Auditions by "Cassette Tape"!? Shimono & Irino Reveal "Heisei Era" Talk! New Segment Cleanses Viewer Frustration

The 21st episode of  Say You To Yo Asobi Tuesday [Hiro Shimono × Miyu Irino] on ABEMA's "Anime LIVE Channel" aired on Tuesday, October 14, 2025, at 10 PM. This broadcast featured Hiro Shimono and Miyu Irino reminiscing about the Heisei era, a new segment titled "Operation: Purify Everyone's Frustration" where the duo vigorously "cleansed" viewer annoyance, and the "Free Expression! One-Character Theater NEO" segment, resulting in a night filled with non-stop laughter.

■Auditions by "Cassette Tape"!? Hiro Shimono & Miyu Irino Talk "Heisei"

The opening saw the duo responding to a request from the Wednesday MCs: "Tell us about your Heisei-era memories." Irino declared himself a "total Digimon generation kid. I was completely into it in elementary school." Shimono agreed, "How many times have I sung 'Butter-Fly' (the Digimon Adventure TV anime OP theme) at karaoke?" Furthermore, since both have starred as protagonists in the Digimon series, they exchanged high-fives, proclaiming, "We are Digimon!" and getting hyped: "Tuesday is taken over by Digimon! We're both main Digimon stars!"

The conversation also touched upon voice acting auditions during the Heisei era. Irino recalled, "For tape auditions, nowadays it's a smartphone or a voice recorder, but back then, it was a cassette tape. You'd record into a cassette tape and send it in." Shimono chimed in, "I was the MD (MiniDisc) generation. My demo tape when I joined the agency was an MD. Since I didn't have equipment, I borrowed my dad's stereo system to record it." They also discussed the popular music and games of the time, with Irino concluding, "It's so awesome to be a voice actor working on the very things we used to play with," a sentiment Shimono echoed: "Seriously. It is totally awesome."