I get what you're saying regarding the typical voices and I am happy you guys were trying to focusing not so much in getting the voice of your dreams as much as the voice able to bring to life each character beyond the trite. The effort is enormous and while I am handicapped to enjoy till the end, having yet to finish SS on my own, what I have followed has made me quickly accept the choices for most characters.
I said in one of the Ghirahim videos that it sounds like an audiobook, like a radio show and I am not kidding. The quality is great and that is how I enjiyed the first episode that crossed past my own progress in the game. It is quite commendable.
(Also, I just got the Ghirahim lines for the finale in from Joshua... Chills.
That's so exciting. He does such a good job on Ghirahim and it is already the finale. This is such a cool ride.