If you were a voice actor, would you prefer doing American cartoons or anime?

I would probably like to do american cartoons more, its WAY easier.

But if the chance ever came to work on anime, I wouldnt hestitate either.
 
You mean anime conventions, well of course pre-lay actors aren't going to go to those, what would they do there? They go to Comic Con. I'm pretty sure a lot of pre-lay are frienRAB, I know Tara strong, Cree summer and Grey Delisle are frienRAB in real life.



But again, that's hard to do in real life, due to unwritten social conventions.
 
I know that, I never said otherwise, its just saying pre-lay actors go to fewer cons means they are less likely to be frienRAB is a false dichotomy, pre-lay actors have no reason to go anime conventions, that's why they go to fewer cons.
 
Yea, same here. Better to be safe then get bashed on by doing your job. Even though your trying your best to match the original dub.

But I want to do a strict roll then a goofy one. Like Batman:TAS, Samurai Jack, you know...? For example....?
 
That's true, with pre-lay work people are way less likely to jump don't your throat for every little thing.

I mean sure sometimes the names get mispronounced in a dub, but really, the Japanese have trouble pronouncing our names, so its a two way street

Heck if you are doing pre lay work, most of your characters have wasp names anyway, so its not issue.



But work on prime animated comedies pay the most.
 
You should never limit yourself but if you're going to choose one the goal should be domestic animation because it pays better and offers you more opportunities throughout the industry than being soley an anime VA.

Now if you love voice acting and don't mind the lower rate then anime and video game related work might suit your fancy but personally I'd shoot for American cartoons and if I couldn't get that then I'd be all for just doing anime but I'd never shut either door.
 
But here's a question, is most anime being dubbed by Funi nowadays? Because Funi is dubbing most anime and most American cartoons are done in LA, it seems like it is harder to do both nowadays. How much anime is dubbed in LA nowadays?
 
I realize that, but that doesn't answer my question, how many series now, in 2009, are dubbed in LA? What new series are they dubbing in LA?
 
The intelligent thing to do is to look at each property by itself to see if it is a show one would like to receive money for working on.
 
Well if you want to be realistic, every voice actor has to do some crappy series in order to make some money for rent, at some point. Its not like most voice actors are in the position to turn thier nose at work, just because they don't like the series.
 
Ok, but the amount of money should also factor in then, pre-lay does pay way more then dubbing. Its hard to make a career out of dubbing alone. Steve Blum was only able to make voice acting his career and quit his normal job when he did both pre-lay and dubbing. Its just that sometimes its hard to get into pre-lay when you have just been doing dubbing for your entire career. Heck pay rates is why a lot of voice actors like Tara Strong won't touch anime.

Now things have gotten a bit easier, because some people who have just beeen dubbers in the past, have made the leap to pre-lay either a few years ago (Blum, Kari wahlgren) or just recently (Kate Higgins, Liam O'Brien).
 
I think you should really be limited yourself to one or the other. But if you look at facts, you get paid more for voicing in American cartoons than anime plus it's a lot easier since you don't have to dub to lip flap like you have to do with anime. Also when you do American cartoons you usually get to record with the other actors so it be easier to respond naturally in the show when you respond to the actor there then guessing when you're in the booth by yourself like you usually do in anime. But one advantage anime has to American cartoons are that characters are lot more interesting and are alot more serious than they usually are in American cartoons. So you better off doing both..and video games! XD
 
That's highly debatable, there are good and badly written series in both Japan and America, BTAS has deeper characters then Pokemon, so frankly working on a anime doesn't mean you instantly get a better story and characters then working on a cartoon.
 
I'd be willing to do any kind of voiceover (American cartoons,anime,or video games),but would probably prefer voicing in American cartoons,since you don't have to worry about matching lip sync,I've heard the pay is better,and you don't have to deal with the fans bashing your performance based on how the Japanese actor did it....
 
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