| 12:00am | Hitohira 05 | | | | The best episode yet. I only get this full, emotional feeling in my chest from the best shows: Simoun, NANA, Bokura ga Ita. If this keeps on, Hitohira may be on its way to joining them at the top of the list.Great direction, pacing, and use of music, sounds and silence. And fine voice acting, not | | |
| 12:00am | Hitohira 04 | | | | Episode 4 didn't thrill me as much as the others, but it shows us that this is not a simple, predictable show. The characterizations begin to broaden. Nono is not just the sweet sempai eager to help Mugi. And one time on stage does not make Mugi an actress.Sorry I'm late with this post. Real life | | |
| 12:00am | Hitohira 03 | | | | At the end of this episode, I found tears in my eyes. Not from sadness, but from sympathy with the characters. For me, the show continues to do everything I want.The characters make sense, even if Mugi's voiceless shy moments are a bit dramatized. The character design communicates gentle shades of | | |
| 12:00am | Hitohira 02 | | | | Episode 2 wasn't as dramatic as episode 1, but it still really wove its spell for me. There are a lot of very likeable people here, and a plot that is developing in interesting ways.Mugi (Kimoto Orie) and Nono (Kawasumi Ayako) are at opposite ends of the professionalism spectrum, but they both move | | |
| 12:00am | Hitohira -- seiyuu info, with pictures | | | | On the brink of a new season, here is a look at the new shows, concentrating on staff and cast. The shows I'm looking forward to? As usual, it's hard to tell which shows will work for me, but I'm looking at Code E, Doujin Work, Kenko Zenrakei Suieibu Umisho, Moetan, Mononoke, Sayonara Zetsubo Sensei,... | | |
| 12:00am | Hitohira -- a great start for the new season | | | | It's probably not to everyone's taste, but I just loved the first episode of Hitohiraひとひら . This is the first show in what will become a flood of new shows beginning Sunday, as the spring anime season really gets under way.It's always dangerous to make comparisons, but | | |
| 12:00am | Hirano Aya: Award and Crutches | | | | Well, I guess it's all Hirano Aya 平野綾 all the time here on Aya-channel. But the Aya thread on 2channel has been boiling for the last few days, so here's what's going on.First, there was the triumphant live event last Sunday, which ended with Aya weeping again. Then on | | |
| 12:00am | Hirano Aya's January | | | | Hirano Aya平野綾 has been posting several times a day to her blog through the month of January. With the drastic reduction in her live-event schedule that followed her breakdown last October, this is the way she is communicating with fans. And boy, is she communicating.Like some | | |
| 12:00am | Hirano Aya on her way to America | | | | Koshimizu Ami 小清水亜美 is just 21, but already she is one of the top voice actresses in Japan. The youthful vibrancy and great professionalism of her voice have won her numerous good roles, and she was recognized as the top supporting actress of 2006 in the first annual Seiyuu Awards."Amisuke,"... | | |
| 12:00am | Hirano Aya Interview on NHK | | | | Wednesday night, Hirano Aya 平野綾 was the guest on the new "Anime Giga" interview show on NHK's BS2 satellite channel. For 40 minutes, Aya talked with the two interviewers and did readings. If I didn't like her before, I sure would now. She came across as a rather serious, | | |
| 12:00am | Hirano Aya in LA | | | | Koshimizu Ami 小清水亜美 is just 21, but already she is one of the top voice actresses in Japan. The youthful vibrancy and great professionalism of her voice have won her numerous good roles, and she was recognized as the top supporting actress of 2006 in the first annual Seiyuu Awards."Amisuke,"... | | |
| 12:00am | Hirano Aya in Korea | | | | This past weekend, during a spate of blog posts from Seoul, Hirano Aya's website seems to have become the most popular seiyuu website in Japan. She was in Korea with Kudou Haruka and others from Death Note to do location shooting for feature material, as well as a magazine feature. (click photos to | | |
| 12:00am | Hirano Aya and NANA | | | | Layla in NANA was Hirano Aya's best performance so far. She broke my heart almost every time she spoke.Layla is a strange, sad creature. The beautiful lead singer of the fabulously popular band Trapnest, but deeply lonely and insecure. We first meet her when she has called in a young male | | |
| 12:00am | Hirano Aya and Koshimizu Ami | | | | Koshimizu Ami 小清水亜美 is just 21, but already she is one of the top voice actresses in Japan. The youthful vibrancy and great professionalism of her voice have won her numerous good roles, and she was recognized as the top supporting actress of 2006 in the first annual Seiyuu Awards."Amisuke,"... | | |
| 12:00am | Hirano Aya and Kano Yui | | | | Koshimizu Ami 小清水亜美 is just 21, but already she is one of the top voice actresses in Japan. The youthful vibrancy and great professionalism of her voice have won her numerous good roles, and she was recognized as the top supporting actress of 2006 in the first annual Seiyuu Awards."Amisuke,"... | | |
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