#same dub va!

[aparticularbandit]

Laughing at Konata being a Haruhi fan.

Laughing at her having a poster AND a Mikuru figurine.

Even in another show, Haruhi is her own best fan.

[bronzeplates]

awful news:

i am a danganronpa consumer. fucking hate it, would love if it would stop consuming my thoughts

anyway why do i never see fanart with the both of them

[koumori-1999]

this is actually a horrible VA joke no one asked for

[bread-blogs]

“I’d recognize that smell anywhere.”

The smell in question:

[uniiiquehecrt]

Voice actors are NOT the same as actors.

It takes a specific kind of skill-set and training to be able to warp and meld the voice. It takes a certain kind of talent and dedication to hone that talent into the ability to meld the voice and invoke emotion with one's voice alone. Actors are used to using their voice secondarily to their body language and their facial expressions. It's all mirrored back on camera. They do have nuance. But it's a different kind of nuance and a different kind of training to produce that nuance.

Voice actors might get their likeness transposed on their character's design, and maybe their mannerisms might seep into the character's animation. But when it's all said and done: their presence is in their voice. They are bringing a character to life, showing that emotion in their voice, trying to keep a specific accent, drawl, pitch, tone in that voice and keep it consistent for their recording sessions.

The voice actor is like a classically trained musician who can play first chair in a competitive, world-renown orchestra. The actor (who fills the voice actor's role) is like a moot who played violin in beginner and intermediate high school orchestra and thinks they can get into Juilliard with that 2-4 years of experience.

This doesn't mean that the HS orchestra moot can't play. They can even be really good at it. Maybe they won competitions and sat first chair. But they are not in the same league as the person who's been training their whole lives and lives and breathes to hone their craft using the instrument and all of the training they've ever acquired to perfect it. They are not meant for the same roles. They are not in the same caliber. You do not hire the HS equivalent when you want to play complex music in a competitive orchestra.

Actors are not the same as voice actors.

And furthermore, actors - especially big name actors - taking the roles of animated characters for big budget films or TV pilots makes no sense anyways when - at least in the case of TV pilots - there's not a point to hiring a big budget actors anyways. That money could be used elsewhere (like paying your animators), and the talent that is brought onto the screen for X character could then be hired on to voice said character no recasting required.

I wouldn't say voice acting as a profession is in danger exactly, but it's certainly being disrespected and overlooked for celebrity clout, and this has ALWAYS been an issue. Shoot, even Robin Williams knew that much - which is why he tried so hard not to be used as a marketing chess piece for Aladdin and got royally pissed off when it happened anyways. People shouldn't go to any movie (but especially not animated films) because "oh famous actor is in it". People should go because it's a good movie and the voice acting is good.

People who honest to god think that voice actors are replaceable because "oh well anyone can voice act" or "I like xyz celebrity so naturally it'll be good" ... Honestly I just wish you'd reassess your priorities because you're missing the point and are part of the problem.

Voice Actors ≠ Actors.

[gingerreggg]

I love Haida

[osamaman]

[thus-spoke-lo]

it is really predictable and also horribly unfair how the right VA immediately makes a character 10x more attractive to me

[milkbreadtoast]

puts my arts of caramel arrow so far all together bc why not😮‍💨 loml... 🛐🖤

[billiuspendragon]

I love how Spy x Family makes fun of the way anime characters often look the wrong age.

Like yep. This is a perfectly normal six year old

[da-janela-lateral]

I changed my mind about Serizawa's Brazilian voice actor. What were they thinking when they made Felipe Zilse voice Teruki???????

Why is his voice so deep. Puberty hit him like a train

[brainfilehasstoppedworking]

I wanted to rewatch Violet Evergarden, but the sad thing is that...it's sad LMAO. It's very sad. And I don't want to get back into it because I don't want to feel pain again. It's such a beautiful anime, but not good for my soul.

LIKE, COME ON, I DON'T WANT TO CRY AND SEE MY GIRL CRY *cries*

But it'd be nice to see my favorite Automemories Doll again. And I wanna watch the moviessss!!

[mortifry]

I have Osomatsu-san brainrot so bad that whenever I watch anything subbed and hear one of the brothers Japanese VAs I can’t think of anything else

Especially when it’s like Reigen Arataka and I’m like yeeeah, ok Osomatsu same guy

[crystalrainfall]

Outfit swap!

[cinnamontoads]

x

[bernard-the-rabbit]

if Sokka is kinda like a prince then Katara is sort of like a princess

closeups down below