Tonight 2 is a variety news program that runs daily late at night.
On 1994.11.02, they had a special feature on female voice actresses.
They had some other stuff, and the total time for the seiyuu feature
was around 15 minutes.
They started by showing a film of a street-side interview.
They put pictures of female seiyuu on a board and asked the people
on the street to identify them. Of course most of them couldn't!
But one guy recognized Hayashibara Megumi.
[I wish they would have asked me.. ^_^;]
Yokoyama Chisa
They showed the following.
Some clips of her concert at a university.
(Some people that I knew were in the crowd shots.
If I had gone, I might have been on TV.. ^_^;;)
A short clip from her video.
An interview while she was signing lots of signature boards.
Some scenes of Ruly (Iron Leaguer).
Kouda Mariko and Shiina Hekiru
They showed the following.
Some clips of them recording a CD.
Some scenes of Momo (Tama)
Some scenes of Okinu-chan (GS Mikami)
An interview with Shiina Hekiru
A seiyuu doesn't have to be cute, and doesn't have to go in front
of people. So I feel, "What am I doing now? Can I be doing this?"
An interview with Kouda Mariko
A seiyuu is an actor, so they can sing.
It's just part of being a seiyuu, so I think it is ok.
Hayashibara Megumi
They showed the following.
Megumi's 5 CDs
Megumi's 3 radio programs
Some scenes of Ranma-chan
An interview with Hayashibara Megumi
I do have some resistance to going out in front of people.
But if the recognition of anime fans can rise, it's ok.
Some clips from Megumi's video
Ogata Megumi
They showed the following.
Some scenes of Sailor Uranus
Ogata Megumi's picture book, that will be coming out later.
An interview with Ogata Megumi
I want to do roles like a little rock, etc that only seiyuu can do.
[CM break]
seiyuu school
Yoyogi Animation Gakuin has a school for seiyuu.
5 years ago there were 100 students, but now there are 500.
Voice Animage
Animage is going to put out a special magazine about seiyuu,
Voice Animage.
other miscellaneous stuff
It takes about 10 years to become established as a seiyuu.
Right now there are lots of people want to be seiyuu,
more than the number of seiyuu required.
So it's a very tough world.