the speed of the delivery
24 Mar 2010 10:54 pmI had CP watch the first episode of Durarara!! and he noted that the conversation speed is, well, conversational. Faster-paced than usual in most anime (and even many of the doramas, from what I gather), and not nearly as clear in terms of pronunciation. Seeing how I can't actually understand the language, what I'm twigging on here is the cadence.
Since I have three different series sitting on my hard drive that have Mamoru Miyano in them, that seemed like a good voice for comparison. Have a listen: the first two clips are from Gundam 00 (Setsuna), the second two are from Fullmetal Alchemist (Ling), and the last two are from Durarara (Kida). The clips from Durarara are heavy on the ambient noise, even when there's soundtrack. The series seems determined to force the entire foley team to put in hours of overtime -- and the soundtrack (as you'll notice) is a dominant element, nearly rivaling the voices. (Also, in the final clip, the characters are eating ice cream, which compounds Kida's slurring, but it was the only other really good conversational clip I could find.)
Since I have three different series sitting on my hard drive that have Mamoru Miyano in them, that seemed like a good voice for comparison. Have a listen: the first two clips are from Gundam 00 (Setsuna), the second two are from Fullmetal Alchemist (Ling), and the last two are from Durarara (Kida). The clips from Durarara are heavy on the ambient noise, even when there's soundtrack. The series seems determined to force the entire foley team to put in hours of overtime -- and the soundtrack (as you'll notice) is a dominant element, nearly rivaling the voices. (Also, in the final clip, the characters are eating ice cream, which compounds Kida's slurring, but it was the only other really good conversational clip I could find.)