He sings like an Angel

[infinitefirefly.livejournal.com]

I'm quite good at these "What's your favourite...?" type questions. XD

Because the Narutard in me is BRIMMING with enthusiasm and love for the fandom, I bring ye a post that should stir the fangirls/fanboys in many.

Question:

Whose your favourite voice actor in the Naruto anime and why?



- List taken from www.naruto-nippon.net

* Asano Mayumi (Haku)
* Ebara Masashi (Maito Gai)
* Gamon Kaai
* Honda Takako (Mitarashi Anko)
* Inoue Kazuhiko (Hatake Kakashi)
* Ishida Akira (Gaara)
* Ishikawa Hideo (Uchiha Itachi)
* Itou Kentarou (Akimichi Chouji)
* Kaida Yuuko (Fujikaze Yukie)
* Kanna Nobutoshi (Yakushi Kabuto)
* Kase Yasuyuki (Kankurou)
* Katsuki Masako (Tsunade)
* Kawada Shinji (Aburame Shino)
* Kosugi Juurouta (Sarutobi Asuma)
* Kujira (Orochimaru)
* Masukawa Youichi (Rock Lee)
* Miki Shinichiro (Mizuki)
* Mizuki Nana (Hyuuga Hinata)
* Morikubo Shoutarou (Nara Shikamaru)
* Nakamura Chie (Haruno Sakura)
* Ohtani Ikue (Konohamaru)
* Ohtsuka Houchu (Jiraiya)
* Paku Romi (Temari)
* Seki Toshihiko (Umino Iruka)
* Sugiyama Noriaki (Uchiha Sasuke)
* Toriumi Kousuke (Inuzuka Kiba)
* Touchika Kouichi (Hyuuga Neji)

For me the first fave was Takeuchi Junko (Naruto). She is LOVE. I don't know how she manages to do Naruto's screeches/screams or "dattebayo"s without losing her voice. XD I don't think Naruto would be half as bright/fun if he had any other voice actor/actress. XD

Second is Inoue Kazuhiko (Kakashi), for being so damn NATURAL at it. His little "fufu~" laughs KILL me every time. THIRD must be Kujira (Orochimaru). O__o Honestly, do I need to explain myself? She manages to sound like a sexy/freaky/pedophilic snake ALL AT ONCE. The woman deserves the props.

But for the win? ISHIDA AKIRA (Gaara). ♥ Dear God, I believe it was episode 67 that sealed the deal for me...

Because at first he started out all flat/emotionless and did a hell of a good job at it, but then in episode 67, when Gaara was sitting in his little sphere of sand and muttering insane ramblings to himself...*swoons* He just went from flat to BATSHIT INSANE seamlessly, and his hysterical, high-pitched giggling gave me goosebumps, literally. What killed me completely was Gaara screaming bloody murder and "OMFG MY BLOOD!" when Sasuke hit him with the Chidori. ♥ ♥ ♥

Now, I wait to see how the dub actors can match up. XD

And now, of course, your thoughts~

Comments

[okay.livejournal.com]

Sugiyama Noriaki---only playing two main character roles, LOVE HIM! *___*


Ohtani Ikue--Too friggin cute. I actually had no idea someone could make their voice so cute--I actually prefer the chopper voice she does, than konohamaru

[linkandluigi.livejournal.com]

DUB KIBA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He also does Saiyaman.

[linkandluigi.livejournal.com]

No I didn't read your list...

...

Sorry?

[nikki-wright.livejournal.com]

First and foremost: Miki Shinichiro. Hi, Yoji Kudou from WK, and Naruto, to name a few of his works? His emotional range is impeccable and his singing blows me away when I hear it. I think he's an excellent voice actor and deserves any role he gets.

Next, we have Paku Romi. She plays a bunch of little boys [FMA, Shaman King] and really kick ass chicks like Temari. Girl's got range, and you gotta appreciate that as a voice actress. She's very, very talented and her voice is so uniquely her own. I love it.

Morikubo Shoutarou - Shikamaru, Kadaj and so on and so forth. Sure, you can usually pick out his voice when you hear him, but that's what makes him so great: He only needs the one, because his talent shines through regardless as to how many times you've heard the same voice in different things. The way he acts verses what you hear, is what makes each character their own. For a voice actress like myself with limited range, I have to admire that. >D [plus, my fiance would kill me if he saw that Morikubo wasn't on my list. >D; ]

Ishida Akira, if only because he's played a badass like Gaara and a whiny little piece of burnt pastry bread in the five minute anime "Kogepan." >D;

And, last but not least: Ino's seiyuu, whose name escapes me currently. Gotta spread around the Ino love.

