So hope remains for the Sekirei drama CD cast being at least partly retained for the Sekirei anime. In addition, YOUNG GANGAN official website's introduction page for the Sekirei manga lists the Sekirei television animation announcement next to and just above the Sekirei drama CD cast list.
On the other hand, Googling Aniplex and Seven Arcs ( Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha series Inukami! TV series and movie) together, as far as I can tell, shows no connection between these two companies on any anime prior to Sekirei. Googling Aniplex and Frontier Works together, as far as I can tell, shows no connection between these two companies on any anime.īecause of that lack of connection, some Japanese fans believe that there will be wholesale changes in the cast from the Sekirei drama CD to the Sekirei anime. 4 CD, starring Rie Tanaka as Suigintou, goes on sale Apin Japan.įrontier Works produces the Sekirei drama CD. The Suigintou no Koyoi mo Ennu~i Web Radio Vol. Radio personality Suigintou hosts a highly successful hit internet radio show in Japanese, Suigintou no Koyoi mo Ennu~i (Suigintou's It's Ennui Again, Tonight). That alone should attract the many devoted, if not fanatical, Suigintou fanboys in Japan.īecause she and her voice have become so closely associated with Suigintou, a character she has made famous and popular, anime fans inside of Japan - and, for that matter, outside of Japan - often refer to Rie Tanaka as Suigintou or as Gin-sama, Suigintou's nickname.Įven though a new Rozen Maiden anime has not aired on Japanese television in well over a year and a third series or a third season of the popular Rozen Maiden television anime series has yet to be announced, as I have documented elsewhere on the Internet, Suigintou remains popular. Rie Tanaka's short tempered Tsukiumi sounds like Suigintou and Tomoe Marguerite in constant angry road rage mode (minus the evil and the villainy). Rie Tanaka's voice fits the tsundere Tsukiumi. Sayaka Ohara's fits the oneesama Miya Asama. I think that, in all probability, the Sekirei anime cast will be more or less the same as the Sekirei drama CD cast listed above in my earlier post, with additional seiyuu for additional characters in the anime.Īyako Kawasumi's voice fits the naive Musubi. The YOUNG GANGAN manga series with a "bird's name" is Sekirei. While others refer to Miya as "Ooya-san," Tsukiumi, who speaks in an archaic manner, calls her "Ooya-dono."Īccording to an entry on MOON PHASE Miscellaneous Notes (MOON PHASE Zakki), Wednesday, December 20, 2007, Japan Time, the next series from YOUNG GANGAN seinen manga magazine, published by SQUARE ENIX, to be animated after Bamboo Blade appears to be a title with the "name of a bird" ("tori no namae"). Reason: Added Asama Miya's appellation, "Ooya" ("Landlady"). Unlike the evil, crazy, psychopathic villain Tomoe, or the sad, pitiful, one-time villain Suigintou, or the mean, nasty, spiteful bitch Isabella, however, the seemingly always angry Tsukiumi acts tough, but (as someone else elsewhere has noted) is really just an innocent girl wanting to be loved. While Suigintou and Tomoe suppress their anger most of the time, Tsukiumi has an extremely short temper and often explodes in fits of rage, yelling and screaming in the unique trademark fashion of Tanaka Rie. In addition to all of them being voiced by Tanaka Rie, they all intensely dislike the main heroine in the story - Suigintou hates Shinku, Tomoe hates Arika, Isabella hates Sara, and Tsukiumi (sorta) hates Musubi. Tsukiumi in the Sekirei drama CD reminds me of Suigintou in Rozen Maiden, Tomoe Marguerite in My-Otome, and Isabella in Soukou no Strain. Sekirei Character Popularity Poll on AtWiki Japanĭrama CD original character Narashino, who talks in Kansai-ben (Kansai dialect) - among other things, she uses the honorific suffix "-han" instead of "-san" - is not listed as one of the choices in the poll. Narashino (Sekirei No.74) : Takahashi Mikako Kagari / Homura (Sekirei No.?) : Hirata HiromiĪsama Miya (Sekirei No.01) : Oohara Sayaka