It was the same generation that did Case of Tsutomu Miyazaki, Case of Aum Shinrikyo, and Production of "Neon Genesis Evangelion."
The generation have watched television from their earliest recollection. At first, television program for children was only Disney animation. Later Teduka animation and Tsuburaya monster films were added to the program.
It is guessed that the generation gave themselves to Dr. Osamu Teduka's Astroboy especially in their infancy. The world illustrated there was a wealthy and bright future with advanced science and technology. On the other hand, it was also the coexistence with questionable criminals.
The character voice of Astroboy was Ms Mari Shimizu, a famous voice actor. At the postrecording of Astroboy she was twenty-seven years old. It is known that she got pregnant soon later. TV-animation was still in its infancy.

The middle-aged voice actor era has continued since then.
In Neon Genesis Evangelion, its leading actress, Megumi Ogata (character voice of Shinji Ikari)was thirty years old in 1995, Megumi Hayashibara (Rei Ayanami) was twenty-eight years old, and Kotono Mitsuishi (Misato Katsuragi) was twenty-seven years old.
There is an extreme example. In TV-animation You're under Arrest, its leading actress, Sakiko Tamagawa (Natsumi Tsujimoto) was thirty-four years old in 1996, Akiko Hiramatsu (Miyuki Kobayakawa) was twenty-nine years old, and Bin Shimada (Ken Nakajima) was forty-two years old.
The voice actor boom was its height last year. Some younger singers and actors aimed to be a voice actor. For example, Mayo Suzukaze, a musical star in Japan, plays the part of Kenshin Himura, a hero of TV-animation Rurouni Kenshin.
At the same time the boom bore many young voice actors. Here I introduce two of them. One is Ms Moe Nagasaki (18), the other is Ms Houko Kuwashima (21). The former appeared in an Asahi Shimbun paper as the junior of Tomo Sakurai, a famous voice actress in Japan. The latter is watched acting the part of Firia in TV-animation Slayers TRY.

The Evangelion generation are trifled with voice of these faded beauty wet nurses immoderately. From the early days of the generation their stage is set so perfectly that they cannot appreciate winning.
It seems that they still sleep in a cradle. As a result they repeat the crimes beyond conception as if they realized the dreamland.
To prevent these crimes thereafter, we must think about the appropriate consumption of youthfulness as a matter of policy.

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