Do you remember the day when Megumi Hayashibara was in like every popular anime? She was possibly the most popular seiyuu in the late 80's and throughout the 90's. I just suddenly thought about it that I don't hear her name as much as I used to like 10 years ago, just as my playlist passed by Successful Mission, a song she sung for the soundtrack of Saber Marionette J. It's very nostalgic. Very oldschool, and dare I say, timeless. She was so popular to me in the 90's that I can't even think of any other seiyuu's name right now off the top of my head of a similar status.

Megumi Hayashibara still works as a seiyuu. She's in some anime here and there, and sings songs here and there. But not in any of the super popular ones (save for the Evangelion 2007 remake).

So who's the new Megumi Hayashibara of this generation? There are a lot of new seiyuus, many of which are very popular, especially because of appearing in some of the top-rated anime. Some of the names that instantly come to mind of this generation are Aya Hirano, Rie Tanaka, and Rie Kugimiya. But I can't say any of them are as heavy an influence on anime as Megumi Hayashibara once was.

I dunno, I guess I just like to ramble about stuff like this because I'm old enough to remember the late 80's and early 90's, and a lot of the titles that came out and became popular at that time. o_o Yay age.