| 4:14am | 2channel Still Crazy -- 30 Hirano Aya Threads in the top 60 | | | | I guess 2channel being crazy isn't news, but I've never seen anything like this: of the top 60 most recently active threads in the 2channel seiyuus forum, 30 are about Hirano Aya. Normally, each seiyuu has only one discussion thread.And here I thought the madness was dying down. What makes it even stranger... | | |
| 10:24pm | 46 New Fall Anime -- full previews (story, trailer, staff, cast, etc.) | | | | With just over two weeks to go until the new season starts, it's time to think about what's coming. Tastes differ, but the shows I myself am most looking forward to are:the mysterious moe romances ef - a tale of melodies and Clannad - After Story the absurd comedy Hyakko (with Orikasa Fumiko and Hirano... | | |
| 6:39pm | A Minor Masterpiece: Mahou Tsukai ni Taisetsu na Koto ~Natsu no Sora~ Ep. 8 | | | | I've enjoyed this show from the start, but episode 8 was a minor masterpiece. It combined story, acting, character design, animation and backgrounds to create a really memorable anime episode.This show is at a higher aesthetic level than any other current show, with the possible exception of Kara no... | | |
| 6:31pm | Hirano Aya to Work With Morning Musume Producer Tsunku | | | | Hirano Aya and music writer/producer Tsunku つんく♂ will work together on the ED to the fall anime Hyakko. (mouseover photos for captions, click to enlarge)Tsunku (39) is the writer/producer behind Morning Musume and all the Hello! Morning groups, including Berryz Koubou, °C-ute, Buono!, and Canary... | | |
| 6:59pm | Miyano Mamoru, Hirano Aya in Death Note TV Talk Show | | | | NTV is rerunning Death Note (again) this month, and the series will end with a new special episode "L's Successor" Lを継ぐ者.The reruns are at 2:55 weekday afternoons from last Monday to Friday 22 August, and the special will be at 9pm on the last day.In Hirano Aya's blog, she says there will be... | | |
| 6:43pm | Tamura Yukari and Yahagi Sayuri Playing Games | | | | Here is a video from an Otogijushi Akazukin DVD of Tamura Yukari (who plays Akazukin) and Yahagi Sayuri (Gretel). They talk about their roles and play a funny little tabletop game.Yukarin is oHagi's senpai at I"m Enterprises. They are two of the most talented voices in the industry, in my opinion. Yukarin... | | |
| 6:55pm | Koihime Musou -- Character Pics and Info | | | | This season's most outrageous show is Koihime Musou. It reworks stories from the Romance of the Three Kingdoms (Sanguo Yanyi 三国演义), but as comedy, and with an all-female cast.Cao Cao is a short girl with ringlets (picture at right), and hairpins in the shape of skulls. Guan Yu is a big-breasted... | | |
| 8:39pm | Mizuki Nana, Hirano Aya to Star Together in "White Album" | | | | Mizuki Nana and Hirano Aya will star together in White Album, an idol anime to air beginning in January 2009.The anime is based on a PC game of which a PS3 version will also come out next year. The story involves Yuki (Hirano, in red), a new idol whose career increases the distance between her and her... | | |
| 6:45pm | Hirano Aya's Riot Girl #6 For First Week | | | | "Really!!?Oricon weekly ranking#6!!!?(￣□￣;)!!( □￣;)!!(￣□￣;)!!Party !!!That's so great, everyone!!Thank you ゜+。(*′∇｀)。+゜The first album in my life at #6It's thanks to all of you.And the staff worked so hard.Really, thank you so much."-- from Hirano Aya's blog this morningI've... | | |
| 9:30pm | New Shows -- 2channel Popularity | | | | It's hard to judge, since totals for earlier seasons of the same shows may be bumping up their numbers, but it looks as if Strike Witches and Slayers Revolution are the runaway most popular new shows on 2channel. Zero no Tsukaima may be up there, too.Strike Witches has over 44,000 posts. I suspect some... | | |
| 12:05am | Hirano Aya's First Album Breaks In At #2 | | | | Hirano Aya's first album, Riot Girl, has broken into the charts at #2 for its first day, with sales of 4333 units. Paradiso, by Tube, is #1, with sales of 7500; and Kimaguren's Zushi is #3, with 4200.The cut Riot Girl (video) was chosen as the ED for a new anime music TV show on TV Tokyo called Anisong... | | |
| 7:05pm | Daughter of Twenty-Faces -- ep13 summary | | | | Star-Crossed has a good post on this episode -- that is, one I agree with, lol -- but he/she didn't give a full summary, and I have one I made for a forum, so I thought I'd just post it here, with some screencaps.This show continues to blow every other spring show (except maybe Macross Frontier) completely... | | |
| 5:25pm | Hidamari Sketch character/seiyuu pics | | | | I've updated my page with pics of the characters and seiyuus in Hidamari Sketch x365. It now includes not only the four main characters and Yoshinoya-sensei, but also Chika, Natsume, Landlady-san, and Ume-sensei.Here's a photo of the four main seiyuu, along with the mangaka, Aoki Ume, who plays the little... | | |
| 6:29pm | Amuri in Star Ocean 01 -- weird gem of moe science-fiction | | | | Now that there is a fansub for this show, perhaps it will begin to get the attention it deserves.Hoshi no Umi no Amuri 星の海のアムリ is a three-episode OVA done almost entirely in 3DCG, including the characters. I would call it a moe science-fiction fantasy: it's real moe, and real science fiction.What... | | |
| 6:59pm | New Shows This Week -- And Summer Anime Calendar | | | | Here we go. This is the week the new shows roll out.Tuesday: Ultraviolet Code 044 (Paku Romi)Wednesday: Sekirei (Hayami Saori), Slayers Revolution (Hayashibara Megumi), Someday's Dreamers: Summer Skies (Hanazawa Kana)Thursday: Antique Bakery (Miyano Mamoru), Strike Witches (ensemble cast), Hidamari Sketchx365... |
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