Can someone translate this Shikishi board autograph for me

ippojoe · Post by **ippojoe** » Tue Aug 11, 2009 9:23 am

Hi,

I was given this shikishi board autograph recently, and am having trouble translating it. Can anyone help me out, it would be much appreciated

Cheers
Rich

murasame4 · Post by **murasame4** » Tue Aug 11, 2009 5:00 pm

The bottom says "To Takada-san", but as for the signature itself, it's really hard to tell. Do you know what series it is supposed to be from? That can help you narrow it down. It looks more like a woman's signature... If it is supposed to be a voice actress, a lot of Japanese anime magazines or voice actor magazines have guidebooks every year that features the voice actors and their signatures. I've been able to ID some shikishi from these type of guidebooks before.

Good luck! ^_^

ippojoe · Post by **ippojoe** » Wed Aug 12, 2009 2:01 am

Thanks for the reply, unfortunatly i have no more info on this shikishi, it was a bonus gift i recieved in a cel package from a friend.

cheers for your help murasame

Post by **Rekka Alexiel** » Wed Aug 12, 2009 7:15 am

The first kanji looks like a fancy way to write æ¡ƒ (momo) to me. I'm stuck on the 2nd half though. I agree, I think it is a female name, possibly first name.

Cordelia · Post by **Cordelia** » Wed Aug 12, 2009 8:56 am

It's the signature of a AV Seiyuu - Momoi Nozomi (æ¡ƒäº•æœ›)ã€‚Unfortunately she was murdered in 2002 at the age of 24.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nozomi_Momoi

Post by **sensei** » Wed Aug 12, 2009 9:22 am

Great. Now you have one week to pass it on to a friend or you'll be murdered, too.

Though I can see why someone would pass it along as an omake to someone who didn't know what it was. Verry eeerie.

Reminds me of the low-budget videotape I got as a gift that shows unedited footage of Pennsylvania State Treasurer Budd Dwyer ending his last press conference in January 1987 by sticking a pistol in his mouth and blowing his brains out in front of the TV cameras.

The event was broadcast live all over SE PA, on a snow day when the kiddies were home from school, though I imagine most of them were watching GI Joe and not some boring press conference; still, there was a very active cycle of sick jokes that went around the elementary and middle schools shortly after, the most popular being "What did Budd Dwyer's wife tell him the morning of the press conference? --Now, honey, don't go shooting your mouth off in public." I published a piece on sick humor, and got this as a little gift of appreciation from a person who said that he just didn't like the idea of the tape being in his apartment any more.

After watching it once, I donated it to the Penn State Library's Special Collections, where I'm sure Budd's vengeful goryo has lots of pals to socialize with.

Keropi · Post by **Keropi** » Wed Aug 12, 2009 11:37 am

That is a little grim isn't it?

ippojoe · Post by **ippojoe** » Wed Aug 12, 2009 4:04 pm

Thanks so much for clearing that up Cordelia!