Also, I want to give brownie points for Orochimaru's VA. Is it really female? That owns. You also have to love Takeuchi Junko.

[myuki-chan.livejournal.com]

Oh noes. Don't make me choose. D:
I'm torn between Takeuchi Junko, Inoue Kazuhiko and Non-tan.

Takeuchi Junko:
- She is such crack! Especially on O!NN :D I grew to love her SO much after listening to those radio shows
- Fully agree with the screaming
- That episode with Haku where Sasuke gets hit with a bunch of needles... the CRACK she does in her voice was just so so... Eeeeeeee *incoherant*

Inoue Kazuhiko:
- I fangirl this man. I do not care that he is old. I DON'T CARE.
- His voice is just so much love. Guuuuuh.

Sugiyama Noriaki:
- NON-TAN YOU ARE ADORABLE. So ridiculously shy~ You make me giggle.
- I adore his voice. So nice to listen to.

Wait... crap, Paku Romi too. She is awesome and kicks so much ass. And Morikubo Shoutarou is so very cool, not to mention he has a very nice singing voice.

Kanna Nobutoshi and Miki Shinichirou I love for different reasons that have nothing to do with Naruto. XD Basara seiyuu!! and Urahara seiyuu!! respectively. lol

...people need to get me away from the computer when I start fangirling.

OMG!

[doggiedynasty.livejournal.com]

HO-LEE CRAP! WHERE do I BEGIN?!?!?!

UMMM..

Kujira/Waka-chan: Androgynous voices are so neat sometimes x-x Versatile maybe? Kujira mostly plays silly/cute chars; Oro has the perfect old man snake voice. Also, Kujira herself is rather humorous!

* Miki Shinichiro: My favorite seiyuu list is never complete with Shinichirou-sama!! Fly-guys, heroes, anti-heroes, etc...yet, Mizuki was a nut case. Not too fond of Mizuki but Miki is awesome

* Mizuki Nana: I only heard her as Hinata and another girl....god who doesn't like Hinata?

* Morikubo Shoutarou: SHOUTAROU SHOUTAROU SHOUTAROU!
* Ohtani Ikue: OMG the cuteness!

* Paku Romi: Temari, Hitsugaya, Ed, etc. Probably the new Ogata Megumi - the one with the sexy, husky/brooding voice.

* Katsuki Masako: K-senpai?? @#$%! Middle-aged smex Underrated female seiyuu; sweet range. Compared to her other chars, Tsunade is quite the husky/seme type...deep-voiced, dominant.

* Seki Toshihiko: I don't know where or how to start...he's awesome o.o

* Sugiyama Noriaki: AKA: Non-Tan. A new guy; Ishida and Sasuke. I always thought that was Sasuke's VA was impressive especially when he screams ^_~ like at Itachi angrily

* Toriumi Kousuke: I heard him as only Kiba unfortunately (and a video game char) but he's a great Kiba! Maybe I'm biased because I'm a Kiba fan XD

* Inoue Kazuhiko: Do I need to explain???

* Ishida Akira: ^_~ Firefly already summed it up

* Ishikawa Hideo: O.O;

* Asano Mayumi: This is Haku...I love her! She has a calm voice; good at sounding both like an elegant girl and a young boy. She played a villian once. Just a nice, nice chick!

I'm starting to warm up to Nakamura-chan, Itou-san, Canna-san and Shino's

[doggiedynasty.livejournal.com]

Great icon XD

[kunoichi-jaden.livejournal.com]

omg omg omg

NONTAN IS LOVE. >.>

Sugiyama Noriaki, I'm going to miss him in the anime so much, I think this is why I continue to watch the Bleach fillers, just to hear his voice. I'm going to miss him in Naruto so muuuuuuch... Honestly, I fell in love with him because of his Sexy no Jutsu Sasuke on Oo! Naruto Nippon >.>

And Ishida Akira because Gaara is awesome and he also did Athrun Zala's voice for Gundam Seed/Destiny. As soon as I heard Athrun's voice, I was like... "Oh god! Its Gaara-- with emotions that aren't rage/fear/etc!"

