“All the Japanese female voice actors have voices that are very coquettish and wanting male attention, which was not what we wanted at all.”
This desire to use actors and singers — and often well-known ones at that — over voice actors in Ghibli films does appear to satisfy both the creative desires of Miyazaki as director and promotional needs of Suzuki as producer.
That’s what happened this week in Japan, when an article detailing Miyazaki’s feelings about female voice actors resurfaced.
It’s so boring.” “I can’t stand it — it’s like they mass-produce voice actors with a template at training centres.”