Manga Seiyuu

*inverse* · Post by ***inverse*** » Sun May 16, 2004 2:12 am

I know this sounds kind of funny, but does anyone ever read manga and picture the ideal seiyuu to do certain characters? Like, for example, long before I saw the Inuyasha anime, I read the manga. I always pictured Inuyasha's voice being "done"by Sarah Strange ( at least I think that's her name - sorry if I'm wrong) for obvious reasons.

I've also got my own ideal seiyuu for the manga Dragon Knights and Vampire Game - but it doesn't look like there's a lot of people who have read them, so I won't get into those details. But, I would like to know if any of you guys do the same thing. I suppose I'm asking more about mangas that haven't become anime. OR, mangas in which the reader hasn't seen the anime yet. So, if that made any sense, anyone care to share their thoughts?

angelx03 · Post by **angelx03** » Sun May 16, 2004 8:40 am

All the time since I've been watching a lot of English dubbed series for a very long time. What's really fun is reading the X/1999 manga and thinking of the voice actors of the X TV from Bang Zoom! Entertainment doing the voices. There's actually a good amount of comedic moments in the manga especially from Sorata so thinking of Tony Oliver's voice (who by the way did the voice of Sorata) made it more enjoyable.

J-0080 · Post by **J-0080** » Sun May 16, 2004 10:45 am

While reading any speaking parts in a manga I always have the characters voices saying it in my head....the voices I would imagine them to have anyway, not specifically VA only ones.

ryuu_hime13 · Post by **ryuu_hime13** » Sun May 16, 2004 12:09 pm

Sometimes I think of the voices of my friends when I'm reading a manga, like in Azumanga Daioh. Hence why I call a few of my friends Tomo, Chiyo, and Kagura.

When I was reading the Wish manga I kept thinking of Takehito Koyasu as Shuichi. I love that guy...he has the coolest voice EVER. The only VA I know by name is Lex Lang, who's pretty cool as well.

HeartbreakerByZep · Post by **HeartbreakerByZep** » Sun May 16, 2004 1:19 pm

No, but I do it when I'm reading books. For example, if Dracula was ever turned into a Japanese Anime, the Japanese voice for Vicious from Cowboy Bebop must play the Count.

bubblehead · Post by **bubblehead** » Sun May 16, 2004 5:54 pm

not specific people, but sort of

Example: By the time I finished reading the Cardcaptor Sakura manga I had forgotten the voices of the English VAs, so I imagined my own voices... Sakura's voice was a lot more pleasant than in the dub (I was disappointed seeing the dub again)

:pulls out Nausicaa manga: Holy... that sounds like me!

angelx03 · Post by **angelx03** » Sun May 16, 2004 5:59 pm

bubblehead wrote:not specific people, but sort of

Example: By the time I finished reading the Cardcaptor Sakura manga I had forgotten the voices of the English VAs, so I imagined my own voices... Sakura's voice was a lot more pleasant than in the dub (I was disappointed seeing the dub again)

Of course you're talking about the dub made by Nelvana, right?

bubblehead · Post by **bubblehead** » Sun May 16, 2004 8:59 pm

angelx03 wrote:
bubblehead wrote:not specific people, but sort of

Example: By the time I finished reading the Cardcaptor Sakura manga I had forgotten the voices of the English VAs, so I imagined my own voices... Sakura's voice was a lot more pleasant than in the dub (I was disappointed seeing the dub again)

Of course you're talking about the dub made by Nelvana, right?

Yeah, the EVIL English dub... Well... not quite evil, but leaves a lot to be desired.