Astronaut Does Anime Voice Work… IN SPACE!

Astronaut Akihiko Hoshide recently finished recording his voice work for an upcoming episode of the new-ish anime adaptation of Space Brothers. What’s that you say? How is this news, you ask? Well, it seems he recorded his lines from the ISS (International Space Station). While it was floating just outside of our atmosphere. In space.

This is the first time that voice acting lines for anything ever have been recorded in space. The scene is an anime exclusive one and will be airing in the anime’s 31st episode on November 4.

My only concern, seeing that Hoshide is a legit astronaut spending 4 months in the ISS studying the effects of weightlessness on bone density, is that he is setting the bar exceedingly high for other voice actors. Only time will tell what the negative repercussions of this will be. Soon enough fans may be demanding that all voice actors be able to do advanced calculus, or someting. In space.

Source: AnimeNewsNetwork