In North America, the most popular animated series from manga artist Rumiko Takahashi have been Ranma 1/2 and Inu-Yasha.
Canadian actor Richard Cox has performed the English-language voice for the
lead roles in each of those series. The popularity of Inu-Yasha, bolstered
by the Cartoon Network cablecasts that began eight months before Anime Central,
could be seen by the number of red-clad Inu-Yasha costumers at the convention.
Cox was amazed to see so many real-life versions of his animated character
at the Illinois event. "It's crazy," said Cox. "Every time you see two or
three, you think you've seen all the Inu-Yasha - and you look and there's
three more. I've seen a lot, maybe ten - it's great."
Boy-type Ranma and Inu-Yasha both are bad boys, but Cox gives them a different
kind of badness in his voicing. "Ranma's still a kid in many ways. He's a
tough kid but he's still a kid. H has the responsibility of taking over the
dojo one day, but he's a kid. Meanwhile, Inu-Yasha is a half demon
who has the responsibility of the world and Kagome and all these other people,
plus that he has to get the shard out of the wrong hands - even though he's
doing it for selfish reasons. He has a bit of humanity and he's trying to
do it for the greater good He is from a different time and he's more
deadly - Ranma didn't kill people. Perhaps they could be brothers in
a different life."
Cox
works on several major anime dubbing and cartoon voice projects in Vancouver
- Gundam Seed, X-Men Evolution, Trouble Chocolate and a new series called
Silver Wing. All that voice work puts Cox in the inner circle of Vancouver
actors who can make a living through voice roles, but it's not easy. It's
a very tiring job. When you try to explain to your friend `I stood and talked
into a microphone for eight hours - it's tiring to stand in one place for
eight hours. You have to stand because your voice isn't the same (when you
sit). Your abs hurt after all that yelling." Add the need to match onscreen
lip flaps in dubbing session, and Cox truly earns all of the Canadian dollars
he's paid.
In North America, the most popular animated series from manga artist Rumiko Takahashi have been Ranma 1/2 and Inu-Yasha.
Canadian actor Richard Cox has performed the English-language voice for the
lead roles in each of those series. The popularity of Inu-Yasha, bolstered
by the Cartoon Network cablecasts that began eight months before Anime Central,
could be seen by the number of red-clad Inu-Yasha costumers at the convention.
Cox was amazed to see so many real-life versions of his animated character
at the Illinois event. "It's crazy," said Cox. "Every time you see two or
three, you think you've seen all the Inu-Yasha - and you look and there's
three more. I've seen a lot, maybe ten - it's great."
Boy-type Ranma and Inu-Yasha both are bad boys, but Cox gives them a different
kind of badness in his voicing. "Ranma's still a kid in many ways. He's a
tough kid but he's still a kid. H has the responsibility of taking over the
dojo one day, but he's a kid. Meanwhile, Inu-Yasha is a half demon
who has the responsibility of the world and Kagome and all these other people,
plus that he has to get the shard out of the wrong hands - even though he's
doing it for selfish reasons. He has a bit of humanity and he's trying to
do it for the greater good He is from a different time and he's more
deadly - Ranma didn't kill people. Perhaps they could be brothers in
a different life."
Cox
works on several major anime dubbing and cartoon voice projects in Vancouver
- Gundam Seed, X-Men Evolution, Trouble Chocolate and a new series called
Silver Wing. All that voice work puts Cox in the inner circle of Vancouver
actors who can make a living through voice roles, but it's not easy. It's
a very tiring job. When you try to explain to your friend `I stood and talked
into a microphone for eight hours - it's tiring to stand in one place for
eight hours. You have to stand because your voice isn't the same (when you
sit). Your abs hurt after all that yelling." Add the need to match onscreen
lip flaps in dubbing session, and Cox truly earns all of the Canadian dollars
he's paid.
