Unpacking Japan | How this foreigner started her own voice acting studio in Japan @unpackingjapan | Uploaded January 2024 | Updated October 2024, 6 hours ago.
Meet Kimberly, an American voice actress living and working in Japan, who sits down to tell us about how she broke in to the industry and how it's changed since she started.

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⏰Timestamps⏰

0:00 Introduction
0:32 Meet Kimberly
3:04 Kimberly's acting experience in the U.S.
6:56 Moving to Japan
9:34 Becoming an English acting coach in Tokyo
16:13 Other movies Kimberly worked on
19:39 Start as a voice actor
26:43 Research needed as a voice actor
30:17 How to prepare for voice acting roles
32:53 How dubbing works
35:08 Japan doesn't use dubbing systems
38:38 Favorite project
40:35 How long it takes to dub media
44:48 Opening a production studio in Japan
49:21 How AI is affecting the voice acting industry
1:02:11 What AI will never be able to replace
1:06:03 Advice to aspiring voice actors
1:08:04 How to break into the industry

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