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Did I seriously miss 2 days? and now, today, the 8th, is the third day? Haa...



Continuing 30 Days of Seiyuu meme.

Day 15: Your favorite role from your favorite female seiyuu

Ok, I did the male version the last time. So now it's for the female version.

I'll go with Katsuki Masako instead. Mmm, a lot of people, if they wanted to correlate any character with the name Katsuki Masako, they'd usually say Reccoa, Celi, Maria, Hilda, Tsunade, Michiru/Neptune, Tiara, Samantha.

I'm more familiar with Michiru and Tsunade. They're in long series, but Michiru probably shows more interesting scenes.

I enjoy Tsunade's anger fits and strong voice, but because of the direction of the anime, she doesn't often get a chance to show off her fiery ambition and attachment to her companions as much as Michiru Kaioh does. Tsunade is also pretty straight-forward.

GANYMEDE, who had a michiru/neptune fansite, could explain it loads better than I can. The Talisman Reveal episode is popular; Michiru has a voice that can be calm and girly cute when teasing her "most trusted partner" Haruka/Uranus, or when reflecting on her mission on taking a life. On the other hand, Michiru can also shout in great concern for her partner (or when she's getting hurt ^-^:). And they're both a gay couple, and that's still amazing. Ogata Megumi seemed to have really loved K's performance.

Sailor Moon itself is an interesting series.

I don't know Maria, Tiara, and Hilda that much to nominate them. I enjoy Katsuki's singing in the the Maria Trapp SDTK, but it isn't much to hear.

And omg, the Michiru/Haruka fans are....I don't know if it's "amazing" or "crazy".

So I'll say Michiru.

Continuing 30 Days of Seiyuu meme.

Day 13: The seiyuu you’d pick to play you

One time I was told that I sounded like Mona Marshall, and I used to voice kids/little animals and evil ladies when I used to do fandubbing.

So, the Japanese Equivalent of Mona Marshall would be...paku romi (朴路美)

That'd be awesome. Cause then I can be sexy, I can play a shrimp, I can be a warrior/swordsman, fight shikenrangers, and maybe be in a robot...

Not too sure if I want the fangirls.

And we both love dogs!

Continuing 30 Days of Seiyuu meme.

Day 11: The seiyuu with the best singing voice

I've talked about a number of Japanese voice overs and who I found to have an enjoyable singing voice.

Most of the time, it's been Toda Keiko (戸田 恵子) & Horie Mitsuko (堀江 美都子)

Horie has an excellent singing voice. She primarily is a singer (IMO) but has done full-time voice roles. In the Western World, is she probably best known as Galaxia from Sailor Moon Stars? Because of her singing, she has a reputation in the World Masterpiece Theater series (Starred in 3 shows). You can hear plenty of her singing in My Daddy Long Legs. Now she got me humming "LADY NO TAMAGOOO!". She is Hori Susumu in the Mr.Driller games

Toda Keiko is probably like Barbara Streisand. Can be spunky and beautiful. If you listen to Barbara Streisand, I think you'll understand the elegance that I'm trying to express. She has also done full-time voice roles, but is probably best known as ANPANMAN!

The one who probably started it for me was Hayashibara Megumi (林原 めぐみ). Just..Hayashibara Megumi. The 90s idol.

Everyone says Sakamoto Maaya and Takayama Minami (TWO-MIX), and I talk about the latter plenty. I'm sure that I brought up Sakamoto too. She's quite cool, especially when collaborating with Kanno Yoko, it's almost no fail for me.

On the male side, Ueda Yuji (うえだ ゆうじ)! Flexible singer. In another entry, I talked about how he's like a flexible character actor. The same can be said for his singing.

There's also Seki Toshihiko.

I would say Katsuki Masako, but that's probably a very biased answer isn't it? I do think she sings very well; I just don't understand why not more? In the prior mentioned World Masterpiece Theater, she starred in one show.

Vid time. That's definitely Horie singing.



Sakamoto Maaya and MACROSS. The theme is "Triangular".




No...I don't want to get the painful Ideon music. I want to stay positive.

Continuing 30 Days of Seiyuu meme

Day 09: A seiyuu you'd rather not watch in anything

This sounds like another "what/who do you dislike" type of question.

