On 4/6/07, Andrea Clunes <andreaclunes@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I never said I want to become a seiyuu myself. I'm just curious and
> this is one of the many ways in which I try to look up for info on the
> internet. Of course, I wasn't counting on finding some rude jerks like
> you. -_-

You said "I've started to think in becoming a voice actress myself",
you want to move to Japan, and "There's this doubt that I have in my
mind and I thought this was the best place to ask it."  Who would not
make the assumption that you wanted to become a seiyuu?

> I'm sorry to see this is the kind of response people get now in this
> mailing list, when asking a question that's not only fair but related
> to the topic of the list.

It was the type of response meant to test your response.  And your
response was to be defensive and insult the messenger.  Not a very
good attitude to have when trying to reach a stretch goal such as
yours.  Because you will get a _lot_ of negative feedback from
friends, family, and regular Japanese.  And if you want to improve
your odds of success from impossible to infinitesimal you're going to
have to have a 100% positive attitude.  Thanking me for my thoughtful
response would be a good start.

I'm on a sumo mailing list, and I saw something similar go down a few
years ago.  300 pound high school dropout in Texas wanted to become a
sumo wrestler.  He thought it might improve his self esteem and make
him a man.  He said that he needed sumo to save himself.  So a person
on the list gets in touch with another person who gets in touch with
Sentoryu, the only sumo wrestler from the continental United States to
ever make it to the top ranks of Japan Sumo.  And Sentoryu actually
finds a stable willing to use its one foreigner limit on this kid!
This kid won the lottery and got the chance of a lifetime.  He left
the mailing list for Japan, telling everyone he was going to become a
yokozuna.

Two weeks later, he was back in the States, saying "I had no idea how
hard it would be."  So many people stuck their necks out for this guy,
giving him the chance that thousands of others worldwide had dreamed
of.  And he turned his back on all of them because he wasn't willing
to put in all the sacrifice needed to even have a chance of success.

If you want to learn how to become a seiyuu, you would not learn how
by asking a question here.  You will have to figure things out on your
own and blaze your own path, much as the much more diplomatic than I
Jenya has done and continues to do.

Despite my tone I do wish you luck, but you will need a major attitude
adjustment if you're going to get anywhere.

  - Joe