![]() ![]() Sore ga Seiyuu! doesn’t sustain its Serious Business overlong. To think yourself so close yet in reality being oh so far, would be demoralising for anyone. She doesn’t play as large a role as Horie Yui of last week (and has no sparkles at all), but she’s still makes for a stable veteran figure (and continues Hocchan’s example that you don’t need more than one voice to make it in this industry). And, of course, it’s also the pain of missing out on an opportunity to work closely with an industry great like this week’s cameo, the perpetually typecast and apparently pleasently scented Kugimiya Rie. It’s also apropos that this particular rejection will hurt more for Futaba than previous ones, since it feels less like missing out on a role and more like losing one you already had, and to a younger colleague in your own unit no less (which necessarily requires confrontation). ![]() ![]() A cynical (and jaded-Hollywood) view is that they’re baiting for an Oscar with some teary scenes (and shinies! And mayflies are probably symbolic!), though I suppose it’s also a good experience for the budding voice actors (both inside and outside the show) to cultivate a broader acting range than just comedic tomfoolery. At most, we had black comedy instead of full-on breakdowns. Indeed, this is as serious as Sore ga Seiyuu! has ever been normally, no matter the hardship or disappointment Sore ga Seiyuu subjected on its protagonists it would pull back at the last second before things got depression. What I didn’t expect was the amount of gravity that was alloted, melodramatic weather and all. What happened here?īeing of the high-profit global industry that is anime blogging, I often find myself digging up the cast of anime and other derivative works fairly often, so I already had the impression that the cast of a drama CD is often not reprised for an anime adaptation, so when Futaba so enthusiastically assumed that she had a part lined up I suspected that it was not going to end well for her. Rarely have we gone without a comedic slant on our girls career troubles. Most likely, though, it’s because Sore ga Seiyuu! has suddenly switched gears to high drama! I was honestly surprised. Perhaps it’s because I already have THE this season for idol industry shenanigans, or perhaps stuff crawling into my ears and eating my brain is a particular childhood nightmare for me so the Earphones’ debut single only made me self-conscious (catchy enough though it was). Sure, there were songs and smiles and exasperation with fabulous yet useless instructors, all the usual business of the idol industry, but I considered the secondary focus of the episode. The seiyuu unit Earphones breaks out with their first performance this week, but funnily enough that didn’t turn out to be the main thrust of the episode. ![]()
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