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Voice acting in Japan is an industry where actors provide voice-overs as characters or narrators in media including anime, video games, audio dramas, commercials, and dubbing for non-Japanese films and television programs.
In Japan, voice actors (声優, seiyū) and actresses have devoted fan clubs due to a crossover with the idol industry, and some fans may watch a show merely to hear a particular voice actor.[1] Many voice actors have concurrent singing careers[2] and have also crossed over to live-action media.
There are around 130 voice acting schools in Japan.[3] Broadcast companies and talent agencies often have their own troupes of vocal actors. Magazines focusing specifically on voice acting are published in Japan, with Voice Animage being the longest running.
The term character voice (abbreviated CV) has been commonly used since the 1980s by such Japanese anime magazines as Animec [ja] and Newtype to describe a voice actor associated with a particular anime or game character.
voice actors/actresses, voice artists, dubbing artists, voice talent, voice-over artists, or voice-over talent. Voiceacting is recognized as a specialized...
Voiceacting makes an important contribution to many films, television productions and advertisements in the United States. Voiceacting is needed when...
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performance. Such sounds include grunts, groans, breaths, wheezing, humming and many more. Michael Winslow Foley (filmmaking) VoiceactinginJapan v t e...
a Japanesevoice actor from Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. He is affiliated with and representative of T's Factory, a voiceacting agency he founded in October...
typical candidate for an undub is a Japanese game which has been published in the United States, with voiceacting dubbed in English and text content translated...
"「第七回声優アワード」レポート | アニメイトタイムズ". animate Times (inJapanese). March 7, 2013. "【速報】 第7回声優アワード授賞式が開催 受賞者に喜びの笑顔". アニメ！アニメ！ (inJapanese). March 2, 2013. Green, Scott (March...
drama scripts for 500 yen, which in 1930 was equivalent to 1 million yen in the present day. Due to voiceactinginJapan having its own distinct culture...
either overweight or middle-aged roles invoiceacting. He is the official Japanese dubbing voice for Scooby-Doo in the titular franchise, after Kazuo Kumakura...
This Is Acting is the seventh studio album by Australian singer and songwriter Sia. It was released on 29 January 2016 by Inertia, Monkey Puzzle and RCA...
a Japanese actress and singer. Beginning in the entertainment industry as a child actor in television commercials, she appeared in her first voice acting...
21 February 2020) was a Japanese actor and voice actor. He is best known for his voice-over portrayal of Professor Ochanomizu in three anime adaptations...
Ayaka Suwa (諏訪 彩花, Suwa Ayaka, born May 27, 1988 in Nisshin, Aichi Prefecture) is a Japanesevoice actress from Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture. She is represented...
November 6, 1963) is a Japanesevoice actress from Osaka, Japan. After standing in for Kotono Mitsuishi, the voice of Usagi Tsukino in the series Sailor Moon...
文子, Shiraishi Ayako, born April 13, 1963) is a Japanesevoice actress. She retired from voiceactingin 2002. Gunbuster (Linda Yamamoto) Pocket Monsters:...
ceremony day. Starting this year, "Best Lead Voice Actor," "Best Supporting Voice Actor," and "New Voice Actor" will no longer be separated by gender...
Tachibana (Japanese: 橘龍丸, Hepburn: Tachibana Tatsumaru, born April 21, 1991) is a Japanese actor who specializes invoiceacting. Inspired by voiceacting by...
an American singer and voice actress based in Tokyo, Japan. She is a member of the voiceacting idol group 22/7, which debuted in 2017, and is the group's...
Horiuchi Ken'yū, born July 30, 1957 in Gotemba, Shizuoka) is a Japanesevoice actor. In 2002 he founded his own voiceacting management office, Kenyu Office...
the Razor: The Snare (Tanbaya the merchant) VoiceactinginJapanJapanesevoice actors "Hitoshi Takagi, Voice of "Totoro" Dies". Anime News Network. 2023-11-22...
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