
Fans have been polled concerning the seiyuu they find to have the most surprising age, whether it be by dint of their youthful appearance or the age of the characters they still manage to voice convincingly – with Masako Nozawa (the voice of the young fighters in DBZ) proving to be the most shocking.
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Anime fans have yet again been quizzed as to who their most beloved seiyuu of the moment are, leading to some rather unsurprising results, be it by their recurrent and widespread talent or recent association with a work of overpowering popularity – and not much in the way of newcomers, age and marital status evidently having not been too much of a problem of late.
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Hayate no Gotoku has been reborn as Hayate no Gotoku: Can’t Take My Eyes Off You, and the first episode has received a generally positive welcome, with fans praising both the content and Kugimiya content, as well as the overall cuteness, but complaining interminably about the endlessly changing and not necessarily improving character designs…
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Binbougami-ga! has sprung yet another surprise on fans – this time in the form of none other than Rie Kugimiya voicing a character quite far removed from her usual tsundere fare…
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The fact that young boys in anime are overwhelmingly voiced by female seiyuu has given rise to this unusual ranking, looking at just who manages the best boyish shonen voices…
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Combat butler fans have been rejoicing at the news that a third season of the anime is due in the autumn, although there is some concern as to which studio will be shouldering this monumental task.
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The advent of an unspeakably cute shota character voiced by no less than Rie Kugimiya herself has kept Haiyore! Nyaruko-san fans busily worshipping at the altar of the Outer Gods in the show’s 4th and probably cutest episode episode yet.
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Zero no Tsukaima’s ending has been well received by fans, finally bringing the Kugimiya tsundere holy trinity to an end – although given the increasingly harsh reception the TV series enjoyed, it came not a moment too soon…
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Anime fans have sought to find the female seiyuu with the best voice, demonstrating definitively that supreme voice acting talent and the most idol-esque of looks do not often go hand in hand – and the fact that their first choice not only has a boyfriend but actually married him certainly disproves the popular seiyuu otaku theory which holds that an intact hymen is essential to a seiyuu’s performing abilities…
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Shakugan no Shana III has concluded to near universal approval, finally bringing the 7-year run of the series to an end amidst tears of both sadness and approval – rarely have the only complaints about the finale been that it was unfortunate the first two seasons were not as spectacularly good as the third turned out to be…
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Idolmaster‘s tsundere Iori Minase gets a figure in her Ryuguu Komachi outfit by Wave, looking more splendid than ever. The figure will be released in February 2012.
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Generic oppai harem anime Hidan no Aria delivers some suggestive cosplaying action in its 9th episode, perhaps so as to distract from the diminishing amounts of service and rapidly rising amounts of poorly crafted plot…
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