A case in point is Chihara Minori, who voiced the part of Nagato Yuki, one of the characters in the anime Haruhi Suzumiya, and also sang Yuki's character song. In another emerging trend, several voice actors have become stars on the back of the character song they have sung. Listening to a character song also deepens fans’ understanding and knowledge of the fictional world of the anime. The original illustrations on many character song CD jackets make them popular items with fans. The committed performances of the voice actors help fans to empathize with the characters. Often, the songs are not actually used in the anime itself but are released separately to develop characters' personalities. Japan has a large number of highly professional voice actors, some of whom enjoy enthusiastic followings as " seiyu idols." This unique seiyu subculture has led to the large number and high quality of character songs.įans enjoy character songs as a way of getting into the minds of their favorite characters. As far as fans are concerned, they are buying CDs sung by their favorite character-the challenge for the actor is to draw listeners into the illusion that it is really the character who is doing the singing. CDs of the songs are credited to the character rather than the actor. Singing in CharacterUnlike the theme tunes that play over the opening or closing sequences of an anime or film, a character song is written for an anime character and sung by the seiyu (voice actor) who plays the part, reflecting the character’s mind. In particular, character songs that portray an anime character's image are taking the charts by storm and coming to be regarded as a new genre. Songs used in anime, "anime songs" are the latest big thing to hit the Japanese music world. The character song section inside the Animate flagship store in Ikebukuro.
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