Seiyuu Thread

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>>154373629
>ThisIsBait.jpg

I think the average level has improved somewhat, but I feel like there aren't really any new voices that are as distinctive. The most distinctive voices are relatively old (Wakamoto/Kugimiya/Koyasu) or didn't really make it big for some reason. (Omigawa)

I still love Kana Asumi's voice

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(ignoring OP's silly comments)

Thoughts on Rie Takahashi so far?

>>154373852
Does she have any role this season?

>>154373629
2000's seiyuu > 2010's seiyuu > 90's seiyuu > power gap > 80's seiyuu > extreme power gap > 70's seiyuu > ?? > 60's seiyuu

Who Tomato here? Kind of a shame it seems her career has slowed down the past year.

I miss her, Marina Inoue, and Yuu Kobayashi.

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>>154374251
>WWW.MIYAKOSHI!!!

On a side note, it's strange how WWW.WORKING has two seiyuu from the other Working series (Tomatsu and Hikasa).

>>154373629
what if

maybe some of the old ones are still great

and some of the new ones are great too


woah crazy its like the world isnt square or something

So why is Dogakobo obsessed with hiring newbies for main roles? And how come many of the said newbies don't get major roles again after their Dogakobo show ends?

>>154374386
Easier to say than "voice actresses" which is a bit of a mouthful.

>>154374253
Who is her?

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Setting aside what you think of Tsuneki: Ayaneru's finest work?

>>154374462
>not knowing one of Lelouch's seiyuufu

>>154374570
I'm not watching Seiren but I find it really weird how it's expected to sell so poorly.

suwa nanaka's voice is currently being wasted on a series she's ill suited for.

shame.

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>>154374642

>>154374570
The only time I liked her grating voice was in Vividred Operation.

>Kana Asumi
>Kanae Itou
>Marina Inoue
>Yukana
Where are they? Especially Yukana. I've never heard her voice again since Cross Ange.

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A week or so later, no one gives a shit about that Hanazawa x Kensho thing anymore

Hmmm I wonder why

I'm definitely sure it's not because of Sphere

>>154374726
Nips never really thought of HanaKana as an idol seiyuu anyway and there were long rumors that she was no longer "pure" so I guess it didn't really come as much of a shock to the Nips.

>>154374774
Purity bullshit delusions should be limited to mainstream idolshits anyway like AKB or Keyaki or SKE etc etc

i think i fell in love with hasshii aka hegochin

w-what should i do.. i crossed the line

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I just hope Taneda will come back soon. I lost a little bit of my interest in anime ever since she went down.

>>154374943
I've read a rumor that she's recovering quickly and might be back in action soon. I think she was even in an anime recently, I just can't remember which one.

I only watch dubs, so this doesn't matter at all. Animation quality has been dropping like a rock since 2000.

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Daisy Days kinda sounds like Minako's Startline

>>154374977
Hand Shakers

>>154375014
Scans of her photobook where?

>>154374326
You forgot Nakamura.He voiced the twin brother of the character of tomato in the previous working series.

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>>154375053
That's what I'd like to know

>>154373728
Did noto play a role this season?

>>154374570
I don't feel ayaneru as a slut

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I want to impregnate tanechan

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>>154375226
No idea but Jigoku Shoujo's making a comeback soon I heard.

>>154375014
Will she be in an upcoming episode? ANN lists her but without her role, and I don't remember hearing her. But then I'm a shit a recognizing actors, unless I really take time to think about it I usually just think "Hey, I know that voice" but I can't quite put a name on it.

>>154375293
Keiji Fujiwara already beat you to it

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>>154374943
Should she take back Mashu?

>>154375319
...source

>>154373945
Not a fan of her personally but I think she's pretty good. While her voice isn't all that distinctive she manages to sound genuine, in a seemingly effortless way. I guess her role as Futaba kinda spoiled her for me as I don't like this kind of exaggeratedly plain character, like Kobayashi this season.
In some of her roles, and as Emilia in particular, she takes a very sweet voice, seductive in a subtle way, and I find that a bit grating, it's like she's whispering to my hear "fap to my character and don't forget to buy the merchandise".

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>>154375334
How long have you been in 4chan, son? That was obviously shitposting.

>>154375328
Yes.

>>154373629
>Been watching anime for 4 years now.
>Dont know a single seiyuu except hana kana (and only because she gets mentioned alot)
>Dont like japanese voice acting anyway.

>>154374943
I miss long hair tanechan
>>154375295
>>154375371
This is why i became an ayanerufag but her voice is still up/down to me

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>>154375452
Have some more, then

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>>154375405
I figure, she has an "IIE SENPAI", she needs a "Hai, senpai" to balance it out.

