#Yonezawa Madoka

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[glasseswearingrabbitdetective]

[Yuri/百合AMV][White Album 2] 爱之歌 / Bản tình ca - Kazusa Touma x Setsuna O...

Sleep? No. Cry over White Album 2 and why isn’t THIS the canon!? Yes. Tbh... Fk canon. It’s depressing... but this.... This is White Album 2. A beautiful Yuri story about Kazusa x Setsuna and their happily ever after! <3 

[satoshi-mochida]

Granblue Fantasy: Relink adds Ferry

Gematsu Source

Ferry will be a playable character in Granblue Fantasy: Relink, publisher Cygames and developer Cygames Osaka announced at Anime Expo 2023.

Get the latest details below.

■ Overview

Embark on a journey to the skies in this action RPG!

A rich and engaging story awaits, accompanied by over 100 side quests.

Take on quests solo or with the help of others in up to four-player cooperative play!

A high-octane action RPG with a dynamic battle system!

Real-time combat with four-member parties.

Teamwork makes the dream work with Link Attacks and Chain Bursts.

Customize characters through a variety of skills, weapons, and sigils.

Fast-paced action not your thing? Assist modes are here to provide accessibility for gamers of all skill levels!

■ New Playable Character: Ferry (voiced by Cristina Vee in English, Madoka Yonezawa in Japanese)

A girl frozen in time on an island that has been ravaged by death. With her whip and the help of her pets, Ferry can perform mid to long-range attacks and act as support from afar.

Read more at the official website.

■ Q&A

-Q1: Is Granblue Fantasy: Relink a side story, or is it related to the main storyline in the original game?

“Although Granblue Fantasy: Relink fits into the original game’s story, we wanted to make a plotline that even Granblue newcomers could enjoy. Think of it as a stand-alone story in the wider Granblue universe!”

-Q2: Will the game be a complete experience, or will it continue to get content updates like a live service game?

“We’re working hard to make Granblue Fantasy: Relink the full package—including a story that wraps up nicely. We’ve planned future support for players who want to get the most out of the game, including epic battles and all the surrounding content.”

-Q3: Can you switch characters during battle, or do you change them before missions and certain areas?

“You can’t change your characters during battle. You’ll need to gear up in town beforehand, but you can change your party at certain times while out in the field. Also, save points allows you to replenish potions and upgrade equipment. These are your available party members at the early stages of the game, and you’ll be able to change between Gran / Djeeta freely. Playing through the story will allow you to unlock new crew members in whatever order you wish!”

Game Flow

Town – Purchase / upgrade gear; accept side quests.

Grandcypher – Traveling to destinations; Training Mode.

Stage – Progress through the story; battles against enemies.

The story occurs across linear maps, featuring a rich variety of locations. Some areas can be cleared quickly, while others feature sprawling environments with plenty to explore.

Playable Characters

Switch between Gran and Djeeta at any time.

Begin your journey with five playable crewmates. Progress the story to recruit more—in whatever order you’d like.

-Captain

Gran / Djeeta (switch between them at any time)

-Five Crewmates

Starting party members are Katalina, Rackam, Io, Eugen, and Rosetta.

■ Closing Message

Development is nearing completion. More information to come in August, so stay tuned!

Granblue Fantasy: Relink is due out for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, and PC via Steam this winter.

Watch a new teaser clip featuring Ferry below.

Ferry Teaser Video

[vocaloidfactoftheday]

Kizuna Akari's voice provider, Yonezawa Madoka, was interested in Vocaloid since 2008. She thought being a voice provider was only possible for voice actors until the release of Camui Gackpo.

Gackt noted that Vocaloid was no longer just Miku, Rin and Len, and that it would spread to include a wider variety of voice providers. This made Yonezawa Madoka realize she could potentially voice a Vocaloid herself one day. Kizuna Akari was released about ten years later in 2018.

(source: DTM Station)

[bismuthwisdom]

Umineko no naku koro ni Shared VAs - Stakes

Others:

Main Three

Cousins

Adult Siblings

Spouses

Servants

'98 Squad

Heavenly Court

Golden Land

Lucifer - Yuka Saitou

Chizuru Akaba (Seitokai no Ichizon)

Ena Seishuuin (Campione)

Cotton (One piece)

Tae Takemi (Persona)

Subaru Nagayoshi (Idolmaster)

Tamamo Sakuraba (Daitoshokan no Hitsujikai)

Lian Lu (Gin no Guardian)

Misalie (Gate)

Satan - Yoko Hikasa

Diana Cavendish (Little Witch Academia)

Rias Gremory (Highschool DxD)

Shino Amakusa (Seitokai Yakuindomo)

Hina Tachibana (Domestic Girlfriend)

Qiang Lei (Kingdom)

You Asakura (Shaman King)

Mio Akiyama (K-on)

Kyouko Kirigiri (Danganronpa)

Leviathan - Madoka Yonezawa

Ui Hirasawa (K-on)

Tsugumi Shirasaki (Daitoshokan no Hitsujikai)

Rika Ichinose (Ao no Kanata no Four Rhythm)

Lashara Aasu XXVIII (Isekai no Seikishi Monogatari)

Setsuna Ogiso (White Album)

Olga-Marie Arsimilat Animusphere (Fate)

Yaya Tushan (Huyao Xiao)

Izumi Akazawa (Another)

Belphegor - Seiko Yoshida

Zest (Shinmai Maou no Testament)

Misaki (Toki wa meguru: Tokyo Station)

Demon King (Level E)

Kyousuke Kamijou (Madoka Magica)

Rika (Amnesia)

Sanae Mizuno (Another)

Kayo (Manyuu Hikenchou)

Ruka (Naruto)

Beelzebub - Yuri Yamaoka

Ai Shindou (Kyoukai no Kanata)

Erika Yano (Shirobako)

Fumi Hoshiya (Ore no yubi de Midarero)

Chocolat (Yumeiro Pattissiere)

Choi Mochimazzi (Tamako Market)

Kanon Otosaki (Tribe Cool Crew)

Yuuko Yoshikawa (Hibike Euphonium)

Admiral Hipper (Azur Lane)

Asmodeus - Aki Toyosaki

Kofuku (Noragami)

Medaka Kurokami (Medaka Box)

Yunyun (Konosuba)

Momo Belia Deviluke (To love ru)

Altair (Re creators)

Yui Hirasawa (K-on)

Isuzu Souma (Fruits Basket)

Aoi Kunieda (Beelzebub)

[cloverthecuddlycactus]

Characters I'm

Willing to Write For

Haikyuu

Karasuno

Daichi Sawamura

Kōshi Sugawara

Asahi Azumane

Yū Nishinoya

Ryūnoske Tanaka

Chikara Ennoshita

Hisashi Kinoshita

Kazuhito Narita

Tobio Kageyama

Shōyō Hinata

Kei Tsukishima

Akiteru Tsukishima

Tadashi Yamaguchi

Kiyoko Shimizu

Hitoka Yachi

Ittetsu Takeda

Keishin Ukai

Karasuno Girls Team

Yui Michimiya

Mao Aihara

Rinko Sudō

Moe Kikuchi

Manami Aoki

Nozomi Watabe

Chizuru Sasaki

Karasuno Association

Tenma Udai

Makoto Shimada

Yūsuke Takinoue

Natsu Hinata

Saeko Tanaka

Madoka Yachi

Nekoma

Tetsurō Kuroo

Nobuyuki Kai

Morisuke Yaku

Taketora Yamamoto

Kenma Kozume

Shōhei Fukunaga

Sō Inuoka

Tamahiko Teshiro

Lev Haiba

Yūki Shibayama

Nekoma Association

Akane Yamamoto

Alisa Haiba

Aoba Johsai

Tōru Oikawa

Issei Matsukawa

Takahiro Hanamaki

Hajime Iwaizumi

Shigeru Yahaba

Shinji Watari

Yūtarō Kindaichi

Akira Kunimi

Kentarō Kyōtani

Dateku (Date Tech)

