Seiyu’s Life! is a popular anime series that was broadcast this year from July to September. The broadcast has concluded, but there is still no end to developments. Among them is the continuing activities of the seiyu (voice actress) unit Earphones that was created from the series.
Earphones is a unit that appears in Seiyu’s Life! and is comprised of three newcomer seiyu: Futaba Ichinose, Ichigo Moesaki, and Rin Kohana. In charge of their voices are Marika Kono, Rie Takahashi, and Yuki Nagaku, respectively, who have turned Earphones into a real seiyu unit that they are all active members of. Their first album, Miracle Mystery Tour, will be released on Nov. 21.
Preceding the release, a trailer has been posted online of their new song “Magic of Love” featured on their upcoming first album. The trailer is about two and a half minutes and in it you can enjoy visuals of their first solo live concert held on Oct. 11, 2015 at Harajuku Astro Hall along with the melody of “Magic of Love” and charms of Earphones. “Magic of Love” is a song concepted around magical girl anime and indeed has a distinctive Earphones sound.
Earphones’ first album will feature 12 tracks in total including songs used in the anime—“Sore ga Seiyu!” (“Seiyu’s Life!”), “Mimi no Naka e” (“Into Your Ears”), and “Hikari no Saki e” (“Towards the Light”)—as well as nine newly recorded songs. The opening song, “Overture,” includes a narration by Masako Nozawa, a leading figure in the seiyu world. Starting with this, the album develops around the concept of the three girls traveling through fictional anime worlds with song. It features a diverse range of must-hear songs that push this concept forward.
Of course, Earphones will continue to be active even from hereon. They will hold a live performance titled “Earphones vs Aice5 - Sore ga Unit!” on Nov. 22 at the NHK Hall. The senpai seiyu unit Aice5 and newcomer unit Earphones together on the same stage will make it a talked-about performance.
The members of Earphones will also undergo trials in five areas to become the top seiyu unit: advertising, business, entertainment, performance, and seiyu. Going along with this, a special site titled “Aim for it! Top Seiyu Unit - Trials” has opened. Each of the trails are posted to the site as the girls challenge them. What kind of trials can we expect to see? And how will Earphones fare in surmounting these challenges? Don’t miss it.
Source: animeanime