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OMG, I haven’t done one of these posts for what seems like ages. Doesn’t help that Marina-related anime news pieces have been few and far between following her switch over to Sigma 7 at the start of the year. Her blog updates are coming rather slowly too, it makes me wonder if she really is that busy or maybe she’s just gotten lazy >_>

There’s been a 5-month gap since TLAT…#2 in January. I fail T_T But there’s enough crap in here to last Marina fans a while, so hopefully it’ll keep you entertained til the next installment (hopefully before November).

Anyway, some thoughts on how Marina has been doing since she moved to Sigma 7:
-She’s been doing a lot more…mainstream-type anime shows. I’m not enamoured with
-Instead of focusing on just anime though, Marina’s been branching out into video games & drama CDs. Why does that sound a lot like what Mizuki Nana does?
-Not enough singing. Where’s her recording deal, Starchild? Or am I not paying enough attention.

I’m trying to cover as much of her activities over the last few months as possible, but obviously not gonna get everything in (like those karaoke sessions with Fujita Saki, or a date with Shiraishi Ryoko etc)…

Ookiku Furikabutte event (17th February)
Despite being held on a freezing Sunday, around 400 people had already started gathering at 9am although the event was only scheduled to start at 2:30pm. This was apparently Marina’s first time being involved in an event that had an overwhelmingly female crowd. All the AbeMiha fans, no doubt.

A backstage photo taken with Misaton (Fukuen Misato) and Yonaga Wing (aka Yonaga Tsubasa). Marina commented that of the 3 people in the picture, Wing-kun had the most girly pose. She probably means that he looks really gay.

Tokyo Anime Festival (29th/30th March)

Pic 1- Top (l-r): Taniyama Kishow (Kittan),Marina,Saiga Mitsuki (Rossiu),Konishi Katsuyuki (Kamina) Bottom: Fukui Yukari (Nia),Shoko-tan,Kakihara Tetsuya (Simon)
Promoting both Gurren Lagann and Toshokan Senso. Pictures above, with the Gurren-dan from Shoko-tan’s blog.

Kite Liberator

I guess a few people will have watched it by now. I still haven’t found the time for it yet, and I watched the original Kite so long ago I can barely remember what happened. There was some sex, I think. Anyway, Marina also sang the ending theme for the OVA but I have yet to find the full version (short of actually buying it) so if anyone’s got something that’s longer than 2 minutes and ain’t ripped from the end credits, send it along ^^; Picture above from OtaKitamura Eri’s blog.

Valentine’s day chocolate?

A picture of a minorythm-themed Tirol Chocolate that Chihara Minori (vainpot) gave Marina. She went on talking about how pretty Minorin was and that she couldn’t bear to eat it, and it was now sat on her shelf as a decoration.

Belated appearance on Anispa

A bout of influenza had led to Ono Daisuke pretending to be Inoue Marina on Anispa, but it seems the demand was enough that they invited her a second time. Marina did make the show this time around, and began by introducing herself as Ono Daisuke ^^ Her cancelled appearance was supposed to have been as part of the promotion for the Minami-ke:Okawari ending theme Sono Koe ga Kikitakute, but this time they had a rather vague theme revolving around some of her more famous roles. It was the first time Marina had spoken about her upcoming (at that point) role as Iku in Toshokan Senso. She also talked at length about some of her other characters, including Gurren Lagann’s Yoko and amusingly, Tekkonkinkreet’s ‘Takaramachi citizen’. It amused me that Marina did not know or remember the full name of the person who voiced Kuro in the movie… ‘Ninomiya nantoka’ (Ninomiya something-or-other). It was actually Ninomiya Kazunari, only a member of one of Japan’s biggest boybands (Arashi) so I guess Marina isn’t into Johnny’s.

10-hour movie/anime marathon…

…at Makino Yui’s place. They watched the SAW horror movies plus some Doraemon and Death Note. What did they eat for dinner? Food cooked by Mr. & Mrs. Makino >_> That’s Yui’s room up there.

Went to Shintani Ryoko’s live

Marina’s gotten pretty friendly with Zetsubo-sensei castmate Shintani Ryoko (voice of Hito Nami) of late, and went to her live event on 9 March with Sanada Asami (Matoi), another Zetsubo alumni. After the event, it was another yet Zetsubo reunion, with Marina and Asa-nee going for a meal with two others who had attended the concert – Matsuki Miyu (Fujiyoshi) and Tanii Asuka (Kiri Komori). Picture above from Miyu’s blog.

With the Minami-ke family

L-R: Chihara Minori,Morinaga Rika,Ohara Momoko,Asanuma Shintaro,Kitamura Eri,Marina
This was sometime in April, long after the show had ended. This is the karaoke party where KitaEri cornered Marina in a room and made her sing Beautiful Story to her I believe…

Went to Shoko-tan’s live

At JCB Hall on 7th June, along with an assortment of Gurren-dan members, including Asumi Kana, Saiga Mitsuki and marketing guy “Hige” Manabe. Picture from Gurren Lagann blog.

