Fri Dec 11 2009, 09:42 PM
List is pretty much finalized, with the exception of House of Five Leaves which has a very high chance of not making it this season, seeing as how it will be in the noitaminA time slot - Nodame Cantabile is slotted for this season's time slot - so there's a slight chance we'll see it in the spring but almost guaranteed for next fall*.
Cobra the Animation from last spring, which was later delayed, is now coming this winter season and will appropriately kick the season off.
Now, for this winter's most roles in TV series this time around is...a TIE! Of the 123 seiyuu listed above, VA's Ise Mariya (Ookamikakushi, Hanamaru Kindergarten, Ladies vs Butlers!) and Kawasumi Ayako (Seikon no Qwaser, Nodame Cantabile, Ladies vs Butlers!) with both having three roles. Ise's taking on all supporting roles while Kawasumi has two leads and one supporting and both ladies are cast in Ladies versus Butlers! - Ise is voicing a supporting character and Kawasumi, one of the main characters. There's like 24 VA's that each have two roles in the above list.
Now it's time for Get 2 Know Ur Seiyuus segment, your seasonal dose of unneeded info about them voice actors who give those characters life. Get it? 2? Because there's two winn...nevermind.
Ise Mariya (伊瀬 茉莉也) is a rising star, who turned 21 in September (and no, she was not born in 1965 but in 1988). Her first debut was as Noyamano Ringo in Air Gear (2006) the glasses-wearing tsundere who has a one-sided love affair with Minami Itsuki or "Ikki" who is too block-headed to notice Ringo's affection. Anyways, Mariyan is perhaps best known for her role in Touka Gettan voicing her only male role (to date) as Kamiazuma Touka, the series' main protagonist. Other previous roles include Tanarot in the parodying series of Macademi WAsshoi! ～である and Aruka Schild in NEEDLESS. Of interest, for the winter season, she's taking the role of the class president of Hiroshi's class, Kushinada Nemuru, in Ookamikakushi.
Kawasumi Ayako (川澄 綾子) is perhaps known best for her roles in Fate/stay night voicing Saber in 2006 and Azumanga Daioh's Kasuga Ayumu (a.k.a Osaka) in 2002. Born in Tokyo, Ayasumi is an avid piano player and because of this skill she has landed leading roles in Piano (2002) and Nodame Cantabile (2007-2010), as Nomura Miu and Noda Megumi respectively, where both characters do play the piano. Her first debut role was in 1998 as Outlaw Star's Melfina, a sort of humanoid-android maid who works on board the Outlaw Star. She has also voiced characters in such games like Fatal Frame II as the elder Amakura sister and Odin Sphere as Gwendolyn. She's voiced various character archetypes from the before mentioned android to knight. Although she's not notable for most of her roles (she voices only female characters), it's almost guaranteed that the characters she voices will be memorable (sort of like those "oh yeah! she did that character" times). Of interest, for the winter season, she'll be returning to her role as Nodame for, perhaps, the last time trying to win Chiaki's affection and one day playing in his orchestra.
* There's another series that is slated for the spring 2010 noitaminA time slot. Something about four and a half tatami mats?
Cobra the Animation from last spring, which was later delayed, is now coming this winter season and will appropriately kick the season off.
Now, for this winter's most roles in TV series this time around is...a TIE! Of the 123 seiyuu listed above, VA's Ise Mariya (Ookamikakushi, Hanamaru Kindergarten, Ladies vs Butlers!) and Kawasumi Ayako (Seikon no Qwaser, Nodame Cantabile, Ladies vs Butlers!) with both having three roles. Ise's taking on all supporting roles while Kawasumi has two leads and one supporting and both ladies are cast in Ladies versus Butlers! - Ise is voicing a supporting character and Kawasumi, one of the main characters. There's like 24 VA's that each have two roles in the above list.
Now it's time for Get 2 Know Ur Seiyuus segment, your seasonal dose of unneeded info about them voice actors who give those characters life. Get it? 2? Because there's two winn...nevermind.
Ise Mariya (伊瀬 茉莉也) is a rising star, who turned 21 in September (and no, she was not born in 1965 but in 1988). Her first debut was as Noyamano Ringo in Air Gear (2006) the glasses-wearing tsundere who has a one-sided love affair with Minami Itsuki or "Ikki" who is too block-headed to notice Ringo's affection. Anyways, Mariyan is perhaps best known for her role in Touka Gettan voicing her only male role (to date) as Kamiazuma Touka, the series' main protagonist. Other previous roles include Tanarot in the parodying series of Macademi WAsshoi! ～である and Aruka Schild in NEEDLESS. Of interest, for the winter season, she's taking the role of the class president of Hiroshi's class, Kushinada Nemuru, in Ookamikakushi.
Kawasumi Ayako (川澄 綾子) is perhaps known best for her roles in Fate/stay night voicing Saber in 2006 and Azumanga Daioh's Kasuga Ayumu (a.k.a Osaka) in 2002. Born in Tokyo, Ayasumi is an avid piano player and because of this skill she has landed leading roles in Piano (2002) and Nodame Cantabile (2007-2010), as Nomura Miu and Noda Megumi respectively, where both characters do play the piano. Her first debut role was in 1998 as Outlaw Star's Melfina, a sort of humanoid-android maid who works on board the Outlaw Star. She has also voiced characters in such games like Fatal Frame II as the elder Amakura sister and Odin Sphere as Gwendolyn. She's voiced various character archetypes from the before mentioned android to knight. Although she's not notable for most of her roles (she voices only female characters), it's almost guaranteed that the characters she voices will be memorable (sort of like those "oh yeah! she did that character" times). Of interest, for the winter season, she'll be returning to her role as Nodame for, perhaps, the last time trying to win Chiaki's affection and one day playing in his orchestra.
* There's another series that is slated for the spring 2010 noitaminA time slot. Something about four and a half tatami mats?
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