Do you get voice fatigue from hearing the same seiyuus?

[aetherism]

I've started playing over requiemz and claude was my top pick for my favorites but when i heard him i literally couldn't unhear crius castlerock from even if tempest, I don't mind LIs sharing the same seiyuus sometimes its a happy coincidence to find out someone you're familiar with voicing an unexpected character like i was surprised hearing KENN voicing shelby from cupipara and yukimaro from 9rip and it was a great experience!

BUT you'd expect a new face to have a different voice at least or some range, especially since it seems they typecasted makoto furukawa for the "older caring brother" role and it just turned me off the character as a whole it gets repetitive at some point

I'm curious to see if other people had a similar experience with voice fatigue !

 

[sweetymana]

I have been lisenting to drama cd of Nakazawa when I was young. Since, I listen drama cd once or twice per week. I really get busy a lot during work day and I usually passed out when listening. I only listen during weekend to make myself good sleep hygiene no device before sleeping. So, I rarely get tired from Nakazawa and I love his soothing voice that helps me calm a lot. Right now, he is busy with offical works at theater so he does not appear a lot in drama cd that much now days. So I am listening the good unique stories from drama cd and finding my new fave.

 

[pyontai]

Yeah, especially if I know them prior from an anime, so sometimes I'm biased and can't seem to fit the voice and character onto each other.

 

[Shin_]

yes, that's the worst feeling! When you're so hyped for a new LI based on their design but the second they open their mouth you're just like "...oh, it's you again." I have a specific VA who I am so exhausted by right now because he does the exact same tone in practically everything.

 

[801_9ma]

Honestly, I kind of get the seiyuu fatigue. It seems that depending on the era, there are some voice actors that you're bound to hear a whole lot, and even when you're a fan of them it can get a bit exhausting. Fortunately I haven't personally gotten to the point where I'm getting sick of someone in particular, but I think it's important to have strategies to avoid the fatigue in the first place. For example, if you play a game from the early 2010s you're less likely to hear the same cast than you would in a game from the 2020s, that kind of thing. Same thing goes with anime.

It's less of an issue with voice actors that have a huge range, but you can definitely tell when a seiyuu was typecast, for lack of a better word. Sometimes I'll look at some casts, see a character and who was cast to voice them, and end up like "oh of course you're CV X" lmao

 

[satory]

For me, if seiyuus use the same voice for the same type of character, eventually they blend into one big character and it's difficult to distinguish from which game they are. I prefer to be surprised by seeing voice actor's name, not go "ah, it's you again". At least let them play different character types

 

[aetherism]

Honestly, I kind of get the seiyuu fatigue. It seems that depending on the era, there are some voice actors that you're bound to hear a whole lot, and even when you're a fan of them it can get a bit exhausting. Fortunately I haven't personally gotten to the point where I'm getting sick of someone in particular, but I think it's important to have strategies to avoid the fatigue in the first place. For example, if you play a game from the early 2010s you're less likely to hear the same cast than you would in a game from the 2020s, that kind of thing. Same thing goes with anime.

It's less of an issue with voice actors that have a huge range, but you can definitely tell when a seiyuu was typecast, for lack of a better word. Sometimes I'll look at some casts, see a character and who was cast to voice them, and end up like "oh of course you're CV X" lmao

i'll definitely keep that in mind thank you very much! diversifying the game eras is a great idea to avoid the fatigue i'll start doing that

 

[aetherism]

For me, if seiyuus use the same voice for the same type of character, eventually they blend into one big character and it's difficult to distinguish from which game they are. I prefer to be surprised by seeing voice actor's name, not go "ah, it's you again". At least let them play different character types

agreed, i know they're just doing their work but if its the same voice and close personalities they just get lumped together and i can't see them as different characters

 

[xopeachy]

the only time this happened to me was when i played a few games in a row that featured daisuke hirakawa, and i was like, "waaaait... i know this voice. not you again..."

bc i wasn't vibing with any of the characters he'd voiced in those games i was tiiired