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Ranma 1/2’s creator and voice cast stars stop by the Ranma 1/2 Cafe in Tokyo【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 13, 2018
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Rumiko Takahashi, Hayashibara Megumi, and others who were part of the iconic anime/manga hit reunite for an incredible meal.

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• (anime • cafes • Ikebukuro • manga • Megumi Hayashibara • Ranma 1/2 • restaurants • Rumiko Takahashi • themed restaurants • voice actors • voice actresses)

Otaku crowd control could be changing with new “anime character voice” megaphones

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 10, 2018

Device seeks to fire your voice straight at the bull’s eye in anime fans’ selective attention.

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• (anime • anime conventions • Comiket • cool • otaku • technology • video • vocie actors • voice actresses • weird • Wonder Festival)

Anime voice actress fan arrested for email telling her to “die die die die”【Updated】

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 12, 2018

Disillusioned fan also wanted to work at actress’ talent agency.

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• (anime • crime • stalkers • voice actors • voice actresses)

Nine famous anime voice actors turning 50 this year, including the voice of Sailor Moon

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 30, 2017

A list to make long-time anime fans feel equal parts old and nostalgic.

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• (anime • COK • Kotono Mitsuishi • Megumi Hayashibara • Sailor Moon • voice actors • voice actresses)

For millions of people, anime actress Hiromi Tsuru was more than a voice, she was “by our side”

• Master Blaster
  Nov 21, 2017

While Anpanman was the undisputed hero of his own anime, Hiromi Tsuru’s superbly voiced Dokin-chan was the rest of us.

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• (anime • Anpanman • Dokin-chan • Dragon Ball • Hiromi Tsuru • voice actors • voice actresses)

Anime voice actress for Dragon Ball’s Bulma passes away under mysterious circumstances in Tokyo

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 17, 2017

Hiromi Tsuru, voice of multiple anime icons, leaves behind incredible body of work, startling prescient statement in her final spoken dialogue.

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• Japan
• (anime • Anpanman • Bulma • Dragon Ball • Hiromi Tsuru • Kimagure Orange Road • voice actors • voice actresses)

Japanese idol singer/anime voice actress is native English speaker, misses Girl Scout Cookies

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 5, 2017

Lack of Taco Tuesday in Japan is also a sore point for California-born performer.

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• (22/7 • anime • idol singers • Idols • Sally Amaki • video • voice actors • voice actresses • Yasushi Akimoto)

Anime voice actress’ beautiful looks cause hilarious interview gaffe by pro baseball player【Vid】

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 2, 2017

Here’s what happens when you keep your eye on the idol instead of the ball.

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• (anime • baseball • funny • Idols • sports • video • voice actors • voice actresses)

Japanese publisher sparks backlash over plan to have anime voice actresses pose for bikini photos

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 23, 2017

Japan usually has no complaints about swimsuit modeling, but this time is a little different.

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• (anime • gravure • gurabia • manga • modeling • scandal • swimsuits • voice actors • voice actresses)

Japan’s greatest anime voice actress, one of its most popular bands team up in beautiful ramen ad

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 10, 2017

Megumi Hayashibara, Bump of Chicken, and one more contributor create amazingly inspirational anime short.

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• (ad • anime • awesome • Bump of Chicken • cool • cup noodles • Megumi Hayashibara • moving • video • voice actors • voice actresses)

Japanese adult video game voice actress does announcements at JR Niigata Station 【Videos】

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 26, 2016

Let the voice from Pregnancy Academy and Crime Breast Bounce guide you to the bullet train.

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• (anime • bullet train • Japan Railways • JR • Niigata • otaku • shinkansen • trains • video games • voice actors • voice actresses)

Japanese idols cut to the chase, charge fans 10,000 yen to talk to them for three minutes

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 18, 2016

Critics like to say singing talent isn’t necessary to succeed as an idol singer, but conversational skills are turning out to be very useful for these two groups.

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• (Idols • music • otaku • voice actresses)

Do Japanese men like it when real women speak in anime-style voices? Survey investigates

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 1, 2016

Japan’s anime voice actresses are more popular than ever, but does that style of speaking have the same appeal in actual conversation?

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• (anime • society • survey • voice acting • voice actresses)

Can anime voice actresses magically fly? Strange photo seems to suggest this one can

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 22, 2016

Haruka Yoshimura’s latest role is in a series about mahjong, but this snapshot makes the actress appear far from mundane.

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• (anime • funny • voice actors • voice actresses • weird)

Korean voice actress loses job after tweeting picture of herself wearing feminist T-shirt

• Scott Wilson
  Jul 20, 2016

South Korea acting a little like its neighbor to the north.

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• (controversy • feminism • MMORPG • voice actors • voice actresses • women • women's rights)

New book compiles taste tests of shampoos used by 30 of Japan’s top anime voice actresses

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 22, 2015

That way you can skip straight to pounding shots of the shampoo you’ll like best.

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• (anime • books • Comiket • crazy • shampoo • voice actors • voice actresses • weird)

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