Today, A Distant Shore remains a nostalgic look at the start of a multi-faceted career that spans live-action sentai heroics, idol modeling, and elite-level voice acting.
To appreciate A Distant Shore , one must appreciate the woman in the frame. Born in 1992 in Osaka, Mao Ichimichi started as a child actress. By the time of this DVD’s release, she had adopted the stage name "M.A.O" for her voice acting to separate her anime work from her live-action past. -ENFD-5310- Mao Ichimichi - A Distant Shore-