Behind the Scenes With Akira and Digimon Voice Actor Joshua Seth

A few years ago I got the chance to record the American voice over for the starring role of Tetsuo in the animated anime classic Akira (which is now being remade by Leonardo Dicaprio in 2011). This is after I had voiced Tai in Digimon and many other classic anime characters.

In this behind the scenes video, I reveal how I landed roles in many of the most popular anime series and movies of all time and why I retired from voice acting at the peak of my success in Hollywood.

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3 Responses to “Akira”

• Alexandria and Marissa on March 23rd, 2009 2:42 pm (Edit) Hey there!
  It is sad to hear that you have retired from voice acting, but we greatly appreciate the projects you did work on, because they always bring smiles to our faces! =D You really did bring all your characters to life, and it’s great to know your voice acting will be forever memorialized through these characters.
  As for your career as a hypnotist, we wish you the best of luck with your tours. We’ve seen some of your videos, and they are just brilliant! If you ever visit New York City or Rhode Island for another tour, Pace University and Rhode Island College would love to have you!
  Thank you again!
  Best wishes,
  Alexandria and Marissa

• Lauren on April 10th, 2009 4:37 am (Edit) I’m also sad to hear that you’ve retired from voice acting. I think that you really outshone JYB [Kaneda's Voice actor] in Akira, and have certainly made me admire you over other VA’s who are still around today. You brought such energy and spirit to your characters, not to mention that you have a great voice for the job.

• Your hypnotizing job seems pretty hardcore. I with the weight-loss thing would work for my mom and myself, but I just can’t see how hypnosis can work. Call me a skeptic, I guess. Regardless, I wish you the best of luck with it. (:

• Pedro on July 11th, 2009 9:14 am (Edit) o i see, thanks for making this interview video, it was really interesting to see how your life of voice acting was and to hear from your experience and the reason why you have retired voice overs. yeah i understand why you retired, you need to live your life the way u want to, not just based on other peoples perspections, not saying that you do not enjoy voice overs anymore, just saying that you decided to try something new, and that u found another hobby that you enjoy. I watched both the 1st 2 season of Digimon again all in like 3 days and i always wondered who played the voice of Tai, because i also heared your voices throughout other anime, expamples: young Knives,Hige and joe shimamura. I enjoyed your voice overs throughtout each of those series. I guess i just wanted to say thanks for being one of those guys to make english anime dubs more enjoyable, your voice overs really make a big impact on anime. Also to just also say to u how skilled you really are. Watching this interview explained a lot, no wonder your so good, your not just talented but u put your heart into it making the voice overs the best they can be, not just rushing through them to get the job done, i respect that. i guess thats y many others and i enjoy your work, its because you sell out each time. when i found out who u were i was wondering y havent you been in any more animes so i looked through the internet and found the interview on youtube. when i saw this video it explained it all.i never heard of the anime akira and seening this interview got me interested in watching it.i am going to start watching it right after i finish rewatching wolfs rain.(which might take awhile). Its been a while since i seen that anime so i figure i just rewatch it just like i did with Digimon and Trigun. Well guess i just wanted to say thanks again for your amazing work. Goodluck with your hypnotist career, i still havent seen it but ill check it out some time. And dont worry about responding, i know that you are busy i just wanted to show u a little bit of fan appreciation and just to let you know how great you were at voice overs.

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