Women in
movies and TV and on stage usually have the secondary roles. Women in anime
usually are the stars, and that includes the dub actors. Three of those
actors spoke to fans about their roles: from left to right they're Kira
Vincent-Davis, Monica Rial and Kelly Manison. Female roles are so limited
onstage," Vincent said. Rial said she's impressed with the effort that
the Japanese original actors put into the roles that she dubs. "I like
the seiyuu," said Rial. "I did two roles that couldn't be more different
and found they were by the same actor. I think they do great work - at
the same time, it's different. It's hard to compare different languages."
Manison added, "You can do things in anytime you'd never get to do in real
life. they're not stereotyped, you get a wider range of chances."
Those anime
roles are far more energetic - and dangerous - than anything these actors
would get elsewhere. "I think my characters have issues, but they're all
so kick ass," said Rial. "You'd never get to fire a gun on stage." Vincent-Davis
admitted that she was converted to dubs only after she started acting.
"Before I started doing voice-overs I liked the subtitles. I've seen my
share of bad shows and movies," she said.
Fans always
want to learn how the voice actors got started. "I think I always knew
that I wanted to be an actor," Manison said. "Since I was three, I liked
musical theater like Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, and I took musical
theater classes when I was a child. Vincent-Davis started as a musician
and then started acting in high school. Rial explained that "I always
wanted to be a dancer. When I was four I started taking classes, then I
got too obnoxious to be a dancer so I became an actor."
Women in
movies and TV and on stage usually have the secondary roles. Women in anime
usually are the stars, and that includes the dub actors. Three of those
actors spoke to fans about their roles: from left to right they're Kira
Vincent-Davis, Monica Rial and Kelly Manison. Female roles are so limited
onstage," Vincent said. Rial said she's impressed with the effort that
the Japanese original actors put into the roles that she dubs. "I like
the seiyuu," said Rial. "I did two roles that couldn't be more different
and found they were by the same actor. I think they do great work - at
the same time, it's different. It's hard to compare different languages."
Manison added, "You can do things in anytime you'd never get to do in real
life. they're not stereotyped, you get a wider range of chances."
Those anime
roles are far more energetic - and dangerous - than anything these actors
would get elsewhere. "I think my characters have issues, but they're all
so kick ass," said Rial. "You'd never get to fire a gun on stage." Vincent-Davis
admitted that she was converted to dubs only after she started acting.
"Before I started doing voice-overs I liked the subtitles. I've seen my
share of bad shows and movies," she said.
Fans always
want to learn how the voice actors got started. "I think I always knew
that I wanted to be an actor," Manison said. "Since I was three, I liked
musical theater like Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, and I took musical
theater classes when I was a child. Vincent-Davis started as a musician
and then started acting in high school. Rial explained that "I always
wanted to be a dancer. When I was four I started taking classes, then I
got too obnoxious to be a dancer so I became an actor."
