Akira
Kamiya made it clear several times that Animazement is his favorite
anime convention in the U.S., in the same way that he's often said that
Ryo Saeba from the city Hunter series is one of his favorite
characters. As Kamiya keeps coming back to Animazement, he's had a
chance to return to Hunter and Saeba, through the Angel Heart animation
that revives that fictional world. "It's been ten years since I
performed that voice and I thought I might not be able to get it
back but it was simple." Kamiya, the Japanese man of a thousand voices,
has mastered every range of his register and can switch quickly from a
high pitch to a low pitch. He demonstrated that range in an Animazement
appearance that was like a lecture, concert and voice acting lesson
combined. After he sang the theme song from the series called Detective
Conan in Japan but Case Closed in the U.S., Kamiya demonstrated his he
used what he called a "dry," low-pitched voice for his character in
that series. Then Kamiya, who had shown a video of the Japanese dub of
Fraggle Rock, showed his he used his high-pitched "boy" voice to create
the character of Gobo. Using the dry voice at a high pitch, Kamiya
voiced the Iago parrot from Aladdin in Japanese, a bit of information
that caught some Animazement fans by surprise.
While
Kamiya was replaced as Kenshiro in the most recent animated version of
Fist of the North Star, he demonstrated he has not forgotten how to use
that voice. Kamiya said he always was fascinated by how Kenshiro had a
deep voice when he talked but had a high-pitched yell when he fought.
Those fighting noises are a major part of a vice actor's duties, and
Kamiya took the audience through an abbreviated version of one of the
voice acting lessons he teaches in Japan. Getting the audience to their
feet, he showed them how to make the sounds expected then a character
throws and catches a baseball or a spear. Fans laughed in delight at
being made to create the noises of eating food or talking underwater,
but the ability to make those sounds can be the key to getting an
acting job in the U.S. or in Japan.
Akira
Kamiya made it clear several times that Animazement is his favorite
anime convention in the U.S., in the same way that he's often said that
Ryo Saeba from the city Hunter series is one of his favorite
characters. As Kamiya keeps coming back to Animazement, he's had a
chance to return to Hunter and Saeba, through the Angel Heart animation
that revives that fictional world. "It's been ten years since I
performed that voice and I thought I might not be able to get it
back but it was simple." Kamiya, the Japanese man of a thousand voices,
has mastered every range of his register and can switch quickly from a
high pitch to a low pitch. He demonstrated that range in an Animazement
appearance that was like a lecture, concert and voice acting lesson
combined. After he sang the theme song from the series called Detective
Conan in Japan but Case Closed in the U.S., Kamiya demonstrated his he
used what he called a "dry," low-pitched voice for his character in
that series. Then Kamiya, who had shown a video of the Japanese dub of
Fraggle Rock, showed his he used his high-pitched "boy" voice to create
the character of Gobo. Using the dry voice at a high pitch, Kamiya
voiced the Iago parrot from Aladdin in Japanese, a bit of information
that caught some Animazement fans by surprise.
While
Kamiya was replaced as Kenshiro in the most recent animated version of
Fist of the North Star, he demonstrated he has not forgotten how to use
that voice. Kamiya said he always was fascinated by how Kenshiro had a
deep voice when he talked but had a high-pitched yell when he fought.
Those fighting noises are a major part of a vice actor's duties, and
Kamiya took the audience through an abbreviated version of one of the
voice acting lessons he teaches in Japan. Getting the audience to their
feet, he showed them how to make the sounds expected then a character
throws and catches a baseball or a spear. Fans laughed in delight at
being made to create the noises of eating food or talking underwater,
but the ability to make those sounds can be the key to getting an
acting job in the U.S. or in Japan.
