[ SECRET POST #3686 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3686 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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[Ai no Kusabi]


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[Weiss Kreuz/Knight Hunters]


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[Parks and Rec]


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[Okane ga Nai]


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[Death Note]


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[Queer Eye for the Straight Guy]











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Comments

Re: Anime-related pet peeves

[(Anonymous)]

-Female voice actors voicing child characters, especially boys. Some of them can pull it off, but I would much rather an actual boy be cast. I think Japan ends to cast women more often, because I notice more and more that in English dubs, actual guys play roles originally played by women, which I definitely appreciate. It's bad enough for teen characters, but for characters that are supposed to be younger? I get child actors can be hard to work with, but I've never heard an adult pull off a convincing child voice. I'm thinking how much better the original Fullmetal Alchemist English dub was compared to the Japanese one, even though the Alphonse actor was no acting genius, he still sounded way more genuine and cuter.

-Boring, unanimated OPs. I know it's a budget thing, but I hate watching an OP that is just a bunch of stills, or character portraits with their hair blowing in the wind. I'd rather watch something artistic and dynamic that represents the show.

-Female characters constantly wearing short skirts, even in battle. Like, every female "knight" type warrior wears a miniskirts. I get it, seifuku are kawaii, but c'mon, time and a place.

-Maybe this is just a Japanese thing, but I hate when two characters are having a dramatic scene, and the one is just confused and doesn't know what to say so they just say the other's name multiple times. Like you're waiting for them to break out an actual line, but they just say the name, again, and again.

-When teenage characters are depicted as half the height of adults. Like, a fifteen year old boy could very well be as tall as an average adult, or even taller. They shouldn't go up to your stomach.

-When voice actors make "eating noises". Like, who is constantly grunting when they eat? That's not a thing!

Re: Anime-related pet peeves

[(Anonymous)]

I disagree with your first point but I tend to find overall female voice actors tend to be better at voicing young boys then say... a male voice actor would be. Women in general (not always) have higher voices so it's less of a stretch for them to go young then for a man who has a very deep voice. Both japanese animation and western animation have some amazing voice actresses doing a great job voicing boy characters.

I do agree ideally a boy the same age as the character is best, but there's tons of complications with that. One is the hours and general complications that come with hiring a kid actor. Add the fact that if you're doing a long series, a kid actor is not ideal because they will inevitably age out of the role. Plus english dubs may really just not have the resources/money to be able to hire kid actors on a regular basis.

I also like the FMA original cast more then the dub, but I'm picky about the acting being good above all else.

Re: Anime-related pet peeves

[(Anonymous)]

It's not the vocal range, it's just the way of talking. There are very few female voice actors who actually sound the way a prepubescent boy sounds, just in actual style of speech. It's jarring to me because it still sounds so obviously like an adult woman. As for teen characters, there's no reason they need such high voices at all. For example, in Attack on Titan, everyone had a fit when Armin was voiced by a guy and had a voice that was actually age appropriate. In Japan, the smaller guys, even if they are well into their teens, still always get female VAs.

I know there are complications with using real kids, but at least a teenage actor would sound a lot more natural than an adult in these roles. I actually found the acting to be better in the English dub of FMA, including Alphonse, just because he sounded so much more genuine and way cuter, being an actual kid. But to each their own!