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INTEREST: Fans Respond to Voice Actor Hiroshi Kamiya's Angry Outburst at Event

It wasn't even a question and answer session. It was a call and response, and the audience knew what the desired response was. Like, if a singer calls on the audience to sing a part of the song, they're expected to sing the correct lyrics for that particular song. In this situation, it was as if one person decided to sing something entirely different than what was expected, and because of that one person's actions, it messed everything up.

crosswithyou wrote:

It wasn't even a question and answer session. It was a call and response, and the audience knew what the desired response was. Like, if a singer calls on the audience to sing a part of the song, they're expected to sing the correct lyrics for that particular song. In this situation, it was as if one person decided to sing something entirely different than what was expected, and because of that one person's actions, it messed everything up.

Based on what you said of the girl, it sounded more like she was clueless. The idea that every single person in an audience at an event is going to be in the know, is not a realistic expectation.
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TarsTarkas wrote:

crosswithyou wrote: It wasn't even a question and answer session. It was a call and response, and the audience knew what the desired response was. Like, if a singer calls on the audience to sing a part of the song, they're expected to sing the correct lyrics for that particular song. In this situation, it was as if one person decided to sing something entirely different than what was expected, and because of that one person's actions, it messed everything up. Based on what you said of the girl, it sounded more like she was clueless. The idea that every single person in an audience at an event is going to be in the know, is not a realistic expectation. .

How is it not a realistic expectation when he was explicitly saying "do not answer X" and the girl kept answering X over and over again. It also seems she insisted more than a couple of times, I can't fathom she would be so clueless as to not understand when being repeatedly told to stop doing so.

lol

I like the guy but he can't act this way. he is getting paid to keep his shit together during these events. It's not like she took a dump in the middle of the stage or something!

Seems like poor planning to "expect silence" during a Q&A session and not have considered contingencies if someone doesn't stay silent. That said, getting upset when things don't go your way is also a pretty unprofessional response. Assuming things went as described in the article, I would be pretty disappointed if a celebrity I admired acted in this manner.

Kamiya's response might have more to do with interrupting the 'momentum' of the performance. Throwing off a loosely 'scripted' act is very frustrating, and may not be intentional by a fan, but you are right about on thing: Japanese VA's and artists ALWAYS have to appear professional when it comes to their fans. Their emotions and thoughts are strictly backseat when it comes to the identity their fans believe in.

Anyway, anyone who is a fan of Kamiya should know how serious he is.

Not really. You can be a fan of someone, because of their work, but you don't have to know them as a person. I love ABBA, I have most of their albums, but I don't know them as people.

You'll may be right, and she was a troll. But if you don't give everyone a script or a laugh track, and some in the audience do not 'perform' as you wanted; that is on you. While this is Japan, people are not clones of each other. People (humans) can interpret cues differently, think it is a trick question or statement, get lost in thought, be scared and do the same thing over and over; or be a troll.