| 7:30pm | Paku Romi -- Power Packed | | | | -- played Loran Cehack in Turn A Gundam, Edward Elric in Fullmetal Alchemist, Oosaki Nana in NANA-- stage actress with Theatre Group En -- tough, calm, forceful (both her characters and herself)-- won first annual seiyuu award as top female seiyuu-- Korean ancestry-- 36 years old l-r: Loran Cehack (Turn... | | |
| 6:52pm | Hirano Aya On the Subtleties of Playing Chiko in Daughter of Twenty-Faces | | | | Hirano Aya was interviewed on the famitsu.com website about how she was playing Chiko in Daughter of Twenty-Faces (Nijuumensou no Musume). Here is a rough translation.Question -- You’re playing quite varied characters in 2008. The character you play in Daughter of Twenty-Faces has a very quiet air... |
| 11:56pm | Hirano Aya DVD Release Live Event Today | | | | Hirano Aya held a small event Sunday afternoon for the release of a special Animate edition of her second idol DVD, Love Story.The picture at left, from her blog, she describes as herself waiting in the wings, looking like an idiot.She thanked the fans for coming out in bad weather and said it was cold... |
| 5:57pm | Full Summer Anime Preview -- staff, cast, trailers, pics, stories | | | | For me, the best way to guess how good a coming anime will be, is by looking at its staff: the director and writers and animation director and sound director, and so on. People who have made good shows before tend to make good shows again.I sometimes start watching a show for its voice actors, but I... | | |
| 5:57pm | Full Summer Anime Preview -- staff, cast, trailers, pics, stories | | | | For me, the best way to guess how good a coming anime will be, is by looking at its staff: the director and writers and animation director and sound director, and so on. People who have made good shows before tend to make good shows again.I sometimes start watching a show for its voice actors, but I... | | |
| 6:55pm | Anime Blog Awards -- Thanks, Bloggers | | | | The full results of the Anime Blog Awards are now out. Thank you, bloggers, for voting this the bloggers' choice as top seiyuu blog. And congratulations to j1m0ne for being chosen top seiyuu blog by the public. I like my blog, but I voted for her.A great big thank you to Impz and all the people who came... | | |
| 8:00pm | Hirano Aya -- "Top Runner" TV Interview | | | | Hirano Aya was the guest on NHK's "Top Runner" interview show on Monday night. She came across as a serious, smart, nervous, and fairly proud person and gave some insight into her various roles.And she showed up wearing her now-trademark short shorts, showing off what 2channel is agreed in calling "great... | | |
| 9:33pm | Hirano Aya -- Riot Girl?? | | | | Hirano Aya's first full album comes out on 16 July, and the name of the album will beRiot Girl.I can't help but compare this with the original Riot Grrrl movement. To quote Wikipedia: "Riot grrrlis an underground feminist punk movement that started in the early 1990s. Riot grrrl bands often address issues... | | |
| 3:23am | Take a Trip with Katou Emiri, Gotou Saori, and Asumi Kana | | | | Ever wanted to go on a trip with one of your favorite seiyuus? This might just be your chance.Katou Emiri, Gotou Saori, and Asumi Kana (below, l-r) will be leading an overnight Natsu Matsuri Fan Tsuaa ("Summer Festival Fan Tour") bus trip from Tokyo to Hamamatsu at the end of September. They will give... | | |
| 12:55am | Nijuu-mensou no Musume ep6 -- Wow! | | | | I really can't figure out why this show isn't near the top of more people's lists. The show has an amazing story, some fascinating characters, terrific voice-acting, and outstanding animation. The only thing missing is fanservice -- unless you count one bare foot and some petticoats.Watching episode... | | |
| 6:56pm | A Great OP by Utada Hikaru -- Last Friends TV Drama | | | | It's sometimes said that anime songs are sung by seiyuu, by singers just starting their careers, or by singers on the downslide. And TV drama songs are by stars at their peak.That rule of thumb may not always be true, but it is true of the good new drama Last Friends. Its OP, "Prisoner of Love," is sung... |
| 6:44pm | The Return of Kano Yui -- Wagaya no Oinari-sama, ep5 | | | | Kano Yui was wonderful as Momoko in Sumomo mo Momo mo. One of the most hilarious performances I've heard. She even won a (controversial) seiyuu award for the role.But since then, she hasn't had a really good role -- until now. It may or may not turn out to be a major role, but YunYun is funny and touching... | | |
| 4:35am | Young Seiyuus in Current Anime -- Kurenai, Wagaya no Oinari-sama | | | | Teenage and younger seiyuus are nothing new. Yuzuyu in Aishiteruze Baby was played by nine-year-old Tsuzurahara Miyu. And Hirano Aya was 14 when she played Lumière in Kiddy Grade.This season we have two 16-year-olds giving fine performances, and an eleven-year-old giving a convincing performance as... | | |
| 6:02pm | Neo-Angelique Abyss -- Character/Seiyuu Pics | | | | Neo-Angelique Abyss is the latest series in a franchise of reverse-harem fantasies centred around a sweet teenage girl who is the future Queen of the Universe and has the power to sweep away evil in a burst of bright light.I know of two other Angelique series and three OVAs, and this is the best I have... | | |
| 6:02pm | Neo-Angelique Abyss -- Character/Seiyuu Pics | | | | Neo-Angelique Abyss is the latest series in a franchise of reverse-harem fantasies centred around a sweet teenage girl who is the future Queen of the Universe and has the power to sweep away evil in a burst of bright light.I know of two other Angelique series and three OVAs, and this is the best I have... | | |
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