Yasushi Kamasaki

Kaname Moniwa

Takehito Sasaya

Takanobu Aone

Kenji Futakuchi

Yutaka Obara

Kanji Kogenagawa

Tarō Onagawa

Jingo Fukiage

Kōsuke Sakunami

Mai Nametsu

Fukurodani

Tatsuki Washio

Yamato Sarukui

Kōtarō Bokuto

Keiji Akaashi

Akinori Konoha

Shūichi Anahori

Haruki Komi

Wataru Onaga

Yukie Shirofuku

Kaori Suzumeda

Shiratorizawa

Wakatoshi Ushijima

Eita Semi

Reon Ōhira

Satori Tendō

Tsutomu Goshiki

Kenjirō Shirabu

Taichi Kawanashi

Kai Akura

Hayato Yamagata

Yūshō Sagae

Jozenji

Yūji Terushima

Kazuma Bobata

Takeharu Futamata

Katsumichi Higashiyama

Rintarō Numajiri

Nobuyoshi Īzaka

Arata Tsuchiya

Hana Misaki

Runa Kuribayashi

Nohebi

Suguru Daishō

Yoshiya Takachiho

Kazuma Numai

Kōji Hiroo

Isumi Sakishima

Sō Akama

Akihiko Seguro

Naoyasu Kuguri

Mika Yamaka

Inarizaki

Shinsuke Kita

Ren Ōmimi

Aran Ojiro

Hiroshima Ginjima

Atsumu Miya

Rintarō Suna

Osamu Miya

Yūto Kosaku

Heisuke Riseki

Michinari Akagi

MSBY Jackals

Shūgo Meian

Shion Inunaki

Adriah Tomas

Oliver Barnes

Kaito Hashikami

Others

Sakusa Kiyoomi

Kanoka Amonai

Maiko Yonezawa

Motoya Komori

Sachirō Hirugami

Kōrai Hoshiumi

Obey Me

Diavolo

Lucifer

Mammon

Leviathan

Satan

Asmodeus

Beelzebub

Belphegor

Barbatos

Solomon

Simeon

Luke (Only Platonic)

Thirteen

Mephistopheles

Raphael

Fruits Basket

Tohru Honda

Arisa Uotani

Saki Hanajima

Akito

Yuki

Kyo

Shigure

Kagura

Momiji

Hatori

Hatsuharu

Ayame

Kisa (Only Platonic)

Hiro (Only Platonic)

Ritsu

Isuzu

Kureno

Kazuma

Akira

Ren

Kana

Megumi Hanajima

Kakeru Manabe

Machi Kuragi

Mitsuru

Mine Kuramae

Free!! Franchise

Aiichiro Nitori

Akane Kurimiya-Shiina

Asahi Shiina

Ayumu Kunikida

Gou Matsuoka

Haruka Nanase

Hayato Shigino

Hiyori Tono

Ikuya Kirishima

Isuzu Mikoshiba

Katsumi Shigino

Kisumi Shigino

Makoto Tachibana

Miho Amakata

Momotaro Mikoshiba

Nagisa Hazuki

Nao Serizawa

Natsuya Kirishima

Ran & Ren Tachibana (Only Platonic)

Rei Ryugasaki

Rin Matsuoka

Seijuro Mikoshiba

Sousuke Yamazaki

Tsubasa Ryugasaki

Attack on Titan

Mikasa Ackerman

Armin Arlert

Reiner Braun

Ymir Fritz

Levi Ackerman

Historia Reiss

Hange Zoë

Sasha Blouse

Erwin Smith

Jean Kirstein

Connie Springer

Annie Leonhart

Bertholdt Hoover

Marco Bott

Voltron

Takashi "Shiro" Shirogane

Keith

Lance McClain

Katie "Pidge" Holt

Hunk

Princess Allura

Coran Hieronymus Wimbleton Smythe

Matthew "Matt" Holt

Prince Lotor

Arcana

Asra Alnazar

Nadia Satrinava

Julian Devorak (Ilya, Ilyushka)

Muriel

Portia Devorak

Nasrin

Namar

Nazali

Navra

Nahara

Nasmira

Natiqa

Aisha Alnazar

Salim Alnazar

The Pets/Companions/Familars

Faust

Chandra

Malak

Inanna

Pepi

Mercedes & Melchior

Chimes

Flamel

[the-monkey-ruler]

Fate Grand Order (2015) 絶対魔獣戦線バビロニア

Date: July 30, 2015 / 2016-12-31 / 2019-10-05 (Japan) Platform: iPhone / iPad / Android Developer: DELiGHTWORKS / Type-Moon Publisher: Aniplex / Type-Moon Genre: Role-Playing / Card Game Theme: Anime Franchises: Fate Director: Toshifumi Akai Editor: Kodachi Ukyo ​ Starring: Nobunaga Shimazaki/Rei Takahashi/Ayako Kawasumi/Kenichi Suzumura/Maaya Sakamoto/Tomoichi Seki/Yu Kobayashi/Takahiro Sakurai/Yu Asakawa/Kana Ueda/Aya Endo/Miki Ito/Saya Hayami Ori / Toru Inada / Shinichiro Miki / Aoi Yuki / Joeji Nakata / Yumi Uchiyama / Kenji Nojima / Madoka Yonezawa / Tomokazu Sugita Genre: Drama / Animation / Fantasy Official website: anime.fate-go.jp/ep7-tv/ Country/Region of Production: Japan Language: Japanese Date: 2019-10-05 (Japan) Number of Movies: 1 Number of seasons: 1 Number of episodes: 21 Single episode length: 24 minutes Also known as: Fate/Grand Order - Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia / Fate/Grand Order -First Order / 命运/冠位指定 绝对魔兽战线巴比伦尼亚 Fate / Grand Order -絶対魔獣戦線バビロニア- Type: Crossover

Summary:

The protagonist (Ritsuka by default) is a newly-appointed member of the Organization for the Preservation of Human Order, Finis Chaldea, an organization of mages dedicated to preserving humanity led by Olga Marie Animusphere. One day, Chaldea is betrayed and most of the mages within are either dead or in critical condition after a series of explosions damages the base. With no other options, the protagonist is forced to "Rayshift" to an unknown timeline along with Mash Kyrielight and Olga to escape the danger. However, Mash is forced to fuse with an unknown Servant to stay alive, turning herself into a demi-Servant with a powerful shield ability.

After the group discovers the traitor, they find that he has used the powers of the Holy Grail created multiple Singularities throughout human history, thus putting humanity on the path to extinction. After the traitor banishes Olga and leaves the rest of Chaldea for dead, Dr. Roman, Mash, and the Protagonist must use what's left to fix the Singularities and stop the traitor from erasing humanity from history.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fate/Grand_Order

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* 𝑪𝑯𝑨𝑹𝑨𝑪𝑻𝑬𝑹 𝑺𝑯𝑬𝑬𝑻 repost, don’t reblog !

𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐬 !

FULL NAME.  Olga Marie Asmleit Animusphere (why marisbury, why.) TITLE.   none, former Director of Chaldea NICKNAME.  Marie PRONOUNS. she/her HEIGHT.   5′5″  AGE.  22 [canon], 24 [spirale] ZODIAC.  what if you don’t have a birthday so you just picked new year’s for easy rememberance of ur age-- SPOKEN LANGUAGES.  English, Hebrew, Japanese & some Germanic languages

𝐩𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬 !

HAIR COLOR.  pure white with silver undertones EYE COLOR.   vibrant golden orange  SKIN TONE.   fair BODY TYPE.  curvaceous VOICE.  Kira Buckland [NA], Madoka Yonezawa [JP] DOMINANT HAND. ambidextrous SCARS. a few small, inconsequential ones, save for two. one large on on the left side of her lower abdomen + a matching on on her back in the same area  TATTOOS. n/a BIRTHMARKS. one on each the inside of her left wrist & elbow, another directly at the dip in her side on the right NOTICEABLE FEATURE(S).  her eyes & hair  

 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐝 !

PLACE OF BIRTH.  laughs in we don’t know if she’s even really human and cries HOMETOWN. more laughing SIBLINGS. none PARENTS.  Marisbury Animusphere [ Father], unknown if she even had a mother 

𝐚𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 !

