Big Fat Seiyuu Awards
Hashime links to an extremely complete report on the 2007 Seiyuu Awards (it even mentions what companies are involved with what seiyuu/series, which provides an extra perspective on how *cough* “honest” the awards are).
Mamoru Miyano took home the Best Male Seiyuu award for playing Setsuna F. Seiei in Gundam 00, and Aya Hirano (who got a Best Newcomer award last year) nabbed a Best Female Seiyuu statue for playing Konata in Lucky Star.
Best supporting male went to Hiroshi Kamiya (Gundam 00’s Tieria) and Ono Daisuke (Minamike’s Hosaka– awesome!). But, really? Kamiya over Hiroyuki Yoshino, who plays Allelujah/Hallelujah? Ehhh…
Then there are the best supporting females: Rie Kugimiya for Nagi in Hayate no Gotoku (uh, isn’t she the main female in that show?) and Mitsuki Saiga for (Moyashimon’s Kei).
The best new male awards went to Tsubasa Yonaga, who plays Ren in Oofuri Furikabutte (I keep forgetting that show) and Wataru Hatano, Terra E’s Sam Houston; the female newcomers are Yu Kobayashi (Kaere, aka the blond “returnee,” in Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei– WIN!) and Emiri Katou, Lucky Star’s Kagami.
Make sure you check out the rest of the awards for some more familiar names, folks! Though j1mone points out quite rightly that there should have been some Gurren Lagann representatives up there– no Katsuyuki Konishi for Kamina? That character is going to be a really lasting symbol in the anime world. So that’s kinda lame.
I feel cheated. I thought this was going to be an industry on the industries fattest voice actors. The Howard Tafts of the seiyuu world.
*going to be a post
I was thinking about the same thing, but remember that Hayate’s seiyuu is a female. So, Nagi have to be a supporting role, otherwise the show will have two Best Female Seiyuu candidates (which I don’t think it’s a problem, though)
as j1m0ne-san said, on the official site, there’s no exact info on what role they won for. it’s just weird. anyway i’ll only recognize the “inaugural” one j1m0ne-san did, that one is much better than this one. too dark.
No love for Minoru Shiraishi is FAIL.
No, no.
It’s EPIC FAIL.