Just because they're paid the same doesn't mean their performance is of equal quality. Not that I watch the JP dub because I think the quality is better; that's subjective. The JP industry has a more established voice-acting base, whereas in the US, things have improved a great deal, but it's still seen as a lesser form of acting than live action, given that most are still failed live action or theater actors. This also doesn't mean they're poor quality actors, but an industry with lesser prestige is less likely to attract genuinely skilled performers.
I'm skeptical that the sound directors don't ever have a role in selecting specific VA and deliberating on which recorded session to use in the final cut. I've seen nothing to indicate this was the case. Maybe some studios are like that, but no matter how you slice it, the JP one is always working closer with the original creator. Even if they don't have him involved, they're a more seasoned production company that has been selecting VA and directing adaptations of scripts for decades. It just follows that usually their casting choice and direction are more likely to be superior to a second-hand production.
Tons of people fail in both the US and JP industry and only a select few get all the roles. That's true of any performance based industry. That doesn't make their quality of performance equitable. If anything, the studios in JP industry have noticed there is a surplus of people who want to become seiyuu compared to those who wish to become writers or animators, and have complained about it in various interviews. (Whether that's true or not or they're trying to deflect attention from their terrible hours and payment of their own employees is debatable.)
But again it's sort of subjective. If 'more accurate to the original concept' is the superior performance, then I'd say it's inarguable that the sub is superior in all cases. If 'you enjoy it more' is the superior performance, that's subjective. In any case, I picked up sub personally not because I felt it was superior, but because I feel it invalidates the work of the original intended cast and the creator to not watch the work as close to how it was intended as possible.
I'm skeptical that the sound directors don't ever have a role in selecting specific VA and deliberating on which recorded session to use in the final cut. I've seen nothing to indicate this was the case. Maybe some studios are like that, but no matter how you slice it, the JP one is always working closer with the original creator. Even if they don't have him involved, they're a more seasoned production company that has been selecting VA and directing adaptations of scripts for decades. It just follows that usually their casting choice and direction are more likely to be superior to a second-hand production.
Tons of people fail in both the US and JP industry and only a select few get all the roles. That's true of any performance based industry. That doesn't make their quality of performance equitable. If anything, the studios in JP industry have noticed there is a surplus of people who want to become seiyuu compared to those who wish to become writers or animators, and have complained about it in various interviews. (Whether that's true or not or they're trying to deflect attention from their terrible hours and payment of their own employees is debatable.)
But again it's sort of subjective. If 'more accurate to the original concept' is the superior performance, then I'd say it's inarguable that the sub is superior in all cases. If 'you enjoy it more' is the superior performance, that's subjective. In any case, I picked up sub personally not because I felt it was superior, but because I feel it invalidates the work of the original intended cast and the creator to not watch the work as close to how it was intended as possible.
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