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NEWS: New Magazine Focuses on Male Voice Actors Exclusively




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pikopika



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PostPosted: Thu May 14, 2015 9:47 pm Reply with quote
Takuya Eguchi and Nobunaga Shimazaki are both doing a great job in Ore Monogatari!!/My Love Story!!. Great job to all the male seiyuu!

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Kadmos1



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PostPosted: Thu May 14, 2015 9:50 pm Reply with quote
Before anyone pulls the sexist card, I think that the female seiyuu pool is large enough that they would make a similar magazine for them. I think that if they are to such a magazine, it would be in the best interests of the publishers to make one for female seiyuu. With this, both sexes get represented.
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Sparvid



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PostPosted: Thu May 14, 2015 10:07 pm Reply with quote
I'm just impressed that there is a market big enough to specialize beyond "voice actors in general"
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Hoppy800



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PostPosted: Thu May 14, 2015 10:15 pm Reply with quote
I don't mind this at all

I wouldn't mind a unisex magazine for rookie seiyuu though.
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KENZICHI



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PostPosted: Thu May 14, 2015 10:30 pm Reply with quote
My kind of magazine actually. I wouldn't mind an American version either lol.
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yaki-udon



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PostPosted: Thu May 14, 2015 10:37 pm Reply with quote
I love Mamoru Miyano. I think he looks much better in person than in pictures.
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crosswithyou



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PostPosted: Thu May 14, 2015 10:43 pm Reply with quote
Geh! As if I needed another magazine to keep tabs on....... No one in the inaugural issue that makes me need to buy it though.

Kadmos1 wrote:
Before anyone pulls the sexist card, I think that the female seiyuu pool is large enough that they would make a similar magazine for them. I think that if they are to such a magazine, it would be in the best interests of the publishers to make one for female seiyuu. With this, both sexes get represented.

To be perfectly honest though, aside from Pick-Up Voice where it's sort of 50/50 and sometimes leans towards more male seiyuu, magazines like SeiGura and Seiyuu Animedia predominantly feature female seiyuu.

KENZICHI wrote:
My kind of magazine actually. I wouldn't mind an American version either lol.

There used to be a digital English version of PUV but it didn't catch on and only a few issues were ever released. **Assuming by "American version" you meant an English language version and not a male North American VA magazine.
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Sakura Stardust



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PostPosted: Fri May 15, 2015 3:46 am Reply with quote
I love Nobunaga Shimazaki soooooo freaking much! He's so talented....... And he's also very cute Anime hyper

Also, I need this magazine in my life Anime hyper
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Sakura Stardust



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PostPosted: Fri May 15, 2015 3:49 am Reply with quote
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Sakura Stardust



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PostPosted: Fri May 15, 2015 3:54 am Reply with quote
Sakura Stardust wrote:
Kadmos1 wrote:
Before anyone pulls the sexist card, I think that the female seiyuu pool is large enough that they would make a similar magazine for them. I think that if they are to such a magazine, it would be in the best interests of the publishers to make one for female seiyuu. With this, both sexes get represented.


Definately agree. Though, Japan has been over saturated with just photo books of female Idols and Seiyu, let alone actual magazines, for decades.They usually lack substance >_>" I know Idols are different, but its super common for VAs to become idols, and the media promoting them is very similar. Its nice to see some in depth media with a spotlight on male VA's :3
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Hameyadea



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PostPosted: Fri May 15, 2015 4:43 am Reply with quote
Now just let them do photo shoot wearing swimsuits and it'll be equal.
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Kadmos1



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PostPosted: Fri May 15, 2015 7:38 am Reply with quote
Hameyadea wrote:
Now just let them do photo shoot wearing swimsuits and it'll be equal.


How many readers would they get for cute female seiyuu in swimsuits?
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Hameyadea



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PostPosted: Fri May 15, 2015 8:01 am Reply with quote
Kadmos1 wrote:
Hameyadea wrote:
Now just let them do photo shoot wearing swimsuits and it'll be equal.


How many readers would they get for cute female seiyuu in swimsuits?


If the magazine is/will be aimed prominently at females, then very few, I would assume.
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Miyanoai



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PostPosted: Sat May 16, 2015 2:48 pm Reply with quote
Whelp, time start searching for somebody's translations of hose interviews. Anime hyper
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Aisama



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PostPosted: Sat May 16, 2015 4:11 pm Reply with quote
Gah!! I want this!! If only, you know, If only I can read it because this is my kind of magazine. Kaji Yuki~<3

I hope that Nojima Kenji will make it to the magazine (maybe after they get through all the super hottest hit seiyuu), but hopefully not too late either. This guy really need to appear more in magazine, and especially have more photoshoots. I simply adore his voice so very much!!
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