Questions regarding the voice acting and voice actors of anime productions.
Questions tagged [voice-acting]
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Is there any specific reason why female voice actors act for male roles in anime?
I've always been wondering: why do female voice actors act for male characters in anime?
For example: Mayumi Tanaka for Luffy, Takeuchi Junko for Naruto, even Goku's voice actor (Nozawa Masako), etc.
When there are such good male voice actors (for…
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What happens when a seiyuu cannot continue working on a production?
Voice acting is one of the many things that can make an anime movie, OVA or TV series successful or not, and some seiyuu gain their own followings or are treated like idols.
What happens if, say, a major character's seiyuu has an accident, dies or…
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What do Seiyuu do after they are no longer at the peak of their fame?
Before they are famous, many seiyuu would work part-time whether it be at fast food restaurants or even physical works. For example the seiyuu Uchida Aya:
During the early stages of her career she supported herself with part-time jobs such as being…
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How common is it for men to voice women?
I know male characters are often voiced by women. Naruto for example, is voiced by Junko Takeuchi, Luffy is voiced by Mayumi Tanaka, and Hitsugaya Toshiro is voiced by Romi Park, all of whom are women.
How common is it for men to voice women? Is…
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Why do anime films tend to use film actors to voice the anime instead of professional seiyuu?
For example, the voice actors for the protagonists of the anime film Uchiage Hanabi, Shita kara Miru ka? Yoko kara Miru ka? are Suda Masaki and Hirose Suzu, who are best known for their acting careers. Compared to other professional seiyuus in the…
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How is hentai anime voicing recorded?
With normal anime, all the seiyuu involved are in one room where they step up and talk to the microphone when it is their turn. Both male seiyuu and female seiyuu are present in the same room and might even stand together one next to the other if…
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Who is the most-connected (in the "six degrees" sense) seiyuu?
A lot of you probably know about Kevin Bacon and how he's supposedly the most connected among Hollywood artists.
Who is the most-connected anime voice actor (seiyuu)?
I've seen in some places that either of Yuji Ueda or Megumi Hayashibara could be…
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Is it common for seiyū's to also be singers?
While listening to the Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Openings I noticed that the first 4 Opening songs (Original Series - StrikerS) were all sung by Nana Mizuki, the seiyū of Fate Testarossa. Looking at her Wikipedia Page I've also noticed that she's…
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How is the voice quality of a seiyuu classified?
Considering the extreme popularity of voice acting and voice acting schools in Japan, I'm curious to know if the industry actually classifies the quality of each voice. I'm not talking about things like age, gender, etc. Rather I'm interested in the…
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Can Japanese voice actors watch anime for free after an anime episode is finished?
Can Japanese voice actors watch an anime episode for free after an anime episode is finished because they did contribute their efforts in it?
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Do Seiyuu use stage-names for their anime works?
What I mean by this is not the alias they use when they do H-Games. What I mean is whether they use a stage-name when doing anime works.
It all started from a little question I had in mind, "Is Hanazawa Kana really Hanazawa Kana?" Usually people in…
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Who was the first seiyuu?
Early anime was silent, but as technology got better voice actors or seiyuu were introduced.
Do we know who the first seiyuu was? or at least the first one that there is evidence of?
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Why does Seki-kun need a voice actor?
I've watched most of Tonari no Seki-kun, and all I can hear from his voice actor are grunts and groans, and a few other occasional sounds of panic or excitement.
Why does this require a voice actor at all?
I mention this because, in Non Non Biyori,…
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Are non-Tokyo dialects common in anime?
Spoken Japanese has a number of dialects that vary regionally throughout the country. From my (moderately limited) Japanese language experience, most of what is spoken in anime is Tokyo-ben (aka Standard Japanese). I'm not great at telling the…
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Why do drama CDs and anime series of the same franchise use different voice actors sometimes?
In the Lucky Star anime, there is a scene where one character mentions something about drama CDs and anime adaptations of the same work having different voice actors. Ironically enough (and probably intended), Lucky Star is one of these…
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