Seiyu's Life! | |
Cover of the first manga volume
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それが声優! (Sore ga Seiyū!) |
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Genre | Comedy, Slice of life |
Manga | |
Written by | Masumi Asano |
Illustrated by | Kenjiro Hata |
Original run | December 2011 – present |
Anime television series | |
Directed by | Hiroshi Ikehata |
Written by | Michiko Yokote |
Music by | Yukari Hashimoto |
Studio | Gonzo |
Licensed by | |
Original network | Tokyo MX, MBS, BS Fuji |
English network | |
Original run | July 7, 2015 – September 29, 2015 |
Episodes | 13 + 1 OVA |
Seiyu's Life! (Japanese: それが声優! Hepburn: Sore ga Seiyū!, lit. That is a Voice Actor!?) is a comedy 4-panel dōjin manga series. The manga is written by the voice actress Masumi Asano, with art by Kenjiro Hata, and is released under the circle name Hajimemashite. The manga was launched at Comiket 81 in December 2011, with further releases at each subsequent Comiket. An anime television series adaptation by Gonzo aired between July and September 2015.
The series is centered on three friends who are all rookie voice actresses (seiyuu); Futaba Ichinose, Ichigo Moesaki and Rin Kohana. As the girls go through their individual troubles of working in voice acting, they end up hosting a web radio show together and form the unit, Earphones.
The dōjin manga series, written by Masumi Asano with art by Kenjiro Hata, was first published at Comiket 81 in December 2011 under the Hajimemashite circle label, with subsequent releases sold at each following Comiket.
A television anime adaptation aired in Japan between July 7, 2015 and September 29, 2015. The series was licensed for streaming by Funimation in North America and by AnimeLab in Australia and New Zealand. The opening theme is "Sore ga Seiyu!" (それが声優! Seiyu's Life!?) by Earphones (Rie Takahashi, Yuki Nagaku, and Marika Kōno), while the ending theme is "Anata no Omimi ni Plug In!" (あなたのお耳にプラグイン! Plug In! To Your Ears?) by Earphones, with each episode featuring a "Request Corner" section covering a popular anime theme song. The ending theme for episode six is "Mimi no Naka e" (耳の中へ Into Your Ears?) by Earphones, which is also used as the theme for the web radio show, while the ending theme for episode 13 is "Hikari no Saki e" (光の先へ Towards the Light?) by Earphones.