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As for vocal range, I'm with Tamamura Yukari. She can voice characters, but also reflect the ages of the the character in her voice. They are all squeaky sounding, but done quite well. I enjoy her in all her roles, but for talent and vocal range I'd have to go off topic and recommend Rie Tanaka :P Nana Mizuki is almost type casted what with Nanoha franchise and Shugo Chara backingit up. If she plays any character other than a blonde (and she has) it's weird. Like in Rail gun.
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2010-03-12, 15:29 | Link #22 |
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Tamura can be scary at time. Like Gokujou Seitokai. I told myself when I was watching it that if Nanoha had the same screech I'd be ditching it, Donna Burke or not. Otherwise Yukarin uses almost the same formula for a good 90% of her roles.
As for Mizuki, I should point out that most level headed, non-OMGISSAFATE!fanboys seiyuu appreciators would tell you that Kirihara Misaki was perhaps, and probably continue to be(seeing as how she devotes more time to selling herself shamelesslygoing mainstream and cutting down on the acting) her best piece of acting dished out yet, rather than vulnerable-moe-little-thing-that-any-and-every-seiyuu-of-any-time-were-trained-to-voice. So for those who really look at seiyuu performances rather than idolistic shenanigans, THAT would be the kind of role to remember Mizuki by rather than all the FEITO-CHANNNNNNN and saimoe BS. Also, I apologise if i'm too grating on Mizuki. I'm a recovering fanboy. The Nana Anonymous support group says it's ok to bash her all i want if i have to - there're enough fanboys to defend her chastity anyway. Thinking back, isn't that just like how the number of NanoFate fapboys on FFN bashes anything and everything that shows signs of Yuunoha in any fic in the reviews? But then again this is the VA discussion thread so let's not go there. And whoever said that stuff to LVD(i'm assuming it was through a de-rep, since he didn't just address it through a similar derep or PM or VM but here instead), you have a comrade here in me when it comes to the Nanahaet. Please PM me and we can both bitch about it like a pair of 13 year olds.
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2010-03-12, 16:37 | Link #24 | |
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I like Yukari's voice, but she's mostly just a two trick pony. She's either super cutesy (like Rika from Higurashi), or super dark and brooding (like... Rika from Higurashi ). I'd basically point to Rika and say "Yeah, Yukari Tamura's roles are mostly either one of those extremes." I'd like to hear her in more 'normal' adult roles. Kinda like Midori from My HiME, but Midori still liked switching to a cutesy voice. My absolute favourite role of her's is actually a bit part on Gintama. She plays a news reporter and I love how normal her voice sounds. Episode 64, where she spends the day with Katsura is by far my favourite episode of the series. If one wants to talk greatness, then Kana Ueda is the woman to look at. She's my absolute favourite voice actress in the industry (Toshihiko Seki is her male counterpart). Her voice is incredibly sexy, especially with her accent. That's probably the most notable thing: she can turn her accent on and off at will. That just can't be that easy to do! She can also do anything from super cheerful girls, to shy girls, to evil girls, and to stoic girls. Notable roles are, of course, Hayate, but everything she does is great. Rin from FSN is certainly one of her more famous roles, but she was Kohaku in the Tsukihime anime too (yes, it exists). I even rewatched the series subbed (I prefer dubs) just to hear Kana in it. She got to be hot blooded as Tsubaki in Koutetsushin Jeeg, she got to be Koyasu's whipping girl as Yako in Majin Tantei Nogami Neuro, she got to flex her mahjong muscles as the titicular Saki and currently she's busty Konori-sempai in Railgun. I absolutely adore and am totally hot for her as Sakuya in Hayate no Gotoku but her absolute hottest role so far was Suzuka Kureha in TOKKO. Everything about this chick was hot, and Kana being the source of that sexy, playfully flirtatious voice made it all the sweeter. Man, I can't wait for future volumes of the Aki Sora OAD. Hearing Kana during one of Nami's sex scenes will be positively orgasmic. To put another feather in her cap, I was absolutely stunned to learn she voices Yori in Vampire Knight. I went back, rewatched her scenes so many times, straining my ears trying to recognise her voice, but I just couldn't do it! Yori is so quiet and deadpan that it doesn't sound like Kana at all! That's a mark of a great voice actress when she can change her voice so much you can't even tell it's her anymore.
