| I think this really depends on the voice, and also the type of show.
Since in animation you don't have to match production, you can mic closer to get a very neutral sound, just not so close that you pick up proximity effect and mouth movement.
Some voices you have to mic pretty close, and others you can't. When I was working with James Earl Jones, I could move the mic back 6' and it still sounded like he was right on top of it. He had built in proximity effect. A soft female voice would be the exact opposite.
For ADR, I used to mic as far away and as far off mic as I had to in order to get a good match. That could be several feet away and fairly off mic in the case of matching boom mics, or about 8" below the chin and a few inches from the chest, pointing up with some cloth thrown over the mic for for lavaliers.
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