For those of you who don’t know, Amaki Sally is a seiyuu for the new idol anime 22/7. At first everyone thought she was just another interchangeable idol until, all of a sudden during a livestream, she started speaking perfect English.
It turns out Sally is an American-born actress from California who moved to Japan to become a seiyuu. So she’s completely fluent in both English and Japanese.
But that’s not all. Contrary to the usual Idol image pushed by the industry, Sally has a delightfully cynical sense of humor, best show off during a Q&A with the streamers. (Forgive the poor quality gifs…)
She’s also COMPLETE. MEMELORD. GARBAGE.
It turns out she has several secret tumblr pages devoted to anime and fandom junk. You can see highlights of the English livestream at the below link, and at the end you can see her doing her impression of the Naruto run:
Incredibly, she’s also openly bisexual, which is a HUGE no-no in the Idol industry, let alone mainstream Japanese society.
Much to her surprise, the revelation about her English-fluency lead to an explosion of popularity on her group’s website, so much so that their label special released one of their first songs for overseas audiences.
So in conclusion: one of you gay anime nerds actually moved to Japan and went viral as an Idol.
This is quite possibly the funniest/greatest thing to ever come from this hell site.
If you can, go support the group by buying their new single, available on their website above.