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I srsly wonder how many de-reps this thread can give me, but anyway. Just wondering how you guys rate seiyuu. I'm going to assume we know a decent amount of moon language because language barrier (ry
For me; 1) Delivery - Is it monotonous [when it shouldn't be because lol Yuki.n]? Is there emotion? Intonation? Examples: Good delivery - ffff, most seiyuu are at an acceptable level that it's easier to pick out the wooden ones, lol. CHIHARA MINORI AS TOUKA, WOO. Bad delivery - Omigawa Chiaki as Maka in Soul Eater. My god, just no. 2) Consistency - Uh, self-explanatory. Examples: Good - plz see delivery good example. Bad - Omigawa Chiaki in Soul Eater Yuuki Aoi. Amazing in Kurenai, okay in Sora no Oto [monotonous characters are apparently difficult to voice depending on the character of the person voicing them - iirc, Minorin's most difficult role is Yuki and Minorin is a bubbly airhead], not convincing enough half the time in Dance in the Vampire Bund. 3) Ad-libs - "At one's pleasure." Basically, in the script, it'll just say "insert laughing here" or something like that and it's up to the seiyuu to come up with the appropriate sound(s). Examples: Good - omg, Kugyuu in Kemeko DX was wwwwww Bad - Nana. Nana, Nana, Mizuki Nana. Her ad-libs seem either too forced [think Alicia going Mama daisuki~ for a Movie CM] or too textbook normal stuff. 4) Well, I don't look at this, but a friend does - "Suitability for the role". To me, this is just bad hiring on the sound director's part. Yeahhhh, not all seiyuu can be all-around like Miyukichi and Kugyuu, but that doesn't mean they still can't act. Quote:
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>> squeaky sounding - wut. Bernkastel and her chara from SoraKake don't really sound squeaky to me, unless you mean her nasally voice. If you want squeaky, I can give you squeaky. Ugh, too lazy to look through previous eps of Himitsu no Kobeya for usagi thing. And for more off-topic: Talent and vocal range would have to go to Sawashiro Miyuki for me. And she'll just keep getting better - she's turning 25 this year. Kugyuu, Mizuhacchi, and KitaEri are up up as well - most big name seiyuu have some sort of talent, but these four girls are way up there for range. But RieRie is still awsm. She needs more psycho characters. I hated her in AkaneEro, but I seem to hate animegoe in general, soooooo~ [SIZE="1"]Unless you mean talented as in can do a variety of things, since RieRie is pretty crazy famous outside of voice acting. I'd give most talented to HALKO or Iwao Junko, where have you gone? :< Quote:
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- Trying to remember what her character sound like in Ouran Host club, but I'm horribly failing. She's the girl at last two episodes who's trying to <fill in the blanks> Tamaki. - Iori from Idolmaster Xenoglossia, Tomari from KashiMashi and Togame from Katanagatari are tsun, which is something we don't get to hear a lot. - Pastel Ink-sensei. SEKUSHII, AAA, SEKUSHII~ - Bug girl in Sketchbook ~full color's~ - S-Seppuku Kurousagi from Kampfer ;A;! - Uh, she's that one girl in Realta Nua who goes OHOHOHOHOHO I believe. - Chihaya from Asu no Yoichi!~ssu. - I don't remember Alice from Pandora Hearts [original drama CD] being too cutesy. Only real cutesy part I remember was her going "niku, niku, niku~" - Where does Rozalin from Disgaea 2 fall? >_o But in all reality, it's not like Yukarin can pick the characters she voices. I'd say pretty much all seiyuu can do more than what we hear in anime, video games and drama CDs. They just aren't getting that chance. Like what if Ueda Kana voiced Shana from Shakugan no Shana? She did try out for the role, so I'm not saying anything crazy. Quote:
Er, a lot of seiyuu have accents. I'm not familiar enough with Japanese to know, but I'll just go by this: Kotobuki Minako has an accent similar to the one she used in Umi Monogatari. I believe the other three sphere members were begging her to use her real accent. And I think she did, too lazy to ask mate. Quote:
Ehh, haven't gone beyond ep1 of Vampire Knight. Tell me an episode to download so I can hear for myself, since Ueda Kana is someone I think is easy to identify. Don't know if you're into using sound on the PC like Madobe Nanami, but Hayate no Gotoku! had those chara singles with similar things. Of course, there's Sakuya ones, but there's also this somewhat old version of Kana-sama. She's not really portraying anyone, but she says 「にゃん」 and 「キスして…」 My Kana-sama worshipper might still be recovering from the blood loss.
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Just for kicks, here's a vid of some seiyuu with their first appearance in anime.
