Like in Fullmetal Alchemist, Alphonse Elric and Edward Elric
2006-08-15 21:08:37 · 12 answers · asked by ednovat37 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Comics & Animation
This applies to american animation too. Look at Bart for example, he's voice by a lady. Men voices change, but women voices basically stay the same, so they are able to voice the young boy or young girl characters...
2006-08-15 21:11:49 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Lots of good answers so far...all with valid points. Well, except for Jonty's retarded answer.
Well, in my fave anime, Fushigi Yuugi, Nuriko was voiced by a female seiyu. But that made sense since in the very beginning Nuriko was pretending to be a woman so having him sound feminine helped.
2006-08-16 09:04:26 · answer #2 · answered by starikotasukinomiko 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's harder to find males with the higher tenors needed for the younger males in voice acting, it's much easier to hire a female to do the job (and they do quite well I might add) And as some others have said, we in America also have females cast in male roles, like Bart Simpson . . . Ash in the dubbed version of Pokemon is also voiced by a woman.
2006-08-16 12:47:33 · answer #3 · answered by WolfieChick 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Perhaps because a "softer" voice would suit their image. For instance Seta Soujiro from Rurouni Kenshin was voiced by a female (though I really couldn't tell X_x), and it really suited the character well. Even Kenshin himself was voiced by a female!
Another thing to consider would be that a female voice impersonating a male's voice might make the character sound more unique.
2006-08-16 08:37:46 · answer #4 · answered by Mikagami 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Perhaps it's because women can manipulate their voices to go high and low in a broader range, while men can go low and but only a certain extent for high.
And also, a lot of japanese anime male are bishounen ('pretty boy') and to have too low a voice would ruin their image.
2006-08-16 08:21:40 · answer #5 · answered by Complex 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
one convention of anime is that high pitched voices are regarded as "friendly" while low pitched ones are "bad guys." In FMA, alphonse may look menacing but he's a good guy so using a girl to voice him offsets the "bad guy" impression.
2006-08-16 04:16:51 · answer #6 · answered by spindoccc 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Women often do the voices of young males.
2006-08-16 04:11:36 · answer #7 · answered by Nosy Parker 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
because director choose right voice for that character because even that the seiyuu is a woman they adjust their voice if they like....
2006-08-16 10:39:29 · answer #8 · answered by natsume_tasha 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i don't know but it happens hear to, Bart Simpson is voiced buy a women.
2006-08-16 14:17:40 · answer #9 · answered by samurai core 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
because.. it's like Bart simpson.. its a woman voice
2006-08-16 04:51:28 · answer #10 · answered by Fiona N 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