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azabaro
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I can think of one example of an original Japanese blooper: the recording booth segment from episode 2 of Pop Team Epic! (2nd half of the episode).
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mbanu
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So long as I can continue to believe that voice actors are exactly like the characters they portray in real life, I am fine with this revelation. 
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Rika Hue
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Now this was an interesting ask. The western fandom does not care about Japanese voice actors *that* much, whether it be because ‘we cannot understand Japanese / we don’t know anything about the technicalities of voice acting, so what do we know?’. But it’s as Justin said - they’re basically celebrities, and it’s interesting all the work they do outside of anime. So having the discussion center on them like this for once made me very happy.
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Scalfin
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I think I assumed most bloopers were the voice actors dispelling the tension of a missed mark/flap with a joke or blowing off steam over a long day. Of course, I also assumed there'd be other voice actors in the room to have a laugh. |
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Mosaic
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I remember watching an old TV recording of the original Lupin III cast doing a live recording of an episode. Eiko Masuyama fumbled on the lip flaps, and laughed at herself during the recording. It was very amusing.
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Codeanime93
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Also it only ever seemed like certain Anime Works/Media Blasters titles like Berserk, The Gokusen for instance had dub blooper reels on them.
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Vaisaga
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I recall a past Answerman explaining that English releases don't have gag reels on disc anymore because the Japanese companies find them shameful and don't allow it. That why they only get shown at cons.
There are a few shows that have improv segments so that might be what a gag reel would be like. |
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Souther
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This behind the scenes vid of the JPN Transformers Beast Wars dub is the closest thing I've seen to a blooper reel from seiyuu: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1T3RuGaPxg
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CosmicCortex
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Aniplex must've changed their minds at some point, because most of AoA's dubbed releases since Your Lie in April have included the bloopers. Sadly, that also means paying AoA prices to see them now. |
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ninjamitsuki
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The Berserk outtakes are a gift.
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KupoChris
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Here's a short video of Aoi Yūki messing up a few times during a recording for a promo.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dczr1zMP_zY |
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Sheriru
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Whenever, for some reason, i tell someone what being a voice actor means in japan and some of them are real celebrities, i get "the look". You know?. Whenever its about japan and how different certain things are, its either a certain face someone is showing you as reaction or some like "oh theyre so weird." *sighs* 
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MarshalBanana
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My favourite blooper collection is Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRs4ok8CoYM |
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NearEasternerJ1
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Japanese voice actors are not celebrities outside of maybe Masako Nozawa. Nobody cares about voice actors in Japan apart from otaku. Also, voice acting pays pretty poor in Japan
Certainly not nearly as well as Los Angeles union American animation. Comparing dubs to the Japanese when it comes to voice actor pay is stupid; try comparing US animation pay to anime pay. Not saying you shouldn't compare voice actors, but it's a false equivalence fallacy to company dub budgets to original budgets. Compare like for like. |
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jdnation
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I imagine most good bloopers tend to occur during group va settings, likely more for American animation projects where they might pre dub before final animation to animatics and then tailor the animation to the performance of the actors, some whom might be hired specifically for being comedians and the director gives them room to play around for a funny scene and use the best/appropriate takes for the final. Given most American animation is largely comedic and CG, this likely makes it easier for bloopers to occur in the sound booth. Though most might just naturally come about from scripts with a more open dialogue approach allowing the actors to come up with off the cuff jokes on their own.
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