The fact that an actor no longer corresponds to the gender of a character they played is ultimately irrelevant to the work itself, and doesn't change the fact that, when they were cast for the role, they were considered by the world at large to be the same gender as the character. This trope requires the casting to be an intentional decision. Please do not list "retroactive" examples of transgender actors who performed characters of their biological sex before they transitioned some point post-production. See Voiced Differently in the Dub for a similar trope. Teenaged boys, often soft spoken, quiet or effeminate ones, have a decent chance of being voiced by a woman in Japanese, but then are often voiced by a male in the English dub. Kazutomi Yamamoto and Ayumu Murase are noticeable examples where many of their roles that are dubbed in English are voiced by a woman instead. This is apparently more common in Japanese to English dubs in anime and video games, where a character that is voiced by a man in Japanese would have a female voice actor in the English dub instead, due to the difficulty of dubbing that character with a male voice actor in English. This is caused by Vocal Dissonance between languages and the voice actors, as a male voice actor's vocal range would be so high-pitched that it would be relatively difficult to dub properly with another male voice actor. In some cases, when dubbing a foreign work (mostly anime), sometimes there would a be a character where the original voice actor is a male, yet the dub casts a female voice actor instead.
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You're more likely to see Children Voicing Children in movies or guest appearances as opposed to regular characters in a series that lasts several years. Alternatively, if a male child is in a cartoon as a one-off, it is easier to have a main female cast member provide the voice rather than going through the trouble of finding a child who can do it. It is possible to replace a young male character's voice actor once he ages out of the role, but it is more economical to cast a single grown woman for the entire series. This is because, in addition to the usual child labor laws pertaining to young actors, an actual boy's voice is going to break and deepen from puberty sooner or later.
A higher voice is needed for a male, a lower voice is needed for a female, or an opposite-sex actor auditioned and it sounded right.Ī common example is prepubescent boys being voiced by adult women. Sometimes, an animated character is better suited for being voiced by a voice actor of the opposite sex. They Might Be Giants, "(She Was a) Hotel Detective in the Future Commentary"
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