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Munsu
Thu, 09-08-2005, 03:01 AM
I was just browsing One Piece in animenewsnetwork when I noticed that Nami had two different VA's...

One that apparently took over for episodes 70-79...

I was wondering if any of you noticed this, and also if by any chance you know the reason behind why there are two diffrent VA's for Nami?

Phoenix20578
Thu, 09-08-2005, 08:07 AM
I noticed, but I dont know the reason. If you lisen, the vioce in those episodes are less high pitched than the Nami that we all love.

Foomanchew24
Thu, 09-08-2005, 09:34 AM
I dont listen to women when they talk anyways, I just stare at their boobs, so I didnt notice.

Deblas
Thu, 09-08-2005, 12:29 PM
I didn't notice the first time but when I found out about it I went back to look at those episodes and in fact it was different.

Then I heard that the reason for the change of VA's in those episodes was because the original VA of Nami was giving birth at that time.

Terracosmo
Thu, 09-08-2005, 12:59 PM
She gave birth for 9 weeks?

Foomanchew24
Thu, 09-08-2005, 02:07 PM
Geez Terra, didnt you know it takes Japanese women longer to give birth?

Phoenix20578
Thu, 09-08-2005, 02:13 PM
I guess Terra's never heard of maternity leave.

Terracosmo
Thu, 09-08-2005, 02:27 PM
I have,

but I've never heard of a voice actress leaving their whole fucking role for 2 months+ just to stay home with her baby (even though the voice acting process itself hardly consumes more than 2 days a week).

If this comes across as fully logical to you, then all the best.

Jadugar
Thu, 09-08-2005, 02:52 PM
Maybe she does have a life other than One Piece. Unlike us.

Terracosmo
Thu, 09-08-2005, 04:17 PM
No, you don't get the point. What I mean is that One Piece is like the most successful show in Japan right now. I just found it illogical that the scenario would be like...

Nami VA: I have a kid comin' up, can I ditch my role as the most important OP female for 10 eps?
Director: Sure thang biatch, I mean you have a life after all

This is an industry ruled by money... and again, I have never heard about maternity leave in the japanese voice acting world before.

Tofu #2
Thu, 09-08-2005, 04:30 PM
They probably do the voice acting for an amount of episodes in 1 day.

dark maginn
Thu, 09-08-2005, 05:22 PM
didnt notice but now i do lol

Munsu
Thu, 09-08-2005, 11:40 PM
What surprised me was that I didn't noticed that the VA had changed... so that's what really made me make this thread... If I havent read in ANN that they changed VAs for 10 episodes, I would've never known that such a thing happened... So I think that the replacement had to have done a pretty good job in imitating the other's voice...

Terracosmo
Fri, 09-09-2005, 08:53 AM
Agreed, I would never have noticed it if you didn't point it out.

Amazing how some people can imitate others.

Jadugar
Fri, 09-09-2005, 12:10 PM
Only few people noticed the voice change. Maybe because in Little Garden arc (ep 70-79) Nami didnt have a big part to play and gets sick at the end of the arc. Either that or the other voice actor did a pretty good job.