>>154375449
Do you understand Japanese at least a little bit? Because it obviously helps a lot for appreciating japanese voice acting.

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>>154374902
Depends. Are you an ikemen?

https://youtu.be/6nRAJteyusM

>>154373834
>but I feel like there aren't really any new voices that are as distinctive
That's probably becuase, as you said, the average level has improved, so the really good ones don't stand out as much as they otherwise would have.

>>154375626
I know all the buzzwords (Baka!, ehhh?, Nani? onii chan etc.). But i just dont enjoy watching anime in japanese. And i am not weeb enough to start learning nip.

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You guys can try to deny it but cuteness is an important trait for a seiyuu.

>>154376460
Majority of them are at the very least ふつうにかわいい.
It's more about personality for me. You can find cute girls anywhere in Tokyo.

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>>154375371
This dub of Sing would be amusing to watch only because I want to hear Ayaneru sing in character.

>>154373629
Been going back and watching a lot of early 90's anime for the first time.

What op says is mostly true, although I think there's more too it.

Back then the recording equipment was not as good and often the recording itself sounded very airy and washed out, so it made it sound a bit worse.

The types of rolls have also changed, there are in general way more "Meme" characters in modern anime then there were in the 90's. Sure many tropes still existed, but go watch something like "The idol master Cinderella girls" and half the cast are literally Archtypes. The overly cute girl, the yami no yami chunibyuu girl, the lazy girl, the quiet girl, the genki girl, the nyaa girl, etc..

I think to some extent these types of roles have "one voice" assosiated with them, and are in many cases voice acted in the exact same way from different people. There seems to be an idea of how these archtypes should sound.

So I can understand certain people thinking that modern voice actors don't express the same range of emotions that the older one's did. But I think that is mostly nostalgia, becuase while there are more "meme" voices, there are also more talented ones.

There are far more people working in the japanese voice acting industry than there used to be. Pretty much every role in a show is filled by an actual voice actors/actresses, not a family/friend/people at the studio like they used to be.

There is waaaaay more competition to be the best in the industry now and because of this I there are way more skilled voice actors/actresses than there used to be.

>>154376460
how else are they going to get directors to fuck them for their roles?

But actually many Seiyuu's do live events so being ugly is pretty much a no go, in most cases.

>>154379900
I agree, but I would say that back then they most likely left the characterization to the VA, while nowadays they try to squeeze them into the role no matter what. I know of a recent show where they slightly changed characters because they let the VAs define them personality wise.
Basically, if they have so many actors to choose from, they can pick the one who fits into the archetype the most, I guess.

>>154380183
What show are you talking about?

>>154380745
Cross Ange.
I don't know how precedent it was back then. But there were less actors, they probably let them voice the characters as they wanted. I might be wrong though.

With how much she likes Zelda, I am surprised Aoi hasn't said anything about Breath of the Wild yet. Maybe she doesn't buy into the open-world meme.
On the other hand, she is on her second playthrough of Nier Automata.

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>>154373629
My sister just graduated and is headed out to be a professional seiyuu. She speaks both English and Japanese fluently. I think with the way anime is today, situations like this will be more common, and for more that just the English Language. I'm sure a future Asuka would be played by a German/Japanese actress. At least one who can speak the language. I thank you, anime fans, for making the industry what it is today.

>>154381245
Is she fat?

Which seiyuus have done AVs? I want to know for research purposes.

>>154373629
Why does Funimation suck so bad at it? I swear they'd be better off shooting some of the voice actors they keep in the basement in the head then continue to put them in stuff

>>154382409
No one decent wants to dub anime because the pay is terrible.

>>154383335
that and it's a very cliquey group.

They literally never audition for roles, they only keep asking the same people over and over again.

There are plenty of people who would like to do it.

Also the pay is terrible because a dub of a niche show is going to have an even more niche audience. The only dubs that are even relatively profitable are the biggest shows of the year.

>>154377555
Who else is in it?

And no, her voice isn't that grating.

>>154376460
Or just a lot of makeup.

Oh yeah, and a good voice.

>>154382248
Kikuko Inoue for one. There's one she still refuses to talk about at conventions.

>>154384123
>>154383335
What if the pay gets better, and more professional actors start working on dubs (the actors that voice cartoon characters)?

>>154384667
17-sai is pure

>>154385273
>pure
>has a daughter who also wants to be a seiyuu/idol (ie suck producer dicks for roles)

>>154375757
no, but really, she is a talented seiyuu, singer and drummer, and cute

https://soundcloud.com/animevision_horipro/1a-2

I wanna see a show where Inori Minase, Yui Ogura and Rina Hidaka voice the MC's just so no one can tell who voices who.

>>154374570
It's shit.

