I don’t know if this little OVA (3 31-minute episodes) deserves a review, but since I don’t write reviews, only reflections, it’s ok. The executive summary is: surprisingly enjoyable. It needs to be said very clearly though: Indian Summer is not a surprising delight like Midori Days, suprisingly well directed/acted like Toradora, or offers surprisingly [...]
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One remarkable thing about Indian Summer is how thick references are in it, such as posters for Shana, Dokuro-chan, etc. Normally anime does not go so far, or focuses on properties of the specific studio, but this is just insanity. If you thought Lucky Star was bad, watch this. So, at some point they hold a [...]
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Well, for the next 3 weeks I'm going to watch as much anime I can before classes start. I have about 158 anime to watch and I don't know where to begin. So, I'm randomly picking anime and Koharu Biyori was first. I want that hour and thirty minutes back. Takaya Murase is a young man who lives alone. One day, he decides to buy a robot maid to help him out with daily chores. The thing is that the robot picked him.This is Yui, a cute robot maid. I don't know why but there is something that doesn't feel right about this anime. Lets see what else this anime has.A harem of cute girls,Tentacle rape,and the male protagonist has a big figure collection. This anime is an otaku's wet dream. When an anime is specifically made to target otaku who are into maids, robots, and the other stuff list above, there is nothing good about it. Koharu Biyori has no substance to it, it is nothing but fan service. It has stereotypical episodes that include, the cosplay battle episode, best robot maid contest episode, beach episode, and the feel good finale. This anime is Mahoromatic done horribly bad. The funny thing about this anime is that it is self-aware that it will be compared to Mahoromatic because there are several cameos of Mahoro. There is one funny part in the anime, it is when one of the character breaks the fourth wall by pointing out that they are in an anime. I save you the trouble of watching this anime and took the scene shots for you.Click the image below to see it larger.I think that human and robot marriage is not legalI recommend this anime to 14 year old boys who want nothing but fan service in their anime. For everyone else, avoid this anime at all costs. I think smoking crack is a better idea than to watch this crap.
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When Yahagi Sayuri 矢作紗友里 debuted at 19 as Karin, she knocked me out with her liquid, well-inflected voice.Now she has been a professional seiyuu for four years. She still has the strong, supple, quite high voice she started with, but the burbling liquidness has been toned down. She has developed a bit wider vocal and acting range and appears to have become one of the indispensables. She had 2 roles in 2005, 7 in 2006, 15 in 2007, 19 in 2008, and so far this year, she already has 13.Personally I regret her having left some of her unique sound behind, but she is a pro and is making a living by being able to give directors the voice they want.Her only other real starring role since Karin has been as Kuu in Kyoushirou to Towa no Sora in 2007, in which she was passionate but so ethereal as to almost disappear.Now, however, like other real pros she is getting more and more second-rank roles, as a classmate or a sister. And she has staked out some profitable territory in squeaky-animal land, with roles like Kyuupi in Otogijushi Akazukin and Suni in Guin Saga.This summer, you can hear her in Aoi Hana, Fight! Ippatsu Juuden-chan, a ToLoveRu OVA, and the continuing Hayate no Gotoku and Guin Saga.Here is a compendium of Yahagi Sayuri's anime roles, from YouTube:<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/kwaQRzfDv8k&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/kwaQRzfDv8k&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>I think I hear her expression becoming more natural and her range of convincing emotions and personalities wider. It sounds as if she has worked at her craft.She is far from beautiful. Kind of homely, really. But homely in a cute way. “Busu” means ugly, and it's hard to forget the surname of her character in Busou Renkin: Busujima (a homonym for "ugly island"). She has an outstanding set of crooked teeth, but I doubt she is thinking of fixing them any time soon, since it might affect her sound.She's kind of attractive, anyway, isn't she? Especially in motion, displaying her entertaining personality, as she does in this interview with co-star Konishi Katsuyuki from the Kyoushirou to Towa no Sora DVDs:<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/IMwVlmhQE4g&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/IMwVlmhQE4g&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Like