As if you need anymore reasons to doubt the legitimacy of the Seiyuu Award……
The Seiyuu Award committee comes out and announces that they will be selling postcard sets of the winners at the Tokyo Anime Festival. Postcards FFS. At least last year’s short drama CDs between the winners are an actual display of acting skills. Now this, this is just blatant merchandising.
March 23rd, 2008 at 02:15
Brilliant! </sarcasm>
March 23rd, 2008 at 12:17
Woooh, I’m so lining up to get my own set. What next, badges, fridge magnets and plush toys? And what’s up with all that 小野大輔”様” & 平野綾”様” stuff on the page, it makes me cringe. さん付けでいいんじゃないの？
March 23rd, 2008 at 22:52
Actually, the use of 「様」 is pretty normal here. It’s just an effect of the formal tone of the announcement. No need to get riled up about that in particular :)
April 29th, 2008 at 05:25
I’m not sure why this is such a big deal. Is it unusual for the entertainment industry to be interested in merchandising?
And in fact, the more I think about the awards, the less I think they were necessarily rigged. There is a spread across agencies large and small, unlike last year. And some of the winners you disagree with (read: Hirano Aya in all her manifestations) may easily have won by sheer public popularity, deserved or not.