Just a quick update.
According to the recently-updated cast list in the official website of the Kobato. TV Anime, the voices of Chiho and Chise Mihara will be played by Megumi Nakajima. The name sounds fmailiar? It’s because Megumi Nakajima will also sing the ending theme song for the anime.
As you well know, the Kobato. anime starts on October 6.
Voice actor Jun Fukuyama (who voices Watanuki in XXXHOLiC) will release an original album on November 26 called Romantic World 31 (浪漫的世界31).
The CD’s jacket will feature a collage of CLAMP’s original drawing and a picture of Jun Fukuyama.
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Looking forward to this collage thing xD
Also, for the wallpaper lovers, the official website of the Kobato. TV Anime has a few of them =)
Update: Check out the album’s official hotsite.
This month’s Newtype magazine will announce more cast members from the Kobato. TV anime. Even though the magazine is only officially out on the 10th, the information has already leaked through the japanese board 2ch.
Kohaku: Chiwa Saitou
Kiyokazu Fujimoto: Tomoaki Maeno
Sayaka Okiura: Fumiko Orikasa
Chitose Mihara: Houko Kawashima
Kazuto Okiura: Shinichiro Miki
Fujimoto’s seiyuu looks like a newcomer, like Kobato’s seiyuu. The seiyuus of Sayaka, Chitose and the Debt Collector, on the other hand, are all long-time professionals. I was surprised with Chitose’s seiyuu, she did Satsuki in X and Minoru in Chobits, and they are both pretty “down” characters, not “kind” as I imagine Chitose to be… hummm, we’ll see.
Oh and we got to know the Debt Collector’s first name, it’s Kazuto! =D And I’m very happy with the seiyuu choice, Shinichiro Miki is perfect!
The Kobato. anime will start on October 6 (just one month away!)
And this is a preview for the next issue of Newtype, which will be celebrating the debut of the Kobato. TV Anime with lots of CLAMP features:
Thanks for the picture!
The preview says:
– Cover will be drawn by CLAMP;
– More information about the Kobato. anime;
– “Big news” regarding Code Geass R2;
– Trading cards giveaway that they are calling “CLAMP TRUMP”.
Lots of things to look forward to in the next Newtype issue, huh? The magazine will be on sale October 10.
Update: The official website of Kobato. TV Anime has a new illustration on its homepage, you can check the full illustration in high quality in this link (thanks shiro_han for letting me know about it!)
Just a quick heads up, NHK has opened a hotsite for the Kobato. TV Anime, which starts on October 6.
The website is, however, still under construction.
Not much CLAMP news these days, huh?
Here is the drawing that Mokona did for the 30th Anniversary celebrations of Gundam that was published in this month’s Newtype magazine:
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A little disappointing, isn’t it? XD I somehow expected a full page xD It’s adorably cute, though xD
If you are interested, you can download this month’s Newtype magazine via this link. The magazine includes the most recent Kobato. chapter and the TV Anime article, the Code Geass illustration that CLAMP drew for Newtype‘s pin-up calendar and a report from CLAMP’s visit to Paris.
And here is the Kobato. TV Anime article that was published in this month’s Newtype (the one where they made the seiyuus announcement):
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Thanks again to Aurelia for letting me know about this XD
I am having such great expectations about this anime. Not a single illustration has disappointed me yet =)
Here’s a new spread of the Kobato. TV Anime that was published in one of this month’s anime magazines (either Animedia or Animage):
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Thank you to Aurelia for poking me about this!
Looks so nice! And I’m loving the little Toshihiko sketch xDD
In addition to the main cast announcement, this month’s Newtype magazine also reveals the artists that will be performing the Opening and Ending themes of the Kobato. anime.
The Opening Theme will be performed by Maaya Sakamoto and the Ending Theme by Megumi Nakajima.
I’m very happy for Maaya, I think she suits Kobato. more than Tsubasa xD I don’t know Megumi Nakajima, though ^^;
I was half right with Maaya then, but I still think we will have a second ED theme song with ALI PROJECT xD
The Kobato. TV Anime starts on October 6.
As previously reported, the first cast members of the Kobato. TV Anime will be announced in the next Newtype magazine, which will be officially on sale on August 10. However, the information has already leaked thanks to MOONPHASE website.
The first two cast members announced were the parts of Kobato and Ioryogi.
Kobato will be played by Kana Hanazawa and Ioryogi by Tetsu Inada (Kurogane in Tsubasa Chronicle).
Moreover, the anime will start on October 6 at 8:00 AM PM on NHK-BS2, it will be aired every Tuesday.
I don’t know Kana Hanazawa, what do you think about her? Tetsu Inada as Ioryogi is well, I didn’t expect it xD I just hope his voice will be different than Kurogane’s ^^;
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