Also... from AnimeNewsService
3-4-07 (7:32AM EST)---- 1st Seiyuu Awards Ceremony Results
The 1st ever Seiyuu Awards ceremony took place in Akihabara at the Akiba 3D Theater in the UDX building on the evening of the 3rd. Press and VIPS for the most part filled the 170 seat theater but the adjacent Tokyo Anime Center held a lottery open to the public for 200 seats who could watch via CCTV. The event honored the best anime voice actors and actresses for their performances given over fiscal year 2006. An online voting referendum started in October, 2006, with nominees being announced in February. Via deliberation of the selection committee the winners were determined. The winners walked the red carpet after the ceremony amongst cheering fans.
Those honored included:
Starring Prize: Jun Fukuyama, Romi Paku,
Subcharacter Prize: Akira Ishida, Koki Miyata, Ami Koshimizu, Yuko Goto,
Rookie Of The Year Prize: Tetsuya Kakihara, Masakazu Morita, Yui Kano, Aya Hirano,
Singing Prize: Nana Mizuki,
Personality Prize: Masumi Asano,
Special Service Prize: Kei Tomiyama,
Service Prize: Tooru Oohira, Masako Ikeda, Noriko Ohara, Mariko Mukai,
Synergy Prize: Pokemon.
My thoughts:
There's a seiyuu called "pokemon"?
Hirano Aya is still a rookie when she was in Tenshi no Shippo?
I also found the award ceremony on youtube! ^_^
Calling Paku Romi "Pak-san" makes me think she's a yellow circle that eats dots and gets chased by ghosts.
What are the "Seiyuu Awards"? I've seen awards given to seiyuu by magazines before, for example "Seiyuu Grand Prix" 1993 and "Seiyuu Grand Prix" 1994 can be viewed on youtube...
