 The official website for the seiyuu unit Sphere has announced that the unit will enter a "recharging mode" (taking a break / hiatus) and will suspend group activities, which will take place after their live tour in summer, to prepare for their upcoming 10th anniversary.Sphere consists of four seiyuus: Haruka Tomatsu, Minako Kotobuki, Ayahi Takagaki, and Aki Toyosaki. The unit began their activities in February 2009 and sung theme songs for many anime series such as Otome Youkai Zakuro, Hanasaku Iroha, Arata Kangatari, Soushin Shoujo Matoi, and more. Even though there will not be any CD releases nor live concerts from the group, each member will still remain active as a seiyuu artist. Source: Otakomu |
tsubasaloverMar 4, 2017 7:34 PM
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| Remember when they were good? pew pew In all seriousness they are generally really busy so they must be loving the off time. |
| I guess they deserve a break and have more time for others in their busy schedule. |
| I guess they deserve it after all. |
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| Get some well-deserved rest, you girls have earned it~! |
| Its a shame but all of them are veteran seiyuu's and it will be hard to balance out their singing careers with their seiyuu careers. I hope that they will be able to resume their musical careers at some point though But for now please use the downtime when not voice acting to get some rest girls |
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| Looks like no hope for others 3 Sphere members appear in Symphogear season 4 and 5 |
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| I was looking at random article for no reason, and random clicking on random member. Somehow I ended up at Haruka Tomatsu page, and found out that she voiced Gintoki. *MIND BLOWN* |
RavenxChaser said: I was looking at random article for no reason, and random clicking on random member. Somehow I ended up at Haruka Tomatsu page, and found out that she voiced Gintoki. *MIND BLOWN* That would be Ginko (girl Gintoki). Male Gintoki is voiced by Sugita Tomokazu, of course. |
boukendesho said: Shingster said: Its a shame but all of them are veteran seiyuu's and it will be hard to balance out their singing careers with their seiyuu careers. I hope that they will be able to resume their musical careers at some point though But for now please use the downtime when not voice acting to get some rest girls Are they still considered popular? Or could this be the start of being phased out by the next generation? Are you referring to the unit or the seiyuu's themselves ? If its the latter then yes they are still popular and the seuyuu industry needs every single skilled seiyuu that it can get its hands on. |
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boukendesho said: Shingster said: Are you referring to the unit or the seiyuu's themselves ? If its the latter then yes they are still popular and the seuyuu industry needs every single skilled seiyuu that it can get its hands on. Seiyuu themselves (don't really listen their songs except when in anime). Haruka Tomatsu can continue to live off of SAO, but it seems like the others are now more relegated to support roles? Hence my question. (I don't watch all their work - just an impression) I can vouch for Ayahi, no clue on the others but pretty sure they all have a solo singing career. Wasn't Sphere a formed of seyuu/singer? As for Ayahi, she has been doing solo work for some time already. she had her3rd concert tour not too long ago and released a single this past Jan. (she's also still in SAO, lol.) |
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boukendesho said: Shingster said: Are you referring to the unit or the seiyuu's themselves ? If its the latter then yes they are still popular and the seuyuu industry needs every single skilled seiyuu that it can get its hands on. Seiyuu themselves (don't really listen their songs except when in anime). Haruka Tomatsu can continue to live off of SAO, but it seems like the others are now more relegated to support roles? Hence my question. (I don't watch all their work - just an impression) Of the four Haruka is still a capable seiyuu and she also has a solo career thats doing pretty well for all intents and purposes. Even without SAO she still has plenty of roles. Aki and Ayahi are similar in that they both have solo music careers that do reasonably well. Though in this regard Aki seems to be doing better as she has more roles. Side note Aki's one of my favorite seiyuu's having seen her performance in Ange Vierge last year. Of the remaining one Minako Kotobuki the only role i seen her in was in Ange Vierge where she had a lead role. While she did do well that was just one role. So maybe it was a good idea to let them focus on their seiyuu careers instead. |
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boukendesho said: Shingster said: Of the four Haruka is still a capable seiyuu and she also has a solo career thats doing pretty well for all intents and purposes. Even without SAO she still has plenty of roles. Aki and Ayahi are similar in that they both have solo music careers that do reasonably well. Though in this regard Aki seems to be doing better as she has more roles. Side note Aki's one of my favorite seiyuu's having seen her performance in Ange Vierge last year. Of the remaining one Minako Kotobuki the only role i seen her in was in Ange Vierge where she had a lead role. While she did do well that was just one role. So maybe it was a good idea to let them focus on their seiyuu careers instead. My impression was that the seiyuu industry seems to push for new blood and relegate veterans to support roles, so it's great to hear that they are still getting main roles. Aki is a favorite of mine as well, and I hope all of them can continue finding success with their seiyuu careers. Not necessarily, such as Mamiko Noto making a return and especially once Jogoku Shoujo gets its new season. |
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| Sphere will participate in Anisama 2017 The Card on August 26, though. https://twitter.com/anisama/status/845483083767828480 |
tsubasaloverMar 31, 2017 9:58 AM
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MelbShaw said: boukendesho said: My impression was that the seiyuu industry seems to push for new blood and relegate veterans to support roles, so it's great to hear that they are still getting main roles. Aki is a favorite of mine as well, and I hope all of them can continue finding success with their seiyuu careers. Not necessarily, such as Mamiko Noto making a return and especially once Jogoku Shoujo gets its new season. Hmm while im familiar with Mamiko Noto its more of in a support role. In fact in terms of main roles i only seen her in a handful of roles with the best ones being Muv Luv alternative and the persona 3 series of movies. She doesn't stand out but her voice is steady and she has a good range. Loving her in Urara at the moment. Still its nice that she's making a return though |
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Sparvid said: Also, since TrySail is signed to the same office and appear to rise in popularity pretty fast, it's possible the producers want to free up some of their time to give more focus on them. Now that you've mentioned it, I did notice western wotas talking about them more often. |
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