OCCUPATION.  floral designer & gardener at Florist Mahabharata CURRENT RESIDENCE.  Animusphere House at Moon Beach on the Sunset Circuit CLOSE FRIENDS. she doesn’t really have close close friends-- RELATIONSHIP STATUS.  taken FINANCIAL STATUS.   oh she’s rich. rich and hardly uses it  DRIVER’S LICENSE. nope, yes she has an SUV don’t worry about it CRIMINAL RECORD.  n/a VICES.  n/a

𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 !

ORIENTATION. demi-romantic LOVE LANGUAGE.  she struggles with words a lot, so physical affection + actis of giving are It RELATIONSHIP TENDENCIES.  it’s still a learning process for her, but she does tend to be a very observant person so there’s a habit of doing something in a silent support sort of way.  theres also her looking out for their well-being more than usual oh and holding hands. she likes that a lot it’s very cute and embarrassing

𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐨𝐮𝐬 !

CHARACTER’S THEME SONG.  bold of you to expect me to pick just one when i have a whole playlist but i will pick two -- HAUNTED HOUSE // F+TM  -- DREAMLESS DREAMS // はるまきごはん HOBBIES TO PASS TIME.  gardening is really her only one, she does like watching competitive cooking shows just to be another judge LEFT OR RIGHT BRAINED.  left FEARS.  looks into the distance you want the long or short list?? but we got: being worthless, being nothing, actually being the alien god, being left behind to name a few SELF CONFIDENCE LEVEL.   oh honey. on a scale of 0 to 100 that’s at a -20, it’s better because before it was -50 but she makes it seem like it’s a 100 VULNERABILITIES.  she’s human (so far) so just about anything that could kill a human would work. also something that specifically targets magic circuits/mana, too

[sistasmcnealey]

Minami Doing Rhythmic Gymnastics to Wonderful World..wmv

Sung By Yonezawa Madoka.

[fancypantsrecords]

Various Artists - White Album2 Original Soundtrack ~Encore~ Special Select | F.I.X. Records | 2020 | Picture Disc

[seiyuu-gallery]

[vocaloidfactoftheday]

After Yonezawa Madoka was chosen as the voice provider for Kizuna Akari, it was unknown exactly what kind of voice would be created. Five different types of basic voicebanks were made with her voice to help determine what the final product should sound like.

(source: Vocaloid Wiki)

[natsthinkitythinkthinkthonk]

Some Tweets Remember Keiji Fujiwara

Keiji Fujiwara died of cancer at the age of 55. The news was devastating for the seiyuu community. Many seiyuu are remembering and looking back on their times with Fujiwara and the impact he made on them. A lot of anime I’ve watched wouldn’t have been the same without Fujiwara. From Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood to Dr. Stone, he shaped a lot of characters that I look back and smile thinking about. 

The following were all translated by @granblue_en on Twitter.

Takuya Eguchi

[original tweet | translation source]

Kaori Nazuka

[original tweet | translation source]

Tetsuya Fukuhara (creative director, Granblue Fantasy)

[original tweet | translation source]

Emiri Katou

[original tweet | translation source]

Yuuki Ono

[original tweet | translation source]

Madoka Yonezawa

[original tweet | translation source]

Tomoyo Kurosawa

[original tweet | translation source]

Koichi Haruta (former producer)

[original tweet | translation source]

Minoru Shiraishi

[original tweet | translation source]

Yuuichi Nakamura

[original tweet | translation source]

The following were translated by lig0schndr on Reddit

Ayana Taketatsu

Tomokazu Seki

Megumi Ogata

Mariya Ise

Nobunaga Shimazaki

Showtaro Morikubo

Marina Inoue

Romi Park

Natsuki Hanae

Toshiyuki Toyonaga

Kazuhiko Inoue

Yuki Kaji

Hiroki Yasumoto

Jouji Nakata

Katsuyuki Konishi

Shouta Aoi

Kensho Ono

Noriko Hidaka

Rie Tanaka

Kikuko Inoue

Ami Koshimizu

Megumi Han

Arisa Komiya

Ryotaro Okiayu

Kenjiro Tsuda

Nozomi Yamamoto

Kanako Kondo

Haruka Kudo

Hitomi Harada

Miyu Tomita

Wataru Hatano

Atsushi Abe

Suzuko Mimori

Atsuko Tanaka

Aya Suzaki

Sayaka Ohara

Asami Imai

Daisuke Hirakawa

Hikaru Akao

Yui Ishikawa

Toa Yukinari*

Kotono Mitsuishi*

Nobuhiko Okamoto (blog)

Nana Mizuki (blog)

Toshiyuki Morikawa (blog)

Satoshi Hino (blog)

Tatsuhisa Suzuki (blog)

Chie Nakamura (blog)*

* not translated

Taketatsu Ayana (Taketatsu and Fujiwara both voiced characters in Dagashi Kashi and co hosted a series of bonus videos released with the Blu-rays of the series)

Fujiwara Keiji-san.

When we had a photograph session together for a TV show, even though you said, "I'm shy, so I can't really talk much," after the session started and I was nervous you kindly threw me a lifeline and chatted with me a lot, and even at live events and such you've saved me so much.

I wanted to spend more time with you.

I wanted to thank you directly.

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Seki Tomokazu (Seki and Fujiwara both voiced characters for the same series several times including PSYCHO-PASS, Sengoku BASARA, and Hajime no Ippo)

The way you looked when you came to the studio with your script sticking out of your back pocket was so cool, and I often copied you. When we went to karaoke together, I would put on a song that had a video of your acting as a prank and put you in a bind so many times. I wanted to play around with you again. This feels too soon... Fujiwara-san. Truly, thank you for everything.

_______

Ogata Megumi

I've had the honor of working with you on various, many sets but... my strongest impression, is actually not from an anime, but from the drama CD "Radical Hospital".

Dr. Sakaki... Please say it's a joke like you always do...?

Fujiwara Keiji-san. Truly, thank you for everything. Please rest peacefully.

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Ise Mariya (Ise and Fujiwara both voiced main characters in HUNTER X HUNTER, and Ise references Fujiwara's role as Leorio in this tweet)

What I remember is His white shirt and the sunglasses he wore His gallant figure standing before the microphone His bashful smile when having friendly conversations His stylish behavior when everyone goes drinking Both his voice and his acting were so cool Everything about him was wonderful

Keiji-san really felt like Leorio to me I have so many pleasant and fun memories Thank you so much

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Shimazaki Nobunaga

Fujiwara Keiji-san, I pray from my heart that you rest in peace.

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Morikubo Showtaro

The tears won't stop.

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Inoue Marina

His voice, his acting, his smile, I loved them all.

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Park Romi (Park and Fujiwara both voiced important characters in Fullmetal Alchemist)

He just recovered...

Be it with Hagane, or Muji, or FA he was everyone's older brother...

He truly was Lieutenant Colonel Hughes.

Early Far too early...

Kei-chan You fought hard against what ailed you... Please rest well...

Your casual comments Even now I treasure.

Tonight I honor you...

I pray you rest in peace...

Notes: I'm not positive, but I believe in regards to the second line

"Hagane" likely refers to the first airing of Fullmetal Alchemist in 2003 that used the title 「鋼の錬金術師」 (Hagane no Renkinjutsushi).

"Muji" seems like it refers to Zoids, the first Zoids anime series that is often referred to colloquially as "Muji Zoids", "No Label Zoids", to differentiate it from other Zoid series. In this series, Fujiwara voiced Irvine, a main supporting character and older brother figure to the main characters.

"FA" likely refers to the second airing of Fullmetal Alchemist in 2009 that used the titled 「鋼の錬金術師 FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST」 and thus is sometimes referred to as "FA".

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Hanae Natsuki

This is too sad...

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Toshiyuki Toyonaga

My heart aches... The words won't come out...

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Inoue Kazuhiko

Eh, Fujiwara Keiji... No way. It's too early. I remembered well the times we worked together in the studio. It's too early. I'm so saddened.

