Talking to a REAL Japanese Anime Voice Actor (ft. Shu Uchida) | Trash Taste #58
(2021. 7. 24.)
Today, we sat down with the wonderful anime voice actor Shuu Uchida
to talk about her quest to fulfil her dreams of professionally voicing in her favorite anime and games.
00:00:00 Voicing an intro
00:00:24 Our official first guest in the new studio
00:01:28 Joey went to the same school as Shu
00:04:02 Chasing the voice acting dream
00:05:41 The many faces of Shu Uchida
00:07:49 Dropping out of school to become a VA
00:16:10 Voice Acting in Japan is strict
00:17:07 Voice Acting schools
00:23:58 Crunchyroll
00:25:09 Shu's first role
00:26:59 How parents feel about voice acting
00:29:35 Every parent knows each other
00:33:44 The childhood friend trope
00:39:22 How to practice for voice acting
00:44:28 Voice acting animals
00:47:08 Manscaped
00:48:16 The process of auditioning in Japan
00:50:54 Auditioning together with a famous actor
00:51:23 The process of dubbing anime in English
00:51:57 How many auditions does it take to land a role
00:53:31 How has the pandemic changed auditioning
00:57:22 The recording session
01:02:29 Redoing lines in front of your colleagues
01:05:22 Watching the shows you voice in
01:07:28 Joey tried to do a New York accent
01:10:37 American accents
01:13:46 Bad English in anime
01:15:46 Getting recognized for voice work
01:16:56 Advice for aspiring voice actors
01:20:07 Voice actors in Japan are celebrities
01:21:04 Big social media following helps with VA
01:22:12 Non-native Japanese VA
01:25:09 Voice acting and vtubers
01:28:22 Getting starstruck
01:31:51 Shu's YouTube videos
01:32:21 Australian slang
01:33:43 Shu's favorite YouTube channels
01:35:15 Animal channels on YouTube
01:37:29 Making YouTube videos
01:40:00 Doing sponsor segments
01:40:41 Shu's favorite anime
01:44:27 Researching voice actors
01:45:39 Voice CDs
01:49:33 Shu's VA career
01:51:04 Going to fan events
01:56:40 Our lovely patrons
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