Kojima Hideo talks about seiyuu
Metal Gear Solid series creator Kojima Hideo had made a long post about how he loves seiyuu on the Kojima Productions blog.
I love seiyuu.
I respect their work from my heart, and I am always looking forward to working with them every time.I love seiyuu.
Without them, my game will not be completed, and without them, I believe the games I’ve made would not have been as well received around the world as it is now.I love seiyuu.
That is why I call them “seiyuu-san”
Of course, their jobs are not always voice related.
They have also studied and trained in acting, and are also involved in TV, stage acts, movies etc, work that need more than just voice alone.I love seiyuu.
So what is the difference between a seiyuu and an actor?
I honestly can’t give a good answer to this question.I love seiyuu.
As a child, I have been raised watching all the movies and cartoons from around the world. TV broadcasts at that time were not done by subtitles, most of them were dubbed over. Seiyuu have taught me about the different countries across the world, the different eras in history, and the world in the ancient past or the far future. Seiyuu have been the “bridge” between me and the different worlds.I love seiyuu.
Inside me, Steve McQueen (Miyabe Akio), Charles Bronson (Ootsuka Chikao), Sean Connery (Wakayama Genzou), Lindsay Wagner (Dajima Reiko) are all people that speak in Japanese. That is why even as a child I could accept this world without rejecting any of it.I love seiyuu.
That is why I don’t like the current trend in the industry where they will use popular TV personalities or comedians as seiyuu. Of course, in foreign CG movies or cartoons, they usually do not use professional voice actors, but instead hire famous Hollywood actors for the voice cast. And even in Japan there are cases where this method of using famous actors can sometimes create a perfect fit for the casting.
But I just don’t agree with it.I love seiyuu.
In Japan, there are a lot of people with this wonderful talent where they can “voice a character” or “breathe life into it”. In Japan, the culture of voice acting even has a history spanning half a century.I love seiyuu.
That is why I want to borrow the fortune that these people have protected all this time, and create works using it. I want to spend time with these people, and I want to leave the future to them.I love seiyuu.
The casting for Peace Walker this time has, even in my experience, some rarely seen members. Their voice will add depth to the characters and make the story magnificent. The end product will have an amount of substance that the world would not have possibly expected.I love seiyuu.
That is why even when others tell me that my way of doing things is getting old, I will continue to make my games with seiyuu.
And that is why we will have a good time during the voice recording today.
Also he mentioned Ootsuka Chikao in the post, and the voice for Solid Snake is Ootsuka Akio, Ootsuka Chikao’s son.
