I grew up a fan of Western cartoons, and Gargoyles got me interested in following voice actors (Keith David still has one of the top 10 hottest voices on the planet) so when I got into anime, listening for seiyuu came naturally to me. Was very pleased to find I was not alone in the Japanese side of fandom! (though I don't really read much in the way of seiyuu articles or anything; I've always been more about stalking actors' roles rather than their lives.) I'm not obsessive about it, but I will be more inclined to watch a show if I know it has one of my favorites.
Seki Toshihiko I think I first saw as Legato in Trigun, but I got to know him best in Saiyuki (which is one of the more extreme cases of the seiyuu being the only thing it has going for it. And the manga is one of my all-time faves. But the anime is just! so! bad!)(I do madly want Saiyuki/Gintama/OP x-over fanart, because the Nakai-Hirata-Ishida Akira confluence is too much fun to pass up.)
Ahh, Sugita got his break in Chobits! That probably explains how he got Kyon in Suzumiya Haruhi (have never seen the Chobits anime, though I've read the manga...I have a, hmm, let's call it a love-hate relationship with CLAMP. ^^;) Getting him for Gintoki was a stroke of genius, though! He's got such a crazy range, you can barely recognize him on the more extreme emotional ends - and since Gintoki runs the full spectrum from hysterical loon to scary badass, yeah, he's perfect for it.
I haven't kept up with the OP anime for a while (except, as you say, for certain moments - okay, I'll admit it, I love the way Tanaka Mayumi makes Luffy scream! The end of Sabaody...yow.) but lately I've been watching Water 7 with my bro (he's never gotten around to reading the manga, and hadn't seen the anime since Skypiea, so was getting tired of me talking about it and spoiling future awesomeness) and yeah, the animation fails to add anything to Oda's art, but the seiyuu do give it an extra bit of wow, really put their heart & soul into it.
There was a period where I stopped reading One Piece for about a month so I could just catch up all at once later (think it was the Thriller Bark arc), but it didn't work-- I've developed a need for a weekly fix. It's quite sad.
Ahahah that's what's happened to me with Gintama; I'd wait and watch the arcs all at once, but I can't last that long!
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Date: 2011-06-07 11:33 pm (UTC)Seki Toshihiko I think I first saw as Legato in Trigun, but I got to know him best in Saiyuki (which is one of the more extreme cases of the seiyuu being the only thing it has going for it. And the manga is one of my all-time faves. But the anime is just! so! bad!)(I do madly want Saiyuki/Gintama/OP x-over fanart, because the Nakai-Hirata-Ishida Akira confluence is too much fun to pass up.)
Ahh, Sugita got his break in Chobits! That probably explains how he got Kyon in Suzumiya Haruhi (have never seen the Chobits anime, though I've read the manga...I have a, hmm, let's call it a love-hate relationship with CLAMP. ^^;) Getting him for Gintoki was a stroke of genius, though! He's got such a crazy range, you can barely recognize him on the more extreme emotional ends - and since Gintoki runs the full spectrum from hysterical loon to scary badass, yeah, he's perfect for it.
I haven't kept up with the OP anime for a while (except, as you say, for certain moments - okay, I'll admit it, I love the way Tanaka Mayumi makes Luffy scream! The end of Sabaody...yow.) but lately I've been watching Water 7 with my bro (he's never gotten around to reading the manga, and hadn't seen the anime since Skypiea, so was getting tired of me talking about it and spoiling future awesomeness) and yeah, the animation fails to add anything to Oda's art, but the seiyuu do give it an extra bit of wow, really put their heart & soul into it.
There was a period where I stopped reading One Piece for about a month so I could just catch up all at once later (think it was the Thriller Bark arc), but it didn't work-- I've developed a need for a weekly fix. It's quite sad.
Ahahah that's what's happened to me with Gintama; I'd wait and watch the arcs all at once, but I can't last that long!