Kawasumi Ayako, she will have to get by on her skill as a seiyuu and her fun personality, rather than her good looks. She and Hayami Saori did a turn together as the sorcerer sisters Ran and Sumire Midou in Koharu Biyori (Indian Summer). In real life, neither one of them is a raving beauty. But they are both prominent young seiyuus working for major seiyuu agency I"m Enterprise, an agency that was involved in scandal just a couple of years ago, but appears to be recovering.She has also done some dubbing, notably for the Japanese version of Akelah and the Bee.In her agency profile, she says her interests are reading and watching movies, and that her sport is softball. Her high school had no drama club, so her father suggested she join the softball club. I wonder if she still plays.Major roles (mouseover for captions): From Japanese Wikipedia: She comes from Tokyo, but spent part of her childhood up north, in Aomori. Born 86.09.22 -- now age 22. In high school, her friends made fun of her high voice, saying it was like an anime. But she had no idea anything like a seiyuu existed until she heard it from them.A phrase she uses a lot is: "Reawwy?" (maji de ka, a cute mispronunciation of maji desu ka? "really?").Her nickname, oHagi ぉはぎ, was given her by Inokuchi Yuka, Nabatame Hitomi, and Shitaya Noriko, after she said she wished she had one. An ohagi is a kind of Japanese sweet, made with rice flour and red bean paste (right).She's good at sewing, earning praise from her co-stars in Net Ghost PiPoPa, Shiraishi Ryouko and Satou Rina, for being the quickest among them at sewing a little bag.Her seiyuu friends include Satou Rina, Konishi Katsuyuki, Shitaya Noriko, Takahashi Mikako, and Nakao Eri. She was making fun of Satou-san on a radio show, and Satou called her a "grade-school old man." She's a big fan of the Kamen Rider series, has lots of books and goods, and has become friends with the mangaka.She calls herself a "crazy girl seiyuu." She is apt to come out with odd comments ranging from romantic outbursts to dirty jokes. At an aquarium once, her comment was: "Looks tasty." Cast in:(2005) Karin (TV) as Maaka Karin (debut)(2006) Otogi-Jushi Akazukin (TV) as Gretel; Kyupi(2006) Tokimeki Memorial ~Only Love~ (TV) as Fujikawa Yuuka(2006) Buso Renkin (TV) as Busujima Hanaka(2007) Kyoshiro to Towa no Sora (TV) as Shiratori Kuu(2007) Hayate the Combat Butler (TV) as Segawa Izumi(2007) Kishin Taisen Gigantic Formula (TV) as Amano Utsumi(2007) Kenko Zenrakei Suieibu Umisho (TV) as Nanako Maaya(2007) Shugo Chara! (TV) as Mashiro Rima(2007) Indian Summer (Koharu Biyori, OAV) as Midō Ran(2008) Yotsunoha (OAV) as Yuki Arisa(2008) To Love-Ru (TV) as Sairenji Haruna(2008) Net Ghost PiPoPa (TV) as Sobue Hikaru(2008) Sekirei (TV) as Mitsuha (No.38)(2008) Rosario + Vampire Capu2 (TV) as Oniyama Tonko(2008) Ga-Rei -Zero- (TV) as Izumi Mami(2008) Nodame Cantabile: Paris (TV) as Puririn (ep 1)(2008) Tytania (TV) as Lira Florenz(2009) Sora Kake Girl (TV) as Erika; Satchan(2009) Asura Cryin' (TV) as Ania(2009) Guin Saga (TV) as Suni(2009) Fight Ippatsu! Jūden-chan!! (TV) as Iono(2009) Sweet Blue Flowers (Aoi Hana, TV) as Yoko Hon'atsugiStaff in:(2009) Hayate the Combat Butler!! (TV) : Theme Song Performance (ED)(2009) To Love-Ru (OAV) : Theme Song Performance (OP/ED)full list here (English) and here (Japanese). LinksAnime News Network pageWikipedia pageJapanese Wikipedia pageagency home pageYouTube videos 1YouTube videos 2current 2channel thread
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I keep rewatching episodes of Eden of the East, partly just to hear more of the beautiful voice of Hayami Saori 早見沙織. The 17-year-old Hayamin is coming into her own with her starring role as Saki.In the thread about her on 2channel, the Japanese discussion board, her growing number of fans have been debating which great seiyuu she sounds more like: Kawasumi Ayako 川澄綾子 or Shimamoto Sumi 島本須美.Voices are like snowflakes: no two are alike. But I thought we might listen to her voice and the voices of those two great seiyuu and see what similarities there might be. I'll link to video digests of roles played by all three: Hayamin, Shimamoto, and Kawasumi. You decide which of the others, if either, Hayamin's voice resembles. Hayami SaoriHayamin has had only four major roles in her brief career. Her first role, which she began in the spring of 2007, when she was 15, was as Momoka in Touka Gettan. She has also played Kou-chan in Wagaya no Oinari-sama, Musubi in Sekirei, and now Saki in Eden of the East. In addition to these, she has had minor roles in Koharu Biyori, Ghost Hound, and other shows -- and now in Basquatch.