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Osaka
 Posts: 127 Location: A-stray-ya |
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I was wondering, just how are seiyuu chosen for anime? Is it a lot to do with their experience (like actors) or is it just auditioning?
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Steventheeunuch
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Lil' bit of Column A, Lil' bit of Column B. |
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Tony K.
 SubscriberModerator  Posts: 11440 Location: Frisco, TX |
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I believe the voice director approaches the seiyuu first, and if he/she (the seiyuu) wants to audition for the part, they do it, but I think it depends on the company and production crew, or something like that, kind of like... "patronage" if you want to call it that.
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Sarki-Kun
 Posts: 594 Location: Spain |
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Mostly, the main staff from an anime decides some seiyuus, so then they contact them and ask for the job. Of course, there are some factors as:
-How experienced a seiyuu is. -If the seiyuu, actually is having good moments. -If the seiyuu is cheaper than others... -If the director and the seiyuu are friends or not (it wouldn't be the first time if a seiyuu leaves starring an anime character just because he/she didn't like the director...). -And a large etc. |
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kusanagi-sama
 Posts: 1723 Location: Wichita Falls, TX |
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A Large ect. what? |
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Sarki-Kun
Posts: 594 Location: Spain |
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A large etcetera? Don't you (english people) use that expression?
Sorry then  . It means "And a lot of things more, which derivate/are similar to the ones that have already been listed".
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Kazuki-san
 Posts: 2251 Location: Houston, TX |
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Yea, we use etcetera, but I've never seen someone put a large in front of it before, which is what I'm sure threw kusanagi-sama off. The common way to write it would have been "etc. etc." |
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balla
 Posts: 255 Location: Toronto aka T.DOT |
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whats a seiyuu ?
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Tony K.
Subscriber Moderator Posts: 11440 Location: Frisco, TX |
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It's the Japanese term for "voice actor." 
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Ken Hayashi
 Posts: 752 Location: Singapore |
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I did some snooping around and found out that on any anime, they might have seiyuus who are represented by different companies all voicing for the different characters on that one anime. It's like no one single company representing seiyuus getting a contract for voicing all the characters on an anime, and puts their team of seiyuus on the job. It seems like the voice director makes his choice based on the seiyuu's past experience and so on, so regardless if that particular seiyuu is being represented by which company, he brings them on to the team. This is unlike anime production, which may be handled by one company (of course with parts subcontracted out or something, usually the in-between animation).
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Osaka
Posts: 127 Location: A-stray-ya |
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So for english dubbing do any of the voice actors do JUST that for a living? What if an ordinary person wanted to work on a dub what would they do then?
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Sarki-Kun
Posts: 594 Location: Spain |
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Generally, english dubbers are experienced persons, who have been working into it for a time, studying, and all of that stuff. It's not common to see a fan starring an anime character, since it's not supposed to be prepared as much as a professional voice actor.
At some times, the company itselfs prepares something for fans, but that's not the general rule. By the way, you were asking about how are seiyuus chosen, but the english dubbers are not seiyuus... |
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Tony K.
Subscriber Moderator Posts: 11440 Location: Frisco, TX |
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No, the voice actors that do anime do a lot of other things too. I haven't heard too much myself, but I've heard John Billingslea (Jet from Bebop) do a video game commercial, and I hear Steven Blum (Spike, also from Bebop) do a lot of 7 Eleven commercials. To become a voice actor though, you kind of have to treat it like becoming a real actor. You start theater and stuff in junior high and high school, work it up through college, and then try your luck out there in the real world by earning some acting credentials and, hopefully, you'll get a good break. I'm not very knowledgable on this subject, but I think it goes something like that. 
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CCSYueh
 Posts: 2707 Location: San Diego, CA |
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Unlike in Japan, where voice actors are stars in their own right, Voiceover actors here are pretty faceless & the job has had a poor connotation. For a long time "real" actors here would not do voice acting becasue it was deemed shameful--"real" actors get paid for acting where people can see them. Not to mention dubbing has had a half-fast attitude in the past. I remember Hal Linden talking of doing dub work to pay the bills in lean times & the company hiring actors would only hire a couple actors who then had to do all the voices--if they were lucky the company would splurge & include different sexes, but it wasn't uncommon for the dub of all the voices, male & female, to be done by male actors. Commercial work has become somewhat more acceptable & the same with voice-over work, but there are THOUSANDS of people out there wanting to make their mark as actors & only so many tv/movie roles so voice acting would be just another outlet for actors who didn't make in in other mediums. Beau Billingslea has done soap operas, David Lucas was in some movies, Richard Hayworth has done weekly tv show guest shots--they all fell into voice work somehow & were good enough at it to get called back. Dubbing anime is apparently a slightly different skill from American voiceover work. I saw one interview where the director commented on doing a call for actors & out of 500 auditions, he found maybe 3 who could do anime dubs.
I've seen the comment the Japanese aren't as worried about mouthflaps as we are & I know I was watching Saint Seiya the other day & Banjo Ginga really didn't worry what his character's mouth was doing, but he was still good. Watching any extras that might be included is a good way to learn. On Samurai Deeper Kyo, the director comments he hired a bunch of name V.A.'s because, not meant in a bad way, each actor has an ego-that they're good-& he wanted them to bring that "I'm the best" attutude to the title. Wolf's Rain, on the other hand, went for unknown V.A.'s other than 1 or 2 names(by the director's choice). There is a certain amount of typecasting in V.A. work so they obviously have certain V.A.'s in mind for certain parts. I know it was Rumiko Takahashi's request for InuYasha to be voiced by Kappei Yamaguchi who did Ranma and I understand Yuji Ueda's role in L/R was made for him. |
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BlackDragon
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Well, I guess experience does play a big factor in the mix, but not everything. The producers, I think, already have an idea of what they want a character to sound like, so the 'seiyuu' audition, and whichever sounds the best for the characters' personality and stuff like that gets chosen. At least that's how I think it works.
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