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For the first time today I watched _Death Note_ and _Death Note the Last name_
(real life movies) and I noticed that the actors sound exactly the same as
their anime counterparts. Why is this?

E.g. Light Yagami in the real life movie sounded exactly the same as in the
anime. Is this just me?

Answers are appreciated. :)


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death-note voice-acting
Is there a reason why the actors sound exactly the same as their anime counterparts in the live action movies?


Going through [Wikipedia's list of Death Note voice actors for the live action
movie](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_Note_%28film%29#Cast), it seems
that there is not much overlap (if any) between the Japanese actors and the
_Japanese_ voice actors for Death Note.

However, going through the first couple entries of the list, it seems that at
least a number of the _English_ voice actors for the Death Note anime also
functioned as voice actors for the dubs of the live action movies. While this
isn't true for some characters (e.g. Naomi Misora) this definitely seems to
hold for a number of the voice actors for the major anime characters.


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