting cartoon voices versus taking a more natural approach. Still, the 4Kids actors are a lot more subdued than they were in the actual 4Kids dub, and having more mature dialogue probably helps a lot there too.Dogasu, I'm curious what you would think of Megan Hollingshead's newer takes on Nurse Joy in Pokémon Journeys. It's still distinctly the same voice, but I noticed that the performance came off a lot softer and more subdued overall – in a good way; she doesn't over-inflect anywhere near as many lines as she did back in the 4Kids days. I'm not sure if it's exactly what you're looking for but it might be worth checking out.
It's especially weird with characters like Jun, who's played by Lisa Ortiz in both dubs, but put on a terrible English dialect in the 4Kids version as part of their general reversioning of Ren's family. She mostly drops the accent in the Netflix dub, but there's still hints of it. I imagine it's harder for the returning actors to not slip into the 4Kids direction mode whereas the new actors are more of a blank slate with their characters.