Anime Voice Acting?

Question

O.K, I want to be an anime voice actress, but my mom doesn't know anything about it and niether do I. We live in a small town with no drama classes at school and certainly no where to audition near by.I was wandering if anyone new any places I could get information on where to audition and things.What would realy help is a place where it tells the shows, the times, the shows, and information on the audtions.What I realy need is just information about the certain auditons.Thanks so much.

so umm does anyone work in that field?

Answer 1

As far as I know, anime is recorded mostly in Texas, Toronto, N.Y.C., and L.A.

The best thing to do is become the best actor(ress) you can be.

Just so you know, anime does not pay very well and the work is certainly not steady... so have a good job to be able to pay your bills.

GOOD LUCK

Answer 2

Anyone with a good (even better, UNIQUE) voice can get into voice-acting. I've seen interviews with voice actors in Animerica magazines from years back and they all say the same thing: go somewhere with auditions, walk in, and don't be afraid to look dumb! Audition tapes are helpful for long-distances but the jobs usually go to locals or the totally available or even the cheap. But if it's a labor of love, that isn't important, right? A lot of people believe you should train for it, but if you're an artsy type (which you no doubt ARE, if this interests you), it should come naturally. A lot of my favorite voice actors are whiskey-throated-- the kind that smoke all day and command attention. If you're squeaky and whiny, join the club and good luck, you'll need it! That line is long and annoying-- anyone can do that... Lots of baaaad dubs to prove it...

Part two of my advice is this: get into it overseas before it gets licensed here! Study your favorite characters through fansubs and develop some timing. Fansubs are totally legal and available through p2p or bittorrent sites. (If you've never heard of bittorrent, look into it via search!) Then be vigilant about finding out if it will be licensed. When it is, contact the company to find out about auditions and offer to send in a tape for consideration (voice tapes should not just be of the character(s) you're interested in doing-- you should always do several voices, noises, etc.-- chances are that even if you don't get your favorite character's role, they could fit you in elsewhere).

Last of all, I know it's hard, but be realistic. There are more people than you think trying to get into this field. Don't be disappointed if you get rejected a few times! Learn from it. Without being a nuisance, try to get feedback!

Answer 3

Classes in speech and drama are always a plus! I did brief voice work for a radio serial. I am a theatre person, so acting behind a microphone was a little different, but it was a lot of fun. Here is just a random list of links that I had saved on my browser. Remember, even with voice acting, you use your entire body to emote. Get energetic on your audition tapes! Run around the room, do push-ups, whatever it takes to psyche you up for a good reading! Have fun and good luck!

http://dreamseed.us/ (they take unsolicited demos!)
http://www.voices.com/
http://voice123.com/

Answer 4

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Answer 5

You may need to take a speach class. You could always go to one of those broadcasting schools to get speaking skills. Problem is casting - there are hundreds of casting places that would take your money and leave you out to dry - Try to find a reputable one and have a good resume handy. I always wanted to do voiceovers and now after 16 years of dreaming it has come true!! Well, kinda - I do voice overs for deli kiosk machines.

Answer 6

Voice acting is cool, but Anime always sucks. Do a good cartoon, not that crap from Japan.