meramid melody infor part 2

Interrupting the brewing romance, a giant wave crashed onto the ship, and the boy fell into the icy ocean! Lucia quickly went after him. He was on the verge of death when she finally got him onshore. To save him, Lucia used the powers of her Mermaid's Tears (which looks like a pink pearl). The boy kept the pearl ever since.
Therefore it's up to Lucia to retrieve her pearl back. With her adorable guardian penguin, Hippo, she disguises herself as a human girl named Nanami Lucia in order to search for the boy. While onland, she meets a surfer-dude named Kaito, who looks awful lot like the boy who has her pearl...nah, couldn't be. The boy isn't a ruthless womanizer like Kaito!
Meanwhile, a clan of evil sea monsters are on the lookout for the 7 Mermaid's Tears as well. During a surfing competition, a monster detects that Kaito has one of them, and pulls him underwater to get it. Of course Lucia can't let Kaito die, she quickly jumps into the water to battle the monster (which turns her back into her mermaid self). When a semi-conscious Kaito sees his beloved mermaid in trouble fighting, he throws the pearl to Lucia, which transforms her into a singing Magical Girl named "Pink Pearl Voice"! She is then able to defeat the monster by singing her childhood song, using her magical microphone.
Lucia is finally reunited with her first love, Kaito...the thing is, he doesn't know her name, nor he knows that she is his classmate, Nanami Lucia. He only has the mermaid in his mind. Moreover, she cannot confess her love to Kaito (in both human or mermaid form), because she will turn into bubbles immediately. But if he realizes her love on his own, all will be fine.
How will Lucia tell him indirectly that she really is the mermaid he thinks about day and night? And as one of the three blessed mermaid princesses, how will she defeat the sea monster clan, who has begun to destroy the mermaid kingdom in order to capture all seven mermaid princess? This would be the main plot of this uber-cute mahou shoujo anime ^^
It seems like that many people complain about the voice acting when it comes to the anime. When I first heard Luchia speak I was surprised she has such a LOW voice...I was expecting a somewhat high voice range with a touch of hyperness to it. But after observing Luchia's personality, I guess this voice is quite fitting ^^; Thank goodness Hanon's voice is not like Luchia's, or else that would be just odd! xD
Other than that, the entire cast does a great job in depicting the characters! =D I would just also like to add that I love Kaitou's voice. A total bishounen! xD
Anyway, below is a pictoral listing of the voice cast for the Mermaid Melody pichi Pichi Pitch anime, plus other roles they have done if applicable.
NAKATA ASUMI AS LUCIA She is not a professional seiyuu, but an "idol" (same as a model in North America). At only 14, she has posed for various fashion magazines, as well as appears frequently on a TV show called "Super na Shoujo 58" with other young idols. She also released 2 photobooks, one when she was twelve called "Asumi" and one recently called "Fairy Blue". You can access the photos via this link, but note that Fairy Blue contains some mild suggestive poses. No revealing stuff though =)
TERAKADO HITOMI AS HANON Besides the lovable Hanon, the other voice roles Terakado Hitomi has done include Angelica from Gunslinger Girl and Karinka from Steel Angel Kurumi Live Action. She is a idol like Asumi Nakata, with her own photobook (much prettier IMO ^^;) and starred in a drama series called "Suika".
ASANO MAYUMI AS RINA Asano Mayumi is a full-time seiyuu and has done lots of fabulous voice roles =) Among them there is Haku from Naruto, Suzumi from Ayashi no Ceres, Hisoka from Yami no Matsuei, Gascogne Rheingau from Vandread, and Claus Valca from Last Exile. This is really cool don't you think? :D She released a single called "Yes, It's So Good" back in 1999 that nobody seems to know about.
KISHIO DAISUKE AS KAITO & GAITO I don't know much about him, but I really like his voice ^^ His roles include Hakkaku from Inu Yasha, Hitotose Chitose from Happy Lesson, Suginami in D.C ~Da Capo~, Thomas from Ashita no Nadja, and last but not least, Fuji-P from Futari wa Pretty Cure xD. He is very active in the BL Drama world, and belongs in a seiyuu band called Sta*Men.
KOGURE EMA AS CAREN I was suprised at how old she is, and yet it's awesome how she can portray a young voice like Caren's :) Her other major roles include the protagonist Jane Buxton in the 2002 anime Secret of Cerulean Sand, Ringo in Hanaukyo Maid-Tai, and believe it or not...SEXY NO JUTSU NARUTO XD Cool eh?
