Tokyo Mew Mew New Prologue #11: Recap and ReactionLet’s hop right into it! This episode recapp
Tokyo Mew Mew New Prologue #11: Recap and ReactionLet’s hop right into it! This episode recapped the auditions for each of the girls who will be playing the other four members of the Mew Mew team. (Video available on the official Tokyo Mew Mew Youtube Channel here.)Mirai Hinata as Minto AizawaRyoko Juni as Retasu MidorikawaRian Toda as Bu-Ling Huang (Purin Fon)Momoka Ishii as Zakuro FujiwaraMirai Hinata (ADESSO): Age 17 at the time of audition. Mirai originally auditioned for the role of Retasu, but was cast at Minto in the end. She enjoys dancing, singing, mimicking (perhaps they mean voice impressions?) and kickboxing. Although this is her first time auditioning for a character voice role, she believes in the power of one’s voice and hopes to be an actor who can touch others’ hearts.I find this an interesting role change, but I do think that Mirai will pull off a lovely Minto. Even listening to her readings for Retasu, there was something very formal and ladylike about her tone. She also has a pretty singing voice! It’ll be great to get a feel for how she will portray Minto in the future.Ryoko Juni (Stardust Promotion): She calls herself the “waking positive machine” and hopes to make a lifelong career out of voice acting. She also lightly joked about her height, saying that she was tall enough to destroy the ozone layer and hoped everyone could feel the heat of her passion (for this audition) which is far beyond her 165.5 cm (about 5′ 5″).I really enjoyed her sense of humor (”Juni warming” indeed! ^_^) Her acting and singing performances were both very strong, and she really sold me on her portrayal of Retasu! Out of all the performances, I felt that she was the most well-rounded and prepared.RIan Toda aka “Rianchosu” (Platinum Production): Age 15 at the time of audition. She describes herself as a friendly person who looks forward to working with and befriending the other members. She has previously worked as an idol.Rian is very cute! I was most impressed with the feeling she put behind her line readings, so much so that she shed tears while acting them out! With a little bit more energy and vocal practice, I think she’ll make a fine Bu-Ling.Momoka Ishii (Box Corporation): Age 17 at the time of audition. As a fan of anime and voice actors, she hopes to be able to cheer up others. In the future, she says, she hopes to be active in multiple fields, such as an actor, voice actor and model. (Not unlike Zakuro-oneesama herself!)Momoka does look the part of Zakuro with her long dark hair and fashionable ensemble. I quite enjoyed her dance performance and will be interested to see if she can pull off Zakuro’s aloof nature as well as her big sisterly role once she finally agrees to join the girls.This episode, for me, also highlighted just how much care Kameyama-san puts into coaching the girls on the emotions and motivations behind each piece of dialogue. I felt once again that his direction is very in-tune with the characters themselves.The next prologue episode on Monday, “Cat Day” (2/22), will be a live event on Youtube, “1st MEW♡ting”, beginning at 7PM JST (that’s 5AM EST). The episode will include information about the new anime as well as the first performance of all five girls joining together as a unit. An after party is scheduled following the event, at 500 yen per person. Details can be found here. And here. The live stream is scheduled to be ~25 minutes long. -- source link