| 8:27pm | Magazine Extras: Animedia May 2011 – Surveying 100 Voice Actresses | | | | I used to get Japanese magazines like Newtype, Animage, and Animedia every once in a while – usually around the start of a new anime season but also sometimes for the extras. While cleaning around last night, I found a little booklet from Animage‘s May 2011 issue. They gave survey forms... | | |
| 12:02am | Mankatsu | | | | Way back when I first started writing this blog in 2004 I wrote about Mankatsu, an omnibus of Monkey Punch shorts with an interesting format. It took 8 years but I finally got to see some of the show, and it's pretty fun and pleasant to watch, if not phenomenal. Shown on late-night TV on satellite station... | | |
| 1:00am | The February Line-Up | | | | Gathering this two months in a row made me realize the sheer amount of things being planned. It is quite impressive! More than a few surprises this month. While February is the shortest month of the year there are still quite a few updates to be had on the anime and manga news fronts. Newly Licensed... | | |
| 5:23am | Summer 2011 Anime -- Full Previews of All the New Series | | | | We have 26 new series this summer, up from 21 last summer and 22 the summer before. Trends? Four shows involving vampires, and lots of moe.I'm not sure we'll get shows as good as Shiki (summer 2010) or Bakemonogatari, Aoi Hana, and Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 (summer 2009). But there are some good possibilities:●... | | |
| 7:20pm | Yuuki Aoi Answers Questions | | | | Where does Yuuki Aoi want to travel? To the 2D world. That was one of her answers to questions posed by Animedia magazine.Here is the page of answers. Translation below the pic: (click to enlarge)name: Yuuki Aoinickname: Ao-chanbirthday: March 27astrological sign: Ariesblood type: Aplace of birth: Raised... | | |
| 7:22pm | Yuuki Aoi and Yabusaki Aoi | | | | Yuuki Aoi, autumn 2010 19Most Japanese sources1 accept as fact that 18-year-old voice actress Yuuki Aoi 悠木碧 is the same person as child performer Yabusaki Aoi 八武崎碧, who had roles in film, TV, and anime between 2000 and 2007. But as of right now, neither Wikipedia2 nor Anime News Network3... | | |
| 6:19pm | Fall 2010 Anime -- Season Overview and Detailed Previews of 55 Shows | | | | Here is an overview of the new anime season, followed by full previews of 30 new shows and 25 OVAs, including pics, stories, staff, cast, and links to trailers, mangas, and discussion groups.First, here are nine shows I find particularly promising. Click photos to enlarge; mouseover for captions.Kuragehime... | | |
| 5:40am | New Yumeiro Pâtissière Series to Start in October | | | | The young girls' cooking anime Yumeiro Pâtissière is getting a new series: Yumeiro Pâtissière Professional.According to the announcement in Ribon magazine (click to enlarge), the new series will be set several years after the current one, when the lead character, Ichigo, is no longer a 14-year-old... | | |
| 10:29pm | New Role for 11-year-old Iino Mayu -- the Next Great Young Seiyuu? | | | | Iino Mayu has been doing a fine job as the "sweets spirit" Caramel in Yumeiro Patissiere. Playing alongside seiyuu from five to 15 years older than her, she has more than held her own.Now she shows up with a new role in episode 8 of Shiki, the outstanding noitaminA horror anime, where she plays the second... | | |
| 7:33pm | Seiyuu Video: Yuuki Aoi in 2007 -- TV Presenter | | | | Fans have discovered a series of TV science shows online in which a young Yuuki Aoi is the presenter. The show is called The Brand New Science News, and eight 15-minute shows are online here.Here is a three-minute clip from one show: The clip is the first three minutes of the fourth 15-minute... | | |
| 8:30pm | Seiyuu Yuuki Aoi -- Young Veteran | | | | Voice actress Yuuki Aoi 悠木碧 just turned 18 last Saturday. But she is a show business veteran: she was in her first TV drama at the age of five, and has acted in ten TV shows, three films, and 21 animes. (mouseover images for captions; click to enlarge)Her seiyuu career began when she was eleven,... | | |
| 8:40pm | Yuuki Aoi Alarm Clock | | | | Yuuki Aoi 悠木碧 has one of the liveliest, sharpest, best controlled seiyuu voices around, especially for someone so young (17).One of her fans on 2channel says today that he clipped out her sponsorship message at the beginning of each episode of Yumeiro Pâtissière and has been using it for the... | | |
| 5:43am | Top 10 Anime in $$$ |  | | | The 2008 market for character goods in Japan was estimated at $17.1 billion, and recently released statistics allow the top anime franchises to be ranked according to how much merchandise they sold, a very important metric as sales of anime goods can dwarf proceeds from anime sales. The figures themselves,... | | |
| 7:13pm | Jewelpet -- Characters and Seiyuus | | | | Jewelpet is a Sunday morning anime for young girls, and is a tie-in with a line of stuffed toys from Sanrio and Sega.But in fact, it's not half bad.And it has a very interesting cast. It's intended as a vehicle for Morning Musume member Kamei Eri, who does a decent job for a new seiyuu. And singer/TV... | | |
| 4:28am | 2009 Spring Anime Menu: Boys Keep Out Edition | | | | Springtime is finally here (yes we’re late, don’t have to tell us), bringing with it a HEAPLOAD of animes!! ‘For You in Full Blossom’ is but apt to describe this season, with plenty of variety to cater to just about any audience. And since our beloved male chefs didn’t... | | |
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