×
  • remind me tomorrow
  • remind me next week
  • never remind me
Subscribe to the ANN Newsletter • Wake up every Sunday to a curated list of ANN's most interesting posts of the week. read more

Forum - View topic
INTEREST: Aya Hirano's Rolling Stone Cover Photoshoot Streamed




Note: this is the discussion thread for this article

Anime News Network Forum Index -> Site-related -> Talkback
View previous topic :: View next topic  
Author Message
egoist



Joined: 20 Jun 2008
Posts: 7762
PostPosted: Thu Nov 10, 2011 12:50 pm Reply with quote
Reminds me of Britney Spears.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message My Anime My Manga
reanimator





PostPosted: Thu Nov 10, 2011 1:52 pm Reply with quote
It's kinda interesting to see voice actors in celebrity status. There are tons of actors out there who are working hard as usual and most of them don't even get a spotlight from mainstream press nor become a household name.

I'm not a fan of Aya Hirano nor a fan of any voice actors, but what I've seen, she has established strong impression about herself. When I saw her Japanese TV appearance back few years ago (Anime Giga, I think), she showed her exuberance and outgoing attitude which made her stand out. Also, her recent personal issues garnered more attention which is common for celebrity figure.

Nowadays, fans have a thing or two for voice actors. So it's fun to see how these relatively unknown actors ride the fame.
Back to top
jtstellar



Joined: 13 Apr 2007
Posts: 94
PostPosted: Thu Nov 10, 2011 3:02 pm Reply with quote
reanimator wrote:
It's kinda interesting to see voice actors in celebrity status. There are tons of actors out there who are working hard as usual and most of them don't even get a spotlight from mainstream press nor become a household name.

I'm not a fan of Aya Hirano nor a fan of any voice actors, but what I've seen, she has established strong impression about herself. When I saw her Japanese TV appearance back few years ago (Anime Giga, I think), she showed her exuberance and outgoing attitude which made her stand out. Also, her recent personal issues garnered more attention which is common for celebrity figure.

Nowadays, fans have a thing or two for voice actors. So it's fun to see how these relatively unknown actors ride the fame.


it's kind of interesting to see the state of humanity at all in a place where low contributing professions in general specifically in fields of entertainment achieve 'celebrity status', instead of scientists, talented businessmen (with a few exceptions), and economists (wow think how that would've solved our woes if social status translates to drawing of talents) and how such a lowly-describing term as 'celebrity' that inferences the degradation of this society is used at such high frequency. is there anything wrong with today's society? well, just look around you. i'm sure people from a more intellectual era likewise had their likes and dislikes and hobbies and had their indulgences from artists they admired, but i would doubt any of them would achieve a mindless 'celebrity status' as often described today. intellectual appreciation is much different from worship. and here we have another implication that 'celebrity status' is even becoming the standard of success. quite sad. sure, you can easily throw critiques of today's society into the realms of geeks and mark it off, but then it makes quite oxymoronic to protest on the streets when social degradation translates to you out of money and a job.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
kurichan69



Joined: 16 Feb 2009
Posts: 118
Location: Seattle, WA
PostPosted: Thu Nov 10, 2011 5:26 pm Reply with quote
yawn. Neutral
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Blood-
Bargain Hunter



Joined: 07 Mar 2009
Posts: 24131
PostPosted: Thu Nov 10, 2011 7:57 pm Reply with quote
I feel like making an obvious statement, so here goes: that Aya Hirano is super-cute.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message My Anime My Manga
reanimator





PostPosted: Thu Nov 10, 2011 9:03 pm Reply with quote
jtstellar wrote:
it's kind of interesting to see the state of humanity at all in a place where low contributing professions in general specifically in fields of entertainment achieve 'celebrity status', instead of scientists, talented businessmen (with a few exceptions), and economists (wow think how that would've solved our woes if social status translates to drawing of talents) and how such a lowly-describing term as 'celebrity' that inferences the degradation of this society is used at such high frequency. is there anything wrong with today's society? well, just look around you. i'm sure people from a more intellectual era likewise had their likes and dislikes and hobbies and had their indulgences from artists they admired, but i would doubt any of them would achieve a mindless 'celebrity status' as often described today. intellectual appreciation is much different from worship. and here we have another implication that 'celebrity status' is even becoming the standard of success. quite sad. sure, you can easily throw critiques of today's society into the realms of geeks and mark it off, but then it makes quite oxymoronic to protest on the streets when social degradation translates to you out of money and a job.


Okay...you're saying that people are too obsessed with shallowness of entertainer celebrity worshiping, right? Well, they represent the escape that people want. I just find it amusing to see voice actors getting mainstream spotlights than usual geek domains. Voice actors weren't like that years ago, even in Japan.

Entertainers may not be the smartest or the most intellectual people on the earth, but I have to admit that they are intelligent enough to take whatever advantage they have. Right now, they're using geek domain as stepping stone to get more fame and spotlight.

