zone otaku » Yui Horie http://zotaku.com zone otaku - where it begins Mon, 07 Nov 2011 18:14:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Dog Days Season 2 Confirmed! http://zotaku.com/2011/10/03/dog-days-season-2-confirmed/ http://zotaku.com/2011/10/03/dog-days-season-2-confirmed/#comments Mon, 03 Oct 2011 11:03:15 +0000 zenical http://zotaku.com/?p=17126 Yes!! MORE PRINCESS MILLHI. It has been announced at the Dog Days Special Promotion – Flonya Festival 2011 – event in Tokyo on Sunday, 2 October 2011, that production on a second season of the Dog Days fantasy anime has been given the green light.

Season 1 of Dog Days just premiered in April 2011. Despite low Blu-ray and DVD sales, there is  a season 2. I wonder whether they are just slowly building up the hype for it?

Oh well, regardless, this just means more Hocchan for me!! The possibility of hearing more Hocchan is just making go high and mad :D

Now when will this anime air? ^^. Hope it will be soon!

Source: ANN

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Look at the caps and you’ll know how excited I am as I type this post.

I didn’t get any cake because it’s raining pretty bad, and lazy me prefer my cozy home.

Anyway HAPPY 17TH BIRTHDAY HOCCHAN!!! YOU WILL BE FOREVER 17 *_*.

This was my most recent Hocchan loot.

I am still waiting for a new album from her!!!!!!

]]> http://zotaku.com/2011/09/20/happy-birthday-hocchan-forever-17/feed/ 2 Persona 4 Anime 5th Promo Video http://zotaku.com/2011/09/17/persona-4-anime-5th-promo-video/ http://zotaku.com/2011/09/17/persona-4-anime-5th-promo-video/#comments Fri, 16 Sep 2011 19:07:41 +0000 zenical http://zotaku.com/?p=16762 Here is the 5th promo video of Persona 4 The Animation. The anime will premiere on Japan’s MBS station on 6 October 2011.

Why should you watch this? Because awesome seiyuu like Yui Horie (HOCCHAN!) is in this anime. Yes that will be my motivation to watch this ;)

Source: ANN

]]> http://zotaku.com/2011/09/17/persona-4-anime-5th-promo-video/feed/ 0 Loot: Yui Horie PRESENTER, YUI Hello and Anime IS Vol.2 http://zotaku.com/2011/08/06/loot-yui-horie-presenter-yui-hello-and-anime-is-vol-2/ http://zotaku.com/2011/08/06/loot-yui-horie-presenter-yui-hello-and-anime-is-vol-2/#comments Sat, 06 Aug 2011 13:15:53 +0000 zenical http://zotaku.com/?p=15720 Some loots which arrived late May and early June. More to be shown over the next few weeks!

CDs

  • Yui Horie – PRESENTER [Regular Edition]
  • Yui Horie – PRESENTER [Limited Edition] (2 copies!)
  • YUI – Hello-Paradise Kiss-
  • Infinite Stratos Vol.2

I ordered 3 copies of PRESENTER as I normally get my singles from CDJapan but apparently HMV was having the postcard special that I couldn’t resist. I ended up preordering 2 more copies of the single to get the postcards =3.

Hm I have yet to open most of my CDs since.. 2009/2010? xD Maybe it’s time I get down to it!

]]> http://zotaku.com/2011/08/06/loot-yui-horie-presenter-yui-hello-and-anime-is-vol-2/feed/ 0 Yui Horie PRESENTER Single #9 On Oricon Weekly Charts http://zotaku.com/2011/06/05/yui-horie-presenter-single-9-on-oricon-weekly-charts/ http://zotaku.com/2011/06/05/yui-horie-presenter-single-9-on-oricon-weekly-charts/#comments Sun, 05 Jun 2011 03:52:13 +0000 zenical http://zotaku.com/?p=14960 Woohoo! Yui Horie (Hocchan) latest single, PRESENTER has topped #9 on the Oricon Weekly Charts with a total sales figure of 14,438!

PRESENTER, the single title is the ED to the anime series currently airing, Dog Days. Hocchan is voicing the character of the pink princess, Millhiore F. Biscotti.

This is also the first time I have seen Starchild Records/King Records advertising her more than usual. Japan shops are offering customers special postcards of her wearing that particular shop uniforms if they purchase singles from the shop. Wow! I only managed to get the HMV shop version, better than nothing I guess ^^”.

