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Voice Actress Yuko Goto Goes on Hiatus Due to Health
May 19th
The talent agency Axl One has issued a notice stating that voice actress Yuko Goto (Hiro in Hidamari Sketch, Mikuru Asahina in The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya) will be going on hiatus due to poor health. According to the statement, Goto was told by a physician that she required treatment after undergoing an examination at a hospital.
As the length of her hiatus will be determined by further consultation with doctors, when Goto will return to voice acting activities is unknown. The fourth season of Hidamari Sketch, a series that Goto has played a role in previously, was announced as airing in More >
Moe Can Change! Video Anime’s Chie Promo Posted
May 19th
The official website for Ambition’s Moe Can Change! original video anime began streaming a Chie Kiyan character promotional video on Friday. The 78-second video introduces the bishōjo character Chie (played by Emiri Katō) and features Rina Hidaka‘s opening theme song “NO RULE ~ Chō-Listen!”
Takeo Takahashi directed Spice and Wolf, Yosuga no Sora, and Mayo Chiki! before helming Moe Can Change! at Frontier Works with Spice and Wolf character designer Kazuya Kuroda. The Ambition game company’s staff is scripting the anime. Arte Refact is performing the anime’s ending theme song.
The original “playful bishōjo Miroid-raising/clothes-changing moe game” has the player joining a beta test program for androids, who the player must More >
Onii-chan Dakedo Ai Sae Areba Kankei Nai yo ne— Anime Listed
May 19th
A preview website has opened that lists a green-lit anime adaptation of Daisuke Suzuki‘s Onii-chan Dakedo Ai Sae Areba Kankei Nai yo ne— (Oniai) light novel series. According to the teaser site, it will fully open on May 23.
The story centers around Akito Himenokōji, a boy who was separated from his twin sister Akiko, but they end up living under the same roof together during high school.
Suzuki launched the romantic comedy light novel series in 2010 with illustrations by Gekka Urū, and Media Factory‘s MF Bunko J imprint is shipping the sixth volume this month. The light novel series has over 430,000 More >