#animal voices

[odinsblog]

“Robert Pattinson showed up with iPhone voice recordings and had already nailed the voice for ‘THE BOY AND THE HERON’ before recording started. It was his first ever voice role and he finished in 2 days.” (source)

[d3zz-art]

Im currently obsessing over Space Pirate Mito, a middling 90's scifi comedy anime where the boring self-insert male protag Aoi inexplicably changes gender at the end of season 1 and her transition is played entirely straight for the rest of the show

It's almost never brought up, they just throw her in a girl's uniform and she goes on dates with her cute supportive alien gf. The rest of the show is them reconciling their relationship and fighting gods for each other. How have I not heard of this til now

This show is living proof that I'll love even the worst show if you put enough Genderfuckery in it

It's def got its misses but it's from 1999, who cares. I don't, I'm too busy looking at Them

[prokopetz]

Mickey Mouse's entry into the public domain comes with significant caveats. While the Mickey Mouse who appears in Steamboat Willie (and other media published in 1928 or earlier) is free to use, there's established precedent that specific elements of a character which appear exclusively in later works which still fall under copyright may be protected, if sufficiently distinctive.

(This is the basis of, e.g., the infamous "Sherlock Holmes can't respect women" lawsuit: the Doyle estate, which at the time owned only a tiny handful of the latest-written stories, the others having already fallen into the public domain, argued that specific personality traits which Holmes exhibits only in those later stories are sufficiently distinctive as to be the valid subject of an infringement claim.)

With respect to various elements of Mickey's visual design, such as his red shorts and signature gloves, the matter is clear: just don't use those for another few years. However, there's another thing Mickey's public domain iterations don't exhibit: speech.

The present consensus among copyright scholars seems to be that "a character speaking" is not sufficiently distinctive as to qualify for protection, but the vocal characterisation with which Mickey Mouse is famously associated may so qualify. So, if you want to be scrupulously safe, you can have him talk, but not in that exact specific voice.

Which raises a fun question: what voice would you give him? Wrong answers only.

[vodkaing]

the problem is im so used to urasawa/satoshi kon/katsuhiro otomo men that whenever someone asks to show me "an old anime man" with no wrinkles no gray hair no big nose no different face shape at all i feel like ive been cheated

[autumn-may]

Mostly spoiler free summary of my viewing experience

[captain-mozzarella]

Obi and his padawans :3

I wanted to redraw this but I thought it would be more fun if I did a continuation instead :))))

My original file was apparently too big X)

[curioscurio]

I'm rewatching Steven Universe and I will never forgive Fandom for what it did to her

[hinamie]

sry i have chronic only draws megumi disorder the doctor said it's terminal :/

[lackadaisycats]

Lackadaisy Voice Cast + Crew are doing a signing and Q&A stream tomorrow!

Saturday, June 8th.

Starts at 2pm PT on the Lackadaisy YouTube Channel.

Come by to hangout and chat! Or, if you'd like a live-signed book or print, pick one up in the Lackadaisy Streamily Shop!

[min-play]

quiet one of the group

Animation by Vic

[alaiostoudenfan]

Oh god😭😭 laios from other peoples perspective is actually terrifying 

[shokveyv]

tarn begs for backstage passes to see his idol

[animenostalgia]

News - A Gofundme campaign has started for voice actress Rachael Lillis, who fans might know as the original voices for Pokemon's Misty and Jessie, as well as the dub voice of Utena Tenjou from Revolutionary Girl Utena. Lillis is currently battling the nasty side effects of cancer, and has had to check into a nursing home for care. If Lillis' work has ever brought you joy, please consider contributing a few bucks, or pass the link along to others to help get the word out!

[prokopetz]

I admit I wasn't super stoked about the Dungeon Meshi anime's choice to give Falin the same lilting, vaguely stoned monotone as every Pink Haired Healer Chick out of the past forty years, but in context, and particularly paired with how the anime chooses to voice Laios, I think it kind of works as another parallel between the two siblings. Laios is Theatrical Affect Autistic while Falin is Flat Affect Autistic.

[zoltruke]

スカリー・J・グレイブス🎃シリーズ

[ionomycin]

Forest Guardians