#chobits character song selection

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in response to my last question: no prob! i understand i shouldve been more specific. the kind of thing im looking for is pretty much anything with very confusing lore i can solve bc i enjoy that typa thing. also yes, anime style is preferred but anything similar is fine ^^ it could be either novels or songs, or both, i like the concept of there being multiple kinds of media for one series. i do enjoy fantasy, especially when it has a dark turn.

(apologies if my typing is off, im just waking up & its 7 in the morning ; ; )

also thank u !!

Hm… (under the cut because this has gotten a bit long)

So, in case you didn't see the replies on the first ask, there's Kingdom Hearts if you've never checked it out. I myself have only seen the first and second game, but there's a ton of installments (both video game, novel, and comic, etc) to piece together, it's a blend of Final Fantasy and Disney (so, anime and cartoon, basically), and it's a pretty classic fantasy series with a bit of darkness in it (though, I would still say kid-friendly darkness). There's also the PutinP series, which is admittedly far less convoluted than Evillious but still fairly interesting to get into--a lot of its more confusing aspects come from the way the series is framed and the myriad cultural references it makes, albeit.

Let's see…There's the Xenoblade Saga, to get back into video games for a second--I've seen the first and second, but I've heard the third is good, and there's definitely a lot of complex lore to get through that might throw you for a loop. Like Evillious it's a cross-blend of fantasy and sci-fi (to the point where I almost wonder if mothy was inspired by some of the first game's lore sometimes), and it features some pretty heavy topics for a family-friendly series. Each game has new protagonists and a new setting, so it's also an anthology of sorts. There's probably quite a few other works I could recommend along these lines--Fate/Stay Night (I understand it began as a visual novel and has branched into a huge multi-media franchise), Final Fantasy, etc, but unfortunately there aren't many I'm personally familiar with.

While this is definitely not in the same ballpark stylistically as it's a Western author, you might be interested in the novels of Brandon Sanderson as well--I've been recently getting into his works and so far I've found his worldbuilding and magic systems to be extremely tight and consistent, his characters to be well fleshed out, and his lore to be deeply fascinating. He has more than one series, but many (or all?) of them take place in the same multiverse, which each one building slightly on the greater mythos in addition to their own world. I'd recommend starting with the Mistborn trilogy, if that interests you.

For manga, you might be interested in checking out the works of CLAMP, a female manga artist group who have made such works as Cardcaptor Sakura, Chobits, and Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle. I myself have only really read xxxHolic, but from what I recall, most of their series take place in the same multiverse as well (at the very least, xxxHolic and Tsubasa are definitely linked to each other), and it can be a bit of a challenge to piece all of the components together.

And of course, even though I've only seen the first arc so far, I would be remiss if I didn't bring up the "When they Cry" series--a set of visual novels with a complex puzzle-plot that gets built upon as you go. The first one is Higurashi, and the second one is Umineko. These are horror games, mind, so be wary when going into it if you're squeamish because they can get quite gruesome. These also come with manga and anime adaptations, but I'm not as interested in those if I'm honest.

There's no end to series out there with confusing lore and stories, but hopefully this is a decent selection I've listed here that at least have some passing resemblance to the tone of Evillious.

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How did you get into seiyuu? How long have you been into seiyuu?

I guess I'm kind of curious now because of something that came up on the seiyuu discord. I’m asking the people on Reddit so I figured I might as well ask the people here too! 

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My answer: I personally got into seiyuu because I watched American voice actors in American cartoons like Spongebob, Phineas and Ferb, etc. I got into seiyuu (Japanese voice actors) around four years ago. I was originally into American voice actors in American cartoons like Dee Bradley Baker, Tom Kenny, Grey DeLisle, and Kari Wahlgren. When I started watching anime in high school, I started to be interested in the voices there too! I was really surprised that seiyuu sing, dance, and do other things. Usually, American voice actors do small time acting gigs and things. I later learned about character songs and idols. I'm actually still not completely used to idol culture. I enjoy watching seiyuu though! It's interesting to know the people behind your favourite characters. 

Please respond by reblogging this with a response or commenting!

I’ll be including some responses below! 

I’ll be editing for clarity, and I will be bolding and putting italics for the seiyuu names and put regular italics for the anime.

SomaSaiba: “When I kept hearing the same voices in different anime. I looked up who it was and it was Yoshitsugu Matsuoka. But that was the first time I searched for a seiyuu but didn’t get into it.

