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 Usagi desu ka?, which starts next Thursday. But this show appears to be unrelated to that. However, it no doubt is related to the fact that they both are with the big I'm Enterprise seiyuu agency.
Ayaneru begins the show asking Mayayan if she has an iPad. After Mayayan says no, but that she wants one, Ayaneru eagerly proclaims she has had one for two years, confirming the interest in computers I mentioned in the previous post.
Like Ayaneru, Mayayan is another young seiyuu who keeps surprising me by being so good. She was more than adequate as Sanka Rea. Then she leaped to stardom as Rikka in Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai. I was still only partly convinced, but I thought she was excellent in her following roles of Mao in GJ Club and Hajime in Gatchaman Crowds. Then she did the very different role of officer-minder Koganuma in Outbreak Company and I was officially impressed.
She is also a former amateur gravure idol, and will appear in gravure in Young Gangan magazine #8, out on Thursday. I say "amateur," to cover what I understand to be the situation: I believe she was like a cosplayer, agreeing to pose for groups of otaku for little or no money. This endeared her to Japanese otaku from the start of her seiyuu career.
The first episode of the radio show seemed a bit awkward to me. The utterly beautiful Mayayan may be a bit intimidating for the pretty but ample Ayaneru. And Ayaneru apparently doesn't hesitate to brag about her computer savvy. They were working out how to interact as two young seiyuus flying solo together, without a more experienced hand to guide the show. Not that they aren't both quite experienced as radio personalities.
I posted the video as an addendum to my previous post on Ayaneru, but I think it deserves a post of its own, so people will see it. I was alerted to the new show by a tweet from @cowboybibimbop. Future episodes should be available on the GA Bunko YouTube channel.
The two seiyuus star together in the new anime Gochuumon wa Usagi desu ka?, which starts next Thursday. But this show appears to be unrelated to that. However, it no doubt is related to the fact that they both are with the big I'm Enterprise seiyuu agency.
Ayaneru begins the show asking Mayayan if she has an iPad. After Mayayan says no, but that she wants one, Ayaneru eagerly proclaims she has had one for two years, confirming the interest in computers I mentioned in the previous post.
Like Ayaneru, Mayayan is another young seiyuu who keeps surprising me by being so good. She was more than adequate as Sanka Rea. Then she leaped to stardom as Rikka in Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai. I was still only partly convinced, but I thought she was excellent in her following roles of Mao in GJ Club and Hajime in Gatchaman Crowds. Then she did the very different role of officer-minder Koganuma in Outbreak Company and I was officially impressed.
She is also a former amateur gravure idol, and will appear in gravure in Young Gangan magazine #8, out on Thursday. I say "amateur," to cover what I understand to be the situation: I believe she was like a cosplayer, agreeing to pose for groups of otaku for little or no money. This endeared her to Japanese otaku from the start of her seiyuu career.
The first episode of the radio show seemed a bit awkward to me. The utterly beautiful Mayayan may be a bit intimidating for the pretty but ample Ayaneru. And Ayaneru apparently doesn't hesitate to brag about her computer savvy. They were working out how to interact as two young seiyuus flying solo together, without a more experienced hand to guide the show. Not that they aren't both quite experienced as radio personalities.
I posted the video as an addendum to my previous post on Ayaneru, but I think it deserves a post of its own, so people will see it. I was alerted to the new show by a tweet from @cowboybibimbop. Future episodes should be available on the GA Bunko YouTube channel.