| 3:02am | Hirano Aya -- DVDs, Photobook, Sushi | | | | Hirano Aya's blog was uncharacteristically silent for a few days last week. When she came back, she assured her fans that she hadn't gotten sick, but just had been so busy it wasn't possible to post. And that she couldn't say what she had been doingyet.Since yesterday, the posts have started to flow... |
| 7:59pm | Koshimizu Ami as Yugao in the Tale of Genji | | | | I'm enjoying the new Tale of Genji anime by Dezaki Osamu. With my love for the novel, it could have gone either way, but I'm appreciating the beauty of the look, and various new angles on the story.In episode 3, some of the voice-acting was great. Hirata Eriko did a stunning turn as Lady Aoi. And Tsuru... | | |
| 8:30pm | Itsuki Yui and Fairy Empire -- Kurokami ED | | | | One of the Japanese groups I enjoy is Yousei Teikoku 妖精帝國 "Fairy Empire," the two-person unit featuring sometime-seiyuu Itsuki Yui. They call their music a mix of "techno, trance, gothic, heavy rock, and classical."Yousei Teikoku has done anime music before -- for Innocent Venus, Renkin Sankyuu... | | |
| 10:32pm | Takagaki Ayahi Masterful in Chrome-Shelled Regios | | | | I knew Ayahime (Takagaki Ayahi 高垣彩陽) was good, but her masterful performance as Niina in eps 2-3 of Chrome-Shelled Regios just blows me away.Triumph, pain, aggression, weakness, craftiness, strength, crying -- she sells them all, with a strong and mobile voice for which nothing seems a stretch.I... | | |
| 7:19pm | Mari-sama ga Miteru 4 -- characters and seiyuus, with pics | | | | I have made a page with pics of each character and her seiyuu.I've indicated Roses and their soeurs, which is something I myself have trouble remembering. I have also listed some other roles each seiyuu has played.This is what part of the page looks like. Click on the image to see the whole thing.And... |
| 7:59am | Hirano Aya -- "Nana-san's" Budokan Show "Terrific" | | | | Hirano Aya was invited to the first night of Mizuki Nana's three in a row at the Budokan in Tokyo and came away saying that the show was "wow!" and "coool きゃっこよかっちゃあ ～" and "really terrific 凄すぎる…！！," and that she "admires 憧れます(//∀//）" Nana-san."I wanna... | | |
| 9:46pm | Top Seiyuus of 2008 -- Poll Results | | | | Koshimizu Ami's Horo in Spice & Wolf was the top lead female seiyuu performance of 2008. That's what your votes said. And that's what I thought, too.Male lead: Fukuyama Jun (Lelouche in Code Geass)Supporting female: Horie Yui (Minori in Toradora)Supporting male: Kamiya Hiroshi (Michel in Macross... | | |
| 9:45pm | Sanpei-Koshimizu Dream Attack! | | | | From Koshimizu Ami and Sanpei Yuuko's blogs today:First Amisuke posted the left-hand pic of Yuuyu, with the comment: "Dream attack on your heart!" (22:51 Japan time) Then Yuuyu posted the right-hand pic of Amisuke, with the text: "Got her!" (22:57 Japan time). So they are together at 11 pm on a Wednesday... |
| 8:51pm | Poll: Top Seiyuus of 2008 | | | | While we still remember their performances, I thought we might vote for the top seiyuus of 2008 in our own international seiyuu awards. And then when the Japanese Seiyuu Awards come out in early March, we can compare our choices with those.Here are eight separate polls, one for each category:-- top male... |
| 10:24pm | White Album -- Characters & Seiyuus | | | | Here's some love for the unjustly maligned new anime White Album. Through two episodes, it is a promising seinen drama with complex relationships and characters who all seem to have unexpected aspects.One thing it has is a fascinating cast, with a range of famous, infamous, and neglected voice actors.... | | |
| 7:17pm | Favorite Anime of 2008 | | | | As if anyone cared, here's my personal list of top anime of 2008.I'd say "best" anime, but "favorite" is more accurate. I can't imagine how to be objective about this. We all have our own likes and dislikes. Even adding up points in various categories -- animation, story, characters, etc. -- seems pretty... | | |
| 9:15pm | Sanpei Yuuko -- shounen shoujo | | | | I first heard of Sanpei Yuuko 三瓶由布子 as Koshimizu Ami's girlfriend. She and Ami even had a mock wedding reception on the radio.But she is a lot more than just a "yuri seiyuu." She, like her friend Ami, is one of the top young talents working today. Her work as Nakiami in Bounen no Xamdo is strong... | | |
| 4:16pm | Happy New Year from Hirano Aya | | | | Happy New Year!Please be good to me again this year.This year looks as if it will be interesting, too, if I do say so myself.I'm really excited (≧▼≦)This year could be the best year yet. Enjoy it, everyone ☆Just like last year!!(from Aaya's blog -- click photo to enlarge)She says she's spending... |
| 4:43pm | Yuri Seiyuu Happy New Year | | | | Two of the best known yuri seiyuu couples have posted rather romantic New Year's photos on their blogs (all four of them): Sanpei Yuuko 三瓶由布子 and Koshimizu Ami 小清水亜美 , and Nabatame Hitomi 生天目仁美 ,and Itou Shizuka 伊藤静.Sanpei Yuuko's pic of Amisuke (right) says : "Happy... |
| 11:17pm | Hirano Aya in Malaysia | | | | Aaya is in Malaysia to shoot her third DVD, and to do a photo shoot for the February issue of Seigura magazine.Leaving Narita, she was approached by a reporter. "Hirano-san, Hirano-san, do you have any comment?" "No comment." This happens all the time, she said in her blog. (click images to enlarge)Arriving... |
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