North American Anime Dubbing Studios & Hentai: the Seriousness of it All

Though I had not had the time to write this article, I had an interesting question answered for me during this special 18+ panel at TandokuCon '07 which had taken place in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from November 9-11. The first two nights ended between 11:30 PM to 12:00 AM. There were two or three events going on during that time. On the first night there was an 18+ panel and a "Death Note" Live Action Role Play (LARP).

Bear in mind that TandokuCon is an Japanese anime convention. This is Philadelphia's first ever anime convention.

I wasn't into the LARP much, so I had left the room. I went to join the 18+ panel. They checked the IDs of every guest that joined. You got to ask the voice actors all sorts of questions. For this reason, we were not allowed to have any video or audio recording devices. The reason being that last time they had it and allowed for recording devices, there were various actors that got in trouble with the respective studios.

The first night had both Christopher Ayres and Kyle Hebert conducting the panel. The first night was on a pretty serious note because we did not know what to ask them.

Christopher Ayres is known for doing the voices of: Onigiri's father in "Air Gear," Kei Kurono in "Gantz," Riki in "Innocent Venus," Keisuke Yamanami of "Peacemaker Kurogane," Chouji Suitengu of "Speed Grapher," Jin Uzuki in "Xenosaga: The Animation," and Sousyu in "Yumeria."

Kyle Hebert is known for doing the voices of: Hanayama in "Baki the Grappler," Ganju Shiba and Sosuke Aizen in "Bleach," Adult Gohan and Narrator in "Dragon Ball Z," Gohan in "Dragon Ball GT," and Kiba Inuzuka of "Naruto."

It was more serious than relaxed when one of them asked about Iraq.

I had attended the second 18+ panel the second night. We talked about sex, sex jokes, sexual positions, and so forth. Christopher Ayres conducted the panel. This time, he was assisted by Derek Stephen Prince who was a guest for the second day.