Ruriko Aoki has two announced appearances across Yomimono's coverage: she is in the cast of the Saved by the Ice Cold Prince's Embrace light anime premiering July 7 on TV Kanagawa, and she is an MC for NHK's Symphonic Gamers 5 broadcast airing late on September 19 (0:40 on September 20).
Ruriko Aoki's two Yomimono stories put her in two different roles a calendar season apart. In the earlier item, she is added to the cast of the light anime adaptation of Hokuhoku Yakiimo and Kusabi Kurokawa's manga Saved by the Ice Cold Prince's Embrace. That story fixes the series premiere on July 7 on TV Kanagawa, with streaming on d Anime Store and Anime Times in Japan, and groups Aoki with three other new cast members revealed alongside a second teaser and the ending song.
The later story moves her from the scripted side to a live concert broadcast. NHK brings back its game music concert Symphonic Gamers 5, subtitled Melodies of Adventure Across Time and Space, to NHK BS at 0:40 on September 20, which is late night on September 19. Aoki appears as one of two MCs, paired with game director Masahiro Sakurai. The program is an orchestral set drawn from the Super Mario series, Monster Hunter, Kirby Air Ride, Chrono Trigger, Journey, Shadow of the Colossus, Tales of the Abyss, Granblue Fantasy, Okami, Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin, and Final Fantasy IX.
Neither story gives a role name for Aoki in the anime, and neither gives any detail about her work on the NHK broadcast beyond the MC billing. The two items do not overlap beyond her name. What they establish is a performer booked in a summer anime cast and on a national game music broadcast two months later, with no further projects or statements reported.
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Sep 13
NHK's game music concert Symphonic Gamers 5, subtitled Melodies of Adventure Across Time and Space, returns to NHK BS at 0:40 on September 20, late night on September 19. The broadcast covers an orchestral program drawn from the Super Mario series, the Monster Hunter series, Kirby Air Ride, Chrono Trigger, Journey, Shadow of the Colossus, Tales of the Abyss, Granblue Fantasy, Okami, Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin, and Final Fantasy IX. Game director Masahiro Sakurai and voice actress Ruriko Aoki appear as MCs. The setlist runs from Super Mario's Above Ground BGM and Piranha March through Monster Hunter's Proof of a Hero and its Wilds version, Kirby Air Ride's Legendary Air Ride Machine, Chrono Trigger's Wind Scene and Frog's Theme, Okami's Reset (Thank You Version), Sakuna's Yanato Rice Planting Song, and Final Fantasy IX's Battle 1 and The Place I'll Return to Someday. NHK's official website and the streaming service NHK ONE carry performer and setlist details.
Jun 22
The light anime adaptation of Hokuhoku Yakiimo and Kusabi Kurokawa's manga revealed its second teaser, ending song, and four new cast members. The series premieres July 7 on TV Kanagawa, with streaming on d Anime Store and Anime Times in Japan.