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Kaji Yuuki (Kaji and Fujiwara both voiced characters for the same series several times including Magi and Shingeki no Kyojin)

Keiji-san. I wanted to talk with you more. Wouldn't it be wonderful if I had a father like you, if I could become a man like you, that kind of stuff, always, I thought to myself... I should have told you so. I wanted to talk with you more. I'm full of regret. I want to see you.

_______

Yasumoto Hiroki

Words don't suffice. He was cool. Truly. We had talked about him visiting my place and drinking some unopened wine.

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Nakata Jouji First tweet, and reply

He was shy and gave off the impression that he didn't like superficial relationships, but when I tried talking to him he replied with a bashful smile, that's what I recall. When I heard he returned to work and was doing independent work, I thought on my own that he was doing well, but... You must have had it hard, huh. However, you weren't the kind of person to say that out loud... You stayed true to yourself until the very end. I pray for you.

I wanted to meet with you and talk with you again.

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Konishi Katsuyuki

No way. When I was a fledgling, because his place was in the neighborhood he invited me for a meal, and I was really happy about that. I wanted to meet with you again.

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Shouta Aoi

I can no longer meet you again. By all means, I wanted to meet you again.

Just how much encouragement I received from the acting of that wonderful voice I grew accustomed to hearing from a young age.

From now on and always that wonderful voice of yours will remain in our hearts and ears.

Thank you for all the wonderful times you gave us.

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Ono Kensho

Fujiwara Keiji-san. He really is cool, and he is someone I look up to. We have the same birthday, and on my own I felt like we had an affinity... I pray from my heart that you rest in peace.

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Hidaka Noriko

Fujiwara-san...

I thought I could meet you again someday at the studio, truly unfortunate.

Thank you for everything. Please rest in peace...

_______

Tanaka Rie

Fujiwara Keiji-san...

The last time we met was during the recording for the Granblue Fantasy game...

I pray from my heart that you rest in peace.

_______

Inoue Kikuko

Kei-chan, I'm so sad.

You fought against illness for a long time... You truly gave it your all. Please rest well in heaven.

I won't forget your shy, bashful, and kind smile.

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Koshimizu Ami (Koshimizu and Fujiwara both voiced important characters in Eureka 7, and Koshimizu references her role as Anemone and Fujiwara's role as Holland in this tweet, as well as Tsujitani Kouji who voiced Dewey Novak in Eureka 7 and passed away in 2018)

Dewey and Holland, please stay a little longer.

I want you to stay. I wanted you to stay.

If you're not there, we can't fly freely...

Because you were there, we were able to live freely.

Thank you but I still don't want to say goodbye.

Sorry that Anemone is like this. If I could say one selfish thing please come back...

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Han Megumi (Han and Fujiwara both voiced main characters in HUNTER X HUNTER, and Han references Fujiwara's role as Leorio in this tweet)

Just last night, during HUNTER's rebroadcast, we just saw off Leorio as he departed for his trip, Fujiwara-san.

Family and comrade, always thinking of his friends and a warm man, a perfect fit, my beloved senpai.

Always with the message title "Miss lovely forehead"

https://www.instagram.com/p/B_CUIyQAKMX/?igshid=14scn4kzgey86

Forever, and ever...

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Arisa Komiya

Fujiwara Keiji-san. I had the honor of working with you for 1 year on Go-Busters, you were always so cool on set, it was my first dubbing experience and I learned so much from you. I wanted to work with you again. I pray from my heart that you rest in peace.

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Ryotaro Okiayu

I participated in "Hoshi Koe" at the Saitama venue last year, and you attended, Fujiwara-san.

I read your letters.

The last time I met you was back stage there.

It had been several years before then.

That's how it goes.

Thanks so much for everything.

Note: Hoshi Koe is the name of a series of events held in Japan by AIR AGENCY, a talent management and production company founded by Fujiwara Keiji in 2006.

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Kenjiro Tsuda

His white shirt His light colored sunglasses His cynical smile His casual way of walking into the studio His unshaven face His still shadow at Planetarium His husky voice His retreating figure as he left His appearance in a coat when he slowly spoke in his last moments

was cool

Thank you so much

Note: Planetarium is likely also referencing Hoshi Koe, which was held at planetariums in various cities in Japan.

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Yamamoto Nozomi

We acted together for the first time in UN-GO, and a while later when I greeted you at another set, you remembered me, saying, "I've met you before, right?" After that, when on the set for Utawarerumono you noticed my Ironman iPhone case and chatted with me, I was truly happy about each and every thing. I pray that you rest in peace.

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Kondo Kanako

I can't believe it. I really liked your cool roughness. Fujiwara-san. I pray that you rest in peace.

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Kudou Haruka

Is it because of the air pressure that my head hurts, or because I cried too much that my head hurts, I can't sort out my feelings. However, more than these sad feelings, I want to say so many times, "thank you."

Fujiwara-san.

We were together for my seiyuu debut work "Honey and Clover", and from there with "Noein" and "DEATH NOTE", our work together continued. I didn't know my right hand from my left, and you gave me so much advice.

On set you always spoiled me, listening to my trivial chatter with a smile.

I entered college, and even when I cut off all ties to the industry up to that point and distanced myself from work, every half a year you would send me a message asking "Are you doing all right?"

I entered my fourth year of college, and when I said to you, "I want to return to work!" you got a little angry, but you earnestly heard me out. Even though I caused trouble to a lot of people, you saying "Welcome Back!" with a smile has always supported me.

4 years after returning to work, when I was worried that I wasn't doing as well as I had hoped, you said "It'll be all right!" and gave me a push on the back, and I was able to move forward.

I really have been spoiled by you for so so long.

You taught me so many things, I couldn't hope to write them all out. About acting, about movies, about novels, about life.

Even now I still have the novel I received from you right on my bookshelf. From now on, every time I watch a Kubrick or Victor Erice movie, I feel I will remember you.

The fact that there will no longer be replies to my messages, and the fact that I can no longer see you, really really make me sad, but you will always be in my heart. It's all right. I'm an adult now, too. I want to become an adult like you, someone who is loved by many, and someone who can guide others.

Thank you so much.

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Harada Hitomi (Harada and Fujiwara both voiced characters for Senran Kagura, and Harada references Fujiwara's role as Kiriya in this tweet)

Keiji-san. Kiriya-sensei.

I've been helped, so much by you. Thank you so much.

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Tomita Miyu

Fujiwara Keiji-san, I had the honor of acting together with you for the first time in Kotobuki Hikoutai. Warm, and yet mischievous, I truly loved acting with that voice of yours.

I pray from my heart that you rest in peace.

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Hatano Wataru

Fujiwara Keiji-san. Across various works, I've been in your debt. When you called me for "Hoshi Koe", I was really happy. The warm advice from a senpai I look up to, and the smile after a recording session. I couldn't possibly forget. I pray that you rest in peace.

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Abe Atsushi

I've been in your debt since when I debuted. I see... We can't act together anymore...

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Mimori Suzuko

I'm thankful that I had the honor of working on the same set as you. Thank you so much.

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Tanaka Atsuko

It's a sad sunset...

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Suzaki Aya

I'm truly saddened.

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Ohara Sayaka

It's a lie

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Imai Asami

............

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Hirakawa Daisuke

Keiji-san... Keiji-san... I'm so sad... I want to see you... Keiji-san...

Hirakawa Daisuke

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Akao Hikaru (Akao and Fujiwara both voiced characters for Back Street Girls, and Akao references this in this tweet)

I'm still in disbelief even after a new day has dawned and I can't quite get the right words. I feel like a hole opened up in my heart. Since I was young through anime you showed me this fun world and as a member of Gokudols, I looked forward to the day I could meet you again.

I pray that you rest well.

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Ishikawa Yui (Ishikawa and Fujiwara both voiced characters for Shingeki no Kyojin, and Ishikawa references Fujiwara's role as Hannes in this tweet)

[Yui] That voice that I heard so many times when I was a child. Shingeki's Hannes-san was also, rough, cool, and warm... I loved him. Fujiwara Keiji-san, I pray that you rest in peace.

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Yukana

I wanted to act together with you more.

Thank you so much...

I pray that you rest in peace.

