Do anime with more ecchi scenes pay their seiyuu more than non-ecchi anime?


Seeing the _Citrus_ anime that aired in Winter 2018 got me thinking. This
anime has so many ecchi scenes. Yuzu and Mei kissed and did so many perverted
acts.

Had this been a boy-girl kissing scene, it might be considered okay and normal
enough. Problem is, Yuzu and Mei are both female, thus their kissing scenes
are ecchi. Taketatsu Ayana (Yuzu's seiyuu) and Tsuda Minami (Mei's seiyuu)
would have to make lots of perverted noises for those scenes.

This reminds me that _High School DxD_ also has Itou Shizuka (Himejima Akeno's
seiyuu) and Hikasa Youko (Ria's Gremory's seiyuu) make lots of similar noises
for the recording.

While Itou Shizuka is known to be a seiyuu for eroge, even she was embarrassed
when she had to do many perverted noises during recording in front of many
other seiyuus (I read it somewhere but forgot where, will update with link if
I can find the article again). Itou-san went as far as crying to Asakawa Yuu
(voice actress of the Megurine Luka vocaloid, and seiyuu for many eroge) due
to the embarrassment.

It should also be noted that both Itou-san and Asakawa-san used pseudonyms for
their eroge VA work. This suggest that such work is not really desirable, or
at least, it definitely is not at the top of desirable jobs to do. Hanazawa
Kana doesn't do eroge voice acting, for example.

Now, returning to _Citrus_ , Taketatsu Ayana and Tsuda Minami were not fresh,
newly-graduated seiyuu. They have worked in the industry for quite a long time
and have built names for themselves.

Does this means that anime with many perverted scenes pay their seiyuu more?

Note: To make things clear, by "ecchi" I mean the perverted noise(s) the
seiyuu has to make for the scene, and not the perverted images that go with
them.




From what I have read, eroge voice-work is not a desirable path. The pay is
less, although I'm not sure how much exactly. I think voice actors are
generally paid by the word, and long/complicated lines are not usually
required in eroge. I don't know how they would measure a payment for just
breathing and other sounds.

Most voice actors are similar to celebrities, in that they want to become
well-known and gain reputability for their skills. This will give them higher
paying jobs in more popular series, and their demand will grow. However, eroge
work is probably viable if you need to make money or start out. A lot of well
known voice actors have done eroge work before becoming more established and
moving away from it. The voice actor for Vegeta in DBZ apparently did eroge at
one point. A lot of "voice otakus"? will try to match eroge VAs who used
pseudonyms to their real names, which is a deterrent for some VAs to even do
any eroge if they care about that.

I am sorry I don't have any real sources to any of this, so take it with a
grain of salt. I've just googled through some message boards about this topic,
like the one below

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<http://blog.livedoor.jp/myonkui/archives/5522517.html>

