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INTEREST: Biglobe Poll: Best Voice Actress for Boy Characters


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CookieBun



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PostPosted: Mon Jul 09, 2012 2:21 pm Reply with quote
Certainly, Romi Paku, Rie Kugimiya, Junko Takeuchi are great at voicing boys, but they only cover the younger boys.
Romi Paku can do older, but she can't do it like Mitsuki Saiga.

I didn't believe it when some of the characters Mitsuki Saiga played turned out to be voiced by a woman. They were older characters, beyond when most ladies would have harder time making believable. Granted they are not very masculine voices, but they are still very natural sounding male voices.
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 09, 2012 2:22 pm Reply with quote
This poll is completely invalid due to the lack of Ryoko Shiraishi.
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 09, 2012 2:23 pm Reply with quote
Glad to see the Elric Brothers at the top.
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 09, 2012 2:49 pm Reply with quote
Dang. Was hoping Yu Kobayashi made it a little higher on the list.
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 09, 2012 2:51 pm Reply with quote
I'd vote for Mitsuki Saiga. I was watching Moyashimon Returns the other day and couldn't get over how she made Yuuki sound like a guy even though he's an effeminate cross-dresser. Compared to other shows where the "trap" characters sound just like regular girls (Phi-Brain's Ana being the most unrealistic example), that's really refreshing.
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 09, 2012 5:59 pm Reply with quote
CookieBun wrote:
Certainly, Romi Paku, Rie Kugimiya, Junko Takeuchi are great at voicing boys, but they only cover the younger boys.
Romi Paku can do older, but she can't do it like Mitsuki Saiga.

I didn't believe it when some of the characters Mitsuki Saiga played turned out to be voiced by a woman. They were older characters, beyond when most ladies would have harder time making believable. Granted they are not very masculine voices, but they are still very natural sounding male voices.


Agreed. I was shocked and in disbelief when I found out Kuranosuke (Kurage Hime) and Johane (Shakugan no Shana) were played by Saiga. Romi is great at the younger voices, like Hitsugaya (Bleach), Ren (Shaman King), and Ueki (Ueki no Housouku), but is not the type of voice I'd want for older guys.

On another note, Junko Noda is GREAT for guy voices (and girl voices, like Xing Cai in Dynasty Warriors, Zakuro in Tokyo Mew Mew), so I'm glad she got on there with at least 300 votes. And I love Minami Takayama as Mithos (Tales of Symphonia) and Hao (Shaman King). Still confused about Kugimiya being so high on the list. Ugh.
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 09, 2012 6:03 pm Reply with quote
mewpudding101 wrote:
Still confused about Kugimiya being so high on the list. Ugh.


Probably just because Kugi is the most popular seiyuu currently, so any poll where she's an option people will vote for her regardless.
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 09, 2012 6:06 pm Reply with quote
RyanSaotome wrote:
Glad to see the Elric Brothers at the top.


Me, too. Romi Paku and Rie Kugimiya ARE the Elric brothers, as far as I'm concerned.

Good to see Ogata and Takayama on the list as well.
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 09, 2012 6:14 pm Reply with quote
Romi #1 is no surprise.
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Mr. Oshawott



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PostPosted: Mon Jul 09, 2012 6:32 pm Reply with quote
Well, I'm ecstatic that Eri Kitamura made it in the list, having understood that she was also once the voice provider of Cul, the Vocaloid.
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Kit-Tsukasa



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PostPosted: Mon Jul 09, 2012 7:44 pm Reply with quote
Yuu Kobayashi needs to be much higher on this list.

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This poll is completely invalid due to the lack of Ryoko Shiraishi.

QFT
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 09, 2012 9:38 pm Reply with quote
Could use some Urara Takano, but this is not a bad list at all. I think Kugi's a bit high. Not sure if her quantity of roles mostly covers little girls or boys. Maybe girls.

Romi plays women and young men equally. Junko, because she complains that people think that her voice is like a boy, often plays boys.

TANAKA MAYUMI SHOULD BE HIGHER!!! Exclamation
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 09, 2012 10:58 pm Reply with quote
Shouldn't be too hard. Japan is home for herbivore males after all. Laughing
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 10, 2012 12:26 am Reply with quote
Few names I would have higher, but then if most of the voters have only been watching anime for 5 years or less, their roles wouldn't be as well known... However, definitely disappointed to not see Kawakami Tomoko (Chiriko in Fushigi Yuugi, Hikaru in Hikaru no Go...) and Kobayashi Sanae (Akira in Hikaru, Allen in D.Gray-man...) on the list at all. Crying or Very sad
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 10, 2012 12:28 am Reply with quote
Oops... double posted somehow thanks to back button...

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