Despite the fact she's 19 and in college, they featured Ao-chan in a middle-school sailor-style uniform. Ao-chan says she borrowed an old uniform of her mother's.
Friday, December 02, 2011
Yuuki Aoi in a Sailor Suit
A new magazine called Voice Angel has debuted with photo series featuring Yuuki Aoi, Taketatsu Ayana, Ogura Yui, and Kayano Ai.
Despite the fact she's 19 and in college, they featured Ao-chan in a middle-school sailor-style uniform. Ao-chan says she borrowed an old uniform of her mother's.
Despite the fact she's 19 and in college, they featured Ao-chan in a middle-school sailor-style uniform. Ao-chan says she borrowed an old uniform of her mother's.
Thursday, November 24, 2011
Ogura Yui Proud of Her Mid-Term Marks
Ogura Yui posts almost every day in her blog. Recently, she has apologized for posting a little less frequently, because of mid-term tests.
But today she posted a delighted summary of her test results: the 16-year-old Yui, who I guess is in high school, was aiming for an overall average of 80% and actually got 85%. I liked her little still-life of test results, with the names of her school and teachers carefully blocked out:
Now here is a shot of her from during the test period:
But today she posted a delighted summary of her test results: the 16-year-old Yui, who I guess is in high school, was aiming for an overall average of 80% and actually got 85%. I liked her little still-life of test results, with the names of her school and teachers carefully blocked out:
Now here is a shot of her from during the test period:
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Kana in Switzerland -- Hanazawa Kana Photobook
A book of photos of Hanazawa Kana will come out on 14 December in Japan.
The photoshoot was in Switzerland. Kana-chan talks about it in a radio show reported on here by Ambi: "I went to Switzerland! Yayy!!! It was a really nice place. It’s kinda rare for me to go overseas especially on a trip where the plane ride was so long. Including the return trip it was about fourteen hours!"
Here are some pages from the book, which has not yet been posted for sale on amazon.co.jp or cdjapan:
The photoshoot was in Switzerland. Kana-chan talks about it in a radio show reported on here by Ambi: "I went to Switzerland! Yayy!!! It was a really nice place. It’s kinda rare for me to go overseas especially on a trip where the plane ride was so long. Including the return trip it was about fourteen hours!"
Here are some pages from the book, which has not yet been posted for sale on amazon.co.jp or cdjapan:
Monday, November 14, 2011
Great Seiyuu Blog to Check Out
Ambi'seiyuulog started last year, but I only found it a few months ago. Among other things, it gives us summaries of radio episodes featuring various seiyuus. Ambi currently follows Hikasa Youko, Hanazawa Kana, Sugita Tomokazu, Yuuki Aoi, Hayami Saori, Iguchi Yuka, and Sakura Ayane. Ambi has good taste, lol.
One of the more amusing posts is about a Railgun radio episode during which wine was served and in which Itou Kanae reveals to Satou Rina that she doesn't believe reindeer really exist. "Do reindeer really exist?" then becomes a catch-phrase for Kanae-chan and keeps popping up.
As you might guess, it's the posts featuring Yuuki Aoi that interest me most. Here's part of Ambi's post about the Ben-Tou radio episode in which Ao-chan guested with hosts Shimono Hiro and Ise Mariya:
Wednesday, November 09, 2011
Hanazawa Kana, Yuuki Aoi to Co-star in New Anime
Hanazawa Kana and Yuuki Aoi will co-star in a new short anime to begin December 17.
The anime is called Yakimochi Kyousoukyoku Kapurisu ("Jealousy Rhapsody Caprice"). It stars Kana-chan and Ao-chan as a puppy and a kitten who think they are human girls and are always competing to be tops.
It will be shown as the ending sequence of the anime TV show Anime Seijin -- Tokimeki Reshipii ("Anime Alien -- Exciting Recipe"). The show features two hosts (currently Ueda Kana and Shimizu Kaori), talking and cooking together. Previous hosts have included Maeno Tomoaki and KENN, Kakihara Tetsuya and Eguchi Takuya, et al.
Here are Ao-chan and Kana-chan with their characters, Ruu the kitten and Nowa the puppy:
The anime is called Yakimochi Kyousoukyoku Kapurisu ("Jealousy Rhapsody Caprice"). It stars Kana-chan and Ao-chan as a puppy and a kitten who think they are human girls and are always competing to be tops.
It will be shown as the ending sequence of the anime TV show Anime Seijin -- Tokimeki Reshipii ("Anime Alien -- Exciting Recipe"). The show features two hosts (currently Ueda Kana and Shimizu Kaori), talking and cooking together. Previous hosts have included Maeno Tomoaki and KENN, Kakihara Tetsuya and Eguchi Takuya, et al.
Here are Ao-chan and Kana-chan with their characters, Ruu the kitten and Nowa the puppy:
Monday, October 31, 2011
Fall 2011 Anime -- Impressions
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| Chihayafuru |
But my own favorite shows are Chihayafuru, Kimi to Boku, Ben-Tou, Guilty Crown, Haganai, and Last Exile. Mirai Nikki is pretty powerful, too.
Anyway, here's the list, in alphabetical order, with some comments:
● Ad-lib Anime Laboratory -- Katou Emiri, Fukuhara Kaori, and a guest (Sakurai Takahiro and Kobayashi Yuu, so far) ad-lib lines from which a short anime is then made. Highly enjoyable for watching the seiyuus work, but the anime produced aren't that interesting.
● Ben-Tou -- Absurdly hilarious story about supermarket battles over half-price bentos. No, really. Yuuki Aoi is terrific as the fujoshi battle-watcher. So is Kayano Ai as the vicious class president. Good work also from Ise Mariya and Shimono Hiro. Sleeper hit.
● Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai -- Friendless misfits of various kinds create a club whose aim is to make friends. Funny and well produced. One of the most popular shows of the season.
Sunday, October 30, 2011
Fall Anime Popularity in Japan and in the West
Here's a quick tabulation of posts that gives some idea of how popular the various fall anime are in Japan and abroad.
Fate/Zero is the clear winner in Japan -- although Shana may be a close competitor. It's not possible to tell how many of its 242 threads of posts are for earlier series.
Gundam AGE seems to be far more interesting to posters abroad than it is in Japan. Horizon and Persona 4 are a bit more popular in Japan than overseas.
Anyway, here are the figures:
2channel (thousand-post threads)
Fate/Zero is the clear winner in Japan -- although Shana may be a close competitor. It's not possible to tell how many of its 242 threads of posts are for earlier series.
Gundam AGE seems to be far more interesting to posters abroad than it is in Japan. Horizon and Persona 4 are a bit more popular in Japan than overseas.
Anyway, here are the figures:
2channel (thousand-post threads)
| Fate/Zero | 100 |
| Horizon | 56 |
| Persona 4 | 50 |
| Haganai | 38 |
| Ika Musume | 36 |
| Gundam AGE | 33 |
| HunterxHunter | 24 |
| Guilty Crown | 22 |
| Last Exile Fam | 20 |
| Ben-Tou | 16 |
| Chihayafuru | 12 |
| C3 | 11 |
| Mashiro-iro Symphony | 11 |
| Majikoi | 10 |
| Tamayura Hitotose | 8 |
| Maken-ki | 6 |
| Kimi to Boku | 6 |
| Un-Go | 5 |
| gdgd Fairies | 5 |
| Phi Brain | 3 |
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