In recent years, the voice actor industry seems to be in a period of high incidence of getting married and having children. On the 15th of this month, he was awarded the role of "Let's Sneak! The protagonist of "Naiako", Naiako, and Miss Kana Acheng, who has risen to popularity, announced her marriage and received many blessings from her peers and fans. This is something to be happy about, but not every voice actor is so lucky. On the 11th of this month, the personal privacy issue of "popular voice actor getting married and falling in love" set off another wave.

Mr. Hikaru Midorikawa, who has played famous characters such as Kaede Rukawa in "Slam Dunk" and Hiro Vi in "Mobile Suit Gundam W", suddenly announced that he wants to stop using his official blog. The reason is that Mr. Midorikawa thought that the jewelry worn by a certain fan was very good-looking, so he also bought one, but he didn't expect that he bought a couple's style. Other fans looked at it and thought that Mr. Midorikawa was having an extramarital affair, and then went to his blog to ask for guilt. After a round of chaos, Mr. Midorikawa had no choice but to settle the situation by announcing that he would no longer use his blog.

Fans who have always been very supportive of voice actors have suddenly changed 180 degrees, and their words have become extremely sharp, and even venting their unhappiness with their actions, which has been heard of since the past, and most of them are due to matters involving the voice actor's personal space, such as marriage or love. In 2011, Miss Aisho Toyosaki, who became famous for her role as Yui Hirasawa, one of the protagonists of "Light Girl", was condemned by fans for suspecting that she was dating a musician. Let's move the timeline a little further, in 2008, Mr. Miyano Mamori's popularity soared because of his role as the protagonist of "**", when he announced his marriage and the marriage partner was pregnant, there were a lot of unsympathetic remarks on the Internet, such as "I want to hate that woman for the rest of my life", "Miscarriage is the best, it's a devil's child" and other unsympathetic remarks. In any case, these vicious comments and criticisms have crossed the bottom line of morality.

Even if it doesn't involve sensitive topics such as love, there will be fans who send blades to the voice actor to show their dissatisfaction because the character played by the voice actor has made a move that they are not satisfied with. This is obviously the screenwriter's problem, but fans don't care so much, and the voice actor can be said to be shot while lying down.

The reason why this is a troubling problem is that there is a sense of distance between fans and voice actors. We caught up with an employee who used to work for a major voice actor agency and asked him to talk about his personal feelings about the behavior of these stalker-like fans.

He said, "I sent several letters to a specific voice actor in just one week, called us to ask for the voice actor's personal contact information, or even went directly to the office or studio to ask for a meeting, and so on, all of which I experienced many times when I was employed. Of course, first of all, the office will never allow requests such as meeting people or asking for personal contact information, and if it is found that some fans are too fanatical, they must be confirmed by our staff before handing over letters or gifts to voice actors. ”

In addition, he also commented on the "distance between fans and voice actors": "Fans like voice actors, and voice actors are happy because fans like them. So I want to keep in touch with each other somehow, which I personally think is very normal. However, it is important not to forget that there is always 'otherness' between fans and voice actors. For example, at a concert or certain event, if a voice actor says something like "we can't do without you" or "I've had some troubles lately", it will inevitably cause misunderstandings among fans and make them want to help the voice actors. So I personally think that as a voice actor, it is necessary to think carefully about the consequences when speaking to fans. ”

Nowadays, there are more and more voice actors who participate in various meet-and-greet events, and some even disclose their personal lives in real time on Twitter, which really makes people feel that they have really become zero distance from their idols. But as the industry insider said above, fans and voice actors are "others" after all. I hope that all fans will respect the voice actors as much as possible, do not interfere in their private lives, and continue to be a fan who supports voice actors on the premise of being polite.