Re: How did you react when you first heard Aerith´s voice in KH2?
You all do realize that it's the fans that ruined Aerith, right? Mandy Moore may have had some personal reasons for not coming back for KH2, but one of the primary reasons she left is because there was so much freakin' hate mail from people who were angry that there was a pop singer voice acting one of their favorite Final Fantasy characters. The same thing happened with Lance Bass after his performance as Sephiroth. Luckily, the loss of Lance Bass didn't have as terrible a result as Mandy Moore's loss did.
So really, the main reason why Mandy Moore isn't with the game anymore, is because of the fans' own ignorance and intolerance. I just wish fans could try and judge voice actors on their performance, rather than their employment history. The same thing is probably going on right now with Jesse McCartney. I'm sure Square-Enix and/or Disney are recieving loads of hate mail for letting Jesse McCartney play Roxas, even though he did a great job.