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Okamoto Nobuhiko

Title: I'm sorry

I was planning to talk about trust and play today, but I hope you'll allow me to do that tomorrow.

I had the honor of doing my first radio show with him. When I was unable to speak well, he laughed at me. When we were recording for the Ao no Exorcist movie and from the start all I was capable of was shouting, he laughed at me. When I kept wearing the same clothes on the set of To Aru, he laughed at me. When I look back on things, it might have been sarcastic laughing, but I only remember the figure of him laughing. And, I'm sorry for causing you so much trouble.

His appearance as an actor, the way he thought about and interpreted the script, what he brought forth, I received so much encouragement and experience from him.

Keiji-san, Truly, truly, thank you so much. I really I love you.

Thank you for everything.

I pray from my heart that you rest in peace.

Notes:

The radio show Okamoto references I believe is "Sorairo Radio", a radio show promoting the anime "Sola" that aired from 2007/3/30 to 2007/7/27 for 19 episodes. During the month of July Okamoto and Fujiwara co-hosted the show.

Okamoto and Fujimura voiced Okamura Rin, the protagonist, and Fujimoto Shiro, Rin's adoptive father, respectively in Ao no Exorcist.

Okamoto and Fujimura voiced Accelerator, a main supporting character, and Kihara Amata, something of a mentor figure to Accelerator, respectively in To Aru Majutsu no Index.

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Mizuki Nana

Title: The carnation that arrived at my house 2 weeks ago ☆

At my last place, even plants said to be robust I ended up letting die (>_<) However, ever since I started living at my new place my plants have been really lively! My care for flowers especially has gotten better! Proper ventilation and sunlight really are important after all (laugh)

https://www.mizukinana.jp/blog/photos/2020/blog/nana_phot_20200416.jpg

I found out about Fujiwara Keiji passing away. I had the honor of working together with him for various works, during my first public performance at Tokyo Dome he provided wonderful narration, and at the planetarium in my home prefecture I had the honor of performing together with him... Truly I was blessed with so many irreplaceable experiences. I pray from my heart that you rest in peace.

Notes:

The performance at Tokyo Dome is referencing NANA MIZUKI LIVE CASTLE 2011, a series of live concerts performed at Tokyo Dome by Mizuki Nana on 2011/12/3 and 2011/12/4. Fujiwara provided narration for a short film called PLANETARIUM "Princess Nana of the Heavens" (PLANETARIUM「天界の奈々姫」) which was shown during the concert on both days.

The performance at the planetarium is referencing when Fujiwara and Mizuki co-starred in a Hoshi Koe performance held on 2016/4/24 at the Matsuyama City General Community Center Cosmo Theater. Matsuyama is the capital of the Ehime Prefecture, and Mizuki Nana was born in Niihama, Ehime. Mizuki had also made two blog posts about enjoying rehearsing for the event with Fujiwara and celebrating the successful completion of the event.

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Morikawa Toshiyuki

Title: Fujiwara Keiji-san...

Fujiwara Keiji-san... I pray you rest in peace.

It's too sudden. My mind is a mess. Even though I'm someone who works at my own pace... ... Right now, I'm overcome with feelings of loss.

From the time when I was a newcomer, we've been walking together through the ages for over 30 years. As an actor, and as a president, you were truly a friend... Since you were young you were shy and cool, overflowing with chivalry, an existence that even men were charmed by that is "Fujiwara Keiji"

..., It's so painful... the words won't come out. I'm sorry.

I feel that you really must have had it tough fighting against your illness. Now, please rest well.

And, the letters you sent me I will always cherish.

Morikawa Toshiyuki

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Hino Satoshi

Title: Keiji-san...

Keiji-san... It's a lie, right...? It's a joke, right...?

This... is too sad...

Keiji-san as a person, as a man, as an actor, you were someone who I respected from the bottom of my heart.

Everything about you was cool, you were someone I admired.

I wanted to learn more and more about various things from you.

Even now I clearly remember the time when on the set of the anime "Shakugan no Shana," as the role of the father, Kantarou, you kindly covered up for and accepted my terrible acting.

Keiji-san, "Dad, thank you so much for everything up to now"

While reflecting on each and every thing I learned from you, I will devote myself towards the sake of the future of the seiyuu industry.

I pray you rest in peace.

Note: Hino and Fujimura voiced Sakai Yuuji, the protagonist, and Sakai Kantarou, Yuuji's father, respectively in Shakugan no Shana.

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Suzuki Tatsuhisa

Title: Letter

I hate the idea of something getting overshadowed without anyone knowing about it, so I will write about it here.

Since we first met when I was 19, I've been in your debt for a long time. Since before we started having work together, you'd hear out my concerns and give me advice, and go along with my selfish requests to take me along for drinks. Even though you'd always say, "Waddaya want now, Tattsun," you'd always keep your promises. Whenever we met at the studio you'd always be giving off a pleasant, lazy mood. When you were the sound director you'd say things like "Tattsun, you're the only person I can ask for this," things that I couldn't tell if you were being serious or not. It's only now that I can say this, but I took you seriously every time, and every time I was seriously happy you asked me. The fact that you said those things to me.

Sometimes I'd tell you about how people say that our voices or our acting are similar, and even though you'd reply by saying stuff like, "What? That's gross," behind your sunglasses I could see that the look in your eyes always softened happily. I like chatting in the smoking area, so anytime I'd spot you I'd head straight there. When you'd say, "Yo!" to me, it was a little embarrassing, but I was always happy you did.

I won't talk about acting. That's something I'll keep locked away in my heart.

I know you had it tough. However, I stopped talking about it. Since you hate that.

All I can remember, is you always saying, "Yo! Tattsun," every time you saw me. Gimme a break, let me remember something else, too.

Thank you for always listening to my selfish requests. Thank you for always listening to both my trivial ramblings and my serious talks.

I always thought you were an annoyingly cool old man. You were always the best. You were always the strongest.

Everything about you is cool. So I envy you.

When I go over there, I'm gonna have a ton of stories for you. Before I do, please make sure to find some good sake and tobacco over there. It might take a while, but I'm definitely going to have, a ton I want to talk to you about.

It's about time I wrapped things up. This is a letter that will never be read by its recipient, after all, so there's no point in going on for too long.

Let's meet again with a smile. Anytime, anywhere.

With love.

[semitranslatedseiyuublog]

Seiyuu Speak Out - KyoAni Arson

This is originally from r/anime This was crossposted to the seiyuu Reddit by u/Pyr1t3_Radio

The blast occurred at the No. 1 studio of Kyoto Animation in the western Japan city of Kyoto at around 10:30 a.m., company officials said.  Toll at time of termination of rescue efforts is 33 dead, 36 injured. There were 73 people in that building.

Ogura Yui's planned Line Live for tonight has been cancelled out of respect for the victims.

Tomorrow's Aikatsu! 5th Anniversary special programme (with Tomita Miyu) has also been cancelled.

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More seiyuu expressing concern, shock, sadness and offering their condolences and support for Kyo-Ani on Twitter (will keep on updating as I find more)

Taketatsu Ayana

Nakata Joji

Suzaki Aya

Katou Emiri

Okiayu Ryuutaro

Osora Naomi

Satou Satomi

Inoue Marina

Seki Tomokazu

Komatsu Mikako

Shiraishi Ryoko

Nakagawa Shoko

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Atsumi Tanezaki

Akari Kitou

Anzu Haruno

Asumi Kana

Aoi Yuuki, but she doesn’t seem to want to talk about, thank you Raku for translating.

Romi Park

Ami Koshimizu

Kensho Ono

Shimazaki Nobunaga

Sayaka Ohara

Hideo Kojima, a retweet

Kaori Nazuka

Ryoko Shiraishi

Konomi Kohara

Kaori Fukuhara

Yuri Yamaoka

Minoru Shiraishi, yes the guy that play himself in Lucky Stars

Togashi Misuzu

Mariko Honda

Mutsumi Tamura

Madoka Yonezawa

Asami Sanada

Yuki Matsuoka

Aya Uchida

Emi Nitta

Megumi Ogata

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Deep respect to Ao-chan for voicing out her honest opinion.

