On Mon, 1 Dec 1997, Ivevei Upatkoon wrote:

> Definitely do Japanese if you can... Many seiyuu are busy (doing what?) and
> I doubt I have translators waiting on hand to translate fan-mail. No matter
> how much they appreciation mail from devoted gaijin fans. ^_^

Actually, I think it depends on the seiyuu.  If you know they have an
interest in English like say, Yokoyama Chisa, then they may actually
appreciate a simple English letter more than a Japanese one.  But don't
start talking about astrophysics with any of them in any language.

from my experiences, you shouldn't expect a seiyuu (or any other Japanese
person, for that matter) to give you special attention just because you
are a foreigner.  Some will, some won't, but you can't control that.  And
I prefer that people don't play the "gaijin card" too strongly.
 
> >And what's the odd of her replying you, either answering it in a radio
> >show or writing back?  Anyone knows?  Is it worthy writing to a seiyuu?
> 
> They'll probably never write back. If you are lucky, as Joe seems to
> eternally be, you might get a New Year's card. If you are even luckier,
> they might send it to the right address (pokes Joe in the ribs ^^).

Yes, I'm so lucky, I've become the first person in our group to actually
have an Anna Miller's waitress come to hate him.  (;_;)

My little sister recently got a postcard from Mariah Carey, only a couple
of weeks after writing her a letter!

Joe Petrow--joepet@server.berkeley.edu--http://server.berkeley.edu/~joepet
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