(L) Arakawa Under the Bridge

[Kunagisa]

Originally Posted by sirn

Nino: Sakamoto Maaya

Mmm, this should be interesting. Oh well, at least we know nobody's screwing up Riku.

[Kagura89]

Originally Posted by sirn

Casts

Nino: Sakamoto Maaya

Fuck yeah Haruhi is Nino
It's been awhile I hear her voice since Soul Eater as Crona.Hope she delivers Nino well & Kamiya as Riku is a good choice though.
LOL Keiji Fujiwara as Kappa,that would be hillarious XD

[sirn]

Originally Posted by sirn

Casts

Ichinomiya Kou (Riku): Kamiya Hiroshi
Nino: Sakamoto Maaya
Hoshi: Sugita Tomokazu
Sonchou (Kappa): Fujiwara Keiji

Sister: Koyasu Takehito

The person who posted the cast list didn't catch Sister's name badge the first time.

[Midonin]

That's one of the more subtle ways of revealing a cast list.

[Raiga]

Originally Posted by Midonin

That makes three Shaft leads voiced by Kamiya. Impressive.

Four, isn't it?

Anyway, I'll be checking this one out for more Shaft-ness.

[Westlo]

Originally Posted by Raiga

Four, isn't it?

Anyway, I'll be checking this one out for more Shaft-ness.

Yes it's 4.

Tsukuyomi -MOON PHASE- = Kouhei (and Saito Chiwa who voiced Bake's Hitagi is the lead female for this)
Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei = Itoshiki
Bakemonogatari = Koyomi
Arakawa Under the Bridge = Riku

[Midonin]

Ah. I haven't seen Moon Phase yet (I'll get around to it!), but he and Shinbo do have quite the history.

[sirn]

Well, someone in 2ch even created this:

○ = Kameyama Toshiki as sound director
● = Tsuruoka Youta as sound director
☆/★ = Main character

Top row: Moon Phase, Pani Poni, Negima!, Hidamari Sketch, Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei, Maria Holic, Natsu no Arashi, Bakemonogatari, Vampire Bund, Arakawa Under The Bridge
Left column: Saito Chiwa, Sawashiro Miyuki, Kamiya Hiroshi, Kobayashi Yuu, Mugihito, Matsuki Miyu, Inoue Marina, Yui Horie, Sugita Tomokazu, Nonaka Ai, Shintani Ryouko, Neya Michiko, Tachiki Fumihiko, Sakurai Takahiro, Ueda Yuuji, Gotou Saori, Terashima Takuma

[sirn]

Additional casts
Maria: Sawashiro Miyuki
Stella: Chiwa Saito

Additional staff
Music: Yokoyama Masaru (Queen's Blade, Kimikiss)



I hope this series will be okay unlike all Shaft series this season. Shinbo interviewed in Maria Holic scoop back then that "Maria Holic was done without any difficulties all thanks to Miyamoto Yukihiro being an assistant director". I'm keeping my fingers crossed he's chosen as an assistant director for this series for that reason.

Broadcast timeslot seems to be that of Hanamaru Youchien's.

[Shiroth]

Heh, no surprise that Sawashiro Miyuki and Chiwa Saito were to follow.

[Kanon]

This anime was already a must watch for me as soon as I heard about it, the amazing voice cast makes even more excited. Maria is the loli I guess? And that's one badass sister, no wonder Takehito Koyasu is voicing her..him

This is the only Shaft series confirmed for Spring so far, right? I think it'll be okay if they only do one.

[sirn]

Originally Posted by Kanon_

This anime was already a must watch for me as soon as I heard about it, the amazing voice cast makes even more excited. Maria is the loli I guess? And that's one badass sister, no wonder Takehito Koyasu is voicing her..him

The other way around, Maria is pink-headed and Stella is the loli.

[Shiroth]

This could easily be Takehito Koyasu's most badarse role yet, and that's beating a lot of roles.

& nice, a new score by Yokoyama Masaru. Good choice.

[Woland]

They discovered mature Chiwa and they cant let her go... (not that I'm displeased at all) (nope I've read it wrong ^^; )

Amazing cast so far (only second to durarara!! this year) but I usually tend to like Shaft choice (for shows that matter of course).

[Kanon]

Originally Posted by sirn

The other way around, Maria is pink-headed and Stella is the loli.

I should have known I'd get it wrong, thanks

That works too. Both are wonderful voice actresses so I'm not worried.

[Kunagisa]

Seeing these VAs kinda make me go T___T, and not because they're bad, but because of their previous roles having influence over my judgments of their current roles.

When I read AUB half a year ago (probably more than that but don't remember anymore), the impression is pretty much summed up nicely by "wtf". The characters and the setting are already completely abnormal, but having famous VAs make me feel like they're just stereotyping them into previous character types; this create some kind weird, unwanted cognitive resonance that seem to threaten the uniqueness of the characters. Obviously the chosen VAs probably are very good at demonstrating wide range of vocal talents and portraying different personalities, but I rather wish they were some fresh people (or at least VAs I don't give a crap about).

Really though, this is just a minor annoyance and a random thought early in the morning, which I probably won't care when it airs. Right now, the only thing I'm interested in is how long this would be.

[sirn]

The timeslot that broadcast this on never airs a 26-episodes show. Though, a 13-episodes Square Enix show is really rare. My bet is separated two seasons, 13 episodes each.

[Haohmaru]

Originally Posted by sirn

I hope this series will be okay unlike all Shaft series this season. Shinbo interviewed in Maria Holic scoop back then that "Maria Holic was done without any difficulties all thanks to Miyamoto Yukihiro being an assistant director". I'm keeping my fingers crossed he's chosen as an assistant director for this series for that reason.

I hear ya. Didn't like this seasons Shaft shows either. Last one I enjoyed was Bakemonogatari.

[Mizuno]

Another woman with scissors. A man's worst nightmare.

[Azuma Denton]

Originally Posted by sirn

The other way around, Maria is pink-headed and Stella is the loli.

Auch, they put Chiwa Saito into loli's chara again?