Somebody gave Marina a Yoko figurine

Apparently a Wafudo Yoko (after some Googling). Erm yeah. I’m not into figurines, so only figumaniacs can tell me whether this is a good one or whatever. Picture above from Akiba Hobby. Pic below is of Marina & Kakky fooling about with Yoko.

Other bits
Maria†Holic Mini Drama CD Mini Review:

So I vaguely remember covering this last year, but I’ve now read Vol.1 (+ part of Vol.2) of the manga and listened to the mini-drama CD. Ummmm… I’m still getting used to hearing the seiyuu fit into their respective roles but I do approve of them so far, although Hirano Aya’s Kanako (the one getting her boob groped above) sounds much older than I had envisioned, and sounds a lot like Nakahara Mai for some reason. Sawashiro Miyuki steals the whole damn show with her dangerously cute Dorm Mistress, but Marina’s ice-cool Matsurika isn’t far behind. Kobayashi Yu’s Mariya (the one doing the groping above) is just weird though. Oh, and if anyone’s ever mistakenly stumbled across the front page of my domain, that’s Sawashiro’s character from the manga. The full drama CD is out at the end of next month, and Moonphase lists a possible anime adaptation next year.

Upcoming stuff

They should’ve swapped Hayami & Kobayashi Yu around to complete the front-low sexy legs lineup…if you want to know the names of all the seiyuu in the picture, go here for a list.
Two supporting roles for Marina in the summer anime season - Mahou Tsukai etc and Sekirei. She’s singing the opening/ending themes with the other cast members for the latter (opening apparently includes some sort of dance) but I’m not fond of either song (you can hear them on the official site). I’m not watching Sekirei anyway *shrug*.

Marina also joins the cast of Negima for the Ala Alba OAD. NO, I’m not typing out the names of all 26 people in the picture (and sadly, yes - I recognise all of them -_-) I can tell you that the guys are Ono Daisuke & Akamatsu Ken and that Ito Shizuka & Noto Mamiko are missing.

OMG!!! Hocchan features in my blog, miracle!

Now for the boring stuff.
Current Roles
Kasahara Iku in Toshokan Senso
Tsuru-ume in Amatsuki
Nicola in Sugar Bunnies Chocola!
Various (Madara etc) in Kyoran Kazoku Nikki

Upcoming Roles
Asagi Honomi in Maho Tsukai ni Taisetsu na Koto: Natsu no Sora (Summer 08)
Inugami Kotaro in Maho Sensei Negima: Shiroi Tsubasa Ala Alba OAD (Summer 08)
Tsukiumi in Sekirei (Summer 08)
Kobako in Bonen no Xamdou (Autumn 08)
Yoko in Gurren Lagann movie (Autumn 08)
Tachibana Wataru in Hayate no Gotoku! Sequel (Unknown)
(??) Matsurika in Maria†Holic (Winter 08-09) [anime unconfirmed]

Games
PS3 Senjo no Valkyria - Alicia Melchiot (24th April 2008)
DS BREATH Toiki wa Akaneiro – Mion (12th June 2008)
DS Steal Princess - Tosoku Kojo - Anise (31st July 2008)
PS2 Akaneiro ni Somaru Saka Parallel – Kiryu Tsukasa (31st July 2008)
Net Lunatia - [unknown]
Net Buso Shinki BATTLE RONDO – Mermaid Type Ianeira
Arcade Arcana Heart - Petra Johanna Lagerkvist

Radio Shows
Kobe Maemuki Jogakuin [with Ito Kanae]
Gurren Lagann Radio [with Kakihara Tetsuya]
Kanto Toshokichi Kohoka [with Sawashiro Miyuki]

CDs/other
Digital Comic Boku no Hatsukoi o Kimi ni Sasagu - Taneda Mayu (comes with Shojo Comic)
DJCD Minami-ke no Minakike SP1 [includes Ninomiya-kun manga] (25th June 2008)
CDA Suteki Tantei Labyrinth Chojinban [Rakuta - Steadfast] (9th July 2008)
CDS Sekirei OP/ED Sekirei/Dear sweet heart [with Hayami Saori, Hanazawa Kana & Endo Aya] (23rd July 2008)
DJCD Toshokan Senso Radio DJCD (24th July 2008)
Drama CD Maria†Holic [as Matsurika] (25th July 2008)
CDA Kyoran Kazoku Nikki Character Album (6th August 2008)

Future Events
(10th August 2008) Gurren Lagann Movie Event
(21st September 2008) Toshokan Senso Forum

So you see, Marina’s been pretty busy even if I haven’t noticed it. She’s always doing stuff I have little interest in…c’mon, update blog more!!!

Posted on June 15th, 2008 under 井上麻里奈 • RSS 2.0 feed • Leave a response, or trackback