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Anime/Manga World Offers Condolences for Voice Actor Wakana Yamazaki, Part II – Interest
The world lost a veteran anime voice actor with the May 15 announcement of Wakana Yamazaki‘s death. She is best known for his roles as Ran Mōri in the Detective Conan franchise, Meiko Akizuki in Marmalade Boy, Ruri-Hume in Mononoke, Koan in Sailor Moon R, and Nene in Samurai Warriors, among others. Her work as a voice actor has touched the lives and hearts of creators and fans alike. Now, those creators and fans are paying their respects:
Mariko Kouda, voice of Marmalade Boy lead Miki Koishikawa, wrote a long eulogy for Yamazaki on her blog. Kouda began by addressing Yamazaki as her Marmalade Boy character Meiko Akizuki:
Tell me it’s a joke.
Nacchan’s going to cry,
Meiko,
Please tell me you’re joking.
Smile at me like you always do with your hair flowing in the breeze.
Let’s laugh
And eat delicious food together
And talk a bunch more.
Tell me it’s not true.
Wakana-san,
We’ve always been together,
Ever since we debuted.
You can’t just suddenly disappear.
You were just taking a short break, right?
You can’t just suddenly disappear.
It was thanks to you, Wakana-san,
That I fell in love with hedgehogs.
It was thanks to, Wakana-san, I became interested in Mongolia.
Ever since we first met you’ve had the same smile,
And you were a gentle and radiant person.
Wakana-san,
Please call me Miki, call me Mari-chan
With your voice.
Wakana-san
Wakana-san
Wakana-san.
Now that you’re free from your illness,
It’s like your smile
Is projected across the sky …
Wakana-san,
Thank you always, always, always
For your kindness and similes.
Wakana-san,
I love you so much.
I love you Meiko.
Did we miss any eulogies to Wakana Yamazaki? Feel free to let us know in our forums or by email.
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Dress up as Lara or Mari
Japanese cosplay/apparel brand Cospa and the hit anime series Goodbye, Lara revealed on September 17 that the Siga sweatshirt and T-shirt seen in the anime series are coming to life. The merchandise will be available in early December.
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Cospa later announced in a press release that the Siga sweatshirt and T-shirts will come in Japanese S to XL sizes and are made of 100% cotton. The Siga sweatshirt is priced at 6,820 yen and the Siga t-shirt at 3,300 yen (about US$43 and US$21, respectively). Both will be available on the online Cospa shop.
The Goodbye, Lara anime series tells a tale like Hans Christian Andersen‘s The Little Mermaid. The story follows a mermaid who makes a forbidden wish to be loved by a human. Following her death, she is reborn 200 years later into modern-day Japan in Lake Biwa, where she learns to adjust in a human world. Lake Biwa is in Shiga Prefecture, which is also where director Takushi Koide‘s hometown is located.
The series started airing on July 5 at 24:30 (effectively July 6 at 12:30 a.m.) on the Tokyo MX channel, before running later that night on BS Asahi and YTV. The anime also ran on AT-X starting on July 6. Crunchyroll streamed the series as it aired. Goodbye, Lara premiered early at the Anime Central convention on May 15.
Sources: Cospa‘s X/Twitter account, Goodbye, Lara anime’s X/Twitter account, Cospa‘s online store (link 2), PR Times via Nijimen
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The official X account for the new television anime adaptation of Mine Yoshizaki‘s Keroro Gunsou (Sgt. Frog) manga announced three additional cast members on Saturday. The anime series premiered on October 3 at 9:30 a.m. on TV Tokyo.
Cast
Angol Mois: Kana Ichinose (Sousou no Frieren)
Aki Hinata: Chiwa Saitou (Keroro Gunsou)
Narrator: Satomi Arai (Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu)
Toshihiko Sano (Farmagia) is directing the new anime at Bandai Namco Pictures. Toshimitsu Takeuchi (Fantasy Bishoujo Juniku Ojisan to) is handling the series composition and Hatsue Nakayama (Fairy Tail: Final Series guest character design) is designing the characters. Kan Sawada (Yowamushi Pedal) is composing the music.
Yoshizaki began drawing the manga in Shounen Ace in November 1999. Kadokawa published the 35th volume in December 2025. VIZ Media licensed the manga under its VIZ Select imprint for digital release in English in December 2014.
Produced by Sunrise, a television adaptation of the manga aired in 358 episodes from Spring 2004 to Spring 2011. The Keroro short television anime premiered in Spring 2014.
The first movie adaptation of the series premiered in Japanese theatres in March 2006, followed by Keroro Gunsou Movie 2 in 2007, Keroro Gunsou Movie 3 in 2008, Keroro Gunsou Movie 4 in 2009, Keroro Gunsou Movie 5 in 2010, and Keroro Gunsou Movie 6 on June 26.
Source: Official X
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