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Uchida Maaya -- from gamer/cosplayer to seiyuu/singer
Uchida Maaya 内田真礼 has always been an otaku favorite. They feel as if she respects their ways, and that she is even one of them.Even in high school, she was a cosplayer. She went on to do photo sessions...
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Koeda Makes her Solo Debut -- Singing and Writing Her Own Songs
Koeda こゑだ, the 18-year-old singer who has been "guest vocalist" with Supercell for the past three years, is making her solo debut with a mini-album entitled "Nice to Meet You," which will be released...
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I've hesitated to feature a group like Little Glee Monster, whose members are so young and which has a glee-club/Las Vegas sound, but they are just too amazing not to write about.This is an a capella...
View ArticleSeiyuu Video Mini-clips
There's a twitter bot sending out five-second video clips of amusing and/or charming seiyuu moments, mainly from radio shows or public appearances.Here's one of Uchida Maaya:And here's Yahagi Sayuri,...
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Hibike! Euphonium characters/seiyuus
I wasn't going to do any of these pages this season, but this show has made itself an exception. This is a very good show with a big and interesting cast. And I have trouble keeping all the characters...
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2015 Summer Anime -- full previews of 45 shows, with story, cast, staff, pic,...
Akagami no ShirayukihimeWhen I first started looking at the summer season shows, I was pretty disappointed. There were 14 (count 'em, 14!) sequels, some short anime, and not much new of interest.As I...
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Summer 2015 Anime Weekly Calendar
The new anime season gets started on Wednesday with Gangsta and Okusama ga Seitou Kaichou.Gangsta is dark urban action from the director of Ergo Proxy, and features top names like Noto Mamiko, Suwabe...
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Komatsu Mikako -- A Handsome Voice
Komatsu Mikako 小松未可子 had her first leading role in 2010, as Joey in Heroman. She became a star in 2011, playing the schoolgirl pirate captain Kato Marika in Mouretsu Uchuu Kaizoku (aka "Bodacious Space...
View ArticleYuuki Aoi at Full Speed
Here's YuukiAoi rehearsing for and then voicing a TV ad for a new light novel called Chronicle Legion, from Shueisha's "Dash X" label.She apparently reads 330 characters in 30 seconds -- eleven...
View ArticleSakura Ayane and Uchida Maaya -- New Internet TV Show Video
Just yesterday, the video of the first episode of a new show starring Mayayan (Uchida Maaya 内田真礼) and Ayaneru (Sakura Ayane 佐倉綾音) came online.The two seiyuus star together in the new anime Gochuumon wa...
View ArticleCharacter/seiyuu Pages for 15 New Anime
I've made character/seiyuu pages for a total of 15 new anime:Bokura wa Minna KawaisouBrynhildr in the DarknessDragonar AcademyIs the Order a Rabbit?Isshuukan FriendsInugami-san to Nekoyama-sanKanojo ga...
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2channel Popularity of 2014 Spring Anime
Love Live 2It's early in the season, but here's a look at how much discussion each new anime is provoking on the general anime threads on 2channel, the huge Japanese message board.The top show for the...
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Thoughts after 2-3 episodes of the spring 2014 anime
Soredemo Sekai wa UtsukushiiIs the spring anime season really this good, or am I just in the right mood? Whatever the case, I am enjoying too many shows to keep up with. These are the shows I won't...
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New Anime Season Starts Wednesday
GlasslipThe summer anime season starts on Wednesday.One of this Wednesday's two shows will be Bakumatsu Rock, an idol show set in mid-nineteenth century Japan (?!), and starring Taniyama Kishou. The...
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Summer 2014 Anime Weekly Calendar
Here's a calendar showing what's on this summer, including both new shows and shows continuing from previous seasons.Click here or on the image to go to the full calendar:
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Character/seiyuu Pages: Glasslip, Tokyo Ghoul, Locodol
Here are character/seiyuu pages for three new shows that begin today:-- Glasslip, a new story from PA Works and Nishimura Junji, starring newcomer Fukagawa Seria, Hayami Saori, Taneda Risa, Oosaka...
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Minase Inori -- A Tiny, Perfect Voice Arrives
Minase Inori水瀬いのり had her first seiyuu role when she was still in middle school. But she graduated from high school this March, and her career has now shifted into high gear: she already has ten roles...
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My Favorite Anime of the Summer 2014 Season
Glasslip After 4-5 episodes, here are my feelings about the new shows I've watched:Glasslip – One of the best shows in years, in my opinion (but not in anyone else's, lol). Riveting performance by...
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Autumn 2014 Anime -- Full Previews with cast, staff, trailer, story,...
This preview has two parts: in the first, each new show gets a very brief characterization, just enough to help identify it in your mind. In the second, I give full info about each show: staff, cast,...
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Kuno Misaki -- A New Voice from Osawa Office
Agency portraitKuno Misaki 久野美咲 has a vivid new version of one of those high, childish voices that are beloved in Japan but not so much outside it.I first noticed her as Hoshimiya Kate in World...
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Characters/seiyuus Pages for Several New Shows
Le Fruit de la GrisaiaAs in previous seasons, I am making character/seiyuu pages for a number of the new anime this fall.The pages include pics of main characters and their seiyuus, with a bit of info...
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Thanks for 2 Million Hits
Thank you! (Simoun)I started this blog almost nine years ago, with a post on Paradise Kiss. Other shows featured in those early days: Noein, Glass Mask, Lemon Angel Project (an early idol anime),...
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Shirobako: seiyuus, characters, and characters' job titles
The first episode of Shirobako was entertaining in more than one way. I enjoyed the human interactions, but I also enjoyed the look inside the world of anime production.In making a characters/seiyuus...
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Spring 2015 Anime -- Full Previews w/cast, staff, story, trailer, etc.
I keep hearing that anime is dead, but there are more new anime this season than in any season I can remember: over fifty. Now, I admit I've been finding fewer and fewer shows I like over the past...
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Autumn 2015 New Anime -- full previews (cast, staff, story, image, links) of...
Better late than never, here, on the eve of the new season, is my almost-usual preview of all the shows.I'm afraid that the only show I'm really looking forward to that much is Shinbou's next...
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