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egoist
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Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2011 12:50 pm
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Reminds me of Britney Spears.
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reanimator
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Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2011 1:52 pm
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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.
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jtstellar
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Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2011 3:02 pm
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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.
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kurichan69
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Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2011 5:26 pm
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Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2011 7:57 pm
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I feel like making an obvious statement, so here goes: that Aya Hirano is super-cute.
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reanimator
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Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2011 9:03 pm
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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.
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ELDRAGON
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Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2011 10:50 pm
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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
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Mohawk52
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Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2011 11:17 pm
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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.
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dxthegreat
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Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2011 11:25 pm
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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.
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GhostShell
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Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2011 12:49 am
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Blood- wrote: | I feel like making an obvious statement, so here goes: that Aya Hirano is super-cute. |
I definitely agree.
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okazakitomoyo
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Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2011 3:00 am
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enurtsol
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Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2011 3:46 am
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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.
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. |
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.
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configspace
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Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2011 4:15 am
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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
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