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INTEREST: Sailor Moon, Evangelion's Kotono Mitsuishi Will Star in Live-Action Drama




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MFrontier



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PostPosted: Sat Feb 25, 2023 10:48 am Reply with quote
Is this her first live-action role in general? I know she has such presence as a VA that it'll be interesting to see that translate to live-action.
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KutovoiAnton



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PostPosted: Sat Feb 25, 2023 11:32 am Reply with quote
I think it's also worth noting that seiyuus appear quite regularly in the Taiga dramas, especially recently.

Other examples include (from my memory):
Wataru Takagi in "Sanada Maru" (2016), Akio Ohtsuka and Kazuhiro Yamaji in "Kirin ga Kuru" (2020), Ryotaro Okiayu and Rikiya Koyama in Seiten o Tsuke (2021), Koichi Yamadera and Hiroaki Hirata in Kamakura-dono no 13-nin (2022), Subaru Kimura in Dou Suru Ieyasu (2023).
There's also Ryuzaburo Otomo in Dokuganryu Masamune (1987) and Kensho Ono in Fuurin Kazan (2007), both are basically "blink and you missed it" roles.
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PostPosted: Sat Feb 25, 2023 11:52 am Reply with quote
To be honest, this is the only time I wished this upcoming NHK Taiga drama should be given an international release and given the long-track of J-drama not being made accessible for international audiences outside of Japan/Asia. I wish this was on Netflix (or Viki), or if NHK can put up subtitled episodes on their YT channel.
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PostPosted: Sat Feb 25, 2023 12:17 pm Reply with quote
MFrontier wrote:
Is this her first live-action role in general? I know she has such presence as a VA that it'll be interesting to see that translate to live-action.


I believe this is her third (fourth if we count that one Ninninger special where her character from the show had a human form), she had been in a few since 2019, one of which co-starred Keiko Kitagawa (PGSM Sailor Mars).

https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2019/08/14-1/kotono-mitsuishi-makes-live-action-tv-drama-debut-in-the-woman-at-forensic-science-laboratory
http://sailormoonnews.com/2021/04/14/keiko-kitagawa-and-kotono-mitsuishi-star-in-the-upcoming-film-rikokatsu/
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Multi-Facets



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PostPosted: Sat Feb 25, 2023 12:45 pm Reply with quote
Congrats to Mitsuishi-san. I hope she has a good time and does well. Smile
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-Matthew-



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PostPosted: Sat Feb 25, 2023 5:40 pm Reply with quote
I am so glad for her! Good to change field of activity sometimes.
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Ming Yi



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PostPosted: Sun Feb 26, 2023 12:08 am Reply with quote
KutovoiAnton wrote:
Kensho Ono in Fuurin Kazan (2007)


I don't think this one counts necessarily. Other than being the official Japanese voice for Harry Potter, Kensho Ono started his career as a live-action actor. It was only in the early 2010s he started focusing on voice acting.
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 26, 2023 12:19 am Reply with quote
NJ_ wrote:
MFrontier wrote:
Is this her first live-action role in general? I know she has such presence as a VA that it'll be interesting to see that translate to live-action.


I believe this is her third (fourth if we count that one Ninninger special where her character from the show had a human form), she had been in a few since 2019, one of which co-starred Keiko Kitagawa (PGSM Sailor Mars).

https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2019/08/14-1/kotono-mitsuishi-makes-live-action-tv-drama-debut-in-the-woman-at-forensic-science-laboratory
http://sailormoonnews.com/2021/04/14/keiko-kitagawa-and-kotono-mitsuishi-star-in-the-upcoming-film-rikokatsu/


Oh, that's very interesting information you shared there, I wasn't aware of this until now. Thanks for adding this, that's really useful.
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Cardcaptor Takato



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PostPosted: Mon Feb 27, 2023 2:36 am Reply with quote
Kotono Mitsuishi is an icon and one of my favorite seiyuus and it's exciting to see her branch out into live action.
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