Set for release on October 1st, and already in our reviewers hands, Viz Media is prepping for Voice Over! Seiyu Academy, the latest manga series from Maki Minami. Minami, who debuted back in 2001 with Faraway Blue and went on to create Special A, which has been adapted into an anime series recently re-released by Sentai Filmworks with an English language dub, has a solid career behind her before kicking off this title in 2009. The series ended in February of this year with twelve volumes, making it just within the right frame for being localized for English language audiences as it’s not too long and it’s actually complete.
“Creator Maki Minami thoroughly researched the Japanese voice acting, or ‘seiyu,’ industry for her ongoing series, VOICE OVER!: SEIYU ACADEMY, and accurately presents this competitive, high pressure world as the backdrop for a romance-tinged story of a talented girl’s ascension to the top of her profession,” says Pancha Diaz, Editor. “Hime Kino’s husky voice often has her portraying male characters and already frustrated at becoming typecast, and her personal life becomes even more complicated when one of her already-famous classmates starts paying her special attention!”
In addition to the print release, Voice Over! Seiyu Academy will also be available digitally for $6.99 (U.S / CAN) from VIZManga.com and for digital download through the VIZ MANGA App for the Apple iPad®, iPhone® and iPod® touch, Android-powered smart phones, and also for NOOK tablets and devices.
Plot concept: Hime Kino’s dream is to one day become a voice actor like her hero Sakura Aoyama from the Lovely ♥ Blazers anime, and getting accepted to the prestigious Holly Academy’s voice actor department is the first step in the right direction! But Hime’s gruff voice has earned her the scorn of teachers and students alike. Hime will not let that stand unchallenged. She’ll show everyone that she is too a voice acting princess, whether they like it or not!!
