Not only did my sister have company last night,they were up all night playing RPG card games and creating enough infernal racket to disrupt my sleep in the middle of the night(it was at least 3 in the morning,though I didn't try to look at the clock).I was lucky to even wake up when I did(close to noon)...

Anyway,TOKYOPOP is now up to volume 4 in the Sakura Taisen manga,featuring Iris on the cover and a seiyuu message at the end of the volume.Volume 5 will be available in a month;and if BN.com's listing is any indication,I'll be dreading that moment with a passion;as my sister buys and reads the manga...

Well,Kappei's character in Death Note was apparently killed off recently.Since it's one less voice role,let's just hope he's resting in the company of his wife and kid(s),because for his own good he shouldn't risk the trauma of getting into anymore pressure-cooker voice acting projects like what he had to go through in 35 episodes of a 49-episode anime series in which he voiced a primary character last year.Back to SakuTai,why he had to make his SakuTai guest voice appearance in the one OVA episode in which Kohran sang the OP and ED songs is beyond me.Back to the subject of Death Note,L's death does mean that he won't be in the same episodes as Near(a new male character);and since Near is voiced by Noriko Hidaka(who voiced past Rumic psycho girls Akane and Kiki-ho),a post-Inu Yasha reunion of two non-canon Rumic couples has been averted.I wonder if Kappei-sama and Hiromi Tsuru have been in anything together since the latter voiced a guest character in IY episodes 85 and 86...

Speaking of seiyuu,while there's still time,happy birthday to both Gendo Ikari Fumihiko Tachiki(who turns 46)and Hibari Hinakoganei Ryouka Shima(who turns 35);and since it's already tomorrow(the 30th) in all except a few time zones across the globe,happy 33rd birthday to Nefertari Vivi Misa Watanabe....