Yuuki Aoi's Drawing in Madoka Staff Doujin

Calling themselves Madoka-ya, numerous staff members -- animators, illustrators, seiyuus -- involved with the Madoka Magika anime released a doujin of illustrations at Comiket last month. It sold out in two hours, priced at just under $20. Within hours, however, copies were being resold in stores and over the Internet for $200-$300 each.

One of the seiyuus whose drawings are featured is Yuuki Aoi. She contributed this somewhat steamy illustration of personifications of Kyuube and the witch Charlotte:

Other contributors included director Akiyuki Shinbou (click images to enlarge):

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KAmiYU -- Kamiya Hiroshi and Irino Miyu

Two of the best male seiyuus around -- Kamiya Hiroshi and Irino Miyu -- have formed a singing duo called KAmiYU.

They brought out two singles late last year, and a mini-album earlier in August. A talk/live DVD will come out in November.

They might seem an odd couple, since Kamiyan is 36 and Miyu only 23. But both are excellent seiyuus, with long lists of top credits to their names.

Kamiyan started in anime in 1994, at the age of 19, Miyu started in 1995 -- at the age of nine. He had already joined the Himawari children's theatre group when he was four.

Kamiyan's big roles include Zetsubou-sensei, Araragi in Bakemonogatari, and Natsume in Natsume Yuujinchou.

Miyu was Haku in Spirited Away (at the age of 13), Sena in Eyeshield 21, Saji Crossroad in Gundam00, Kou in Cross Game, and this year alone he has been Jin-tan in AnoHana and Makoto in Denpa Onna. And he just seems to get better and better looking, as well:

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