And Group 3's here! But I must say it doesn't really impress.Thanks to Ando and Animesuki yet again.<<花咲美幸���親子クラブ>>(Hanasaki Miyuki@Oyako Club)<<立花つぼみ���ないしょのつぼみ>>(Tachibana Tsubomi@Naisho no Tsubomi)<<紬屋雨���BLEACH>>(Tsumugiya Ururu@BLEACH)<<シルヴィア・ミラボー���機神大戦 ギガンティック・フォーミュラ>>(Sylvie Mirabeau@Kishin Taisen Gigantic Formula)<<瀬戸蓮���瀬戸の花嫁>>(Seto Ren@Seto no Hanayome)<<真祖フミ���舞-乙HiME シリーズ>>(Fumi@My-Otime series)<<久佐子���もっけ>>(Hisako@Mokke)<<由起���ミヨリの森>>(Yuki@Miyori no Mori)<<ビアンキ���家庭教師ヒットマンREBORN!>>(Bianchi@Kateikyoushi Hitman Reborn!)<<日塔奈美���さよなら絶望先生>>(Hitou Nami@Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei)<<雪村杏���D.C.II 〜ダ・カーポII〜>>(Yukimura Anzu@D.C.II)<<風間京子���ムシウタ>>(Kazama Kyouko@Mushiuta)<<ヘレン���CLAYMORE>>(Helen@CLAYMORE)<<杉山���銀魂>>(Sugiyama@Gintama)<<小早川栞���REIDEEN>>(Kobayakawa Shiori@REIDEEN)<<泉絵美���ef - a tale of memories.>>(Izumi Emi@ef - a tale of memories.)<<シズル・ヴィオーラ���舞-乙HiME Zwei>>(Shizuru Viola@My-Otome Zwei)<<萩原雪歩���アイドルマスター シリーズ>>(Hagiwara Yukiho@IDOLM@STER series)<<フォンクライスト卿ギーゼラ���今日からマ王! 第3シリーズ>>(Guenter von Christ@Kyou kara Maoh! the third series)<<ノネット���コードギアス 反逆のルルーシュ R2>>(Nonette Enneagram@Code Geass Lelouch of the Rebellion R2)<<ナンシー・プリースト���ナンシー大叔母さん������風の少女エミリー>>(Nancy Priest@Kaze no Shoujo Emily)<<ナタリー���CLAYMORE>>(Natalie@CLAYMORE)<<井上���コードギアス 反逆のルルーシュ>>(Inoue@Code Geass Lelouch of the Rebellion)<<速瀬水月���君が望む永遠 〜Next Season〜>>(Hayase Mitsuki@Kimi ga Nozomu Eien ~Next Season~)<<メイフォン・リウ���BLASSREITER>>(Meifong Liu@BLASSREITER)<<園宮可憐���スカイガールズ>>(Sonomiya Karen@Sky Girls)<<円谷朝美���光彦の姉������名探偵コナン>>(Tsuburaya Asami(Mitsuhiko's big Sister)@Meitantei Conan)<<村上銀子���紅>>(Murakami Ginko@Kurenai)<<柴凛���彩雲国物語>>(Sai Rin@Saiunkoku Monogatari)<<田倉高校での参考戦で他コースを泳いでいた女の子���ケンコー全裸系水泳部 ウミショー>>(Swimmers who was swimming along other courses of Kimizuka Momoko at a game with Takura high school@Kenko Zenrakei Suieibu Umisho)<<織塚桃子���ケンコー全裸系水泳部 ウミショー>>(Kimizuka Momoko@Kenko Zenrakei Suieibu Umisho)<<マリエル・アテンザ���マリー������魔法少女リリカルなのはStrikerS>>(Mariel Atenza(Marie)@Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS)<<榊千鶴���君が望む永遠 〜Next Season〜>>(Sakaki Chizuru@Kimi ga Nozomu Eien ~Next Season~)<<変態エスパーに金縛りされた少女���絶対可憐チルドレン>>(Girl who was bounded by an abnormal ESPer@Zettai Karen Children)<<中澤組のドール ���Darker than BLACK -黒の契約者->>(@)<<瑠璃子���もえたん>>(Ruriko@Moetan)<<七つ子���味楽る!