Croatia has a relatively small pool of voice actors. Unlike the US, where celebrities often voice cartoons, Croatian dubbing relies on theater actors and radio hosts. Legends like (the voice of Garfield and Daffy Duck) and Mima Karaula are household names. When a Croatian child hears a specific voice, they don't see the actor—they see the character.
Dolaskom devedesetih i dvehiljaditih, tržište se otvorilo. Disney, Pixar i DreamWorks počeli su zahtijevati stroge audicije za glasove, što je podiglo kvalitetu na svjetsku razinu. Danas se hrvatska sinkronizacija smatra jednom od , često dobivajući pohvale od samih matičnih studija u SAD-u. Zašto je sinkronizacija važna za djecu? crtani sinkronizirani na hrvatski
Because Croatians understood animation as an art form, they refused to treat dubbing as a cheap afterthought. The Zagreb School of Dubbing emphasizes "natural overacting"—keeping the emotional truth of the cartoon while removing the "translated" stiffness. Listen to the Croatian dub of The Lion King (1994). The villain Scar doesn't sound British; he sounds like a slippery, cynical Zagreb intellectual. It works. Croatia has a relatively small pool of voice actors