| 8:31pm | More NANA Anime Coming? | | | | I admit it's not much evidence, but Hirano Aya reports in her blog that the cast and staff of NANA got together for a cherry-blossom-viewing party a day or two ago.Can this mean that they have more work to do together? She hasn't mentioned any get-togethers since the anime ended over two years ago.There's... | | |
| 5:22am | Higashi no Eden -- Umino Chika and Kamiyama Kenji Watch Episode One | | | | Umino Chika 羽海野チカ, the mangaka of Honey & Clover, did original character design and drawings for the new anime Higashi no Eden. She describes in her blog today how she and director Kamiyama Kenji watched episode one together as it aired, late Thursday night.Umino-sensei avoids allowing... |
| 10:43pm | Higashi no Eden -- Godly Voices and Animation | | | | I've been eagerly awaiting the first episode of Higashi no Eden, which aired in Japan a few hours ago.It did not disappoint.First, for me, is the godly voice work of Hayami Saori. As in her best singing, she can run a stream of subtle nuances through any line of text. She is a young seiyuu with mature... | | |
| 6:19pm | All Hirano Aya All the Time | | | | Aaya will be the only regular on a new TV program starting 16 April: Hirano Aya dake TV 平野綾だけTV ("Hirano Aya-only TV").The show will be like a journal, following her through all her activities: seiyuu work, singing, being photographed for gravure pages and DVDs, etc."I get to decide what I... | | |
| 3:36am | Three Kingdoms Character Design: Souten Kouro and Others | | | | Somewhere (I don't remember where) I found a table showing the character design of several Japanese versions of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Including the manga of this season's anime Souten Kouro, as well as the Ikkitousen and Koihime Musou animes, the Yokoyama manga, and three different games.Here's... |
| 5:02am | K-On -- Who Are Those Great Voices? | | | | I thought the first episode of K-On was brilliantly funny. And, of course, deeply moe. And the voices were wonderful. They were hilarious, with some great timing and expressiveness.Kyoto Animation seems to have the knack of picking out lesser-known voice actresses who can really do the job for them:... | | |
| 5:19pm | Eclipse (Tomatsu-Nakajima-Hayami) to Get Second Single | | | | Eclipse, the supergroup of top young seiyuu singers Tomatsu Haruka, Nakajima Megumi, and Hayami Saori, will release a second single hot on the heels of their recently announced first single. Hayami also has a solo insert song in episode one. (mouseover photos for captions, click to enlarge)The first... |
| 9:10pm | Hayami Saori's Breakthrough Year? | | | | Seiyuu HAYAMI Saori 早見沙織, 17, is graduating from high school this spring and beginning her seiyuu career in earnest.Up to now, she has been limited to one role at a time. But in the upcoming spring season she will have three roles, including her biggest role yet.She began her career two years... | | |
| 2:12am | Sasaki Nozomi in Jewelpet and in Lucky Star Budokan Live Event | | | | One of my favorite voices is Sasaki Nozomi's amazing moe lisp. Her two biggest roles have been Nana-chan in Bokura ga Ita and Patty Martin in Lucky Star.She's not an expert seiyuu, and doesn't get much work, but now she has landed a role in the 52-week kids' show Jewelpet. Reminds me of her role as a... | | |
| 10:23pm | Hirano Aya in...Jewelpet? | | | | Hirano Aya has announced that she will play the role of "Aya" in the new little-girls' anime Jewelpet, which is designed to sell a line of jewel-eyed stuffed animals created by Sanrio and Sega.It's hardly the most artistic kind of anime, but may be among the most profitable. The series is slated for... |
| 9:47pm | Spring 2009 Anime Schedule | | | | For planning your spring viewing, here's a calendar showing the weekly anime broadcast schedule for April-June 2009. It includes new shows and continuing shows, and gives highlights of staff and cast, as well as links to sites that give more info. Click the image to go to the full calendar.The big days... |
| 1:34pm | Seiyuu Supergoup: Nakajima, Tomatsu, Hayami | | | | The three top young seiyuu-singers will combine to do the OP for the new anime Basquash!Nakajima Megumi, Tomatsu Haruka, and Hayami Saori will sing under the group name "Eclipse." All three are under 20. Nakajima Megumi, 19, won the Seiyuu Award as best seiyuu-singer of 2008, for her work on Macross... | | |
| 9:54pm | 48 Spring Anime -- full previews: story, trailer, cast, staff, pic | | | | These may be difficult times in the anime industry, but you couldn't tell it from the number of anime being produced. Forty-eight titles come out this spring -- series and OVAs -- about the same number as last spring.But quantity doesn't necessarily imply quality. Nothing here seems like an instant classic.... | | |
| 5:39am | Seiyuus' Nail Art | | | | Seiyuu blogs have a number of common subjects. Food is the most common: sushi, curry, desserts, coffee, beer, cookies, etc., etc.Of course, publicizing new work is the whole point of the exercise, so that's there, too. But trips to the hairdresser, and new outfits also loom large.However, a very common... |
| 9:15pm | 2channel -- Current Anime Popularity | | | | The top new anime of the season, in terms of popularity on the 2channel forums in Japan, are Sora wo Kakeru Shoujo first, followed by Chrome-shelled Regios, White Album, Fresh Precure, and Maria Holic, with Rideback and Kurokami not far behind.Kurokami is a special case, since it is receiving a lot of... | | |
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