(L) Akb0048

[mochichan]

Which is funny since Nagisa character do resemble Ranka a little...:P
Nagisa voice is growing on me..considering she's 14, she doesn't sound that loli or that mature. She sound like a normal kid.

It's probably because they're still inexperienced that they don't enunciation clearly.

[Utsuro no Hako]

Originally Posted by Sylphic

I don't think it's per word. Fairly sure it's per line. Per word makes no real sense in the context of Japanese

Also, I think I've read somewhere some of the more popular seiyuu like the ones who are voicing the current successors can get themselves a more lucrative package as opposed to a rate.

Id be surprised if the AKB girls doing the voices were getting paid at all.

I take it the anime industry isn't unionized?

[sa547]

^
There exists a voice actors' union, and from what I recall, Megumi Ogata is one of its members.

Originally Posted by Sylphic

The only one that bugs me is Nagisa's voice actor. She sounds 99% similar to Nakajima Megumi.

Also, I have no idea if this is Tokyo fashion or something but none of the AKB girls enunciate. When the pace quickens or when they are excited it turns into a blob. Not that I don't understand, but still unpleasant.

The real seiyuu are crystal clear for the most part. You can tell clearly where each word starts and ends.

To quote:

Originally Posted by Kaoru Chujo

You're not the only one who thinks she's doing an okay job. Some of her lines have been great. I'm not with the Japanese seiyuu otaku who demand that all seiyuus conform to a common standard of professional expertise, and reject TV actresses completely since they haven't been beaten into the standard style by seiyuu school.

As for me, some first-time seiyuu may be raw for the most part (and I like fresh new talent), but they have the potential to surprise (i.e. Ayako Yoshitani's Mikoto Urabe in MGX). Our main character is 13 and it just makes sense that Iwata is also 14, thereby meshing well with her character.

There's been some fan speculation about how much the typical AKB member earns (the amount depending on merit or seniority), but as there are no verifiable figures (and unlike in the West, where actor's contracts are considered news), rumors are rumors.

[Flower]

Hrm ... ep 4 was ... odd again. Not bad, mind you. Just ... strange, somehow.

Ah well ... I'll give it another ep or two before deciding.

[mochichan]

What do you mean by odd?

[serenade_beta]

Spoiler for ep4:

I'm not what he meant by odd, but I personally felt the resolution of the episode was pretty sudden. Not idiotically stupid, but made me go "That's it?".
Gotta love Chieri mentally attacking Kanata though. First say something like makes you think "Oh, is Chieri standing up to her?" and then actually show that she meant to criticize her. Pick her up... and the slam her down...

More importantly, I think I finally realized after 4 episodes that Sonata's name IS "Sonata" and not "汝"...

[Flower]

Originally Posted by mochichan

What do you mean by odd?

Apologies ... I should have been more clear. In some ways I was musing aloud to myself.

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When I say "odd" I am referring to the overall feel I experience when watching the anime and that I experience after it is over when musing on it later on. In other words, it is an extremely "subjective experience"

Hmm ... lemme quote my earlier post on this. Make it easier than re-saying it all over again.

Ok ... well, after watching eps 2 and 3 I still really don't know what to make of this series. It is ... well ... awkward, for lack of a better word. It reminds me of a child who woke up one morning and realized for the first time that they have become an adolescent, and then begins the difficult process of realizing where all his limbs are while moving around.

It's not bad per se, but it is ... well, awkward. Perhaps even a a trifle stilted at times while feeling rushed and trite too. But for all that I find it kinda likeable for some reason. Go figure.

Hope that makes it a little clearer?

Oh yes - and btw serenade_beta, ftr I am a "he".

[ars89]

Nice that Kanata and Sonata could make up. Lol Chieri tells it like it is.

[asaqe]

Has something like this ever happened with an AKB48 member and any male musician? Some sort of very steamy duet.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hJts...eature=related

[Kazu-kun]

Originally Posted by asaqe

Has something like this ever happened with an AKB48 member and any male musician? Some sort of very steamy duet.

That was pretty awesome, but yeah, I don't think something like that would ever happen in Japan, specially not with idols. The male fans in particular would probably riot or kill themselves, or both.

[DmonHiro]

Wow, Sonata is SOOOO adorable, I just want to hug her and not let go.

PS: If Mimori and Kanata are the cursed 75th generation, and Nagisa and the others are the 77th.... what happened to the 76th?

[ronelm2000]

Me thinks all of the 76th Gen already graduated ... and/or quit.

[DRAGUN H.E.X.]

Originally Posted by Dragoshi1

I also want to hope that that mysterious "God" is a Dragon.

oh please!!, hell NO!! i don't want this series ended up looking like some Akira Toriyama work.....

[Arturia Polaris]

Takamina is mine, just saying. Off to DL ep 4...

Arturia

[sa547]

Originally Posted by ronelm2000

Me thinks all of the 76th Gen already graduated ... and/or quit.

We'll never know for sure, I mean, we're just scratching the surface.

[ronelm2000]

We can always say that there was no 76th generation... but then 75th wouldn't be the Cursed Gen for nothing, yes?

[sa547]

Originally Posted by ronelm2000

We can always say that there was no 76th generation... but then 75th wouldn't be the Cursed Gen for nothing, yes?

All right, for a bottle of Tanduay Ice, it's too easy to guess or speculate.

Spoiler:

The 76th could be hiding somewhere, for all I know of and might play as a rival to the 77th. If Okada does that, it's like them having Nogizaka46 in the mix.

[Tempester]

Lazy, don't feel like writing an essay, so I'll plot my feelings in points.

Sonata is freaking cute! I want to take her home and do indecent things to her.
Chieri got treated unfairly again. Sad to see such a smart girl being made the villain here.
Kanata doesn't enjoy singing and dancing? Seriously? No wonder her skill development has stagnated.
The city they're staying in is gorgeous.

4 episodes in and this anime is holding up well.

[sa547]

Originally Posted by Tempester

Lazy, don't feel like writing an essay, so I'll plot my feelings in points.

Sonata is freaking cute! I want to take her home and do indecent things to her.
Chieri got treated unfairly again. Sad to see such a smart girl being made the villain here.
Kanata doesn't enjoy singing and dancing? Seriously? No wonder her skill development has stagnated.
The city they're staying in is gorgeous.

4 episodes in and this anime is holding up well.

Spoiler for some thoughts:

I view Chieri as more of an anti-hero, while Kanata has some angst and inferiority issues eating her (two years being in trainee status or even more is not unusual IRL) motivation that she feels she needs to ditch the batch.

[Kitsu Breaker]

I hate be THAT guy, but this serie deserve it own big thead to discution, you know