Comments on: Japan’s Singing Seiyuu: What happened?

By: j1m0ne

j1m0ne — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 23:20:22 +0000

Answering your question – yes. I still like ppl like Kuwashima Houko, Iwao Junko etc etc. The problem is that they don’t sing as much anymore so naturally, I’ve listened to them less and less over the years.

Like houkoholic says, singing seiyuu are way more in abundance nowadays. You don’t like Haruhi or Lucky Star or Negima? Even this season, a good proportion of the OP or ED themes are performed by a seiyuu from the show – it’s around 6 out of 18-20 shows (H2O, Zetsubo-sensei, Minami-ke, Kimiaru etc)

You must be watching the wrong anime, or you need to dig your ears ^^;;;

By: houkoholic

houkoholic — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 19:09:15 +0000

Actually I’m not sure what you’re talking about as seiyuu singing the opening and ending for the anime they are casted in is still a well and intact trend. Maybe you’re just not watching the right shows? Any show that is sponsered by King Records/Starchild and Lantis have a slew of seiyuu songs in them. I mean just look at Haruhi, Lucky Star, Nanoha for example.

Either way, there are many seiyuu today whom can sing really really well and the standard right now is generally of a higher level than that of the mid 90s. Heck I started getting into seiyuu seriously during that time and now when I go back to the songs of “the good ol days”, sometimes I realise it’s just blind nostalogia. Hayashibara Megumi is/was good, but can she hold a candle to the breath-taking Mizuki Nana? I would say no.

Of course, whether you like the songs the seiyuu sings are totally subjective and independent of the singing skills of the seiyuu. But the point remains that singing seiyuu are about a dime in a dozen right now.

By: SinsI

SinsI — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 19:05:58 +0000

Kitase? Maybe Nana Katase? http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=13609

While seiyu doesn’t sing OP’s and ED’s that often these days, you can see them singing in various drama CD’s, and there are lots and lots of them.
My most recent favorite is Nabatame Hitomi’s Wolf in the Heart from Shakugan no Shana.