Anime voice actresses and characters they played in 2011

Voice actress, Kana Hanazawa

Japanese voice actresses and the times they were credited on the top among female performers in TV anime and anime film (numbers of heroes and heroins played). Term:4/2011 - 3/2012

1 :Rie Kugimiya - 7(4)
2 :Kana Hanazawa - 6(4)
3 :Misato Fukuen - 5(3)
4 :Yukari Tamura - 4(3)
   :Haruka Tomatsu
   :Romi Park
7 :Yoko Hikasa - 4(2)
8 :Maaya Sakamoto - 3(3)
   :Kanae Ito
   :Ryoko Shiraishi
   :Aki Toyosaki
12:Rina Sato - 3(1)
13:Ai Kayano - 3(0)
   :Yui Horie



Japanese voice actresses and the numbers of anime they performed as a leading character. Term:4/2011 - 3/2012

1 :Kana Hanazawa - 21
2 :Miyuki Sawashiro - 19
3 :Mamiko Noto - 17
4 :Rie Kugimiya - 15
   :Yoko Hikasa
6 :Aki Toyosaki - 14
   :Yui Horie
   :Kana Asumi
   :Yu Kobayashi
10:Ayana Taketasu - 13
11:Eri Kitamura - 12
12:Yukari Tamura - 11
   :Haruka Tomatsu
   :Kanae Ito
   :Ai Kayano
   :Ami Koshimizu
   :Minako Kotobuki
18:Rina Sato - 10
   :Ryoko Shiraishi
   :Nana Mizuki
   :Shizuka Ito
   :Mikako Takahashi



今、引っ張りだこなのは誰？　求められる女性声優の条件　―日本経済新聞
http://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXNASFK2400R_U2A720C1000000/

Film "K-ON!" shipped over 260,000 BD/DVD copies in 12 days

Film "K-ON!" BD

Blue-ray and DVD of anime film "K-ON!" released in July 18th shipped over 260,000 packages in 12 days.
The film came to theatres in December 2011 gathered 1.45 million people with box-office revenue of 1.9 billion yen($24.31M).

[Special Edition]
Blue-ray 9,240 yen($118.24)
DVD 7,560 yen($96.74)
[Regular Edition]
Blue-ray 7,665 yen($98.08)
DVD 3,990 yen($51.06)


「映画　けいおん！」DVD、早くも26万枚！　―映画.com
http://eiga.com/news/20120730/15/

London 2012 Olympics, which players gather Japanese attention?

Homare Sawa, "Nadeshiko Japan" Japanese Women's Football Team


Which Olympic Game players and teams do Japanese pay attention to?

1: Nadeshiko Japan(Japanese Women's Football Team)
2: Kosuke Kitajima(Men's Breaststroke 100m/200m)
3: Kohei Uchimura and Japanese Gymnastics Team
4: Japanese Men's Football Team
5: Murofushi Koji(Men's Hammer Throw)
6: Saori Yoshida and Kaori Icho(Women's Wrestling)
7: Japanese Women's Volleyball Team
8: Japanese Swimmers
9: Japanese Women's Table Tennis Players
10:Usain Bolt(Men's 100m)


The research was conducted on the internet by Nikkei Inc. acquired 1,030(515 male + 515 female) valid responses.


「なでしこ」が１位　ロンドン五輪の注目度ランキング
http://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZZO44215410X20C12A7000000/

STUDIO GHIBLI's "My Neighbor Totoro" Blur-ray is released

BD package of "My Neighbor Totoro"


Blue-ray Disc of "My Neighbor Totoro" was released in July 18th making the second place in weekly anime Blue-ray Disk sales.
The sales of DVD which was released in September 2001 on the other hand have picked up from 66th to 25th in DVD sales in this month influenced by the show's broadcasting on TV on the 13th.


【オリコン】『トトロ』BD、根強い人気でアニメ部門初登場2位　―ORICON STYLE
http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/ranking/2014756/full/

Pervasion of Smartphone is 18% in Japan

Sony Ericson "Xperia acro"


The recent research by Nikkei BP Consulting, Inc revealed that pervasion of smartphones reached 18.0% in Japan.
Among the 4,400 respondents, 1,152 or 26.2% said that they have at least one smartphone. Because the respondents were sampled equally from gender and generation, revision was added to the result considering demographics of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications and pervasion of mobile phones. As a result, estimated pervasion of smartphones was 18.0% jumped up from last year's 9.5%.
Customer satisfaction to mobile phone carriers is ranked 1:KDDI(au) 2:NTT DOCOMO 3:SoftBank, while satisfaction to smartphone devices and services were ranked 1:SoftBank 2:KDDI(au) 3:NTT DOCOMO. SoftBank(since 2008) and KDDI(since 2011) carries iPhone.


スマートフォンの国内普及率は18.0%、1年で倍増　―nikkei BPnet
http://www.nikkeibp.co.jp/article/news/20120725/317298/?top_f2&rt=nocnt