Hirano Aya : Turning into a Gravure Idol Soon?

Her smile is pretty irresistible huh?

Converted myself to Aya-sim ever since the 2006 which isn't really a surprise since Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu was a total great hit to the otaku fandom then. Being a causal anime fan that only bothers to watch what anime was shown on the national tv which happens to be Hellsing and Inuyasha(and now I reprimanded my classmate for wasting time on watching this filler-ish show. haha), Suzumiya was actually an introduction via from one of my forum friend(ah, good times, good times *nods like an old man*) being a greenhorn back then, curiosity to take in any kind of show was huge. So I watched this show without having much thoughts. While I find it interesting how personal and close how episode 0 be, it left quite a bitter taste for me to take, thus I dropped off this series and began to start watching Higurashi no naku koro ni.  I took it up again after seeing screenshots of the next episode and realized my own folly for missing a good show. I learnt the term 'tsundere' from there as well, btw.

I still prefer the past her. Looks more innocent and cute ^^;

Then after the series finally ended, I actually found her blog and would almost make time to watch her blog everytime since my nihongo is the fail then. But not now anymore, due to the critical lack of time and another main reason is that my passion for seiyuus had obviously subsided over the years. Hirano Aya, is undoubtedly one of pretty and an adorable seiyuu that you shouldn't miss(although I ponder why some over at 2chan hatred her because of trivial things) I was so obsessed with her back then, that I actually ordered one of her how do you actually name this thing...photo book? I was so excited when people at my local kino called me to infrom me that her "Stairways to 20" photobook is ready for collection. Despite all these hype, I actually clean forgotten this photo book's existence not unit one day I went to clean my room. ^^;

Aya-hime. LOL

Till now, I'm still a follower of Aya but not so intense back like those days. She definitely changed a lot, be it in her looks or even her voice acting skills, most importantly she no longer talks in a fake cute tone which I can't, for some reason, stand her for doing so. I liked how she actually talks in shows she's in now, gives off a very mature aura, kinda liked it. ^^; With that, she seems to be on the route of being an gravure idol(with those pictures where she wear with the bikini and the likes) although she still insisted to be identified as a seiyuu more than an idol. But meh, guess everything changes when you reached 20 eh?

I think what I really liked about her is how she portray her side of adolescence.

 

Ain't she cute? HAHAHA

oh by the way, I didn't realised she was actually in Macross Frontier as well. Got rather shocked when I saw her name at the rolling credits. LOL.