No preferences on the "who"; again, I like voice overs. But I prefer to avoid the hentai...the impression that it leaves can be traumatic.

Still going...

Day 07:The seiyuu you find easiest to recognize

I like to say Katsuki Masako again, but not always. Like many other fans, her bass voice can be confused with Yamaguchi Yuriko. Also, Sasaki Yuko?

Wakamoto Norio is distinct as well. Also, Nakata Joji and late great Gouri Daisuke.

Takagi Wataru is probably the most distinct?

hmm...wouldn't "easy to recognize" be related to "typecast"? ugh. An actor's role isn't to be recognized right?

I missed 3 days of the seiyuu meme, and it's going to be Wednesday in 15 mins. I'll make these next entries really quick. Links and such later.

I'll post "Doggie Week" tomorrow because i'm going to get up at 6 ;)

Day 05:A seiyuu you’d watch in anything:

A great cast list won't always convince me to watch something, because the show might be in an ill-suited genre.

If Katsuki Masako, who I mentioned in a previous entry, appeared more I will consider watching. I wish she did more mecha shows ^^; However..I prefer to stay away from the ecchi. She's really dangerous in that department...

And I have a weak point in that.

Everybody does well (often), it just depends on my tastes.

So I need to post down two days of this seiyuu meme.

Also, I finished the MS IGLOO series, both 1 and 2. Part 2? The Gravity Front (重力戦線)? I need flowers, teddy bears, and puppies. I keep watching negative stuff. So I'll talk about GUNDAM another day, both IGLOO and Zeta (like 0079).

And it's still not explained as to what IGLOO MIGHT possibly mean.

Also, KR Fourze ends THIS weekend, and Kamen Rider Wizard (Sept 2) will air next week. I am not ready; was crying from the LAST episode!

Why do I watch negative stuff?!

Contiuning 30 Days of Seiyuu meme

Day 03:Your favourite female seiyuu



It's-a-me! K-sensei! Katsuki Masako (勝生真沙子)!. There is also Romi Paku and Ikue Otani!. Romi Paku loves dogs!

My female favorites are less compared to the males, but I still have trouble picking favorites. Like I said before, in animated shows, the youths prevail. So, that means I am often exposed to these high-pitched or maybe husky-voiced girls.

When you're popular, you get more chances to get onto these shows, AND more chances to be flexible and take up different roles. That's what it looks like to me anyway; I don't watch a lot of the recent stuff. However, when you become a veteran voice actor, your pay grade goes up.

Maybe I'm just selfish and want to see the old generation continue to entertain us like they did during their prime, and not feel left behind. Somehow, being veterans, Seki Tomokazu and Midorikawa Hikaru still receive notable roles.

I DIGRESS! SORRY! I COMPLAINED!

So...Katsuki-sensei. I pick her as a favorite because she underrated and I wanted to know more about her. So, I became more dedicated to her career. LOTS of people like Romi Paku (because Good grief, the Hitsugaya Toshiro and Edward Elric fans) and Takeuchi Junko, but couldn't find the same fervor with Katsuki Masako.

Everybody likes Nana Mizuki, Sawashiro Miyuki, Hirano Aya, Toyosaki Aki, Hayashibara Megumi (so do I), Tamura Yukari, Hanazawa Kana, Saiga Mitsuki (so do I), Noto Mamiko (so do I), etc.

K has a bit of everything. MORE INFO HERE. Got the huskiness, got the sexiness and cuteness, got the calmness, the passion. Actually, it was her passion that got me attracted to her in the first place. She fits a strong character quite well, and even the opposite. Her father was in the Self-Defense Force? Is it related? (lol)

And the actual person? Quite a klutz, and also shy; can have a lack of self-confidence as well. Also, a gamer. My tag for Katsuki has the most entries so anyone can click on that and see what I posted about her.

As for Otani Ikue. She often plays the little kids and animals (or the grannies), and it's just so..damned adorable. She also appeared in Animania 2011 in Sydney. Here's a VOICE SAMPLE: enter Otani LINE!

One more thing, if you like a scary Inoue Kikuko, go watch IGLOO 2.