触れません。正直思う事沢山あります。でも誰かと共感して「悲しかったね」って終わりたくないんです。私の中で考えて、怒って、悲しんで、祈るべきことです。ここはそういう事を共有するべき場ではない。どんな人がどんな関係性で見ているか、わからないから。バカみたいに、楽しい事だけ、あえて。

I will not touch on this. Honestly, there are many things I want to say. But I don't want it to end with simply empathising with someone else's "how sad." This is something I must ponder upon, feel mad about, be saddened, and pray about on my own. This place isn't a platform for me to share those feelings. That's because I don't know what kind of relationships the people looking at this may have with the incident. I want to be like an idiot, sharing only fun things, intentionally.

It looks like it's because many people were asking her to address it and were semi-criticizing her for tweeting about having fun at Osaka when there's this whole fuss about KyoAni a few hours back (source).

She added later on here:

なおこれは、今呟いていらっしゃる方を否定する内容ではありません。私自身がわたしの中で気持ちの整理もつかないまま、公の場でコメントできないなって思ったんです。

Nevertheless, this does not mean that I am denying the people who are tweeting about it now. I merely felt that I should not be commenting on a public platform when I still have not properly collected my feelings myself.

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Also to add on to the list, Kaji Yuki also tweeted a short message regarding the incident a few hours ago:

ただ、ただ、祈る。

I'll simply, simply pray (alt. I'll keep on, keep on praying)

I find this a little difficult to translate precisely, but I believe it conveys the meaning that though it may be out of our hands, and we cannot do more than "simply" praying, we must keep on doing so, if that's the only thing we can do.

He appeared on a live stream of a non-anime/seiyuu related program slightly before that, and his tweet from then seemed to be a little indicative of the incident as well:

自分にやれること、やるべきことを、精一杯やります。

The things I can, and must do, I’ll do them within the best of my abilities.

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Rough translation of some other tweets as listed in this thread:

@Ayana_Take (Taketatsu Ayana)

傷ついた方々の回復と無事を願うと共に、亡くなられた方々のご冥福を心からお祈り致します。

As we wish for the safety and healing of the injured, let us offer our sincere prayers for the peace of the dead.

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@Mari_navi (Inoue Marina)

本当に酷すぎる事件です…。

This incident is truly too cruel...

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@suzaki_aya (Suzaki Aya)

スタッフさんの無事を祈ります

ひどすぎる

I pray for the safety of the staff

This is too cruel

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@seki0908 (Seki Tomokazu)

どうか1人でも多くの方が無事に救出されます様に。。。

Please let even one more live be rescued to safety...

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@Emiryun (Katou Emiri)

今連絡頂いて知りました…

どうか今以上に被害ひろがらないで！！

I learned about the news earlier...

Please don't let the damage spread any further!!

(and many others)

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I agree with Ao-chan that too many words on the internet may not be needed, but I hope that all the prayers will reach them #PrayForKyoani 🙏

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[SUBBED VIDEO] Toyosaki Aki talks about Kyoto Animation Incident 

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Mamoru Miyano’s reaction from a fan’s perspective

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Moe Toyota (Translation) Tomoyo Kurosawa (Translation)

Those are both well-written and thoughtful, and it would probably be for the best to read them on Reddit since I can’t transfer the whole translation and original here without the size and such being downgraded.

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Haruhi Suzumiya Cast

Includes:

Aya Hirano

Minori Chihara

Yuko Goto

[beldarius]

Valkyrie Connect voice actors

I’ve been looking all over the Internet for a cast list of this game, but came up with nothing (really, people?). So I figured I’d make one myself! Mind you, I don’t have all characters so feel free to let me know anything I missed. MALE CHARACTERS Akira Ishida: Kaworu Nagisa Aoi Yuuki: Utgardar Asami Shimoda: Kagamine Len Daisuke Ono: Odin Hiro Shimono: Loki Hiroki Takahashi: Ryu Hironori Kondo: Krozak, Vidofnir Hiroshi Kamiya: Levi Hiroshi Okamoto: Fafnir, Lucio, Ymir (Armored) Jouji Nakata: Morphia Jun Fukuyama: King Junichi Suwabe: Archer Kappei Yamaguchi: Sigurd Kenjiro Tsuda: Skirnir Kouji Haramaki: Prastos Makoto Naruse: Alviss, Hrungnir, Nagato Mamoru Miyano: Gilthunder Marina Inoue: Baldr Megumi Han: Arnaud, Ymir (Boy) Megumi Ogata: Shinji Ikari Motomu Kiyokawa: Filsius Nobutoshi Canna: Lancer Noriaki Sugiyama: Shirou Emiya Shoutaro Morikubo: Bergelmir Shunsuke Kanie: Heidrun Taishi Murata: Hodr, Wolfgang Takanori Hoshino: Iori Yagami, Loewe Taketora: Akuma Tatsuhisa Suzuki: Ban Tomoaki Maeno: Kyo Kusanagi Tomokazu Seki: Gilgamesh, Thor Tomokazu Sugita: Gylfi, Tyr, Vidar Toshiya Chiba: Sleipnir Tsuguo Mogami: Omega Rugal, Volundr Volcano Ohta: Froggy, Geyser Yasunao Sakai: Ofnir Yasunori Masutani: Fenrir, Heimdall, Jormungand, Surtr Yohei Azakami: Ragnarok, Zato Yuei Takagi: Gowther Yukari Tamura: Magni Yusei Oda: Boelthor, Nidhogg, Thiazi, Welver / previously known as Katsuaki Arima Yuuji Kishi: Ken Yuuki Kaji: Eren, Meliodas Yuuki Ono: Helblindi, Huginn, Susano-o Yuuma Uchida: Hraesvelgr, Reginleif Yuuta Kasuya: Xiang Tong Yuuya Uchida: Hendrickson FEMALE CHARACTERS Ai Nonaka: Kyoko Sakura, Mani, Nautica, Ranco, Verdandi Ai Sasaki: Luflit, Momiji, Nadia Akane Fujita: Jord, Nerthus Akira Sekine: Cenia, Ines Ami Koshimizu: Alice, Mai Shiranui Aoi Koga: Clarisse Aoi Yuuki: Diane, Eihwaz, Hyuga, Madoka Kaname, Randgrid Asami Shimoda: Etricia, Granfelt, Kagamine Rin Aya Endo: Karin Aya Suzaki: Raspi, Rota, Verossa Aya Uchida: Dielle, Nyatasha, Saskia, Tamamo Ayaka Fujimoto: Kushinada, Soable Ayaka Fukuhara: Clarice, Hrist Ayaka Maeda: Stella, Sylva Ayaka Ohashi: Elena, Elsa, Sortishia Ayako Kawasumi: Saber Azumi Asakura: Authumla, Osiris Chika Anzai: Fubuki, Nori Chiwa Saito: Akemi Homura, Skuld Eri Kitamura: Sayaka Miki Eri Sendai: Izuna, Rapunzel, Ultima Fumiko Orikasa: Chun-Li Haruka Terui: Liciela, Liesa, Matisse, Maully Haruna Ikezawa: Athena Asamiya, Lamina Hiromi Igarashi: Blodu, Chihaya, Forte, Livy & Lo, Tesla, Velfell Hisako Kanemoto: Tholin, Tinker Kaede Hondo: Porte, Viola Kana Ueda: Aquaria, Carliss, Estella, Rin Tohsaka, Risa, Sif, Urd Kanae Itou: Herja, Lorelei Kanako Nomura: Bylgja, Gaia, Oboro Kaori Mizuhashi: Arte, Mami Tomoe, Mimir Kaori Nazuka: Hervor, Roveria Konomi Kohara: Mervelin Kotono Mitsuishi: Misato Katsuragi Maaya Sakamoto: Hel, Mari Makinami Maaya Uchida: Esquire, Quarys Madoka Yonezawa: Forseti, Vili Mai Aizawa: Anubis, Idun, Luca, Mele Mai Kadowaki: Amaterasu, Illyasviel, Mia, Zodie Mamiko Noto: Frey, Lolo & Nana, Neviria Maria Naganawa: Camilly, Mogthrasir Maria Uno: Solstis Marina Inoue: Bertha, Dora, Ipsum Masumi Asano: Avencia (?), Brunhild, Litany, Muninn, Sakeko Megumi Han: Kubira, Michelle Megumi Hayashibara: Rei Ayanami Minami Takahashi: Hanna, Kaguya, Lorone Minami Tsuda: Materia, Sandra Miyu Tomita: Aurora, Frigg Miyuki Sawashiro: Cammy, Freya, Gullveig Nanaka Suwa: Beatrix, Eysith, Walpurgis Naomi Oozora: Angrboda, Marmalade, Niji, Noa, Passo, Zweilie Nozomi Sasaki: Grace, Yatsude Nozomi Yamamoto: Terra, Vesmeral Rie Kugimiya: Demolisha, Hymir, Norn, Nott Rie Murakawa: Rita, Ulin Rina Satou: Sara, Yvette Romi Paku: Hange Rumi Ookubo: Igna, Mei Hou, Radgrid Ryoko Shiraishi: Lu Ling, Siluria Saki Fujita: Hatsune Miku, Senna Saori Hayami: Bestla, Cherie, Mikagura, Nabby, Sanngrid Satomi Satou: Gardina, Medjed, Petra, Sol Sayaka Senbongi: Bear, Kagutsuchi, Lipka, Svipul Shiori Mikami: Flora, Mirka, Krista, Sinmara Shizuka Itou: Cleo, Fenia Sora Amamiya: Elizabeth Sumire Morohoshi: Nocturna, Tomoe Umeka Shouji: Corona, Skadi, Sonia Yoko Hikasa: Ayame, Bara, Dinna, Ran, Sentia Yui Ishikawa: Mikasa Yui Kano: Jest, Sasha, Shiena, Thrud, Vali Yukari Tamura: Pallone, Poelle Yuki Nagaku: Fei Lang, Sakura, Soara Yukiyo Fujii: Lyrist, Tsukuyomi Yumi Hara: Eleneige, Shuirin Yumi Kakazu: Kula Diamond, Mizuki Yumi Sudou: Aegir, Canon, Kili Yuu Asakawa: Megurine Luka Yuuki Kuwahara: Mona, Souffle, Vendetta Yuuko Miyamura: Asuka Langley Sohryu Yuuko Sumitomo: Curtana, Lumiere UNKNOWN OR UNVOICED 6th Angel Armored Titan Garm niconico televi-chan Pseudo DMS Unit-13 COMMENTS 1. Aoi Yuuki, Asami Shimoda, Marina Inoue, Megumi Han and Yukari Tamura are the only women I’ve found so far that play both male and female characters. 2. Listen to the differences between Taishi Murata’s characters. His range never ceases to amaze... the only English voice actors with similar ranges (that I know of) are Ben Diskin and Sean Chiplock. 3. On the female side, Umeka Shouji has a surprisingly large range. I’ve mostly heard her play deeper-voiced roles, and then Corona shows up... 4. I love Hiro Shimono’s evil laugh. He doesn’t go all out with Loki, but he sounds like an insane seagull when he does. 5. As a mythology fangirl, I’m a little annoyed by all the changes. Frey, Mani and Vali are supposed to be male; Skuld is supposed to be a Norn (with Verdandi and Urd); Hel, Fenrir and Jormungand are supposed to be Loki and Angrboda’s kids; Idun is supposed to be Bragi’s wife; Thrud is supposed to be Thor’s daughter and Magni and Modi his sons. I’ll update this “lore correction” once I find more characters.