ARAI SATOMI AS COCO I have a feeling she is going to get popular in the future...not only she is pretty, but aside from Coco, she voiced Aoba Kozue, the main character of Mahoraba ~Heartful Days~...even singing an image song for it! You can download that at the Music Section ^^
UEDA KANA AS SARA She's so pretty...and multi-talented since she's a singer, a seiyuu, AND an idol ^^ Her voice roles include Hisui from Tsukihime, Yumi from Maria-sama ga Miteru, Shizuka from Daphne in the Brilliant Blue, and Yuri from Wandaba Style. She is the singer for the Final Fantasy Limited OP "Over the Fantasy", hosts radio shows, appears in various commercials, and even released her debut album Kanairo! No wonder she does such a great job portraying Sara and singing "Return to the Sea" ^^
NAGATA RYOKO AS NOELLE I think she is a pretty well known seiyuu who had been around for quite a while, judging from the many roles she had. Most are just minor, but I'm sure you guys know about an anime named Kiddy Grade...and she plays Eclair! She also does the voice for Chloe in the Japanese Smallville adaptation, and Rouge in the X-Men movie =)
HONDA CHIEKO AS YUURI Talk about a seiyuu veteran! She is definitely the oldest out of all the MMPPP seiyuu, and yet she's able to play such a young role like Yuri...gotta give her a salute there ^^ Her most famous roles got to be Meroko from Full Moon wo Sagashite and Tellu from Sailor Moon S! I really like how she played Meteo from Cosmic Baton Girl Comet-san who resembles Yuri's personality.
KOBAYASHI SANAE AS MARIA Despite of Maria's background character as a villian, Kobayashi Sanae is a well-known seiyuu. Of course she would be if she played Akira from Hikaru no Go! ^^ She was also Lilith from Yami to Boushi to Hon no Tabibito, Madlax from Madlax, Lucy from Elfed Lied, and Satsuki from Ichigo 100%
MATSUOKA YUKI AS ERIL I swear, all the good seiyuu play the villains ^^; Perhaps they have more interesting personality? xD Anyway, I'm sure you all know her previous voice roles...such as Osaka from Azumanga Daioh, Aiko from Ojamajo Doremi, and Orihime from Bleach!. She's also an idol if you can't tell from the picture ^^; Here is a link to her photobook pictures, but beware of popups and loads of swimsuit pics ^^;
SHITAKA NORIKO AS MIMI Omg~ I can't believe she is Himeko from Kannazuki no Miko <3! What a great surprise xD And as you can see, she is also Kasumi from Alien Nine (Hence the headgear in the pic xD), Ururu from Bleach, Kotoko from Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle, and Moegi from Naruto. All the popular anime hehe! She is actually in quite a few anime, so hopefully she'll become a popular seiyuu too :)Other Seiyuu Without Pictures or With Little Information Found:
Ito Miyako as Hippo
Saitou Eri as Nikora
Yamakado Kumi as Taki
Kirii Daisuke as Tarou
Ishizuka Sayori as Izul
Tsuchiya Miki as Sheshe
Folks, Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch PURE would be the sequel to MMPPP! It began airing the week after the first MMPPP ended, on April 03, 2004, still in the 8AM Saturday timeslot. Unfortunately the sequel will only be 25 episodes long, equal to one season.
The plot picks up right after episode 52, with the mermaids and Kaito watching as Gaito meets his end. But they don't live happily ever after...although Lucia and Kaito becomes extremely clingy, Kaito decides to leave Japan for good to Hawaii, where he trains his surfing and tries to find himself again. But an accident happens on his way to Hawaii, causing him to have retrograde amnesia and he forgets everything in the past, including Lucia. Meanwhile he meets a girl who falls head over heels for him, and he develops feelings for her too. How will Lucia resolve this mess and make his memory return?
Things aren't looking so bright as far as the mermaid world goes either. Since Sara is gone, a new mermaid named Seira takes her place and constantly gets into Lucia's dreams, warning her about troubles that lie ahead. Also, a new angel-like villain named Mikeru reveals himself. He is probably the most powerful yet, because even the strongest mermaid song does not harm him...another uh-oh for the mermaid princesses! But one very good thing about PURE is that every mermaid princesses find new love interests, including Lina (hurray! It's time for her to find a guy!)
Hmm that's all I can tell you for now plot-wise, until I get caught up with the latest episodes xD;