The Queen of Akiba Returns To FanimeCon

Original Post Here.

Looks like Momoi fans can expect to catch another appearance of Haruko Momoi this year- thanks to FanimeCon's tweet, which goes like this:

"Announcing another GOH - Halko Momoi! She'll be interacting w/ her fans more personally this year; check the Guest page soon for more info"

GOH= Guest of Honor
-FanimeCon tends to have a few GOH's and some "regulars" that pop up almost every year. Guests of Honor ranges from creators of big series, popular Japanese pop singers/groups, rock singers/groups, and seiyuu- and other "creators or performers" all noteworthy of something big.
-The regulars...are usually people you never really would know about outside of FanimeCon, like Jonathon Osbourne who is known as, "The Man of 1000 Deaths" for playing over 1000 dubbed deaths in english dubbed anime. He's a specialist who knows how to die in almost every way. He also loves nutter-butters.

All of which are respected and worth seeing. But back to Momoi-san:

The lucky 100 or so (including me) that attended Momoi-san's concert at Fanime's "Music Fest", were able to witness a very special show, filled with the spirit of otaku.
Many otaku in the crowd had traveled far and wide to see the now low profile seiyuu who is making somewhat of a comeback by performing at events around the world in the last year and a half.

-It is known that Momoi's concerts and performances are exciting and she encourages the audience to take part in the fun by doing Otagei- awkward and sometimes bizarre but fun dance like moves that otaku practice to anisongs. Some practice it religiously, and some only to Haruko Momoi who was a lead pioneer at introducing "ota-gei" in Akihabara.

One of Momoi's most popular roles, was that of Seto Sun (on the left above) from the anime, "Seto no Hanayome" which translates to, "My bride is a mermaid."

-Favorite scene below:

She also produced "Romantic Summer", the theme to Seto no Hanayome, which has become a popular anisong and has been remixed several times.

-Momoi also performed Romantic Summer at FanimeCon last year as well:

-Having several major roles in the anime and music industry, Momoi Haruko is one to be loved. She will be respectfully welcomed back to FanimeCon this year. Look forward once again to seeing Momoi at FanimeCon2010!

You can learn more about Halko-sama, and all of her roles in entertainment here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haruko_Momoi

-However, this year another artist will be taking the stage for Music Fest.
I will be updating you on that shortly.

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