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June 21

Heaven Beside You single

Speaking of Alice in Chains, when did their single Heaven Beside You come out, 1995 or 1996? When I looked at the article, it was in the categories 1995 songs and 1996 singles, but the infobox said it was released in '95. Amazon seemed to indicate 1996, so I changed the infobox. But before I changed the infobox on Grind (song) accordingly (it has '95), I thought I'd better come here and confirm the year. So does anyone know for sure when the single was released? --zenohockey 05:05, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

I figure it's because it was recorded and released (on the album Alice in Chains) in 1995, but the single was released in 1996...but I'm not positive. - Zepheus <ゼィフィアス> 19:10, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

Ranma 1/2 voice actor

In season five, is the guy voicing Ranma Saotome the same one who'd later voice Inuyasha? Did the manga-ka like him, or something? Thanks,

           Xanon.

Have you looked at Ranma ½ and Inuyasha? In particular, you didn't say whether you meant the Japanese voice actor, the English actor, or another language (you also didn't mention whether you meant the person voicing male or female Ranma, although since you said "guy" I guess it's safe to assume the former). Interestingly enough, both languages happen to share the same actor for the two characters - whether this is a coincidence is hard to say. As to your second question, the mangaka doesn't normally have much of an influence on the voice actors of the anime production unless they're also involved with the production team, but (a) it's quite possible they decided it would be easier to call someone back and ask them if they'd like to voice another of Takahashi's main characters than to run a whole new set of auditions, (b) even if they hadn't, it would have made it easier to pick someone with some established credentials that would make them suitable for the role, and that would count heavily in their favour, and (c) if you look at the credits for a number of different anime series, the same names tend to pop up on a regular basis, probably partially due to (a) and (b), and in some cases probably due to the size of the industry. Confusing Manifestation 03:58, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

Well, I'm going to assume the Japanese seiyuus in this case because the English ones probably have a lot less to do with the mangaka. Japanese voice actors often belong to groups as well, so the same company might hire the group again and get him to do the voices. And considering that he is one of the most prominent male seiyuus in Japan, he's a pretty obvious choice for the role. It'd be like, if you had to choice between casting Brad Pitt in a movie or a relatively unknown person, who would you cast? Actually, I seem to recall a rumor about Takahashi wanting to cast the same person in English as well, to mirror the Ranma-Inuyasha thing, but that might be just a rumor or my mind making up things. --Wirbelwindヴィルヴェルヴィント (talk) 22:00, 22 June 2007 (UTC)