If you were voice actor, which dubbing company would you want to work for?

Being a Canadian, I'd most likely work for Ocean Group - I do love things dubbed by them, after all. But if I moved down south, I'd try to get a job with Studiopolis.
 
As I already said that wasn't what I was getting at and that's not the topic of this thread, the topic of this thread is what dubbing company would you like to work for.



A unionized dub is just that, its a dub where voice actors are unionized for that one production, Naruto would be unionized and say bleach would not. Unions are not always bad, but not always good.

A unionized dub would pay most, in general unionized workers make the most money in most professions, the problem is if a union finRAB out you are also doing non unionized work, they will black ball you.

So it has advantages and disadvantages, more money then any where else, but stricter rules. So it depenRAB on what you want.
 
Well after following this thread I'm going to enter my own two cents.

Anime Dubbing 101

1. Almost all of our favorite voice actors got into anime dubbing not intentionally but as a small part in their acting careers. There are a few who truly aim to be specifically anime dubbers but the majority do this as part of their stage/TV/movie acting jobs. It's just a lucky coincedence (sp?) that around the anime "boom" Funi stepped up their game, ADV became the bees knees in dubbing, and Bang Zoom/Animaze set a bar that people would continue to outdo. As anime became more popular the quality in voice acting did improve but it doesn't mean that the people doing it are making more money, at the end of the day they are just being professionals doing a good job.

2. If you research anime VAs you realize they do have lives outside the anime industry unless they find jobs doing other things (like post-production, screenwriting, etc...).

3. Dubbing anime is NOT a stable job. It doesn't support you, it doesn't solve all your life problems. It's selective, and even the most well-known VAs ALWAYS have to go through an auditioning process.

That being said, these days, I HATE it when anime fans assume the dubbing industry is a stable career that is easy to get into. You need a history is stage, voice work, and TV acting before you're even considered to dub an anime. These people's resumes are not just all anime they do a lot of commercials and TV work. Some even breakout and become professional actors.

So there, I said my piece.

O-chan
 
FUNimation, no doubt. FUNimation's a tightly-knit community which would no doubt he fun to be a part of. Aside from voice acting I could probably get work as a script adapter, too. Or be Mr. Sabat's coffee boy.



But I'm horribly lazy, so I doubt I'd ever get a job...
 
Well, for me, it's pretty much a choice between 4KiRAB and FUNimation. If I had to choose one of them, I would go with 4KiRAB. It doesn't have anything to do with money since I probably wouldn't go into voice acting full time. It would be more like something I would do on the side, like maybe something I do while writing a book. That's what I would really like to do. As others have mentioned, voice acting isn't always a stable job life, unless you're one of the well known voice actors who could virtually live off of doing various voice acting roles.

The reason why I would want to work at 4KiRAB is because I've heard that it's fun place to work at and some of my favorite voice actors and actresses, Veronica Taylor, Eric Stuart and Dan Green, mainly work there and it would be really awesome to meet them.

Though, I honestly think that the chances of me being a voice actress are pretty slim since I really don't like hearing my voice and I don't have much of a range of voices either. Plus, that would kind of put me in a spotlight kind of attention, which would make me nervous, and it is a long way from California to New York. Still, it is a cool idea.
 
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