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The Hollywood stars Japanese audiences remember speak in someone else’s voice: Japan’s custom of the “fixed” dubbing voice
For more than thirty years, Arnold Schwarzenegger has spoken Japanese in almost the same voice. There is no contract and no instruction from Hollywood. So how has this custom lasted?
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¥15,000 an Episode, Yet They Fill the Tokyo Dome: The Real Reason Japanese Voice Actors Became Idols
A rookie voice actor gets ¥15,000 for an episode of anime, yet Nana Mizuki played two nights in a row at the Tokyo Dome. Voice work is priced low, but the voice itself is worth a lot. The idolization of voice actors began with that gap.
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From a Park Sidewalk to the National Stadium: What Is Japan’s Idol Industry Really Selling? Ten Years of Momoiro Clover Z
In 2008, a few girls sang on a sidewalk in Tokyo’s Yoyogi Park to an audience of a few dozen. Six years later, the same group stood on the stage of the National Stadium, and about 110,000 people came over two days. What fans paid for wasn’t just a concert.
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Why Buy the Same CD Ten Times When You Can Stream? Japanese Music Fans and “Participatory Consumption”
In 2024, the most-streamed song in Japan and the best-selling single were by two completely different acts. That gap reveals the real reason Japanese people still buy CDs.