ミミカ>>(Nanatsugo@Miracle! Mimika)<<持田雛子���Myself;Yourself>>(Mochida Hinako@Myself;Yourself)<<マイト・ザ・フール���ドルアーガの塔 〜the Aegis of URUK〜>>(Might the Fool@Druaga no Tou ~the Aegis of URUK~)<<山本梓���名探偵コナン>>(Yamamoto Azusa@Meitantei Conan)<<若月朱里���Myself;Yourself>>(Wakatsuki Shuri@Myself;Yourself)<<桃山先生���おねがいマイメロディ すっきり♪>>(Momoyama-sensei@Onegai My Melody Sukkiri)<<島津由乃���マリア様がみてる OVA>>(Shimazu Yoshino@Maria-sama ga Miteru OVA)<<アウローラ���GUNSLINGER GIRL -IL TEATRINO->>(Aurora@GUNSLINGER GIRL -IL TEATRINO-)<<アルト・クラエッタ���魔法少女リリカルなのはStrikerS>>(Alto Krauetta@Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS)<<高見沢舞子���東京魔人學園剣風帖 龍龍 第弐幕>>(Takamizawa Maiko@Tokyo Majin Gakuen Kenpucho Tou the 2nd Act)<<hmx-17b ova="" toheart2="">>(HMX-17b Milfa@OVA ToHeart2)<<アラクネア���Yes! プリキュア5>>(Arachnea@Yes! Precure 5)<<高良みゆき���らき☆すた>>(Takara Miyuki@Lucky*Star)<<レナルドの妻���ウエルベールの物語 第二幕>>(Wife of Lenard@Wellber no Monogatari Dainimaku)<<桜乃杜高校校長���Myself;Yourself>>(Principal of Sakuranomori high school@Myself;Yourself)<<明石好美���薫の姉������絶対可憐チルドレン>>(Akashi Yoshimi(Kaoru's elder Sister)@Zettai Karen Children)<<長ヶ部澪���かのこん>>(Osakabe Mio@Kanokon)<<アクーネ���スパイダーライダーズ 〜よみがえる太陽〜>>(Acoune@Spider Riders ~Yomigaeru Taiyou~)<<ダークミント���Yes! プリキュア5 鏡の国のミラクル大冒険>>(Dark Mint@Yes! Precure 5 Kagami no Kuni no Miracle Daibouken)<<ヒロ子���怪物王女>>(Hiroko@Kaibutsu Oujo)<<ジェミニ・サンライズ���サクラ大戦ニューヨーク・紐育>>(Gemini Sunrise@Sakura Taisen New York)<<朔望���.hack//G.U. Returner>>(Sakubou@.hack//G.U. Returner)<<フィレス���灼眼のシャナII>>(Pheles@Shakugan no Shana Second)<<星見様���Darker than BLACK -黒の契約者->>(Hoshimi-sama@Darker than BLACK)<<雪牙姫���桃華月憚>>(Yukihime@Touka Gettan)<<鷹縁結子���切子の姉������狂乱家族日記>>(Takanashi Yuiko(Kiriko's elder Sister)@Kyouran Kazoku Nikki)<<星井美希���アイドルマスター ライブフォーユー! OVA>>(Hoshii Miki@IDOLM@STER Live for You! OVA)<<フェイト・T・ハラオウン���魔法少女リリカルなのはStrikerS>>(Fate T. Harlaown@Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS)<<神園九段付きの女医���しおんの王 The Flowers of Hard Blood.>>(Kamizono's female Doctor@Shion no Ou The Flowers of Hard Blood.)<<カナリア・ベルシュタイン���マクロスFRONTIER>>(Canaria Berstein@Macross FRONTIER)<<花沢花子���サザエさん>>(Hanazawa Hanako@Sazae-san)<<糸色倫���さよなら絶望先生>>(Itoshiki Rin@Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei)<<座敷童子���ゲゲゲの鬼太郎>>(Zashikiwarashi@Gegege no Kitarou)<<早見笙子���魔人探偵脳噛ネウロ>>(Hayami Shouko@Majin Tantei Nougami Neuro)<<ユーフェミア・リ・ブリタニア���コードギアス 反逆のルルーシュ R2>>(Euphemia Li Britannia@Code Geass Lelouch of the Rebellion R2)<<三浦あずさ���アイドルマスター シリーズ>>(Miura Azusa@IDOLM@STER series)<<桜田ネネ���クレヨンしんちゃん>>(Sakurada Nene@Crayon Shin-chan)<<飛走泳美���ななみちゃん>>(Hisou Eimi@Nanami-chan)<<メイル・アル・メヒリム���ヒロイック・エイジ>>(Mail@Heroic Age)<<妃英理���名探偵コナン>>(Kisaki Eri@Meitantei Conan)<<ミキ���しゅごキャラ!>>(Miki@Shugo Chara!)