| Super_Boom said: Wow...that's hilarious XD Those seiyu designs are so good! Mao and I were just talking about the voice acting thing the other day. I remember seeing a chart detailing the production costs for your average anime, and the cost of voice actors was well over half the cost (I wanna say close to 70% but I can't find the graph). I suppose that makes sense when you realize so many main female seiyuus are also popular idols, they don't come cheap. Kinda curious if bigger studios cut deals...maybe if A-1 hires Tomikazu Sugita for 4 anime, the 5th anime is free. I'll have a make a note of this one, it sounds like it would be a fun watch. I particularly like hearing about the even gender ratio, I kinda prefer casts like that (provided they're all well written anyway). |
The best one is the director of the anime himself at the top. Hideaki Anno, famous for Neon Genesis Evangelion, is second from the bottom.
I hope Mao did a good job explaining things to you.
That scene with the sponsors talks about "political" casting, where the sponsors push for people signed to a branch of their own company, even if they're not right for the part. It looked like a real fight for the anime staff to get the people they feel are best.
The thing with the costs of voice acting is that popular seiryuu make a TON of money. People just starting out are much cheaper, which is why a lot of anime will have one or two stars and then the rest are unheard of. It's kind of messed up, too, because that leaves out the people in the middle, who aren't famous enough to get work based on their name but still cost more than newbies. That's why a lot of voice actors end up leaving the field after a couple of years, even after promising debuts.