<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/eEtKJMoHtx0&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/eEtKJMoHtx0&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>She hasn't been called on to cover much of a range of roles. All of these share a family resemblance. But I find the quality of her voice beautiful and her acting sometimes moving. Her voice is not that strong, but especially in the latest role, she can modulate it in subtle ways to convey feeling and personality. It's a young voice, almost fading out sometimes, and with some breathiness, but she also has great clarity of pronunciation and there is bit of bounce. For a young seiyuu, she has excellent voice control.Shimamoto SumiNow listen to her predecessors. First, Shimamoto Sumi. As one poster said, Hayamin's voice has some of the almost transparent quality of Shimamoto-san's. But Shimamoto has more. Each of the two adds her own specific coloration.Shimamoto-san started her career in 1977 and has given us such great roles as Lady Cagliostro in Lupin III: the Castle of Cagliostro, Nausicaä in Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Kyoko in Maison Ikkoku, Tinkerbell in Peter Pan no Bouken, Saint Just in Oniisama-e, Toki in Princess Mononoke, Shokupanman in Soreike! Anpanman, and Aurelia Jones in Emma.<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/1_wqgnjYuaA&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/1_wqgnjYuaA&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Kawasumi AyakoKawasumi Ayako has played a wide range of characters. She was Lafiel in Crest of Stars, Aoi in Ai yori Aoshi, Saber in Fate/Stay Night, Nodame in Nodame Cantabile, and she is now giving a brilliant performance as the charming and complex monster Alice in Pandora Hearts.<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/NoREb5R4Y7k&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/NoREb5R4Y7k&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Ayacchi's voice has more solidity than either of the other two, even though it's fairly high. And she has played a wide range of characters.Which is it?No two voices are alike. But I agree with the majority on 2channel, which thinks that Hayamin's voice more resembles Shimamoto Sumi's. Her slight breathiness compares with the stronger breathiness of Shimamoto-san. But I think Hayamin has a clearer, more precise voice than either of these two greats.Noto Mamiko's name has shown up as a comparison recently on 2channel, and I think Hayamin's voice is indeed like Noto Kawaii's in its pure beauty, and in the kind of personality it conveys: a gentle, comforting, ojou-sama. But it doesn't have as much of the beautiful breathiness that is Noto's trademark.By the way, the first sample of Hayamin's voice in the video above, from Touka Gettan, is from an episode that was actually written by Noto Mamiko (episode 21). She wrote lines that she herself could say, and that Hayamin said well, too.Hayami seems to have a conception of each character she is trying to play, and is already good at conveying personality and emotion, within a certain range. But I think she has the skill, taste, and intelligence to grow and broaden her range, as Kawasumi Ayako, who is now 33, did through her twenties.One big difference between Hayamin and the others: she made her seiyuu debut at 15. Shimamoto-san was 23. Kawasumi-san had one role at 16, but no more until she was 20. Noto-san had her first role at 19.Hayamin the SingerThe only thing that could derail the progress of her seiyuu career is the fact that Hayami Saori is an even better singer than she is a seiyuu. Her singing voice has the same beauty as her speaking voice, but she has even more ability to bend and modulate it to create interest and meaning in a song. And she has a sharp musical sense that enables her to give a song life with subtle phrasing and rhythms.If Hayamin becomes as successful a singer as I think she could be, she won't have much time for doing anime. Here is her first single, the ED to the 2007 anime Touka Gettan, Kono Sekai ga Itsuka ha, sung when she was 15. She apparently got it right in only one or two takes, and when she was leaving the recording booth, the studio staff all applauded:<embed src="http://www.seeqpod.com/cache/seeqpodSlimlineEmbed.swf" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" flashvars="domain=http://www.seeqpod.com&amp;playlistXMLPath=http://www.seeqpod.com/api/music/getPlaylist?playlist_id=4f05d88e01" width="300" height="80"></embed>But Hayamin's solo singing career is not likely to start just yet. I believe her agency is waiting for her voice to mature a bit, to get a bit stronger, and also for her to be able to perform live fully as well as she does on CD. Hayamin's gift is the delicate complexity of the line she creates. But so far, that is most audible at low volume. She needs time to develop the same precise and lyrical movement at higher volume.She has the chance to be a real singer, not just a seiyuu-singer, so I think it is wise for her not to go solo until she is able to take any success she gains and run with it. When she starts the race, I think she could run far.