<<天宮小百合���ときめきメモリアル Only Love>>(Amamiya Sayuri@Tokimeki Memorial Only Love)<<伊佐坂浮江���サザエさん>>(Isasaka Ukie@Sazae-san)<<トメ���二十面相の娘>>(Tome@Nijuumensou no Musume)<<アスモダイ���レンタルマギカ>>(Asmodai@Rental Magica)<<宿屋の主人の影���BLUE DRAGON>>(The Shadow of the master of the inn@BLUE DRAGON)<<神崎真由���ラブ★コン>>(Kanzaki Mayu@Love*Com)<<エタナ���ドルアーガの塔 〜the Aegis of URUK〜>>(Ethana@Druaga no Tou ~the Aegis of URUK~)<<香月みち子���BLUE DROP 〜天使達の戯曲〜>>(Kouzuki Michiru@BLUE DROP ~Tenshi-tachi no Gikyoku~)<<上原友佳里���河童のクゥと夏休み>>(Uehara Yukari@Kappa no Coo to Natsuyasumi)<<井上喜久子���俗・さよなら絶望先生>>(Inoue Kikuko@Zoku Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei)<<ペペ���しゅごキャラ!>>(Pepe@Shugo Chara!)<<小松菜圭子���CODE-E>>(Komatsuna Keiko@CODE-E)<<オロカブ���ヤッターマン>>(Orokabu@Yatterman)<<井上���図書館戦争>>(Inoue@Toshokan Sensou)<<桜塚美紀���おねがいマイメロディ すっきり♪>>(Sakurazuka Miki@Onegai My Melody Sukkiri)<<近江薫���異国色恋浪漫譚>>(Oumi Kaoru@Ikoku Irokoi Romantan)<<しずかの母���ドラえもん>>(Shizuka's Mother@Doraemon)<<リッテ・ラートゥス���プリズム・アーク>>(Litte Ratus@Prism Ark)<<小牧郁乃���ToHeart2 シリーズ>>(Komaki Ikuno@ToHeart2 series)<<妖精���ソウルイーター>>(Yousei@Soul Eater)<<野村���ひぐらしのなく頃に解>>(Nomura@Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai)<<デネヴ���CLAYMORE>>(Deneve@CLAYMORE)<<うすいさちよ���おじゃる丸>>(Usui Sachiyo@Ojarumaru)<<水瀬伊織���アイドルマスター シリーズ>>(Minase Iori@IDOLM@STER series)<<高遠美緒���金色のコルダ 〜primo passo〜>>(Takatou Mio@La Corda D'Oro ~primo passo~)<<水澤摩央���キミキス pure rouge>>(Mizusawa Mao@Kimikiss pure rouge)<<負け犬荘の管理人���女豹���ダーちゃんの嫁������おねがいマイメロディ すっきり♪>>(Caretaker of Makeinu flat@Onegai My Melody Sukkiri)<<赤羽くれは���ナイトウィザード The ANIMATION>>(Akabane Kureha@Night Wizard The ANIMATION)<<日吉啓子���もっけ>>(Hiyoshi Keiko@Mokke)<<ミランダ・ロットー���D.Gray-man>>(Miranda Rotto@D.Gray-man)<<ヒトミ���ICE>>(Hitomi@ICE)<<折口マキ���図書館戦争>>(Origuchi Maki@Toshokan Sensou)<<李美永���イ・ミヨン������かみちゃまかりん>>(Yi Miyon@Kamichama Karin)<<スゥ���しゅごキャラ!>>(Suu@Shugo Chara!)<<アマンダ・ウェルナー���BLASSREITER>>(Amanda Werner@BLASSREITER)<<アッシュフォード学園水泳部の女の子達���貧乳娘除く������コードギアス 反逆のルルーシュ R2>>(Girls of Ashford Academy's swimming club(except the flat chest Girl)@Code Geass Lelouch of the Rebellion R2)<<朱子���ベニス������君が主で執事が俺で>>(Benisu@Kimi ga Aruji de Shitsuji ga Ore de)<<両儀式���劇場版 空の境界 the Garden of sinners>>(Ryougi Shiki@Kara no Kyoukai - the Garden of sinnners)<<グレイス・オコナー���マクロスFRONTIER>>(Grace O'Connor@Macross FRONTIER)<<ムラサキ���ICE>>(Murasaki@ICE)<<上原瞳���河童のクゥと夏休み>>(Uehara Hitomi@Kappa no Coo to Natsuyasumi)<<カケイ・リョウコ���DRAGONAUT -THE RESONANCE->>(Kakei Ryouko@DRAGONAUT -THE RESONANCE-)<<サラ・ギャラガー���舞-乙HiME Zwei>>(Sara Gallagher@My-Otome Zwei)<<サテ���カイバ>>(Sate@Kaiba)</hmx-17b>My personal favourites this round:<<フェイト・T・ハラオウン���魔法少女リリカルなのはStrikerS>>(Fate T. Harlaown@Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS) - SCYTHE MODE GET SET! YARRGHHHHHHH.