GreenAlien
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Here are my non-fact-based-thoughts on this topic
Japanese voice actors are professionals. American ones, at least the ones that do anime, are just not on the same level. Most professional voice acting in the US seems to be done by actual actors who do it as a side gig, not by focused voice actors. And it's not just the voice actors, it's also or even more so the people guiding the voice actors.
A lot of this has to do with the fact that most media consumed in the US is natively in english. If you compare this to europe, where most media, especially blockbuster movies, need to be dubbed and native programming is rare or Japan where anime is big and requires a ton of voice actors, there is just less of a market for high quality voice acting in the US..
Japanese voice actors are professionals. American ones, at least the ones that do anime, are just not on the same level. Most professional voice acting in the US seems to be done by actual actors who do it as a side gig, not by focused voice actors. And it's not just the voice actors, it's also or even more so the people guiding the voice actors.
A lot of this has to do with the fact that most media consumed in the US is natively in english. If you compare this to europe, where most media, especially blockbuster movies, need to be dubbed and native programming is rare or Japan where anime is big and requires a ton of voice actors, there is just less of a market for high quality voice acting in the US..