If you've been around my site anytime in the last 2 or so months, you're likely well aware by now of the rather large success I've been having as a voice actor for flash creators on this site.
Consequentially, you are also likely knowing just how large my audio page has come to be as a result of these favorable times.
Yet almost as though it was meant to be a delayed occurrence, it was not until late Sunday night that I realized why I wanted to voice act in the first place, and why it's so fun for me:
I want to be a voice actor in an anime. A real, TV episode, anime.
Plain and simple, and yet I don't know why I never realized it before, considering how much sense it all makes now. Ever since I first saw FLCL (or rather, the special commentary on the DVDs I got from a friend), and heard the director talking about the boy who played Naota (the main character), I found myself mesmerized by the idea of being the voice of a character in a Japanese animated cartoon. I didn't even care that it wasn't my actual likeness being shown; all i cared for was having my voice used for something.
That want was confirmed after seeing a few of the extras contained in an Adult Swim special Interactive Video of
Trinity Blood, including pieces of examples of the voice actors recording their lines. Seeing the transition from a perhaps dull recording studio to a vibrant anime scene hits me in a place I never imagined existed.
For the first time in my life, I have seen a profession that I want, that I yearn for, a job that I would be willing to sell my soul for. Not only that, but it's the first time I've ever seen a job and thought, "You know? At where I'm at now, I could actually reach that goal."
So what can I do from here? I honestly don't know for sure, but the one thing I am sure of is that the voice acting jobs I've been doing now are definitely helpful in improving my voice acting abilities, especially since they usually don't edit your recorded lines (then again, Abel's Krusnik form is most certainly edited). But at the least, I finally have an idea of what I want to follow, and what classes I'd likely need to take.
This isn't a normal sort of everyday thought like you'd expect... this... this is my life's CALLING showing itself to me. This is what I want to LIVE for, what I want to do before I can let myself die happy.
But I swear to god, and to my passed-on mother; If there's one thing I'm going to do, I'm going to get myself cast in a Japanese animation. That is an honest to god promise to myself. And I'm not going to stop until i fulfill it.
You all are my witnesses
Most Recent Flash I Voiced In! (UPDATED 6/1/11)
Most Recent Outside Project Voiced In! (UPDATED 2/5/12)
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