On Sun, 27 Oct 1996, Joe Petrow wrote:

> There is a new series of self-help CD's out starring famous seiyuu.  
> Hisakawa Aya, Tomizawa Michie, Tange Sakura, Touma Yumi, and one more 
> whose name escapes me right now (^_^;;) each have two of these CD's.  
> Each CD is devoted to a different topic.  Last night I purchased one of 
> Hisakawa Aya's CD's, "Stress no kaishou"  (Eliminating stress)

	Where did you buy this, Animate? I think I want both of Aya's
CDs... ^_^;;
> 
> There are three tracks on this CD, each one featuring some soothing new 
> age music, and sounds of the sea.  About a minute into the first track 
> Hisakawa Aya's voice appears.  She notices that you seem a little 
> stressed out, and asks if things are rough at work.  Then she leads you 
> through a series of breathing and visualization exercises while the music 
> and shoreline sounds play in the background.  The last four minutes of 
> the track is just music (it's about 15 minutes long)
> 
	I REALLY think I want this... ^_^;;

> The second track is all music and sea sounds, and is about 12 minutes long.
> 
> The third track starts off much like the other two.  Hisakawa Aya shows 
> up again in the third track for some more meditation exercises 
> ("Ansei...anshin...rerakusu...")  Then she goes away.  The music ends, 
> leaving only the sea sounds.  Then Hisakawa Aya comes back, convinces you 
> that you are refreshed, and tells you to come back for your kokoro 
> training every day.  The last track is about 15 minutes long.
> 
	This sounds very neat... how much was it?

> My thoughts:
> 
> THIS IS AWESOME!  I think it is now my favorite CD of all time.  It is 
> near perfect, in that it has all the things I want (Aya's beautiful 
> soothing voice telling me nice things in easy Japanese, nice music and ocean 
> sounds), and nothing that I don't want (animation, plot, or anything 
> else to get in the way of my enjoyment)  And believe it or not, it DOES 
> seem to work!  I listened to it all night, and I'm listening to it now!

	Well, animation IS nice... but Aya and nothing but.. ^_^
> 
> Pocky:  The other CD Hisakawa Aya does is "Gakuryoku up!" (Learning power 
> up!)  That might be right up your alley!  :)

	This may be one of the few times we're actually in agreement. ^_^;
-Richard "Pocky" Kim
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