Odd Taxi: How does Anime Dialogue sound Natural?
Why does Odd Taxi's dialogue sound "natural"? This question seemed dubiously simple to me when I first considered it. I attributed it to be a similar situation as Your Name, whereby many of the voice actors including our main leads, are amateurish and have little experience in creating that 'anime voice'. However, that is not the case for Odd Taxi at all. With big names like Hanae Natsuki and Kimura Ryouhei, the element of professional experience may not be enough to explain why Odd taxi's dialogue sound natural. Perhaps then, we can consider the intentionality to act out a certain rawness; While Iida Riho can voice the highly-stylized Rin in Love Live, she too can tap into her own daily experiences to bring out a natural-sounding voice for Shirakawa. The tone, the pronunciation, the way someone breathes, the way someone tells a joke; These are all elements we can consider when trying to decipher how a professional voice actor can sound "natural". An