John UM
With the announcement of Emperor Heisei to abdicate in 2019, the Heisei era, which began in 1989, is about to come to an end. In the past 30 years, the Japanese animation industry has undergone earth-shaking changes. “NewType” magazine produced a special project to visit animation-related practitioners who can represent the Heisei era, and look back at the animation industry in the past 30 years from their respective perspectives. .
The second issue of the special topic is the seiyuu Sanshiqin, who played the main role in the masterpiece animation of the Heisei era, such as “Sailor Moon”, “The Evangelion”, “Girl Revolution”, and tells her that she saw it as a seiyuu. The era of peace. In the interview, Sanshi once expressed concern about the status quo of the seiyuu community. These remarks were taken out of context and spread on the Internet, causing no small negative impact. We believe that it is necessary to restore the complete original appearance of Sanshi’s speech in order to see it. .
Sanshiqin is the voice of the role-friends in OVA “Tennis Sweetheart Final Stage”. That year, it was 1989 – the first year of Japan’s Heisei. Soon, she will also be peaceful together to usher in the 30th anniversary of her career. .
These 30 years, said fast and fast, slow and slow. Just entering the first year of Heisei, Sanshi was an ordinary white-collar worker and was sent to work at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government in Yurakucho. On January 7, 1989, when the Emperor Showa died, the original Ginza Street, which celebrated the New Year, was turned into a black and white all night, which made Sanshi deeply shocked and still remembers it. .
Also in this year, Sanshi officially became a seiyuu. She first entered the recording scene of “Kung Fu Cat Party” in the form of visit and study, and visited the performances of seniors and the attitude of professional seiyuu. What I learned at that time became the foundation of her heart. At the time, the on-site staff was like a big family. .
When I first got my role, Sanshi was very happy. She was able to stand among the seniors and become a member of the 30-minute drama series, which made her very happy. She watched the TV broadcast and saw the words “Three Stones Qin Nai” in the staff table. I was very touched. At the same time, hearing her voice from the TV set also gave her an indescribable sense of shame and depression. .
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菅生 Asuka. After
, in Heisei 3 years (1992), Sanshi began to receive the main characters such as “High Intelligence Equation” actress, Asuka Akira. It was also during this period that the seiyuu industry changed. .
Before that, Japan had had several seiyuu fevers. However, Sanshi later heard the stern opinions of the predecessors, saying that the seiyuu community was destroyed in the hands of their generation. At that time, there was a seiyuu magazine, and seiyuu had the opportunity to perform live concerts. It was commonplace to publish CDs in their own name. In a certain sense, they are indeed a generation that has brought changes to the seiyuu community. .
At that time, popular voices rushed to sell the CD debut, the record companies began to sign with the seiyuu, so that Sanshi felt that the seiyuu community began to become the same as the entertainment circle. The practice of “the animation produced by the record company and the seiyuu of its own brand” has become the mainstream at that time. Sanshi believes that their generation has succeeded in seiyuu business and built the existing seiyuu industry. .
Before their generation, the seiyuu community was also very lively. Everyone was an actor and they would compete with each other. But the protagonist is still a role, and seiyuu is just behind the scenes. However, as the popularity rose, the world began to recognize the profession of “seiyuu”. Sanshi felt that it was because the game industry and the recording industry began to “shoot” the seiyuu, making them become such a glorious career. .
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“Fairy Hunter”.
Although the seiyuu is on fire, but looking at the animation industry, it seems that the basic physical strength has not changed so much. When dubbing, there is often no production of the picture. .
The animation itself has been widely recognized in the world during the Heisei year and became the so-called “Cool Japan”, representing the country. The animation was accepted as an adult’s interest, although Sanshi was happy, but in turn, the number of new animations made for children seemed to be less than before, which made her feel lonely at the same time. Because in the past, it was this type of animation that created a well-known star character and famous seiyuu.
Although the number of animations is much, most of them are late-night single-season works. If the evaluation is good, then decide to make the second season. At first, Sanshi could not understand why there was a gap in the middle. As an actor, with a gap, you can only turn off the engine that has just been warmed up. At the beginning, she learned that the “Fairy Hunter” aired in 1996 was a single-season animation broadcast late at night. I also heard that this film is for adults who buy DVDs, and it is even more unexpected. .
Sanshi’s own masterpiece, “Sailor Moon”, adds up to each series and broadcasts for 5 years at 7:00 on Saturday night. Up to now, there is a lot of animation practitioners who were still children at the time, telling Sanshi “I like “Sailor Moon””, and even some people see her excited to shed tears, so that Sanshi is also very moved, once again realize that it is such a Ministry can deeply impress the audience’s inner works. She believes that “Sailor Moon” is a work that the talented adults made for the children’s heart, and the heat is very high. .
Sanshi heard that now, with the budget of the animation, it is very difficult to broadcast on the TV station of the ground wave. In the past, the time of the children’s program turned into a variety show one after another, and the animation that once was in the golden file also moved to the morning. She hopes that the longevity animation program that is still being broadcast today will be able to hold on. .
