Wednesday, May 7, 2008

Random Seiyuu Rumours

Trawling Japanese forums netted some fishy trivia.

Rumour #1
Goto Yuko uploads pictures of herself bathing onto her blog.

To verify its veracity, I plowed through a hundred of her blog posts and found this:
Verdict: True, but I somehow felt cheated.

At least I found these as well.
Rumour #2
Noto Mamiko’s pantsu fell onto the balcony of the apartment downstairs when she hung them out to dry. She was too embarrassed to go ask for them so she left them where they were. This happened while she was still a trainee in seiyuu school.

I couldn’t verify that rumour with DNA sampling or even a pic of the garment in question, so these will have to do instead.
Verdict: I sure hope it’s not true. Poor Mamimami…

The mini-auction that followed this post on the forum was hilarious though. I think the bid for Mamimami’s pantsu went up to ¥40,000.

Rumour #3
Tanaka Rie has secretly married ZeoiNagePotato.

From left to right: Rie’s simple and elegant wedding dress; Rie just before boarding the shuttle for their honeymoon to the moon; Rie channeling her Maria persona as she enjoys her new life as Mrs. ZeoiNagePotato.

Verdict: 100% True. I should know.

Rumour #4
Horie Yui’s room is so dirty she dared not call the repairman when her air-conditioner broke down. Btw, Mamimami has got a pigsty of a room as well.

Does she look messy to you?

Verdict: This rumour is confirmed by Horie’s Wikipedia page, and we all know Wiki is the Most Reliable Source on the Internet. Anyway, women are messy, so it’s no surprise.

Rumour #5
Annual incomes:

Yamadera Kouichi ¥20,000,000 (Foreign movie dubs, Talent work)
Minaguchi Yuko   ¥14,000,000 (Popular veteran, TV narration)
Inoue Kikuko  ¥12,000,000 (Veteran)
Horie Yui   ¥12,000,000 (Higher fees due to popularity, CD royalties)
Tamura Yukari  ¥12,000,000 (Ditto, Concert earnings)
Mizuki Nana   ¥10,000,000 (Ditto)
Seki Tomokazu    ¥8,000,000 (Popular)
Nogawa Sakura  ¥8,000,000 (CD, Concert earnings)
Kouda Mariko ¥8,000,000 (Ditto)
Iizuka Mayumi   ¥8,000,000 (Ditto)
Tange Sakura    ¥8,000,000 (Ditto)
Suzumura Kenichi   ¥6,000,000 (Popular)
Minagawa Junko   ¥6,000,000 (CD earnings, popular)
Noto Mamiko   ¥6,000,000 (Narration in ads for big businesses)
Kawasumi Ayako  ¥6,000,000
Mitsuishi Kotono   ¥5,800,000
Hisakawa Aya    ¥5,500,000
Toyoguchi Megumi  ¥4,700,000
Noda Junko   ¥4,100,000
Saito Chiwa   ¥4,000,000
Shintani Ryoko   ¥3,600,000
Sakurai Takahiro   ¥3,500,000
Kaneda Tomoko   ¥3,500,000
Sanada Asami  ¥3,400,000
Nonaka Ai    ¥3,400,000
Kawakami Tomoko  ¥3,400,000
Enomoto Atsuko   ¥3,400,000
Asano Masumi   ¥3,200,000
Tanaka Rie   ¥3,200,000
Matsuki Miyu   ¥3,200,000
Sawashiro Miyuki  ¥3,100,000
Hirohashi Ryou    ¥3,000,000
Kuwatani Natsuko   ¥3,000,000
Takahashi Mikako  ¥2,800,000
Kobayashi Yumiko  ¥2,500,000
Shimizu Kaori   ¥2,400,000
Itsuki Yui   ¥2,300,000
Fukuen Misato   ¥2,200,000

Verdict: Who would’ve thought Belldandy’s earnings might be twice that of Yakumo’s? Where the hell did they get these figures in the first place? The figures column looks like a sine wave rotated 90 degrees though.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Finally finished C.G S1!!!

C.C. is the best. Even when she was looking wistfully at the "World's Biggest Pizza...Almost", she still rocks.

And the ending is a total cliffhanger. What's up with that? Maybe both died, bringing Karen together with them. S2 shall be about "The Adventures of C.C!"

And of course Belldandy earns a lot. She's Belldandy-sama you know... Gotta remember to finish up my AMG as well.

Anonymous said...

All three of them dying was how i had hoped the show would end too. Alas... Just go watch CG R2 and you'll find out how off your prediction was.

Ep 5 of R2 rocks though. Sunrise should really consider making CG a pure school-life harem comedy with plenty of fanservice.