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INTEREST: Voice Actress Aya Hirano, Actor Masashi Taniguchi Announce Their Marriage




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penguintruth



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PostPosted: Wed Jan 03, 2024 12:24 am Reply with quote
Congrats to Aya Hirano! I hope she's very happy.
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mayonakama



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PostPosted: Wed Jan 03, 2024 12:25 am Reply with quote
This is wonderful! So happy for one of my favorite voice actors.
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 03, 2024 1:25 am Reply with quote
Good for her! With all of the crap she's had to put up with from fandom over the years, she deserves to be happy.
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Emerje



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PostPosted: Wed Jan 03, 2024 2:23 am Reply with quote
Key wrote:
Good for her! With all of the crap she's had to put up with from fandom over the years, she deserves to be happy.

I just hope this doesn't lead to more crap, we know how Japanese fans are. I hope she's happy, she deserves this.

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seoulman1985



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PostPosted: Wed Jan 03, 2024 2:55 am Reply with quote
He's been an Ultraman, 2 Kamen Riders, and 1 Ranger. She'll be safe. Smile
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 03, 2024 3:36 am Reply with quote
Emerje wrote:
I just hope this doesn't lead to more crap, we know how Japanese fans are. I hope she's happy, she deserves this.

Emerje

It seems like the Japanese seiyuu fanatics stop caring about actresses' "purity" once they pass a certain cutoff age. Probably around the mid-30s, if not before. With Hirano being 36, she's almost certainly on the other side, and the fanatics have moved on to younger, more active actresses.
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WANNFH



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PostPosted: Wed Jan 03, 2024 4:58 am Reply with quote
seoulman1985 wrote:
He's been an Ultraman, 2 Kamen Riders, and 1 Ranger. She'll be safe. Smile
For even more hilarity, his family name is Taniguchi (yes, the same 谷口) of all people, which adds up even more hilarity.
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Vercinto



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PostPosted: Wed Jan 03, 2024 5:07 am Reply with quote
Wish she would return to active voice acting work.
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 03, 2024 6:04 am Reply with quote
Vercinto wrote:
Wish she would return to active voice acting work.
She's still pretty active, just not in the main roles - but considering she moved on to become a mostly stage actress for quite a while (including being part of Japanese Broadway musicals) and it's a demanding job, it's pretty hard to keep her scheduling with VA work and her current work at the same time.
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Emerje



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PostPosted: Wed Jan 03, 2024 7:55 am Reply with quote
Zalis116 wrote:
It seems like the Japanese seiyuu fanatics stop caring about actresses' "purity" once they pass a certain cutoff age. Probably around the mid-30s, if not before. With Hirano being 36, she's almost certainly on the other side, and the fanatics have moved on to younger, more active actresses.

I sure hope so for her sake, but it's still unfortunate for the younger talent. Sadly the industry isn't likely to see changes any time soon.

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UkiyaSeed



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PostPosted: Wed Jan 03, 2024 8:23 am Reply with quote
Just a heads up, Taniguchi's character in Kamen Rider Amazons is Kamen Rider Amazon Alpha. The show's whole gimmick is that there are more than one Kamen Rider Amazon. Also, there should be an "s" in Amazon in the byline.

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Voice of Haruhi Suzumiya, Kamen Rider Amazon actor co-starred in Chainsaw Man stage play
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 03, 2024 9:12 am Reply with quote
Omedetou, Haruhi-chan!
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MFrontier



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PostPosted: Wed Jan 03, 2024 2:52 pm Reply with quote
Congratulations Aya! Marrying the tokusatsu tri-fecta!!!
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yuna49



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PostPosted: Wed Jan 03, 2024 3:25 pm Reply with quote
God bless! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0S-bx0tFJZc
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 08, 2024 3:40 pm Reply with quote
News that one could not see coming. Congrats to them. I wish them luck.
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