My thanks to Yung-san for his answers. ^_^

> E.g. the sponser of the project wants to use a seiyuu 
> belongs to their subsidary's, specially when OP/ED are 
> involved and the seiyuu in mind can sing.  

I can't think of many instances where the seiyuu sing the OP/ED 
songs but that's probably because I don't pay a lot of attention to 
the female seiyuu. ^_^;; 

> Or, the producers found using a big name 
> seiyuu on a minor role is too expensive.

Does this mean all seiyuu get paid a flat fee, regardless of their 
roles? I'm clueless. ^_^; I've noticed that bit parts (having only 2-
3 lines or 2-3 minutes worth of dialogue) are sometimes performed 
by "veteran" seiyuu. Are they paid per "job" or by the hour or...? 
^_^;

> Do they get to override any decision their management agency 
> makes and say no? 
>
> As to the dispute between seiyuu and his/her management
> agency, its entirely deoneds on the details of the contract
> they signed.  The seiyuu might or might not have the power
> to override the decision of the agency.

It's horrible to imagine a seiyuu being at the mercy of his contract 
and agency and being "compelled" to take on any job that he is told 
to do. ^_^;

I was wondering if there is any "bias" (among seiyuu themselves) 
towards jobs that involve roles on hentai or yaoi anime/CD 
drama/videogames. 

> So as time goes by, some big name seiyuu might go 
> "free" or setup thier own agency in order to receive 
> most of the money involved.  

That makes sense. ^_^;

Yet another random question popped into my head: Moonlighting. Do a 
lot of seiyuu moonlight? Or maybe I'm using the wrong term. ^_^; 
I've noticed, for instance, that Seki Toshihiko and Hirata Hiroaki 
(I'm naming them only because these two are the only ones I am aware 
of who are doing this) do stage work, that is, perform in drama 
productions on stage. This is decidedly different from 
purely "voice" work like anime, CD drama, radio, etc. Is this a 
common thing seiyuu do or are these two gentlemen the exception 
rather than the rule? ^_^;



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