Nana Mizuki is part of the large contingent of Japanese pop stars who began among the ranks of anime voice actors. Building her sound on a particularly demure format at the beginning (following her best known characters), Mizuki soon built a following for her slightly harder pop, utilizing a somewhat stronger and deeper voice than was the case with many other female vocalists in the same genre. Releasing her first singles in 2000 and her first full-length album at the end of 2001, Mizuki began with basic pop influences from the anime series that she had worked on. As her caree...