Comments on: Making Noise with Trusty Bell http://www.seiyuu3.net/2007/06/24/294/ The first trilingual seiyuu blog site Sat, 22 Nov 2008 02:10:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: sent http://www.seiyuu3.net/2007/06/24/294/#comment-7740 sent Mon, 25 Jun 2007 18:55:41 +0000 http://www.seiyuu3.net/2007/06/24/294/#comment-7740 Granted, it doesn't happen all the time and some of the seiyuu do get typecast. But the really good ones occasionally do surprise you and that earns plenty of my respect. Nana's done it, Ayako's done it, Houko's done it, Fumiko's done it too. A new one to look out for is Inoue Marina. She's currently doing Youko in Gurren Lagan, Wataru in Hayate and Erio in Nanoha. My problem with Aya is not that she can't do this. She set the bar pretty high with Haruhi and hasn't quite pulled that off since. But she's still young and has plenty of time to build her repetoire. My problem is that there is this huge promotion machine behind her that is trying to get her into nearly every single IP that they possible can. Even roles that she isn't quite suited to. If she was able to pull this off, I'd be there with the rest of them. But she isn't and so I'm not. Like I said, those who like the <i>Hirano Aya</i> voice will lap this up. And that's exactly what the machine is counting on. As a fan, I want to see her reach the next level. To do that she needs time. Granted, it doesn’t happen all the time and some of the seiyuu do get typecast. But the really good ones occasionally do surprise you and that earns plenty of my respect.

Nana’s done it, Ayako’s done it, Houko’s done it, Fumiko’s done it too. A new one to look out for is Inoue Marina. She’s currently doing Youko in Gurren Lagan, Wataru in Hayate and Erio in Nanoha.

My problem with Aya is not that she can’t do this. She set the bar pretty high with Haruhi and hasn’t quite pulled that off since. But she’s still young and has plenty of time to build her repetoire. My problem is that there is this huge promotion machine behind her that is trying to get her into nearly every single IP that they possible can. Even roles that she isn’t quite suited to. If she was able to pull this off, I’d be there with the rest of them. But she isn’t and so I’m not.

Like I said, those who like the Hirano Aya voice will lap this up. And that’s exactly what the machine is counting on. As a fan, I want to see her reach the next level. To do that she needs time.

]]> By: vanity http://www.seiyuu3.net/2007/06/24/294/#comment-7733 vanity Mon, 25 Jun 2007 08:27:34 +0000 http://www.seiyuu3.net/2007/06/24/294/#comment-7733 "The hallmark of great voice acting is only realising who played that role when reading the credits at the end." I'm not sure. My favourite is Kawayumi Ayako, who is easy to recognize but just becomes Nodame or Lamhirh (very different roles). Or Nakata Jouji, whose voice I just love to hear despite being always the same. It's only Orikasa Fumiko who I regularly fail to recognize (recently in Denno Coil). It just sounds good and familiar, and when seeing the credit I think: of course! So for me good seiyuu are good at acting but don't need to disappear if I like their voice. (that's a double No for Hirano ;-) “The hallmark of great voice acting is only realising who played that role when reading the credits at the end.”

I’m not sure. My favourite is Kawayumi Ayako, who is easy to recognize but just becomes Nodame or Lamhirh (very different roles). Or Nakata Jouji, whose voice I just love to hear despite being always the same.

It’s only Orikasa Fumiko who I regularly fail to recognize (recently in Denno Coil). It just sounds good and familiar, and when seeing the credit I think: of course!

So for me good seiyuu are good at acting but don’t need to disappear if I like their voice. (that’s a double No for Hirano ;-)

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