What the hell's with that exhalation sound japanese VAs make these days?

You mean the gasping sounds?

Then don't watch it? Watch something you like rather than forcing yourself to watch sth you clearly does not like.

@jacobPOL
how about japan tells their VAs to talk normal instead

@Zarutaku
No. The exhalation noise they throw onto the end of their speech.

@XMGA030 Please link video examples.

@Zarutaku
Do you even watch anime, or just 4kids dubs? How do you not know what I'm referring to.

Been a while since I watched anything with JP voices, but English dubs are starting to do something that fits your description as well and it drives me crazy lmao. It's particularly common with male VAs, and it just sounds like them trying to act in a brooding way or something.

I am pretty sure what they're doing is a result of straining to change their voice into a tone they don't naturally speak with, so they have to tighten their airways to achieve that tone and force more air out to sound a bit more natural. When they finish speaking or pause for a breath, you hear the last gasp of air escaping before they relax.

Again, just talking about Eng dubs, but I've heard similar stuff in a few clips from anime and games with JP voices, so I wouldn't be surprised if it was the same thing.

@valico Can you please give us an example from the anime you have watched that there are these type of sounds. Because throught my watching expeirence of anime there was very littile to no of that sound that op is annoyed by.

@jacobPOL Can't think of anything off the top of my head to reference, but I wouldn't be surprised if I ran into some while I'm watching through Godzilla Singular Point. I'm also watching Gundam AGE, but the VAs are a lot more cartoony in that show so I think it's less likely to pop up in that. If I catch an example I'll make a note and reply later.

@valico It also depends on the show you are watching, for example my top 10 favorite anime does not feature these sounds op has mentioned and also many of these anime in my top 10 also use normal use of Japanese and for example in detective conan they use multiple dialects such as osakan dialect and dialect from tokyo.

@jacobPOL bro wtf are you talking about lmfao of course it's going to depend on the show, because it's going to depend on the voice actor

Been a while since I watched anything with JP voices, but English dubs are starting to do something that fits your description as well and it drives me crazy lmao. It's particularly common with male VAs, and it just sounds like them trying to act in a brooding way or something.

I am pretty sure what they're doing is a result of straining to change their voice into a tone they don't naturally speak with, so they have to tighten their airways to achieve that tone and force more air out to sound a bit more natural. When they finish speaking or pause for a breath, you hear the last gasp of air escaping before they relax.

Again, just talking about Eng dubs, but I've heard similar stuff in a few clips from anime and games with JP voices, so I wouldn't be surprised if it was the same thing.

@valico It is literally the case yet op of this thread tries to overexagarate as if this was in every single modern anime.

Also most of the shows I have watched have very little to no sounds op has mentioned in my list.

@ryan77999 Thanks for the example.

@Zarutaku
That's not an example. Go watch Isekai Mokushiroku Mynoghra and hear the MC's breathy sounding speech.

How are you people so dense? I can't believe I'm the only motherfucker who hears VAs do this stuff. They're breathing right in your ear!