PRESENTER now available for sale.

Single Title: PRESENTER [w/DVD, Limited Edition]
Catalog Number: KICM-91337
Release Date: 25 May 2011
Retail Price: 1,890 yen
Preorder at: CDJapan

Single Title: PRESENTER [Regular Edition]
Catalog Number: KICM-1337
Release Date: 25 May 2011
Retail Price: 1,200 yen
Preorder at: CDJapan

Comparing her last single release which was on 2nd of February 2011, PRESENTER did better by 231 copies more. I hope this number keeps increasing xD.

]]> http://zotaku.com/2011/06/05/yui-horie-presenter-single-9-on-oricon-weekly-charts/feed/ 0 Yui Horie – PRESENTER [25.05.11] http://zotaku.com/2011/05/24/yui-horie-presenter-25-05-11/ http://zotaku.com/2011/05/24/yui-horie-presenter-25-05-11/#comments Tue, 24 May 2011 07:33:23 +0000 zenical http://zotaku.com/?p=14768 Yui Horie latest single titled PRESENTER is the ED song for the anime series Dog Days. This is the 2nd single release for the year 2011. Quite frankly I’m a little surprised that she’s releasing so many singles! Never mind, more chance to listen to her voice ^^”.

There are two editions available: Limited and Normal Edition. Limited Edition comes with a bonus DVD which contains the PV clip of PRESENTER.

Track-list of PRESENTER

  1. PRESENTER
  2. Endless Star
  3. PRESENTER [off vocal ver.]
  4. Endless Star [off vocal ver.]

Single Title: PRESENTER [w/DVD, Limited Edition]
Catalog Number: KICM-91337
Release Date: 25 May 2011
Retail Price: 1,890 yen
Preorder at: CDJapan

Single Title: PRESENTER [Regular Edition]
Catalog Number: KICM-1337
Release Date: 25 May 2011
Retail Price: 1,200 yen
Preorder at: CDJapan

I have seen the PV, but I don’t find it anywhere on Youtube..  well here’s the the CM of PRESENTER. Enjoy? >_<

]]> http://zotaku.com/2011/05/24/yui-horie-presenter-25-05-11/feed/ 3 Loot: SCANDAL, Nana Mizuki, Yui Horie, YUI CDs, Figurines and Stuff http://zotaku.com/2011/04/09/loot-scandal-nana-mizuki-yui-horie-yui-cds-figurines-and-stuff/ http://zotaku.com/2011/04/09/loot-scandal-nana-mizuki-yui-horie-yui-cds-figurines-and-stuff/#comments Fri, 08 Apr 2011 18:13:11 +0000 zenical http://zotaku.com/?p=13443 Here are my loots for last month. It should probably be all of them. I simply lost count of what I bought since I kept procrastinating my loot post ^^”.

Figurines

  • Nendoroid Hatsune Miku [Absolute HMO Edition]
  • Figma Erio Mondial

CD/DVDs and Anime Toys

  • SCANDAL – Pride
  • Nana Mizuki – ALIVE & KICKING
  • Yui Horie – sky
  • YUI – Hotel Holidays In The Sun DVD
  • Misaka Mikoto Tapestry
  • Misaka Mikoto Pillow Case

It just dawned on me that this loot post covers all my 4 LOVES!!! Too bad my 2D loves only have Misaka Mikoto-oneesama :3.

Do you know what is the best part? I received YUI LIVE DVD just last month and I have not unwrapped it yet ~_~. Blame my busy schedule!

The tapestry of Mikoto is really quite small – A3 size. Perfect for hanging in my room – I am lacking the wall space already xD.

Ok that is all. Till the next loot post!!

]]> http://zotaku.com/2011/04/09/loot-scandal-nana-mizuki-yui-horie-yui-cds-figurines-and-stuff/feed/ 2 Nana Mizuki Is Top Selling Seiyuu For 2010 http://zotaku.com/2011/04/07/nana-mizuki-is-top-selling-seiyuu-for-2010/ http://zotaku.com/2011/04/07/nana-mizuki-is-top-selling-seiyuu-for-2010/#comments Thu, 07 Apr 2011 02:40:30 +0000 zenical http://zotaku.com/?p=13321 Who’s the top selling seiyuu for 2010? According to Oricon Biz, Nana Mizuki is the #1 selling seiyuu for 2010, outselling #2, Tamura Yukari by 4 times over! OMG. Well-known seiyuu group, Sphere is ranked at #4. Also Horie Yui, one of my loves is ranked at #5!!!! Banzai!

