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Endou Aya Announces Her Marriage
Endou Aya (age 33) is the newest name in the recent cascade of marriages of well-known seiyuus. Nazuka Kaori, Shiraishi Ryouko, Itou Shizuka, Tanaka Rie, Saitou Chiwa, and now Aya.In her blog today,...
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Autumn 2013 Anime Full Previews -- cast, staff, story, pic, trailer, manga, etc.
The anime industry seems to have recovered from its doldrums. A lot of shows are being produced, anyway: I have 47 series in this round-up. I'll list a few of special interest and then go through them...
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Autumn 2013 Anime Schedule
Here we go again. The new anime season gets rolling in earnest this week, with more and more new shows popping up as the week goes on. Click here or on the image for a calendar-style schedule.There are...
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Taneda Risa -- Good Actress and Good Singer
Last year, Taneda Risa種田梨沙 suddenly burst onto the scene as a 24-year-old new seiyuu who could really act. In her first leading role, as Saki in From the New World, she played her character at three...
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Characters, Seiyuus, and Brief Reviews: White Album 2, Kyoukai no Kanata,...
Here are links to character/seiyuu pages for nine new shows, showing pics of the main characters and their seiyuus, and giving a bit of info about each seiyuu.White Album 2 -- This new story seems a...
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What I'm Watching -- October 2013
White Album 2We're at least three episodes into most shows this fall season. Here are some comments about shows I'm watching (and not watching) right now. I'm not ranking them in order of "quality,"...
View ArticlePopularity of Autumn Shows on 2Channel
Here's a quick tabulation of the current number of posts for each new show on the Japanese message board 2channelKill La Kill and Non Non Biyori are the most posted-about shows, with Kyoukai no Kanata...
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Yuuki Aoi and Taketatsu Ayana Form New Singing Duo "petit milady"
Amazing news breaks this afternoon that Yuuki Aoi and Taketatsu Ayana are forming a new singing duo called "petit milady," or "puchi mire" for short.The name means "little milady" in French/English,...
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Spring 2013 Anime Previews: staff, cast, story, trailer, pic, etc.
This is the season of science fiction. There are seven shows with something sci-fi about them, from a remake of the Space Battleship Yamato series to three mecha shows to a kids' show and a harem...
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Winter 2014 Anime -- Full Previews of 40 New Shows
The winter season was never like this: 40 new shows in a season that usually has less than 30. Nothing that looks like an immediate masterpiece, but lots of promising possibilities.I'll give full...
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Winter 2014 -- New Anime Season Weekly Schedule
The new anime season is upon us. One show has already started (Pupipo), we have the first episode of Witchcraft Works, and we have bits of two more shows: Space Dandy and Robot Girls Z.The new season...
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Touyama Nao -- Quiet Rise
Touyama Nao (click to enlarge)Touyama Nao 東山奈央, 21, has snuck up on me. Suddenly this season, she is in four shows, and is starring in two of them: Mahou Sensou and Nisekoi.Touya-Man started her career...
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Character/Seiyuu Pages for 16 New Shows
To Aru Hikuushi e no Koiuta(Hanae Natsuki and Yuuki Aoi)I've made character/seiyuu pages for 16 of the new winter 2014 shows now being broadcast. They give pics of the characters and their seiyuus,...
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Kido Ibuki Starts a Blog
Sixteen-year-old rising seiyuu star Kido Ibuki has started a blog.Since she started the blog at the beginning of January, she is posting about every two days, so the posts are building up fast. (click...
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8th Seiyuu Awards Winners -- 2013 roles
Satou RinaI'm a bit more skeptical of the results than I used to be, but I still like the annual Seiyuu Awards. This year's awards were announced Friday, and the awards ceremony was held Saturday...
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Spring 2014 Anime -- full previews of 49 new shows
There is a huge number of new shows this season, including many that look interesting. No obvious instant classics, but I am ready to be surprised.There are many promising shows, but here are brief...
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Spring 2014 New Anime Season Calendar
Here we go, with the new season starting Tuesday. This season's calendar includes 50 -- count 'em, 50 -- new shows.The calendar includes not just new shows, but all shows that are being broadcast,...
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Seiyuu Sakura Ayane -- Ready for Anything
Sakura Ayane 佐倉綾音 burst onto the scene in 2011, at the age of 16, with the starring role in Yumekui Merry. That was not a huge hit, and even I found her voice amateurish.But the years have passed and...
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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