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But really, I think VA is an issue as well. Granted the main characters are mostly being done by 48 families, but most of them are low tier, unknown members of the groups. Even ones that have higher ranks are the lesser known member compare to ones with similar ranking.
At first I thought Mayuyu is going to be the #1 main character, but with her current workload and the way the official website sets up, she seems more to be a throw-in. Almost like the rest of the cast are really nobody so we'll throw Mayuyu in to anchor it from the side.
Not to mention the decision that legacy members are not done by their real-self counterpart. Nothing against the cast they've chosen so far, as they are a pretty good group considering legacy members are secondary characters. But to really draw appeal from general public, you almost have to have those legacy members being voiced by their real-life selves, even if they are amateurs in VA.
It really has nothing to do with voice-over skill if this anime is really set on appealing to general crowd from kid to middle age people. Beside, it's not like they are completely amateurs. Most of those legacy members have had minor roles in VA before and many of them are currently having major roles in movies and dramas that shouldn't make it too hard for them. Heck, the core members even got crush-course VA lessons in various AKB-related variety shows or receive inside look through various collaboration in OP/ED theme songs.
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