Ga-Rei Zero: Site Updates, Radio Show Coming, Minorin Speculation
The Ga-Rei website got a complete facelift with Yomi and Kagura now on the frontpage, new profiles for the characters in the second episode and news of a radio show to be hosted by Shiraishi Minoru (Sakuraba aka the suitcase dude), Mizuhara Kaoru (Yomi) and Chihara Minori (Kagura).
I suppose with Minoru, Mizuhara and Minorin hosting the radio it means those three characters will be sticking around for longer than Natsuki and Tooru did? God knows if the show will mislead us again but the radio page does call Kagura and Yomi the ‘two heroines’.
Guess I couldn’t avoid Minorin’s voice acting this season after all, heh. Also, for all the seiyuu idol followers, some speculation – Minorin’s new still-untitled single is due to be released in 2 weeks’ time & has been heavily tipped to be the Ga-Rei opening theme. I actually heard rumours about this weeks before Ga-Rei started but not seeing Minorin’s involvement with the anime at the time, I dismissed it – not sure now! It’s pretty unusual to have a release with such vagueness surrounding it, and it’s definitely not been cancelled as Lantis still lists it on their site and they’re usually good at keeping stuff updated. We’ll hopefully find out tomorrow night when Ga-Rei airs.
Also, the insert song Dark Side of the Light in episode 1 was by FayLan (飛蘭), a totally unexpected and welcome surprise for me. She was a doujin vocalist who has been used by Agematsu Noriyasu for various video game songs (Gakuto!’s Never Slash, Touka Gettan’s Gekka no Rasen, Reconquista) but has now signed to S-inc, the same agency as Sato Hiromi so expect to hear more of FayLan in the future.
I enjoyed the first two episodes of Ga-Rei (I like cheesy action) with its twists, though I expect the rest of the series to be more straightforward – Yomi & Kagura’s backstory etc. I totally had to laugh when Wakamoto’s voice boomed out of those freaky looking brothers in episode 2 
AH! I FINALLY WATCHED IT! Man, I was getting excited because I thought Natsuki was SUCH a hot character and I was totally looking forward to seeing (more accurately, hearing) more of KitaEri. =_= Man… talk about misleading =_=. However, seeing Minorin voicing a sword-wielding school girl doesn’t hurt at all. XD
Ga-Rei Zero had probably the best opener of the season, and probably for a while more. They bloody producers basically rickrolled us with the “new cast” and suddenly sprung back to the original manga characters, even including in Shiraishi! I was so shocked to check the credits after watching the second episode.
I too laughed at Wakamoto’s random appearance. He needs to star in his own show again. He plays too many side characters these days.
Ohh, so it’s really gonna be a manga prequel in the end :O Well, I think the idea of tricking us with a different cast was cool (and well executed too!) I’m a bit sad though cause I liked the first seiyuu cast better! And I thought Maeno Tomoaki was getting another lead role but I guess not XD
Wakamoto’s role was indeed hilarious, also cause… it might be only me, but those brothers kinda look like his character in Planetes and also like that other weird character he does for that weird show whose name I completely ignore (and my explanation won’t help to identify it >_>)
The radio is hilarious, thanks for the heads up
I had no idea who Mizuhara was so I checked her profile and realised that she voiced Misao in Lucky Star! Definitely impressive for a newbie.
Also interesting to note that all three of them were in Lucky Star, perhaps thats why they were chosen to host the radio show. On paper it seems like a weird combination but I think Shiraishi’s “sweet talk” makes it work XD. And of course I’m always interested in listening to Minorin as a radio personality.
i watched the first two!! waiting for the third episode!
and was the insert song the part when the 4th squad was fighting on the freeway?
if it was, then that was awesome!…im still tryng to find the full song….
if its ok can you send me a website or the song itself to my e-amil?
at chinezboi4lyf@gmail.com
and i cant believe this is like the prequel to the manga!!