Hi all seiyuu fans.  Sorry to bring other [Noise] in seiyuu ML... I thought
this was the right place to mail it...

This is farly old news for Sailor Moon fans but there is a program called
"Hammer Price" played on-air at Fuji TV 11:30PM (Wed[?]) in Japan... well
this TV program is SO <Mania/Otaku> I been following this program since the
first episode.  Well this program (hosted by The Tunnals) is an auction
show, where people in stage could auction the item.  But get this... these
item are so outrageous. For example: Like auctioning on the famous Japanese
TV star's dress that showed in TV shows..., Famous TV star's hairs/thier
used bath water, Some TV stars' "one day night togather" contract... few
American Movie stars' (like Kevin Costner's, Tom C., Robert D's) Japanese
letter signatures, "Play with Super Sport Players item" like Ichiro
(Japanese awesome baseball player), pro soccer player from Europe, music
players like "X" Japan... and much more.

And there are these "You could be on such and such" contract ticket, and
just a few weeks ago, (Hammer Price ep. August 23th) there was an auction
on:
"You could be on Sailor Moon Manga series"

The first thing I thought to myself is... "Where the heck is Doi-san"  ^_^;;

Well.. people bring millions of Yen to this auction.  And for special guest
there was an Sailor Moon manga artist, Takeuchi Naoko =C9=F0=C6=E2=C4=BE=BB=
=D2 with the
TUNNALS (host)

Well.. this contract ticket was to be on sailor moon manga for a one manga
book, and Naoko-san started the betting from 390 yen (about 4.00 dollars)
[She choosed this amount because the Sailor Moon Manga book cost 390 yen]

And then Here the fun starts...  Before you knew it, the price of the
contract went 390 yen to 1,000,000 Yen.. thats 10 thousand dollars!

After the amount, there was two person betting between the contract ticket.
After 5 min or so... The "You could be on Sailor Moon Manga" contract
ticket sold for 2,000,000 yen.  THAT IS 20 THOUSAND DOLLARS!!!  All the
audiance was in shock(....),  Naoko san in blank (....) The host Tunnals
thought this was too good to be true...

In just 10 min. the price on the contract went up to 390 yen to 2,000,000
yen.  THIS IS NO JOKE!!!!
This TV program was aired because of the Kobe's Earthquake of 95'
Don't worry!: All the money goes to the Kobe Earthquake of 95' raising fund.

So people at Japan. You already know this but.... ^_^;;

The person who paided 2,000,000 yen is going to be an evil guy in Sailor
Moon...(Naoko san said..)

The Question is.... Would you pay that amount of money to just be on Sailor
Moon manga/anime?!

Replys to: seiyuu@usagi.jrd.dec.com (Seiyuu ML) please.

*Sorry for the terrible English*  *My English gets rusty after coming back
from Japan* ^_^;;

jya matane!!

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