I <3 Seki Toshihiko. Not just for Iruka's voice, but for the fact that he also did Duo Maxwell's voice. <3 Duo Maxwell.

...Yes, I am a Gundam nerd.

Kujira is pretty f-ing awesome too, because I would've never guessed in a hundred million MILLENIA that Orochimaru's seiyuu was female. Orochimaru's voice is so freaking unique, I've never heard anything else like it in anime. And that's a definite plus.

And no one could could forget Junko-san. She's just... ♥ ♥

[linkandluigi.livejournal.com]

Isn't it?

[linkandluigi.livejournal.com]

I also like Naruto's voice actor in Japanese because she DIGIVOLVES INTO IKKAKUMON!!!!!!

[eldylabor.livejournal.com]

Ebara Masashi is awesome. He cracked me up in Peacemaker Kurogane and continues to do so in Naruto. X3 I still want him to exclaim "DRAGONBOYYYYY~" in Naruto somehow, haha.

Oh, and Katsuki Masako! I've loved her since her Sailormoon days. She does a great job as Tsunade.

Kosugi Juurouta is a guilty pleasure, because his voice extremely sexy but he's like as old as my mom. XD Very odd to me.

There are some other voice actors that are in Naruto that I enjoy in other works more... heh. I've spent hours just looking through that stuff. Total seiyuu nerd at times.

[amoralambiguity.livejournal.com]

I love love love Seki Toshihiko!! OMG I FANGIRL HIM SO HARD!! DUO!!! SANZO!!! IRUKA!! OMG ALL MY FAVORITE CHARACTERS!! HE IS MAYBE THE SEXIEST UKE VOICE IN LIKE 3 YAOI ANIMES!!! *______________* AND HE IS JUST SO TALENTED AND CAN DO JUST ABOUT ANYTHING HE WANTS!! Hott... This man is sexy. Period. Ok. Done with the fangirling. But really, he is very talented. I have heard him do kind characters like Duo and Iruka, to "cold" hearted bad asses like Sanzo, to rebellious Ukes like Riki, all the way to smooth, sly, cunning men like Count D, to Crazy men like Mousse, to even evil bad asses like Legato AND SO MUCH more... He is just so talented. The man's voice gives me chills. I adore him. He always seems to play the characters I fall for.

After him, is Inoue Kazuhiko. God I love this man. He is a natural. He is really just so talented. He seems to do a lot of very pale colored hair people. Really! Kakashi, Gunter, Aion, Eiri Yuki, and I can't remember all of them, but he has at least 5 others. He has that smooth soft voice that fits softer haired people. He is just so awesome. I mean from mostly emotionless badasses to overly emotional eccentrics. Kakashi to Yuki to Hatori to Gunter to Aion and more... He is just... so! He is awesome. I love his singing. His voice is so beautiful. I really love him.

Miki Shinichiro... Is so hott. Katan, Mizuki, Taki, Robes, Mullin, Wolf.... KOJIROU (James), Larva, Yoji.... So many hott men! I love his voice. He does crazy mofo to the normal guy! He does bad ass best though. He does so many voices, but he really is best at badasses, eccentrics, and crazy guys. He is a bit more limited I think. I love him so much still. His singing voice makes me melt.

Ishida Akira... Is mmmm... Hakkai, Gaara, CHRONO, KAWORU... wait and did I say... XELLOSS!??!?! DID I SAY FISH EYE!!!?!?!?!? FIIIIISH EYE?!!??!?!?! OMFG*!@Y*&! #T!&@E$HU@QWBDASIT&! I love this man so much!!! He has not only done some of my favorite characters but he can do any voice he wants!!! Chrono, he went from cute kid, to hella hott adult!! He does cool smooth guys well... like smooth tone. Kaworu, Gaara(when he isn't going crazy), and Hakkai are GREAT examples!! But he does giddy evil guys like Xelloss and FishEye!!! Omg this man is so hott.... so bloody hott. I love his voice so much.

Ok.. theres my Three. Yep...*_*

[cutemew.livejournal.com]

she's.. PREGNANT

.. lol

[cutemew.livejournal.com]

TAKEUCHI JUNKO-SANNNNN~

*bows down to her greatness*

[amoralambiguity.livejournal.com]

I mean four... >>;;

[ex-duelist.livejournal.com]

Inoue Kazuhiko. It seems a bit cliché, I guess, since he also plays my favorite character, but... he totally made the character of Kakashi for me. When I read Kakashi in the manga, I liked him mildly. When I heard him in the anime...I fell in love. He's just... perfect.

