Forum - View topicINTEREST: American Idol's Blake Lewis Dubs English Durarara
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PBsallad
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From a few interviews I've heard on podcasts and of con videos on YouTube, there is some correlation. When you sing you have to listen to the tone and pitch and other things going on in your voice. The same thing can apply to voice acting.
I think Vic might have been a singer before doing voice work, could be wrong though. I don't know about Johnny. |
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tsunayakuin
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It was going to take a long time for me to watch durarara but I won't bother if this american idol f**k is going to have a voice in it.
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Moderator
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First, watch the language in forums. Second, why should it matter? I have heard his performance in the dubbed episode in question and thought it was good enough that it didn't weight down what is, overall, a pretty strong dub. Really, his dubbing voice doesn't sound any different from a typical dubbing performance by regulars and you wouldn't know that it was done by anyone special if you weren't told so in advance. |
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littlegreenwolf
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That's vocal control - something that qualifies anyone who works in radio even to qualify as a voice actor (it basically is the skill on how to control your voice with a mic, and knowing what you sound like at different levels), but it still doesn't mean a person can act, just like it doesn't mean any DJ or talk show personality you hear on the radio can sing. Putting emotion into voice has nothing to do with actual acting - which is required for a good voice actor. Vocal control however is a basic skill that's pretty much a part of any actor's education. |
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mdo7
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And I thought non-anime VAs getting their first anime role was strange enough. First it was Ali Hilis (voice of Lightning from FF13 and Liara T'soni from Mass Effect), Nolan North (voice of Nathan Drake from Uncharted, Desmond Miles from Assassin's Creed, and Deadpool), and Reno Wilson (Sazh from FF13) to voice characters in Naruto. Now an American idol contestant to voice a character in Durarara.
oh great, what's next: Jon St. John (voice of Duke Nukem) get his first anime voice work at Funimation. Mark Meer (voice of Commander Sheperd from Mass Effect) get a voice acting job at Ocean Group in Vancouver and end up getting his first anime role. Funimation announce they got Sailor Moon and announce Jansen Ackle will be voicing Tuxedo Mask/Mamoru Chiba. How could anime dubbing get more interesting? |
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Hypeathon
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If memory serves me correctly, I remember reading at a panel of G4TV's feedback podcast at PAX I think where Jon St. John was a guest and he doesn't seem to be a fan of anime. I think he eyerolled and groaned as he mentioned how fans at "anime furry conventions" (I might be paraphrasing) would only ask him for lines as Big the Cat from Sonic Adventure. |
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