>>154374774
Honestly Japs are so fucking stupid when it comes to "purity." She's fucking settling down and actually helping the Japanese birthrate with "assumingly" the only person she's ever fucked so how is that in any way inpure?
>>154374943
I still don't know if she's preggo or actually sick because of how close doored her handlers have been, whats the current popular idea?

>>154374433
>So why is Dogakobo obsessed with hiring newbies for main roles?
cheap as shit

>>154374696
asumi kana is doing fine. inoue marina is a model these days. yukana is unaffordable.

>>154373629
A lot of the best seiyuus started working in the 90's. Also, Shuichi Ikeda remains my favorite VA by far, and his recent performance as Full Frontal was stellar.

>>154375371
that is a dangerously short skirt

>>154377028
>It's more about personality for me.
i struggle to think of a modern seiyuu with interesting personality

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>>154387676
Ya think?

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>>154387407
something about her recently looking washed up and old really gets me going

>>154381245
Is she in London?

>>154387605
>inoue marina is a model these days.
Doesn't she have anything in one of those smartphone games like Granblue Fantasy or some shit? I think she's in Sangatsu no Lion.

Is Kana Hana's career over?

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so who even has any notable talents outside of voice acting? we all know tanechan can draw well and give birth to healthy babies too

>>154388029
It has slowed down over the past two years or so but I wouldn't say it's over as the Japanese seem to have taken it well and her recent CD release sold well.

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>>154388029
Why should anyone give a shit? This industry favors new seiyuu anyway.

>>154388055
Megumi Hayashibara is a registered nurse and would have been a nurse had she not become a voice actress (that was her original course anyway; I think that Pokemon episode with Jessie as a nurse was based on her life experiences or something). Ayako Kawasumi and a number of other seiyuu are also pretty good pianists. Those are the ones that come to mind.

>>154388084
Because I like her voice and I don't like to see people as disposable goods.

>>154388103
Seriously? Hayamin is a well qualified singer, composer and can play piano at least.

>>154388103
>Ayako Kawasumi
she also knows that they speak english in england, which is more than you can say about another beloved veteran seiyuu

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>>154388103
On that note Minako also plays the piano but I couldn't really call that good, just normal (her Tick Tick Tick live event comes into mind)

>>154388270
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRUVXl1-rzs
come on, this is alright.

>>154388270
That reminds me: Nana is pretty musically talented as well: from what I can recall she can play the piano and the harp pretty well.

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>>154388332
Anon, I love Minako to death but even I know albeit only subjectively what kind of piano playing is good. I'll give you that singing and playing the piano at the same time takes skill.

>>154388503
i said alright, not good. desu the piano is tuned awfully in that link anyway.

>>154388055
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDXemrFxdYE

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So Sphere going into "hiatus" means that as a group they won't be having any live events or singles/albums until 2019 but they'll still be doing Pl@net Sphere and ANNR. The girls themselves will still put out their individual singles. Seems fair enough, IDK.

>>154387718
Of course you do, you don't even know Japanese.

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>>154388750
まさか

What's with all the no-name seiyuu retiring lately? Over the past year or so it's become common news for seiyuu to go into retirement. Granted, except for Tomo Sakurai, the seiyuu who announced their retirement were generally unpopular ones with few roles, but it still feels like they're dropping like dead flies. Why?

>>154388723
It doesn't hurt too much given that they didn't disband and are still around both as a group and as solo artists. What would really suck though is if, god forbid, one of them went on hiatus or even retired.

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>>154388270
>>154388503
>>154388332
>>154388551
To be fair, she's only limited in what singles she's put out so far (and Fuwa Fuwa Time and that other K-On! song from the second concert, was it U&I?) and we don't get to hear a real demonstration of her skills using other songs so what piano playing we hear from her is "just okay".

>>154388972
Anyone fully scanned Jiffy yet?

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Even if Daisy Days sounds similar to Startline I'm still interested in where and how far MuRay wants to take Nansu. Mocho also has some potential.

>>154389297
LOL FILTERS

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>>154389570
Forgot my pic

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hidaka rina is the #1 seiyuu i keep forgetting the voice, face, and name of. she even sounds and looks somewhat distinctive.

>>154388103
Megumi Hayashibara will be Tanechan's midwife.

And Tanechan will give birth to Miyu Matsuki's reincarnation.

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>>154389824
Plot twist: The child doesn't give a shit about the voice acting industry!

Have a Mocho

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me in the middle

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>>154390000

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are they the best seiyuu friends?

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Koichi Yamadera is a great seiyuu and all but after seeing this I want to be EXACTLY like Yama-chan.


>>154390071
They've been together ever since they've debuted in the seiyuu industry, now that's friendship

>>154390071
They're up there along with Sugita x Nakamura and Noto x Kawasumi.

>>154384586
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