About as subtle as a beached whale. New Season Disclaimer: I’ll make a post for almost all new series (barring sequels) with a wrap-up and bullet point opinion of each once the premier week is over. Remember that these are just my kneejerk reactions to the first 20 minutes of shows, many of which in genres [...]
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You know something's up when I post this early, when I go out of my way looking for a way to watch this in the office because the raw got released while I was asleep! As such, the screencaps are all crappy, bear with it till I get the actual raws.
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I somewhat had the motivation to translate this fun little interview of the Seiyuu cast (and later on, director Sayama herself), though I got tired not long after and just summarized some of the parts orz. I even asked help from my sensei for this because I fail a lot, even he said this is complicated o.O I know this translation is not really accurate, but alas, I don’t think anyone else has bothered translating this, so you’ve got no choice haha. If anyone of you knows if there’s a Chinese translation available for this, do tell… that’ll help enlighten me.
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TV Tokyo updated its Skip Beat! site with an actual site including character designs. Here we get to see Kyoko in the most fashionable pink jumpsuit of the Love Me section. The characters page only has Kyoko, Sho, and Ren, but it's nice to see more than just the same promo image. Speaking of which, there's a larger version on the main page and I finally noticed a bunch of chibi characters on
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So...like a month after everyone else found out, I finally discovered that the OP and ED for Skip Beat were announced. Wow I am SO good at this. Anyway, the OP is called "dream star" and it will be performed by the generous. I've never heard of her before, and thanks to a decidedly common sounding name, it's hard to find anything that she's done short of the sample clip on her website. It's not
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TV Tokyo’s official Skip Beat! anime site has updated with cast information– and a star-studded seiyuu affair it is! Perhaps unsurprising for such a popular shoujo series whose anime is rather long-awaited. Our heroine, the determined and much-abused Kyoko (right in the picture above), will be voiced by Marina Inoue (Gurren Lagann’s Yoko, Sayonara Zetsubou-Sensei’s [...]
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Title:  Skip Beat! Vol 14 Author:  Yoshiki Nakamura Publisher: Viz ISBN:  9781421517544 May Contain Spoilers Well, Sho still has the ability to get Kyoko all stirred up.  When a new band, Vie Ghoul, appears on the scene, Kyoko sees at once that they are just copying Sho’s style, and boy, is she pissed [...]
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Apparently the new fullmetal alchemist series is what’s got the anime community up in arms, whether they’d be raving, speculating, hating or just plain pfft-ing. And here I thought it all ended with Conqueror of Shambala. So, firstly, FullMetal Alchemist has been confirmed to be have a new series in the works. It will start next April, with [...]
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While the rest of our fellow anime enthusiasts peruse selections from upcoming fall shows, this sporadic-anime-watcher-cum-blogger focuses her energy on a single title. Yes, one. It’s sad, but true. source: Sweet Revenge Skip Beat!, a Yoshiki Nakamura creation, centers on Kyoko Mogami, an average girl with average looks, timid personality, and low ambition. That [...]
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I can no longer recall what made me stop following the Skip Beat manga yearssss ago. Oh right, I don’t think I even immersed myself into it before, which is most likely why I can’t remember the slightest of details with regards to the acting feats Kyoko undertook, or her antics with Ren. I can actually recall some bits and pieces, but not so vividly as a true fan would. But now, after yearsss I finally got back to the Skip Beat bandwagon, dragging my brother with me to the heights of Skip Beat nirvana, ohohoho (I checked and I had the raws of volumes 1-11 way back 2005, never been touched. imagine that T__T) Just for the record, my brother is not like Impz who can tolerate and stomach quite a lot of shoujo works. He hates Marmalade Boy to the core, same with ItaKiss which he deems to lack development. Then we also ended up having an argument about Saiunkoku where I had to defend Shuurei with all my might but failed to convince him nonetheless. So yeah, I think you can see a bit of his standards of a good manga / anime.