Rank Sales Seiyuu
1 1,209,600,000 yen Mizuki Nana
2 259,300,000 yen Tamura Yukari
3 251,000,000 yen Chihara Minori
4 150,100,000 yen Sphere
5 107,700,000 yen Horie Yui
6 107,100,000 yen Toyosaki Aki
7 100,000,000 yen Tomatsu Haruka
8 91,800,000 yen Hayashibara Megumi
9 91,700,000 yen Nakajima Megumi
10 71,100,000 yen Kotobuki Minako

The above data covers sales between December 20, 2009 and December 12, 2010. It does not include sales of releases which are listed only by fictional character names. (Some anime, manga, and game music releases list character names as the “artists” instead of the actual singers.)

It’s actually quite amazing that Nana-chan did 4 times better than #2..The sales is scary. That’s billion yen we are talking about here xD. Also it’s quite sad to see Hocchan losing out to Chihara Minori and Sphere. I guess that’s what you get when you did not release any new single/album for the year >_<.


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Source: MAL, ANN

]]> http://zotaku.com/2011/04/07/nana-mizuki-is-top-selling-seiyuu-for-2010/feed/ 7 Yui Horie Performing Immoralist LIVE! http://zotaku.com/2011/02/19/yui-horie-performing-immoralist-live/ http://zotaku.com/2011/02/19/yui-horie-performing-immoralist-live/#comments Sat, 19 Feb 2011 08:29:26 +0000 zenical http://zotaku.com/?p=12520 On 2nd of February 2011, Yui Horie released her first single for the year 2011 – her last single was dated back in 2009. The title track is the OP of the anime series Dragon Crisis! She performed the entire single LIVE on a mini-stage, and the video was uploaded on Nico Nico Douga.

I managed to get Immoralist and True Truly Love videos onto Youtube. Do enjoy! Great performance by the way! :D

She looks so cuteeeeeeeeeeeee. Going to log off from Hocchan overdose now~! :P

Do support her by purchasing the singles!!! ^^

Single Title: Immoralist [w/DVD, Limited Edition]
Catalog Number: KICM-91326
Release Date: 2 February 2011
Retail Price: 1,890 yen
Purchase at: CDJapan

Single Title: Immoralist [Regular Edition]
Catalog Number: KICM-1326
Release Date: 2 February 2011
Retail Price: 1,200 yen
Purchase at: CDJapan

]]> http://zotaku.com/2011/02/19/yui-horie-performing-immoralist-live/feed/ 2 Loot: February 2011 http://zotaku.com/2011/02/18/loot-february-2011/ http://zotaku.com/2011/02/18/loot-february-2011/#comments Fri, 18 Feb 2011 09:36:29 +0000 zenical http://zotaku.com/?p=12483 Some loots that arrived early February 2011! One of the main highlights is the Fate Testarossa PVC figure which I have been waiting for months! Finally here! More stuff to come next week. I actually have a new parcel which arrived today, will probably edit the photos later ^^.

February 2011 Loots

  • 1/7 Fate Testarossa PVC -Phantom Minds-
  • Misaka Mikoto Amulet
  • Misaka Mikoto Mini Towel
  • Misaka Mikoto and Shirai  Kuroko 3D Mouse Pad
  • Yui Horie – Immoralist
  • YUI – It’s My Life/Your Heaven
  • Seigura March 2011
  • Seiyuu Paradise Vol.3
  • Pick-up Voice March 2011

More Onee-sama to fill my collection :3

My Singles! First CD loots for 2011!

A pity that the CDs don’t look cute.. =/

Yes I bought 2 copies of Seigura March 2011. Lol. I wanted the freebie.. So I got myself two -_-

My first time buying Seiyuu Paradise, lots of nice picture. They should do an issue on Hocchan >_<. Vol2  had Aya Hirano on the cover. >_>

This Pick-up Voice issue has a special booklet on Hocchan! WOOT! SO CUTE!!!!!!!!!

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