I've restarted listening to #AnimeRadio again, and it's interesting how every show is talking about how this summer was HOT. 🥵 Autumn is coming soon, and I'll be flying to 🇯🇵 to see the momiji.
Anyway, I feel that the reason that I can watch anime at 2.2x speed is because I listened to a lot of these kinds of radio for years. Anime speech is usually very much slower than speech IRL because anime convos are much slower and dramatic than a real life conversations. They also match speech to mouth movements for anime (Western animation normally does the reverse), which is why you see those videos of seiyuu trying to time mouth movements very specifically in the studio.
On radio shows, the back and forth can get super fast, so I've trained my ears/brain to process.
If you're a fan of Rieri or Ueda Reina, try listening to https://www.onsen.ag/program/shigohaji
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