Hinano on Rie Tanaka

Hinano writes that Rie Tanaka is coming to NYAF. I think it's a big news. Although we have new (relatively) people coming up all the time (for example Aya Hirano), Mrs. Tanaka is one of the very few seyuu who I even bother to remember. She has a place in my mind together with Kotono Mitsuishi. You can see I'm not going to compete with Hashi-hime, I'm just telling how great Mrs. Tanaka is.

I think my favorite roles of hers are:

Chobits - Chi/Elda/Freya
D.N.Angel - Towa-chan (Towa no Shirube)
Hayate no Gotoku - Maria
UFO Princess Valkyrie - Sanada-san
Rizelmine - Kyōko Yachigusa

No Stellvia? I only saw Chobits from the above, but I am most familiar with Mrs. Tanaka's work as Yomi in Azumanga. One anecdote related to that is, I watched a recording session of Azumanga on Youtube (now taken down by property police), and it was clear that Rie Tanaka was the only seyuu who cared about being properly dressed and groomed. She has a pretty good singing career going, and her singing has the same air of impeccable professionalism to it. It's not as passionate as Yoko Ishida's, but her voice range is just tremendous and she's not afraid to use it.

So, yes, big news as I said. I am not Mrs. Tanaka's flaming fan, but it would be great to get to her panel.

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