(September 21, 2016 at 8:22 pm)ApeNotKillApe Wrote: I imagine it's generally hard to tell when a vocal performance is bad if you don't understand the language.
I think that's that a problem in all languages, it boils to a matter of personal opinion. Ex: People say Celine Dion has beautiful singing voice and Morgan Freeman has a great very peaceful speaking voice. I don't like Celine Dion's music or her singing voice at all, and I speak fluent English, and I like Morgan Freeman's voice. I'd imagine you be able form an opinion on Anime in Japanese language even if you don't speak Japanese; as long as you take time to look up the terms they use most commonly.
If you take words like "Senpai", we has anime enthusiasts know that it's a very important word to understand the meaning of. It's used so much in anime's we all watch and we know when a voice actor has a bad voice or an improper voice style for that character. Please tell me if I'm wrong with this point, but that's one example on a method I use to judge voice acting the Japanese language.
