According to Joe Petrow:
>
>This afternoon I saw the Girls Be mini-concert in Ginza.  This was the
Where in Ginza ? I only remember only one or two areas that were big
enough for a sizable concert (8 or did they just block of a street ? 8)

>first time at a Girls Be event that they seiyuu sang some of their own
>original songs.  Machirin sang "Tsubasa wo Kimi ni", the ending song of
>the game Dark Cyber, and Houko sang "Watashi Rashiku", the ending theme of
>Nadeshico.  The great thing about this was that I was standing in the very
>center at the back of the event area (very small;  I was only about 20
>feet away from the seiyuu), which was exactly where they stared when the
>were singing!  (if I were conceited, I would say they were stareing at
>me...^_^;)  
Well, I think you mean staring :-)
Machirin was probably thinking " What did I do to deserve this 
baka no gaijin following me around ? " :-) 

> There was also a lot of very nice talk.  Machirin's two anime
>influences that lead her to become a seiyuu were "Gundam" and "Creamy
>Mami"  (???)  Houko was as honest as ever, saying she hasn't gotten any
Now that's an interesting choice .. like saying your primary
influences are Hime chan no ribon and Cream Lemon :-)


>roles that she really likes, and she really hasn't realized her dreams yet
>as a seiyuu.  She ripped on Machirin's boke a bit too.  Content-wise, it
>was probably the best Girls Be event yet, and they announced yet another
>one to take place on August 11th (a Monday, but I have that week off from
>work.  ^_^)

You did not give a location. Try to keep them all to yourself ? :-)

>Then this evening was the Sakurai Tomo 10th Anniversary concert.  Even
>though this was free, they had a lot of room left over (it seemed like
>they had space for about 10,000 people, and maybe a little more than half
>that showed up altogehter), and anyone could get in.  Even though I didn't
>have a ticket, I still ended up with slightly better seats than Hitoshi
>(who did have one!)  It was a full two hour concert, complete with
I've been at concerts like that. I wonder why Hitoshi didn't change
hi seat.
>appearances from Yuuseioujo and Nagasaki Moe, world premiering her new
>single (I didn't say the show was perfect...)
... <pow> .. hate the single or just don't like Moe ? or both ?

>What elevated this concert from good to highly memorable was the final
>song of the encore, and the way she handled it.  "Ai Oboeteimasuka"  After
>two hours of performing in the oppresive heat, she still pulled off an
>excellent version of this song, never missing a high spot.  Iijima Mari
>couldn't have done it better in her prime (or Iijima Ai, for that matter)
:-)
>As the song ended, Tomo simply bowed, and walked off the stage.  No words
>or anything.  It took about five seconds after the band stopped playing
That sounds so very Japanese. Very humble.
>for people to realize it was time to start clapping.  It was so great to
>see this song that basically shaped the last five years of my life treated
>with the reverent respect I feel it deserves...

Says alot to base 5 years of your life on one song..

>And another Machirin event tomorrow morning.  The golden age of seiyuu
>events is upon us!  (^_^)

Joe Petrow: cub reporter attached to the Hitoshi's seiyuu news inc!


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