“Your antics are a nuisance, so cut it out please”. Otaku and their shenanigans have triggered a very forthright response from 榊原ゆい/Yui Sakakibara (prolific seiyuu for many famous eroge), or Yui-nyan, clearly not one to put up with any nonsense, or take it lying down as some of her compatriots do.
Yui-nyan is not just vocal, she is positively verbose in her lengthy harangue of the otaku involved in オタ芸, “ota-gei”, otaku performances, the maniacal and frequently disorderly disruptions which seem to be favoured by the most extreme seiyuu fanatics.
She has this to say: “Wouldn’t you be out the door if you tried that sort of thing at a major artist’s performance? … Think just because you’re otaku you can get away with this sort of thing?”, as well as a lot more in a very lengthy blog post.
The act she takes particular umbrage at was the throwing of a light-stick onto the stage, responding at the time in no uncertain terms: “Absolutely no throwing! It’s dangerous, I’ll stop the show!”.
Nice to see an assertive attitude taken by a seiyuu, but can she keep her unruly fans under heel? Via 2ch.
Ah Sakakibara Yui <3. Nice to see her taking such action as well.
some otaku need to restrain themselves, they have to think that seiyuus are human too..
Hopefully she will be able to control them.
I would never throw anything other than kisses at a Yui-nyan performance.
I’d kill anyone that forced her to stop her show though…Which I’m sure doesn’t help her case, but I’d be sure to do it after the show.
This reminds me of when Metallica had to stop their show because someone threw a stick at them.
Now this is one of the many reasons why we shouldn’t pander to these obvious, mentally disabled, fanboy retards.