| This thread is more for the obvious examples of this. I'm perfectly okay with female voice actresses playing males if they actually sound genuinely male, but whenever I can tell it's a female immediately, it really grinds my gears. A good example of this is To Love Ru, where the main guy sounds overly feminine, and he's in high school, so the child argument doesn't work. I just couldn't get over it and could barely tolerate him. I have two question for you all. Is there a reason for female actresses to ever voice high school males and what do you think about it? Are you annoyed by it or is it not important for you? |
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| Because they fit the character better - for example, Marina Inoue as Armin is perfect (it helps that she's such an incredible seiyuu too), and him sounding any other way would just be awkward. Just because someone is past puberty doesn't suddenly mean they have deep masculine Kirei voices. There are plenty of males with emasculate voices even into late adulthood and old-man-time - let alone high school kids. They also can handle changing their voice more than a man can for the role if it goes over different times, as mentioned below. |
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| Yes, they are better with younger voices. A guy's voice changes a lot during puberty and a lot of the time can't go to the same young sounding voice. It's easier for women. You'll often see it in shounen anime where the character might be shown as a kid, teenager, and adult like Naruto, One Piece, Dragonball, etc(sometimes even the baby's sound). It allows one voice actor to play all ages of the character which is good for continuity. No I'm not annoyed with it, I don't think it's ever really annoyed me. It doesn't change how I view the character and it might even be a great choice. |
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| It's funny because with stuff like To Love-Ru, if you close your eyes while watching, you can imagine it being a yuri harem. But really, I don't honestly mind. Even if they're in high school, it doesn't mean that their voice has deepened yet. It's cool, just as long as it's not like the Japanese voiced Goku thing. At that point, it's still not bad or anything, but I'll start doing headtilts. |
j0x said: im fine with girls voicing as males one perfect example is Goku of Dragon Ball Z Wtf? Goku's voice is the worst example. |
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| It's never really bothered me. I'm actually kind of fond of it in certain cases, like Fruits Basket's Yuki. Sometimes shows they are kind or delicate in nature. Though I have heard some that just don't quite fit. |
| I think it depends on the character being voiced. Wimpy ones are better with female VAs while the strong and badass ones are better with Male VAs |
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MajinSaga said: No, it's a good example, she fit well. She even voiced him from when he was like 12.j0x said: im fine with girls voicing as males one perfect example is Goku of Dragon Ball Z Wtf? Goku's voice is the worst example. |
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j0x said: MajinSaga said: j0x said: im fine with girls voicing as males one perfect example is Goku of Dragon Ball Z Wtf? Goku's voice is the worst example. at first i did not like it but it grown on me Everytime he speaks it sounds like he's getting his balls pinched cut off. IntroverTurtle said: MajinSaga said: No, it's a good example, she fit well. She even voiced him from when he was like 12.j0x said: im fine with girls voicing as males one perfect example is Goku of Dragon Ball Z Wtf? Goku's voice is the worst example. No, no it isn't. Both the English and Spanish dub did a perfect job with the voices. The Japanese one is just fucking terrible. |
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| I guess it's already been answered that it's mostly for the younger males which I'm perfectly fine with. At least for subs. I hardly pay attention to how the voices sound due to me not understanding the language. |
Nollid said: I see you actually made an account.I guess it's already been answered that it's mostly for the younger males which I'm perfectly fine with. At least for subs. I hardly pay attention to how the voices sound due to me not understanding the language. MajinSaga said: Yes, yes it is. The Japanese dub did a good job.No, no it isn't. Both the English and Spanish dub did a perfect job with the voices. The Japanese one is just fucking terrible. |
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| Back in the day men used to play the women part in plays hahahahaha. OT no I don't mind |
jsg said: Back in the day men used to play the women part in plays hahahahaha. OT no I don't mind That type of theater is still around, it's just a niche thing now. |
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Reverb_Shock said: I actually liked Rito's voice from To Love-Ru, to me, he didn't sound feminine at all. He sounds wimpy yes, but I don't find it to be too wimpy as in starting to sound like a female. Also, in a few of the ovas, Rito turns into a girl, his natural voice while he is a girl sounds pretty much the same when he is a guy. I guess you can call it a unisex voice.A good example of this is To Love Ru, where the main guy sounds overly feminine, and he's in high school, so the child argument doesn't work. I just couldn't get over it and could barely tolerate him. MajinSaga said: And as in perfect for the english you mean that very bad voice acting in parts of the series AKA the namek saga, don't get me wrong, Seans Goku definitely improved in Kai making it sound wonderful, but in the original DBZ when it first aired with the funimation dub, pretty much all the voices were horrid. Too bad Sean couldn't come back in when the namek saga was getting re dubbed and released on the remastered set to redo Goku's parts.No, no it isn't. Both the English and Spanish dub did a perfect job with the voices. The Japanese one is just fucking terrible. |
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IntroverTurtle said: Nollid said: I see you actually made an account.I guess it's already been answered that it's mostly for the younger males which I'm perfectly fine with. At least for subs. I hardly pay attention to how the voices sound due to me not understanding the language. I don't know what you're talking about ;) Still trying to adjust though :) |
Tomoki_Sakurai said: Women are just men with out the Actually, men are just women with the http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1Kdoja3hlk |
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TallonKarrde23 said: That type of theater is still around, it's just a niche thing now. Learned something new today |
Reverb_Shock said: I'm perfectly okay with female voice actresses playing males if they actually sound genuinely male, but whenever I can tell it's a female immediately, it really grinds my gears. |
