Nami

[Munsu]

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]

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]

I dont listen to women when they talk anyways, I just stare at their boobs, so I didnt notice.

[Deblas]

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]

She gave birth for 9 weeks?

[Foomanchew24]

Geez Terra, didnt you know it takes Japanese women longer to give birth?

[Phoenix20578]

I guess Terra's never heard of maternity leave.

[Terracosmo]

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]

Maybe she does have a life other than One Piece. Unlike us.

[Terracosmo]

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]

They probably do the voice acting for an amount of episodes in 1 day.

[dark maginn]

didnt notice but now i do lol

[Munsu]

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]

Agreed, I would never have noticed it if you didn't point it out.

Amazing how some people can imitate others.

[Jadugar]

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.