It has been announced that "Seiyuu Danko", hosted by the comedy duo Magical Lovely, will be broadcast from 2:36am on April 1st as a new program in TV Asahi's weekday late-night variety slot "Barabara Daisakusen". Magical Lovely, who love manga and anime, will learn know-how from popular voice actors in order to produce a voice actor event, and aim to hold "a voice actor event that has never been seen before". The first guests will be Hirata Hiroaki, known for his role as Sanji in the anime "One Piece", and Takeo Otsuka , who has played Jinshi in the anime " The Apothecary Diaries ".
Magical Lovely, Hirata-san, and Otsuka-san will talk about the exciting event, and will also try their hand at live dubbing. There will also be a corner where they will try out new projects that might be popular at the event.
Noda Crystal of Magical Lovely commented, "I think there have been many programs featuring voice actors in the past, but this program is the one that lets the voice actors do 'voice actor work' the most. There is no other program where the voice actors do so many different things! So we want to cast all the episodes before anyone finds out! And we want to make it the best event ever! But nothing has been decided yet! Nothing has been decided for this program!"
Murakami said (after finishing the first episode) "It was fun! The location was great! (It was recorded in a small underground theater) I come from an underground theater, so it was very easy to work with. I felt a good distance from the guests and it was easy to talk to them, so it was a fun, homey experience. I also had a lot of valuable experiences with the voice actors! Please be sure to check it out!"
A new program, "Jaikiri Diane," a program featuring the comedy duo Diane, will also be broadcast on the same day at 2:17 a.m. The program "Clonadal," which was broadcast at 2:15 a.m. on Mondays, has been promoted to the 1:58 a.m. slot on Tuesdays.
