The Seiyuu(Voice Actor/Actress) Museum was opened by "81 Produce," one of the major Japanese voice talent management groups, on August 8th, 2015. It is a cozy place, but exhibiting many valuable voice talent-related materials, including scripts of dubbing for non-Japanese movies/TV drama and Japanese animes, such as Plein Soleil, Mission Impossible, Gundam, ONE PIECE, etc.
Japan has a 100-year history of voice acting, and full-time voice talents emerged about 50 years ago. Exhibitions mainly cover these 50 years. It was very interesting to see several original scripts with red lines, notes, and amendments by voice actors/actresses. These are realistically showing the professional works of voice talents and directors. You can also see "Seiyuu Shrine" in the museum, where an old SONY microphone is enshrined. All things can be God in this country!
According to a staff of the museum, exhibitions are rotated occasionally. When I visited, materials related to Miyu Matsuki who passed away recently were displayed at the center of the exhibitions. Although exhibitions are in Japanese only, it is worth visiting when you come to Tokyo. It is near the Sasazuka station of Keio Line which is next to Shinjuku.
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Official web page of Seiyuu Museum and its Twitter
Article on Seiyuu Museum
By the way, Sasazuka is a setting of the novel and anime "Hataraku Mao-sama!"(The Devil is a Part-Timer!). In the anime, for example, the place where Sadao Maou and Emi Yusa encountered is very near the Seiyuu Museum. (The anime was broadcasted before the museum was opened, though.)
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