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7 - Voice Acting for Anime

from Part III - Sound

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 November 2024

By
Minori Ishida
Edited by
Jaqueline Berndt
Jaqueline Berndt
Affiliation:
Stockholms Universitet
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Summary

This chapter examines the role of voices in Japanese anime with limited visible movement from the angle of a recording practice called afureko (“after recording”). Through a comparison of the recording script and the film script with the final anime version, it analyzes how the voice actors communicate the emotions and thoughts of the characters while synchronizing with the images. As a result, it becomes clear to what extent voice acting is informed by the punctuation and the ellipses indicated in the recording script. The particularities of voice acting and voice actors’ identification with characters are investigated in reference to the theory of acting published by voice actor Ichirō Nagai in 1981.

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voice actorvoice actingdubbingafter recordingsynchronizationlimited animationperformance
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The Cambridge Companion to Manga and Anime , pp. 98 - 108
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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