
Ersatz K-pop band Nylon Pink’s recently released cover of Final Fantasy X-2’s intro song “Real Emotion” has been attracting opprobrium from Final Fantasy diehards for blaspheming against a beloved classic – an unsurprising outcome considering the quality of most American interpretations of Japanese content – or alternatively, the hostile reception it inevitably faces from fans…
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Japan, News
- Date: Dec 22, 2012 18:51 JST
- Tags: AKB48, Idol, J-pop, Marketing, Music, Oricon, Otaku, Rankings, Statistics

***48’s total dominance of 2012’s single charts has raised more than a few eyebrows amongst music lovers in Japan, with some voicing concern about the fact non-idol groups now barely feature at all…
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- Author: Leon
- Categories: Anime, News
- Date: Dec 16, 2012 16:00 JST
- Tags: ED, Idol, J-pop, Music, OP, Otaku, Rankings, Seiyuu, Video Gallery

Seiyuu fans have rendered their verdict on which of the current crop of singer-seiyuu has the sweetest singing voice and best musical abilities, leading to some musically accomplished choices.
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Pictured is 辻 希美 / Nono Tsuji, a former Morning Musume and now general talent, singer and hanger on; some observers can’t help but notice her rather sudden and extreme transformation upon majority into a saucer eyed doe whose eyeballs threaten to roll from their sockets.
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Up and coming seiyuu 戸松遥 / Haruka Tomatsu (Nagi of Kannagi, Lala of To-Love Ru) is still not as visually recognizable as some seiyuu such as Aya Hirano or Rie Tanaka, but she certainly seems to carry enough 3D appeal to become one of the idol seiyuu that have recently become more prominent in the otaku world.
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This immaculate fan visualisation of a song by Perfume, Seventh Heaven, is currently defying common sense and doing surprisingly poorly on Nico; why this is is hard to gauge, but it won’t stop many finding enjoyment in it here, I’m sure.
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Idol Master Tsunku, seemingly not satisfied with his recent acquisition of onetime seiyuu Aya Hirano, has expanded his collection to include a new Jpop group, which is to be comprised entirely of megane (spectacles) moe girls, six in all.
In completing the set, of 1800 supplicants he apparently opted for a malleable 11-year-old (the little one).
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Seiyuu followers may like to give this gallery some scrutiny, containing so many idollish seiyuu as it does. Since there were many images to select from, this gallery is even devoid of the usual awful/charming seiyuu blog pictures, tending to show them at their photogenic/photoshopped best instead.
Please refer also to the first and second seiyuu galleries previously published. The adventurous way wish also to refer to the gallery of trendsetting blubber idol Aya Hirano, or to porn star seiyuu Yurika Ochiai.
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Mega-seiyuu Aya Hirano crows victory in her latest interview, telling us she shed tears of joy when she learnt of the great success of her debut album, Riot Girl, with it securing sixth place in the Oricon charts; she pledges also not to betray the expectations of fans in her “Riot Tour”.
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Idol and J-pop entertainer 菊地彩香 / Ayaka Kikuchi (15), of group AKB48, announced on her blog that she has been given the chop after a tryst with her boyfriend came to light, with this news coming on the heels of the earlier compromising photos of her that were spread on the net.
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More of the at times improbably beautiful modern seiyuu; it is little wonder the number turning their hand to a spot of idolling has been increasing, or it is it instead the case that lately idolisable seiyuu are the ones landing the prominent roles?
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In this gallery of most appealing young lady seiyuu, you are sure to find something of interest whilst furthering your knowledge of the profession at the same time. The question asked on the Vipper threads was whether seiyuu are lately getting cuter; perhaps only reference to the images can resolve this.
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