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INTEREST: Megumi Ogata Comments on Seiyū Awards Win: Voice Acting World Needs To Be More "Gende

livin_large wrote:

I think the main issue with this proposal is while it's pretty common for women to voice male characters, especially adolescent boys, it's extremely rare for men to voice female characters. Most if not all of the examples I can think of are done as a jokes or punchline, like Dr. Girlfriend from The Venture Bros or Lumpy Space Princess from Adventure Time. Or they need someone with that 'chain-smoker' voice.

Only serious examples that I know of are Akira Ishida in ICE, and I think Daisuke Ono in Tamako Market?

I think the main issue with this proposal is while it's pretty common for women to voice male characters, especially adolescent boys, it's extremely rare for men to voice female characters. Most if not all of the examples I can think of are done as a jokes or punchline, like Dr. Girlfriend from The Venture Bros or Lumpy Space Princess from Adventure Time. Or they need someone with that 'chain-smoker' voice.

I notice there seems to be more male VAs voicing young boys in Anime now. Deku from My Hero Academia would have most likely been voiced by a women if the show had come out maybe even 10 years earlier. So would Eren from Attack on Titan, and if it had come out now maybe Amin would be voiced by a man instead given that he ages past the range that women usually voice males.

We certainly wouldn't have characters like Goku voiced by a woman now, maybe even Luffy would be voiced by a man if the show came out now. There doesn't even seem to be any newish(as in they started only about 10 years ago) female VAs who mainly only do male roles.

Or an example that involves Ogata, she voiced Yugi in the 98 adaptation of Yu-Gi-Oh! and he was later voiced by a male VA in the 01 adaptation. So it's mainly only women, if the character looks below the age of 10 or are girly looking.

I agree with you as far as the rarity in Japanese voice acting. There are some "not joke" examples in American voice acting though, like the cast of Bob's Burgers. Tina and Linda are both voiced by men.

I mean, technically it’s in place so not just dudes get awards or the other way around… I’m all for alternate genders, don’t get me wrong, but I think abolishing the system is not a good idea. -someone who’s actually been to the Seiyuu Awards and has friends who have won

I mean, technically it’s in place so not just dudes get awards or the other way around… I’m all for alternate genders, don’t get me wrong, but I think abolishing the system is not a good idea. -someone who’s actually been to the Seiyuu Awards and has friends who have won

その上で「女優賞で良いんですか？　自分は、ずっと声優をやった年月、7割くらいを少年役の声優として過ごし、自分が女優と思ったことが、あまりない」と、驚いた2つ目の理由を語った。そして「これだけジェンダーフリーと言われる世の中で、声優界もカミングアウトしている人もいる。私もそうですが、普段の生活でも、ほとんど女性と思って生活していない人間もいる」とも語った。

Did Megumi Ogata low key come out as non-binary in this speech?

So is the idea that all voice actors be recognized under the same pool of talent? I get that, best voice for best job especially given the intermingled nature of it all.

I agree with you as far as the rarity in Japanese voice acting. There are some "not joke" examples in American voice acting though, like the cast of Bob's Burgers. Tina and Linda are both voiced by men.