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I also continue to find it amusing that people still complain about "we always hear the same voices" in English dubs but don't for Japanese dubs, where some seiyuu have hundreds of roles to their credits.

I could never see myself buying digital versions of anime series.

I also continue to find it amusing that people still complain about "we always hear the same voices" in English dubs but don't for Japanese dubs, where some seiyuu have hundreds of roles to their credits.

There's also the idea that the grass is greener on the other side. Just as someone who doesn't know a language may have a tough time identifying accents, they may have trouble identifying voices if they're not REALLY similar to each other. Took me several years, but I did eventually recognize when Laura Bailey plays someone as she has a particular enunciation of certain words that carries through no matter what she sounds like, and this is something I wouldn't be able to tell in any language but English.

Yeah, I think that may be part of it. It's harder to bounce off people and get a good feel for how everyone's performing when you're recording by yourself.
Also, I think the talent pool for American VAs is a bit slimmer than in Japan. There's also all those limitations with which company is dubbing what and which voice actors are tied to which agency, which seems a bit stricter than in Japan.

On the piracy thing, I actually would argue there is some justification concerning Anime Strike's double paywall, that Hulu won't show ad-free unless you pay just $12/month, and Netflix's delay-casts. As all 3 come from companies that each has over $1 billion in revenue, I think they are justifying such practices as an excuse.

I think this is a key part. I believe it is a lot easier to recognize a voice actor in your native language than in another one. Add to that that some of your focus is on reading subtitles and it becomes easier to see why it would be less likely that you'd recognize a foreign voice actor across multiple titles.

And why do so many commentators here suggest that the only alternative to paying for a Crunchyroll subscription is to pirate the shows it carries on Kiss? You can watch anything on CR for free as long as you're willing to wait a week for new episodes and include ads in your stream. I don't how much more CR can do to accommodate people on limited budgets and still make money.

Waiting a week, to many, IS a dealbreaker, because it locks themselves out of conversations with their friends.

The ads themselves are a dealbreaker for a few of them too, who don't like having their anime interrupted.

Dawn M. Bennett, for instance, has only played a single role in anime, a minor character in Fairy Tail (though she is not only a non-professional, she gets other work in indie game voice acting).

Both those arguments are largely justifications for not paying. Life is about compromise. I'm sure a lot of those people who complain about paying for CR casually spend much more than the $7 monthly fee at places like Starbucks.

she's done a lot more than that. her career has taken off since starting as Frosh

Perhaps you might start here?

Dawn M. Bennett

Has Chris Guerrero found more voice work too?