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Nollid said: Ok, I got you ;)IntroverTurtle said: Nollid said: I see you actually made an account.I guess it's already been answered that it's mostly for the younger males which I'm perfectly fine with. At least for subs. I hardly pay attention to how the voices sound due to me not understanding the language. I don't know what you're talking about ;) Still trying to adjust though :) Comment on my profile if you need any help with anything. |
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MEanimaniac1 said: Tomoki_Sakurai said: Women are just men with out the Actually, men are just women with the http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1Kdoja3hlk OMG to think that I was a female for even for just a few weeks is weird as hell! XD |
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IntroverTurtle said: Will do :)Nollid said: Ok, I got you ;)IntroverTurtle said: Nollid said: I see you actually made an account.I guess it's already been answered that it's mostly for the younger males which I'm perfectly fine with. At least for subs. I hardly pay attention to how the voices sound due to me not understanding the language. I don't know what you're talking about ;) Still trying to adjust though :) Comment on my profile if you need any help with anything. |
BasedToki said: Yeah I didn't recognize that it was a woman at first, but then I heard her playing an older woman role and I'm like is that Hayate.Hayate from Hayate no Gotoku is done by a female VA, his seiyuu is really good at doing male parts too o.o |
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TallonKarrde23 said: Because they fit the character better - for example, Marina Inoue as Armin is perfect (it helps that she's such an incredible seiyuu too), and him sounding any other way would just be awkward. Just because someone is past puberty doesn't suddenly mean they have deep masculine Kirei voices. There are plenty of males with emasculate voices even into late adulthood and old-man-time - let alone high school kids. They also can handle changing their voice more than a man can for the role if it goes over different times, as mentioned below. I had a Kirei voice when I was 13-14 and I am not even joking. Now its a tad bit higher ptched that kirei voice, since it nomralized and I am over that change period but its still pretty low. Yet I am not that buff looking dude with extremely masculine face and body. I dont think that a (weaker) body has to mean a weak and high pitched voice. You can have a manly voice with an average or even weaker than average figure. |
| It's not one you see often but I like the children voicing children approach. Like with Alphonse in the FMA 2003 dub. It's a real shame he was too old by the time Brotherhood came around. The woman who replaced him can't hold a candle to the original. And now Aaron Dismuke can be found still working for Funimation voicing generic harem protagonists. Sure it's better than nothing but he had a lead role in one of the most highly regarded English dubs of all time of one of the most popular anime of all time. There's a pretty big gap between that and being part of a shitty dub of a show that appeals only to the niche market Also what Tallon said about Inoue as Armin. I can't even imagine him being voiced by another woman let alone a guy. Although knowing Funi he'll be voiced probably by a guy in the dub |
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| Sometimes it fits, sometimes it doesn't but you could say the same about any voice, not just about female. As said before it really fits Armin on the other hand I think it was a horrible decision for Kurapika in HxH, it was fine at the start but it didn't fit at all during the ryodan arc. |
| It really depends on what type of character they are trying to go for. For example I think Horie Yui did an excellent job as Riki in little busters. I almost didn't recognize her at first. |
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| They're great for younger boys especially. No problems there. Same is true for American cartoons. |
Objurgo said: It really depends on what type of character they are trying to go for. For example I think Horie Yui did an excellent job as Riki in little busters. I almost didn't recognize her at first. I think she does a good job as Riki, however after realizing it was her, now whenever I hear her voice in female roles I just keep thinking of Riki instead x.x |
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HaXXspetten said: Objurgo said: It really depends on what type of character they are trying to go for. For example I think Horie Yui did an excellent job as Riki in little busters. I almost didn't recognize her at first. I think she does a good job as Riki, however after realizing it was her, now whenever I hear her voice in female roles I just keep thinking of Riki instead x.x It was the opposite for me, when I found out it was her I couldn't help but see Hanyuu from Higurashi... |
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| Good example is Luffy. I think his seiyuu is perfect for him. |
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Dimitrije1606 said: She is, I totally forgot to mention her. But she is great for Luffy.Good example is Luffy. I think his seiyuu is perfect for him. |
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| Most of them are great, with the exception being Goku's voice which kind of almost killed my hopes of switching over from dub to sub. |
| Um, they need to FIT the voice first. I'm sorry, I don't care how good of an actor you are, if your voice doesn't fit, then it doesn't fit. Japanese: Yuki Sohma from Fruits Basket was played by a GIRL. And he's like 16. English: Maxey Whitehead as Alphonse Elric from Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood. Although it's not the worst, and she's always going to be in Aaron Dismuke's shadow, it just doesn't fit. Now, Brina Palencia and Maaya Sakamoto both get my vote for awesome boys-played-by-women voices for Ciel from Kuroshitsuji. Brina's is great and I honestly couldn't tell that Maaya was a woman. |
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Nollid said: I guess it's already been answered that it's mostly for the younger males which I'm perfectly fine with. At least for subs. I hardly pay attention to how the voices sound due to me not understanding the language. You probably have it register unconsciously. OT: If their voice fits better, it's fine. |
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| I think the roles could be played by male seiyuu too if they would specially recruit and train men with high pitched voices, but I guess it's easier to rely on women since there are so many female seiyuu. And most of the times they alter their voice anyway so that it sounds manlier so who cares? |
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