Canned Dogs

Seiyuu + TV talent + radio personality Yamadera Kouichi has written on the Hollywood Express blog commenting on the increase in the use of famous actors to do the voices in anime and movies, and asks that an appropriate cast should be selected for the roles instead of basing it on popularity.

He continues saying that although popular actors will increase attention on the production abd there have been times where he has seen actors being the perfect choice for the role, there were also times when the opposite was true.

He also places emphasis that they should not change the cast to famous people when a movie version is made for TV shows where the seiyuu cast have been doing the same voices for many years. He says that it not only hurts the feelings of the seiyuu that have been working on the show for all these years, but it also betrays the fans who have been supporting the show.

Fans suspect he is referring to The Simpsons movie, which Fox had announced a cast of famous actors to dub over the lead roles in the Japanese version instead of the seiyuu cast that have been doing the dub for the last 15 years. Though Studio Ghibli also has the habit of using famous actors for their lead roles for their newer movies starting from the 90s.

Yamadera has also had a personal experience where he had completed recording for all the voice work for the dub over for Woody in Toy Story in the Japanese version, but was switched out at the last minute for a famous actor.

Using famous actors gives us the famous Final Fantasy OIYOIYO case so it’s not all that bad!

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