It was back in late 2019 when I posted my first article regarding veteran actress, singer and seiyuu Miina Tominaga（冨永みーな）and her song "Hito Natsu no Memory"（ひと夏のメモリー）. She's had a career which goes all the way back to the mid-1970s and next year, she will be celebrating 50 years since her first foray behind the mike as a voice thespian. I figure that the above video by Otona Daigaku TV（大人大学TV）can hopefully encapsulate her many characters in anime.
"Hito Natsu no Memory" was a track on Tominaga's debut album from September 1985, "M Marble"（Mマーブル）, and I described it as a jazzy synthpop love ballad. Well, another track from the record is "Moonlight de Odorimashou" (Let's Dance in the Moonlight) which has more of an old-fashioned 50s or 60s pop standard sensibility as written and composed by Yayoi Tanaka（田中弥生）. I don't think Tominaga was ever pegged as an aidoru but there's something about the song that would make it rather aidoru-friendly. I especially enjoy the strings and the background chorus work.
OT: Tonight is the premiere of the remake of Shōgun on FX and then streaming on Hulu. Not sure where it's airing in Canada but I thought I would let you know. Not sure if you watched the original mini-series back then. I'm looking forward to the remake, it looks well-made.
ReplyDeleteHello there. Yep, I saw the original "Shogun" with Richard Chamberlain and Toshiro Mifune back in 1980 on NBC. My parents practically made it mandatory viewing for me and my brother. I've heard the new version with Hiroyuki Sanada has been getting rave reviews.
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