CATDOLL: Japanese veteran voice actors complain that the younger generation has similar voices and no personality

Recently, the issue of young voice actors' acting skills seems to have been raised by various media again. More and more young voice actors have chosen to become idols, which has also attracted a lot of attention. In a variety show "Sho & Min's Road Variety Show! ?" broadcasted by TV Asahi recently, popular voice actors from the 1980s, Akira Kamiya, Ryo Horikawa, and Keiichi Namba, were invited as guests. In the process of talking about their performances and stories about the voice actor industry, it can be seen from their conversation that the old and powerful voice actors are dissatisfied with the acting skills of the current young generation of voice actors.

Both Horikawa and Kamiya said that the acting of the female voice actors who play the roles of young boys nowadays is too messy and it is really hard to be satisfied. The three also recalled that when they returned to the recording studio "TAVAC" that was about to be demolished, they opened the scripts in the database and saw that the scripts at that time were all handwritten. "Everyone's handwriting is different, and some words are so ugly that they can't be deciphered at all. However, it is especially easy to get into the state when looking at the handwritten script." Kamiya said. Speaking of this, Furukawa Toshio (Moroboshi Tou in "Urusei Yatsura"), who is responsible for the narration of the program, also added: "The script of "Dragon Ball" is also handwritten now."

In fact, there have always been talented voice actors who are very dissatisfied with the acting and performance of young voice actors. Kamiya even took out a line from the script of his early starring work "Babylon II" as an example: "Nowadays, young voice actors can only read 'um~' when the script says 'hmm~'; when the script says 'scream', they can only express it with the most ordinary 'ah——', which is really funny."

Nanba also agreed with this. He was skeptical about the term "personality of young voice actors" touted on the program's official website. "Nowadays, the voices of many young voice actors are too repetitive and have no characteristics. There are passers-by A, B, C, and D in the works, but everyone uses the same voice quality. In our time, it would be unacceptable." "That's right, when watching the animation now, it's impossible to tell which character is which." Kamiya nodded in agreement.

Of course, the seniors have both criticisms for the younger generation and valuable suggestions for the younger generation. Horikawa said, "Even if the voices are similar, through hard work and continuous practice of skills, you can still make the difference between the characters." In fact, many veteran voice actors have expressed dissatisfaction with the acting skills of the younger generation of voice actors and made various suggestions, but in the current environment, many young voice actors (especially female voice actors) often choose some shortcuts to quickly increase their popularity, which has also caused the proliferation of "idol voice actors", making the Japanese voice actor industry more and more complex and changeable.

Regarding whether voice actors should be idolized, many viewers said that after all, they are "voice actors", and they should use their voices and acting skills to show their value, and being an idol can only be a side job. However, some fans also said that as long as the voice actor is cute enough and the role he plays is cute enough, then acting skills are nothing, as long as he is cute. So, readers who are fans of animation, what do you think? Do voice actors need acting skills? Everyone is welcome to discuss~