Forum - View topicInterview: Diana Garnet
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mdo7
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This was a very interesting interview, thanks for posting it up ANN. Also one part of the interview got my attention:
You know I would love to see that, crossing over to K-pop. She would probably get more international attention (and she can meet her international fans by doing that) if she did crossover to K-pop. From what I've seen, I'm seeing more foreigner in K-pop and some crossover to K-pop. By doing that, they get a lot of attention from K-pop fans around the world given that K-pop's popularity at an all time high, I would say why not take advantage of the K-pop global popularity by crossing over. |
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Juno016
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Diana, thanks for sharing! I clicked the link on the side of the site not knowing if I'd be interested in the interview or not, but I'm really glad I did. There's so much of what Diana said that reminds me of my current path. I can sing, and I always sing in Japanese, too, but I'm certainly not professional-quality, so the only major difference is that I need to find another outlet to allow me to stay in Japan as I pursue my mangaka dream. Which is NOT lame, thank you very much. It's naive to think it's an easy job where you just draw all day, or where all your head stories just pop out on paper, or where our Western work mindset parallels the Japanese work mindset and mangaka have vacations (ha...), but it's NOT lame, and don't you let anyone ever actually tell you that. I did submit to Shounen Jump once, but it was in an international contest and I didn't match up to the actual winners at all. I still have a ways to go.
I, too, wanted to live in Japan before I knew it wasn't the next town over (I was 3 when I first said this). I, too, started my first visit over on a scholarship program at 16 (Ehime). I also went back for a semester at college in Fall 2012 (Shiga). I'm leaving for Japan (Aichi) again in three days for at least a year contract with an Eikaiwa, though I'll be full-time. It would be nice to get to know Diana as a person (rather than as a professional). Maybe if one of us made it big as a mangaka, we could hire the other as an assistant/partner! Ahahahaha... ha... haaaa... If only things were that easy... |||OTL |
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TsukasaElkKite
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This sounds like something I read about on Encyclopedia Dramatica, only this didn't involve a super weaboo
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Kadmos1
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The fact that an Westerner was given the honor/privilege to to sing the OP/ED to any anime is something that so many Western anime fans envy. Good luck!
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Blue21
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It's not like it's the first time. Wolf's Rain's OP and Gundam X's ED were sung by Westerners. |
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Kadmos1
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Joe Inoue is Japanese-American and sang the 4th Shippuden OP. Kylee Saunders sang the Xam'd ED of "Vacancy". Since she grew up in the Phx. Metro area and I live near Glendale, I have an indirect tie to this (of sorts).
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Lord Geo
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It's far from the first time. The earliest anime I can think of that featured an OP & ED sung by a Westerner is Super Dimensional Century Orguss in the 80s, which had both themes sung by Kansas-born Casey Rankin in Japanese (he was super big in Japan). |
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ajr
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A very fun interview, she sounds very energetic. And isn't Killer-Bee's shtick some kind of enka-rap fusion?
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Snomaster1
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After reading that interview,I hope Miss Garnet decides to become a singer over here. And she does some American animation. I'd love to see her come back to America and does some singing here. I hope she does that someday.
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mdo7
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I'm not sure if that'll happen. A lot of J-music idols/artists doing performance outside of Japan is very rare these day. So I wouldn't get my hope up. |
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BinBouGami1234
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Good interview, except for the fact that Natsume Yūjin-Chō is actually by Brains Base.
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Kadmos1
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I find it interesting/perhaps ironic that Yūjin-Chō's Madara is voiced by the Japanese Kakashi when Kakashi is obviously trying to stop Madara. If Diana knows about the Naruto manga finale, I wonder what she thinks about the shipping controversy. |
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jr240483
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no kidding. and to even sing in japaneese very well is definitely rare. though its as i said before, what's really rare is an US VA that can both dual speak as well as sing in both japaneese and english and the only two american VA that I know of though i could be wrong can do that are Catilin Glass & Vic Mignona. t he same can be said for the other side cause the only japaneese VA i know of can do the same is Imari Jimja (Super Dimension Macross' Minmay )
how that is an uber surprise. an US born singer that rarely sings in english by choice. i guess she got "japanized" towards the point that its no longer natural or comfortable to sing in english. at least it not towards the point where its no longer natural or even comfortable to speak in english otherwise she would be completely japanized. |
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lem
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yeah I'm predictable. I wanted to hear her voice so I went straight to Amzn JP to see if they had any samples listed. Gotta say I don't think that this will be the only CD I buy that features her heartfelt sound. Very Impressed! Looking forward to more. Thanks ANN for these cool interviews.
COVER☆GIRL(初回生産限定盤)(DVD付) (CD+DVD, Limited Edition) |
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Mr. sickVisionz
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Good interview outside of some cringe worthy lines. She should make a decent penny if she gets whatever cut she gets from normal sales, a license fee from the song being on Naruto, and then a royalty like everytime it's broadcast in Japan, streamed online, and then eventually broadcast internationally. |
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