Then I was watching Overlord and Clementine’s performance was so crazy and good, I had to look up which seiyuu voiced her. Turns out it was Aoi Yuuki and was blown away when I realized she also voiced Froppy from My Hero Academia and Madoka from Madoka Magica. And that was the time I started to get into seiyuu.”

grimmscool: “I don't remember why or how but I stumbled into AGQR (A&G+) site around 4~5 years ago. It was Asumi Kana's radio playing and it was somewhat fascinating. She talked about her recent events and one of them is about her role in Working! anime. That one sparked my interest and I decided to google her name. I was surprised that a voice actor/actress is doing a job other than voicing character.

After that, I went to YouTube and tried to look for other seiyuu radio. I randomly select one and the next thing showed up in my recommendation was Durarara Radio (Hanazawa Kana and Toyonaga Toshiyuki). I listened to that and it was unexpectedly hilarious!! From there, it was a freefall, a fun one. I finished a playlist of full-size Durarara Radio in a week or less, and my YouTube recommendation was full of seiyuu radio, anime radio clip, and livestream back then. Aside from YouTube, I also tried to explore AGQR and met with various radio by seiyuu, such as Yahagi Sayuri and Sakura Ayane's Choroi, Iguchi Yuka's muuun, etc etc.”

Seiyuu's internet radio and other seiyuu related contents are becoming part of my routine since then, even now.”

RooNelo: “It started for me maybe 6 years ago. I was watching Oreshura and Ai Kayano’s voice acting really caught my attention. It was the first time I really listened instead of just reading the subs. From then on, I couldn’t ignore the talent of seiyuu. Accumulating a list of favourite ones led to me checking out radio and event clips on YouTube. That just added another layer of enjoyment beyond their anime roles.”

kayano_ai: “Maybe 2012 or 2013 so ~6 to 7 years by now. My friend who was into seiyuu talked about them a lot and since I was watching a lot of anime at the time I got into it naturally as well. Seiyuu stuff has really gotten bigger and is marketed much more now, even compared to only 6 years ago [in my opinion].”

AntonKutovoi: “I guess it started with Musou games and One Piece, wherein a good chunk of episodes I went "Hey! That voice sounds familiar!". So I eventually started remembering names of the voice actors, and later started to find out other activities, like character songs, events and stage plays.”

14hellraiser: “Since my first anime (2015). I loved [Hanazawa] Kana's voice and ended up following her. When I realized it I knew tens of seiyuu and was deciding what to watch based on them

I now regret having wasted shows like Dragon Ball when I was a kid. I watched the original version recently and it was a million times better than those shitty dubs”

Nagareboshi12: “For me, I can't really remember when that time No Game No Life was airing, and I noticed the voice actor for Sora (Matsuoka Yoshitsugu) and Shiro (Kayano Ai) have the same voice for Sorata and Shiina in Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo. I started to google and read about their biographies. I start to adore them because I watch a lot of anime, and I didn't recognize them at that time. Then the No Game No Life radio came, and I also join the Matsuoka x Kayano ship.”

dend08: “dunno when but I believe it's quite recent, I think it's because of this one video about how Sugita Tomokazu respects Yukana so much. That got me interested in other seiyuu as well.”

AoHime: “Always had an interest but never got into it till 2017. Stumbled upon the Konosuba event with Fukushima Jun and Takahashi Rie and the FGO radio. That started it and then started following other people, Tokyo Encounter, etc and thus here.”

ii-naa: “After a long hiatus from not watching anime (I loved Chobits, Sakura Wars, and Honey & Clover when I was a kid), I started on K-On! because of one tiny bit of Led Zeppelin reference they had in one episode and got freaking hooked. After that, I wanted to watch more anime with the same voice actresses and from there I got to Oreimo (Ayana Taketasu, Satomi Sato), Hanasaku Iroha (Aki Toyosaki), A-Channel (Minako Kotobuki), and Inu x Boku SS (Yoko Hikasa). Since then it kinda spiralled; Oreimo introduced me to Nakamura Yuichi, Hanazawa Kana, and Hayami Saori which then turns to watch Hyouka (all K-On! main members bonus!). I could go endlessly on tracing them all, but I guess you got the gist of things.

Though the anime that made me fell deeper into the seiyuu rabbit hole is Durarara and the fact that they have a fully English subbed seiyuu event on YouTube. Respect to the translator. Definitely, an ensemble cast of seiyuu that anime has.”