A voice actor can really bring an anime character to life, so the app Line did a survey asking Japanese teenagers about their favorite voice actors. The survey consisted of 428 high school boys and 413 high school girls who watch anime. They were asked …Read more »
Megumi Hayashibara has been doing voice-over work for more than thirty years. She’s voiced Rei Ayanami in Neon Genesis Evangelion, Jessie in Pokémon, Lina Inverse in Slayers, Ranma in Ranma ½ and Faye Valentine in Cowboy Bebop, to name a few. She’s written about all …Read more »
The 15th Annual Seiyuu Awards ceremony won’t take place until March 6, but a few of its winners have already been revealed. The Synergy Award will go to the Voicarion IX: Teikoku Koe Kabuki ~Nobunaga no Inu~ (His Majesty’s Dog) stage reading. The Kei Tomiyama …Read more »
Kana Hanazawa Here’s an interesting twist on the ever-present anime polls flowing out of the Japanese internets. This one was directed solely at Japanese college students, and asked them to choose the best voice actresses who can really pull of a good heroine. Who do …Read more »
It’s no secret that the entertainment industry can be sexist and ageist (often in concert), but voice acting seems like the one slice of the industry where age really shouldn’t matter, right? Wrong, apparently. Voice actor Yuko Nagashima took to Twitter the other day to …Read more »
Another one for the “get well soon” files. Voice actress Risa Taneda, who is currently appearing on-air as Erina Nakiri in Food Wars! The Second Plate , has gone on hiatus to recover from an illness, it was announced today. The actress, 28, had apparently …Read more »
Hey, modern anime voice actors: Masako Nozawa is not impressed. The veteran voice actress, most famous for her role as Dragon Ball ’s Goku, which she’s been playing for 30 years, had some harsh words for today’s seiyuu in a recent interview. In a chat …Read more »
Kimura played Howl in 2004's Howl's Moving Castle . Come 2017, the members of Japanese boy band SMAP are going to find themselves with some spare time on their hands. The group, which has been together for 25 years, is set to split up December …Read more »
This is definitely the anime industry “awww” moment of the day. Manga artist NAOE, creator of Aoharu x Machinegun , recently moved into a new home, and was paid a housewarming visit by none other than voice actress Mikako Komatsu, who starred in the Aoharu …Read more »
Japanese talent agency Walkure (no relation to the fictional Macross Delta idol unit) is recruiting voice actors in an upcoming Tokyo audition, and Japanese netizens have discovered an interesting piece of fine print on Walkure’s recruitment site. Specifically, Walkure warns that potential voice actors who …Read more »
Kill Me Baby voice actress Ai Takabe will not be prosecuted for cocaine use and possession, says Tokyo Reporter. The report follows news that the anime actress and pin-up idol was arrested in November for use of the drug, which is illegal in Japan. The …Read more »
At the recent Kyoto International Manga Anime Fair, voice actors Kengo Kawanishi, who plays Augus Mikazuki, and Natsuki Hanae, who plays Biscuit Griffon ( Gundam character names are the gift that keeps on giving) in the new series Iron-Blooded Orphans , shared some thoughts on …Read more »
Some nice news for those looking forward to the upcoming Digimon Adventure tri. , the sequel to the original 1999 Digimon series: all eight of the original main cast members will be returning to reprise their roles. The cast list looks like this: Chika Sakamoto …Read more »
Akame ga Kill! , the dark fantasy action series set to conclude this month, stars as titular character Akame voice actress and singer Sora Amamiya. Aside from playing Akame, Amamiya also sang the series’ first opening theme, “Skyreach,” and its second ending theme, “Tsuki Akari” …Read more »
Daisuke Ono is a Japanese voice actor known for his roles in countless anime series, video games and more, including Erwin in Attack on Titan , Susumu Kodai in Space Battleship Yamato 2199 , and most recently Jotaro Kujo in the currently airing Jojo’s Bizarre …Read more »
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