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Looking at the Hero among Heroes example closer, the evil Prince character initially is presented ambiguously where you aren't sure whether he is good or evil. They have him speaking softer at first to hide the higher pitch, at almost a mid-tone. When it is revealed that he is without a doubt a villain, the high pitch takes hold as his only mode of speaking. It's a type of social cue in story telling for that culture. These cue-conditionings get reinforced in entertainment and other media.

The interesting question is about the types of cuing that Western media uses that we may not even register.

When a chinaman gets angry they do indeed yell in high pitched girl voices.