
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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An idol’ s youthful appearance is her only asset in most contexts; thus this comparison of idols then, with idols now provides a rather stark example of their limited shelf life…
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Seiyuu throughout the land are so hard pressed to find work that the vast majority can only subsist with the aid of additional employment, according to an industry insider.
The insider is しろがねしょおむ / Shomu Shirogane, the director of agency Winner Entertainment.
He has this to say about the business of voice acting:
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The above image compares a scene from volume one of the To Love-Ru manga with an illustration aired recently on TBS late night enertainment program ランク王国 / Rank Kingdom; the illustration, or copy thereof, is apparently by Hiropyon (Hiroko Kamata), a minor tarento (presenter) working on the show.
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Cosplay idol and talent 中川翔子 / Shoko Nakagawa, perhaps better known as しょこたん / Shokotan, is an idol (also singer, “mangaka”, actress, blogger, cat fancier, etc.) who has attained extreme popularity through her otaku proclivities, and in this gallery you can see why, with both gravure and cosplay photos appearing in abundance.
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Handsome producer つんく♂ / Tsunku looks to have added super-seiyuu Aya Hirano to his harem if their onstage antics are anything to go by; a jolly time looks to have been had in this promotional event for their upcoming collaboration, with Tsunku jolliest of all to have had Aya Hirano hanging off of him, by the looks of things.
The two are engaged in their first “collaboration”, if a singer’s relationship with a producer could be called that, for the ED tune to ヒャッコ / Hyakko, the upcoming anime adaptation of a digitally distributed manga of the same name.
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