announcements that caught my eye

From dgray_man, the D.Gray-man anime cast (copied directly from the entry, with some additions by me):

• Sanae Kobayashi as Allen Walker (also known as Lucy from Elfen Lied and Akira Touya from Hikaru no go)



• Hiroki Touchi as General Marian Cross (also known as Ovan from .hack//root, Gin from Hunter x Hunter and Gin from Ginga legen weed)



• Junpei Takiguchi as The Millenium Earl (also known as Phyllo from .hack//root and Dr. Laughton from the Metropolis movie)



• Katsuyuki Konishi as Komui Li (also known as Amidamaru of Shaman King and Agatsuma Soubi from Loveless) <--First and foremost he will always be gay captain of gay team in PoT (Kajiimoto) to me, but he's also Shibuya Shori from KKM



• Ryotaro Okiayu as Riba Wenham (also known as Kuchiki Byakuya from Bleach and Dark Mousy from DNAngel) <--Tezuka! Shigure! Too many to mention!



• Shizuka Itou as Linali Li (also known as Misa Kakizaki from Mahou sensei Negima and Himawari Kunogi of XXXHolic)



• Takehiro Sakurai as Yuu Kanda (also known as Cloud Strife of The FFVII Advent children as well as Haruka of Tactics) <--Also Ukiya Shun in Gate Keepers and Shibuya Yuuri in KKM

Kobayashi Sanae as Allen comes as no surprise at all. I wonder how different she'll sound from Akira? It's sad that I can't remember the character Okiayu plays off-hand. I suppose it's time to reread the manga. :P

From yamane_ayano:

Ikoku Irokoi Romantan is being animated as an OVA. I can't help but laugh over this, but I will definitely watch it just to hear Suwabe being suave Italian captain. XDXD

From toko_kawai:

Toko Kawai will be a guest at Yaoi Con next year, per the June Manga editor's blog. I do like Toko Kawai quite a bit, so I did perk up about this....but it's not like I can go or anything.

ETA: Okane ga nai is also being animated...I can't help but groan over this one.

playing catch-up

Been trying to catch up with comments, have gotten through some but not nearly all yet. ;_;

Also, a meme I've been putting off for long enough:

Reply and I'll give you a letter and you have to find five songs that start with that letter and post them to your journal.

I got R from svz_insanity. I tried to pick songs I probably haven't shared before:

Rinnetensei by Core of Soul

Been meaning to share this for ever and ever, but I was having problems translating it (I like the lyrics) and, well, forgot about it until now:

( Rinnetensei )

Rise and Shine by Bonnie Pink
Upbeat and disgustingly catchy song from her Golden Tears album.

Reila by Gazette
Catchy rock song from a group I've never heard of. I love the piano riff.

Redemption by Gackt
From the game Dirge of Cerebus, I initially didn't like this song but after hearing it a lot I've come to like it quite a bit.

Razor Valentine by Thea Gilmore
I thought I was going with an all-Japanese list, but I had to include this one. I love the slow, funky feel of the song, the scratchy old record sound, and the bizarre lyrics:

I love you like a whisper
I love you all alone
I love you like a murder babe
I'm burying the bones
I love you like the last shot
At the bottom of the bottle
I love you razor valentine

If anyone wants to play, just ask!