金朋先生、実は歌うシマリス説？？
キャラホビのまりたんトークイベントで金田朋子さんの声を初めて聞いたR先輩は、「アイツ（金朋）、いつもあーゆー声なのか？リスみたいだな」と言って、イベント後、徳永愛さんを慰める時にも似たようなことを言ったらしい。
R先輩が言う「リス」は、アメリカで有名なアニメ「アルビン〜歌うシマリス３兄弟」のことで、アメリカ人の私はその場で苦笑しましたが、日本人の徳永さんはピンとこなかったと思います。日本での知名度はかなり低いので、無理もないですけど。
…で、素晴らしいタイミングとしか言いようがないんですが、その「歌うシマリス３兄弟」の実写版が今週末、日本に放映するらしい！（それも皮肉なことに、私の誕生日に。）なので説明がてら、徳永さんのブログにコメントさせて頂きました。
…以上、まりたんイベントの裏話でした。(^-^)
Kane-tomo sensei might be a singing chipmunk??
At the Chara-Hobby Maritan talk show, R-sempai heard Kaneda Tomoko-san's voice for the very first time and smirked, "Is that how she (Kane-tomo) sounds like all the time? She sounds like a chipmunk." Turns out he also shared that idea with Tokunaga Ai-san after the event to cheer her up.
What R-sempai meant by "chipmunk" was a famous US cartoon called "Alvin and the Chipmunks", which made me instantly chuckle because I knew what he was talking about (since I'm an American), but I don't think Tokunaga-san, a Japanese person, would recognize it so easily. Not too many people know about this title in Japan, so it's no wonder she had a blank look.
...But, there's no other way to say it other than 'perfect timing', but the movie version of "Alvin and the Chipmunks" is coming out in Japanese theaters this week! (And how ironic for the first showing to be on my damn birthday.) So I put a little explanation about it in Tokunaga-san's blog. (JPN)
Conclusion: Kane-tomo sensei might be a singing Chipmunk?! (*_*)
...This concludes my behind-the-scenes episode of the Maritan event. (^-^)