<<両儀式���劇場版 空の境界 the Garden of sinners>>(Ryougi Shiki@Kara no Kyoukai - the Garden of sinnners) - More kickass than moe, but here's to trollin'<<水瀬伊織���アイドルマスター シリーズ>>(Minase Iori@IDOLM@STER series) - Her Seiyuu is made of Awesomesauce.<<星井美希���アイドルマスター ライブフォーユー! OVA>>(Hoshii Miki@IDOLM@STER Live for You! OVA) - I CAME.<<ユーフェミア・リ・ブリタニア���コードギアス 反逆のルルーシュ R2>>(Euphemia Li Britannia@Code Geass Lelouch of the Rebellion R2) - Because everyone's gay for code gayass. Also, EUPHIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE.
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Yahoo! Again I sat through 3 episodes of Chiko’s adventures in one shot. The plot becomes more complicated as it progresses but it’s good to see that Chiko is not alone in her quest for the truth. More enemies, as well as new found friends enter the scene to aid her in her investigations. Episode 9 As [...]
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I can understand part of the reason why Nijuu Mensou no Musume, a.k.a. The Daughter of Twenty Faces, has been a sleeper title this season. I know anime show writers have a knack of coming up with weird titles (untranslated or otherwise) but it’s a bit of a mouthful and sounds odd as opposed to [...]
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Short Synopsis: Lots of things happen, among which is Akine’s backstory. Highlights: Hard to talk about without spoilers. Overall Enjoyment Value: 8,5/10 Oh my god… this episode is exactly why I’m watching this series. One episode might seem to suggest that this series goes nowhere, and then episodes like this one come and the entire plot makes a [...]
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I have been eating up Daughter of Twenty Faces every week. I anxiously await the next episode and I love that feeling. I was really happy to hear DoTF was given a 26 episode run after initially having only 13. Being a lover of detective fiction, it is not hard to imagine me glomming [...]
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Well, I asked this at my Nijuu Mensou no Musume-entry already, but it doesn’t hurt to ask this again, in order to get some more reactions. Another thing that caught my attention at the reader-survey was the relatively large amount of people who’d like to see those quick synopsises that I had about a year [...]
