Okay I was at March Toronto Anime Con or MTAC as it is known to fans. There was 4 VAs. Wendy Powell, Todd Haberkorn, Kyle Hebert and Eric Vale.
Eric Vale (or E. Vale as one person pointed out) also scripts anime. I got a good answer about how he feels about 'Scripting Anime versus Scripting your own stuff'. It's obvious that scripting your own work is easy but it helped in getting a real detailed answer the process of scripting anime.
I did get some of the questions asked. Primary response to warm ups is 3 out of 4 sing in the car to a recording session. Todd who taught acting uses songs which are close to standard warm ups. None of the VAs admit to be singers, it just warms up the voice. Kyle Hebert was odd man out by having no warm up before a session.
Response varied for the 2 part 'be careful what you wish for' question. It's wording tripped up Eric but he answered the question when someone else asked it differently.
Demo reels broke down to 'animation' and 'commercial'. For commercial, they say there is scripts out there. Take the best then rewrite them for a fictional product. They've heard ads a hundred times on demo reels. Changing them up makes them fresh.
While a demo reel for voice is a minute long, the first 10 seconds will make or break you. This is the case of
Don't Save the best for last ... lead off with your strongest voice first. As for what to put onto a demo reel, only your voice couch can say for sure.
More once I go through the tapes. Sad part Wendy Powell who did Envy for first Fullmetal Alchemist didn't want here responses on Youtube. Thanks for telling me after I blew half an hour on tape and battery.