As geeks, we think that we are smart and therefore we complain endlessly about how the society is screwed up. Instead of waste time doing that, it's better to be patient and do works that you enjoy. You may not get famous right away, but in a long run, you'll be the one who gets the last laugh. A hundred years from now, no one will remember XYZ actor, but they'll remember legacy created by you. It could be a work of art or scientific invention.
Back to top
ELDRAGON



Joined: 18 Jun 2009
Posts: 55
PostPosted: Thu Nov 10, 2011 10:50 pm Reply with quote
jtstellar wrote:
reanimator wrote:
It's kinda interesting to see voice actors in celebrity status. There are tons of actors out there who are working hard as usual and most of them don't even get a spotlight from mainstream press nor become a household name.

I'm not a fan of Aya Hirano nor a fan of any voice actors, but what I've seen, she has established strong impression about herself. When I saw her Japanese TV appearance back few years ago (Anime Giga, I think), she showed her exuberance and outgoing attitude which made her stand out. Also, her recent personal issues garnered more attention which is common for celebrity figure.

Nowadays, fans have a thing or two for voice actors. So it's fun to see how these relatively unknown actors ride the fame.


it's kind of interesting to see the state of humanity at all in a place where low contributing professions in general specifically in fields of entertainment achieve 'celebrity status', instead of scientists, talented businessmen (with a few exceptions), and economists (wow think how that would've solved our woes if social status translates to drawing of talents) and how such a lowly-describing term as 'celebrity' that inferences the degradation of this society is used at such high frequency. is there anything wrong with today's society? well, just look around you. i'm sure people from a more intellectual era likewise had their likes and dislikes and hobbies and had their indulgences from artists they admired, but i would doubt any of them would achieve a mindless 'celebrity status' as often described today. intellectual appreciation is much different from worship. and here we have another implication that 'celebrity status' is even becoming the standard of success. quite sad. sure, you can easily throw critiques of today's society into the realms of geeks and mark it off, but then it makes quite oxymoronic to protest on the streets when social degradation translates to you out of money and a job.


tl;dr Rolling Eyes
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Mohawk52



Joined: 16 Oct 2003
Posts: 8202
Location: England, UK
PostPosted: Thu Nov 10, 2011 11:17 pm Reply with quote
Isn't she more famous for being a singer in a band that with she later shagged the entire members of? She's basically swimming against the current and trying to jump the falls of Japanese cultural idolic worship attitudes and expectations. If she can miss the journalist bears waiting to rip her flesh from bone she'll be successful in bringing her career back from the dead. Good luck to her with that. Wink
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
dxthegreat



Joined: 19 Dec 2009
Posts: 39
PostPosted: Thu Nov 10, 2011 11:25 pm Reply with quote
Mohawk52 wrote:
Isn't she more famous for being a singer in a band that with she later shagged the entire members of?


Except for one.

Personally i don't care how much of a slut she is as long as she does her roles well.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
GhostShell



Joined: 25 Jan 2011
Posts: 1009
Location: Richmond, B.C., Canada
PostPosted: Fri Nov 11, 2011 12:49 am Reply with quote
Blood- wrote:
I feel like making an obvious statement, so here goes: that Aya Hirano is super-cute.


I definitely agree.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
okazakitomoyo



Joined: 26 Feb 2007
Posts: 3
PostPosted: Fri Nov 11, 2011 3:00 am Reply with quote
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
enurtsol



Joined: 01 May 2007
Posts: 14886
PostPosted: Fri Nov 11, 2011 3:46 am Reply with quote
GhostShell wrote:
Blood- wrote:
I feel like making an obvious statement, so here goes: that Aya Hirano is super-cute.


I definitely agree.


As the Japanese would say, we'd seen better waiting at the Shibuya station everyday. Smile


Mohawk52 wrote:
Isn't she more famous for being a singer in a band that with she later shagged the entire members of? She's basically swimming against the current and trying to jump the falls of Japanese cultural idolic worship attitudes and expectations. If she can miss the journalist bears waiting to rip her flesh from bone she'll be successful in bringing her career back from the dead. Good luck to her with that. Wink


In J-showbiz, going against the grain, rebel without a cause, is quite rare indeed. That's because it can become hard to get work for those who do.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
configspace



Joined: 16 Aug 2008
Posts: 3717
PostPosted: Fri Nov 11, 2011 4:15 am Reply with quote
I don't know anything about Aya's personal life, but I think her best role was Konata in Lucky Star. She's done good/decent job in all her other works, but Konata seemed like the most natural, have-fun, least-strained of her roles
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Display posts from previous:   
Reply to topic    Anime News Network Forum Index -> Site-related -> Talkback All times are GMT - 5 Hours
Page 1 of 1

 


Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2005 phpBB Group