Semi-Live Animazement Blogging: Day 2
Times like this I want to belt out some lines out of Sen’ichite.
Jouji Nakata has this amped up deep voice. It pwns the lineup so he wisely kept out most of it. But no Mitsuishi, to the disappointment of some. I knew Akira Kamina was up to something anyways. He’s a smooth old fox.
Most of today is me pacing back and forth in front of the Cospa booth in the dealers room and watching the prices on those Ruu shirts drop to reasonable range. And a very nice Niipa tea cup that I had to pass on based on principle. And this very cute Saber pillow cover. Too bad I will still not buy it :3 And also, waiting on Momotato (!).
And this is probably it for Animazement 2008 from omo. One more big-ass con report post with more pics, loots and youtube links next up.
Semi-Live Animazement Blogging: Day 1
Probably better if I just share some pictures from the opening ceremony.
Semi-Live Animazement Blogging: Day 0 - Mission Accomplished??
I think this picture says it all.
Gosh, the veteran seiyuu rocks.
We came, we saw, and we lulzed. Perhaps inappropriately so, but this time it’s not at my expense! Actually, I just shook hands.
And I do not condone this kind of behavior! Ecchi material is best only when you know the guest is tired and/or drunk and/or giddy!
Animazement へ…
Just a heads up, next week I’ll be very busy and (maybe) not post very much. I usually avoid this kind of a post but it’s something relevant for the average reader here, I guess.
The 11th Animazement (AZ) commences the same time as Fanime on the west coast, which is Memorial Day weekend in America. Hopefully I will be there. And get to meet one of the sexiest voice in anime voice acting, IMHO. (Even if you disagree, you can’t deny that her homepage is one of the funniest Japanese personality homepage around, with sound enabled). Then again, she was the voice of the Japanese dub for this character, so I can’t be the only one who thinks this.
And there’s more. It’s a bit of a vacation for me as well, just finishing up a tough stretch of work/professional life. Ugh.
Too bad AZ is in North Carolina, which is pretty darn far for most people East Coast, let alone non-east-coast, ironically. Any of you attending?
And more importantly, now that AZ is shaping to be the premiere old-school voice actor’s club from Japan, anyone got any nice dirt or good questions for not just Mitsuishi, but any of the other attendees? I’m a fish out of water here; I don’t even know where to begin to bring loot to get signed for the whole crew. These guys are veterans with a lot of solid, popular shows under their belts, and I’m just not a big old-school person. Nonetheless, I hope it’ll be fun and educational.
It seems like I gotta do my “con homework” even if it’s like, vacation. Sigh.
Miyuki Sawashiro’s Desirable Pigeonhole
Just looking up some basic information on Sawashiro surprised me. For starters, she was born in 1985, so she’s just 23 this year.
And already she is so prolific…albeit mostly in otaku-ish productions. Typecasted in the Oujo-sama type roles, she is definitely one of the go-to girl when you hear one of these characters.
What made me took note, however, is her Library Wars performance. That was definitely, by far, her best oujo-sama voice ever. And I mean, wow, that was her? Hawt.
I think my first extensive experience with her acting was back in her Broccoli days with Galaxy Angel and Di Gi Charat. Back then she did seem pretty much just like yet-another-high-strung-typecasted person. Today Sawashiro is in a bunch of different kind of roles, and surprisingly she’s doing fine even in a challenging role like Shinkuro from Kurenai. But I think her oujo-sama voice has definitely grown to differentiate itself too.
I guess you are forced to improve yourself when the subtlety of a Reika Houjo voice is merely the same nasal pitch laid a bit thickly to signify a hint of selfish immaturity? Versus a much lighter voice of Mint Blancmanche to reflect her age and attitude? Or a deeper voice to signify a touch of wisdom behind Shinku? I can only guess. I have no idea what Hagino Senkouji was doing–she was the younger pair acting for the older character? Weirdness.
Does it strike you interesting that Claire from Red Garden was by the same voice? I have to say she sounded more manly than Shinkuro >_> Or Kotarou from Pita-Ten. I think that was her best boy-role ever.
She needs to do more voices like this, I think, just to break things loose a bit more.
But if she can land more roles where she can sound like Asako Shibasaki, that is desirable IMO. Talk about a sexy librarian type!
