I recently stumbled onto this Japanese beauty and she is way more than just a looker!  At 32 years old, Yui Horie has accomplished so much. Not only is she a famous J-Pop singer, but a voice actress in a lot of animes. Some of which I can mention off the top of my head: Kanon (playing Ayu Tsukimiya), Love Hina (playing Naru Narusegawa) and the more recent Toradora! (as Minori Kushieda).

She is also the singer for the second opening (Silky Heart) and the first ending (Vanilla Salt) songs.  She has voiced so many characters that there are too many to list, but Wikipedia has the full list.  She has a very sweet voice and has been in so many of our beloved animes that I had to show her some love! Check out some of her music videos after the break!

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1. Chobits

Chobits revolves an alternate reality where robots and humans coexist, we are actually closer to this reality nowadays then we think! The robots in this series are called persacoms and they help humans in their day to day errands. Some happen to be maids, nurses, hand held devices as well as companions and lovers. There was a special persacom named (Chi) , that was thrown away onto the street. A poor college boy  from the country named (Hideki) finds her, makes her his own, boots her up in a peculiar way and takes care of her at his home. Chi you later find out is no ordinary persacom, she is one without a disk and is programmed to have human emotions , the main one being love. This anime is filled with laughter, drama, and  romance. Could a human really fall in love with a persacom? Why don’t you find out! This was one of the first animes that hooked  me in to the otaku world and still one of my favorites. That is why it is number 1!

2. Death Note

Death note could have easily been the first on my list, it was a very close call. The story revolves  around Light, a college student who finds a notebook lying on the ground coined “Death Note”. He “reluctantly” picks it up and that is when havoc ensues! Light can basically  write anyone’s name down in the book with his or her face in mind and kill him or her off with the jot of a pen. Later on it becomes a whole moral issue on who he kills, why and a very entertaining cat and mouse game between Light and a detective names L. Think of CSI and Law & Order multiplied by a thousand. It is one of the most exciting intellectual dramas I have encountered and extremely recommended!

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As those may know and may not know I am a huge anime and anime figure fan. My main collections are mostly from Nendoroids depicting some of my favorite animes such as Lucky Star, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya and so forth. My recent must have is a nendoroid of L and Light, 0f Death note! Among the Nendoroids I also have a Chi of Chobits statue which was the first in my collection which I hold very dear do to me. I also collect Tokidoki and Mighty Muggs figures which is a whole other story! I am an otaku at heart and I love all that is the Japanese culture whether it be the anime, figures, motion pictures, Japanese culture, etc.

Now, Danny Choo is  someone that I truly look up to, as he is a huge otaku and collector in Japan. He shares daily in his blog new Japanese figures, weird Japanese happenings around Tokyo. He truly gives us insight from where we stand as a fly on the wall type look of daily life in Japan. He posted today some of his favorite and newest figures. Out of the ones he posted I picked my faves and I wanted to share them with you! Believe you me, I will soon enough have these in my own collection! My fave 4 are after the jump!

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