

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.


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


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

**Url may contain content not safe for work**

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


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No, Seiyuus do not get pay more for voicing h scene in anime.

In anime, all seiyuus have a fixed salary per episode. As long as he/she
appeared in an episode, he/she is going to get paid the same amount regardless
of how many words he said. The salary is dependent on the experience of the
seiyuu.

This is a mechanism to prevent unhealthy competition between veteran and
younger seiyuu, and to ensure the development of younger seiyuu. If they are
paid freely or the same, younger seiyuu will stand no chance against vet
seiyuu, especially for TV anime roles, where the competition is the most
brutal. This is also the reason why a lot of seiyuu will get less main roles
after 10 to 15 years. They are getting expensive and are replaced by the newer
seiyuu. It's cruel but also sustainable and good for the industry as a whole.

<https://www.amgakuin.co.jp/contents/voice/column2/debut/become/income> (There
is an article in Japanese on how are seiyuu paid)

As to why they are still taking ecchi anime, it is just that they have
embraced sexual content as a big part of the industry and culture, and
therefore they would take the audition (which even big name seiyuu would fail
more than 90% of the time). They know what they are potentially signing up to,
and they treasure every role which they get. By the way, Taketatsu Ayana
definitely won't mind attending audition for ecchi anime, Ako-ne in Kissxsis
was one of her earliest main role. She must have spent a lot of time studying
how to make those sounds.

The paying of game (including Eroge) has no such a straight rule, and they are
paid more, and in various way. Like they may be paid for a fixed salary, paid
per lines, and can directly negotiate with the production side for more.
However, not all the seiyuu will voice Eroge, and even if they do want to some
agency may ban their seiyuu to do so. (E.g. I'm enterprise) Also even seiyuu
are paid more for voicing game, the competition in voicing anime is still much
higher, since they can become famous for voicing anime, and appearing in anime
is the dream for a lot of them.

It's also simply just more beneficial for them to voice in alias. At the end
of the day, even if the seiyuu don't mind R18 content (by literally being a
part of it), the general audience may not. It cannot be helped that some
audience would associate characters sharing the same voice actor from
different anime/game. By use different name in non-R18 anime and R18 anime,
there would be less concern form the production side in selecting them for
non-R18 roles. They do it to hide it from the casual general audience rather
than their fans, fans of seiyuu recognize them by voice, not name.

For example, everyone knows Fukuen Misato voiced a ton of Eroge, but she
voiced all of them under different names, so technically "Fukuen Misato"
didn't voice any of them, and fans who know generally would just buy the game,
but won't bring it up in normal occasion. Therefore, she can still be selected
to voice Pretty Cure, a big anime for little girls. Imagine if she does all
the Eroge under the name "Fukuen Misato", there would be close to no chance
for her to be selected.


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