A Q&A Session With Patrick Seitz and Okina Baba For Virtual Crunchyroll Expo

<p>Today marks the start of the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;crunchyroll-announces-junji-ito-alongside-20-additional-guests-for-virtual-crunchyroll-expo&sol;">Virtual Crunchyroll Expo<&sol;a>&period; The online event will be streaming from September 4-6 and will feature many popular guests including voice actors&comma; manga&sol;anime creators&comma; and cosplayers&period; That being said&comma; Crunchyroll provided us an opportunity to conduct a short Q&amp&semi;A with two popular individuals&comma; both of which will also have their own panels in the event&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The first is the legendary voice actor Patrick Seitz who voiced many popular characters such as Scorpion from Mortal Kombat&comma; Ragna from BlazBlue&comma; and Franky from One Piece&period; The next person we were able to ask some questions was Okina Baba&comma; the author of the popular light novel and manga series <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;yen-press-interviews-so-im-a-spider-so-what-creators&sol;">So I&&num;8217&semi;m a Spider&comma; So What&quest;<&sol;a> The anime adaptation for the series will also premiere in January 2021&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"aligncenter wp-image-161035 size-full" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;07&sol;24030223&sol;Okina-Baba-1&lowbar;1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Virtual Crunchyroll Expo- Okina Baba" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"aligncenter wp-image-162945 size-full" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;09&sol;04060330&sol;Patrick-Seitz&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Virtual Crunchyroll Expo- Patrick Seitz" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center">Q&amp&semi;A<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p><strong>Patrick Seitz<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>What do you think is the most important attribute for an up and coming voice actor&sol;actress to have&quest;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Resilience and patience&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Becoming a professional voice actor might not happen quickly&period; Hell&comma; it might not happen at all&period; I think it’s important for up-and-comers to identify what draws them to voiceover as a career&period; Making a living&quest; The accolades&quest; Being internet famous&quest; Working on a particular franchise or genre of show&sol;game&quest; If the underlying desire is the need to act&comma; don’t discount theater as an outlet&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Don’t discount radio plays or podcast-style storytelling&period; Give yourself more options to succeed&comma; including avenues where you’re not waiting for someone to give you permission to do the thing &lpar;which is the bane of all paid work—thirty good casting options for every potential role&rpar;&period;  Make your own material if you have to&semi; there’s never been a better time for getting your stuff out to the masses&comma; if that’s your jam&period; And ultimately&comma; remember that the thing that feeds your soul and the thing that pays the rent doesn’t necessarily need to be one and the same&period; Your passion doesn’t need to be your job&comma; and vice-versa&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>You’ve voiced quite a lot of popular characters in your career&period; Who do you think is the most iconic character you’ve ever voiced&quest; And who’s your favorite&quest;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>I don’t think I can pick a favorite&comma; but I know that Ragna from BlazBlue and Scorpion from Mortal Kombat are both pretty popular—as are Arthas and Garrosh from World of Warcraft&period; Some people are all about Franky from One Piece&comma; or Jiren from Dragon Ball Super&period; And then you’ll get Eternal Sonata fans coming out of the woodwork&comma; hype that I voiced Chopin in that&period; It blows my mind that I’ve gotten to voice so many characters over the years—and that&comma; as varied as they are&comma; so many of them rank so highly with the fans&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Fans of Patrick can catch his panel session &&num;8220&semi;<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;expo&period;crunchyroll&period;com&sol;New-Crunchy-City-Districts&sol;New-Crunchy-City-Theater&sol;Schedule&sol;Schedule-Info&sol;&quest;gtID&equals;704097&amp&semi;panel-name&equals;A-Conversation-with-Patrick-Seitz" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">A Conversation with Patrick Seitz<&sol;a>&&num;8220&semi;&comma; Friday&comma; September 4 from 12&colon;30 &&num;8211&semi; 1&colon;15 PM PT at the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;expo&period;crunchyroll&period;com&sol;CrunchyrollExpo&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">Hime Stage<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Okina Baba<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Explain your involvement with the anime production&period;<&sol;strong><br &sol;>&NewLine;I’m involved in all parts of the anime&comma; such as the series composition&comma; script review&comma; and character design checks&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Both for the anime and light novel&comma; what was the most difficult part of your writing process&quest;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>This is not unique to just this series&comma; but it’s difficult to think of ways to entertain the reader&period; I think this is an eternal problem that faces all novelists&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Fans can watch Okina Baba in action during his panel&comma; &&num;8220&semi;<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;expo&period;crunchyroll&period;com&sol;New-Crunchy-City-Districts&sol;New-Crunchy-City-Theater&sol;Schedule&sol;Schedule-Info&sol;&quest;gtID&equals;704653&amp&semi;panel-name&equals;Crunchyroll-Originals-Presents-Talk-with-the-Creators-of-So-I&percnt;E2&percnt;80&percnt;99m-a-Spider-So-What" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">Crunchyroll Originals Presents&colon; Talk With The Creators Of So I&&num;8217&semi;m a Spider&comma; So What&quest;<&sol;a>&&num;8221&semi; on Saturday&comma; September 5 at 2&colon;00 PM on the Crunchyroll Stage&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><b>Will you be attending Virtual Crunchyroll Expo&quest;  What did you think of the Q&amp&semi;A&quest; Let us know your thoughts in the comments section below&period;<&sol;b><&sol;p>&NewLine;