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[Armin is male](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/16706/what-is-the-
gender-of-armin-in-shingeki-no-kyojin). There are good reasons why females
voice young male characters. This may explain why a female, Marina Inoue,
voices Armin in the original Japanese, BUT then there are good reasons why a
male, Josh Grelle, voices Armin in the dub, see: [this
answer](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/66707/given-armin-is-voiced-
by-a-female-in-original-japanese-marina-inoue-why-is-ar), where Grelle seems
to say it's more flexible for a male to voice Armin because of potentially how
far the characters could grow up to be.

> At that time we didn't know where it was gonna go if there was ever going to
> be a time skip or anything like that. But just because of the sheer
> possibility of being with these characters for a while and having Armin
> eventually potentially grow up into a man, he wanted to have someone's voice
> that could cover the full age range. And that's one thing that at least I'm
> able to do.

So, what, the Japanese version regrets casting a female or at least something
like they would've cast a male had they known how far the characters were
going to grow up? Or, what, Marina Inoue can also do the full age range?


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Why don't the reasons why Armin voiced by a male in English dub apply to the original Japanese where Armin is voiced by a female?


3 things:

  * There are 2 ways to pick voice actors: audition & direct offer. Either way, the goal is to select _the most suitable actors_ for the characters. (The first season of _Attack on Titan_ had an audition)
  * Western dub localization [has limited resources (moreover for _simuldub_ situation, which also applied to _Attack on Titan_ )](https://www.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/7iv59n/why_do_anime_dubs_use_the_same_12_voice_actors/), while there are _abundant_ voice actors in Japan, making them so competitive.
  * Thus, they _could_ just change the voice actor for _The Final Season_ , if it was _necessary_.

Marina Inoue tweeted
[this](https://twitter.com/mari_navi/status/1353370419294703621) after the
official announcement of Armin's profile for _The Final Season_.

> 正直声が変わる事も覚悟していたのですが、アルミン はあまり身長伸びていない& _声変わりしていないという事で
> **引き続き演じさせて頂ける事に感謝しています**_ 。
>
> To be honest, I was prepared for Armin's change in voice, but since he has
> not grown much in height and _his voice has not changed, **I am grateful to
> be able to continue to voice him**_.
>
> (Emphasis mine)

Thus, in addition to the character's setting hasn't changed so much, there
would not be any regret or hindsight whatsoever since they could just replace
the voice actor if necessary.

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