Keisuke Mori and The Art of Acting for Anime

Japanese anime voice actor Keisuke Mori 

Japanese anime voice actor Keisuke Mori talked to our animation students in Tokyo this morning about his career performing voice overs for Japanese anime.   His credits include the 2018 movie Mirai.

Voice actors have to have to be able to perform a wide range of voices in order to do multiple characters. Vocal range is the key, the ability to perform in multiple different voices and styles.

Keisuke Mori explained that his voice is an instrument, one that he has learned to play over many years of practice working in anime. 

Nike Gaszo learns the art of voice acting for anime

Learning the Art of Voice Acting

Keisuke Mori managed to get all our students practising different voices in different vocal registers.  

This is necessary to keep costs down; studios don't want to pay for multiple actors to do different voices.  One actor who can do multiple voices is much in demand. 

The Rise of AI

Escape Studios' animation students are studying in Tokyo

Keisuke Mori explained that the pay for voice over work in Japan can be quite modest and, even worse, AI is increasingly being used to perform voice roles.  

Especially for smaller roles, AI may be able to do these parts quite effectively.  This is an area of growing concern for voice actors in Japan.

Japan Animation Study Tour

This week twenty one Escape Studios' animation students are studying in Tokyo, learning about manga, anime and Japanese animation techniques.

The Escape Studios Animation Blog offers a personal view on the art of animation.  To apply for one of our courses, follow this link.