Gundam Seed Destiny Battle Assault. Katsuki voices Rondo Sahaku Mina. Err, the name is probably wrong. Not sure if Mina will appear again, but her brother does (voiced by Tobita Nobuo).


Sailor Neptune. OMG, I just love..the violin music. Just fires me up.

Apparently created by the_firefly, but found it from dark_alone

I thought it wasa good idea, but I thought to myself, "why would someone as indecisive as me try something like this?" I'm only fearing that I can't give out a single one-person answer for each question.

At least I can have something to blog about briefly each day.

Since it says Seiyuu, I guess I have to choose the Japanese voice actors only.

Let's start:


( The List of Days )

Day 01: Your favourite male seiyuu

Hmm, I could never specifically point to one person as a favorite male seiyuu.

On this blog, I often talk about Ueda Yuji (うえだゆうじ), Furukawa Toshio (古川登志夫), Hiyama Nobuyuki (檜山修之), Nakai Kazuya (中井和哉) and Furuya Toru (古谷徹), Furukawa being one of my first favorites. ALso, Matsumoto Yasunori (松本 保典).

Furukawa Toshio is a big time veteran, but also dedicated figure collector, fisher, dog owner, geek, etc. Placed in anime history as ACE IN ONE PIECE, Shin in Fist of North Star, PICCOLO in DRAGONBALL, and others. I'm actually..still surprised that he was Ace, and voiced many suparobo heroes. When it comes to suparobo heroes in the 70s and 80s, I usually think Furukawa Toshio, Inoue Kazuhiko, Kamiya Akira and Ishimaru Hiroya.

I give Furuya points for not only being cool, but for also having a good attachment to fans. He has an interesting character (as in person). He's also dedicated to his characters, who are often heroes. If you want a bad guy Furuya, then he makes a big hit as Ribbons Almark in Gundam 00. I think hanagoke is a waaaay bigger Furuya fan, but I have to thank her. Ribbons..Halmark?

I don't know where to start with Ueda Yuji. Check my tag? I think my first recognized character from him was blanka (Street Fighter), Sanosuke Sagara, Akito, or Takeshi. Who knows? I might need to scratch Blanka, because Ueda's in a lot of fighting games such as Darkstalkers (Lord Raptor I think?) and Guilty Gear.

Not sure where to start with Nakai Kazuya either...

Hiyama, to my surprise, is prevalent in video games and I guess "radical screaming characters". And so is Kappei Yamaguchi (山口勝平), who plays a lot of little boys and heroes in both games and animation. There are also seiyuu I liked when I first started listening to VAs from Japan. When Hiyama (and even Nakao Ryuusei) emerged in BLEACH, I thought, "...do I...know them?" I still tell myself if Hiyama is alright after all his screaming because it gets exploited a lot ^.^: I was also surprised by Guh Shishioh. Gonna miss him in Fourze; which reminds me, he voices a lot of characters in Tokusatsu shows.

Seki Tomokazu (関智一)! Too much to say...

I'm...tired. I wanted to post/explain more but I'm tired.

Let me just post some video. I'm going to try and finish GARO Season 1 today.

Here's Ueda Yuji! I just pick this song because it's fun. O-NE-E-SA-NN~

It's called Takeshi's Paradise (タケシのパラダイス). Takeshi is Brock's Japanese name in Pokemon.



FURUKAWA TOSHIO!

From xlumierex:

What: http://www.hibikiforum.com/sort/male.html
Results: Click below

( Male version )

Based off of here: http://community.livejournal.com/seiyuu/876195.html

BOY that took a long time. The seiyuu are listed by their surname first. Some names might be mixed up. I forgot Hiroaki Hirata is some places X___X.

It's a tad difficult for me to pick a personal favorite.

Perhaps it depends on the shows I'm watching (or games I'm playing). I can pick out who stands out the most. The roles are helpful as well. As I watch/play/listen more I grow more attached. If I hear different roles from a particular seiyuu, then I go like, "That's the one". For some reason that's really tough.

Some seiyuu might get me with the first role I've seen them in (ie: Ginpei Sato and Non-Tan/Sugiyama N.).

Hiyama Nobuyuki, male seiyuu, will always be a favorite of mine.

Anyways, here are my answers (with some edits/additions):

( 50 questions...and Doggie's Answers. )