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Looks like this news came out real early, like way back 5 or so days ago. Katsuyuki Konishi is casted as Ren! I know people are having mixed feelings over this news, and those who already had this image of Ren (with their ideal seiyuu to boot) are especially disappointed. I'd like to think that I'm a bit on the "yay!" side with this one. I was trying to recall Katsuyuki Konishi's voice as Soubi (Loveless), Ousaki-sempai (La Corda d' Oro), etc., and it initially didn't quite fit the supposedly 'image' I had of Ren. But then I read the manga, and started imagining how it would seem like with Katsuyuki Konishi's voice, and I actually found it fitting for his snarky, somewhat egotistic yet gentle character.
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People still had doubts over the unofficial announcement I posted about the Skip Beat seiyuu cast, and I was even thought to be a troll by other ones who don't know me or this blog and thought that I was just spreading false news like the rest of the 2ch people. That actually bruised my ego. I mean, do I ever look like a troll and/or a liar?! But oh well, this is the internet for you. I didn't have solid proof of the news anyways, so who am I get hurt for something I didn't deserve to be trusted with, right? Better safe than sorry, as they say. Still, thanks to all the people who actually trusted the words of this unknown blogger, despite how unofficial that announcement was *hugs*
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Found this posted at Anime News Network. I'm kinda surprised it slipped under my radar, since Skip Beat! is the series I'm most looking forward to this season. The lead Kyoko has been cast to Marina Inoue, who I've only had the pleasure of hearing in a few roles (Yoko, Kana, Chiri, Eve). Her work as Kana, especially shows how suited she is to such a high-energy role. Showbiz rival Shou will be
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Ok, so I don't know who the heck gave ANN the heads up for the Skip Beat anime seiyuu lineup they have, or how they found out that Rina Satou and Koyasu Takehito will be playing as Kyoko and Ren, respectively. But one thing's for sure: they're booboos. Sorry to burst your bubble dear Skip Beat fans who already got excited with this false "rumor" about the Skip Beat seiyuu cast T__T I am sooo disappointed in you, ANN. Dear Wikipedia, please correct your anime seiyuu information too. - The Undersigned. --> I'm too lazy to edit the Wiki page atm.
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It already feels like the official Skip Beat! announcement was made a long time ago. It has been over a month at least. I’m not that impatient. Just the same, I was getting really impatient about seeing something new. Luckily, checking ANN’s SB! page every day finally paid off. The site is up. It doesn’t even [...]
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Amazon.com Widgets Title:  Skip Beat! Vol 13 Author:  Yoshiki Nakamura Publisher:  Viz ISBN:  9781421517537 May Contain Spoilers Ren’s in the hot seat, and he has to convince the president of LME that he can act “love,” or he’s going to be canned.  His screen test isn’t going to be easy, because he’s [...]
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Not late. Deliberate. That's my stand over this overdue by a month HanaLaLa toshokan post and I'm not budging. Anyway, look on the bright side: a 3 days and counting "reminder" makes you salivate over the upcoming 28th issue, more than one published 23 June (my original schedule). The lateness wasn't caused by the lack of freebies; that's just circumstantial evidence, Your Honor. But as
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Hobby Channel has given us official confirmation regarding the anime adaptation of Nakamura Yoshiki’s shoujo manga series “Skip Beat!“. Animation studio Hal Film Maker (Pretear, Princess Tutu) will be handling the production — with Sayama Kiyoko (Princess Tutu, Vampire Knight) as appointed director. [Source]
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Yoshiki Nakamura’s shoujo manga Skip Beat! gets an anime adaptation this coming Fall (article: ANN). For those who didn’t know this manga yet, its about a girl named Kyoko who follows her childhood friend Sho to Tokyo in his dreams on becoming a star. Kyoko became a housekeeper and caretaker of Sho there until she [...]
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So, I decided to change the banner again. Because banner-worthy news has popped up this past week. This time it’s featuring Kyoko from Skip Beat! and her two voodoo dolls of Ren and Sho (though they just look like mascot dolls, lol). The reason why they’re in the banner? There’s some, apparently reliable, rumors floating around that [...]
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