[marshmallowgoop]

Why is Kill la Kill considered a magical girl anime? Just because of the transformations?

Short answer: It’s Complicated.

Long answer: It’s complicated. Incrediblyso. The magical girl genre—and shoujo mangaand anime in general—is… pretty neglected when it comes to serious analysis. AsDeborah M. Shamoom writes in the book PassionateFriendship: The Aesthetics of Girl’s Culture in Japan, “… writing on shōjo manga even in Japan has lagged behindacademic study of manga for boys. Although Yonezawa Yoshihiro published ahistory of postwar shōjo manga in 1980, for over a decade it was the onlybook-length study of the genre. In the late 1990s, women who had grown upreading these texts, such as Fujimoto Yukari and Yokomori Rika, began writingabout shōjo manga from a feministperspective” (5-6). And, when you consider that Sally the Witch and SecretAkko-chan, the first (arguably) magical girl anime series ever produced,were put to TV screens in the mid-to-late 1960s,it’s easy to see that there’s kinda a dearth of study here (Saito 147).

While there is a lot moreresearch devoted to shoujo today, inregards to Western, English-language discussions on something like the magicalgirl genre, it’s super important to note that—in my experience, anyway—therejust ain’t a lot of access to this work in English. Additionally, what is available in English is often writtenfrom a foreigner’s perspective. Even while working at a university and havingaccess to loads and loads of material, I struggle to find much of anything on shoujo written by someone who actuallygrew up and spent most of their life in Japan.

So, maybe it’s no surprisethat—for lack of a better term—Westerners get their panties all in a twistabout what’s actually magical girland what’s not. It’s just hard to get anything concrete on the matter. I mean,it’s hard to get much of anything onthe matter.

I also acknowledge that I am inno way an authority here. I’ve only dipped my toes into serious shoujo analysis, and I am not Japanese,nor have I ever even set foot on Japan. But I can provide a little bit ofreasoning for why Kill la Kill mightmaybe be magical girl. Hopefully.

First things first: what is a magical girl show, anyway? In thearticle “Magic, Shōjo, andMetamorphosis: Magical Girl Anime and the Challenges of Changing GenderIdentities in Japanese Society,” author Kumiko Saito offers a basic idea:

In public discourse, the general definition of the magicalgirl anime tends to solely focus on the content. Largely influenced by TōeiStudio productions in the 1960s and 1970s,mahō shōjo as a genre signifies (usuallyserial television) anime programs in which a nine- to fourteen-year-old ordinarygirl accidentally acquires supernatural power; majokko suggests the alternative setting that the female protagonist’ssuperhuman power derives from her pedigree as a princess of a magical kingdomor a similar scenario. In either pattern, the plot often revolves around theway she wields her power to save people from a threat while maintaining hersecret identity. She frequently uses magical empowerment gadgets, such as wandsand accessories (to be sold as toys), often accompanied by little animal pets(to be sold as toys). (145)

So, let’s consider Kill la Kill. Ryuko is older thanfourteen, but you might argue that sheaccidentally acquires supernatural power in the form of Senketsu as in mahou shoujo series... well, at first, anyway. When it turnsout that Ryuko was designed from birth tohave superpowers, maybe there’s something to be said about how Kill la Kill actually fits more into themajokko category rather than the mahou shoujo one, but at the same time,it’s not that Ryuko’s exactly a princess,nor do her superpowers really have much to do with her lineage; her dadjust used her as a literal science project. Right off the bat here, it’s lookin’like two nopes already for the Kill-la-Kill-is-a-magical-girl-show thing.

Still, moving on to the nextpieces of Saito’s definition, Ryuko doesn’t have a secret identity, and thoughshe does wield her power to savepeople from a threat, she’s also super motivated by her own self-interests fora good chunk of the plot, so I’ll be conservative here and say that Ryukodoesn’t fit either of these classic components. For the last two bits, Ryuko’s“empowerment gadget” could easily be argued to be Senketsu, and Senketsu couldalso be argued to be her “little animal pet,” especially when he won thirdplace for “Best Mascot” in the Newtype AnimeAwards 2014. Kill la Kill characterdesigner Sushio even drew Junketsu getting kinda jelly about it.

Satsuki: Seems like Senketsu won an award…

Junketsu: !!

Translation from @sushiobunny here

But let me stay conservativehere. Let’s say Ryuko’s “empowerment gadget” doesn’t count because Senketsu’s neithera magic wand nor a compact mirror, and let’s say that Senketsu ain’t a “littleanimal pet,” either (and I mean, he really, really, really ain’t, thanks). Out of the six common elements of magicalgirl anime that Saito presents—young girl, accidental acquisition ofsuperpowers, saving people with superpowers, secret identity, “magicalempowerment gadget,” and “little animal pet”—Kill la Kill arguably fits noneof these. Even being as generous with this as possible, Kill la Kill would still only score a 3/6at the most.

