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Havoc10K:
you can have all the passion and put all your heart into voice acting, but if this sends chills down my spine in a drama anime, you still failed as a voice actor, period.
furuoshiki:
Look...you can see for example AFRO SAMURAI and the difference between Samuel L. Jackson and if it were another Voice Actor that was purely just a Voice Actor.
Mr. Jackson does an incredible job compared to most English Dub Voice Actors.
The issue at hand could be that Anime is just not taken seriously enough in this country in regards to quality and thoroughness of production due to the assumption that only kids in America watch Anime.
Voice Actors for American Animation productions are often of superior quality compared to that of those who do English dubs for Japanese imports. It's all about priorities. I do think that English voice actors that do films like Finding Nemo or Disney productions do put SOME passion or FEELING into their work.
However, it is still nothing compared to their Japanese counterparts because as someone said before...The nature of the industry is given a greater amount of respect and reverence in Japan in comparison to America. It may have something to do with the assumed audience of Disney films, who would not be old enough to give a shit about WHO exactly is doing the Voice Acting for their favorite character.
In any case, in regards to pay, working conditions and benefits...I believe that the passion of Japanese Voice Actors not only comes from these better elements but ingrained cultural duty as well. Do everything to the maximum...Americans say do everything just well enough to get by...Myself included sometimes.
Havoc10K:
Quality Anime = Jap Dub Anime
thats for me, you go dig what you want, english dubs are ever lasting crap for me, games aren't anime, therefore l don't count them in this.
SupraGuy:
I've seen some English dubs which really blow chunks. I've also seen some which are pretty decent.
It's definitely true that the Japanese Seiyu are held in higher esteem. They're treated the same as any other actor, which makes a big difference in the range of talent that it appeals to.
The corps of English voice actors who do dub work is probably more limited, and you're likely to see a smaller list of names which show up a LOT on the English cast credits.
However, part of this is the revenue potential for anime in North America. Not as much money means not as much draw for actors. However, when someone like Disney takes an interest and takes on projects like the Studio Ghibli / Miazaki films, they gather some big names, and get a very good job done.
I don't think that money=quality, but it certainly doesn't hurt.
Monkemon:
Yeah I only watch dubs if it is the only language available, though I know dubs have gotten better I will still watch sub because of the reasons pointed out in the posts before mine (More passion, overall better work, etc), I remember the terrible dubs Streamline/Orion used to do and although their original dub of Akira has a huge nostalgia factor for me. Funny to hear Tetsuo's name overused by Leonardo of the Ninja turtles. :D
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