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Click To Watch Video <object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,0,0" width="640" height="360" id="gb_player" align="middle"> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain"/> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"/> <param name="movie" value="http://www.animevice.com/video/video.swf"/> <param name="quality" value="high"/> <param name="bgcolor" value="#000000"/> <embed src="http://www.animevice.com/video/video.swf" quality="high" bgcolor="#000000" width="640" height="360" name="gb_player" align="middle" allowscriptaccess="sameDomain" allowfullscreen="true" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" flashvars="paramsURI=http%3A//www.animevice.com/video/params/53/"/> </object> ADV released Koharu Biyori in March-- I finally got a chance to check it out.
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So, I've heard friends and readers refer to ADV as being more or less out of the game for a while now-- and just recently I had occasion to discover that ADV actually did release a brand-new anime amidst all the repackagings of past titles: Koharu Biyori, or Indian Summer, a romantic comedy ecchi anime. Naturally, I ran right out to pick up the DVD so I could tell you how it is.  <object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,0,0" id="gb_player" align="middle" height="360" width="640"> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain"> </param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"> </param><param name="movie" value="http://www.animevice.com/video/video.swf"> </param><param name="quality" value="high"> </param><param name="flashvars" value="paramsURI=http%3A//www.animevice.com/video/params/53/?w=1"> </param><param name="bgcolor" value="#000000"> <embed src="http://www.animevice.com/video/video.swf" quality="high" bgcolor="#000000" name="gb_player" allowscriptaccess="sameDomain" allowfullscreen="true" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" flashvars="paramsURI=http%3A//www.animevice.com/video/params/53/?w=1" align="middle" height="360" width="640"> </embed></param></object> If you can't watch the video, here's the quick sum-up: a great choice for fans of ecchi romantic comedies along the lines of Chobits and Mahoromatic, and/or people with cosplay fetishes. It's a very bare-bones release, though, so you may want to try and find it for a discount, or try to convince ADV to run it on the Anime Network.And while I'm at it, a piece of news that fell by the wayside until reader Paploo mentioned it in the comments: ADV picked up the original Appleseed movie earlier this month, a rescue from Geneon.So the next time you hear someone say that ADV is dead, defunct, or not operating-- correct them. Tell 'em I sent you.
