Rie [Sabbath of Castor] Part 3
Previously: Part 2
Mei: It’s time to go where I really wanted to go today.
Rie: Right. Lead me, Mei. I will follow you to the day’s bitter end.
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Mei: Here we are.
Rie: The observation deck…. I recall my mother brought us here once, many moons ago.
Mei: I do too.
Rie: But…it looks completely different from how I remember it.
Mei: They renovated it a few years ago.
Rie: Ah, did they? Whatever they did, the view outside is still much the same. …It’s beautiful.
Mei: The Skytree wasn’t built yet back then. Tokyo Tower was, though.
Rie: Hehe. Oh, what’s that? A baseball stadium? It’s so much brighter than everything around it. And because of its shape, it looks like the moon.
Rie: Ah! I remember seeing it back then too. It looked so weird to me, the way it glowed so wide and round.
Rie: Ahaha. It looks exactly how it did back then. Do you remember, Mei?
Mei: I do. After that, you suddenly got interested in baseball games. I also remember how you dragged me into it too.
Rie: O-oh, I did?
Mei: You could never win a single game against me, though.
Rie: That goes for all kinds of games, given you…
Mei: That hasn’t changed at all, huh.
Rie: …Hey, Mei. Some people say they look like stars on the ground, but the lights down below…those are all from electricity, huh?
Rie: Lights from buildings, from cars, and even from stoplights. Lights that only exist because humans do… I wonder, how many people am I looking at, right now?
Mei: …This observation deck is 251 m above the ground. Assuming a 6% increase in line of sight due to atmospheric refraction…
Mei: And assuming the Earth is a perfect sphere with a radius of 6378 km, and no obstructions…
Mei: A simple calculation yields a calculated visible distance of 59.98 km, for a visible area of 11,302.32 square kilometres.
Rie: Uhh, sure…so that means…?
Mei: All of Tokyo is easily within range. At least half of each of the neighbouring prefectures of Saitama, Chiba, and Kanagawa should also be visible.
Rie: W-wait, really?! Mmm, but it’s so dark it’s hard to make out the details.
Mei: It’s simple math.
Rie: …By the way. Why did you want to bring me here today?
Mei: I wanted to go somewhere we went as children. That’s true for both this observation deck as well as earlier on the street.
Rie: …Right.
Mei: Our circumstances have changed quite a bit. AiRBLUE, moving into the dorm…
Rie: …Yes, they sure have. But I don’t think that’s a bad thing.
Mei: No, not at all.
Mei: And it’s not just our circumstances. Both you and I have changed as well.
Mei: And yet…
Rie: Yeah.
Mei: In this ever-changing world…some things remain constant. Those things are precious too, I think.
Rie: …
Mei: I wanted to look for them today.
Mei: The things that have changed in the sceneries we saw when we were little…
Mei: And the things that haven’t. I wanted to find them both.
Rie: I see.
Rie: …
Rie: …Hehhehhehheh.
Rie: What a fool’s errand you’ve been on! For that which is unchanging has been beside you all along, has it not?! I, the archdemon Ellis!
Rie: I may have taken to consorting with mortals a little more as of late, but demon blood yet courses through my veins. That will not change so easily.
Rie: Even if it is…well…a little troublesome, perhaps, at times!
Mei: …So you noticed.
Rie: Come, let us draw closer to the window.
Rie: Gaze upon all those people kilometres below alongside me!
Rie: And, um…thanks. For today. For planning all of this, to celebrate my nativity.
Mei: Your birthday only comes once a year, after all.
Rie: Hehehe.
Rie: Ahhh, that stadium sure does glow. It’s as if the full moon has crashed down to earth.
Rie: Not only stars on the ground, but the moon as well…people truly can create such beautiful scenery, that much hasn’t changed…
Mei: …Yes. If that’s what you think, Rie…I’m sure it’s true.
Fin.
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CUE! - Crunchyroll Winter 2022 Spotlight
If you've ever taken a crack at breaking into the world of voice acting, you know it can be a tough endeavor. All the hurdles in the world won't stop the young women of CUE! from trying, though, as they audition for the honor of being one of the most adorable looking shows in Crunchyroll's Winter 2022 lineup. Step up to the mic and check out our full spotlight below for more on the mobile game's journey to the television screen.
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Launch Info
Launch Time: January 7
Territories: North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East, and CIS
Show Page
Official Trailers
Synopsis
Set at the offices of "AiRBLUE", a rookie voice acting agency with no track record or experience, CUE! follows the trials and tribulations of a group of young women who follow their dreams of becoming voice actors. But the voice acting world is highly competitive, and no matter how much someone practices, not everyone will make it past the audition process. Despite frustrations and setbacks, the story of a new generation of voice actors is about to begin.
Characters and Cast
Haruna Mutsuishi
VA: Yurina Uchiyama
Maika Takatori
VA: Nene Hieda (Yuzu Izumi in Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki)
Shiho Kano
VA: Kyoka Moriya (Hemo Midori in Dropout Idol Fruit Tart)
Honoka Tsukii
VA: Yuna Ogata
Yuuki Tendo
VA: Ayaka Takamura (Nanaho Nanahoshi in Yu-Gi-Oh! Sevens)
Chisa Akagawa
VA: Satsuki Miyahara
Airi Eniwa
VA: Mayu Iizuka (Kawauchi Sensei in Recorder and Randsell)
Yuzuha Kujo
VA: Manatsu Murakami (Komichi Akebi in Akebi's Sailor Uniform)
Miharu Yomine
VA: Yukari Anzai (Momo Minamoto in Release the Spyce)
Aya Kamuro
VA: Saki Matsuda
Mahoro Miyaji
VA: Megumi Yamaguchi (Hifumi Takimoto in NEW GAME!)
Riko Hinakura
VA: Arisa Tsuruno
Rie Maruyama
VA: Hina Tachibana (Satono Diamond in Umamusume: Pretty Derby)
Satori Utsugi
VA: Ami Komine
Rinne Myojin
VA: Mai Sato (Nana in iii icecrin)
Mei Toomi
VA: Rio Tsuchiya (Ranka in SSSS.Dynazenon)
Masaki Otori
VA: Yoko Hikasa (Freya in Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?)
Rio Isuzu
VA: Aya Suzaki (Mako Mankanshoku in Kill la Kill)
Kirika Yura
VA: Hiromi Igarashi (Yuri Alpha in Overlord)
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Original Creator
Liber Entertainment, Inc.
Original Character Design
Siso
Director
Shin Katagai (My Sweet Tyrant, Eyeshield 21)
Series Composition
Tatsuhiko Urahata (Hi Score Girl)
Character Design
Motohiro Taniguchi (My Sweet Tyrant, RPG Real Estate)
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Hiroki Matsumoto
Music
Ryosuke Nakanishi
Animation Production
Yumeta Company x Graphinica
Additional Info
Liber Entertainment's original CUE! mobile game launched for iOS and Android devices in Japan on October 25, 2019. The game lets players take charge of four teams of four aspiring seiyuu. The characters in the game are voiced by fresh faces in the industry themselves, and the teams they're divided into are Flower, Bird, Moon, and Wind.
Here are a few promos showcasing the game prior to its original launch, with each featuring the same voice talent as the anime.
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Joseph Luster is the Games and Web editor at Otaku USA Magazine. You can read his comics at subhumanzoids. Follow him on Twitter @Moldilox.
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