Seiyuu Keep Quiet and Like It – Young Magazine
- Filed under: Anime, News
- Date: Jun 17, 2008 00:40 JST
- Tags: Seiyuu, Young Magazine
An interesting editorial from Young Magazine, which is rather critical of the propensity of seiyuu to go into detail about their characters in interviews and similar, comes to my attention. Rendered into English:
It’s my opinion that lately seiyuu have gotten carried away with themselves.
They get on TV and talk all about their character’s feelings and background like they’re the original authors. Nobody says this, but when I see them do it I think “but you didn’t create the character, did you?” What I’m trying to say is that I’d like to see more of those seiyuu who behave like they’re being granted the privilege of playing a role.
- Tyrenol commented on October 1, 2008 01:05
- A long time ago; a ruckus had been made when one of the Beatles said that they were better than, or as good as, God. And it seems that some of the seiyuu don't... More
- albert_2mb commented on June 18, 2008 16:58
- haha, well in short: “but you didn’t create the character, did you?” nope, they ARE the characters, lol.... More