Children’s animations have been retreating in succession, both because of the impact of minority births, and because the children have to go to the tutoring class in the evening. Although seiyuu does not care about the ratings when working, but when he leaves the prime time, it is difficult to appear works that can become social phenomena. .
However, Sanshi said that relying on the Internet, people can now see animations anytime, anywhere. Wait a while, the social center will change from TV to the Internet, and it may be prone to popular works, and it is still popular on the scale of the whole earth. It may be just a transition period now. .
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1989 – 2017 Japan broadcasts TV animations every year. The data comes from the Japan Animation Industry Report 2017, which is available at the Anitama in-app e-book store. .
The changes in the animation world will of course also have an impact on the seiyuu community. Sanshi believes that due to the more animation in a single quarter, the weight of an animated star will be reduced. Moreover, in the first quarter, there is limited room for expansion of roles, and it is difficult to train new people. Originally, the newcomer was among the performers and performers, and starred in the work for a year before finally being able to grasp some things. .
In addition, if the animation can be broadcast for one year, for example, “Sailor Moon”, Sanshi’s acting will affect the script and the moon hare in the picture, thus producing a multiplication effect and penetrating into the work. In the past, there were many such works. .
Since the length of the animation is short, the new work will end before the newcomer grows. At the same time, the proportion of predecessors at the recording site has also dropped. Sanshi himself was cultivated in the studios of all the predecessors. Therefore, she hopes that if the newcomers who debut in the future want to go long on this road, it is better to face the work with a sense of crisis. It is necessary to absorb performance methods outside the recording site, and those who can discover and learn by themselves may win. .
Today, people’s demands for seiyuu have become diverse. If I received the protagonist, announced the photo, sold the CD, and held a concert, I feel that this is enough, then it is over. .
Sanshi does not want newcomers to be seiyuu because he is busy with acting and broadcasting, and he is lost when he is used. The shelf life of “newcomers” is very short. .
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2015 seiyuu theme animation “That is seiyuu! A considerable part of the space is describing the idol activities of the protagonists. .
What surprised her is that, now, the selection of some works, before reviewing the sound, the first review is the photo. There are even works that use the number of Twitter fans as a review standard. There was once a supervisor who wanted to make a good seiyuu appear in the role, but the producer claimed that the seiyuu had no Twitter account, so he did not agree to let it appear. .
Perhaps this is a very individual phenomenon, but today’s young seiyuu must strive to win the role and open up their own path in this environment. Sanshi can’t understand why seiyuu is directly responsible for propaganda works. She feels that instead of looking at the phone in her job, it is better to focus on the plot and her role.
Sanshi remembers that a big predecessor once said: “Slack will soon bring bad results, but diligence will not bring good results soon,” but “as long as you work hard, someone will see your results.” .
Of course, nowadays, there are also many young seiyuu who are fully committed to performing their roles in the role. This is also true. I am very happy to be able to work with the original stone of such a treasure. .
Sanshi believes that if she debuts in her current environment, she will definitely not be able to mix it. It may be brushed down at the stage of audition waiting. Now, there is a lot of animation and game casting conditions are “can sing a character song, can play a role”. This is not a bad thing, and there are many viewers who are looking forward to seeing seiyuu at the event. This is an opportunity to share the love of the work with the audience. .
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Web games and mobile games are often sold in a luxurious seiyuu lineup. The picture is the “armored mother” landing map beforehand. .
Recently, web games and mobile games have become important work content for seiyuu. Sanshi said that such games often have many roles of the same gender. Because even a dialogue script is separately recorded separately, this type of work requires more imagination than animation. She believes that seiyuu plays such games, compared to how much personality can be played to the character, so that the role does not become a mass production. .
In addition, the cost of playing a mobile game is one more than that of an animation and a foreign movie. Even a newcomer can survive on this. But in turn, the predecessors worked while thinking about “to make this piece of big sales!” and the spirit of hard work may be thinner in the current seiyuu. Although it is a good thing to be able to support herself by seiyuu, she will not deliberately let young people suffer. But the people who have suffered too much and those who have not suffered too much, the weight of the lines spoken will be different. .
Although the times have changed, there will definitely be a seiyuu stone that will take on the new era. Sanshi is not pessimistic about the future of the voice industry. Voice actor is the one chosen by the person. It must be understood what is most important in order to be selected. And if there is a role in the role, the mood and the picture are exactly the same, the second element will become a reality, the story will become more attractive. That moment is unparalleled. Sanshi himself will do his best and want to work with these promising young people until they become old women. .
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“いと恋めやも”.
This year, Sanshi will star in two stage plays “いと恋めやも” and “The Secret Base of Liyuan Masters”. She was in the troupe before she debuted. For her, the stage play was an exercise. The world views of the two works are very different, but they are very interesting. I hope everyone will come to watch. .
In addition, at the “Sailor Moon” classical music concert held from August 28th to 29th, she will also play the stage with a lot of thoughts. I hope everyone can also share the “Sailor Moon” love with her.