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To hijack this post for a bit, after a few days of using my new star-rating system, and quite a few problems have arisen (with many thanks to the commenters left their opinions): - It’s too fuzzy - It’s hard to relate the meaning of the scores, it’s unclear what the maximum number of stars [...]
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It’s Nijuu Mensou no Musume episode 10, and Chiko finally arrives at the island. However, the movie’s producer is found murdered and the jewel is missing. Also, Chiko meets up with Ken, who isn’t necessarily happy to see Chiko. Chiko also stumbles upon an old abandoned military base where human experiments [...]
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…Because she has this awesome sunflower pillow thing made for her by none other than Takashi Murakami himself. Via Hashihime’s translation of an interview with Hirano while she talks about her role in Nijuu Mensou no Musume (Daughter of Twenty Faces), which is an awesome show. Even as I hate Hirano for having that pillow, [...]
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Hirano Aya was interviewed on the famitsu.com website about how she was playing Chiko in Daughter of Twenty-Faces (Nijuumensou no Musume). Here is a rough translation.Question -- You’re playing quite varied characters in 2008. The character you play in Daughter of Twenty-Faces has a very quiet air about her. She seems to be different from any character you’ve played before.Hirano Aya – She has a quiet strength. All the time I’m playing her I think how difficult she is to play (laughs). You find something new in her in every episode.Q -- It seems difficult to play a character whose feelings rise and fall so quietly.Hirano – The basic line cannot be broken. Her ups and downs can’t go very far, and when they do, they have to be portrayed very quietly. It’s hard to do.When they were talking to me about my voice, the director and sound director said: “If you just change the nuance slightly, the changed expression will immediately come out in your voice. You have to restrain yourself more than you think.” And in fact, when I see the show on air, there are still places where I haven’t suppressed the emotion enough. But there are also places where I have suppressed it too much.After that, you have to bring out the flavor of the times in which the show is set. This was a theme of the show from the start. Daughter of Twenty-Faces is set in the Showa Thirties [1956-65]. When recording started, the sound director brought me a book called something like “Japan in the Showa Thirties.” I really absorbed a lot from the book, about the war being over and Japan’s revival coming on. One of the themes of how we’re playing this is the feeling of how people’s rising power is concentrated in the character.Q -- How do you show “the flavor of the time” in your performance?Hirano – It’s in small things. For instance when you hear the way people pronounced the “e” sound in eiga (movies), and the intonation, they were slightly different. I was asked to pronounce the endings of words fully and carefully [….] To be honest, I hadn’t been very aware of the differences in eras up to now [….] In this, too, the show has been a good education.Q -- It seems that this role requires you to stretch your sensitivity in many ways.Hirano – That’s why I can’t play other roles while I’m doing Chiko. I have to change completely. In Daughter of Twenty-Faces, there are a lot of scenes that are like a foreign film, but that have to be given an anime treatment. I think we feel those subtle points in all that.Q -- It seems as if you have to do a lot of learning.Hirano – Yes, indeed. If one reaction is wrong, you know it. I’ve only dubbed one foreign work, and that was total culture shock (laughs). You have to listen carefully to be sure your voice fits the tone. You really have to have a good ear. [note: I wasn't aware that she had done any dubbing.]Q -- Ear?Hirano – Yes. You have to really listen to the people before you, so you have the same tone. You’re in the same space and you have to produce the same atmosphere. I think you have to develop a good ear, to use in your acting.NOTES: I think this is Aya's best work so far, and part of the reason is that she is expressing herself in such a restrained and subtle way in it. Thanks to the advice of the sound director and director, it appears. This is more like movie acting than stage acting or normal anime voice-acting.The sound director of this show is Kikuta Hiromi, one of the few female sound directors in anime. She has done Kamichu, Emma, the Da Capo shows, Kimi ga Nozomu Eien and many other well-known shows, as well as Daughter of Twenty-Faces.I'll just add another couple of photos here, from Aya's blog. The well-known artist Murakami Takashi gave her a piece that is like a big sunflower cushion. She calls it "Hanamaru" (a hanamaru is a flower sticker that is given out in elementary school like a gold star). She says she comes home after work and dives into it, in front of her small TV.
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