Do people who call Kill la Kill a magical girl series haveno idea what they’re talking about? Well, again, it’s Complicated. Saito’s definitionis super-duper extremely general. That’s why you got words like “often” and “frequently”stuffed in there. Even pretty unquestionably magical girl series like Princess Tutu aren’t fitting inperfectly. The magical girl genre encompasses a lot more than any simple plot outlinecould ever convey.

So, maybe the question of Kill la Kill’s magical girliness isbetter answered by examining more specific tropes commonly utilized in thegenre. In the article “Shoujo Versus Seinen? Address and Reception in Puella Magi Madoka Magica (2011),” authorCatherine Butler provides a table that, though self-described as being “far from… an exhaustive list of mahou shoujo tropes,” includes some establishedfeatures of magical girl anime and notes whether or not they appear in Sailor Moon, Cardcaptor Sakura, LyricalGirl Nanoha, and Puella Magi MadokaMagica, which are all series that, unlike Kill la Kill, are widely accepted as magical girl shows (5):

Following Butler’s table, Kill la Kill scores much higher on the “magicalgirl” scale than it does following Saito’s general synopsis. Ryuko doesn’t havea “‘dream’ that is more than a dream” (unless you count her Senketsu death dream),and maybe clothing isn’t quite the same as jewelry, but Senketsu is officially considereda “cute mascot character,” Ryuko does sortof rescue him from eternal sleep, and he also turns out to be an alien. On topof that, Kill la Kill hastransformation sequences and named attacks. The increased specificity of thetable has Kill la Kill coming in anywherefrom a 4/7 to a 6/7—and a 6/7 is higher than even Cardcaptor Sakura, a show that I don’t think anyone would deny as a magical girl anime.

A similar look at Kill la Kill and particular magical girltropes can be found in the article “SentientSailor Uniforms are Serious Business: Trope-Twisting in Kill la Kill,” where author R looks to the TV Tropessite and examines what (presumably largely) Westerners have to say regardingthe magical girl genre:

Notably, consider what [TV Tropes] credits to have been pioneered by Majokko Meg-chan, a magical girl series from 1974that allegedly “codified many of the tropes that would later become staples ofthe magical girl genre”:

Another important early Magical Girl showwas Majokko Meg-chan in 1974. This was the firstshow to be marketed to boys as well as girls, and featured a number ofdevelopments—it was the first Magical Girl show to…

have a Tomboyish heroine—all magical girls prior to this had been sweet feminine girls;

feature a rival to the main character (Non, Meg’s rival and the local Dark Magical Girl);

include a really evil character. Prior to this, there was a perception that young girls couldn’t handle such things;

feature Fanservice (in the form of Panty Shots, slight nudity, and Megu being a borderline Fille Fatale), as well as Lovable Sex Maniac characters (Megu’s stepbrother Rabi and Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain Chou);

touch on more serious social issues, like Domestic Abuse, extramarital relationships, and drug abuse; and

have the heroine not only lose fights, but having to face serious consequences (deaths, injuries, humiliations, etc.).

Kill la Kill has all of this. Ryuko Matoi is certainly portrayed astomboyish, Satsuki is her rival, Ragyo is a really evil character,the fanservice is notorious and we have the Mankanshoku boys and dog as(supposedly)-lovable perverts, sexual abuse is present with Satsuki’snarrative, and Ryuko loses and faces humiliation, severe injuries, and shock.Combine all this with the magical transformation sequences that this genre isfamous for, and Kill la Kill absolutely feels pretty magicalgirl.

Hey, maybe anyone who considersKill la Kill a magical girl anime might have some idea of what they’retalking about?

But then again, isn’t a genremore than some tropes mashed together? After all, many series simply featuringa female protagonist could probably fit into several magical girl tropes just ‘cause they’vegot a female protagonist, but I wouldn’t call something like Birdy the Mighty: Decode a magical girlshow, even if it does have a transforming heroine and a robot alien mascot buddy.

The question of whether or not something is a real “magical girl anime” also has a tendency to turn into even more questions about intended audience. Can amagical girl show be made primarily for boys? What about for adults rather thanyoung children? When Kill la Kill seemspretty clearly aimed at the seinen (oldermale) demographic, it’s easily dismissed as a magical girl series simply forthat aspect alone. Something designed for adult men just can’t ever be considered“magical girl.”

But—and I bet you can alreadyguess where I’m gonna go here—it’s Complicated. The 1973-1974 anime Cutey Honey is widely understood as theanime that began many of the commonmagical girl tropes of today; in fact, authors Brian Camp and Julie Davis describeCutey Honey as “the classic seriesthat served as a prototype for anime’s magical-girl genre” in the book Anime Classics Zettai!: 100 Must-See Japanese Animation Masterpieces, and they furthernote that the famous magical girl transformation sequences that make mostpeople think Sailor Moon were actuallystarted by none other than Honey herself (86-87).

But… the original Cutey Honey anime was initially intendedfor boys. Though the story got adapted into a very “classic” magical girl series with CuteyHoney Flash in the late 90s, which “add[ed] more romance and expand[ed] therange of Honey’s fashions,” as well as marketed itself primarily to young girlswith merchandise that consisted of “fashion dolls in the style of the popular JapaneseJenny and Licca doll series” (Camp and Davis 88), the pieces of the magical girl genre werealready right there in the original. In fact, Camp and Davis argue that “Honeyneeded only a slight cosmetic makeover and bust reduction to qualify for the[magical girl] genre” (87)! If so much of magical girl is built off of Cutey Honey,can’t even the original Cutey Honey beconsidered a magical girl series itself?

Cutey Honey isalso extremely relevant when it comes to Killla Kill because Kill la Kill drawsa ton of influence from old anime—especially the works of Go Nagai, of which CuteyHoney is (another example is Devilman,and it was allegedly even confirmed that the coloring of Ryuko/Senketsu’sberserk form was modeled on Devilman himself in Trigger’s Christmas commentary for Kill la Kill’s 12th episode). Many, many others have written on the comparisons between Kill la Kill andCutey Honey before me—actually, Iwent to a Cutey Honey panel a fewyears back, and the panelist actually noted that talking about Honey’s influence on Kill la Kill would be “cheating” becauseKill la Kill is so clearly and heavilyplaying homage to the show—but here’s just one visual example:

On top of all this, the2004 OVA Re: Cutie Honey was even writtenby Kill la Kill’s scriptwriter KazukiNakashima, and the first episode shares Hiroyuki Imaishi as director! Magicalgirl stories are nothing new for these two—I mean, if you count Re: Cutie Honey as a magical girl story,anyway.

In the end, I can’t say I really got any dog in this Kill la Kill magicalgirl fight personally, though I do scratch my head a bit at the inclusion ofPanty and Stocking as magical girls but not Ryuko and Satsuki. What interestsme more than how anyone categorizes the show is how the show utilizes its “magical girl” tropes andwhat it’s trying to do and say with its utilization of these tropes.

But that’s just me! However yousee it, I do hope that this provides some reasoning for why Kill la Kill could, perhaps, be categorizedas a magical girl anime.

Sources

Butler, Catherine. “Shoujo Versus Seinen? Address and Reception in Puella Magi Madoka Magica (2011).” Children’s Literature in Education, Springer Netherlands, 2018, pp. 1-17.

Camp, Brian, and Julie Davis. Anime Classics Zettai!: 100 Must-See Japanese Animation Masterpieces. Stone Bridge Press, 2011.

Saito, Kumiko. “Magic, Shōjo, and Metamorphosis: Magical Girl Anime and the Challenges of Changing Gender Identities in Japanese Society.” The Journal of Asian Studies, vol. 73, no. 1, 2014, pp. 143–164.

Shamoon, Deborah M.. Passionate Friendship : The Aesthetics of Girl’s Culture in Japan. University of Hawaii Press, 2012.