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Hm, an interesting watch. For those VAs I recognise by name, some of them I couldn't tell by voice. Guess that shows how they've changed over time. Quote:
Thanks for the sound bites. Every school day I wake up with my alarm clock, flick on my computer, and then climb back into bed. Now I'll have Sakuya yelling at me to get my ass up
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Oh yeah, er, sometime within the last two days, I managed to listen to Radio StrikerS ep 22. Except I forgot a great chunk of it.
Narita Ken is a pretty cool guy. Celery and mayo? lolwut. I clearly remember both hosts calling Jail a sado and hentai. Kikasete StrikerS was kinda weird, like just hearing Caro and Jail together like that was weeeeeird. He totally failed at the tongue twister part and I don't quite remember what his modifier was, but it sounded grossssssss. Rofl. Upcoming guests: ep23 - Sanada Asami aka Vita ep24 - Sakata Kayo aka Schach and Marie ep25 - Kameoka Mami aka Agito ep26 - Mizuhashi Kaori aka Yuuno, Sein, Vivio Hey look, Ueda Kana still isn't a guest. Goddammit. Quote:
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2010-03-13, 16:03 | Link #32 |
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I'm nowhere near as Seiyuu savvy as most in this thread, but I generally judge on these criteria:
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2010-03-13, 16:51 | Link #35 |
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That is pretty much it to me. I'll hear a voice and go "Hey, I like how they sound. What else have they been in?" so I'll go to ANN and look up who played them. Whether or not I remember their names depend on how much I like their voice and how often they appear in shows I like playing characters I like. I have my favourites (though I don't follow their personal lives or anything) and I have been known to watch a show solely because of it's voice cast (Saki comes to mind as an example).
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2010-03-13, 23:37 | Link #37 |
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I've no idea when I first know Mizuki Nana, but she's the one who pulled me into watching the MSLN series, and loving it.
And then just few months ago while watching Aoi Bungaku, I heard this character's voice, thinking "Ah darn, such good voice, who's this?" Checked ANN, and it's Mizuki, can't believe I didn't recognize her this time. Her voice should be obvious sometimes.
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Most seiyuu.... don't really talk about their characters like that unless it's in an interview or something. Which is something I'm thankful for because if I hear Mizuki Nana rant about White Album again.... Or her fagging over NanoFate....
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To be more serious, I can't judge a seiyuu's acting ability on if they're given a character that "doesn't match their voice." I think Yukarin's voice is horrible for the infamous Kugyuu tsundere roles, but the acting is still good. And now I'm thinking about when Nagi and Zange switched voices. Quote:
Example - Noto Mamiko's range is horrible. But if you give her a character that suits her voice fcuk you SetoKai, the results can be amazing. She pretty much is a real life Sawako.... Such an angel~ Let's look at the other side. Takahashi Mikako is somewhat versatile, but her rittle boya voice is pretty meh. Kugyuu's isn't too great either. Quote:
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.... And now look at me. orz Actually, it's pretty fun knowing how most seiyuu are just everyday, normal people. Like how Nakahara Mai was short on rent and had to borrow money from her [I believe younger] sister because being a seiyuu sucks unless you're a seiyuu idol and even then you're not that rich unless you compose, arrange or write the lyrics to songs. Or how about Ueda Kana's obsession with Halo video games and mahjong to the point where she sometimes goes to the recording studio dead tired. I think Kana-sama has a younger sister too. But yeah, speaking of lack of money, I believe Kana-sama delivered hot food to people for one of her part-time jobs when she wasn't enough roles. Ahhh, Kana-sama interests me far more off-screen than on. I'm actually somewhat out of the seiyuu loop now, at least until I actually learn moonrunes. I only have time for Yukarin and maybe some Nana and Minorin. ;-;Sakai Masato's horribleness can make anyone shine. That was the worst arc for him, especially voice wise. Arghhhhhh, totally forgot about how he sounded like too. :|
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On the contrary, versatility is a very important factor in how well you can act. it is this that separates true actors from posterboys. Doing good acting in one vocal range already takes practice, doing a similar good acting in other vocal ranges becomes even harder. The more ranges a seiyuu can pull off, and pull off well, the more skill that Seiyuu has. |
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I guess this is where opinions can really differ because what I think works well may not work for others.
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Will probably elaborate later on other seiyuu when I have time/sleep-so-things-make-sense. Range: Inoue Marina ≥ Takahashi Mikako ≥ Saito Chiwa > Nakahara Mai Skill: Chiwa ≥ Mai > Marina > Mikako Can't think anymore as I try to remember roles of ChiwaChiwa, Mai-chan and Marina. Mittan has range and decent skill, but she can't change her timbre much. I'm trying to not use Yukarin as an example. <_>
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