How does one get into the Voice Acting Industry for Dragon Ball?
Hey everyone! Longtime Dragon Ball fan here and felt the need to throw my two cents in about a topic I feel doesn’t get nearly enough discussion that being the voice acting primarily for the Funimation English Dub.
As someone who grew up watching the original Dragon Ball Z movies while simultaneously reading through the manga I cannot help but be curious about what it would take to become part of the series even if it’s in a small one off type of roll. How do the voice actors manage to find work? Is the audition process hard for obtaining roles as characters… even if they’re just for a single appearance? I’d love to find out how it is all done.
In case anyone’s wondering, yes, I am talking about wanting to become a voice actor for this truly iconic franchise. How does a person go about it? I know that there could be training that would be helpful for myself, but currently I am decent at impersonating mainly villains with their lower gruff sounding type of voice. Forget playing the hero or sidekicks, I feel like it’d be more fun and entertaining in general to try playing the role of an antagonist to truly put myself to the test.
If anyone would have any useful information about how I could get my journey started into the vast ocean that is the anime industry, please feel free to let me know!