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Seiyuu HAYAMI Saori 早見沙織, 17, is graduating from high school this spring and beginning her seiyuu career in earnest.Up to now, she has been limited to one role at a time. But in the upcoming spring season she will have three roles, including her biggest role yet.She began her career two years ago, at the age of 15, as Momoka in Touka Gettan. Since then, her other major roles have been Kou in Wagaya no Oinari-sama and Musubi in Sekirei. These were all important roles, but not necessarily the main roles in their respective shows.This spring, she has her first real starring role, in Higashi no Eden. She is the main protagonist, and the story is told from her point of view.There is no word yet on a solo recording contract. Hayamin is a competent seiyuu, but I think she is a brilliant singer and should have a great future on that side of the business.CollegeShe turns 18 in May. One rumor is that she will be attending prestigious Gakushuin Women's College in Tokyo. This is the school Princess Mako will be attending, and seiyuu Inoue Marina is a graduate. Another rumor is that she is still trying to get into a college.The prestigious college would be no surprise, since she attended a prestigious girls' school from kindergarten right up into her last year of high school. That was Shirayuri Gakuen, a Catholic school that could have been the model for the school in Marimite.She transferred to a co-ed school in Tokyo a few months ago, probably because of her work, but as you can see from the top photo, she retains the straight posture of a proper young lady.Higashi no EdenHigashi no Eden ("Eden of the East"), which airs beginning Thursday April 9, is a mystery-romance in which Hayamin stars as a 22-year-old Japanese college graduate who goes on a trip to the US before beginning her working career.Outside the White House, she encounters a Japanese guy the same age...who is stark naked and has no memory of who he is. His only possessions are (1) a gun and (2) a cellphone that gives him access to a huge bank account. The story covers eleven days during which she "looks after" him.This is the new spring show I am most looking forward to. It is from Production I.G.; features character designs by Umino Chika, the mangaka of Honey & Clover; and is directed by Kamiyama Kenji, the director of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex and Seirei no Moribito. Here is the trailer:<object width="480" height="295"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/j2Wizf9B0YA&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/j2Wizf9B0YA&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="295"></embed></object>other rolesHayamin also has supporting roles in two other spring shows: Basquash!, a science fiction anime produced by the developer of Macross and involving basketball played using mechas; and 07-Ghost, a gothic fantasy adventure.She will also be doing the OP to Basquash!, singing with Tomatsu Haruka and Nakajima Megumi as a new group called Eclipse.And she will play a major supporting role in this summer's Sora no Manima ni. That show is directed by Takamatsu Shinji, the director of Gintama and School Rumble. Also in the cast will be Maeno Tomoaki, Itou Kanae, Tomatsu Haruka, Takagi Reiko, Majima Junji, and Koshimizu Ami. Looks like a real money-maker (PV). No doubt she will have other roles this year, as well.Here are images of the four major roles Hayamin has had in her brief career: top (l-r) Momoka (Touka Gettan), Kou (Wagaya no Oinari-sama); bottom (l-r) Musubi (Sekirei), Saki (Higashi no Eden): These roles don't cover a wide range of voices, but Hayamin gives each of them individual character.I"m Enterprise's Secret WeaponFrom her first words as Momoka in Touka Gettan in 2007, it was clear that she had voice-acting talent. And from the first strains of her ED for that show, it was even clearer that she had singing talent. She is already my favorite seiyuu/singer. Her voice is sweet and fresh and supple, and she has good technique and musical feeling.Because of her talent both as a seiyuu and as a singer, Hayamin is known as "I"m Enterprise's secret weapon." I"m Enterprise (the crazy punctuation is theirs) is the seiyuu agency that represents her. I"m and Arts Vision were the agencies involved in scandal a couple of years ago when their chairman was charged with sexually assaulting a young girl who wanted to be a seiyuu. Hayamin was even rumored to have been the girl involved, although that apparently was not the case. Now it is Hayamin whom some people see as the savior of the agency.She is even entertaining as a radio and TV personality, and has already had her own radio show, young as she is. To get an idea of how well she can handle the usual seiyuu banter, have a look at this Sekirei TV feature, in which the 17-year-old Hayamin appears alongside Inoue Marina (23, left), Hanazawa Kana (19, center right), and Endou Aya (28, right):<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Op2KQjO8_1A&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Op2KQjO8_1A&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>a performerI read a post on 2channel that said Hayamin was in the radio club at her school and made regular noontime broadcasts. Many students liked them, but others tried to get them cancelled. Having heard her on the radio, I think she's a performer, and not averse to hearing the sound of her own voice.She has wanted to be a seiyuu since she was in fourth grade, and she began voice-acting classes at Nihon Narration when she was in the first year of middle school (seventh grade). Her mother is a part-time jazz singer (see previous blog post), and Hayamin took jazz-singing lessons, as well as piano. She used to sing along to tapes in the car, with her mother making sure she stayed on tune.Mummy has supported -- even pushed -- her all the way, it appears. Hayamin says her parents have always supported her in doing what she wants, but have also always encouraged her to do things well.Now all that effort is coming to fruition. The producers of Higashi no Eden have put Hayamin in a show with two male co-stars who are actors as well as seiyuu -- Kimura Ryouhei of Himawari Theatre Group and TV actor Miyauchi Atsushi -- and with fine actress seiyuu Tamagawa Sakiko (Onashia in Simoun, Fujitsubo in the new Genji). They must have confidence that she can hold her own. I look forward to finding out if she can.stats:- born 29 May 1991 (17 years old)- from Tokyo- real name: Matsuo Saori 松尾沙織- height 163cm (5'4")- blood type AB (cool but sociable, sometimes standoffish, artistic, unpredictable)linksinfo and pics:- Hayami Saori Anime News Network page- Wikipedia page- Japanese Wikipedia page- agency page (Japanese)- interview re Nihon Narration seiyuu school: part one, part two (Japanese)- interview at Wagaya no Oinari-sama live event (with Yukana and Takahashi Mikako, in Japanese)- interview re Wagaya no Oinari-sama ED (Japanese)- radio dot i blog (Japanese)videos:- Touka Gettan ED "Kono Sekai ga Itsuka wa"- Wagaya no Oinari-sama ED1 "Kaze ga Nani ka o Iou to Shiteru"- Sekirei character song "Koi Suru Otome Muteki Desu"- Sekirei insert song "Kimi wo Omou Toki"Hayami Saori's roles so far (full list from Japanese Wikipedia and 2channel, major roles bold):anime series:2007- Clannad (student #1)- Touka Gettan (Kawakabe Momoko)2008- Shigofumi (lover #5)- Ghost Hound (pupil A)- Sekirei (Musubi)- Monochrome Factor (student #5, student #21)- Wagaya no Oinari-sama (Kou)2009- 07-Ghost (Razetto, Burupya)- Basquash (Violet)- Higashi no Eden (Morimi Saki)- Sora no Manima ni (Saya)OVAs2007- Koharu Biyori (Midou Sumire)Games2007- SD Gundam Ggeneration Spirits (Neri Orson)- Joteiru (Makino Yayoi, Kano Matsuha)- ♂Motto!! Renai Shugi♀ Boreas (Kinohara Chiho)2009- Ranshima Monogatari Leyland Story (Fei)Radio- Sekirei Radio (2008.05.16 - 2008.12.26)- Radio dot i - Hayami Saori's Positive After-school Club "Sweets" (2008.10.03 - 2008.12.26)Radio Drama- Vomic "Fly High" (Tachibana Meru)Music CDs- Sekirei OP, ED- Sekirei Sound Stage 01 "Koi Suru Otome wa Muteki Desu"- Sekirei Radio Theme "Tamanai Kiss or Die" (CD in Sekirei DVD 1 Premium edition)- Sekirei insert song "Kimi wo Omou Toki" (CD in Sekirei DVD 1 Premium edition)- Touka Gettan OP- Touka Gettan ED "Kono Sekai ga Itsuka wa"- Touka Gettan Drama CD "Love Draft Wakiwaki Bugiugi"- Touka Gettan Music Collection "Saigo no Ai no Tame ni"- Wagaya no Oinari-sama ED- Wagaya no Oinarisama song collection "Shiawase no Kotodama"Drama CDs- Sekirei Sound Stage (Musubi)- Soul Kureidoru Drama CD Koutei Majutsushi Youdo no Karei Naru Dai Bouken (member of the Water-dwellers' guard- DearGirl〜Stories〜Hibiki (Sayaka)- Touka Gettan (Kawakabe Momoka)- Wagamama Sentai Bloom Heart (Kazema Sakura - Pink Cherry)Dubbing- Meitantei Monku 5 (#5)
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Some out of the blue (and in the pink) December manga, manhua, and manhwa additions. Two of the volume 5 quartet especially are no less welcome for having been unadvised: the last Almighty X 10 by Mizuto Aqua and the latest H2O by Hwang SookJi. Aside from Almighty X 10, Higuchi Nichiho-sensei's Koharu Biyori is also ending. Kinda. I don't know exactly how the later Yorinuki Koharu Biyori by the
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Shinpai de. m&c!'s December opening salvo slinks in with a whimper (believe me, that Koharu Biyori allusion wasn't deliberate), and even though one of the skedded is the last Time Stranger Kyoko, this parsimonious list still worries me. (If you're curious about the Drama Queen agonizing, go here. If you just want to know what manga titles are streeting, look below.)m&c! manga (2008.12.01)Release
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