On Ill Seiyuu, Radio Revivals, 18-year Old Tomatoes and Starcamp’s Fortunes
So I was sorely disappointed to tune into Anispa at friggin’ 9pm last Saturday night only to discover that the previously announced guest Inoue Marina had fallen ill and was replaced by Ono Daisuke instead T_T Oh well, at least Minorin was there. It was meant to be Marina’s first appearance on Anispa too, blubber.
There is some good news in the form of a revival of the Gurren Lagann radio show hosted by Kakihara Tetsuya and Inoue Marina, this time on Radio Osaka and also JOQR in the graveyard slot of 26:30 Saturdays. Who the hell stays up to listen to radio at that hour apart from insomniacs, I wonder. Apparently, the show is supposed to promote releases and merchandise but wait. They’re surely not gonna run a radio show that broadcasts on major AM stations just for the purpose of talking about new Kamina toys and Boota plushies? Expect some sort of major announcement in the future…..maybe.
Illnesses
Still, it seems Marina’s cold was so bad it landed her in bed for half of last week with a 40℃ fever, and only returned to work yesterday. I suspected she was sick anyway, what with her not having posted anything on her blog for 3-4 days. What with all the bad weather in China, Japan and the UK it sure makes me glad I live in a country where it’s baking hot all year ’round.
Funnily enough, Kitamura Eri was also sick last week. Now if you cast your mind back a few days ago, I posted about KitaEri’s mental breakdown over Inoue Marina. So the first thought that crossed my mind when I heard that KitaEri was ill too was It was the zenzai. And of course, observant 2channel posters also put 2+2 together - one of the duo must have spread their germs to the other. ‘Indirect kiss’, as someone called it.
Happy Birthday
Tomatsu Haruka is no longer 17-years old, hah. Her long blog post commemorating her 18th birthday was full of nostalgia, reflecting on her short life so far from birth right up until today. It actually made a very nice read, and I’d love to translate it except that I’m not even supposed to be typing these words now given that I’m sitting at my office table, supposedly typing up a report. Oops. Otanjobi omedeto, Tomato-tan!
Starcamp EP
Is officially out tomorrow but managed to survive an ultra early leak, oddly. I haven’t gotten around to listening to it yet, but NINKI numbers look surprisingly high. Nana-chan hasn’t ever had figures above 60 before IIRC. Still, she’s destined to only chart (optimistically) at No.3 or No.4 - maybe No.5 or 6 if Ohashi Takuya (Sukimaswitch frontman), TVXQ and Aoyama Thelma sell strong strongly on the back of their numerous TV appearances. KAT-TUN and Yuzu should easily grab the No.1 and No.2 spots respectively, or Japan has ended.
February 6th, 2008 at 12:39 am
LOL. It was the zenzai. XD Poor Marina and Eri for being sick, but thanks for the laugh. Any chance Anispa will give Marina another chance to be on the show?