[altealice.livejournal.com]

You've just about summed it up for me! <3

<3 Iruka - Sanzo
<3 Gaara - Hakkai - CHRNO (so much love for his performance with Chrno. It made me cry. ;_;
<3 Kakashi - Aion

Much love to them! <3

[onyomi-tsuki.livejournal.com]

Dude. One of the hardest decisions I've ever had to make. XD I don't base my decision on what anime I've heard them in... I base this on the sheer wow factor. Each time I hear one of these Seiyuu... my jaw drops.

Okiayu Ryoutarou pops to mind first. I know he was only in a small stint of a filler arc, but he's by far... one of my most favorite Seiyuu. He did the voice for Aoi in episodes 102-106. He's so talented, and I think about every time I hear his voice I calm down so much. Sometimes I pause in whatever I'm doing and just... listen.

Inoue Kazuhiko - There was a time when I'd only listen to the one song of his from another anime... it was the only thing that put me to sleep. His voice is also the reason I liked Kakashi so much.

Toriumi Kousuke is also on my favorites list. Every time I hear him as Sengoku from Prince of Tennis, or even in Naruto... I always hear a smile in his voice... or whatever emotion he's gotta use for that part, actually. He has one of the most expressive voices I've heard. I'm completely in awe of it.

Miki Shinichiro's voice just makes me quiver. No matter what I'm watching or listening to... chills just get sent down my spine when I hear this mans voice. Sometimes I can't belive that he can have such a sensative, caring voice one moment... and just jump right into the most evil, sadistic sounding, sexy, voice I've ever heard.

There's like... a million other people I wanna list, but don't think I could give great descriptions on why I love them so much. They're just... beautiful.

[princess-emmi.livejournal.com]

For me... I would have to say... Inoue Kazuhiko firstly because he MADE Kakashi, and he was an amazing Yuki Eiri in Gravitation ^o^ and also.... Kujira, because she (!?) made Orochimaru for me <3~~

~Lyn

[aruja.livejournal.com]

Its probably a toss up between Ishida Akira and Paku Romi. I die for Akira-san's soft emotionless Gaara... (and his Xelloss but thats another matter entirely) and Romi-san is teh love any way around it... <3

And Toriumi Kosuke... for adding voice to my fav character <3 (and for being the only one who's sexy no jutsu on the Oh!Naruto radio show that actually sounded dirty instead of just pervy ^_^;;;;)

I could probably add Sugiyama Noriaki to the list too... (even though I hate Sasuke with an undying passion) his voice didn't make very much of an impression on me when I watched Naruto. but then I switched to Bleach for a bit and when I came back to watching Naruto I had this dorky 'OMFG its Uryuu!' moment that makes me laugh looking back on it...

[domlandbubbles.livejournal.com]

Okay, so Itachi has a bizarrely low voice for a 13-year-old, but the way Ishikawa Hideo says "nigete, nigete" always gives me the shivers. In a happy in pants sorta way.

I love them all.

[amoralambiguity.livejournal.com]

YOUR ICON! I want it. XD

*_* Yes...

I MUST ASK AionxChrono is awesome yes? I mena ChronoxRosette is #1 but AionxChrono is a close second ne?

[rhea-foxx.livejournal.com]

Inoue Kazuhiko, because his voice is the sexiest evah. I downloaded the song Furigana Rubi with Kakashi and Irukas voice actors singing it and it is TOTAL love. Everytime Kakashi talks it makes me sigh in fangirlly love.

Inoue Kazuhiko forever!! ~<3

[rain-of-mind.livejournal.com]

Sugiyama Noriaki is my favourite seiyuu from Naruto. I got to love him in BLEACH and I fangirl him even more for Sasuke.

Other favourites are Ishida Akira (his talent is amazing), Inoue Kazuhiko (zomg he's such a wonderful Kakashi!), Ishikawa Hideo (I hate Itachi, but love his seiyuu), Okiayou Ryotarou (loved him as Byakuya in BLEACH).

Probably more, I have developed into a real seiyuu whore. xDDDD

[sevetenks.livejournal.com]

Her Gash voice is best of all though 8D