Thinking about it some more, Kugimiya might just be able to pull it off. I remembered when before Higurashi anime came out, when they announced that Tamura was going to do Rika, people on 2ch also reacted negatively to the casting. That changed after the first drama cd was out, when people found out that Tamura can actually do an awesome Rika voice. So perhaps Kugimiya would surprise us.
After all, she's been a lot of stuff these days, and she probably would have to break away from her set routine or else people would get tired of her eventually...
I'm more worried about the Kon+Kawase duo...they didn't work well for Higurashi, and they will be busy with other stuff in 2009 besides Umineko itself...
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